NGOs and state development -- Theorizing NGOs and the state : territoriality, governance, capacity, legitimacy -- Kenya as case study : historical portraits of NGOs and the state -- Territoriality : NGOs and the broadcasting of state power -- NGOs' role in governance : changing patterns of policymaking and implementation -- NGOs, service provision and administrative capacity : isomorphism through learning in the civil service -- Have NGOs decreased perceptions of state legitimacy over time? -- NGOs : increase state legitimacy or undermine popular support? -- Blurring the boundaries between NGOs and the state : a comparative analysis
Care matters and mixed race children -- Fostering mixed race children -- Understanding mixedness: concepts, categories, and people -- Researching mixedness as a category of experience -- The first year in care and the matrix of classifications -- Family ties through the lens -- A portrait of transience through care -- The leaving care transition -- Learning from mixed race children in foster care
Health care systems in the United States and the United Kingdom: a lifetime of change -- Turbulence in the two systems -- Measuring and rewarding performance: imposing change from above in the United Kingdom -- Regulating the frontline from above: the joint commission and hospital regulation in the United States -- Pushing back from the frontline: staff responses to privatization in the National Health Service -- Building a safety culture from the frontline in the United States -- From the health care workplace to the health care system: learning from the United States and United Kingdom
This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT innovations in different markets. Chapter 1gives a short introduction into the topic and lays out some general aspects about the methodological frameworks used in this volume. Chapter 2 is focused on the effects of broadband Internet on the housing market in order to quantify the value of broadband access in terms of a premium on housing rents. Methodologically, the chapter uses micro data from Germany's largest online platform for real estate advertisements and estimates a hedonic model with rent prices. Chapter 3 investigates the association of online job search and matching quality using individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). It measures matching quality by the respondent's evaluation of his new job compared to his former job. The results show that job changers who found their new job online are better matched than their counterparts who found their new job through traditional channels. Chapter 4 provides evidence on the effectiveness of PC use in schools across countries. Using data from the international student achievement test TIMSS, it estimate the effect of PC use on student test scores and finds that using a PC for some activities has positive effects on student achievement, whereas using a PC for other activities has negative effects. Chapter 5 investigates the effects of a mobile Internet infrastructure upgrade on the take-up of location-based online services. Using data from the largest German online platform for restaurant reviews, it finds that upgrading the mobile Internet infrastructure increases the number of restaurant reviews and the share of reviews written on smartphones.
Discourse, Democracy, and the Many Faces of Civic Engagement : Four Guiding Objectives for the University Classroom / Reid B. Locklin, with Ellen Posman -- Sacred Sites and Staging Grounds : The Four Guiding Objectives of Civic Engagement in the Religion Classroom / Ellen Posman, with Reid B. Locklin -- Teaching for Civic Engagement : Insights from a Two-Year Workshop / Melissa Stewart -- Giving and Receiving Hospitality during Community Engagement Courses / Marianne Delaporte -- Civic Engagement in the Heart of the City / Rebekka King -- Engaging Media and Messages in the Religion Classroom / Hans Wiersma -- Service and Community-Based Learning : A Pedagogy for Civic Engagement and Critical Thinking / Phil Wingeier-Rayo -- Religious Diversity, Civic Engagement and Community-Engaged Pedagogy : Forging Bonds of Solidarity through Interfaith Dialogue / Nicholas Rademacher -- Stopping the Zombie Apocalypse : Ascetic Withdrawal as a Form of Civic Learning / Elizabeth W. Corrie -- Thinking about the "Civic" in Civic Engagement and Its Deployment in the Religion Classroom / Carolyn M. Jones Medine -- More than Global Citizenship : How Religious Studies Expands Participation in Global Communities / Karen Derris and Erin Runions -- Political Involvement, the Advocacy of Process, and the Religion Classroom / Forrest Clingerman and Swasti Bhattacharyya -- The Difference between Religious Studies and Theology in the Teaching of Civic Engagement / Tom Pearson -- Dreams of Democracy / Tina Pippen
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Consumer behaviour in developing nations : a conceptual overview / Ayantunji Gbadamosi, University of East London, UK -- Customer perceived value of frequent flyer programmes : an empirical study of airline passengers in China / Zhibin Lin ,Northumbria University, UK, Rose Quan, Northumbria University, UK -- Consumers attitudes towards debt : an empirical evidence from Morocco / Nicholas Hamelin, S P Jain School of Global Management: Dubai, Singapore, Sydney / Ayantunji Gbadamosi, University of East London, UK, Sofia Mohaouchane, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, Imane Benelkaid, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco -- Perfume consumption in India : an exploratory study / David James Bamber, University of Bolton, UK, Clay Alex Gransden, Liverpool Hope University, UK, Swati Aisha Beg, Liverpool Hope University, UK -- Market receptiveness and product positioning model of Chinese firms in emerging markets / Olukayode Ojo Iwaloye, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Guicheng James Shi, Macau University of Science and Technology -- Consumer acculturation and implications for brand preferences / Rohini Vijaygopal, The Open University, UK -- Consumption of landed properties in Africa : the mediating role of culture / Sanya Ojo, University of East London, UK -- Technology is transforming shopping behavior : in-store mobile technology usage / Süphan Nasr, Istanbul Universitesi Iktisat Fakultesi Isletme Bolumu, Turkey, Bengi Kurtulu?, Istanbul University, Turkey -- Consumer adoption of e-government in South Africa : barriers, solutions, and implications / Richard Shambare, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa -- Social media engagement : reshaping the consumption patterns of generation y Caribbean and Latin American consumers / Kathy-Ann P Fletcher, University of East London, UK, Christiana M Emmanuel-Stephen, University of East London, UK -- Sales promotional strategies and buying behavior in an emerging market at the post recession period / Süphan NASIR, Istanbul University, Turkey, Esra BAL, Istanbul University, Turkey -- Neuromarketing and the potential application of scientific methods in measuring consumer behaviour / Cynthia A. BULLEY, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, Ghana, Veronica Adu-Brobbey, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, Esther O. Duodu, ABL Intel Consulting Ltd., Ghana -- Exploring the changing role of children as consumers in India : are they learning from US or teaching US? / Adya Sharma, Symbiosis International University, India -- Consumer protection in sub-Saharan Africa : an exploration of "big tobacco" marketing practices / Nnamdi O Madichie, London School of Business & Management, UK, Abdullah Promise Opute, GPROM Academic & Management Solutions - JUamfF Investments Limited -- Ethically questionable behavior and consumerism in Uganda : a survey of university students / Isaac Wasswa Katono, Uganda Christian University, Uganda -- Social class and consumer behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa : implications for cross cultural marketing / Ayodele Oniku, University of Lagos, Nigeria -- Consumer values and green products consumption in Malaysia : a structural equation modelling approach / Brahim Chekima, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia -- Sustainable consumption and social institutions : setting a research agenda for India / Neha Purushottam, University of South Africa, South Africa -- Sustainable consumption and green marketing in developing countries- contemporary perspectives on Nigeria and Kenya as case studies / Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria -- Correlates of political consumption in Africa / Emmanuel Adugu, University of West Indies -- Compilation of references -- About the contributors -- Index
"With the appearance of big data, open data, and particularly research data curation on many libraries' radar screens, data service has become a critically important topic for academic libraries. Drawing on the expertise of a diverse community of practitioners, this collection of case studies, original research, survey chapters, and theoretical explorations presents a wide-ranging look at the field of academic data librarianship. By covering the data lifecycle from collection development to preservation, examining the challenges of working with different forms of data, and exploring service models suited to a variety of library types, this volume provides a toolbox of strategies that will allow librarians and administrators to respond creatively and effectively to the data deluge. Edited by Kristi Thompson and Lynda Kellam, Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian in Theory and Practice provides advice and insight on data services for all types of academic libraries and will be of interest to library educators"--
1 Sustainable Industrialization in Africa: Toward a New Development Agenda / Padmashree Gehl Sampath 1. - 2 Revisiting the MDGs in an African Perspective: Lessons for the Sustainable Development Goals / Olumayokun Soremekun and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka 20. - 3 Challenges to and Opportunities for Structural Transformation: Africa's Service Sector / Padmashree Gehl Sampath and Donatus Ayitey 46. - 4 Linkage Dynamics and Natural Resources: Diversification and Catch-Up / David Kaplan 66. - 5 External Opportunities, Innovation and Industrial Growth: The Case of GVCs in Africa / Padmashree Gehl Sampath and Donatus Ayitey 85. - 6 Growth and Structural Change in Africa: Development Strategies for the Learning Economy / Bengt-Äke Lundvall and Rasmus Lema 113. - 7 Using Industrialization to Raise Urban Living Standards / Oyebanke Oyeyinka 139. - 8 Sustainable Development and Inequality of Opportunity in Africa / Olumayokun Soremekun, Oyebanke Oyeyinka and Dominique Haughton 173
Introduction / Ruth Gardner, University of East Anglia and NSPCC, UK -- The effects of child neglect : understanding and responding -- The effects of emotional neglect in the first two years of life / Jane Barlow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK -- Child neglect and the development of communication / Jan McAllister, University of East Anglia, UK and Wendy Lee, The Communication Trust, UK -- Making a difference to the neglected child's lived experience / Jan Horwath, Sheffield University, UK Part Two: Perspectives on child neglect -- Child neglect, the research landscape / Debra Allnock, University of Bedfordshire, UK -- Learning from children and young people about neglect / Sarah Gorin, Consultant Researcher, UK -- General practitioners' responses to child neglect / Jenny Woodman, General Practitioner, UK -- Responding to child neglect : learning from serious case reviews / Marian Brandon and Pippa Belderson,University of East Anglia, UK -- Preventing and reversing child neglect : an international picture -- "What happens" and "what works?" with sign of safety / Amanda Bunn, Freelance Research Consultant and Practitioner, UK, Leigh Taylor, Senior Practitioner, Edinburgh, UK, Dan Koziolek, Carver County Community Social Services (CCCSS), Minnesota, USA and Andrew Turnell, Director, Signs of Safety, Australia -- Practices targeting child neglect : the use of safecare® to enhance parenting skills to reduce neglect / Whitney L. Rostad, Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, Georgia State University, USA, John R. Lutzker, Director, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA and Katelyn M. Guastaferro, The Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, USA. With a note on the UK evaluation of SafeCare by Gillian Churchill -- Video interaction guidance : providing an effective response for neglected children / Hilary Kennedy, Director, Video Interaction Guidance, UK, Maeve Macdonald, Educational Psychologist and Paul Whalley, NSPCC, UK
Acknowledgements -- W(h)ither the European shrinking city? / William J. V. Neill and Hans Schlappa -- Carry on shrinking? : the bankruptcy of urban policy in Detroit / William J. V. Neill -- Governing social cohesion in shrinking cities : the cases of Ostrava, Genoa and Leipzig / Caterina Cortese, Katrin Grossmann, Annegret Haase and Iva Ticha -- Civic engagement and development strategies : learning from the experience of participatory rural redevelopment / David Houston, Stephen McKay and Michael Murray -- The role of the social economy in the shrinking city / Brendan Murtagh -- Doing things differently : co-producing responses to urban shrinkage / Hans Schlappa -- The challenge of temporary usage in the shrinking city : a report from the "laboratory of Berlin" / Christian Porst and William J. V. Neill -- Shrinking cities and food : place-making for sustainable renewal, reuse and retrofit / Susan Parham -- Green open spaces and urban perforation : opportunities, concepts and challenges for shrinking cities / Cornelius Scherzer -- Managing brownfield land in stagnant land markets / Uwe Ferber and Hans Schlappa -- Managing service infrastructures in shrinking cities : challenges and opportunities / Jörg Walther -- Coming of age : age-friendly strategies for shrinking cities / Roos Galjaard -- If not growth what then? : re-thinking the strategy process for shrinking cities / Hans Schlappa -- Conclusions: priorities for tackling shrinkage in Europe's cities / Hans Schlappa and William J. V. Neill -- Index
Energy governance: a key challenge in the era of globalization / Jordi Jaria i Manzano, Nathalie Chalifour and Louis J. Kotzé -- 2. Germany's 'Energiewende': what can environmental law scholarship learn from it? / Klaus Bosselmann -- 3. Ten good practices in environmental constitutionalism that can contribute to sustainable shale gas development / James R. May and Erin Daly -- 4. Human rights versus human needs: debating the language for universal access to modern energy services / Manuel Peter Samonte Solis -- 5. Using social science perspectives on risk to implement an environmental justice analysis / Elodie Le Gal -- 6. Scaling up local solutions: creating an enabling legal environment for the deployment of community-based renewable microgrids / Jessica Wentz and Chiara Pappalardo -- 7. Innovative financing for renewable energy / Richard L. Ottinger and John Bowie -- 8. Energy and smart cities: perspectives from a city-state, Singapore / Lye Lin-Heng and Melissa Low -- 9. Judicial perspectives on renewable energy and climate change governance / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom -- 10. A reflection on some legal aspects of decision control in the energy transition process: a comparison of France and Germany / Anaïs Guerry -- 11. Learning from Europe: some ideas for the energy improvement of the US existing building stock / Teresa Parejo-Navajas -- 12. Sustainable sewage / Melissa K. Scanlan -- 13. Environmentally displaced persons in the Niger Delta: challenges and prospects / Eloamaka Carol Okonkwo -- 14. Agriculture, energy and development: an uneasy relationship / Cristiane Derani
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Memoirs from a professional twin brother / by Rolf Lynton -- HRD and OD -- My professional journey in HRD : some reflections / Dennyson F. Pereira -- Towards creative hr / Pradip N. Khandwalla -- Some tradeoffs and trade secrets from the diary of an HR practitioner / P. Sethu Madhavan -- HR as a catalyst for change management / S. Y. Siddiqui -- HR leaders as change enablers / Anil Sachdev, Surabhi Sharma, and Kritvi Kedia -- HR professionals as institution builders : some reflections from experience / Arvind N. Agarwal -- Multisource learning as a critical variable in professional growth : reflections on my HRD journey / Gopal P. Mahapatra -- Cross-cultural diversity : inclusion is the mantra / G. P. Rao -- HR today: looking beyond the faded glass of truism / Rajeshwari Narendran -- Od values in family-managed businesses in India / Keith C. D'Souza, Ravindra Dey, and Sheba Mathew -- Transformation in a large organization : how intangibles drive tangibles / Anil K. Khandelwal -- High performance work systems : an emerging dimension of strategic human resource management / D. M. Pestonjee and Naresh N. Mehta -- Habitual mindsets to mindfulness : wise approaches to change management / S. Ramnarayan -- Toward healthier hr / Visty Banaji -- Institution building -- Beyond management : some conceptual contributions of D. Udai Pareek to the modern world / T. V. Rao -- Institution building : experiences, learnings, and challenges / Kavil Ramachandran -- Managing an institution of excellence : reflections on my years as director of IIMA / V. S. Vyas -- An ideology based institution : some values and dilemmas-an ISABS experience / Somnath Chattopadhyay -- Institution building : case study of development of the University of Delhi's south campus / Abad Ahmad -- The story of a management institute : institution building in retrospect / D. Nagabrahmam -- Academic leadership of universities of tomorrow / Indira J. Parikh -- Values and beliefs shaping transformation in higher education / Lalitha Iyer -- Lending wings : institution building for specially abled / K. K. Verma -- Consulting and institution building as a journey of self-discovery / Ganesh Chella -- Social development and nation building -- A ninth metaphor : social catalysis / Tejinder Singh Bhogal and Rosemary Viswanath -- Process competencies for social development interventions / Zeb O. Waturuocha -- Extension motivation and its applications for laboratory education / Paul Siromani -- Passion for our nation : a blueprint for India of our dreams / Varun Arya -- Importance of values in civil service / Inderjit Khanna -- Dilemma of industry academia interface : will the twain ever meet? / Aquil Busrai -- Social and organization leadership with whole system transformation in India / P. Vijayakumar, Mary Jane B. Balasi, and Roland L. Sullivan -- Grassroots to global : sanctuary for incubating innovations at/with/for/from grassroots / Anil K. Gupta -- Action research in HRD / Vikas Rai Bhatnagar and Rajen Gupta -- About the editors and contributors -- Index
"How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill -- and focused on greatness instead. It's an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. InSmall Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable companies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. They include Anchor Brewing, the original microbrewer; CitiStorage Inc., the premier independent records-storage business; Clif Bar & Co., maker of organic energy bars and other nutrition foods; Righteous Babe Records, the record company founded by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco; Union Square Hospitality Group, the company of restaurateur Danny Meyer; and Zingerman's Community of Businesses, including the world-famous Zingerman's Deli of Ann Arbor. Burlingham shows how the leaders of these small giants recognized the full range of choices they had about the type of company they could create. And he shows how we can all benefit by questioning the usual definitions of business success. In his new afterward, Burlingham reflects on the similarities and learning lessons from the small giants he covers in the book. From the Hardcover edition"--
Active and Assisted Living (AAL) systems aim at improving the quality of life and supporting independent and healthy living of older or impaired people by using a distributed network of sensors and actuators to create a ubiquitous technological layer, able to interact transparently with the users, observing and interpreting their actions and intentions, learning their preferences and adjusting the parameters of the system to improve their quality of life and work. This book provides a comprehensive review of the technologies and applications for AAL. Topics covered include the current state of the art of smart environments and labs from an AAL point of view; ambient and wearable sensors for human health monitoring; computer vision for active and assisted living; data fusion for identifying lifestyle patterns; interoperable enhanced living environments; reasoning systems for AAL; person-environment interaction; data analytics for enabling connected health; human gait analysis for frailty detection; fall prevention and detection; supporting activities of daily living; outdoor mobility assistance; location and orientation technologies based on WiFi systems; health, wellbeing and engagement in life through AAL; tablet-based clinical decision support system for hospitalised older adults; smart, age-friendly cities and communities; privacy and ethical issues; and human-centred design. The book concludes with a case study on the design and implementation of a smart home technological platform for the delivery of AAL services. With a wide range of chapters from international contributors, this book is essential reading for researchers and students in academics and industry developing AAL technologies, healthcare practitioners, and engineers with an interest in the field.
"Congressional impasse, financially untenable social programs, and fiscal crises are hallmarks of bureaucratic dysfunction today. Jorrit de Jong explains that bureaucratic dysfunction reflects a breach of contract between the government-not only as a provider of services, but also as a catalyst for improved social outcomes-and a public comprised of clients, professionals, managers, and policymakers. Dealing with Dysfunction embarks on a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical investigation to understand why bureaucratic dysfunction is a public problem and what can be done to solve it. Jorrit employs real-world data from an independent nonprofit action research team he founded: the Kafka Brigade. Building on this research, he presents 14 case studies, from licensing an Amsterdam sandwich shop to sorting out immigrant rights, which are typical of a larger problem and applicable to a broad base of clients. Utilizing data from these case studies, Dealing with Dysfunction illustrates how stakeholders can enact an inclusive process for identifying, defining, diagnosing, and remedying incidences of red tape. Further, this study highlights the failings of standard approaches to solving institutional dilemmas. Jorrit argues that effective problem solving in the public sector should adopt the following principles: Diagnostics for appropriately identifying and dissecting diverse types of dysfunction; Distribution of problem-solving capacities to connect institutions and individuals, Cross-organizational learning to transform accountability structures, Bottom-up incrementalism that prevails over top-down regulatory reform, Dealing with Dysfunction offers conceptual frameworks, theoretical insights, and practical lessons for dealing with bureaucratic dysfunction in practice. It challenges conventional approaches toward "fighting bureaucracy" and "reducing red tape" and emphasizes the importance of rigorous public problem solving for making government more effective, efficient, and equitable"--
