scholarly journals Let External Stakeholders Be Your Guide to Curricular Revision

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. ajpe8021
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Porter ◽  
Edward C. Portillo ◽  
Casey E. Gallimore ◽  
Joseph A. Zorek ◽  
Susanne G. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Curricular Revision

Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitals: Need for Transparent CSR Initiatives for Internal and External Stakeholders

Think India ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Vedantam Leela
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Good For ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Strategic Balance

Social Responsibility initiatives are the indispensible strategies for governance and this applies equally well in the field of Corporate framework also. In the recent times, the corporate houses other than healthcare industry, evidently demonstrated that strategic balance among social, environmental, and commercial goals can be accomplished. Corporate hospitals contemporary functioning rests on the anarchic assumptions that healthcare industry functions on the notion that what is good for patients or society cannot be good for business. At a time when patients are overexposed to medical procedures and medical treatment is within the reach of affordability of only those who are well insured, there arises a question,is it not essential for corporate hospitals to adopt CSR initiatives. An important corollary question, that also needs to be examined, is whether and for what reasons CSR initiatives must be nurtured by Corporate Hospitals. Drawing up from the existing research studies on CSR in corporate hospitals in Indian scenario i.e., corporate hospitals and healthcare sector, this paper (i) undertakes a thorough examination of the CSR initiatives needs a thorough examination, (ii) examines the implications of modelling of CSR in corporate hospitals so as to create a right balance between their social and economic objectives, (iii) to this extent, the paper hypothesizes that (a) employee costs of corporate hospitals may positively increase due to CSR initiatives, (b) profit maximization i.e. positive increases due to CSR initiatives, and (c) the degree of workforce efficiency positively increases sales turnover due to CSR initiatives.

Influential Factors of Collaborative Networks in Manufacturing: Validation of a Conceptual Model

10.28945/2120 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 001-019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Wee Hock Quik ◽  
Nevan Wright ◽  
Ammar Rashid ◽  
Sivadass Thiruchelvam
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Collaborative Network ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
External Learning

The purpose of the study is to identify influential factors in the use of collaborative networks within the context of manufacturing. The study aims to investigate factors that influence employees’ learning, and to bridge the gap between theory and praxis in collaborative networks in manufacturing. The study further extends the boundary of a collaborative network beyond enterprises to include suppliers, customers, and external stakeholders. It provides a holistic perspective of collaborative networks within the complexity of the manufacturing environment, based on empirical evidence from a questionnaire survey of 246 respondents from diverse manufacturing industries. Drawing upon the socio-technical systems (STS) theory, the study presents the theoretical context and interpretations through the lens of manufacturing. The results show significant influences of organizational support, promotive interactions, positive interdependence, internal-external learning, perceived effectiveness, and perceived usefulness on the use of collaborative networks among manufacturing employees. The study offers a basis of empirical validity for measuring collaborative networks in organizational learning and knowledge/information sharing in manufacturing.

scholarly journals Stakeholder Expectation of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices: A Case Study of PWiK Rybnik, Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3337
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kuzior ◽  
Józef Ober ◽  
Janusz Karwot
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Corporate Social

Practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially in organizations providing key services, related to the supply of fuel, water and energy, are extremely important from the point of view of identifying stakeholders with the functioning of enterprises in line with the principles of a closed loop economy. The article discusses the origins and evolution of the concept of corporate social responsibility, with particular emphasis on the water supply and sewage industry. The research problem was the perception and expectations of stakeholders toward prosocial activities of PWiK Rybnik (Sewage and Water Supply Ltd. Rybnik). The hypothesis assumed in the study was that the external stakeholders of PWIK Rybnik positively assess the company’s involvement in the tasks carried out as part of corporate social responsibility, they notice the involvement in educational activities and additional initiatives of PWIK that improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. For the purpose of this study, a quantitative method was used. For the purpose of the survey, the authors’ questionnaire “Survey of customers’ opinions on the activities undertaken by PWiK Rybnik” was created. The surveys conducted confirmed the hypothesis that the external stakeholders of PWIK Rybnik positively assess the company’s involvement in the tasks performed as part of corporate social responsibility; they notice the involvement in educational activities and additional initiatives of PWIK that improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. The results of the research made it possible to formulate guidelines for the operation of water supply and sewage companies in accordance with corporate social responsibility in the light of the opinions of their stakeholders.

Managing exactness and vagueness in computer science work: Programming and self-repair in meetings

2021 ◽  
pp. 030631272110109
Author(s):  
Ole Pütz
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Computer Algorithms ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Computer Scientists ◽  
Self Repair

The formulation of computer algorithms requires the elimination of vagueness. This elimination of vagueness requires exactness in programming, and this exactness can be traced to meeting talk, where it intersects with the indexicality of expressions. This article is concerned with sequences in which a team of computer scientists discuss the functionality of prototypes that are already implemented or possibly to be implemented. The analysis focuses on self-repair because this is a practice where participants can be seen to orient to meanings of different expressions as alternatives. By using self-repair, the computer scientists show a concern with exact descriptions when they talk about existing functionality of their prototypes but not when they talk about potential future functionality. Instead, when participants talk about potential future functionality and attend to meanings during self-repair, they use vague expressions to indicate possibilities. Furthermore, when the computer scientists talk to external stakeholders, they indicate through hedges whenever their descriptions approximate already implemented technical functionality but do not describe it exactly. The article considers whether the code of working prototypes can be said to fix meanings of expressions and how we may account for human agency and non-human resistances during development.

scholarly journals Local and External Stakeholders Affecting Educational Change during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Study of Facebook Messages in Estonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Piret Luik ◽  
Marina Lepp
Keyword(s):  
Educational Change ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Local Stakeholders

Education worldwide was affected by the coronavirus pandemic when many countries, including Estonia, had to switch to distance learning. It was an unexpected change in education and required a response from relevant stakeholders. This study aims to understand the activities of different stakeholders as revealed in the messages of the Facebook group ‘Homeschooling with technology’ from 6 March to 26 April 2020. A mixed method study design was used, including quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 872 messages posted by members of the Facebook group, which were divided into eight role groups. Teachers, educational technologists, principals and parents represented local stakeholders while external stakeholders included members from government institutions, supporters, teacher educators and members with other roles. The analysis covered activeness of each role group, emotional expressions, speech acts and topics represented in messages. The results indicate that educational technologists played a key role in handling the coronavirus pandemic situation in education. However, local stakeholders also received support from external stakeholders. The results help capture the roles, experiences and views of different stakeholders during the educational change caused by the coronavirus pandemic in order to learn from this and to be prepared for such situations in the future.

scholarly journals Perspectives of pharmaceutical stakeholders on determinants of medicines accessibility at the primary care level

2021 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoda Ibrahim Rizk ◽  
Monira Mahmoud Elkholy ◽  
Abeer Abdou Barakat ◽  
Raghda Mostafa Mostafa Elsayed ◽  
Shaimaa A. M. Abd El Fatah
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Generic Medicine ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urban Group ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
The Government

Abstract Background Equitable access to essential medicines of maintained efficacy, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness must be ensured by a well-functioning health system. This study aims to identify the determinants of patients’ access to medicines at the primary health care (PHC) level from the perspectives of various (internal and external) stakeholders of the pharmaceutical system. Methods The study employed both quantitative and qualitative components. Quantitative component applied a descriptive a cross-sectional design and qualitative component applied an in-depth interview design. It was a health system research conducted at two (PHC) facilities (one urban and the other rural) in Egypt. It inquired upon political, economic, and managerial aspects of the pharmaceutical system utilizing the “Health System Assessment Approach: a How-To Manual” and the “WHO operational package for assessing, monitoring and evaluating country pharmaceutical situations.” Results Analysis of the quantitative data extracted from the cross-sectional component with external stakeholders (patients) revealed that about one-third of patients in both facilities were unable to pay for the medicine. Patients in both settings took less than an hour to reach the PHC facility. The Percent of patients who believe that the private pharmacies’ medicine is better than the PHC one was significantly higher in rural than urban group (24% and 10% respectively) and the percent of medicines dispensed was 50% and 66.7% in rural and urban groups respectively. Analysis of the qualitative data extracted from in-depth interviews with internal stakeholders (key informants from regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical industry, academia, pharmacists, and physicians) were summarized utilizing Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Challenges (SWOC) analysis approach. Various viewpoints toward the determinants of patients’ access to medicines were disclosed. Conclusions The Percent of medicines dispensed was insufficient in both rural and urban facilities. There is a need to invest in building trust in generic medicine quality in the government health facilities focusing on improving medicine availability and ensuring enough amounts of high-quality drugs. Although there are drug committees in the two studied PHC facilities for demonstrating the prescribing and dispensing policies, yet the system required to enforce these policies is still deficient.

Organizational Responses to Negative Evaluation by External Stakeholders

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Randel ◽  
Kimberly S. Jaussi ◽  
Stephen S. Standifird
Keyword(s):  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
External Stakeholders

Are we ready to change? A case study of Management Accounting Change (MAC) in an Italian Co-operative

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-164
Author(s):  
Silvia Macchia
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Managerial Efficiency ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Innovation And Change

Over the last 30 years, research on Management Accounting Change as a way to understand the circumstances, forces and consequences related to the develop-ment and implementation of new techniques has grown in popularity. Accounting practices are context-dependent, as are changes to such practices. They require setting-specific studies that pay attention to the complexity of their enactment and to the elements that shape these practices. This paper presents a retrospective lon-gitudinal case study of a management accounting change project undertaken by a co-operative firm, and includes descriptive and explanatory aims. The factors po-tentially influencing the firm's decision to invest in management accounting change were related to a requirement for managerial efficiency, the need to legiti-mize the company to its external stakeholders, and the behavioral aptitude of in-dividual employees in the accounting and management sections. Against propo-nents' expectations, the project proved difficult to implement because of different forms of resistance and opposition, some explicit, others less obvious, encountered during implementation.. The study provides insights into the role played by man-agement control systems in creating and fostering trust in innovation and change.

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