Orientism Management Strategy for Training Policy-Makers in Emergency Decision-Making

Forecasting and Managing Risk in the Health and Safety Sectors - Advances in Human Services and Public Health ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7903-8.ch006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 109-144

Author(s):

Luisa dall'Acqua

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

New Technologies ◽

Research Data ◽

Work Team ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Emergency Decision Making ◽

Effective Policy ◽

Training Policy ◽

Social Environmental ◽

Emergency Decision

Policy-making is asked to define criteria and decisional support to respond to emergencies and a complex mix of social, environmental, economic, and cultural problems. Politics, especially at the highest levels, requires preparing professionals able to manage the opportunities offered by new technologies in the context of security and management. Risk analysis is an increasingly urgent necessity and challenge. Research data needs to be packaged into effective policy tools that will help policy-makers make an evidence-informed policy. The objective of this chapter is to offer a framework of analysis (Orientism Management OM Framework) useful for training policy-makers to develop a multi-perspective informed policy. It intends orienting the variety of backgrounds, interests, knowledge, skills, and the whole personality of the trainees, individually or within a work team.

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Growth Versus Development: Caution to Policy-Makers and Effective Policy Making

Indian Journal of Public Administration ◽

10.1177/0019556120080210 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 368-372

Author(s):

I. Ramabrahmam ◽

Soumendra Mohanty

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Effective Policy

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Impact of Employees’ Job Insecurity and Employee Turnover on Organisational Performance in Private and Public Sector Organisations

Studies in Business and Economics ◽

10.2478/sbe-2018-0016 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 5-19

Author(s):

Dupe Adesubomi Abolade

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Employee Turnover ◽

New Technologies ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Private And Public ◽

Training Policy ◽

As Relationship ◽

The Relationship ◽

Structured Questionnaire

AbstractLayoffs and alternative staffing seem to be a phenomenon in many workplaces, many employees seem uncertain of their continuing in their job as a result of threats that they face on the job which could lead to job loss, and these call for concern. This paper therefore examines some of the factors responsible for job insecurity and employee turnover and the attendant effects of job insecurity on organisation. The study investigates the relationship between job insecurity and organisation performance, as well as relationship between job insecurity and employee turnover. Self-developed structured questionnaire titled ‘Job Insecurity, Organisation Performance and Employee Turnover’ (JIOPET) was used as the instrument to collect data from one hundred and twenty randomly selected respondents from organised private sector (financial institutions) in Akure and public sector (state secretariat) in Ibadan, Nigeria. The data were analysed and the two hypotheses drawn up for the study were tested using Pearson Product- Moment Correlation. The findings establish that job insecurity negatively affect organisation performance and induce employee turnover. It is recommended that organisation policy makers should diligently address the factors that contribute to job insecurity, have training policy and train employees as work procedures are becoming more dynamic with new technologies.

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Shaping Urban Freight Systems via a Participatory Approach to Inform Policy-Making

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12010441 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 441 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniela Paddeu ◽

Paulus Aditjandra

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Stakeholder Engagement ◽

Common Good ◽

Policy Making ◽

New Technologies ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

Policy Framework ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Urban Freight ◽

Newcastle Upon Tyne

In the upcoming era of new technologies, a transport system is expected to be ‘more sustainable,’ ‘safer,’ and ‘more efficient.’ However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement workshops, the paper explores the vision of different stakeholders about urban freight of the future. A Participatory Approach was used to allow stakeholders to identify the problem and co-design a set of solutions. Potential impacts of innovative urban deliveries on economy, environment, and society were analysed. Methodology and results were then compared with those of a city stakeholder engagement workshop delivered in Newcastle upon-Tyne in 2014. Stakeholders considered that an “engaging” and “easy to use” process was needed to facilitate the process and it encouraged participants to find solutions for a ‘common good.’ The participatory approach proposed in this process would support transport planners and policy-makers to design and implement a consistent policy framework for future sustainable urban freight systems.

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Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture Adoption

ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE ◽

10.3280/ecag2019-003004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 637-656 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marco Medici ◽

Søren Marcus Pedersen ◽

Giacomo Carli ◽

Maria Rita Tagliaventi

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

Precision Agriculture ◽

New Technologies ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Herbicide Application ◽

Pesticide Application ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Application Rates ◽

Biodiversity Policy ◽

Lime Application

The purpose of this study is to analyse the environmental benefits of precision agriculture technology adoption obtained from the mitigation of negative environmental impacts of agricultural inputs in modern farming. Our literature review of the environmental benefits related to the adoption of precision agriculture solutions is aimed at raising farmers' and other stakeholders' awareness of the actual environmental impacts from this set of new technologies. Existing studies were categorised according to the environmental impacts of different agricultural activities: nitrogen application, lime application, pesticide application, manure application and herbicide application. Our findings highlighted the effects of the reduction of input application rates and the consequent impacts on climate, soil, water and biodiversity. Policy makers can benefit from the outcomes of this study developing an understanding of the environmental impact of precision agriculture in order to promote and support initiatives aimed at fostering sustainable agriculture.

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Youth Employment Programs in Ghana: Options for Effective Policy Making and Implementation

10.1596/978-1-4648-1579-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Christabel E. Dadzie ◽

Mawuko Fumey ◽

Suleiman Namara

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Youth Employment ◽

Effective Policy ◽

Employment Programs

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Prioritizing Strategic Factors of Creative Tourism Industry in Iran by Analytic Network Process (ANP)

Event Management ◽

10.3727/152599519x15506259855977 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 553-565

Author(s):

Reza Kiani Mavi ◽

Hamed Gheibdoust ◽

Ahmad A. Khanfar

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Analytic Network Process ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Business Support ◽

Network Process ◽

Strategic Factors ◽

Strategic Policy ◽

Strategic Policies

Nowadays, it is obvious that creative tourism industry has become very essential for countries and societies; therefore, governments work on constituting policies in order to develop this industry. To be successful in improving creative tourism industry, governments should identify the influential factors and focus on ones that are more important rather than investing a bit on many different factors. Because of the interrelations among factors, this research is aiming to prioritize factors that influence strategic policies of creative tourism industry in Iran using analytic network process (ANP). Data were collected during the period of May 2017 to February 2018. Participants in this research are 13 tourism experts with more than 10 years' experience in the field. Results show that the most influential criterion is "business support" and the most influential subcriterion is "supporting midsize businesses." This study helps policy makers to improve creative tourism by emphasizing on those factors that have high priority from the viewpoint of strategic policy-making.

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Sentencing Policy as a Force for Social Cohesion

10.1093/oso/9780198718895.003.0003 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ralph Henham

Keyword(s):

Social Cohesion ◽

Policy Making ◽

Social Values ◽

Social Reality ◽

Social Forces ◽

Top Down ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Normative Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Sentencing Policy

This chapter sets out the case for adopting a normative approach to conceptualizing the social reality of sentencing. It argues that policy-makers need to comprehend how sentencing is implicated in realizing state values and take greater account of the social forces that diminish the moral credibility of state sponsored punishment. The chapter reflects on the problems of relating social values to legal processes such as sentencing and argues that crude notions of ‘top down’ or ‘bottom up’ approaches to policy-making should be replaced by a process of contextualized policy-making. Finally, the chapter stresses the need for sentencing policy to reflect those moral attachments that bind citizens together in a relational or communitarian sense. It concludes by exploring these assertions in the light of the sentencing approach taken by the courts following the English riots of 2011.

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Science Informed Policies for Managing Water

Hydrology ◽

10.3390/hydrology8020066 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Daniel P. Loucks

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Water Resource ◽

Policy Making ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Information Policy ◽

Management Policy ◽

Multiple Impacts ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Science Policy Interface ◽

Management Policies

Water resource management policies impact how water supplies are protected, collected, stored, treated, distributed, and allocated among multiple users and purposes. Water resource policies influence the decisions made regarding the siting, design, and operation of infrastructure needed to achieve the underlying goals of these policies. Water management policies vary by region depending on particular hydrologic, economic, environmental, and social conditions, but in all cases they will have multiple impacts affecting these conditions. Science can provide estimates of various economic, ecologic, environmental, and even social impacts of alternative policies, impacts that determine how effective any particular policy may be. These impact estimates can be used to compare and evaluate alternative policies in the search for identifying the best ones to implement. Among all scientists providing inputs to policy making processes are analysts who develop and apply models that provide these estimated impacts and, possibly, their probabilities of occurrence. However, just producing them is not a guarantee that they will be considered by policy makers. This paper reviews various aspects of the science-policy interface and factors that can influence what information policy makers need from scientists. This paper suggests some ways scientists and analysts can contribute to and inform those making water management policy decisions. Brief descriptions of some water management policy making examples illustrate some successes and failures of science informing and influencing policy.

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