Tenure and promotion, the status quo, and risk taking

Tonette S. Rocco; Sunny L. Munn

doi:10.1002/nha3.20228

Science communication: frequently public, occasionally intellectual

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.16010301 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (01) ◽

pp. C01

Author(s):

Rod Lamberts

Keyword(s):

Risk Taking ◽

Science Communication ◽

Social Issues ◽

Status Quo ◽

Starting Position ◽

Speaking Out ◽

Professional Environment ◽

The Status ◽

Critical Social

This article provides a starting position and scene-setter for an invited commentary series on science communication and public intellectualism. It begins by briefly considering what intellectualism and public intellectualism are, before discussing their relationship with science communication, especially in academia. It ends with a call to science communication academics and practitioners to either become more active in challenging the status quo, or to help support those who wish to by engendering a professional environment that encourages risk-taking and speaking-out in public about critical social issues.

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Collision and Collusion: Artists, Academics, and Activists in Dialogue with the University of California and Critical Disability Studies

Disability Studies Quarterly ◽

10.18061/dsq.v34i2.4251 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Catherine Kudlick ◽

Susan Schweik

Keyword(s):

Disability Studies ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Status Quo ◽

University Of California ◽

Disabled People ◽

Critical Disability Studies ◽

Audio Description ◽

The Status ◽

New Ideas ◽

The University

This essay recounts two interconnected collaborative disability studies projects. Because of every person’s complex relationship to their own embodiment and that of others, disability beckons us to a realm beyond abstraction, even as the field becomes ever more theoretical. We describe how disability shaped what we did and how we did it; description is a key term here. Conversations such as the ones we had in 2010 and 2012 pave the way for new ideas by offering concrete examples of disability as a generative force.  Through risk taking and creative practice, the best academics and artists challenge the status quo, maybe serving as translators for people not in the habit of giving disability or disabled people much thought. The more people come to associate disability with positive ideas, the more we can imagine changing those hardwired negative, pitying forces that dominate approaches to policy, practices, and encounters in daily life.  Keywords: access, arts, audio description, critical disability studies, collaboration, curation, design, distance learning.

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Organizational Culture Assessment of Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2006.v11.i2.a9 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 155-167

Author(s):

Arshad Zaheer ◽

Kashif ur Rehman Kashif ur Rehman ◽

Abrar Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Status Quo ◽

Ethnographic Study ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

The Future ◽

The Status ◽

Market Driven ◽

Medium Enterprises

This paper is an ethnographic study defining and assessing the organizational culture exhibited by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It primarily focuses on four cultural categories: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market-driven. These conceptual domains have been examined by the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument. Results from a sample of 162 SMEs in the Rawalpindi/Islamabad area indicate that SME culture lacks creativity, innovation, freedom and risk taking. SMEs are not looking to change in the future, preferring the status quo. The most important finding is that SMEs exhibit a market- oriented culture focusing on results, competition and achievements.

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