Organizational Governance Research Articles

Quality improvement in public–private partnerships in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

BackgroundPublic–private partnerships (PPP) are often how health improvement programs are implemented in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). We therefore aimed to systematically review the literature about the aim and impacts of quality improvement (QI) approaches in PPP in LMICs.MethodsWe searched SCOPUS and grey literature for studies published before March 2022. One reviewer screened abstracts and full-text studies for inclusion. The study characteristics, setting, design, outcomes, and lessons learned were abstracted using a standard tool and reviewed in detail by a second author.ResultsWe identified 9,457 citations, of which 144 met the inclusion criteria and underwent full-text abstraction. We identified five key themes for successful QI projects in LMICs: 1) leadership support and alignment with overarching priorities, 2) local ownership and engagement of frontline teams, 3) shared authentic learning across teams, 4) resilience in managing external challenges, and 5) robust data and data visualization to track progress. We found great heterogeneity in QI tools, study designs, participants, and outcome measures. Most studies had diffuse aims and poor descriptions of the intervention components and their follow-up. Few papers formally reported on actual deployment of private-sector capital, and either provided insufficient information or did not follow the formal PPP model, which involves capital investment for a explicit return on investment. Few studies discussed the response to their findings and the organizational willingness to change.ConclusionsMany of the same factors that impact the success of QI in healthcare in high-income countries are relevant for PPP in LMICs. Vague descriptions of the structure and financial arrangements of the PPPs, and the roles of public and private entities made it difficult to draw meaningful conclusions about the impacts of the organizational governance on the outcomes of QI programs in LMICs. While we found many articles in the published literature on PPP-funded QI partnerships in LMICs, there is a dire need for research that more clearly describes the intervention details, implementation challenges, contextual factors, leadership and organizational structures. These details are needed to better align incentives to support the kinds of collaboration needed for guiding accountability in advancing global health. More ownership and power needs to be shifted to local leaders and researchers to improve research equity and sustainability.

Mapping the Quantum Frontier in Decision-making: A Comprehensive Review on the Implications of QDT for Strategy and Governance

Classical theories of decision are considered to have been the foundation of most organizational decisions, for decades. Though these theories undoubtedly offer valuable insights, they have not successfully explained the complexities and irrationalities of human behaviour and decisions. The surfacing of Quantum Decision Theory (QDT) seems to have initiated a shift away from conventional thinking. It has reshaped significantly scholarly discussions in the areas of strategy and governance. This extensive assessment outlines ground-breaking developments in QDT and then evaluates its transformative effects on organizational strategy and governance. The studies serve a dual purpose. Firstly, it identifies and offers solutions to classical decision-making approaches. Secondly, it encourages the adoption of QDT-based creative approaches that better align with the complicated dynamics of human decision-making processes. This study enriches current academic discourse by presenting a comprehensive assessment of QDT, thereby providing fresh perspectives more attuned to the complexities of contemporary organizational environments.

Participation of Social Organizations in Urban Social Governance: Realistic Dilemma and Optimization Path

Participation of Social Organizations in Urban Social Governance: Realistic Dilemma and Optimization Path

Information Technology Governance and Performance of Local Government Organizations: Testing Mediation Role of Accounting Information System Quality

This study aims to empirically test the role of effective information technology (IT) governance on local government organizations' (LGOs) performance with the quality of Accounting Information System (AIS) as a mediating variable. The samples of this study are LGOs in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A total of 140 LGO officials, users of AIS software, are selected as the respondents. Data was collected through questionnaires. The minimum number of sample size is determined using the PLS-based 10 times rule of thumbs approach. This study uses Partial Least Square (PLS) to examine the relationship among variables. The results revealed that effective IT Governance did not increase LGOs' performance directly, but it should be through AIS quality as a mediator. This research results provide valuable input for LGOs particularly in emerging economies to enhance their performance by paying attention to the correlation between effective IT governance and AIS quality.

Using a Learning Collaborative Model to Improve Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment

ABSTRACT As part of a transformation initiative, a behavioral health managed care organization partnered with 14 youth psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) through a Learning Collaborative to support clinical training, family engagement, community integration, and medication monitoring. Self-reported progress toward sustainable implementation, monitored monthly, improved significantly over time (F = 15.05, p < .0001). Clinical and direct care PRTF staff (N = 1,580) received either in-person or virtual clinical training. Scores on a pre- and post-training knowledge test increased significantly for both in-person and virtual training (p < .001 for both), and training satisfaction was high. Percentage of youth with therapeutic family sessions per month did not change over the Learning Collaborative; this percentage began and remained high (Range: 90.71% to 93.37%). Strategies to engage youth and families in organizational governance increased significantly (e.g. including youth/family partners on staff and in program development). The number of partnerships between PRTFs and community-based behavioral health providers did not change over time. Instead, number of partnerships began and remained high (Range: 38.36 to 48.08). PRTFs also tracked medications monthly to develop internal systems to monitor prescribing practices. This study highlights the value of partnerships and the Learning Collaborative approach to support a continuous quality improvement process.

Determinants of the impact of ESG policy and corporate governance on employee rights

To comply with international development trends in recent years, Taiwanese government agencies have formulated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) legal policies and strengthened publicity for listed firms to prepare sustainability reports. Government agencies are trying to use ESG legal policies to gradually guide firms to take environmental, social, and governance measures and move toward sustainable operations. However, employee rights were easier for firms to ignore in the past, so paying attention to the correlation between employee rights and organizational governance is necessary. This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the organizational governance and employee turnover rate of Taiwanese food firms in the ten years from 2011 to 2021 through a panel regression model. The results show that there is a U-shaped relationship between board size and employee turnover. There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the development of major shareholders’ shareholding and the strength of human resources. The research results show that organizational governance is significantly related to employee turnover. Finally, this paper believes that paying attention to human resources will contribute to the sustainable development of enterprises. Therefore, in terms of organizational governance policies, although government agencies have formulated relevant reference standards, firms should have functions more conducive to developing human resource measures. These functions include utilizing the guiding energy of the board of directors functions, and shareholding structure design, which will further help the stable development of human resources. Firms need high-quality human resources to make breakthroughs in technology or the market. Therefore, when firms cultivate high-quality human resources, they not only rely on employee welfare conditions but consider long-term organizational governance and human resource development as necessary planning conditions. These factors will drive firms to have the ability to break through the status quo, value all stakeholders, and create an attitude toward sustainable business development.

Building tribes: How administrative units shaped ethnic groups in Africa

AbstractEthnic identities around the world are deeply intertwined with modern statehood, yet the extent to which territorial governance has shaped ethnic groups is empirically unknown. I argue that governments at the national and subnational levels have incentives to bias governance in favor of large groups. The resulting disadvantages for ethnic minorities motivate their assimilation and emigration. Both gradually align ethnic groups with administrative borders. I examine the result of this process at subnational administrative borders across sub‐Saharan Africa and use credibly exogenous, straight borders for causal identification. I find substantive increases in the local population share of administrative units' predominant ethnic group at units' borders. Powerful traditional authorities and size advantages of predominant groups increase this effect. Data on minority assimilation and migration show that both drive the shaping of ethnic groups along administrative borders. These results highlight important effects of the territorial organization of modern governance on ethnic groups.

Blockchain-based self-sovereign identity solution for aerial base station integrated networks

Identity and access management frameworks address user access rights and data governance for organizations, vendors and users. In response to the problems associated with centralized authorities (e.g. single point of failure, limited scalability, lack of user control), new identity management models have emerged, such as Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), which relies on verifiable data registers to validate Decentralized Identifier (DIDs) and can be achieved in many different ways, e.g. through Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), distributed databases or other decentralized systems. The main goal of SSI is to enable users to take control of managing their data shared with different services. In this paper, we examine a possible application of the SSI concept to aerial base station (ABS)- integrated networks. The paper presents the effective use of DID implementation to provide a secure and decentralized way to create, associate and verify credentials and identities of ABSs, ensuring secure communication between Ground Base stations (GBSs) and other nodes in the network in a multi-operator scenario. In the numerical results, the average values of various metrics (namely, the average credential presentation time, the average credential offer time, the average DIDcomm connection creation time, the average DIDcomm signing time, and the average DIDcomm revoke credential time) related to credential operations in a DID management system are given for three different number of requests (50 K, 75 K, and 100 K). We have also provided the values of the different status codes that occurred in 100 K operations in the same DID management system. Towards the end of the paper, a comparison is made between SSI-based and Non-fungible token (NFT)-based blockchain solutions, also discussing the challenges and future directions of SSI solutions in the context of ABS-integrated networks.

社会工作参与邪教治理的介入路径研究

The illegal activities of cult organizations have brought enormous human, material, and economic losses to the country and people, and have caused irreparable personal harm to innocent people. The repeated occurrence of self harm or violence against others caused by cults that harm society shows that the remnants of cults have not been completely eliminated. Under the joint crackdown of multiple government departments and systematic operation, large-scale cult organizations have collapsed, but sporadic and small-scale cult activities are difficult to completely eradicate. Therefore, eliminating the breeding ground for cults and gradually cleaning up the problem of cult governance in cult organizations should be highly valued by the Party and the government, and preventing sporadic cults from resurgence through various opportunities. In terms of cult governance, the government has invested a large amount of governance resources, severely cracking down on cults and transforming cult followers, while safeguarding the basic rights of individuals involved in cults and guiding them to return to the community. From the professional perspective of social work, using the theoretical perspective of social work to analyze the problems of cults, and proposing the use of the three major professional methods of social work to participate in the governance of cults and the transformation of cult believers, promoting better solutions to cult governance issues.

A Conceptual Development of Digital Trade Adoption among Manufacturing Companies in China: A Technology Acceptance Model Approach

The proliferation of digital technologies has brought about transformative changes in various sectors, including manufacturing. In the context of China, a prominent manufacturing hub, the adoption of digital trade practices has emerged as a critical determinant of competitiveness and sustainability for manufacturing companies. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the factors influencing the adoption of digital trade among manufacturing firms in China, employing the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a theoretical lens. Drawing upon extant literature and empirical insights, this conceptual paper identifies key constructs within the TAM framework, such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude toward digital trade, and behavioral intention, and adapts them to the specific context of digital trade adoption in the Chinese manufacturing sector. It explores how factors such as organizational readiness, technological infrastructure, government policies, and cultural factors influence the perceived usefulness and ease of use of digital trade platforms among manufacturing companies in China. Moreover, this paper extends the traditional TAM model by incorporating additional constructs such as trust in technology, perceived risk, and organizational innovativeness, which are deemed essential in understanding the complexities of digital trade adoption in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. It underscores the significance of trust-building mechanisms, risk mitigation strategies, and organizational culture in facilitating the successful implementation of digital trade initiatives within manufacturing enterprises in China. The proposed conceptual framework contributes to both theoretical and practical understandings of digital trade adoption by elucidating the interplay between technological factors, organizational dynamics, and contextual influences within the Chinese manufacturing context. By offering insights into the determinants of digital trade adoption and the mechanisms for enhancing acceptance and utilization of digital trade platforms, this paper aims to inform policymakers, industry practitioners, and scholars engaged in the promotion and facilitation of digital transformation within the manufacturing sector in China and beyond.

Aligning Governance Mechanisms with Organization Forms in Multichannel Marketing

ABSTRACT Purpose Multichannel marketing has become the norm for distributing goods and services, and manufacturers and distributors operate in various channel organization forms. Drawing on transaction cost theory and governance value analysis, this study introduces channel organization forms as focal design elements of multichannel settings and aims to align governance mechanisms with these forms. Design/Methodology/Approach Survey data are gathered from four sub-samples of 295 Chinese manufacturers. Ordinary least squares regression analysis is used to test the hypotheses. Findings Depending on the multichannel design of manufacturers, the performance effects of contractual, normative, and authoritative mechanisms vary in the four channel organization forms: corporate, franchised, managerial, and relational. Moreover, in each organization form, there is a specific governance mechanism that positively affects cooperation performance, indicating alignment. Research Implications This study advances governance literature by demonstrating the alignment between channel organization forms and governance mechanisms, while the channel organization form serves as a contextual factor that explains the inconsistency of performance effects of governance mechanisms. In addition, extending prior research comparing differences between multichannel and nonmultichannel settings, this study explores variation within a multichannel context from a channel-organization-form perspective. Practical Implications It is critically enlightening and instructive for manufacturers to choose governance mechanisms based on their channel organization forms and thus improve cooperation performance within multichannel settings. Originality/Value This study’s findings address the gap in governance literature concerning whether the performance effects of governance mechanisms are contingent on different channel organization forms.

Efektivitas Transformasi Organisasi dan Manajemen Pemerintahan Serta Masyarakat yang Partisipatif Menuju Pelayanan Publik Unggul

The transformation of government organizations is necessary to improve government performance. To achieve excellent public services, the community also plays an important role because the community is not only limited to receiving services but also as active partners in the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating policies. This research aims to describe the effectiveness of organizational transformation and government management in achieving excellent public services. The study will consider the impact of community participation in designing and improving policies as well as public services. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods and employs a questionnaire survey method as a research instrument. Qualitative research is a type of research that produces analysis without using statistical procedures or other quantitative methods. The results of this research indicate that organizational transformation and government management can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public service delivery, while community participation can enhance the quality of public services. Active community participation in decision-making processes and government policy implementation allows the community to participate, provide input, and influence policy processes. Therefore, both factors must work simultaneously and support each other to realize excellent public services.

Mobilization and Interaction: A Case Study of Rural Social Organizations Participating In Rural Governance in Ningxia

Purpose: In this section identified the real factors of which are doing the governance in rural areas of Ningxia. How the governance making goals of development with the help of social organization. This study f ounds the problems which social organizations are facing and people are doing interaction to them and participating in government activities. Design/Methodology/Approach:Here qualitative design was used with convenient sampling which used in Ningxia region. A semi structured in depth interview was conducted in selected areas. Researcher used the thematic analysis and standers questionnaires for the quality of research in selected region. Require respondents were the part of research with convenient sam pling approach in selected region. Findings: Ningxia rural social organizations' participation in rural governance as the entry point. This is based on the practical cases of Ningxia rural areas in selected areas. This paper found rural social organizatio ns' participation in rural governance with low interest. Result concluded that understanding and grasping the practical problems of rural governance in northwest China in the new era and exploring the valuable practices of rural social organizations' parti cipation in rural governance. Implications /Value/Originality:For the community development it is needed that local people’s participation in governance is compulsory. While governance organization should take serious actions for the rural areas of Ningxi a. Policy makers and government agents need to focus on these areas for the welfare and development.

Regional Policies, Practices, Tools, and Strategies to Implement Polycentric Development: Comparative Case Studies of Portland, Seattle, and Denver

Many of the larger US metropolitan regions promote polycentric development as a way of fostering livability, accessibility, and sustainability. Polycentric urban structures can increase transit ridership, promote active transportation, and decrease vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and CO2 emissions. Although many regions include ambitious polycentric aspirations in their plans, only a few follow up with rigorous implementation and see their efforts come to fruition. The topic of implementation is also widely omitted from scholarly inquiry. This research aims to explore three examples of successful implementation of urban polycentricity: Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Denver, Colorado. Each region employs a very distinct polycentric development model, but each relies heavily on its regional governance organization for direction, guidance, and even command in the implementation process. To understand specific strategies and methods used by each region, the authors conducted interviews with metropolitan planning organizations, central cities, and transit agencies in the three regions and used qualitative techniques to analyze the interview transcripts and collected documents. As regional governance organizations play a crucial role in implementing regional plans, their policies and practices were also investigated by the authors. Based on collected data and insights, we conclude that the three regions are great examples of an advanced implementation of polycentric development. This research can be helpful to other US metropolitan regions that wish to promote polycentric development. The lessons learned from the three case studies can provide guidance and possible paths to successful implementation.

Characterising and Changing Charitable Purposes: Theories of Organisational Purpose

The last decade has witnessed material interest in the relevance of organisational purpose to organisational governance for both for‐profit corporations and charities. A purpose‐focus promises greater clarity for responsible person duties, as well as motivational benefits. However, despite its centrality, the nature of organisational purpose remains under‐theorised. This article first explores theoretical understandings of organisational purpose to provide a robust base for purpose‐based governance theories and to provide potential methods for identifying organisational purpose. This is a descriptive project. Second, it examines the extent to which that theoretical understanding is reflected in charity law. This is a mildly normative project – all else being equal, there are rule of law reasons (greater clarity and stability) for the law to reflect our best understanding of a phenomenon, such that theory may help guide choices between divergent legal approaches to matters like the relevance of organisational values and activities in characterising purpose. Third, the article employs organisational purpose theory to understand the duties applying to charity governors in the context of a change of purpose. This is a mildly normative step again – all else being equal, it would benefit the rule of law if governance obligations reflect our best understanding of organisational purpose.

Negotiating the budget for evidence-informed policy-making: insights from a UK government department

IMPACT Improving how evidence is used in policy formulation requires a better understanding of organizational processes inside government departments, for example budget management. Government departments need to ensure that such processes simultaneously strengthen robustness in the evidence base, improve alignment of the evidence base with policy priorities and contribute to a more cost-effective use of the evidence budget. This requires a nuanced understanding of who should be accountable for managing which aspects of the evidence budget and how these different lines of accountability play out in terms of their ability to foster formal and informal relationships between the policy cadre and the evidence cadre. In an era of rapid global change and declining public sector resources, the authors’ findings will help researchers and senior officials understand how government departments should manage their evidence budgets to improve evidence use.

Improving Internal Control System

The Internal Audit Service is not just a global trend, but an urgent need in the conditions of actively developingand increasingly complicated economic relations. The purpose of this article is to identify the main problems of internalaudit in Uzbekistan. It is argued that the concept of internal audit correctness provides conceptual tools for studyinginternal audit as a disciplinary mechanism in the conditions of corporate governance of modern organizations. The articledevelops the initial conceptual formulation and internal audit, audit and control to improve the rationality of economicactivity and related control measures.

Pelatihan Pengelolaan Organisasi Pesantren bagi Pengurus Pondok Pesantren Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang

This service is designed with the aim of providing training in managing Islamic boarding school organizations to the administrators of the Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang Islamic Boarding School. As an Islamic educational institution, Islamic boarding schools play a crucial role in shaping the character of students and providing holistic education. To ensure sustainability and sustainable development, effective and efficient management is needed. Through this training, it is hoped that administrators at the Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang Islamic Boarding School can develop their managerial skills, understand and implement best practices in managing Islamic boarding schools. Mastery of modern management concepts, strategic planning, human resource management and Islamic boarding school finances is the focus in improving organizational governance. In this way, it is hoped that Islamic boarding schools can provide the best service to students, achieve better educational and da'wah goals, and strengthen their organizational foundations to support long-term development. Overall, it is hoped that this training will make a positive contribution in advancing Islamic boarding schools as quality and competitive Islamic educational institutions.

Controlling internet content in the EU: towards digital sovereignty

ABSTRACT We analyse the rhetoric and reality of EU digital sovereignty by looking at content control. The control of online content is central to sovereignty because it relates to fundamental freedoms and democratic competition. Our main data source is the unique International Organizations in Global Internet Governance (IO-GIG) dataset which contains internet policy output documents across international institutions and issue areas between 1995 and 2021. By assessing policy output, we show structural trends in content control output in volume, bindingness, and orientation. By analysing policy discourse, we show the evolution of frames on content control over time. We find evidence for a comprehensive but still ongoing trend towards digital sovereignty in policy output and a shift from prioritising free access to the public order in discourse.

Empowering Ontario’s long-term care residents to shape the place they call home: a codesign protocol

BackgroundCanada’s long-term care (LTC) homes were founded on an institutional model that viewed residents as passive recipients of care. Many homes continue to follow this model leaving residents removed from...