Emergent Innovation-Centric and Adopter-Centric Checklists

2010 ◽  
pp. 181-195
Author(s):  
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Adoption Research ◽  
Standards Adoption ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Data Exchange Standard

Data-exchange standards adoption research is important to both the SC4 community and the IT standards research community. Chapter Five and Six presented case studies of four standards to assess the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of standards. Two models were developed and these models sought to shed light on the relationships between factors and barriers critical to the adoption of dataexchange standards. However, as part of this research it was deemed important to develop two novel standards ‘Adoption Checklists’ from both an innovation- and adopter-centric point of view. The purpose of these checklists is to act as a frame of reference to support the decision-making process in the development and adoption of new and emerging data-exchange standards. The checklists are a series of ques-tions that can be used to assess the adoptability of a data-exchange standard. The checklists have been developed so that positive answers to the series of questions indicate that a standard is more likely to be adopted. In addition, these checklists act as a foundation for the action research into the adoption of PLCS, which is detailed in Chapters Eight and Nine. This chapter begins by chronicling the development of the innovation-centric ‘Adoption Checklist’. Following on from that is the development of the adopter-centric ‘Adoption Checklist.’ The final section summaries and concludes this chapter.

scholarly journals Reflexivity in performative science shop projects

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raoul Beunen ◽  
Martijn Duineveld ◽  
Roel During ◽  
Gerard Straver ◽  
Albert Aalvanger
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
Citizen Empowerment

Science shop research projects offer possibilities for universities to engage with communities. Many science shop projects directly or indirectly intend to empower certain marginalised groups or interests within a decision-making process. In this article we argue that it is important to reflect on the role and position the researchers have in these projects. We present three science shop projects to illustrate some of the dilemmas that may arise in relation to citizen empowerment, democracy, and ethics in the field of action research and community engagement. We present reflexivity as a strategy for creating greater awareness of the power−knowledge relationship, the nature of the democratic process and the consequences of empowerment for other vulnerable groups. Keywords: Action research, community engagement, reflexivity, science shop

Monitor for Information Alignment and Sustainability in Logistics Networks

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Ferreira ◽  
Carlos Agostinho ◽  
Elisabeth Ilie-Zudor ◽  
Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Information Structures ◽  
Logistics Networks ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Internal Information ◽  
Data Exchange Standard

Globalization of manufacturing and the enlargement of production networks bear the problem of logistics. These worldwide non-hierarchical manufacturing and distributing networks are characterized by non-centralized decision making, thus increasing the autonomy of the hub organizations and enabling different rules and procedures for decision making within the same supply chain, but decreasing the effectiveness in terms of integration, interoperability, and transportation. The major cause for that is due to different systems and information structures. This paper suggests aligning the different enterprises operating within the network, using morphisms to relate and develop transformations between their information models and a common data exchange standard. Also, in order to manage the dynamism of internal information systems, a multi-agent framework is proposed to detect changes, being capable of reacting to sustain the interoperability-enabling morphisms.

Innovation-Centric Checklist Application

2010 ◽  
pp. 196-220
Author(s):  
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
General Level ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Adoption Research ◽  
Standards Adoption ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
And Diffusion

PLCS (Product Life Cycle Support) was one of the motivations behind this research and triggered the research question into the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of data-exchange standards. A review of the literature showed that there was a gap within the SC4 community with regards to the factors critical to the adoption of the standards and there was a need for more empirical studies in IT standards adoption research. In light of this, a novel combined innovation- and adopter-centric approach was taken to establish the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of data-exchange standards. By carrying out this analysis, steps can be identified that will help to facilitate the adoption of PLCS. On a more general level, this chapter will predominately demonstrate the applicability of the ‘Adoption Checklist’ as a tool for stakeholders and decision makers involved in the adoption and diffusion of data-exchange standards such as PLCS.

IT Standards Adoption and Diffusion Models

2010 ◽  
pp. 37-61
Author(s):  
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
Diffusion Models ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Standards Adoption ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Shed Light

The motivation behind this research is to identify the factors that impact the adoption of data-exchange standards, such as STEP. Research into the adoption of STEP and other standards produced by ISO/TC184/SC4, which is the ISO technical committee responsible for the development of STEP, is very limited. Currently there are only two specific empirical studies (Dreverman, 2005; Meister, 2004) that shed light on the factors associated with the adoption of ISO/TC184/SC4 (referred to as SC4 for the remainder of the chapter) standards like STEP. This means that practitioners devoted to the ongoing development and use of these standards, and academics, still lack a significant body of evidence regarding the factors and barriers critical to their adoption.

Summary and Recommendations

2010 ◽  
pp. 258-270
Author(s):  
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Standards Adoption ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
And Diffusion

The benefits of standardization are realised through the effective adoption, implementation and use of standards. Nonetheless, there are a cross-section of factors that impact the adoption and diffusion of standards. Indeed, within the IT standards research community, there is a research area devoted to looking at IT standards adoption. However, there are currently a limited number of peer-reviewed, empirical studies that look at the adoption of IT standards. One particular set of IT standards where this is true is ISO data-exchange standards, particularly those produced by the ISO subcommittee ISO/TC184/SC4, and to date there are only two known studies that have looked at the adoption of the 614 standards published by the SC4 subcommittee.

Medical Diagnosis from a Clinician’s Point of View

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
F. T. De Dombal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Medical Diagnosis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
The World

This paper discusses medical diagnosis from the clinicians point of view. The aim of the paper is to identify areas where computer science and information science may be of help to the practising clinician. Collection of data, analysis, and decision-making are discussed in turn. Finally, some specific recommendations are made for further joint research on the basis of experience around the world to date.

Collaborative Action Research In Academic Administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-252
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Academic Administration ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Action Process

This research involved a study exploring the changes in an academic institution expressed through decision-making in a shifting leadership culture. Prior to the study, the school was heavily entrenched in authoritarian and centralized decision-making, but as upper-level administrators were exposed to the concept of collaborative action research, they began making decisions through a reflection and action process. Changing assumptions and attitudes were observed and recorded through interviews at the end of the research period. The research team engaged in sixteen weekly cycles of reflection and action based on an agenda they mutually agreed to and through an analysis of post-research interviews, weekly planning meetings, discussions, and reflection and action cycles. Findings revealed experiences centering around the issues of:  The nature of collaboration- it created discomfort, it created a sense of teamwork, it created difficulty.  The change of environment in the process- team members began to respect each other more, and the process became more enjoyable.  The freedom and change in the process- freedom to voice opinions and to actively listen, the use of experience to lead elsewhere in the school.  How issues of power are better understood by working together- the former process was less collaborative, politics will always be part of the process. As a result of this study, members have started using this decision-making methodology in other areas of administration.

scholarly journals Participative decision making in schools in individualist and collectivist cultures: The micro-politics behind distributed leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 174114322110013
Author(s):  
Mor Hodaya Or ◽  
Izhak Berkovich
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Distributed Leadership ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Extreme Case ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Case Selection ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Shed Light

Despite the popularity of distributed leadership theory, the investigation of the micro-political aspects of such models have scarcely been explored, and insights on the cultural variety of distributed practices in schools are limited. The present study aimed to explore what micro-political aspects emerge in participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures. To this end, a multiple case study method was adopted, focusing on four Israeli public high schools. Schools were chosen to represent an ‘extreme’ case selection rationale: two non-religious urban schools representing individualist cases, and two communal schools in religious kibbutzim representing communal schools. The analysis shed light on three micro-political points of comparison between the prototypes of participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures related to control, actors, and stage crafting. The findings and implications are discussed.

Working Women’s Decision-Making Power at Home: Evidence from Four North Indian Urban Clusters

Urbanisation ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 245574712110258
Author(s):  
Megan Maxwell ◽  
Milan Vaishnav
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Shed Light

Do working women enjoy greater levels of human agency? While the theoretical foundations underlying this connection are clear, the empirical evidence is quite mixed. We leverage detailed, new data on intra-household decision-making and labour market behaviour from four north Indian urban clusters to shed light on this question. We find that women who work exercise greater say in important decisions around the home. However, this ‘work advantage’ exhibits significant heterogeneity across decision types, decision-making domains, and definitions of work.

scholarly journals Promoting Interpersonal Relationships through Elbow Tag, a Traditional Sporting Game. A Multidimensional Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7887
Author(s):  
Verónica Muñoz-Arroyave ◽  
Miguel Pic ◽  
Rafael Luchoro-Parrilla ◽  
Jorge Serna ◽  
Cristòfol Salas-Santandreu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Motor Behaviors ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The aim of this research was to study from a multidimensional point of view (decisional, relational and energetic) the interpersonal relationships established by girls and boys in the traditional sport game of Elbow Tag. Scientific evidence has shown that Traditional Sport Games (TSG) trigger different effects on male and female genders in relation to emotional experiences, decision-making, conflicts and motor relationships. Despite the fact that these dimensions are intertwined, there are hardly any studies that interpret motor behaviors holistically, i.e., taking a multidimensional (360°) view of these dimensions. For this study, a quasi-experimental design was used and a type III design was applied, inspired by the observational methodology N/P/M. A total of 147 university students participated (M = 19.6, SD = 2.3): 47 girls (31.97%) and 100 boys (68.02%). A mixed ‘ad hoc’ registration system was designed with acceptable margins of data quality. Cross-tabulations, classification trees and T-patterns analysis were applied. The results indicated that social interactions between girls and boys in a mixed group were unequal. This difference was mainly due to decision-making (sub-role variable), which has much greater predictive power than the energetic variables (MV and steps).

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