262 results on '"Stakeholder perspectives"'
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252. Use and views of physical restraint in select residential treatment programs
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Lee, Bethany R., Lee, Bethany R., McMillen, J. Curtis, Fedoravicius, Nicole, Lee, Bethany R., Lee, Bethany R., McMillen, J. Curtis, and Fedoravicius, Nicole
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The safe and appropriate application of restraint in residential programs is a challenge in countries throughout the world. Efforts to minimize or regulate restraint use are often emphasized. However, little is known about restraint practice or prevention across youth residential programs. This study examined variation in restraint rate and type, stakeholders’ views, and restraint reduction efforts in these programs. Using incident report records and qualitative stakeholder interviews from nine agencies, we found substantial variation on every dimension of restraint use. While stakeholders valued restraints for maintaining safety, strategies to minimize this tool were recommended.
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- 2007
253. Patient and researcher perspectives on facilitating patient and public involvement in rheumatology research.
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Pollock J, Raza K, Pratt AG, Hanson H, Siebert S, Filer A, Isaacs JD, Buckley CD, McInnes IB, and Falahee M
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- Humans, Community-Based Participatory Research, Rheumatology
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- 2017
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254. Development and impact of e-government: the intertwined role of e-commerce from a cross-country stakeholder's perspective
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Thompson S. H. Teo, Shirish C. Srivastava, Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC (GREGH), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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electronic government ,stakeholder perspectives ,Public Administration ,media_common.quotation_subject ,interdependencies ,E-commerce ,e-business ,information technology ,business organisations ,ICT impact ,Political science ,cross-country perspectives ,e-commerce ,Stakeholder analysis ,e-government ,primary stakeholders ,Stakeholder theory ,media_common ,usage patterns ,Electronic business ,business.industry ,ICT readiness ,communications technology ,Stakeholder ,Information technology ,electronic commerce ,Public relations ,[SHS.GESTION.MAN-OP]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration/domain_shs.gestion.man-op ,Computer Science Applications ,Interdependence ,citizen groups ,Information and Communications Technology ,electronic business ,national stakeholders ,business - Abstract
International audience; Anchoring our research in stakeholder theory and using secondary data from 100 countries, we examine the role of 'Information Technology (IT) readiness' of primary national stakeholder groups in a nation (i.e., citizens, businesses and governments), in facilitating both ''e-government and e-Commerce development'' in a nation. Furthermore, using the IT impact perspective, we examine the impact of e-government and e-Commerce development on the 'IT usage patterns' of the three identified national stakeholder groups. This study also examines the relationships between e-government and e-commerce in a nation so as to identify the important interdependencies between the two.
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- 2011
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255. Developing a decision support tool for improved aquatic invasive species management
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Sharpe, Leah M.
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- Aquatic invasive species, Decision support, Invasive species policy, Natural resource management, Stakeholder perspectives
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Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are a serious problem with adverse ecological, economic, and social impacts. These wide-ranging impacts mean similarly wide ranges of affected and interested parties (stakeholders) and of knowledge and data types being involved in AIS decisions. Decision support tools (DST) can be powerfully effective methods for helping to simplify complex decisions, incorporating different types of knowledge, and assisting in clear communication between involved parties. Developing a useful DST, however, requires understanding the needs, priorities, and concerns of broader stakeholders as well as the managers responsible for making the decisions. It also requires understanding the legal and policy context for these decisions. This dissertation reports the results of research conducted to understand stakeholders’ attitudes and concerns about genetic biocontrol (a new AIS control technology currently under development), understand the strengths and weaknesses of the current decision-making process used by AIS managers, and examine the effectiveness of the National Invasive Species Act, the key piece of federal AIS legislation regarding management of AIS. Together, these results form building blocks for developing a DST for improved management of AIS. Information on stakeholder perspectives on development of new AIS control technologies, involving genetic manipulations, was gathered in a series of focus groups in the United States Great Lakes and Lake Champlain regions. Stakeholders were enthusiastic about the potential inherent in these new technologies but remained deeply concerned about potential unintended consequences. Key concerns related to ecological impacts, the cost of development, and the possibility that this research will detract from other, ongoing control work. Stakeholders also had a number of recommendations for development of these new technologies that have implications for broader AIS management. These recommendations included engaging stakeholders throughout the development process, employing clear go/no-go reasoning, and using a transparent decision-making process. A series of interviews with natural resource managers was undertaken to improve understanding of the current decision-making environment and identify its strengths and weakness. These interviews illuminated the priorities and concerns underlying managers’ decision-making processes, their perceptions of existing strengths and weaknesses of these processes, and the issues that a decision support tool could help them to better address. In their work, managers must balance a wide range of priorities competing with one another for limited resources (e.g., prevention and containment efforts, research into new control tools, control and eradication efforts). The existing decision-making environment succeeds at facilitating coordination between agencies and communication with the broader public. This process, however, currently lacks several principles of robust decision-making including sufficient scientific basis, structure, documentation, and an adaptive element. The results indicate that AIS decisions could be strengthened by explicitly incorporating these principles into the decision-making process and that use of a decision support tool would be an effective way of carrying out such incorporation. Finally, I analyzed the National Invasive Species Act, arguably the most important federal policy dealing with AIS, using peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as natural resource manager interviews to assess whether or not the Act had met its stated goals. The results indicate the Act has had limited success in achieving its objectives, especially in preventing introductions of new invasive species and limiting the spread of invasive species already present, but has been effective in organizing national and regional coordination via the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force and its regional panels. Results suggest that reauthorizations of the Act should grant additional authority to regulate introductions via pathways other than ballast water to a federal agency and that the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force should be granted additional authority and resources to allow it to further increase regional coordination of control and containment efforts. Together, these results allowed me to design a blueprint for a DST responsive to the needs of stakeholders, managers, and federal level policy. I developed a simplified sample of the DST to illustrate how it combines spatial data with manager experience and stakeholder priorities to determine key areas for management actions (i.e. monitoring, quarantines, and control efforts).
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- 2013
256. Contrasts and synergies in different biofuel reports.
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Michalopoulos A, Landeweerd L, Van der Werf-Kulichova Z, Puylaert PG, and Osseweijer P
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The societal debate on biofuels is characterised by increased complexity. This can hinder the effective governance of the field. This paper attempts a quantitative bird's eye meta-analysis of this complexity by mapping different stakeholder perspectives and expected outcomes as seen in the secondary literature on biofuels, along the lines of the People-Planet-Profit framework. Our analysis illustrates the tension between stated and actual drivers of large scale biofuel development, especially for first generation biofuels. Although environmental (Planet) aspects have dominated the biofuel debate, their overall assessment is mostly negative with regard to first generation biofuels. By contrast, economic (Profit) aspects are the only ones that are assessed positively with regard to first generation biofuels. Furthermore, positive and negative assessments of biofuel development are strongly influenced by the differences in focus between different stakeholder clusters. Stakeholders who appear generally supportive to biofuel development (industry) focus relatively more on aspects that are generally assessed as positive (Profit). By contrast, non-supportive stakeholders (NGO's) tend to focus mainly on aspects that are generally assessed as negative (Planet). Moreover, our analysis of reference lists revealed few citations of primary scientific data, and also that intergovernmental organizations produce the most influential publications in the debate. The surprising lack of listed references to scientific (primary) data reveals a need to assess in which arena the transition of scientific data towards secondary publications takes place, and how one can measure its quality. This work should be understood as a first effort to take some control over a complex and contradictory number of publications, and to allow the effective governance of the field through the identification of areas of overlapping consensus and persisting controversy, without reverting to claims on technical detail.
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- 2011
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257. Investigating the impact of NAPLAN on student, parent and teacher emotional distress in independent schools
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Rogers, Shane, Barblett, Lennie, Robinson, Ken, Rogers, Shane, Barblett, Lennie, and Robinson, Ken
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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Rogers, S. L., Barblett, L., & Robinson, K. (2016). Investigating the impact of NAPLAN on student, parent and teacher emotional distress in independent schools. The Australian Educational Researcher, 43(3), 327-343. The final publication is Available at link.springer.com here
258. An exploratory study of the views of stakeholders about the role of regulation in social care service provision in Scotland.
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Performance management of social work and social care services, complemented by effective regulation, is viewed as key to improving delivery and providing public assurance about care quality, and the value of listening to stakeholders as contributors to the knowledge base has long been recognised. The evidence base as it relates to stakeholders’ experiences of regulation, however, has not been comprehensively explored. Many studies seek the views of stakeholders in the development of individual services, yet fewer studies seek their views in shaping regulatory methodology. The rationale for this research was to contribute to a knowledge base from evidence using an empirical approach and to contribute to better understanding of regulation from the perspectives of stakeholders. The research was undertaken using an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. For the quantitative phase, a descriptive analysis of data held by the regulator in relation to the evaluations of care services, improvement in evaluations over a specified period of time and the impact of complaints, requirements or enforcements on this performance was undertaken. Data in relation to inspection satisfaction questionnaires was also descriptively analysed. Findings from the quantitative phase informed the qualitative phase. The qualitative phase began with a co-productive approach involving ten individuals: both regulatory staff and inspection volunteers. Themes arising from their responses, complemented by the findings from previous research phases, then informed the design of individual interviews with six service providers. A thematic analysis was undertaken for both parts of the qualitative phase. The research demonstrated some contradictory views between regulators and those being regulated. Regulators described building positive relationships with services within a model of responsive regulation. Service providers experienced a bureaucratic process with a compliance focus and relationships i
259. An exploratory study of the views of stakeholders about the role of regulation in social care service provision in Scotland.
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Performance management of social work and social care services, complemented by effective regulation, is viewed as key to improving delivery and providing public assurance about care quality, and the value of listening to stakeholders as contributors to the knowledge base has long been recognised. The evidence base as it relates to stakeholders’ experiences of regulation, however, has not been comprehensively explored. Many studies seek the views of stakeholders in the development of individual services, yet fewer studies seek their views in shaping regulatory methodology. The rationale for this research was to contribute to a knowledge base from evidence using an empirical approach and to contribute to better understanding of regulation from the perspectives of stakeholders. The research was undertaken using an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. For the quantitative phase, a descriptive analysis of data held by the regulator in relation to the evaluations of care services, improvement in evaluations over a specified period of time and the impact of complaints, requirements or enforcements on this performance was undertaken. Data in relation to inspection satisfaction questionnaires was also descriptively analysed. Findings from the quantitative phase informed the qualitative phase. The qualitative phase began with a co-productive approach involving ten individuals: both regulatory staff and inspection volunteers. Themes arising from their responses, complemented by the findings from previous research phases, then informed the design of individual interviews with six service providers. A thematic analysis was undertaken for both parts of the qualitative phase. The research demonstrated some contradictory views between regulators and those being regulated. Regulators described building positive relationships with services within a model of responsive regulation. Service providers experienced a bureaucratic process with a compliance focus and relationships i
260. Applications of Systems Thinking within the Sustainability Domain: Product Design, Product Systems and Stakeholder Perspectives
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Rafael Laurenti
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Other Engineering and Technologies ,Product Systems ,Sustainability ,Product Design ,Systems Thinking ,Teknik och teknologier ,Engineering and Technology ,Annan teknik ,Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap ,Social Sciences Interdisciplinary ,Stakeholder Perspectives ,Unintended Consequences - Abstract
Many of the sustainability challenges our society currently face have arisen as unanticipated side effects of our own modern developments. This thesis investigates if unintended consequences and perspectives are fully addressed by traditional methods for providing decision-making support within the sustainability domain. For that purpose, Systems Thinking is utilised in three cases: in the first, Systems Thinking is used to analyse sustainability issues relating to the current product design paradigm. In the second case, Systems Thinking is applied to two product systems – household washing machines and conventional passenger vehicles. The third case discusses different stakeholder perspectives in environmental decision-making and proposes a way to combine the ESA tools LCA, LCC and CBA in order to consider the different stakeholder perspectives. Results of the first case point out that the practices within the current design paradigm are focused on innovations and improvements in material and energy efficiency. These practices have led to the following unintended consequences: consumption rebound effects, increased waste, pollution, negative externalities, economic inequalities and other environmental and social negative impacts. These unintended consequences are represented in a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD). The diagram graphically illustrates how these unintended consequences influence one another and interact by means of cause-effect linkages and reinforcing feedback loops. A novel conceptual framework named Sustainability-Driven Systems-Oriented Design is proposed to work within broader system boundaries in order to address possible negative side effects that micro-level gains could have on macro-level losses. In the case of the two product systems, a CLD for household washing machines and conventional passenger vehicles is developed. The CLDs represent how selected variables interact by means of cause-effect associations to affect environmental impacts of the products. The CLD technique appears to be a useful way to connect quantitative assessment (from Life Cycle Assessment) with qualitative analysis (from Systems Thinking). In the third case it is argued that stakeholders tend to adopt different system boundaries and make assumptions according to their perspective when they use ESA tools in environmental decision-making. A way to combine ESA tools is suggested to facilitate the observation of the environmental decision from different viewpoints. It concludes, to some extent, that traditional methods for providing decision-making support can handle certain parameters that may result in unintended consequences. Systems Thinking may assist in the process of performing qualitative analyses of what is important to consider in order to strengthen the robustness of, and improve on the recommended actions from, quantitative detailed analyses. QC 201305330
261. Understanding the Data Management Plan as a Boundary Object through a Multi-stakeholder perspective
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Nils Pharo and Live Kvale
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Boundary object ,Process management ,Computer science ,Data management plan ,Perspective (graphical) ,Data management ,lcsh:Z ,Bibliography. Library science. Information resources ,lcsh:Bibliography. Library science. Information resources ,Boundary objects ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Data sharing ,Multi stakeholder ,Stakeholder perspectives ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
A three-phase Delphi study was used to investigate an emerging community for research data management in Norway and their understanding and application of data management plans (DMPs). The findings reveal visions of what the DMP should be as well as different practice approaches, yet the stakeholders present common goals. This paper discusses the different perspectives on the DMP by applying Star and Griesemer’s theory of boundary objects (Star & Griesemer, 1989). The debate on what the DMP is and the findings presented are relevant to all research communities currently implementing DMP procedures and requirements. The current discussions about DMPs tend to be distant from the active researchers and limited to the needs of funders and institutions rather than to the usefulness for researchers. By analysing the DMP as a boundary object, plastic and adaptable yet with a robust identity (Star & Griesemer, 1989), and by translating between worlds where collaboration on data sharing can take place we expand the perspectives and include all stakeholders. An understanding of the DMP as a boundary object can shift the focus from shaping a DMP which fulfils funders’ requirements to enabling collaboration on data management and sharing across domains using standardised forms.
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- 1970
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262. The Greening of Accommodation: Stakeholder Perspectives of Environmental Programmes in New Zealand Hotels and Luxury Lodges
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Cheyne, Joanne and Barnett, Shirley
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- 2001
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