scholarly journals MULTISENSORY DESIGN FOR SENSE OF COHERENCE: A CASE STUDY OF ACADEMICS’ WORKSPACES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Casther ◽  
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S. Coorey ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Design Features ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
Workplace Productivity ◽  
Workplace Environments ◽  
User Groups

Multisensory design in workplace plays an important role in the sense of wellbeing and sense of coherence of its users. Both are important for workplace productivity and efficiency. Workplace designs are often driven by maximising capacity and corporate identities rather than the need for improving the quality of environments and sense of wellbeing of its users which is critical for optimising workplace productivity. Multisensory design features vary across workplace environments and the response to such may also vary based on the user groups, their background, cultural differences, type of profession or work being performed etc. The study aims to explore multisensory design in workplace and its impact on sense of wellbeing and coherence of its users in a case study of a workplace of academics in a Higher Education Institution. A qualitative approach is used to collect data on user perceptions via in-depth interviews, memory sketching, visual surveys etc. The workplace multisensory design features are assessed using checklists and photographic observations. Findings show that universal factors such as adequate privacy, availability of biophilia, informal interactions in the workplace and the flexibility for personalisation enhanced sense of wellbeing and coherence in workplace., which led to a positive impact on workplace productivity.in the users.

scholarly journals Peran Kepala Sekolah Dalam Mengembangkan Mutu Budaya Organisasi

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
ZM Abid Mohammady
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
A Value ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: In the context of Indonesia, the quality of education seems to be something taboo to talk about, however, according to researchers the quality of education in Indonesia is very apprehensive. It is necessary for the role of headmaster and special efforts in developing a quality education institution through organizational culture as a value system that is understood, imbued, run jointly by members of the organization as a system of meaning or guidance for the organizers. This study aims to describe the three roles and impacts role of the headmaster role in developing the quality of organizational culture, they are: (1) the role of the headmaster as a manager; (2) the role of the headmaster as the educator; (3) the role of the headmaster as the supervisor; 4) The impact of the headmaster's role in developing the quality of organizational culture quality at SDMT Ponorogo. This research is categorized into a field research with qualitative descriptive approach and the research design was case study. The setting of study was at SDMT Ponorogo.  The findings showed that (1). The role of headmaster as manager encompasses conducting internal and external analysis, internalizing the Islamic value that is kemuhamadiyahan value. (2). The role of the headmaster as an educator includes involving educators in upgrading, workshops or training in order to provide opportunities for educators to improve their knowledge and skills by learning to the higher education, conducting cadre to members of organizational culture and creating jargon to motivate members of organizational culture. (3). The role of the headmaster as a supervisor comprises overseeing and Evaluating the performance and achievement of members of organizational culture, conducting weekly, monthly and semester meetings, monitoring achievements of educators and learners. (4) The impact of the school headmaster's role in developing the quality of organizational culture is organizational culture climate becomes harmonious and schools achieve more attainments.Abstrak: Dalam konteks Indonesia, mutu pendidikan seolah-olah menjadi barang yang tabu untuk diperbicangkan, dalam konteks tersebut kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia sangat memperihatinkan. Untuk itu diperlukan peran kepala sekolah dan Upaya khusus dalam mengembangkan sebuah mutu lembaga pendidikan melalui budaya organisasi sebagai sistem nilai yang dipahami, dijiwai, dijalankan secara bersama oleh anggota organisasi sebagai sistem makna atau pedoman bagi pelaku organisasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menjelaskan tiga peran serta dampak peran  kepala sekolah dalam mengembangkan mutu budaya organisasi, yaitu: (1) Peran kepala sekolah sebagai Manajer, (2) Peran kepala sekolah sebagai Educator, (3) Peran kepala sekolah sebagai supervisor, dan (4) Dampak peran kepala sekolah dalam mengembangkan mutu budaya organisasi di SDMT Ponorogo. Dengan menghasilkan temuan: (1).Peran kepala sekolah sebagai manajer diantaranya: melakukan analisis internal dan eksternal, menginternalisasi nilai keislaman yaitu nilai kemuhammadiahan. (2). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai educator diantaranya: mengikut sertakan pendidik dalam penataran, workshop atau pelatihan memberikan kesempatan kepada pendidik untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilannya dengan belajar ke jenjang pendidikan yang lebih tinggi, melakukan pengkaderan kepada anggota budaya organisasi. membuat jargon-jargon untuk memotivasi anggota budaya organisasi. (3). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai supervisor diantarnya: mengawasi dan mengevaluasi kinerja dan pencapaian anggota budaya organisasi, mengadakan rapat setiap, minggu, bulan dan semester, memantau prestasi pendidik dan peserta didik. (4) Dampak peran kepala sekolah dalam mengembangkan mutu budaya organisasi diantaranya: iklim budaya organisasi menjadi harmonis, sekolah menjadi lebih berprestasi.

MOOC and Blended Learning Models

2018 ◽  
pp. 276-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Torres-Coronas ◽  
María-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Current Experience

Interest is growing in educational designs that blend MOOCs with on-campus teaching and researchers are seeking to incorporate the spirit of a MOOC into a hybrid model. This article reports on the current experience of a higher education institution embarking on blended learning models. The aim of this article is to present a case study and to discuss the strategic approach to integrating a MOOC at undergraduate level. The evaluation strategy of this experience uses surveys and focus groups to interpret the results and the perspective of the various stakeholders. The analysis synthesizes the opinion of the main stakeholders – the institution, the students and the academic staff – and shows that in addition to improving the financial viability of MOOCs, blended learning models improve the quality of students' education, strengthen students' academic performance, and encourage academic staff to constantly innovate their teaching and learning process.

Developing an effective renovation plan: the influence of data collection tools

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoghogho Ogbeifun ◽  
Charles Mbohwa ◽  
Jan-Harm Christiaan Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of

Purpose All built facility begins to show signs of deterioration immediately after the facility is completed and put to use, thus necessitating routine maintenance. Increase in defects due to age, usage, and other factors, requires extensive maintenance activities known as renovation. The data used for a typical renovation plan can be collected using the condition assessment (CA) tool which depends on physical inspection of the defects or through a facility condition index which hinges on harnessing and analyzing the information in the operational history of the facility. The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality of a typical renovation plan using both tools. Design/methodology/approach The single case study of qualitative research was adopted. The data were collected through the principle of semi-structured questionnaire complemented with interviews and document analysis. The documents include periodic operational reports and a CA report used for planned renovation exercise of the Facilities Management (FM) Unit in a higher education institution in South Africa. Findings The findings revealed that although the FM Unit produces periodic reports, but there was no evidence of detailed analysis of the reports. Therefore, the programmed renovation exercises are based purely on the information from a CA. Research limitations/implications This research is a single site case study of qualitative research; the data collected are limited and not sufficient for generalization of the results. Furthermore, the lack of record of the analysis of the operational history in the periodic reports negatively affected the computation of facilities condition index (FCI). Thus it was not possible to demonstrate the strength of FCI over CA from empirical information. Originality/value The quality of a typical renovation plan is influenced by the tool used for data collection. Although the CA tool is commonly used, experience shows that the renovation exercise developed from such records is prone to many execution setbacks, such as frequent scope changes and the associated cost and time overruns. These setbacks can be minimized if the FCI is used as the tool for data collection.

scholarly journals The Struggle of Orang Asli in Education: Quality of Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Aidil Fitri Sawalludin ◽  
Charmaine Lim Jia Min ◽  
Mohamad Izzuan Mohd Ishar
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Orang Asli ◽  
The Government

This article is a case study on the education of Orang Asli in Malaysia. Indigenous people or “orang asli” are the oldest inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia but they are the minority among the total population in Malaysia.  A study showed that around 50 percent of the students from the Orang Asli community do not further their study in secondary school after finishing their primary school and only 30 percent of students of Orang Asli finish their secondary school, which is less than half of the national average. The statistics of the education progress of Orang Asli are quite worrisome for a lot of parties especially the government and there are a lot of factors that contribute to those, not good-looking results. In order to improve the quality of education, studies on the challenges faced by the Orang Asli are a must. There are a lot of factors causing that specific problem. One of the factors is would be the awareness amongst the Orang Asli community towards education and another factor is would be the Orang Asli accessibility to their nearest education institution. In a nutshell, the Orang Asli are the minority communities that had been marginalized for decades and to achieve the aim to reduce poverty and uplift quality of life them, education is the main key to success.

scholarly journals POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZING CATERING IN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF PODOLSK

2019 ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
Elena N. Myasnikova ◽  
Tatiana V. Zhubreva
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Retail Sale ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Organoleptic Characteristics ◽  
Traditional Format ◽  
The Russian Federation

Healthy nutrition exerts positive impact on quality of life and life span of people laid during the foundation period of the organism in the children and teenage years, i.e. when all children and teenagers go to pre-school and school. The article provides information about catering organization in education institution in certain entities of the Russian Federation. Catering services rendered in the traditional format used in regions were compared with the board format realized in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Positive sides of the traditional system of catering for children and teenagers in education institutions were illustrated by the work of the Podolsk Group of Catering Services and Whole-Retail Sale. The shift to the centralized making food for supply to education institutions and shutting-down their cooking blocks were recognized as inexpedient. It is grounded by a number of restrictions and problems, including excessive unification of food, impossibility to respond quickly to the customers’ needs and increase in the best-before dates of finished food, which can cause a drop in organoleptic characteristics of food. A threatening problem is security of finished culinary produce, whose infringement, according to RBK, led to food intoxication and serious illnesses in children and teenagers. In this connection the work of the Podolsk administration and the Podolsk Group of Catering Services and Whole-Retail Sale dealing with supply of high quality food can be considered as positive experience.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE AND CHALLENGES OF OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION – A CASE STUDY IN A PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 253-278
Author(s):  
Poi Hun Sun ◽  
Sek Yan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business School ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
Outcome Based Education

Purpose – Given the importance of quality assurance and enhancement of curriculum in a higher education institution, it is vital to have a systematic process to measure students’ performance objectively and effectively for continuous improvement in the programme/curriculum. The purpose of this study is to analyse the process of setting up an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) system in a business school of a private higher education institution in Malaysia. The importance and challenges of the OBE system are discussed, while some recommendations for common issues are suggested. Methodology – Document analyses and observations were conducted on ten undergraduate programmes in the business school of a private higher education institution, from 2015 to 2019. These mechanisms are to assess and discuss the processes needed in implementing OBE; while the importance and challenges of having an OBE system in the business school are included. Findings – To have a smooth-running process of implementing an OBE system, proper planning needs to be in place. Data from the OBE system and its utilisation are essential to ensure continuous quality improvement to the curriculum and to give assurance to relevant stakeholders about the quality of graduates. There are several steps that are discussed in this paper to give pointers and guidance to other education institutions in setting up of the OBE process. However, it is undeniable that investment of time and effort is needed to ensure the smooth-running of the OBE establishment and maintenance. Significance – This study is essential to provide a guideline to relevant parties in setting up an OBE system in education institutions. An OBE system is needed to measure students’ performance objectively and effectively while enriching students’ learning experiences. This study will give pointers to the management of the education institution, policy makers, accrediting bodies and academics on implementing an OBE system in the education institutions.

scholarly journals The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Service Quality of Banks in Ghana: Case Study of Ecobank and Access Bank Ghana

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Johnson Yeboah ◽  
Ernest K. Asirifi ◽  
Samuel Ampadu
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Perceived Service Quality ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Ghana has witnessed a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M & As) in the banking industry following the bank recapitalization initiative by the government in 2008. This raises an important question concerning the trade-off between the possible efficiency gains and efficiency losses as banks merge into one large unit. The objective of this study was to find out how Mergers & Acquisitions have impacted service quality of consolidated banks in Ghana. A descriptive and explanatory design was adopted as the study sought to describe customer perceived service quality and to also explain the relationship between M & As and service quality. An ANOVA and T-tests techniques were used to analyze primary and secondary data gathered. Findings from the study indicated that M & As had positive impact on overall service quality. The conclusion drawn by the researchers indicates that mergers and acquisitions offer superior growth and financing option for banks. This in turn promotes economic efficiency through improvements in costs and services delivery.

scholarly journals Towards Addressing the Challenges Bedeviling the Strategies of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’iqamatis-Sunnah in the Democratization Process of Katsina State-Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Musa Kabir Umar ◽  
Muhammad Ainuddin Iskandar Lee bin Abdul ◽  
Kamarul Zaman Bn Hajj Yusouf
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Civic Association ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Personal Experiences

The paper investigates the challenges bedeviling the strategies of an Islamic civil society organization known as Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’iqamtis-Sunnah [JIBWIS] popularly known as Izala in the democratization process of Katsina State-Nigeria with a view to proffering solutions. A lot of problems have been militating against the efforts of Izala Islamic civil society association towards improving the quality of the democratic order. As a case study qualitative research inquiry, the study was conducted through an in-depth semi-structured interview with 18 key informant’s personal experiences on the phenomenon. Analysis of data was done by using NVivo 12 which significantly aided in the coding, categorization and data management which produced the themes and sub-themes. System theory was used as a framework in the explanation of the phenomenon. The study found out that there are myriads of problematic issues related to the strategies used by the Izala organization; which negates their strategies in the democratization process. Furthermore, the study has identified the various ways in which such strategies could be strengthened for the Islamic organization to give a positive impact on the advancement of the democratization process in the State. Thus, the study presents a conceptually and empirically supported framework to describe the strategies of Islamic civic association in the democratization process of the state. In effect, therefore, the lingering Izala strategy’s crises in the democratization process was explored and analyzed. The study is particularly useful for religious civil societies, politicians, policy-makers, and researchers by identifying and proposing the ways in which the state, political parties, religious organizations, and other democratic stakeholders should conduct and relate in a nascent democratizing society. The analysis points toward the potential for change in the strategies of Izala Islamic civil society in the democratization process.

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