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Show moreThe nonprofit sector of our economy is a special class of entities with an expansive array of organizations and activities dedicated to the common good and well-being of others. Even though this sector has constructed creative and forward thinking initiatives, obstacles remain which interfere with their accomplishment of significant achievements. The struggle to maintain their respected position, unique character and role in society remains prevalent. In order to stay competitive, organizations are constantly assessing their current capacity to deliver needed services. Today, a number of umbrella associations of nonprofits have implemented assessment and certification programs intended to produce organizational improvement for their member organizations. Based on analysis of phenomenological interviews and guided by institutional theory, the research reported here is designed to identify factors that differentiate between organizations that chose to participate in the Louisiana Standards for Excellence organizational assessment program and those that did not. Drawing on concepts of organizational learning and broadened accountability, the research further explores whether those nonprofits successfully achieving certification experience an enhanced commitment to ongoing organizational learning.
Doctorate of Management Programs
English
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Show moreThe work of scientists is heterogeneous-a series of interactions within networks composed of individuals from diverse fields and disciplines (Star & Griesemer, 1989). Generation of new knowledge is essential in the organizations in which these individuals associate; the bridge that holds them together. Knowledge generation takes place at both the individual and collective levels (Brown and Duguid, 1998). Professional organizations attract individuals because they provide a unique forum, a space in which they converge to pursue common goals. Actor-network Theory (ANT) is concerned with how heterogeneous networks and the associations that comprise them come into existence and operate to construct their own space (Murdoch, 1998). Construction occurs in events of the spaces in which research takes place and discoveries are made in networks. ANT views networks as formed through a processes of translation, occurring in phases (Callon, 1986). Translation models require focus on how actor-networks are created, strengthened or weakened, rather than on cause and effect (Tatnall, 1999). The theory is intended as a means for transcending and navigating the dualisms of nature/society, local/global, action/ structure, etc. (Law, 1997; Latour, 1987; Murdoch, 1998). I propose a qualitative field study on the ways in which members of a mature research organization, the Society for Investigative Dermatology, enter and interact in research networks as part of the science of medicine. I will describe the setting, theoretical underpinnings and research method of a study that will trace the path traveled by actors who enter and exit the boundaries of an organization, circulating and forming connections.
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Show moreThe conversation with Richard Baznik, Case Western Reserve University Historian and Director of the Institute for the Study of the University addresses the history of University Circle as a place and concept in the first part. Join the discussion about the issues of the Cleveland area. The second part of the conversation with Richard Baznik focuses on the historical problems with the development of University Circle and how the University Circle Development Foundation (later University Circle Inc) was created to fix those problems.
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