Dimensions Of Partnerships Research Articles

Collaborative Governance Kebijakan Kemandirian Pangan untuk Penanggulangan Kemiskinan di Provinsi Sumatera Selatan

This study aims to examine the application of Collaborative Governance in poverty alleviation efforts through food self-sufficiency policies in South Sumatra Province. The focus of the research is on actor collaboration within food self-sufficiency policies as a strategy to reduce poverty. This study uses Weber’s theory, which includes vertical, horizontal, and partnership dimensions. Data were collected through public documentation and online videotapes and analyzed qualitatively. The study concludes that the vertical dimension has been met, as there is a legal basis for food self-sufficiency policies; the horizontal dimension is evident through the involvement of non-governmental actors, such as Bank Sumsel Babel; and the partnership dimension is also fulfilled due to binding negotiations between actors, positive partner perspectives, as well as the availability of human resources, political support, and financial resources for policy implementation. However, there are still challenges related to trust levels. Therefore, ongoing socialization of food self-sufficiency policies is needed to build trust among partners. Once this is addressed, food self-sufficiency policies could likely become a viable solution for poverty alleviation across Indonesia.

The Impact of Strategic Intelligence on Marketing Agility: A Field Study in Private Universities in the Capital Municipality of Sana'a

This study aimed to determine the levels of marketing agility and strategic intelligence, as well as the impact of strategic intelligence on marketing agility in private universities in the Capital Municipality of Sana'a. The study adopted a descriptive-analytical approach and used a questionnaire as a tool for data collection from private universities that have been established for more than 15 years and have more than 20 educational programs. One hundred and thirty-seven questionnaires were distributed to university rectors, vice rectors, general secretaries, deans of colleges, marketing managers, heads of academic departments, registrars, and student affairs. A total of 118 valid questionnaires were collected for analysis. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. The study found that the level of strategic intelligence practice in private universities was high, with the future vision dimension being the most practiced, while motivation was the least practiced. The level of marketing agility application was also high, with implementation agility being the most applied dimension, while participation agility was the least applied. The results also showed a significant statistical impact of strategic intelligence on marketing agility. The motivation and partnership dimensions of strategic intelligence had the greatest impact on marketing agility, while systematic thinking had the least impact. The study recommends increasing focus and attention on the motivation and partnership dimensions, as they have the greatest impact on marketing agility and increase the achievement of marketing agility in the face of increasing competition in the private university sector in Yemen.

Contract and covenant in English college-based higher education partnerships

ABSTRACT This research explores ethics in the context of education collaboration and partnership work. It is part of a wider collaborative provision study of leaders and managers in 4 universities and 15 colleges, and it draws upon interviews, meetings and conversations, focusing upon the character of the partnership relationship as depicted by the participants in the study. In the analysis, the terms ‘contract’ and ‘covenant’ are used respectively to describe business and educational aspects and features of CBHE partnerships. Rather than viewing these as a duality or in tension with each other, the evidence of the data points to an assimilation between the two. The ethical dimension of partnership and collaboration in the higher education context is found to be widely present and to co-exist with more business-focused, means-ends formulations. Judging from this data, financial and instrumental motivations were rarely unaccompanied by a more altruistic sense of the educational partnership as worthwhile in its own right, a good thing, and as a powerful lever for higher education access and widening participation. The article concludes by noting the complexity of CBHE partnerships, suggesting that this should be borne in mind in future research.

The EU and Kazakhstan in the latest geopolitical and geoeconomic conditions: New dimensions of partnership

In the article, the authors analyze the state of relations between the EU and Kazakhstan in recent times, taking into account the adjustments in global economic relations, transport, and logistics routes in Eurasia, resulting from the war in Ukraine. The difficulties in their partnership stem primarily from the lack of an alternative to the Northern route. The authors examine these challenges and the prospects of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) to provide that alternative. Special attention is paid to the EU’s “Global Gateway” program, initiated at the end of 2022, representing a new milestone in the relations between the EU and the Central-Asian countries, especially Kazakhstan. This program is in direct competition with China’s “Belt and Road” project, such that a comparison will reveal its opportunities. As will be discussed, one of the most important areas for such cooperation is Kazakhstan’s energy sector, including the development of green hydrogen, by which the EU aims to diversify its suppliers. The article concludes that while the consequences of the war in Ukraine have challenged the economic partnership between Kazakhstan and the EU, they have opened up new areas for its strengthening. The European Union, for its part, is deepening its involvement in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, focusing on regionalization, the ecologization of economic systems and relations, and quality management.

Examining the roles of partnerships in enhancing the health systems response to COVID-19 in Nigeria

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed the health systems and socio-economic foundations of many countries, Nigeria inclusive. The study was carried out to assess, understand, document and report the activities/measures that are considered nationally and sub-nationally significant, both in terms of COVID-19 responses and in terms of strengthening the health system for the future, in response to future threats since this will not be the last pandemic This paper examines how partnerships contributed to the health system and other sectors’ responses to COVID − 19 infection in Nigeria.MethodsThis was a qualitative study. Data was collected using a scoping literature review and key informant interviews with 36 key stakeholders in the COVID-19 response in Nigeria, in Abuja (national level) Lagos and Enugu states (sub-national level). Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The qualitative data was analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsIt was found that many partnerships were formed when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The health system leaned towards a horizontal dimension of partnership with non-health governmental sectors, non-governmental sectors, and other countries. All the components of the health system building blocks had a measure of partnership contributing to its accomplishments The partnerships came in varied forms, ranging from advocacy, funding, provision of palliatives to the citizens because of lockdowns, technical assistance, support to research, development of guidelines and health educational materials.ConclusionThe health sector’s collaboration with other sectors strengthened all the building blocks of the health system and was invaluable in enhancing the response to COVID-19, which needed a whole of government and a multi-sectoral approach. Formal frameworks for quickly initiating whole-of-government and multi-sectoral partnerships should be developed, with clear roles and responsibilities. This should be deployed for health system resilience and for response to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

A possible model of axiological education for preschoolers

This article presents a system of theoretical ideas that formed the basis of the conceptualization of the directions of axiological education for preschoolers necessary for the valorization, in the educational environment, of the values as goals, values as means and values as evaluation criteria through effective valorization of the educational partnership dimensions. The content of the article highlights the pedagogical conditions that ensure axiological education because, unlike the education through and for values in general education, the problem of immediate valorization of the axiological referential cannot be addressed in preschoolers. Designing the stages of achieving an educational partnership on the dimension of axiological education, leads to essential clarifications at the level of designing objectives, contents and appropriate strategies to achieve the values as goals. Educators are open to collaboration in the sense of continuous professional self-development for a competent approach of preschool education. The interpretation of the rapport value - education, value -attitude, and value - mean from a predominantly sociocultural perspective, allows the interpretation of values as social facts. The opportunity to combine efforts within the educational partnership for the formation of value orientations results from the content of education policy documents (Education Code), from the content of curriculum documents, imposed by the challenges of the contemporary world.

STRATEGI PENGELOLAAN INDUSTRI ROTAN BERKELANJUTAN DI KOTA PEKANBARU

This study aims to determine the status of the sustainable management of the rattan industry in Pekanbaru City and to design a sustainable management strategy for the rattan industry. The types of data in this study are primary data and secondary data. Interview and observation data collection methods. The data analysis method in this research is multidimensional scaling (MDS). Sustainability was analyzed using MDS analysis with the help of the Rap-Insus Industry software. The status of the sustainable management of the rattan industry in Pekanbaru City in a multidimensional manner is in a fairly continuous category. The results of the analysis of each dimension are the ecological dimension (32.5%) the economic dimension (75.6%) the social dimension (54.3%) the technology dimension (36.1) and the partnership dimension (66.5%). The strategy for sustainable rattan industry management in Pekanbaru City is carried out by establishing policies in the production process (product quality standardization), processing of waste from industrial activities, and rules and policies in the use of raw materials.

Beyond the Deliverable

Those who participate in service-learning/civic engagement (SLCE) in engineering have a common practice of reflecting on partnerships to determine if they were successful and how they might be improved. But what makes a partnership successful? We wanted to learn more about how and why to quantify partnership success to think “beyond the deliverable,” which is often the singular focus of engineering SLCE projects. To this end, we created a rubric for three dimensions of partnership that we selected after consulting engagement partnership literature: transactional, cooperative, and transformational. Using this rubric, we assessed the 55 completed partnerships of the LSU Community Playground Project (LSUCPP) by plotting scores in a 3-axis coordinate system (transactional as the x-axis, cooperative as the y-axis, and transformational as the z-axis) where a placement closer to (3.0, 3.0, 3.0) means a more universally successful partnership. Within each dimension of partnership, we assessed design, people, and process in equal measure to ensure that we paid adequate attention to each of these key aspects of engineering SLCE efforts. Further, part of this assessment involved surveying constituents (community partners, students, and faculty) about the transformational dimension of completed partnerships. Results showed that our partnerships had high transactional (2.4) and cooperative (2.5) mean scores overall, with a lower transformational mean (1.8). We also identified a transactional/cooperative threshold (2.0/2.0) at which the chance of having a transformational partnership went up; overall, our percentage of highly (2.0 or higher) transformational partnerships was 58%, but 70% of our partnerships that reached the threshold were highly transformational. The aspects of transformation most often identified by our survey respondents included building your capacity personally (81%), building lasting connections with colleagues (73%), and building your capacity professionally (70%). We believe that the method of holistic assessment for community-university partnerships presented here can lead to better engaged partnerships and can be adapted by others who wish to improve their SLCE engineering partnerships.

اسلامی بنکاری میں عقدِشراکت سے حصول ِملکیت کا شرعی طریقہ

This paper intends to discuss the mode of Mushārkah to that of ownership in the light of Islamic Sharī‘ah considering current practice of Islamic Banking. There are opinions of scholars regarding this step of possession from partnership exercising agreement based upon partnership. This study incorporates different dimensions of partnership highlighting its various types and different juristic opinions in this regard either in the favor of execution of this financial mode or rejecting partially or otherwise. Employing analytical method, it has been visited number of traditional and modern view regarding the subject matter. As in diminishing Mushārkah contract, the client pays all expenses that consequent to ownership. It is concluded that the modern method of partnership, which is a new form of participation, is consistent with its origin and traditional permissible mode with particular conditions, so it is included in the financing issues of Islamic banks.

Measuring urban sustainability performance through composite indicators for Spanish cities

The role that cities play in the transition to more sustainable growth is gaining increasing recognition. Measuring progress towards sustainable urban development requires quantifying this multi-dimensional phenomenon with the help of composite indicators. The purpose of this study is to propose an integrated approach to build a sustainable cities’ interval of composite indicators that rely on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. In addition, we propose to overcome the problem of calculating a single number by constructing a strong-weak sustainability performance interval depending on the choice of the compensability level in the aggregation stage of individual indicators. One of the advantages of this interval is that it provides information on both the average performance and the worst value of the set of indicators considered for each SDG. Moreover, it also extends the analysis for the people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership dimensions defined by the 2030 Agenda. As an example of application, we constructed these intervals for 50 Spanish cities, which are provincial capitals. This application lets us get a more accurate vision that can serve as a valuable tool for better urban planning design. • SDGs-based composite indicators foster knowledge and insight on urban sustainability. • Monitoring SDGs performance by an interval of composite indicators support urban planning. • Strong and weak aggregation rules are applied to deal with compensability among criteria. • Warning signals on the SDGs low performance are highlighted by the lower bound of the interval. • A comprehensive picture of urban sustainability for 50 Spanish capitals of province is provided.

“From the classroom to the cloud”: Zoom and the platformization of higher education

Videoconferencing platforms like Zoom have been essential to U.S. colleges and universities in migrating from in-person and hybrid classrooms to fully online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The synchronous connection of cloud-based streaming allows some daily activities of higher-ed to continue; yet, Zoom has faced criticism for surveillance and data extraction, privacy and security issues, platform control of content, and as contributing to infrastructural divides. Drawing from critical media studies and surveillance studies approaches, I examine the issues of videoconferencing platforms like Zoom as compositions of platform, infrastructural, and capitalist surveillance. Despite the oft-promoted benefits of these platforms, critical attention must be paid to the highly problematic inherent surveillant dimensions of partnerships between higher-ed and big tech to ensure the protection of students, employees, and faculty. Specifically, the rapid adoption of Zoom exemplifies the dangers of surveillant platform infrastructure, as well as how technological “solutions” gain traction in moments of crisis.

Integrated STEM and Partnerships: What to Do for More Effective Teams in Informal Settings

The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate college students formed partnerships in informal educational teams to design and build an interdisciplinary, ill-defined, integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) project and translate it to lessons taught to a pre-collegiate student (e.g., K-12 in the US) audience. The authors pursued two research questions: (a) How does an authentic research project provide space for integrating STEM disciplines? (b) How does an authentic research project impact partnerships among team members? Nine undergraduate college students were accepted into the 2020 cohort, forming three teams of three undergraduates each. Teams were roughly composed of one engineering major, one science major, and one education major. Methods of data collection included interviews and field notes. Data were analyzed by assessing the level of partnership achieved based on an already established model. Results indicate that all teams progressed through pre-partnership to at least the partnership (little p) level. Two partnership dimensions achieved the highest (big P) level: one of perception of benefit and one of products and activities. The results have implications that integration of STEM disciplines and forming partnerships could be related, and that building teamwork skills results in products of higher quality. The results are linked to previous research and recommendations for more effective partnerships are provided.

Dimensions of family-school partnerships for autistic children: Context and congruence.

Family-school partnerships are crucial for promoting positive outcomes and serving as a protective factor for children at-risk for poor school outcomes (Christenson & Sheridan, 2001). This may be particularly important for autistic children, who are at increased developmental risk (Garbacz et al., 2016). However, little research has examined variables related to dimensions of these partnerships for parents and teachers of autistic children. The present study examined family socioeconomic resources in relation to two dimensions of family-school partnerships (relationship quality and family involvement) among parents of autistic children, as well as dyadic perceptions of relationship quality among parents and teachers of autistic children. Data were collected across two time points (Time 1 N = 68 parents, child ages = 5-11; Time 2 parent-teacher dyad N = 22, child ages = 7-13). Results suggest that (a) higher appraisal of financial resources was associated with higher parent-reported family involvement after controlling for child autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characteristics and (b) higher parent-reported relationship quality and family involvement at one time were significantly associated with positive independent (parent and teacher) and congruent ratings of parent-teacher relationship quality 2 years later. Study limitations, future directions, and practical implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Impact of Strategic Intelligence on adopting Human Resources Best Practices in Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning - Sultanate of Oman: أثر الذكاء الاستراتيجي في تبني الممارسات الأفضل لإدارة الموارد البشرية في وزارة الإسكان والتخطيط العمراني بسلطنة عمان: دراسة ميدانية

This research aims to measure the impact of strategic intelligence dimensions (foresight, systems thinking, future vision, motivation, and partnership) on adopting best human resource management practices in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in Sultanate of Oman. For this purpose, survey form was designed and distributed to (104) managers at the higher administrative levels in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in Sultanate of Oman. The researcher used SPSS to analysis The results showed that the managers in Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in Sultanate of Oman adopt strategic intelligence dimension (foresight) with a medium to high degree. While they adopt systems thinking dimension with a medium degree, Also they adopt future vision dimension with a higher than average degree. While they adopt motivation and partnership dimensions at a high degree, and they also adopt the best human resources practices with a medium degree. The study also showed that there is no significant impact of strategic intelligence dimensions (foresight, future vision, motivation, and partnership) on best human resource practice, while there is a significant impact of systems thinking on best human resources practices. The researcher recommends senior management should increase awareness of the importance of strategic intelligence and its dimensions due to its impact on the decision- making process, problem- solving and increasing performance in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in Sultanate of Oman through meetings, discussions and seminars. Promoting strategic intelligence practices through training courses, and development sessions that can be accomplished by managers meeting with global managers to benefit from global experiences through discussions and seminars. Forming a bank for best human resources practices, in particular in terms of defining policies that enhance job security, policies and initiatives for selecting the best people, how to use self- managed work teams, and identifying best practices in performance management to link salaries and bonuses to organization’s performance results.

Secondary School Teachers' Effective School Perception: The Role of School Culture and Teacher Empowerment

This study investigates the extent to which school culture and teacher empowerment dimensions predict the effective school perceptions of secondary school teachers. The sample of the study includes 363 teachers [120 male (33.1%), 243 (66.9 %) female] from 24 secondary schools in four central districts (Mezitli, Yenişehir, Toroslar, Akdeniz) in Mersin. The data of the study was collected via the Personal Information Form, School Culture Inventory, the School Effectiveness Index, and the School Participant Empowerment Scale. The data was analysed through stepwise regression analysis statistical method. The alpha value of 0.01 was established as a level of significance. The results revealed that professional development which is a dimension of school culture is the most important predictive variable, and it was followed by collegial support, collegial leadership, unity of purpose, self-efficacy, decision making and teacher collaboration. Together, these seven significant predictors explained 59.1% of the variance in the teacher perception of school effectiveness. Moreover, learning partnership dimension of school culture and status, impact, autonomy and professional growth dimensions of school participant empowerment were not statistically significant in explaining the school effectiveness. According to the results of this study, school culture has stronger relations with school effectiveness than the teacher empowerment has. This may mean that a school should have a culture that values professional development of its teachers, collegiality, collaborative leadership and teamwork in order to be effective.

Patient engagement in care: A scoping review of recently validated tools assessing patients' and healthcare professionals' preferences and experience.

BackgroundPatient engagement in care is a priority and a key component of clinical practice. Different approaches to care have been introduced to foster patient engagement. There is a lack of a recent review on tools for assessing the main concepts and dimensions related to patient engagement in care.ObjectiveOur scoping review sought to map and summarize recently validated tools for assessing various concepts and dimensions of patient engagement in care.Search StrategyA scoping review of recent peer‐reviewed articles describing tools that assess preferences in and experience with patient engagement in care was conducted in four databases (Ovid Medline, Ovid EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL‐EBSCO). We adopted a broad definition based on the main concepts of patient engagement in care: patient‐centredness, empowerment, shared decision‐making and partnership in care.Main ResultsOf 2161 articles found, 16, each describing a different tool, were included and analysed. Shared decision‐making and patient‐centredness are the two main concepts evaluated, often simultaneously in most of the tools. Only four scales measure patient‐centredness, empowerment and shared decision‐making at the same time, but no tool measures the core dimensions of partnership in care. Most of the tools did not include patients in their development or validation or just consulted them during the validation phase.Discussion and ConclusionThere is no tool coconstructed with patients from development to validation, which can be used to assess the main concepts and dimensions of patient engagement in care at the same time.Patient and Public ContributionThis manuscript was prepared with a patient expert who is one of the authors. Vincent Dumez, who is a patient expert and codirector of the Center of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public, has contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.

Research on the Risk of the Fourth Party Logistics Enterprise Based on the Tripartite Cooperation Model under the Background of Made in China 2025: A Case Study of XCompany

Under the background of "made in China 2025", China's logistics development ushered in new opportunities, which put forward newer and higher requirements for the transformation and upgrading of the logistics industry.The fourth party logistics enterprise is a supply chain integrator.At present, there is a kind of fourth party logistics enterprise based on tripartite cooperation and operation mode in China. That is, fourth party logistics enterprises combine transportation enterprises withinsurance companies, and meanwhile rely on logistics information platform to carry out safety management of freight vehicles. In fact,in the process of tripartite cooperation, there are many uncertain factors, which bring multiple risks to the fourth party logistics enterprises. This paper studies and analyzes the risks faced by the fourth party logistics enterprises, in order to determine the important risk factors, so as to provide decision-making reference for the fourth party logistics enterprises to avoid risks. Firstly, this paper identifies the specific risks in the environment, cooperation, finance and management of the tripartite cooperation model from the internal, external and partnership dimensions, and reveals the mechanism of the risks. Secondly, the analytic hie-rarchy process (AHP) is used to calculate the comprehensive weight of each risk index, and the fuzzy synthetic evaluation method is used to determine the probability of risk. Finally, the overall risk level of X Company is ob-tained by establishing an evaluation matrix and weighting calculation according to the membership relationship between the evaluation matrix and the index weight. The results show that: from the perspective of the dimension of risk importance, cooperation risk and financial risk have the highest risk weight in the second-level index; in the third-level index, the behavioral risk of transportation enterprise, working capital risk and insurance company have the highest risk weight, while the weight of natural risk and political risk is lower. In the dimension of risk generation probability, inter-industry competition risk, transportation enterprise behavior risk, insurance company behavior risk and working capital risk are in the higher probability.

Fundraising for Government: Unpacking the Structure and Relationship of Government-Supporting Nonprofit Partnerships

Government-supporting nonprofits (GSNs) are 501(c)(3) organizations established in connection with a government agency to fundraise and support their mission. To date, little is known about the structural and substantive relationships that occur in this exclusive partnership. Applying the GSN model to public education in Florida, this study looks at data collected from 18 local education foundations (LEFs) and their school district partners. Interviews suggest that different structural models influence the relationships between the two organizations along the following dimensions: attention, successive engagement, resource infusion, and organizational identity. Even though LEFs exist to support their school district, they also aim to establish a separate identity to be able to fundraise and carry out a more community-based role. Through this research, a framework is proposed for studying the structural and partnership dimensions of government-supporting nonprofits. We conclude with a discussion on future research and relevant considerations for government agencies with a supporting nonprofit.

A Relationship between Supply Chain Practices, Environmental Sustainability and Financial Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Companies in Jordan

Pursuing sustainable development creates competitiveness for manufacturing firms in the market, however the financial pressure of adopting sustainable environmental practices is still a major concern. Few studies were found on the inter-relationships between supply chain management practices, environmental sustainability, and firm financial performance. Moreover, manufacturing companies are compelled by different pressure groups across the globe to maintain environmental standards while conducting their business and supply chain activities. Therefore, the current study aims to investigate the impact of supply chain practices on environmental sustainability and financial performance. In addition, the role of environmental sustainability as a mediator between supply chain management and financial performance was analyzed to improve sustainable development. A well-designed questionnaire was administered to manufacturing companies in Jordan for data collection. A total of 376 responses were analyzed and the proposed hypotheses were tested by using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) approach. The results reveal that environmental sustainability was tested significantly and influenced by supply chain practices such as relationship with customers, postponement, level of information sharing, and information quality. Whereas environmental sustainability had a significant direct effect on financial performance. Finally, environmental sustainability mediated the relationship of all supply chain management practices with financial performance except strategic supplier partnership dimension. The study provides policy guidelines to decision makers while simultaneously assists the managers to improve sustainability practices in manufacturing companies.

EU-Canada Strategic Partnership: Ups and downs

Signed in 1976, the EU-Canada relationship was the first bilateral agreement that the EU signed with an industrialised third country. Modest strengthening of the ties was achieved with the 2004 EU-Canada Partnership Agenda. A fully-fledged free trade agreement was in the works at this time, but suspended in 2006. The EU-Canada strategic partnership agreement (SPA) and the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) did not materialise until more than a decade later, in 2016. This paper focuses in particular on the strategic partnership dimension. It explores why an SPA was possible in 2016, but not before. To answer this question, the paper looks at four time periods. In so doing it explores the origins of the EU-Canada agreement, how the EU-Canada relationship changed over time, and examines how a more profound strategic partnership came about when it did. In its analysis it considers institutional, domestic and geopolitical factors. It briefly speculates about the possible future of this partnership.