scholarly journals Strategic Leadership Competencies and its Relationship on Achieving Organizational Commitment: A Theoretical Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-57
Author(s):  
Adnan Ahmad Olwan ◽  
Hani Jaza’a Irtaimeh ◽  
Musa AL-Lozi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Organizational Excellence ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
The Social

Many of the contemporary administrative approaches focus their efforts on defining the concepts of organizational excellence. In the context of scientific management, the concept of efficiency has been defined as the basis for organizational excellence and the entry of human relations, which focused on the social needs of workers. The present study aims to review the theoretical and educational literature on strategic leadership and its relationship to achieving organizational commitment.

scholarly journals Strategic Leadership Competencies and its Relationship on Achieving Organizational Excellence: A Theoretical Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-79
Author(s):  
Adnan Ahmad Olwan ◽  
Hani Jaza’a Irtaimeh ◽  
Musa AL-Lozi
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Organizational Excellence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Leadership Research

Despite the long history of leadership research, management scholars have recently begun to define modern concepts of strategic leadership as a focus. The present study aims to review the theoretical literature on strategic leadership, the dimensions of strategic leadership, leadership, strategic thinking, strategic thinking models, and the advantages of strategic thinking, leadership model, and functional cadres.

The Social Impact of Suffering: Physical Pain Thwarts Social Needs

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Riva ◽  
James H. Wirth ◽  
Kipling D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
The Social

Challenges for income generation methods in monopoly companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Ali Zurapov
Keyword(s):  
Market Competition ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Fundamental Goal ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Commercial Organization

In conditions of market competition, the fundamental goal of any commercial organization is to obtain the greatest profit, which directly depends on the amount of income received and expenses incurred. Current paper discuses  about main source of development of the material and technical base of the enterprise, replenishment of its own working capital, ensuring the social needs of the companies. Main objectivity is income factor in the stability of the existence and progress of the monopoly companies. In this regard, the management of the income of the organization is currently quite an urgent task for every giant entrepreneur. The article reveals the essence, purpose, objectives and measures in the field of enterprise revenue management. On the example of a particular enterprise, a dynamic and structural analysis of its revenues is carried out.

Islamists between revolution and the state: an epilogue

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghani Imad
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
New Type ◽  
Political Realities

The problematic addressed in this article is the challenge initiated by the Arab revolutions to reform the Arab political system in such a way as to facilitate the incorporation of ‘democracy’ at the core of its structure. Given the profound repercussions, this issue has become the most serious matter facing the forces of change in the Arab world today; meanwhile, it forms the most prominent challenge and the most difficult test confronting Islamists. The Islamist phenomenon is not an alien implant that descended upon us from another planet beyond the social context or manifestations of history. Thus it cannot but be an expression of political, cultural, and social needs and crises. Over the years this phenomenon has presented, through its discourse, an ideological logic that falls within the context of ‘advocacy’; however, today Islamists find themselves in office, and in a new context that requires them to produce a new type of discourse that pertains to the context of a ‘state’. Political participation ‘tames’ ideology and pushes political actors to rationalize their discourse in the face of daily political realities and the necessity of achievement. The logic of advocacy differs from that of the state: in the case of advocacy, ideology represents an enriching asset, whereas in the case of the state, it constitutes a heavy burden. This is one reason why so much discourse exists within religious jurisprudence related to interest or necessity or balancing outcomes. This article forms an epilogue to the series of articles on religion and the state published in previous issues of this journal. It adopts the methodologies of ‘discourse analysis’ and ‘case studies’ in an attempt to examine the arguments presented by Islamists under pressure from the opposition. It analyses the experiences, and the constraints, that inhibit the production of a ‘model’, and monitors the development of the discourse, its structure, and transformations between advocacy, revolution and the state.

Addressing the social needs of individuals with food allergy and celiac disease during COVID-19: A new practice model for sustained social care

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Lucy A. Bilaver ◽  
Rajeshree Das ◽  
Erin Martinez ◽  
Emily Brown ◽  
Ruchi S. Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Allergy ◽  
Celiac Disease ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals A HYBRID MULTIPLE CRITERIA EVALUATION METHOD OF RANKING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE STRUCTURES FOR RENOVATION PROJECTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenonas TURSKIS ◽  
Zydrune MORKUNAITE ◽  
Vladislavas KUTUT
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Multiple Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Cultural heritage item preservation, renovation and adaptation to the social needs of people, as well as their passing from generation to generation, is a problem relevant from economic, historical, archeological, religious, technological, research and other perspectives. They are typical strategic multi-criteria decision-making problems. The state institutions and the owners and managers of the heritage items invest in their preservation. In fact, every country has a great number of the registered heritage structures. To ensure their effective management and renovation, a lot of implementation projects and strategies should be developed and evaluated. This work requires large investments and time. The paper presents a hybrid model developed for ranking the heritage buildings intended for renovation according to their value. The model for problem solution based on integrated using two MCDM methods Analytic Hierarchy Process and EDAS. A set of the criteria for evaluating the projects, concerning the renovation of cultural heritage items defined.

The role of public libraries in the development of social capital in local communities – a theoretical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Maja Dorota Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

PurposeSocial capital, understood as intangible community values available through a network of connections, is a factor in the development of societies and improving quality of life. It helps to remove economic inequalities and prevent poverty and social exclusion, stimulate social and regional development, civic attitudes and social engagement and build a civic society as well as local and regional identity. Many of these tasks may be implemented by libraries, which, apart from providing access to information, may also offer a number of services associated with social needs. The purpose of this paper is to present the roles and functions that libraries may serve in local communities in terms of assistance, integration and development based on classical social capital theories.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the classical concepts of social capital in the context of libraries. It analyses the findings of Pierre-Félix Bourdieu, James Coleman, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Putnam, Nan Lin, Ronald Stuart Burt, Wayne Baker and Alejandro Portes. Based on their respective concepts, the paper analyses the role of the contemporary library in the social life of local communities. In particular, it focuses on the possible new functions that public libraries may serve.FindingsA critical review of the concept of social capital revealed certain dependencies between libraries and their neighbourhoods. With new services that respond to the actual social needs, libraries may serve as a keystone, namely they may integrate, animate and engage local communities. This, however, requires a certain approach to be adopted by the personnel and governing authorities as well as infrastructure and tangible resources.Originality/valueThe social engagement of libraries is usually described from the practical perspective (reports on the services provided) or in the context of research on the impact of respective projects on specific groups of users (research reports). A broader approach, based on original social theories, is rarely encountered. The paper draws on classical concepts of social capital and is a contribution to the discussion on possible uses of those concepts based on an analysis of the role of libraries in social life and in strengthening the social capital of local communities.

“Same Old Stories”: The Black Male in Social Science and Educational Literature, 1930s to the Present

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (9) ◽  
pp. 2047-2079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Educational Conditions

Background/Context Over the last three decades, considerable attention has been given to the social and educational conditions of Black males. Such observations have led to the accusation that Black males are “in crisis.” Although such pronouncements call national attention to the needs of Black males, these discourses have helped to normalize and fasten in place an unchanging and reworked narrative for discussing or addressing the conditions of Black males. The intent of this article is to show how, for numerous decades, both the findings and theories used to make sense of Black males within the social science and education literature have helped to produce a common-sense narrative about all Black males. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study The purpose of this article is to trouble historical and contemporary beliefs about Black males and to help prompt new theories, research, and interventions that account for the complex needs of Black males’ lives. This article historically documents the social science and educational literature about Black males from the 1930s to the present. Two interrelated questions guided this analysis: (1) What are the common and recycled discourses employed within and across historical periods to make sense of the social and educational conditions of Black males? (2) To what extent and in what ways have these discourses closed off the kinds of questions one can ask in the present to address the social and educational conditions of Black males? This article concludes with a discussion of how researchers and educators can begin to ask new questions about Black males that explore the complexities of Black males’ lives, while also challenging the same old stories that pervade educational discourse. Research Design Historicizing of knowledge was the method used in this project. Historicizing of knowledge as a method of analysis examines how trajectories of the past help to shape how “ideas and events of the present are constructed,” in the words of Thomas Popkewitz. Employing this historical approach, this study focused on the visibility and presentation of theories and explanations about Black males, both adults and youth, in social science and educational literature over subsequent decades—(a) 1930s—1950s, (b) 1960s—1970s, and (c) 1980s to the present—to assess their durability and how they were changed (i.e., nuanced), if at all, over time. Findings/Results The findings from this analysis illustrate that the populational reasoning of Black males has been framed around four recursive conceptual narratives—absent and wandering, impotent and powerless, soulful and adaptive, and endangered and in crisis—from the 1930s to the present. Conclusions/Recommendations What these findings illustrate is the necessity for educational theorists and practitioners to ask new questions beyond the populational reasoning that has consumed educational discourse about Black males. The first step is for researchers and practitioners to take notice of whether typical explanations or narratives of deficit and difference guide their questions about Black male achievement, and for researchers and educators to carefully examine the diversity of Black male experiences beyond the dominant tropes of pathology and difference that have persisted within educational discourse.

Murder with Mendacity

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Karl Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Eyewitness Testimony ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Ethical Question ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nazi Persecution

This chapter criticises the public's habit of ignoring or outright deceiving themselves with regard to the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Here, using certain set phrases as a form of exorcism satisfies the social needs arising from impoverished imaginations, never blaming the perpetrators but rather the victims and invariably those who report the deeds. Unshakeable credit is given to people travelling through Germany who conclude from the fact that they have “seen nothing wrong”—that nothing has occurred and everything is in order. Moments free of violence have been witnessed by many a traveller who is then able to give plausible eyewitness testimony, and that they have seen nothing can be confirmed by others who were in the same position. In times like these, people disregard the most basic logical question: whether that which is happening must always be visible everywhere or even visible at all. And there is also the ethical question: whether it might not on the contrary be more correct deliberately to multiply a single case by a factor of ten, if this is the only way to draw attention and to arouse people's conscience.

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