scholarly journals Public engagement can change your research, but how can it change your research institution? ICES Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenine Paul ◽  
Randy Davidson ◽  
Cheryl Johnstone ◽  
Margaret Loong ◽  
John Matecsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Public Input ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Corporate Level

This article explores the approach that ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences)uses to encourage public engagement at both the research study and corporate level. ICES is anindependent not-for-profit research institute in the province of Ontario, Canada. This article wasco-written by ICES’ public engagement team and four members of the ICES Public AdvisoryCouncil (PAC). As part of the process of writing this article PAC members provided theirreflections on why they got involved, what worked well and the limitations and challenges of ICES’approach. ICES described the development of its public engagement strategy to inform how the institutionwould capture and incorporate the values of Ontarians in ICES activities and research. ICES provideddetails on two key elements of its strategy: the formation of a PAC to advise its leadership, andthe creation of resources and supports to encourage researchers to incorporate public engagementin their projects. PAC members and ICES provided perspectives on what impact they perceive as a result ofthe public engagement strategy. PAC members expressed that ICES has demonstrated listening toand using their input, but it is too early to evaluate if their feedback has changed the way ICESconducts its work. ICES discussed the challenges and successes in building and implementing thepublic engagement strategy, including recruiting a diverse council, aligning with public prioritiesand creating a culture of engagement. As a result of public input, ICES has restructured theway the institution explains its privacy and cybersecurity approach to build trust and confidence.ICES has also seen an increase in researchers using public engagement resources, and early datasuggests that in 2019 about 20% of scientists included some form of public engagement in theirprojects. ICES’ journey to public engagement resulted in important changes to processes and activitiesat the institution, but there is much more that needs to be done. PAC members advocate thatpublic members should be engaged in health data research and hope that public input will bea core element in health data research in the future. ICES will continue its efforts to addresspublic priorities and will seek to further evaluate the impact of public engagement across theorganisation.

scholarly journals Decolonising Namibian Arts and Design through Improvisation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Caoimhe Isha BEAULÉ ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Impact

The research investigates the role of service design and improvisation as decolonising practice. It is based on case study research with a focus group consisting of Namibian artists, designers, artisans and arts organisations who participated in artistic and cultural exchange activities of the Art South-South Trust (ASST), a start-up Namibian not for profit (NFP) organisation. The goal of ASST was to increase visibility of the focus group members, enable global exposure and create an arena for multi-vocality. The paper creates a practical framework for decolonising practices in Namibian arts and design by drawing on reflective practice to analyse the activities of ASST alongside interview data collected from Namibian and Australian partner organisations and participants in the program. Critical thinking is used to evaluate the impact of realised activities and processes both in situ in Namibia and in exchange in Australia. This paper explores practices that can enable decolonising processes in Namibian arts and design spheres

Eliciting the Requirements for Intelligent Systems in Law Enforcement

2011 ◽  
pp. 418-439
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Goldberg ◽  
Sanjeev Kapoor ◽  
Corey Wineman ◽  
William Carney ◽  
Dorothy G. Dologite
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Intelligent Search ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Not For Profit

This case study describes the experience of a not-for-profit research institution, serving the public interest, in developing several intelligent and innovative prototypes for law enforcement. The design and implementation of two intelligent search agents, and one facial recognition prototype is described in detail. Our experience in delivering these prototypes, as well as integrating them into several law enforcement agencies is also described.

The Impact of Public Policy on Support Services for Indigenous Families with Children with Special Education Needs

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Trimmer ◽  
Roselyn Dixon
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Special Education Needs ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
The Impact

In Australia and Europe, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations (NFPOs) have had long involvement in the funding and provision of community disability services. Significant change has occurred in Australia over the past two decades in the way government funds are expended, with marketplace mechanisms increasingly being used. As a consequence of economic and governance imperatives, funding of services via NFPOs has changed significantly with a move away from the provision of grants to the contracting of these organisations for the provision of services. In 2013, a new national policy, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), was introduced that has impacts for the provision of disability services for children and their families. In particular, Indigenous families are likely to experience barriers in accessing services. This paper reviews the impact of international changes in policy and associated funding models and considers the impacts and research implications of Australia's initial experience of implementation of the NDIS.

scholarly journals How performance measurement influences stakeholders in not-for-profit organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1164-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haley Allison Beer ◽  
Pietro Micheli
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of performance measurement (PM) on not-for-profit (NFP) organizations’ stakeholders by studying how PM practices interact with understandings of legitimate performance goals. This study invokes institutional logics theory to explain interactions between PM and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth case study is conducted in a large NFP organization in the UK. Managers, employees, and external partners are interviewed and observed, and performance-related documents analyzed. Findings Both stakeholders and PM practices are found to have dominant institutional logics that portray certain goals as legitimate. PM practices can reinforce, reconcile, or inhibit stakeholders’ understandings and propensity to act toward goals, depending on the extent to which practices share the dominant logic of the stakeholders they interact with. Research limitations/implications A theoretical framework is proposed for how PM practices first interact with stakeholders at a cognitive level and second influence action. This research is based on a single case study, which limits generalizability of findings; however, results may be transferable to other environments where PM is aimed at balancing competing stakeholder objectives and organizational priorities. Practical implications PM affects the experience of stakeholders by interacting with their understanding of legitimate performance goals. PM systems should be designed and implemented on the basis of both their formal ability to represent organizational aims and objectives, and their influence on stakeholders. Originality/value Findings advance PM theory by offering an explanation for how PM influences attention and actions at an individual micro level.

scholarly journals Student Auditing of University Social Responsibility - Reform through Reflective, Experiential Learning?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Menezes ◽  
Márcia Coelho ◽  
Fernanda Rodrigues ◽  
Peter Evans ◽  
Brian Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
The Impact

The emphasis on the social responsibility of higher education institutions emerged more systematically in the Post-Bologna European context. This paper presents an overview of a case study on a certificate in university social responsibility auditing, based on three European universities: Edimburgh, Kaunas and Porto. The goal is to develop an auditor training for students based on experiential learning, that is coherent and replicable in diverse contexts and that involves the various stakeholders. The project is based on a set of benchmarks of university social responsibility developed in the context of a European project, namely:  Research, Teaching, Support for Learning and Public Engagement; Governance; Environmental and Societal Sustainability; and Fair Practices. We will report on the initial data generated by the ESSA Project, in respect of student recruitment, baseline attitudes and the impact of participation in the training and the first audit.

scholarly journals Overcoming the Problem With Solving Business Problems: Using Theory Differently to Rejuvenate the Case Method for Turbulent Times

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Bridgman ◽  
C McLaughlin ◽  
Stephen Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Management Education ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
Critical Questioning

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. A questioning of the neoliberal consensus in the global economic order is creating turbulence in Western democracies. Long regarded as the only viable capitalist model, neoliberalism is now subjected to increasing scrutiny. Management education that has been aligned to a neoliberal worldview must now respond to this shifting landscape in order to retain its legitimacy. One core element of management education undergoing revision as a result is the case method of teaching. The case method’s traditionally narrow focus on training students to solve business problems is increasingly problematic in an environment where the structure of the capitalist system in which firms operate is now a topic of debate. To address this, we argue for a reconceptualization of the case method’s relationship with theory. This has conventionally taken two forms: a hostility to any inclusion of theory in the analytical process and an approach that uses theory as an instrument for profit maximization. We propose an alternative third approach that encourages students to engage in a critical questioning of business-as-usual capitalism from the perspective of multiple stakeholders, including managers, employees, unions, not-for-profit organizations, government, and the natural environment.

scholarly journals Alberta's Data and Analytic Strategy: Leveraging Linked Data to Drive Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Svenson
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Safe Haven ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Not For Profit

BackgroundThe Province of Alberta, Canada, maintains a mature data environment with linkable administrative and clinical data dating back up to 30 years. Alberta has a single payer, publicly funded and administered, universal health system, which maintains multiple administrative data sets. Main AimThe main aim of the strategy is to fully maximize the data assets in the province to drive health system health system innovation, with a focus on improving health outcomes and quality of life. Methods/ApproachThe Alberta Ministry of Health has created the Secondary Use Data Access (SUDA) initiative to leverage its administrative health data. SUDA envisions strengthening partnerships between the public and private sectors through two main data access approaches. The first is direct access to de-identified data held within the Alberta Health data warehouse by key health system stakeholders (e.g. academic institutions, professional associations, regulatory colleges). The second is indirect access to private and not-for-profit organizations, using a data access safe haven (DASH) approach. Indirect access is achieved through private sector investments to a trusted third party that hires analysts placed within the Ministry of Health offices. ResultsStaffing agreements and privacy impact assessments are in place. Indirect access includes a multiple stakeholder steering committee to vet and prioritize projects. Private and not-for-profit stakeholders do not have access to raw data, but rather receive access to aggregated data and statistical models. All data disclosures are done by Ministry staff to ensure compliance with Alberta's Health Information Act. Direct access has been established for one professional organization and one academic institution, with access restricted to de-identified data. ConclusionThe Secondary Use Data Access initiative uses a safe haven approach to leveraging data to provide a more secure approach to data access. It reduces the need to provision data outside of the data warehouse while improving timely access to data. The approach provides assurances that people's health information is held secure, while also being used to create health system improvements.

The impact of relative CEO compensation on not-for-profit contributions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Kaden ◽  
Gary Peters ◽  
Juan Manuel Sanchez ◽  
Gary M. Fleischman
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Ceo Compensation ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Survivorship Bias ◽  
Excess Cash ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Current

PurposeThe authors extend research suggesting that external funders reduce their contributions to not-for-profit (NFP) organizations in response to media-reported CEO compensation levels.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a maximum archival sample of 44,807 observations from US Form 990s, the authors comprehensively assess the extent that high relative NFP CEO compensation is associated with decreases in future contributions.FindingsThe authors find that donors and grantors react negatively to high relative CEO compensation but do not react adversely to high absolute executive compensation. Contributors seem to take issue with CEO compensation when they perceive it absorbs a relatively large portion of the organizations’ total expenses, which may hinder the NFP’s mission. Additional findings suggest that excess cash held by the NFP significantly exacerbates the negative baseline relationship between future contributions and high relative CEO compensation. Finally, both individual donors and professional grantors are sensitive to cash NFP CEO compensation levels, but grantors are more sensitive to CEO noncash compensation.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors’ data are focused on larger NFP organizations, so this limits the generalizability of the study. Furthermore, survivorship bias potentially influences their time-series investigations because a current year large-scale decrease in funding due to high relative CEO compensation may cause some NFP firms to drop out of the sample the following year due to significant funding reductions.Originality/valueThe study makes three noteworthy contributions to the literature. First, the study documents that the negative association between high relative CEO compensation levels and future donor and grantor contributions is much more widespread than previous literature suggested. Second, the authors document that high relative CEO compensation levels that trigger reductions in future contributions are significantly exacerbated by excess cash held by the NFP. Finally, the authors find that more sophisticated grantors are more sensitive to noncash CEO compensation levels as compared with donors.

On the Association between Donor-Imposed Financial Inflexibility and Future Donations to Charitable Organizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamurthy Surysekar ◽  
Elizabeth H. Turner ◽  
Clark M. Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Managerial Discretion ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Charitable Organizations ◽  
Financial Flexibility ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT We address the impact of financial flexibility on organizational performance in a not-for-profit (NFP) setting. Specifically, we examine the link between donor-imposed financial inflexibility and subsequent donations. Donors sometimes impose restrictions on NFP use of the donated resources. These restrictions arise because of donors' preferences regarding how the assets are used, or as a mechanism for donors to monitor the actions of NFP management. Restricted donations cause financial inflexibility and limit managerial discretion. We examine the costs and benefits of restricting managerial discretion and find a negative relation between future donations and high levels of donor restriction. Specifically, we empirically demonstrate that when restricted assets comprise a high percentage of total assets, additional increases in restricted assets are associated with an overall reduction in future donations.

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