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Journal articles on the topic "Organisational stages"
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Ledimo, Ophillia. "An assessment of organisational justice perceptions across three generational cohorts." Journal of Governance and Regulation 4, no. 4 (2015): 69–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v4_i1_p6.
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Despite several reviews of generational differences across cohorts regarding their career stages in organisations, relatively few empirical investigations have been conducted to understand these cohorts’s behaviour and perceptions. Hence there is paucity of studies that explored the generational differences on the construct organisational justice across generational cohorts. The objective of this study was to assess the differences across three generational cohorts (Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers) on dimensions of the organisational justice construct using the Organisational Justice Measurement Instrument (OJMI). Data was collected through the administration of OJMI to a random sample size of organisational employees (n=289). Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were conducted to interpret the data. These findings provide evidence that differences do exist across cohorts on dimensions of organisational justice, and some differences may be a result of respondents’ different perception of their organisation’s practices and processes. In terms of contributions and practical implications, insight gained from the findings may be used in proposing organisational development interventions to manage multigenerational employees as well as to conduct future research.
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Szydło, Joanna, and Justyna Grześ-Bukłaho. "Relations between National and Organisational Culture—Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 4 (2020): 1522. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12041522.
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Management science focuses on organisational culture. This reflection also applies to the broadly understood cultural context, as organisations operate in specific places and at specific times. As entrepreneurs enter foreign markets, there is a need to deepen their knowledge of cultural aspects, which results in the possibility to generate practical guidelines for shaping organisational culture in a different cultural environment. The article assumes that out of four elements conditioning organisational culture—type of environment, type of organisation, features of organisation and features of participants—two of them, type of environment and features of its participants, are the basic ways to organisational culture, by means of which the organisational culture is permeated by artefacts, values and basic assumptions, characteristic of national cultures. This permeation is exemplified by organisations from the same industry, having the same top management but functioning in different cultural environments. The study was conducted with the use of the multiple, exploratory and explanatory case study method. It consisted of three stages: The first stage included literature analyses (analyses of secondary data and legacy data), which aimed to determine the features of two cultures—Polish and Ukrainian. At the second stage, the authors conducted pilot studies among the representatives of the Polish and Ukrainian national culture. At the third stage, the organisational cultures of companies operating in the environment of the Polish and Ukrainian culture were surveyed. The research sample included 590 people. The authors based their studies on the Milton Rokeach Values Scale and an author’s tool, in which Hofstede’s concept of cultural dimensions. The statistical analysis involved the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test.
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Tam, Steven, and David E. Gray. "Organisational learning and the organisational life cycle." European Journal of Training and Development 40, no. 1 (2016): 2–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-07-2015-0052.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to relate the practice of organisational learning in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the organisational life cycle (OLC), contextualising the differential aspects of an integrated relationship between them. Design/methodology/approach – It is a mixed-method study with two consecutive phases. In Phase I, 30 Hong Kong SMEs identified through theoretical sampling were classified into three life-cycle stages – inception, high growth and maturity. In Phase II, their employees’ learning practices (grouped by learning levels) were statistically compared using the analysis of variance and then followed up for confirmation with qualitative semi-structured interviews. Findings – This study uniquely suggests the nature of a relationship between SME organisational learning and the OLC. Empirical results show that three of the four learning levels (individual, group, organisational and inter-organisational) practised in SMEs are varied in importance between life-cycle stages. Research limitations/implications – Comparative studies are encouraged in other parts of the world to strengthen the findings – with either SMEs or large organisations. Practical implications – The study informs SME owner/managers about what is important for employee learning at different business stages so that appropriate learning strategies or human resource development policies can be formulated in a timely fashion to promote competitiveness. Originality/value – It is among the first studies to connect SME learning with organisational growth. The relationships found serve as a sound foundation for further empirical investigations.
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Rücker, Marius Sebastian. "A Critical Evaluation of the Psychological Contract as a Determiner of Behaviour in Organisations." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 8, no. 1 (2018): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v8i1.12403.
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Due to a perpetual increase in globalisation, it has become more significant to hire employees who believe in the corporate mission and values and to incentivise these employees to help the organisation to grow. This leads to the question whether and to which extent organisations can determine the behaviour of employees. One widely known concept of measuring and predicting the psychological satisfaction of members of an organisation is the psychological contract. Therefore, the aim of this research paper is to evaluate the psychological contract as a determiner of behaviour in organisations. In order to conduct this evaluation, different stages of the relationship between employees and organisations are examined. The evaluation of the psychological contract in regards to these different stages has led to the result that the psychological contract determines organisational behaviour though external influences and through internal communication of an organisation. In addition to that, the critical evaluation has shown that the psychological contract continues to be a field of interest in organisations in the future and for prospective examinations.
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Arun Kumar, Arti. "Work Values, Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction in Relation to Employee Career Stages in Information Technology Organisations." Ushus - Journal of Business Management 18, no. 2 (2019): 66–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.12725/ujbm.47.5.
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The booming Information Technology sector in India has changed the employee-employer relationship. This article investigates the relationship between career stages and work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction of employees to gain new insights. 190 employees at various career stages were administered three standardised reliable and valid questionnaires on work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction. A significant difference in cognitive, affective, and instrumental values was seen across career stages. In addition, career stages were found to have no impact on organisational commitment and job satisfaction.
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Watts, A. G. "The evolution of NICEC: A historical review." Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling 33, no. 1 (2014): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.3302.
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Since its establishment in 1975, NICEC has adopted three different organisational forms. From 1975 to 1992, it was a research and development organisation jointly sponsored by the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) in Cambridge and by The Hatfield Polytechnic (later the University of Hertfordshire). Then, from 1992 to 2010, it wasa research and development organisation operating as a network, initially supported by CRAC and later becoming autonomous. Finally, since 2010, it has become a learned society. This article describes in detail the first of these stages, and then outlines the organisation’s subsequent evolution.
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Hardner, Kimberly L., and Molly R. Wolf. "Using feminist theory as a research method in the examination of trauma-informed care in a non-profit organisation." Voluntary Sector Review 13, no. 1 (2022): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080521x16322251639152.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather information about the experiences of staff at a non-profit agency in the United States as the organisation transitioned towards the implementation of trauma-informed care (TIC). In non-profit organisations, TIC (that is, safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment) enhances the wellbeing of employees and clients by acknowledging the impact of trauma and reducing the risk of retraumatisation. Feminist theory was utilised to inform this study to empower participants to voice their experiences and to analyse the organisation’s commitment to the principles of TIC. Four focus groups were conducted (N = 17 participants in total) and all participants reported that the organisational culture was moving in a positive direction. Even in the early stages of the implementation of TIC, management reported feeling empowered and supported by the organisation; however, many participants noted that significant work will need to continue to enhance the emotional safety and empowerment of direct-line workers.
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Kieran, Sarah, Juliet MacMahon, and Sarah MacCurtain. "Strategic change and sensemaking practice: enabling the role of the middle manager." Baltic Journal of Management 15, no. 4 (2020): 493–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bjm-11-2018-0395.
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PurposeThe critical input of middle managers as they make sense of the organisation's plans is paramount during the process of strategic change. Through the lens of middle manager sensemaking literature, this explorative research identifies key organisational practices that underpin sensemaking. An understanding of these practices will allow organisations better develop and support them, thereby enabling middle managers' contribution to strategic change.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed an innovative diary methodology. 42 middle managers, across three organisations, completed a weekly, online diary for 12 weeks. A qualitative analysis of the final 355 diaries isolated and explained the sensemaking practices in which middle managers engaged as they sought to achieve the shared understanding required to progress strategic change.FindingsThis study identifies the key practice underpinning middle manager sensemaking as formal and frequent discourse opportunities between leaders and middle managers. Through leader participation beyond the initiation stages of strategic change, and the organisation's positive positioning of time and metrics, these discourse opportunities enable a form of sensemaking associated with a number of positive organisational outcomes. These include middle manager sensegiving across the organisation, the successful enactment of strategic change, positive perceptions of change outcomes and organisational climate among middle managers and middle manager well-being.Research limitations/implicationsThis study advances our theoretical understanding of the practice of sensemaking in organisations through the isolation and identification of its key practices. However, given the difficulty in obtaining access for such a lengthy and intrusive methodology, the study is confined to three organisations. Additionally, the focus on the practice of sensemaking did not fully explore any contextual factors within these organisations. Also, middle manager perceptions of successful organisational outcomes are not very reliable performance indicators. While the self-reporting of perceptions is a worthwhile means of gathering data, a measure and comparison of actual business performance indicators would significantly strengthen the findings.Practical implicationsFrom a practitioner perspective, this study not only underlines the importance for organisations of developing critical sensemaking practices for middle managers but also provides a clear pathway to achieving this. In approaching the intangible process of sensemaking from a practice perspective, it provides key stakeholders such as leaders, change agents and the HR department with a guide as to the types and forms of discourse practices which can be enabled. Maybe more importantly, it also highlights the practices which disable middle manager sensemaking. The study also provides organisations with insights into the positive outcomes stemming from middle manager sensemaking that should strengthen their case towards the development of sensemaking practices.Originality/valueThis paper responds to the call for new approaches to the study of sensemaking as an ongoing practice within organisations. The qualitative diary analysis provides rich insights into the specific organisational practices that can enable middle manager sensemaking, while also highlighting those practices that can disable their role during strategic change. These findings provide organisations with clear approaches for developing sensemaking as a practice, thereby engaging and supporting the multiple actors and levels required to deliver successful strategic change.
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Bracher, David, and Peter Hingley. "Ethical maturity and organisational health: Some implications for educational psychology services." Educational and Child Psychology 19, no. 1 (2002): 81–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2002.19.1.81.
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AbstractThis paper explores the relationship between the development of organisational ethical maturity (OEM) and the process of becoming a “learning organisation”, for any organisation such as an educational psychology service or a local education authority. Organisations and agencies do not spring up as fully developed entities; rather they can be seen to gradually evolve in a dynamic way. This article attempts to trace this evolution through a consideration of the concept of the learning organisation and the development of a model of OEM. In addition, it explores the professional implications of the various stages of ethical development, and finally suggests mechanisms by which an organisation might move effectively towards transformation and a more developed ethical stance. To aid this process the authors have created an “agency awareness checklist”, which focuses upon four facets of agency function – commitment, direction, monitoring and professional training and support – and some ideas for checking to see if the organisation is open to learning. The authors believe that it is crucial to raise the profile of the issue of agency maturity/organisational health within the context of educational psychology services. If an agency or profession cannot examine, regulate and enhance its own ethical maturity/health, can it be entrusted to manage the psychological wellbeing of its clients?
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Yang, Hangsheng, Min Tang, Xiangrui Chao, and Pu Li. "Organisational resilience in the COVID-19: A case study from China." Journal of Management & Organization 27, no. 6 (2021): 1112–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2021.59.
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AbstractThe sudden outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) sparked widespread concern about organisational resilience in the management domain. The resources, operations and practices of organisational resilience have to be considered in particular contexts at different stages and in relation to numerous inputs, processes and outputs. Selected as one example, the preparation, response and development of a retail supermarket's management and operations in China is examined through an empirical case study. Supply chain and digital construction, improvisational ability, system management and corporate social responsibility all played a positive role in this organisation's response to the outbreak of COVID-19 (2019–2020) in the Chinese management context. Organisational resilience is reflected in the case study organisation's self-interested and altruistic policies and practices. The case provides valuable insights on efficacious management practices for organisational resilience building in the retail industry.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Organisational stages"
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Twumasi, Ampofo Emmanuel. "Job embeddedness and turnover intentions: The moderating role of affectivity traits, career stages and perceptions of organisational politics." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2019. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2208.
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The study tested the applicability of job embeddedness (JE) theory in Ghana. It also examined moderating effects of affectivity traits, career stage and perceptions of organisational politics (POP) on the JE–turnover intentions relationship. Analyses revealed that composite JE and its dimensions and sub-dimensions (except community fit) were negatively related to turnover intentions. Affectivity traits, POP and career stages moderated the JE–turnover intentions relationship. The study expands the predictive validity of JE to Ghana and adds to the few moderators that have been identified in previous studies. Strategies for increasing managerial employees’ embeddedness and reducing their turnover are proposed.
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Pressey, Andrew D. "International relationship marketing : an investigation of the stages of industrial inter-organisational relationships development with an examination of the influence of national culture." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/338906.
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The current literature indicates that research concerning the area of industrial interorganisational relationships (lORs) and relationship marketing (RM) in an international context is growing in size as well as importance, and is regarded by many as constituting a paradigmatic shift in contemporary marketing thought. The study of lORs, however, has suffered from empirical neglect, particularly in an international context. The extant literature is unclear concerning the development process of relationships. In particular, the antecedents of commitment in affectively committed relationships (positive attachment) and calculatively committed relationships (negative attachment) and their performance outcomes, the causes of dissolution in previously committed relationships and the impact national culture has on the process when it traverses national borders is not well understood. Therefore, the primary objectives of this study were to investigate the stages of the development process of international lORs, and to determine the level of influence national culture exerted on this process. Two stages of empirical research using a mixed methodology were conducted. The first stage of fieldwork -an exploratory case study approach -used seven in-depth interviews with UK. import/export executives in charge of relationship development within their respective companies. The first stage of fieldwork was used to examine the stages of international lOR development and the influence national culture exerts on it in order to develop a set of hypotheses for subsequent testing. Stage two -a mail survey approach was mailed to 3000 UK import/export executives and used data from 322 questionnaires to test a set of hypotheses developed from the first stage of fieldwork. The study had significant findings in three key areas. Firstly, the research identified that the antecedents of commitment in affectively and caculatively committed relationships differed significantly and furthermore, relationships based on affective commitment enjoyed relatively greater levels of performance outcomes in comparison to relationships based on calculative commitment. Secondly, the study identified the causes of dissolution in previously committed relationships in four categories: buyer factors, supplier factors, competitor factors, and environmental factors. The findings also indicated that relationship dissolution could be classified in three ways: full exit, partial exit and temporary exit, and that dissolution was influenced by the motive for commitment prior to dissolution. The period of time spent in dissolving relationships was often found to be lengthy and was influenced by five categories of factors that impede partners' speed of exit. Finally, the study applied the assumptions of Hofstede (1980; 1991) to examine the extent to which national culture affects relationship development when it crosses national borders. The findings revealed little concrete evidence to suggest that national culture has a strong influence on international business relationships. International business relationships were, however, susceptible to factors such as infrastructure barriers and political barriers that were obstacles to foreign market success. The thesis contributes to current knowledge by offering the first empirically supported model of lOR development from pre-formation to dissolution in the extant literature; principally, identifying the antecedents of effective and ineffective relationships and also the stages of dissolution when relationships dissolve. The national culture literature within the domain of Marketing, and in particular, the literature concerning lORs, is advanced by suggesting that Hofstede's (1980; 1991) cross-cultural assumptions may not impact significantly on international lORs in a manner prescribed by Hofstede. In order to achieve the primary research objectives a number of scales were operationalised including scales to measure the influence of national culture on lORs, and aspects of relationship development including a multi-dimensional scale to measure trust. The study offers a number of recommendations for practitioners, and presents a number of future research directions. These are principally, to identify the antecedents of calculative commitment (that are hitherto unknown), and incorporate variables that may legitimately act as antecedents of commitment not examined in this study.
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Muller, Alexander S. "International organizations and their host states : aspects of their legal relationship /." The Hague [u.a.] : Kluwer, 1995. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/273326228.pdf.
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Henry, Valda Frederica. "An investigation into the structure and governance of the social security organisations in the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2001. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2961/.
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Social security systems have come under attack with claims that they negatively impact savings, capital formation and the labour supply. This, together with the near-bankruptcies of some social security systems have led to a series of reforms, including the privatisation of the system with the assignment of individual accounts to contributors. There have, however, been little efforts in isolating the cause of the failure of the social security systems and in the identification of the factors which may enhance performance. It is this gap, which this study attempts to fill by investigating the relationship between governance, performance and administration of the social security systems by addressing the key question "How do governance factors impact on the performance and administration of social security systems in the Member States of the Organisation Of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)?" The main findings of the study are that autonomy and independence of the social security organisations, accountability, transparency, diversification of the investment portfolio, professional expertise, partnership-building among the stakeholders and involvement or the plan participants at the board level are important in enhancing the performance and administration of the social security organisations. The results of the analysis also suggest that it is important to ensure that the persons chosen to represent the plan participants at the board level are persons of integrity with the requisite qualifications and qualities. This study, it is hoped will inform and lead to a re-examination of the reform debate to include the role of governance in the reform and sustainability of social security organisations worldwide.
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Baguley, John Maurice. "The globalisation of non-governmental organisations : drivers and stages." Thesis, Open University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406389.
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Fine, Shoshana. "Bordering subjects, souls and states : an enquiry into "bordercratic" practices and rationalities in Turkey." Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016IEPP0004.
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Cette thèse aborde la question de la (re)frontiérisation en Turquie face aux problématique liés à la gouvernance des « indésirables ». Par qui et pour qui est-elle faite, et avec quels effets ? Le positionnement particulier de la Turquie comme étant ni entièrement européenne, ni entièrement non-européenne, a alimenté la problématisation du paysage migratoire en Turquie. Ce positionnement ambivalent est d’une part dû à un regard orientaliste qui encadre la manière dont sont perçus la Turquie et les migrants qui y résident, et d’autre part à cette démarche de séduction et de mise en conformité émenant de l’UE et de sa stratégie d’externalisation. En prenant le cas de la Turquie, nous soutenons que nous devons comprendre la gouvernance de la mobilité comme une affaire de pouvoir diffus, dont sont particulièrement investies les organisations intergouvernementales, mais aussi les organisations que l’on pourrait appeler bordercrats périphériques. Nous proposons les concepts de bordercracies, clans bordercratic transnationaux et objets frontierisés pour comprendre l’autorité épistémique, les connectivités et l’agentivité comprisent dans ce pouvoir diffus. Nous affirmons que les clans bordercratic transnationaux dépendent de rationalités gestionnaire, sécuritaire, humanitaire, et orientaliste, imbriquées dans la gouvernance de mobilité, qui génère une logique de filtrage basé sur la sélection des désirables/indésirables. Nous conclurons que les fonctions performatives des clans bordercratic transnationaux incluent, lorsqu’elles intègrent la Turquie dans le cercle à suivre et excluent, lorqu’elles constituent et maintiennent les « indésirables » loin de l’Occident<br>This doctoral thesis seeks to explore how bordering is performed in Turkey with respect to the governance of the ‘undesirables’, by whom, for whom, and with what effects. This enquiry argues that Turkey’s migration and refugee landscape has been problematised through its particular positionality as neither completely European nor completely non-European. This ambivalent positionality is partly due to the permeation of orientalist ways of seeing Turkey and the migrants and refugees who inhabit this landscape, and partly an effect of the courtship/compliance externalisation strategy of the EU. In taking the Turkey case, I argue that mobility governance has to be understood as a matter of diffuse power that is particularly vested in IGOs, but also in organisations that might be called peripheral bordercrats. I advance the notion of bordercracies, transnational bordercratic tribes and bordered objects to make sense of the workings, epistemic authority, connectivities and the agentic forces of this diffused power. I argue that bordercratic tribes rely on intermingling managerial, security, humanitarian and orientalist rationalities of mobility governance, which generate a filtering logic based on selections of desirable/undesirable. I conclude that the performative functions of transnational bordercratic tribes include as they bring Turkey into an in-group and exclude as they constitute and contain ‘undesirables’ away from the West
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Stokes, Robyn L., and n/a. "Inter-Organisational Relationships for Events Tourism Strategy Making in Australian States and Territories." Griffith University. School of Tourism and Hotel Management, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040218.160232.
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This research examines the impact of inter-organisational relationships of public sector events agencies on events tourism strategy making within Australian state/territories. The global expansion of events tourism and sustained interest in networks and relationships as conduits to strategy underpin this topic. Although public sector institutional arrangements exist in many countries including Australia to develop events tourism, there is no known empirical research of inter-organisational relationships for strategy making in this domain. Against this background, the research problem of the thesis is: How and why do inter-organisational relationships of public sector events agencies impact upon events tourism strategy making within Australian states and territories? Based on a review of themes and issues within the two parent theories of tourism strategy and inter-organisational relationships, a theoretical framework and four research issues are developed. These issues are: RI 1: How does the public sector institutional environment impact upon events tourism strategies and the inter-organisational relationships that shape them, and why? RI 2: How do events tourism strategy forms and processes reflect and influence events agencies' inter-organisational relationships, and why? RI 3: What are the forms and characteristics of events agencies' inter- organisational relationships for shaping events tourism strategies, and why? RI 4: What are the incentives and disincentives for events agencies to engage in inter-organisational relationships for events tourism strategy making, and why? Because this research explores a new field within events tourism, it adopts a realism paradigm to uncover the 'realities' of events agencies' inter-organisational relationships and strategies. Two qualitative methodologies are adopted: the convergent interview technique (Carson, Gilmore, Perry, and Gronhaug 2001b; Dick 1990) and multiple case research (Perry 1998, 2001; Yin 1994). The convergent interviews serve to explore and refine the theoretical framework and the four research issues investigated in the multiple case research. These cases are represented by the inter-organisational relationships of events agencies in six Australian states/territories. Findings about the public sector institutional environment (research issue 1) show that events tourism strategies are influenced by different public sector policies and influences, the organisational arrangements for events tourism, the roles of events agencies and the lifecycle phase of events tourism in each state/territory. In relation to events tourism strategy forms (research issue 2), reactive/proactive strategies that respond to or address arising events or opportunities are common with a limited application of formal planning strategies. However, events agencies' strategy processes do reflect a range of strategic activities of importance. Inter-organisational relationships of events agencies (research issue 3) are typified by informal, government-led networks that influence, rather than develop, events tourism strategies. Finally, the importance of a number of incentives and disincentives for agencies to engage in inter-organisational relationships for events tourism strategy making is established. The final conceptual model depicts the themes within all four research issues and links between them to address the research problem. The conclusions of this research make a major contribution to events tourism theory and build upon theories in tourism strategy and inter-organisational relationships. Further research opportunities are presented by these conclusions and the conceptual model which may be explored using other methodologies or alternative research contexts. Practical implications of the research for policy makers and agency executives relate to policy-strategy linkages, public sector organisational arrangements for events tourism, strategy forms and processes and frameworks to engage stakeholders in inter-organisational relationships for strategy making. Knowledge of incentives and disincentives for these inter-organisational relationships also provides a platform for events agencies to reflect upon and revise their modes of governance for events tourism strategy making.
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Ucko, David. "Transforming the United States military for stability operations : an assessment of organisational change." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748535.
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Stokes, Robyn L. "Inter-Organisational Relationships for Events Tourism Strategy Making in Australian States and Territories." Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367441.
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This research examines the impact of inter-organisational relationships of public sector events agencies on events tourism strategy making within Australian state/territories. The global expansion of events tourism and sustained interest in networks and relationships as conduits to strategy underpin this topic. Although public sector institutional arrangements exist in many countries including Australia to develop events tourism, there is no known empirical research of inter-organisational relationships for strategy making in this domain. Against this background, the research problem of the thesis is: How and why do inter-organisational relationships of public sector events agencies impact upon events tourism strategy making within Australian states and territories? Based on a review of themes and issues within the two parent theories of tourism strategy and inter-organisational relationships, a theoretical framework and four research issues are developed. These issues are: RI 1: How does the public sector institutional environment impact upon events tourism strategies and the inter-organisational relationships that shape them, and why? RI 2: How do events tourism strategy forms and processes reflect and influence events agencies' inter-organisational relationships, and why? RI 3: What are the forms and characteristics of events agencies' inter- organisational relationships for shaping events tourism strategies, and why? RI 4: What are the incentives and disincentives for events agencies to engage in inter-organisational relationships for events tourism strategy making, and why? Because this research explores a new field within events tourism, it adopts a realism paradigm to uncover the 'realities' of events agencies' inter-organisational relationships and strategies. Two qualitative methodologies are adopted: the convergent interview technique (Carson, Gilmore, Perry, and Gronhaug 2001b; Dick 1990) and multiple case research (Perry 1998, 2001; Yin 1994). The convergent interviews serve to explore and refine the theoretical framework and the four research issues investigated in the multiple case research. These cases are represented by the inter-organisational relationships of events agencies in six Australian states/territories. Findings about the public sector institutional environment (research issue 1) show that events tourism strategies are influenced by different public sector policies and influences, the organisational arrangements for events tourism, the roles of events agencies and the lifecycle phase of events tourism in each state/territory. In relation to events tourism strategy forms (research issue 2), reactive/proactive strategies that respond to or address arising events or opportunities are common with a limited application of formal planning strategies. However, events agencies' strategy processes do reflect a range of strategic activities of importance. Inter-organisational relationships of events agencies (research issue 3) are typified by informal, government-led networks that influence, rather than develop, events tourism strategies. Finally, the importance of a number of incentives and disincentives for agencies to engage in inter-organisational relationships for events tourism strategy making is established. The final conceptual model depicts the themes within all four research issues and links between them to address the research problem. The conclusions of this research make a major contribution to events tourism theory and build upon theories in tourism strategy and inter-organisational relationships. Further research opportunities are presented by these conclusions and the conceptual model which may be explored using other methodologies or alternative research contexts. Practical implications of the research for policy makers and agency executives relate to policy-strategy linkages, public sector organisational arrangements for events tourism, strategy forms and processes and frameworks to engage stakeholders in inter-organisational relationships for strategy making. Knowledge of incentives and disincentives for these inter-organisational relationships also provides a platform for events agencies to reflect upon and revise their modes of governance for events tourism strategy making.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>School of Tourism and Hotel Management<br>Full Text
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Peart, D. P. "Political organisation in the United States during the early 1820s." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1306798/.
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This dissertation challenges recent grand syntheses which talk unhesitatingly of ‘the rise of American Democracy’ or ‘the democratization of American life’ during the early nineteenth century, and place political parties at the forefront of this narrative. In the Introduction, newly-available data on election turnout is employed to demonstrate an inverse relationship between the strength of parties and popular participation at the polls during the early 1820s. Chapter One then examines Federalist-Republican competition, and popular resistance to that framework, in Boston, Massachusetts, in order to show that far from naturally promoting democratisation, parties can serve to sustain the dominance of a small political elite. Chapter Two turns to Illinois where the inhabitants, locked in a struggle over whether to legalise slavery in their state, rejected parties in favour of alternative political arrangements that they considered better suited to their bid to define and implement the will of the people. Chapter Three questions the common assumptions that parties, elections, and policy-making were closely linked during this period, and suggests that political historians should pay more attention to alternative forms of participation such as petitioning, instructing, and lobbying. Finally, Chapter Four uses the presidential election of 1824 as a lens through which to explore the motives of those contemporaries who did argue in favour of party development, in order to demonstrate that a commitment to democracy was the least of their priorities. Taken as a whole, this dissertation argues that the rise of political parties was by no means inevitable in the early 1820s, and that their dominance of United States politics in later decades had important costs, as well as benefits, for popular participation.
Books on the topic "Organisational stages"
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Smith, D. Stage three: Organisational management and development. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 1994.
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To know and to love god. Organisational framework: Foundation stage, Module B. AT Foulks Lynch, 1996.
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Chartered Association of Certified Accountants., ed. Organisational framework: Foundation stage, module B. AT Foulks Lynch, 1995.
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Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. and AT Foulks Lynch, eds. Organisational management and development: Stage 3 : Examination kit. AT Foulks Lynch, 1996.
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Johnsen, Hans Christian Garmann, Richard Ennals, and Halvor Holtskog. "Balancing Organisational Design Principles: A Pragmatic Scandinavian Approach to CSR." In Stages of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43536-7_8.
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Almklov, Petter. "Work, Organisational Fragmentation and Safety." In SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35163-1_2.
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AbstractIn this chapter, I propose the following argument: the organisational landscape of today has and is currently going through changes that can be described as different forms of fragmentation. This has consequences for organisational theory, the ways work is described, coordinated and governed, and in turn, it influences safety theory and practice. By discussing three different stereotyped “stages” in this fragmentation, I will demonstrate how current organisational changes influence work practice and safety management, and I will argue that we need to understand the boundaries through which work and safety are managed and the role of information infrastructures in these processes.
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Sasse, M. Angela, Jonas Hielscher, Jennifer Friedauer, and Annalina Buckmann. "Rebooting IT Security Awareness – How Organisations Can Encourage and Sustain Secure Behaviours." In Computer Security. ESORICS 2022 International Workshops. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25460-4_14.
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AbstractMost organisations are using online security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks to encourage their employees to behave securely. Buying off-the-shelf training packages and making it mandatory for all employees to complete them is easy, and satisfies most regulatory and audit requirements, but does not lead to secure behaviour becoming a routine. In this paper, we identify the additional steps employees must go through to develop secure routines, and the blockers that stop a new behaviour from becoming a routine. Our key message is: security awareness as we know it is only the first step; organisations who want employees have to do more to smooth the path: they have to ensure that secure behaviour is feasible, and support their staff through the stages of the Security Behaviour Curve – concordance, self-efficacy, and embedding – for secure behaviour to become a routine. We provide examples of those organisational activities, and specific recommendations to different organisational stakeholders.
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Hamdan, Mahani. "Operational Excellence through Managing Values in the Brunei Darussalam Public Sector." In Asia in Transition. Springer Nature Singapore, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6926-1_15.
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Abstract Operational excellence and continuous improvement are conceptually distinct but closely related. Operational excellence aims to achieve a long-term change in organisational culture while continuous improvement focuses on the process. Operational excellence (including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and total quality management) has been applied extensively by private firms and companies in the industrial field and today these methodologies are also widely utilised in public organisations to achieve quality excellence in public services. Increases in global competition have put pressure on public services to be as productive and efficient as private services. This chapter aims to explain and uncover the conceptual definition of operational excellence in the context of Brunei Darussalam, analyse the methodologies used to frame it and discuss the challenges faced by public services in implementing it. The study presents data from two sources. The primary data derive from semi-structured interviews with 17 middle management officers from various government departments and agencies using a convenience sampling technique. Secondary data are based on a review of journal articles, reports and news. Results show that operational excellence in Brunei’s public services is defined in terms of processes measured by quality management, productivity, efficiency and effectiveness, and can be achieved through total quality management, balanced scorecards, and programme and performance budgeting. Other elements include value congruence, leadership, human resource management practices, service strategy and cultural involvement which are also critical in pushing excellence within an organisation, together with innovation, technology and policies appropriate to the national stages of socioeconomic development.
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Tipurić, Darko. "Organisational Culture, Leadership Language and Integration of the Collective." In The Enactment of Strategic Leadership. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03799-3_7.
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AbstractThis chapter concentrates on organisational culture as a system of beliefs, understandings, and ways of thinking which is common to everyone in the organisation and implies a specific, distinct form of behaviour. Strategic leadership is inseparable from the cultural stage built on shared assumptions, symbols, language, and behaviour patterns. Further on, this chapter explains the concept of network of trusts; Trust in the collective is the condicio sine qua non for creating and implementing organisational strategy. Leadership language and rhetoric are constructs inseparable from strategic leadership; Top strategic leaders are narrators and orators and are good at storytelling and creating other narratives that enhance the plausibility of action and encourage togetherness in fulfilling organisational objectives.
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Wessels, Wolfgang. "Internationale Organisationen." In Die Öffnung des Staates. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-09746-4_12.
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Crossley, Noele. "States and Regional Organisations." In Understanding Humanitarian Protection. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003006671-6.
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Woyke, Wichard. "Ostseerat (Council of the Baltic Sea States)." In Handwörterbuch Internationale Organisationen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86673-8_112.
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Hofstetter, Rita, and Bernard Schneuwly. "Achieving Intergovernmental Legitimacy." In The International Bureau of Education (1925-1968). Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41308-7_4.
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AbstractIn 1929, the IBE, under the leadership of Piaget, became an intergovernmental organisation. Founded by six states, it reoriented its activity toward the production and collection of knowledge about public school systems, on the basis of official sources. In order to gain legitimacy, the IBE created new organisational structures and expanded its staff. After a transition phase when it abandoned its mission of coordinating international associations, it invented a yearly event that structured its main activities: the International Conferences on Public Education, begun in 1934, with their Yearbook and several surveys on essential educational matters which were discussed during the conferences. An insert analyses the role of Switzerland in these processes.
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Penrose-Buckley, Chris. "5. Producer organisation access to market services; Influencing the market environment; Producer organisation development stages." In Producer Organisations. Oxfam Publishing, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9780855988357.005.
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Broderick, D., R. Kattan, and P. N. H. Wright. "Designing Ships Water Ballast Tanks to Improve the Performance of Coatings." In SSPC 2011. SSPC, 2011. https://doi.org/10.5006/s2011-00036.
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Abstract Currently the shipbuilding industry is seeking to minimise to improve corrosion protection provided to the structures which comprise the Water Ballast Tanks (WBT’s) of a vessel. At the design stage two factors could reduce the carbon footprint of the coating process through life material selection and optimising the structural design to facilitate the coating process and maintenance processes. Thus the design stage exerts considerable influence on these two elements and can determine the through life costs and environmental penalties of maintaining the structure. This paper focuses on the material selection and optimisation of structural design with specific application to complex structures in ships (Water Ballast Tanks). It will report on research work being carried out by some of the industry leading organisations in a 3 year programme to look at how to improve the design of complex structures to reduce the total coating required, reduce waste and provide better through life performance with reduced maintenance and repair. By proper consideration of material selection and the structural design, complex designs can be simplified to enable easier surface preparation and application, thus improving the quality of the first time application and hence maximising through life performance. The challenges of proper planning and scheduling to support the better structural design are also addressed and some guidelines are offered to for structural designers to consider.
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Radeanu, Cristian, Miron Claudia, Vasilescu Gabrie, Pintilie Dan, and Popescu Claudius. "COMPUTERISED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STORAGE OF PYROTECHNIC ARTICLES." In 24th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 24. STEF92 Technology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2024/1.1/s03.33.
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Safety protection against detonation due to accidental initiation of stored fireworks is of particular interest for safety because such detonations endanger the life and health of workers as a result of the uncontrollable effects of deflagration and pressure, the presence of toxic reaction products and the consumption of oxygen in ambient air which workers must breathe. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that material losses caused by explosions can be particularly high. The existence of the danger of accidental initiation / detonation of stored pyrotechnic articles determines imperatively the establishment of causes and possibilities that can generate the initiation / detonation of these pyrotechnic products for all components of the work system (work environment performer, work equipment and work load). In addition, the organisational aspects of explosion protection must be adapted to the technical problems specific to each workplace so that no weak points arise in explosion protection areas. In accordance with the specifications in the technical documentation on the activity carried out at the level of an authorized pyrotechnic articles warehouse, the employer is responsible for the safety of the personnel employed. All persons involved must be informed of clearly defined procedures for operation and emergencies, and appropriate training must be provided for employees. It is also necessary that the work instructions and occupational health and safety, as well as the measures provided for in the internal regulations, be included in the specialized trainings, following the quality of the attributes, as well as the way of complying with them during the performance of specific activities and operations with pyrotechnic articles within each process stage, respectively transport, supply, reception and storage. On the basis of the above, the scientific article will document the results of the computerised risk assessment (drawing of risk/overpressure curves and contour maps on the design of detonation fragments) generated by specific operations with fireworks in their storage.
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W. Maguire, David. "Virtual Organization to Virtual Product: Structural Challenges to Online Newspapers." In 2002 Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2529.
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This paper is about the online newspaper industry and the organisational changes that have been necessitated by economic downturn and natural evolution. It explains how online newspapers were created as virtual organisations (VO) by publishers to protect valuable franchises and in the early stages of the technology boom were replicas of their traditional newspaper counterparts. It describes two VO structures that have applied during the online newspaper life cycle and the changes as economic pressures lead to de-structuring. This has resulted in convergence of publishing cultures with online and traditional disciplines working in a multi-skilling environment on two different products with similar content delivered through physical and electronic means. A model of the new working entity is provided. The paper concludes by raising cultural organisational issues relevant to a clash of journalistic disciplines.
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Fryc, Alicja, and Caroline Marshall Brown. "Corporate Sustainability Culture in Oil and Gas Industry – Enablers and Challenges." In Middle East Oil, Gas and Geosciences Show. SPE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/213273-ms.
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Abstract The paper shares learnings from building a corporate sustainability culture as an infrastructure for environmental and sustainability programs by identifying enablers and challenges common to the oil and gas organisations which are relatively advanced in their sustainability journey. The study presents conclusions from a survey conveyed within oil and gas industry and presents learnings in the context of the theoretical exploration of the subject of organisational sustainability culture in recent literature. A closer look at the successes and challenges in developing sustainability and environmental culture within the petroleum industry so far, leads to identification of three main success factors: (1) Strong corporate commitment, visible in practice and genuinely committed leadership; (2) Translating corporate sustainability approach into economic value (such as business development advantage, technological innovation agility, energy savings, cost reduction); (3) Communication of targets and progress towards them and cascading sustainability objectives down to organisational units. The study identifies several prevailing challenges, including: (1) Lack of resources; (2) Lack of leadership or visibility of it and (3) scepticism around either the positive role of oil and gas in climate action or the authenticity of corporate sustainability efforts. When comparing survey respondents’ experience of the organisational sustainability culture to its theoretical models, it can be concluded that (a) sampled organisations’ programs are most developed in the areas suggesting external drivers, such as legislative and customer requirements or public opinion pressure, (b) sustainability vision, corporate values and their communication are seen as the most culture enabling elements of the theoretical model in practice, and (c) challenges in building a sustainability culture are present in all main elements of the theoretical model, likely indicating that the industry is still gaining the experience and developing its approach and solutions for sustainability. Conclusions and implications can be utilised by organisations in early stages of designing sustainability and environmental stewardship programs to consider maximizing the identified success factors while mitigating the challenges to build a sustainability culture that enables organisations to respond to environmental and social demands and build organisational resilience.
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Fryc, A. E., and C. Marshall Brown. "Corporate Sustainability Culture in Oil and Gas Industry – Enablers and Challenges." In SPE International Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/220414-ms.
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Abstract The paper shares learnings from building a corporate sustainability culture as an infrastructure for environmental and sustainability programs by identifying enablers and challenges common to the oil and gas organisations, which are relatively advanced in their sustainability journey. The study presents conclusions from a survey carried out within oil and gas industry and presents learnings in the context of the theoretical exploration of the subject of organisational sustainability culture in recent literature. A closer look at the successes and challenges in developing sustainability and environmental culture within the petroleum industry so far, leads to identification of three main success factors: (1) Strong corporate commitment, visible in practice and genuinely committed leadership; (2) Translating corporate sustainability approach into economic value (such as business development advantage, technological innovation agility, energy savings, cost reduction); (3) Communication of targets and progress towards them and cascading sustainability objectives down to organisational units. The study identifies several prevailing challenges, including: (1) Lack of resources; (2) Lack of leadership or visibility of it and (3) skepticism around either the positive role of oil and gas in climate action or the authenticity of corporate sustainability efforts. When comparing survey respondents’ experience of the organisational sustainability culture to its theoretical models, it can be concluded that (a) sampled organizations’ programs are most developed in the areas suggesting external drivers, such as legislative and customer requirements or public opinion pressure, (b) sustainability vision, corporate values and their communication are seen as the most culture enabling elements of the theoretical model in practice, and (c) challenges in building a sustainability culture are present in all main elements of the theoretical model, likely indicating that the industry is still gaining the experience and developing its approach and solutions for sustainability. Conclusions and implications can be utilized by organisations in early stages of designing sustainability and environmental stewardship programs to consider maximizing the identified success factors while mitigating the challenges to build a sustainability culture that enables organisations to respond to environmental and social demands and build organisational resilience.
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Rendell, Philip G. P., Henry J. P. O’Grady, and Malcolm F. Currie. "Application of Lifecycle Management to Design of the UK Geological Disposal Facility." In ASME 2010 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2010-40231.
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The Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has been given the responsibility for delivery of a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for the UK’s higher activity wastes in accordance with government policy. As part of this process, the RWMD has developed a project lifecycle, which addresses the overall lifecycle of the GDF in terms of five phases, from Preparatory Studies through to Operation and finally Closure, and is developing a staged approach to engineering design. The Engineering Design Process is broken down into seven stages, encompassing option development, requirements definition and preliminary and detailed design through to “design development during closure”. Each stage finishes with a formally defined milestone (a “gate”) comprising a technical review and a specific set of engineering deliverables. This paper describes the background to the UK GDF development programme, the organisational issues associated with the RWMD’s evolving role, the relationship between the top-level UK Government’s Managing Radioactive Waste Safely programme [1] and the RWMD engineering lifecycle, the formal reviews, the milestones and the overall contribution this makes to RWMD organisational development and UK regulatory approval. It also describes some of the lessons learnt.
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NIȚULESCU, Elena Casandra. "GENERAL FRAMEWORK FROM CRISIS APPROACH AS TO MAINTAINING PERFORMANCE." In INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Editura ASE, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/imc/2023/01.03.
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In crisis management planning and providing information to an organisation or employees represents general framework for maintaining the performance. For that, is important to explain how organisational communication relies on a structure made up of networks for information and it must be created a crisis management teams to protect organisations from the adverse effects of a crisis situation. The purpose of the paper is to indicate the stages of crisis from the theoretical point of view to which the emotional and response factors are interfered, as they are consecrated in the literature, with the highlighting of a case study reflecting the way of collective reaction to a public conflict that, through integrated managerial methods, lead to the maintenance of the citizen's safety and, implicitly, to, establishing organizational performance indices after analyzing the mode of action. The originality and novelty of the paper consist precisely in the description of the case study, materialized in a plan of measures adapted to a crisis situation that has really been carried out, and through qualitative methods of observation and analysis of documents, specific indicators are revealed to maintain performance in an organization as a result of knowledge of the dysfunctions resulting from the conduct of the action, strengths and weakness. The conclusions will show a new comparative approach of the crisis field, which is customized to a concrete situation with applicability in the practice of institutions for maintaining and ensuring public order, the results obtained and their significance.
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Lenart-Gansiniec, Regina, and Łukasz Sułkowski. "CROWDSOURCING - A NEW PARADIGM OF ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING OF PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS." In NORDSCI Conference Proceedings. Saima Consult Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/nordsci2018/b1/v1/55.
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Crowdsourcing is one of the new themes that has appeared in the last decade. It is perceived as an innovative method that can be used for problem solving, improving business processes, creating open innovations, building a competitive advantage, and increasing transparency and openness of the organisation. The importance of crowdsourcing for organisational learning is seen as one of the key themes in the latest literature in the field of crowdsourcing. This article is a response to the recommendations in the subject literature, which states that crowdsourcing in public organisations is a new and exciting research area. The aim of the article is to present a new paradigm that combines crowdsourcing levels with the levels of learning. This article presents a cross-sectional study of four Polish municipal offices that use four types of crowdsourcing, according to the division by J. Howe. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the management personnel of those municipal offices. The research results show that crowdsourcing is a new and rapidly developing organisational learning paradigm.
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Sharp, J. V., J. E. Strutt, J. Busby, and E. Terry. "Measurement of Organisational Maturity in Designing Safe Offshore Installations." In ASME 2002 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2002-28421.
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The measurement of health and safety performance is an important requirement but most performance metrics are lagging indicators, measuring lost time incidents, dangerous occurrences etc. The challenge is to develop metrics that can be applied at the design stage. It is widely recognised that most accidents are influenced by the design stage, and many can be directly attributable to deficiencies in design. This paper is concerned with a design capability maturity model’, which is complementary to the design safety performance indicator model developed to apply to the design process itself. It has been developed to measure the capability of an organisation to design a safe installation, and is based on five maturity levels, ranging from level 1 (initial or learner approach) to optimised or best practice at level 5. This maturity model was originally developed for the software industry and has now been applied to offshore safety. A similar maturity model for quality assurance is now incorporated in the latest version of ISO 9004. Eleven characteristics associated with safety have been identified, in three main groups representing formal safety demonstration, safety implementation and longer term investment in safety. A maturity level is assigned to each of these characteristics and the profile produced reflects the organisation’s overall maturity in design for safety. An important aspect of the model is that it enables an organisation to establish its current level of maturity for each of the characteristics and to identify what steps are necessary to enable the organisation to progress to a higher level. The model can be used as a self assessment tool or applied through an external independent body to the different organisations involved in design (contractor’s design team, duty holder’s team etc).
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Wickramage, D. N., G. D. S. C. Gunarathna, and S. Samarawickrama. "Sri Lankan leather industry; constraints in expanding access to the global market." In Integrated Design Research Conference 2024. Department of Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa., 2024. https://doi.org/10.31705/idr.2024.3.
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The Sri Lankan leather industry, while possessing considerable growth potential, currently operates as a niche sector primarily producing footwear and leather goods, with small to medium-sized enterprises concentrated around Colombo. Originating from traditional vegetable tanning practices, the industry has evolved but remains underdeveloped compared to sectors like textiles and apparel. Incremental growth due to private investments and policy easing has been achieved, yet the industry faces substantial constraints. Key stagnating factors include limited availability and quality of domestic hides, reliance on costly imported raw materials, outdated production technology, low production efficiency, inadequate labour skills, and environmental compliance issues. Cultural and religious practices further shape production, creating bottlenecks and impacting access to international markets. This study examines these challenges in detail, aiming to analyse the current state of the industry, identify elements hindering market growth, and propose actionable strategies for improvement. To provide a strong analysis, this research employs a qualitative, multi-method approach, collecting data through three stages of interviews, participant observations, and case studies. The study involves a range of stakeholders: individual leather craftsmen, representatives from government and non-government organisations, and industry experts. Each interview stage serves a specific purpose: the first investigates grassroots-level challenges faced by individual craftsmen, such as access to quality raw materials and skill development; the second examines organisational difficulties like labour skill shortages and technology inefficiencies within larger entities; and the third stage includes discussions with experts from the Export Development Board (EDB) and Industrial Development Board (IDB), focusing on cultural and policy-driven constraints. Participants were selected through a snowball sampling method, facilitating deeper insights into interconnected challenges within the industry. The triangulation data collecting method was applied to validate findings by cross-referencing data from diverse sources. The study presents three distinct case studies to illustrate specific factors impacting the industry. Case Study One examines the operational challenges of individual leather craftsmen, including limited access to high-quality hides and insufficient technical skills. Case Study Two investigates operational and labour skill gaps in larger organisations, emphasising deficiencies in technological knowledge, outdated machinery, and low production efficiency, which raise costs and limit competitiveness. Case Study Three offers a broader perspective through expert consultations, addressing cultural and religious practices that affect raw material availability and hinder production scaling. These problems are discussed in the case studies. The findings reveal four primary stagnating factors: limited access to quality raw materials, insufficient labour skills, restricted technology adoption, and cultural influences. Raw material scarcity results from limited animal supply and quality issues, increasing costs and supply delays. Production inefficiencies arise from outdated equipment, ineffective workflows, and limited technical expertise, extending production times and reducing international competitiveness. Technological limitations exacerbate these issues, as many tanneries lack the financial and technical means to adopt advanced processing methods needed for global standards. Additionally, cultural and religious factors affect production and sourcing, as religious festivals and ethical considerations impact animal slaughter rates and seasonal raw material availability, disrupting production schedules. Thematic analysis reveals that these interconnected constraints significantly hinder the industry’s responsiveness to global market demands. Recommendations include specialised training programs to enhance skills, investments in modern machinery, and collaborative efforts among stakeholders to address cultural limitations and improve production efficiency. By expanding resources and technical capacity, the Sri Lankan leather industry could position itself more competitively within the global market, focusing on sustainability and ethical practices to align with evolving consumer demands. This research contributes to the understanding of the constraints facing the Sri Lankan leather industry and offers actionable insights for policymakers and industry stakeholders, emphasising policy reform, skill enhancement, and sustainable growth. Future research should assess the effectiveness of these recommendations and explore alternative materials, such as vegan leather, aligning with ethical fashion trends and offering Sri Lanka potential pathways to redefine its leather industry on the international stage.
Reports on the topic "Organisational stages"
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Reilly, Elena, Elizabeth Serlemitsos, and Julieth Sebba Bilakwate. Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa - Infographic. Institute of Development Studies, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2024.006.
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Infographic: his brief explores why, when and how to engage children in the prevention, response and recovery stages. Drawing on published and grey literature, including project reports, and the authors’ extensive experience, it provides guidance to support the design and development of child-friendly communication and engagement strategies related to disease outbreaks. The brief covers efforts involving children and adolescents under 18 years and recommends three levels of participation. Organisations and practitioners can select a level based on organisational objectives, resources and readiness to engage with children.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 8: Dissemination. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001255.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 8: Dissemination.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 7: Reporting. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001254.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 7: Reporting.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 1: Partnership Building. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001248.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s Open Research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decisionmakers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature and consists of eight knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 1: Partnership Building.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 3: Proposal Development. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001250.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peerreviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 3: Proposal Development.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 5: Data Collection. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001252.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peerreviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 5: Data Collection.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 6: Data Analysis. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001253.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 6: Data Analysis.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 4: Study Design. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001251.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s open research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available, building on University of Dundee’s Open Research policy and infrastructure. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decision-makers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peerreviewed and grey literature and consists of 8 knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 4: Study Design.
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Fang, Mei Lan, Lupin Battersby, Marianne Cranwell, et al. IKT for Research Stage 2: Generating Priorities and Ideas. University of Dundee, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001249.
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In 2020, the University of Dundee initiated the development of an Open Research strategy. As part of this initiative, in February 2021 the University’s Library and Learning Centre together with Open Research Champions from the Schools of Health Sciences and Dentistry, formed an Open Research Working group. To build on the University’s Open Research policy and infrastructure, the purpose of the group was to facilitate ongoing research and development of best practice approaches for our interdisciplinary environment to make outputs, data and other products of our research publicly available. Through informal consultations with academic staff and students, the Open Research Working Group found that: → access and reach of research findings can be amplified through effective knowledge mobilisation, and stakeholder and patient and public involvement; and → there was a need for guidance and resources on how-to implement knowledge mobilisation activities with and for stakeholders throughout the entire research process – from proposal development to project completion. In June 2021, the Open Research working group, in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Knowledge Mobilization Hub began the development of an Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit, with funding support from the University of Dundee’s Doctoral Academy and Organisational Professional Development. IKT is an approach to knowledge translation that emphasises working in an engaged and collaborative partnership with stakeholders throughout the research cycle in order to have positive impact. The aim was to co-produce evidence-informed, best practice learning materials on how-to: → maintain ongoing relationships between researchers, community stakeholders and decisionmakers in research development and implementation; and → facilitate an integrated, participatory way of knowledge production whereby researchers, practitioners and other knowledge users can collaborate to co-generate new and accessible knowledge that can be utilised in contexts ranging from supporting community development to policy guidance for practice. The IKT Toolkit was informed by a focused evidence review and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature and consists of eight knowledge briefs and a slide deck co-produced for use in any discipline or sector. Each knowledge brief provides practical guidance and resources to support an IKT process in each of eight key research stages: (i) Partnership Building; (ii) Generating Priorities and Ideas; (iii) Proposal development; (iv) Study Design; (v) Data Collection; (vi) Data Analysis; (vii) Reporting and (viii) Dissemination. The current knowledge brief provides IKT guidance on Research Stage 2: Generating Priorities and Ideas.
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Avis, William. Funding Mechanisms to Local CSOs. Institute of Development Studies, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.089.
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Civil society can be broadly defined as the area outside the family, market and state. As such, civil society encompasses a spectrum of actors with a wide range of purposes, constituencies, structures, degrees of organisation, functions, size, resource levels, cultural contexts, ideologies, membership, geographical coverage, strategies and approaches.This rapid literature review collates available literature on funding mechanisms and barriers to local CSOs gaining access to funding and the extent to which funding leads towards organisational development and sustainability. Broadly, it is asserted that in terms of funding, local CSOs often struggle to secure funding equivalent to that of INGOs and their local representatives. Kleibl & Munck (2017) reflect that indigenous non-state actors do not receive large shares of development funding. For example, only 10% of the total funding for US-funded health projects in Uganda was allocated to indigenous non-state actors.Given the diversity of CSOs and the variety of contexts, sectors they work in and the services they supply, it is challenging to summarise funding mechanisms available to local CSOs and the barriers to accessing these. Recent analyses of CSO funding report that while the total CSO funding in many contexts has continued to increase in absolute terms since 2015, its relative importance (as a share of total Overseas Development Assistance) has been decreasing (Verbrugge and Huyse, 2018). They continued that ODA funding channelled through CSOs (i.e., funding that is programmed by the donor government) remains far more important in volumes than ODA channelled directly to CSOs (which is programmed by CSOs themselves).The literature identifies three principal mechanisms by which donors provide financial support to civil society actors: a) Direct support to individual or umbrella organisations; b) Via Southern government; c) Via Intermediaries – largely Northern NGOs.