scholarly journals Eliminating again, for the last time: A case study of donor support for malaria in Solomon Islands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Burkot ◽  
Katherine Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Donor Support

Weathering of archaeological cherts: A case study from the Solomon Islands

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Sheppard ◽  
Larry A. Pavlish
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands

scholarly journals Knowledge guardianship, custodianship and ethics: a Melanesian perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabini Sanga ◽  
Martyn Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Communities ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Binary Approach ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
Knowledge Area ◽  
Secret Knowledge

© The Author(s) 2020. Across the world, knowledge communities categorise and attach conditions of guardianship to different kinds of knowledge. For private or secret knowledge, those responsible for its care have obligations for arranging and restricting transmission to ensure community survival. While an insider/outsider positionality is often used to navigate this knowledge area, a binary approach is unhelpful. Taking a more relational reading of positionality, we support a dynamic understanding of the transmission of restricted knowledge, using relevant principles of guardianship or custodianship. Based on a Melanesian Solomon Islands tribe, the study sketches a set of principles and shows how they operate in practice. Our intents are to honour the contribution that Melanesian thought makes to rethinking research dichotomies regarding secret knowledge, that readers appreciate the dynamic nature of knowledge guardianship, and that this case study enhances the discussion on ethical entitlement to, or restriction of, Indigenous knowledge in the Pacific region and beyond.

scholarly journals The challenges of anonymous source stories: A case study of Solomon Islands daily newspapers

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddie T. Osifelo
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Public Figures

This article examines the use of anonymous sources in Solomon Star and Island Sun daily newspapers in Solomon Islands. It is aimed to explore why the two newspapers use anonymous sources in the news stories they publish. The two national newspapers face many challenges in maintaining a strong sense of ethics and accountability as most reporters are not qualified, and they compete in a small advertising market to generate revenue. Consequently, they also face challenges from politicians and other public figures over publishing anonymous sources in their papers. The challenges range from threats, intimidation, compensation demands to court battles. This study includes a content analysis of the daily papers and interviews with the editors of both papers and individuals who are affected by the issue.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Case Study into the Cultural Effects  on Knowledge Management Practices in the Solomon Islands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Joseph Baeoro Sanga
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
The Subject

<p>Knowledge management (KM) is an emerging discipline and in recent years it has received increased attention both from academics and practitioners. At the academic front, the major debate is over the conceptual plurality of KM. This is as a result of the subject having its roots from various disciplines. To practitioners the subject is attractive since it promises the management of knowledge, an abstract concept and the most elusive one to manage. Some think KM is just another fad but the realities experienced by multinational corporations trying to do business across cultures forces both academics and practitioners to constantly think about knowledge management and culture. This thesis posits that there is such a thing as national cultures. In this work, Solomon Islands' national culture with its main features of multiplicity of subcultures, bigmanism, wantokism, pijin and the people's experiences through mission work, government and war are highlighted as providing encouragement and also barriers to knowledge management. Using De Long and Fahey's four frameworks, a case study was conducted informed by the ethnographic tradition. The study drew on methodological triangulation which included semistructured interviews, focus groups, document analysis and observations. The use of multiple data collection tools was employed to ensure convergence of data and the dependability of this work. This study finds two important considerations. First, important knowledge is cognitive understanding and to a lesser extent technical. Structured knowledge is not central to KM. There are two reasons given for this view. One, due to scarcity of resources, there is high competition for education which is regarded as cognitive knowledge, although in practice it is structured knowledge. Two, indigenous knowing is socially constructed and mainly exists in tacit form. Second, even when solicited, participation from subordinates is difficult to come by. This behaviour is embedded in kastom relating to bigmanism. This thesis contributes both to theory and practice. The main theoretical contribution is the argument that knowledge management theorist must take into consideration the effects of national cultures on knowledge recognition and the evaluation of knowledge management concepts. For practitioners, an understanding of the recipient culture is critical for implementing proposed changes. Particularly for Solomon Islands practitioners, a special awareness is necessary from leadership to understand the minds of workers, otherwise change interventions will always be a frustrating vocation.</p>

Landowner Surveys Inform Protected Area Management: A Case Study from Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands

Human Ecology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. Moseby ◽  
John P. Labere ◽  
John L. Read
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Area Management

scholarly journals Building cooperative capacity: the specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Poole ◽  
Jason Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
Enterprise Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Donor Support ◽  
Coffee Sector ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Within the context of widespread donor support for producer organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of interventions aimed at rescuing a failed cooperative and improving performance and business linkages between grower-suppliers and international markets through enterprise development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports a case study of a Nicaraguan coffee cooperative, Soppexcca, which received substantial donor support at the time of the international coffee crisis between 1999 and 2004. The study used a framework of organizational structure, strategy, empowerment, and performance to assess business performance and sustainability. Quantitative and qualitative data collection focussed on asset building and changes during the period 2005-2009. Findings – Soppexcca achieved major advances in asset building. External interventions played a pivotal role in building organizational capacity to respond to buyers’ demands and market-related shocks. Support was received not only from donors but also from supply chain partners and third-sector organizations. However, important gaps remain, and addressing these gaps requires changes in Soppexcca and sustained support. Research limitations/implications – As a case study, findings cannot be readily generalized but the implications will be of significance beyond the coffee sector in Nicaragua, wherever and in whatever sector building cooperative capacity is an important development objective. Social implications – Experience with Soppexcca shows that the creation of sustainable collective organizations is a long-term process, particularly in respect of building human capital. Originality/value – The paper examines enterprise development using concepts of capital asset formation and cooperative performance, and argues the significance of effective links between value chain stakeholders as well as internal cooperative performance.

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