Agenda Of Organizations Research Articles

Information Security Management in Small Public Sector Organizations: Requirements and Design of a Procedural Approach

The increasing digitalization of enterprises and public authorities has resulted in the growing importance of information technology in everyday operations. In this context, an information security management system (ISMS) has become an essential aspect for most organizations. The dependency on technology for almost every single process in an organization has put ISMS at the top of the corporate agenda of public sector organizations. For public organizations in particular, the NIS 2 Directive describes abstract requirements for the development of an ISMS. On the other hand, only a few public administrations operate an ISMS. In this context, this article analyses the requirements of the NIS-2 Directive and complements them with the obstacles and reasons for success in the introduction of ISMS in small public sector organizations (SPSO). At the same time, minimum requirements should be defined that help municipal administration set up an ISMS quickly and easily. This article summarizes the different requirements and generates a foundation for a rough procedural model, for implementing the upcoming requirements of the NIS 2 Directive in local governments. The article also presents the conceptual design of the procedural model.

Schooling For Roma Children: Challenges and Practices

Throughout the 21st century, the equality and inclusion of vulnerable groups has been a constant theme in international debates and on the official agendas of international organisations. In the area of education, the participation of children belonging to these groups is a challenge in all countries, whether or not they have high enrolment rates for the general population. In Greece, the Roma community is considered the most socially vulnerable group. Roma children face significant challenges in terms of education and wider social integration. Schooling programmes for Roma children have been planned in Greece since the end of the last century. However, despite positive ex-post evaluations of these programmes, the expected results have not been achieved. The evaluation of these programmes identifies four distinct stages in the schooling process: (a) Families' decisions regarding the value of their children's school attendance; (b) Cultivating a culture of reducing bureaucratic-administrative issues related to enrolment; (c) Establishing support structures for Roma pupils during their stay in school; and (d) Implementing actions to promote the effective development of knowledge, skills, and competencies of Roma pupils in the school environment. National-level studies have shown that the attendance of Roma children is a complex social phenomenon that extends beyond the educational process. This paper presents a research study conducted in Greece, in comparison with the European level. At the initial research, the University of Patras conducted field research as part of the 'Integration of Roma Children in School' programme, which was funded by the Ministry of Education and the EU. For further analysis of the original data, a qualitative approach of text analysis was employed, utilizing specialized reports from international (European) organizations and national reports from the Ministry of Education in the context of relevant programmes and actions.

Exploring the impact of organizational characteristics on research agendas across scientific fields

An increasing culture of performativity has led to changes in the organizational landscape of academic institutions. While the impact of these changes on outputs is well documented, their impact on academics’ strategic research agendas is still an emerging topic. This study expands upon previous research on this issue and focuses on comparing these dynamics across all fields of science using a global sample of academics. We found that most of the relationships between organizational features and research agendas were mostly consistent across disciplines, with variations mainly in the strength rather than the direction of effects. The perceived access to resources, autonomy, and collegiality was the key driver in promoting ambitious, collaborative, discovery-driven, and multidisciplinary agendas. Furthermore, our findings suggest a concerning trend in research institutions: academics that are more willing to stay in their institutions and are more aligned with its demands are less inclined to pursue trailblazing agendas. Although most of these effects were universal, some field-specific dynamics are also discussed, notably in what concerns the so-called “hard” sciences. This study highlights the importance of promoting a collegial environment with a high degree of autonomy to foster discovery-driven research and underscores the potential risks of the “publish or perish” culture prevalent in academia.

Supporting early-career dementia researchers: Identifying support needs and ways forward via a European study.

Early-career researchers contribute significantly to dementia research and clinical practice. However, a growing group of early-career dementia researchers (ECDRs) lack appropriate support throughout their careers. Thus, we aim to (i) explore support needs, (ii) determine recommendations, and (iii) set the agenda for organizations to better support ECDRs. An iterative, explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was applied. First ECDRs' needs were identified using an online survey informed by the Vitae Researcher Development Framework. Next, priority areas were selected and explored qualitatively with ECDRs in two workshops, utilizing the World Café methodology. Sixty-five ECDRs throughout Europe completed the survey, with the majority reporting that greater support is needed in terms of funding and career opportunities, social support and well-being, and "wide-reaching" dissemination. Based on the findings, six recommendations for support organizations, funding bodies, and universities to better support ECDRs are formulated, each intended for specific target audiences. This article reports on focal points of career-related support needed in doctoral education and postdoctoral employment to foster a healthier academic environment, including finance, work-life balance, dissemination of research findings, and supervision, both in general and in dementia fields specifically. Funding and resources were identified as a significant challenge, and there was a call for more long-term positions and transition funding for postdoctoral researchers. Early-career dementia researchers addressed the need for support in producing outputs for non-academic audiences, including people living with dementia. The importance of disseminating research to diverse audiences has long been recognized; thus, it is critical that early-career dementia researchers be supported in this effort. Recommendations were formulated for researcher support (organizations), funding bodies, and universities. These recommendations include providing support for disseminating research to non-academic audiences, offering training in supervision skills, and promoting peer-to-peer mentoring and social activities for early-career dementia researchers.

The Tana-Beles Project in Ethiopia and the Making of Postcolonial Humanitarianism, 1938–1994

AbstractThis article takes the example of the Tana-Beles project – a scheme sponsored by Italy to respond to the 1980s famine in Ethiopia – to demonstrate that postimperial international relief policies and practices were woven into the very fabric of the colonial past. Postcolonial humanitarianism emerges as the transformation of colonial practices and relationships into new policies, which did not depend on the interests only of former metropoles, but also of the new independent states and on the agenda of international organizations. Furthermore, this article contends that private companies had a prominent role in shaping postcolonial humanitarianism because they could benefit from both the favourable policies of donor countries and the relationships they established in the long run with the authorities of recipient countries. Finally, the history of the Tana-Beles project enables us to re-read the international response to the Ethiopian famine within a larger timeframe. On the one hand, this appears to be rooted in the previous colonial period, on the other it embraces the years thereafter when the schemes, relationships, and strategies set in motion during the famine were developed further.

Imaginaries of ECEC: A comparison of policies of access in early childhood education in Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, and Serbia

Increasing access to ECEC has been on the agendas of international organizations and many countries in different parts of the world. Despite the clear global interconnectivity, this article shows that contextual factors are essential to understand educational policy developments. The study examines reforms related to policies of access to ECEC in seven countries. Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, and Serbia. We show how access policies plug into the understanding of the role of ECEC as producing future citizens. Even though the main idea of ECEC’s role in developing future citizens is present in each national context, it takes different forms: the roles frame access policies as a way to strengthen either human capital via focusing on learning and skill formation, and/or the national identity of future citizens. They materialize in differing ways, for example, as coercive legislative requirements, fee policies, and knowledge production schemes. In addition, national access policies adopt different relations to the policies of international organizations, reflecting the socio-political context of the country. We argue that the concept of the imaginary is useful in allowing us to examine the interplay between the semiotic and non-semiotic aspects of policy. To further unravel the complexity inherent in such policies in terms of their local diversity, we suggest the usefulness of case studies and the examination of local-level policies in their full variety instead of only national ones, as these might be fruitful avenues for future research.

Women’s Work in South Asia: Reflections on the Past Decade

The development and promotion of legislation and policies promoting gender equity in employment form an essential part of the agenda of international organisations and global forums. However, gender inequity in the labour markets of South Asian countries remains, and the Global Gender Gap Report 2022 predicts that it will take 197 years to achieve gender parity. This article explores some of the changes and challenges of the past 10 years related to gender equity in employment and outlines some of the legislative changes during this time such as the increase in maternity leave and requirement for women on boards. While changes have occurred, many issues of inequity remain. The changes brought about by the government regulations during the pandemic of 2020-2022, including the sudden focus on working from home, has had both positive and negative effects on women’s work and lives.

Healthcare analytics-A literature review and proposed research agenda.

This research addresses the demanding need for research in healthcare analytics, by explaining how previous studies have used big data, AI, and machine learning to identify, address, or solve healthcare problems. Healthcare science methods are combined with contemporary data science techniques to examine the literature, identify research gaps, and propose a research agenda for researchers, academic institutions, and governmental healthcare organizations. The study contributes to the body of literature by providing a state-of-the-art review of healthcare analytics as well as proposing a research agenda to advance the knowledge in this area. The results of this research can be beneficial for both healthcare science and data science researchers as well as practitioners in the field.

Developing a Parenting Program for Mothers with Children with Gender Dysphoria and Examining Its Impact on the Resilience and Quality of the Parent-Child Relationship

Introduction: The present study aimed to develop a parenting program for the mothers of children with gender dysphoria and investigate its impact on the resilience and quality of the parent-child relationship. Method: The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type, with a control group and follow-up. The statistical population consisted of mothers who were referred to the Psychiatric Center of Tehran in 2023 and had a child with gender dysphoria, of whom, 30 cases were selected in an available manner and randomly categorized into the experimental and control groups. Both groups were evaluated by means of a pre-test with the short-form resilience scale (2009) and the parent-child relationship assessment questionnaire (1983). The parenting program was taught to the experimental group; then, the post-test was carried out. After three months, a follow-up test was performed. Results: The data were analyzed by statistical method of variance with repeated measurements and Bonferroni's post-hoc test in SPSS software (version 23). The results showed that the developed program improved resilience and the quality of the parent-child relationship in mothers of children with gender dysphoria, and this improvement was maintained until the follow-up stage (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the obtained results, the prepared parenting program can help mothers of children with gender dysphoria increase their resilience and improve their relationships with their children. Therefore, it is suggested to use this type of intervention to work with this group of mothers, which should be included in the agenda of psychologists and relevant organizations.

Understanding the Litigation Priorities of Legal Impact Organizations

What influences the litigation agendas of LGBTQ legal impact organizations in the United States? These organizations are at the forefront of bringing rights claims before the courts, but capacity and resource limitations mean that they cannot litigate every issue important to their constituency. Drawing on dozens of interviews with movement actors and organizational documents, I find that the formation of litigation agendas in LGBTQ legal impact organizations resembles the dynamic models of policy agenda setting, with cause lawyers influenced by a confluence of commonly reoccurring elements of unequal influence. However, one element stood out in influencing litigation choices, above even donor and funding concerns: lawyer autonomy and individual preferences. My findings suggest greater agency of individual cause lawyers and contribute to our understanding of the relationship between legal organizations and social movements.

Academic scientific knowledge and Indigenous worldviews: Discourse integration for sustainable development

ABSTRACT How far has sustainable development that has dominated the agendas of politicians, academics, and world organizations for the past four decades gone? Do politicians, academics, and organizations have to look elsewhere for solutions? This article attempts to answer the second question: There may be solutions other than politics and the academy to promulgate sustainable development. The article argues that Indigenous knowledge is a fundamental domain in selecting the criteria for sustainable development and the design of corresponding goals for sustainability in the global economy. In this theoretical article, the intellectual traditions of the academy that emphasize academic detachment and objectivity are on the attack as representing thought that has invented Indigenous worldviews as the “other” because they provide a context with meaning and values considered unscholarly pursuits. The article examines how the academy can graft Indigenous worldviews and cultural ideas onto academic knowledge and technology in a way that considers Indigenous knowledge critical in creating knowledge for sustainable development. The discussion debunks Eurocentric objective traditions that solely set agendas for sustainability. This article calls for the academy to create a model that places Indigenous knowledge in a conspicuous place in the scholarly agendas of sustainable development. The article develops a collaborative model for the academy and indigenous worldviews. It concludes that Indigenous knowledge and academic traditions can collaboratively support policy actors such as world governments and politicians to find solutions for sustainable development.

Building bridges in place of barriers between school practitioners and researchers: on the role of embedded intermediaries in promoting evidence-based policy

Background: The literature on evidence-based policy in education offers insight into the need to form partnerships between researchers and practitioners with particular attention to the role of intermediaries. However, the operationalisation of the partnership, especially in school violence prevention, the focal policy of this research, remains unclear. Objectives: To identify potential intermediaries and explore their role in forming an evidence-based school violence prevention policy. Method: In-depth interviews with headteachers and members of school executive teams in Israel. Findings: The participants discussed three types of possible intermediaries that could facilitate a relationship between researchers and practitioners – internal inspectors, school counsellors, and external academics. Discussion and conclusions: We concluded that embedded intermediaries are needed to form a bridge between practice and research in the area of school violence prevention. These embedded intermediaries ought to have expertise in research methods, as well as expertise in an educational subject matter, and must be committed to the scientific approach rather than to political or organisational agendas. The formation of the research partnership must be inclusive and marked by the involvement of middle-rank policymakers (for example, headteachers) in the selection of the research questions and methodology and in the implementation of policy implications. Otherwise, evidence-based policy is unlikely to take root.

‘Social Media Is the Second Ambedkar’: Bhim Army and Social Media Mobilisation in North India

Understanding the increasing Dalit activism on social media through the lens of publics and counter-publics, this paper shows how the Bhim Army, a popular on-ground Dalit organisation in North India, makes use of two social media platforms, Twitter and Facebook, to further its organisational agenda, and to recruit, inform and mobilise. Using insights from digital ethnography and interviews with Bhim Army leaders, this paper also builds on the theoretical and methodological understandings of social media usage by marginalised actors and intervenes in the debates regarding the role of social media in social movement mobilisation, as well as the frameworks of organisational activities on Twitter and Facebook. Finally, it shows how the different techno-architectural make-up of the two platforms produces different kinds of mobilisations and functions.

Mind the Gender Gap in Marine Recreational Fisheries

One of the most relevant information gaps in worldwide fisheries is related to the origin and consequences of the gender gap. Recreational fisheries show a remarkable gender gap, which has been especially poorly addressed in the scientific literature. In 2021, the Spanish Working Group on Marine Recreational Fishing (MRF) developed a broad diagnosis on the participation of women in MRF and agreed on a roadmap to address negative impacts derived from the gender gap. The network experts concluded that there is an urgent need to include the gender gap in the agendas of scientists, fishery managers, policy-makers, stakeholder organizations, and civil society. There is a need to better understand the gender-related socio-ecological impacts of MRF to improve fisheries governance and to develop policies and initiatives that facilitate the full access of women to the benefits derived from the practice of MRF. Establishing economic incentives, increasing the visibility of female success references, developing fishing-related programs specifically designed for girls, and promoting the perception of MRF as a family leisure activity in contact with nature will increase women’s engagement.

Counting bodies, preventing war: Future conflict and the ethics of fatality numbers

With conflict prevention as a commonplace agenda of international organisations, numerous instruments for gathering knowledge about potential armed conflict have emerged. This article focuses on the mode of knowing war through quantification in the form of fatality statistics or ‘death counts’, which are taken by analysts and policymakers to indicate the severity and extent of conflicts. Drawing on official documents and interviews, I argue that fatality numbers are productive of the reality of violent conflict as they shape what counts as conflict and what does not. In the reporting by prevention actors, such numbers indicate past and future trends of armed violence and, in this way, bolster the imperative to prevent by creating quantified futures of conflict. However, fatality numbers also normalise deadly violence as a baseline criterion, thus also limiting the scope of what is known as future conflict and omitting lived experiences from the abstractions behind such numbers.

A Critical Study on Impact of Leadership Style of Sales Managers on Performance of Sales Teams

Purpose: Sales department is one of the most important verticals for any organization it has a direct impact on both the top-line and the bottom-line of the organisation. Sales leadership has an important role to play to drive the sales executives to achieve the organisational agenda. Hence, it becomes important to maintain a positive relationship between sales managers and the sales executives. so this study is to find out the impact of the leadership style of the sales managers on the performance of the sales team. Theoretical Framework: This conceptual framework identifies major components like leadership, sales team & manager. The study focuses on the two major companies of the BFSI industry. The industry has performed well in past few years and the ICICI group of companies has been a major player in the industry. Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual framework has been proposed after identifying the components that are significant & analyses leadership style in two major domains – People Oriented Leaders and Task Oriented Leaders. Findings: The components identified for this study & can be considered to have an influence on success. Research, Practical and Social implication: The model attempts to achieve a good fitment of sales managers and sales teams in order to achieve continued good results. Originality/Value: This article is a contribution to the industry has performed well in past few years and the ICICI group of companies.

The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations

A rapidly growing research stream examines the social effects of entrepreneurship on society. This research assesses the rise of entrepreneurship as a dominant theme in society and studies how entrepreneurship contributes to the production and acceptance of socio-economic inequality regimes, social problems, class and power struggles, and systemic inequities. In this article, scholars present new perspectives on an organizational sociology-inspired research agenda of entrepreneurial capitalism and detail the potential remedies to bound the unfettered expansion of a narrow conception of entrepreneurship. Taken together, the essays put forward four central provocations: 1) reform the study and pedagogy of entrepreneurship by bringing in the humanities; 2) examine entrepreneurship as a cultural phenomenon shaping society; 3) go beyond the dominant biases in entrepreneurship research and pedagogy; and 4) explore alternative models to entrepreneurial capitalism. More scholarly work scrutinizing the entrepreneurship–society nexus is urgently needed, and these essays provide generative arguments toward further developing this research agenda.

Contemporary views on the future of physiology-a report from the 2019 P-MIG focus group.

Physiologists are seen as professionals with a unique understanding of life, health, and disease, essential to the progression of knowledge regarding human functions and health. Among these experts however, the thematic of the "Future of Physiology" has been regularly present in the agenda of physiology organizations around the world as various uncertainties about teaching and research in human physiology emerged. The Physiology Majors Interest Group (P-MIG) 2019 meeting provided the occasion for some strategic reasoning and planning, aiming to identify the trends that might drive future changes in human physiology. Twelve physiologists, all experts in different areas of Physiology research and teaching, nearly all based in North America, volunteered to participate in this focus group. The session was audio recorded. A verbatim transcript of the recording was then analyzed through thematic analysis, aiming to identify the most relevant themes for the future of Physiology and how these themes might unfold. The group concluded that a shared consciousness on general goals is present, meaning to preserve and develop the interdisciplinary/integrative nature, to promote more innovative teaching/learning practices, and to acknowledge technology as the main catalyst for research and teaching innovation and progress. This consciousness was present in all participants. The group also concluded that transformation will likely need to be more effective, and should involve the Physiological Societies and organizations around the world. Special emphasis was placed on the need to share common competences for curriculum definition, common guidance for teaching practice, and common assessment procedures, with particular attention recommended toward science communication.

Losing LeninInst Internationalism in Claude McKay’s Lost Novel

Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik movement, believed that a flourishing Black proletariat consciousness was the catalyst needed for a Communist revolution in the United States of America at the turn of the twentieth century. Thus, the Bolshevik egalitarian ideology of antiracism attracted Black Americans and anchored support for the global Communist agenda of Leninist Internationalism.After Lenin’s death in 1924, his protégé Joseph Stalin becomes the new leader of Soviet Russia and signs and sustains a strategic arms alliance with Italy. In his Harlem-set lost novel Amiable with Big Teeth (AWBT), Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay chronicles how this decision places Stalin at odds with the Black American allies of Leninist Internationalism.Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia in 1935 and because Stalin remains committed to the Italo-Soviet Pact, the Black American community in AWBT views this commitment as an endorsement of the colonial suppression of Ethiopia’s Black sovereignty and thus a violation of Lenin’s antiracism ideology.With the demise of Leninist Internationalism in the Stalin era, AWBT argues that the Pan-Africanist agenda of Black-led organizations is more adept at forging antiracist and antiimperialist transnational bonds. However, Blackness is not a monolith and McKay’s lost novel must soon confront the uncomfortable reality that even within Black-led organizations, ethnic differences can easily supersede racial allegiance.AWBT is ultimately a story about the arduous, and sometimes impossible, task of building an ideological identity across diverse national borders and racial groups.

Pengaruh Audit Syariah dan Kualitas Layanan terhadap Kepercayaan Masyarakat pada Lembaga Amil Zakat

The Amil Zakat Institution plays a crucial role in distributing the blessings of wealth to people in need in line with sharia principles. For this institution, ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of zakat funds is a must. Therefore, sharia audits and service quality are important aspects that influence public trust in this institution. This research will focus on the influence of sharia audits and service quality on public trust in zakat amil institutions, with a case study at Yatim Mandiri. This research is a library study using descriptive analysis. The source of analysis used is previous research which is then compared with theories related to sharia revision. Each Mandiri has a special program to report the collection and distribution of available ZIS funds. Accountability is not only expressed in financial reports but can also be stated in the organization's agenda. Good work program coordination is expected to guarantee the effectiveness of the work program thereby bringing achievements to the school. In its understanding, sharia audit is a process to ensure that activities carried out by sharia financial institutions do not violate sharia or to comprehensively examine sharia compliance with sharia bank activities. The discussion in this research focuses on the amil zakat organization, namely LAZ YATIM MANDIRI. The implementation of the sharia audit at LAZ YATIM MANDIRI focuses on transparency and the use of funds from the community which cannot be audited due to the complicated dualism of YM management.