scholarly journals Geography Teacher as an Effective Classroom Manager

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Bethel T Ababio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
Instructional Goals ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Lesson Evaluation ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Teaching Learning

The Geography Teacher in the classroom setting is confronted on a daily basis with situations which require effective decision-making. By and large, the quality of the decision s/he makes daily determines the attainment of her/his instructional goals. But unfortunately, some teachers are unable to attain their instructional goals due to their poor decision-making skills. This article is an attempt to educate teachers in general and geography teachers in particular on the decision-making skills that they have to demonstrate in the teaching learning process. The article deals with issues such as the functional roles of the Geography Teacher as regards lesson planning, lesson implementation and lesson evaluation. In performing these functions, the Geography Teacher will have to demonstrate her/his decision-making skills with regard to what to teach, when to teach, how to teach and how to evaluate.

scholarly journals Institutional design and utilisation of evaluation results in Uganda’s public universities: Empirical findings from Kyambogo University

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Kabuye ◽  
Benon C. Basheka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
The University

Background: The need for evidence-based decision-making scaled up the need for monitoring and evaluation systems in Africa. The education sector has received increasing scrutiny, owing to its centrality in promoting the national agenda of countries. The higher education sub-sector has expanded in its drive to increase accessibility, albeit with numerous challenges and doubts, especially about the quality of education. Numerous evaluations in this sub-sector in Uganda have been carried out, but their results have not been used for effective decision-making. In this regard, the non-utilisation trend of evaluation findings is attributable to the design of the institutions where these evaluations are carried out.Objectives: The study examined the relationship between institutional design (procedural rules, evaluation processes and institutional capacity) and utilisation of evaluation results at Kyambogo University.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional survey involving a sample of 118 respondents whose views were obtained through the use of questionnaires and key informant interviews triangulated with documentary analysis.Results: The study found that procedural rules, evaluation processes and evaluation capacity had a positive (0.459, 0.486 and 0.765, respectively) and a statistically significant (sig. = 0.000) effect on utilisation of evaluation results. This means that the dimensions of institutional design were important predictors of utilisation of evaluation results by a public sector agency.Conclusion: Strengthening of the evaluation competences and capacity of the university by empowering the Directorate of Planning and Development to coordinate and harmonise all evaluations and be charged with the follow-up of utilisation of the results is an emerging recommendation from this study.

scholarly journals Small-Group Interaction among Professional Librarians

1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen R. Tower
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Decision Performance ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Libraries are using small groups to make decisions, and it is important that the decisions these groups make are effective. Small-group scholars argue that group processes and interactions play an important role and influence effective decision-making. Randy Y. Hirokawa developed a theory called Vigilant Interaction Theory which maintains that group interaction affects decision-making performance by directly shaping the quality of vigilance that leads to a final choice. Small groups consisting of professional librarians were used to test Hirokawa’s theory, and the results showed that group decision performance is directly related to the group’s efforts to perform critical vigilant decision-making functions. Specifically, groups that show a pattern generating more alternative solutions are more likely to develop effective decisions.

scholarly journals Executive Branch Self-Policing in Times of Crisis: The Challenges for Conscientious Legal Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Shane
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Presidential Advisers

The essay considers the limits to executive branch capacity to provide reliable legal analysis in times of emergency, including covert military operations. It highlights the special risks government faces when the circle of presidential advisers narrows because of highly classified operations and there is less opportunity for senior advisors, including attorneys, to review pending initiatives. Executive unilateralism legitimates secrecy, and secrecy promotes effective decision making only in exceptional circumstances: subjecting an administration’s performance to public scrutiny will improve both the quality of the performance and public confidence in the executive branch.

Parliamentarism and the Legislative Branch

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
András Sajó ◽  
Renáta Uitz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Legislative Branch ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
The Law ◽  
Internal Operations ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Law Making

This chapter examines the relationship between parliamentarism and the legislative branch. It explores the evolution of the legislative branch, leading to disillusionment with the rationalized law-making factory, a venture run by political parties beyond the reach of constitutional rules. The rise of democratically bred party rule is positioned between the forces favouring free debate versus effective decision-making in the legislature. The chapter analyses the institutional make-up and internal operations of the legislature, the role of the opposition in the legislative assembly, and explores the benefits of bicameralism for boosting the powers of the legislative branch. Finally, it looks at the law-making process and its outsourcing via delegating legislative powers to the executive.

Computing an effective decision making group of a society using social network analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghyun Kim ◽  
Deying Li ◽  
Omid Asgari ◽  
Yingshu Li ◽  
Alade O. Tokuta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making

Effective Decision Making in a Life Company

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-166
Author(s):  
M. Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Theory ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Past Life ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Value Measurement

ABSTRACTIn the recent past life companies have made many decisions which they have had cause to deeply regret. This paper looks at the range of decision making theories available. It then examines recent examples of decisions that had unfavourable consequences and explores why they were taken, and goes on to describe a systematic approach to decision making which can help management assess more objectively the difficult choices confronting them today. The approach does not require espousal of any specific decision theory or method of value measurement. The focus is on the decision making process and the organisation's capacity to handle change. The paper identifies the three requirements for effective decision making.

Application of Unascertained Measure-Entropy Evaluation Model for Program Selection of Shaft Construction under Complex Conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 225-226 ◽  
pp. 407-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Qing Li ◽  
Mu Jie Chen ◽  
Wen Qing Meng
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making ◽  
Measure Entropy ◽  
Selection Of

An unascertained measure-entropy evaluation model for the program selection of shaft construction under complex conditions is established so that a scientific and effective decision making method is provided in this paper, the evaluation model of shaft construction is established based on unascertained measure and entropy weight theory, then, the model proposed in this paper is applied to evaluate three shaft construction program comprehensively, and the evaluation results show validity and applicability of the model.

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