Political Policy Struggle Of The New Order Against Development Of State Aliyah Madrasah In Indonesia (1966-1998)

This study aims to examine the New Order's political policies towards the development of State Aliyah Madrasah in Indonesia. The method of this study is a historical approach. Data obtained through literature review, both primary and secondary. Analysis of research data with content analysis. The results obtained are the development of Madrasah Aliyah influenced by the relationship of the New Order to Political Islam, that is, if the relationship between the New Order and Islam improves, there will be significant progress towards the development of the Aliyah madrasa. There are policies that benefit the development of Madrasah Aliyah, both in terms of recognition of formal legality and institutional quality.This study aims to examine the New Order's political policies towards the development of State Aliyah Madrasah in Indonesia. The method of this study is a historical approach. Data obtained through literature review, both primary and secondary. Analysis of research data with content analysis. The results obtained are the development of Madrasah Aliyah influenced by the relationship of the New Order to Political Islam, that is, if the relationship between the New Order and Islam improves, there will be significant progress towards the development of the Aliyah madrasa. There are policies that benefit the development of Madrasah Aliyah, both in terms of recognition of formal legality and institutional quality

An evaluation of policy frameworks for addressing ethical considerations in learning analytics

Higher education institutions have collected and analysed student data for years, with their focus largely on reporting and management needs. A range of institutional policies exist which broadly set out the purposes for which data will be used and how data will be protected. The growing advent of learning analytics has seen the uses to which student data is put expanding rapidly. Generally though the policies setting out institutional use of student data have not kept pace with this change. Institutional policy frameworks should provide not only an enabling environment for the optimal and ethical harvesting and use of data, but also clarify: who benefits and under what conditions, establish conditions for consent and the de-identification of data, and address issues of vulnerability and harm. A directed content analysis of the policy frameworks of two large distance education institutions shows that current policy frameworks do not facilitate the provision of an enabling environment for learning analytics to fulfil its promise

Analyzing the Industrial Policy Formulation Practices in Adisabeba City Administration: Challenges and Prospects

Ethiopia's government has been attempting to promote economic growth and development by developing comprehensive national industrial policies and strategies. Accordingly, the purpose of the study is to analyze the industrial policy formulation practices in Adisabeba city administration: challenges and prospects. Under this applied research, a mixed research method has been employed to investigate the practices, challenge, and prospects of industrial policy formulation. The researcher has employed questionnaires, observations, and document review to collect data from key informants. A thematic content analysis has employed to systematically describe and categorize the meaning and content of qualitative data. Furthermore a descriptive method of analysis has been utilized for the quantitative aspect of the data.  Employing such designs, the study shows that the city administration has good experience in adopting and industrial policies, and development strategies, pursuing a top-down policy-making approach under the ideological and policy direction of the central government. It has developed long experience of designing and executing development plans, master plans, and structural plans in general development policies and programmes. In addition, the city administration has experience of introducing economic and administrative reforms and development programs. Recently, the city administration has developed a lot of legal and intuitional procedures, regulations, and standards that help policy designing and enforcing concerning the city's development. The city administration has recorded rapid economic and intuitional development after the dawn fall of the Derg regime. Public institutions and bureaucratic apparatus that public policies can be developed have been instituted and expanded. All these recent intuitional and bureaucratic developments are the prospects for a better policy making process. However, lack of a comprehensive industrial strategy, corrupt practices and a rent-seeking conscience, poor oversight and accountability mechanisms, and weak institutional set-up to monitor and evaluate the policy process are some of the barriers still existed. Finally, the researcher advised the city administration to introduce institutional reform, an institutional framework that prevents the misconduct and rent-seeking behaviour, expansion of private financial institutions and highly professionalized bureaucratic system, a legal framework that prevents party political intervention in policy making process, mechanisms for good coordination and communication, strong policy control, and evaluation system, institutional capacity building, an institutional mechanism and  to accommodate multiple values and interests in policy process. Keywords: industrial policy, formulation, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, thematic content analysis, a descriptive method of analysis, top-down policy-making approach DOI: 10.7176/JESD/13-21-02 Publication date: November 30th 202

Polish Privacy Media Discourse: Privacy as Imposed Policies

In this article we look at the Polish media discourse on privacy. In the analysis, we draw on theoretical approaches that understand privacy as having four dimensions: Relational, participatory, contextual, and technological. Moreover, we seek whether a specific norm of data-related privacy could be defined/redefined within the discourse. Considering the post-communist past that shapes a specific approach to surveillance and the general polarisation of polish media discourse, one would expect the key role of privacy issues in the public sphere. Thus, applying a critical discourse studies analysis, the aim was to capture the character of the so far under-researched privacy in Polish media discourse. We study what types of institutional agents are mentioned as creating privacy policies and what dimensions of privacy they tackle. Moreover, we also try to capture whether the institutional position offers a specific normative understanding of privacy and whether this norm is citizen/user-oriented. The results of the study indicate that: both the media discourse and the normative content of privacy policies are dominated by legal aspects concerned with the issues resulting from EU regulations (i.e., General Data Protection Regulation); privacy policies are institutionally dispersed and monopolised by journalists and experts instead of state officials or politicians; and there is only limited evidence of a discursive frame of a citizen-oriented norm of how to protect data-related privacy

Toward successful institutional repositories: Listening to IR staff's experiences

This poster presents a study of what is required to plan, implement, maintain, and sustain successful institutional repositories (IRs). This study is part of the MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories a Collaborative Learning Environment) Project, which aims to identify the factors contributing to the success of IRs and effective ways of accessing and using repositories. The data for this study were collected through telephone interviews with IR managers and staff members. Interviews focused on participants' motivations, experiences, and viewpoints in regard to IRs, among other IR deployment issues. The transcriptions of interviews were analyzed using content analysis. The findings indicate that IRs are more than the sum of their component parts (i.e., collections, systems, policies, staff, contributors, and end-users); rather, they are a knowledge sharing and content management tool that works together with other types of open access infrastructure in colleges and universities.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63089/1/14504503100_ftp.pd

The role of institutional repositories in promoting grey literature in academic libraries in Tanzania

This paper is based on a study, which examined the role of Institutional Repositories (IRs) in promoting Grey Literature in Tanzania’s academic libraries. Specifically, the study assessed the status and date birth of IRs in academic libraries in Tanzania; examined the types of content covered in the institutional repositories of academic libraries in Tanzania; and determined the policies on management of IRs in academic libraries in Tanzania. Purposive sampling was used to select population for the study. Data for the study was collected using a combination of methods including Institutional Repositories web-based survey conducted from September to November, 2016 and telephone interviews with five (5) directors of academic libraries to enhance the validity and reliability of data collected because each method has its strengths and weaknesses. Content analysis was conducted by visiting individual IRs. To accommodate the research problem and fulfil the objectives of the study, 31 public and private universities registered on the website of the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) participated in the study. The data obtained from the TCU were verified through the directory of the Open Access Repository (OpenDOAR) because it is the authoritative directory of Open Access Repositories in the world. Key findings indicate that, the uptake of institutional repositories in academic libraries in Tanzania was in their formative stages and are not full-fledged as most of them started the implementation in 2012-2016.Out of the 31 academic libraries only eight (8) had an IRs in place. Findings further revealed that content types available in the IRs showed the majority (7,533[60.2%]) was grey literature. The study concluded that, many academic libraries in Tanzania have great potential of putting in place IRs that can increase the collection, preservation and visibility of research outputs in the form of grey literature, but have yet to do so. As such, the study recommends that, first, through internally-generated funds such as tuition fees and in collaboration with other stakeholders including the government, the university managements should support the establishment and sustainability of IRs in their respective institutions. Second, the Consortium of Tanzania Universities and Research Libraries (COTUL) should raise awareness amongst managements of universities and the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU), academic staff and students on the centrality of institutional repositories in the collection, storage and dissemination of digitally-borne intellectual output they generate such as grey literature. Third, since academic libraries have started to embrace IRs, they should also develop clear and explicit policies for supporting the development, management and operational procedures for management of digital information resources in the IRs.Keywords: Institutional Repositories-Tanzania, Grey Literature in academic libraries-Tanzani

Institutional Resilience Along The Mississippi Gulf Coast in The Context of Pre- And Post-Hurricane Katrina

Building resilience to disasters helps reduce loss of life and property, allowing communities to recover more quickly from shocks and disruptions. Governing institutions are tasked with tremendous responsibility in terms of mitigating risks and enhancing resilience of local communities through proactive planning and policies. It is important to examine how institutional policies have changed pre- and post-disaster to determine their contribution to community resilience. Metrics and indicators can be used to quantitatively assess, establish baseline, track, and monitor resilience at the community level. Few studies have attempted to measure institutional resilience using a set of indicators and metrics, and even fewer explore the conceptual gaps between academic research on hazards and emergency management practice. This research investigates the utility of the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) institutional resilience (IR) sub-index in a context-specific case study. This study replicates the BRIC IR sub-index, aggregated at the state scale, for eighty-two counties in Mississippi in the context of pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina. Difference of means and median tests along with evaluating of change in ranking were utilized to determine the drivers of change in institutional resilience from 2000 to 2010 for the state of Mississippi and for Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties. In addition, content analysis of state and local hazard mitigation plans (HMPs) provides contextual information to explain observed changes in institutional resilience metrics as well as in post-disaster mitigation practice. Mitigation spending, flood insurance coverage, disaster aid experience, jurisdictional coordination, and crop insurance coverage are the drivers of change in institutional resilience for the state of Mississippi, while only the first three indicators along with population stability are the drivers for Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties. Increases in mitigation spending and flood insurance coverage can be directly attributed to Hurricane Katrina. Content analysis of state and local HMPs suggests that the theoretical basis of BRIC IR indicators is reflective of mitigation practice. In addition, there are substantial improvements in the post-Hurricane Katrina HMPs in the categories of hazard identification, jurisdictional coordination, reporting of loss data, hazard modeling, participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, and social vulnerability assessment

Is Nordic elder care facing a (new) collaborative turn?

Nordic countries are known for their service-based welfare states, which include basic health and social care for all older adults who have been formally assessed and found to need additional services. Facing fiscal constraints in the mid-1990s, these countries endeavoured to create more cost-effective care services that incorporated the doctrines of new public management (NPM). Overlapping NPM, steps have been taken to better integrate services and utilise the care capacity of a broader institutional and environmental set of actors. In this study, we draw attention to this call for collaborative and participatory modes of governance beyond NPM. We explore whether and how Nordic eldercare policies fit in to the framework and logic of new public governance (NPG). The data consist of 62 key government documents from five Nordic countries, representing the central features of eldercare policies over the past 10 years. Our content analysis is based on three conceptual lenses associated with NPG: service integration, service co-production and cross-sectoral co-creation. The analysis shows that several policy issues are framed by the logic of NPG in all countries. Further research is needed to assess how these NPG measures are implemented and interacting with institutional arrangements of other public governance paradigms.Peer reviewe

An examination of CSR decoupling in Pakistan : a research journey through tight and loosely coupled environments : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Management, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

The literature on CSR has been debated among organisational scholars not only for its benefit to society and the environment but also its positive influence on business and organisations. Research suggests that strong government, markets and civil society are also necessary conditions for businesses to behave in a socially responsible way. However, due to its focus on developed economies limited contextual knowledge has emerged, especially that from developing countries. Within this latter context there is a lack of understanding of how businesses use reporting to create an impression of social responsibility while masking their actual performance, suspected to be the result of a weak institutional environment. By drawing on (neo)-institutional theory this research addresses this theoretical gap, demonstrating that CSR policies and practices are shaped by their embeddedness in the prevailing institutional environment. More specifically, this research explores questions related to CSR reporting, practice, and the decoupling between CSR rhetoric and actual performance in Pakistan. The research design comprised a multi-methodological approach using data quadrangulation. First, quantitative content analysis of 29 listed companies was conducted, drawing longitudinal data from publicly listed annual reports (2001, 2006, 2011 & 2017 – five-yearly intervals) to understand the extent of CSR reporting in Pakistan. Second, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 respondents comprising of CSR/sustainability managers, national regulators, and members of CSR promoting institutions in the country. Third, the originality of reports was examined using TurnitinTM and TinEyeTM. Finally, a discourse analysis of text and related images in reports was conducted to describe, interpret and explain contextualised meanings of language used. The results show that CSR, as perceived by many stakeholders actually has limited understanding and currently few benefits in Pakistan. The drivers identified for CSR policies and practices were found to be significantly different from that studied in the developed world. Additionally, unique instances of widespread decoupling are highlighted in the form of the lack of originality in texts, and the use of digitally manipulated images in CSR reports, thereby, suggesting that such behaviour is deliberate. The research makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the nexus of business and society in a developing country, especially one suffering from a weak institutional environment

Strategic posturing of Malaysian mobile phone service providers

The Malaysian mobile phone service started with only one service provider in the 1980s, which then increased to seven by mid 1990s due to government liberalization policies. Nonetheless, this number decreased to three in 2004, and this marked the beginning of an intense competition within the industry. Utilizing the case study and content analysis methodologies, we gathered data from the public domain and developed a case that describes strategic actions taken by members within the industry. Based on Miles and Snow's business strategy typology, we analyzed the case data by answering the questions of "How do the industry players compete?", and "What factors are important in shaping their strategies?" The research objective is to provide a conceptualization of strategic posturing by Malaysian mobile phone service providers. Our analysis show that the initial strategic moves of these companies are predominantly prospecting, and, later, analyzing, when the market reaches subscription saturation, and competition begins to intensify. Industry latecomers either arise as challengers or adopt a niche strategy as their strategic option. The adaptive actions of these companies are greatly influenced by institutional elements of the government's policies, market situation, and rivals' actions and responses. These actions are mainly tied to resources and capabilities of their large internationalized parent companies. Taken altogether, the perspective of adaptation, as well as the theories of organizational ecology and institutionalization, provides important theoretical grounds in explaining strategic posturing and factors that influence it