NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein Penguin Books, 2009, 312 pp, ISBN 978-0-14-311526-7This book is best described formally as a general explanation of and advocacy for libertarian paternalism, a term coined by the authors in earlier publications. Informally, it is about how leaders, systems, organizations, and governments can nudge people to do the things the nudgers want and need done for the betterment of the nudgees, or of society. It is paternalism in the sense that "it is legitimate for choice architects to try to influence people's behavior in order to make their lives longer, healthier, and better", (p. 5) It is libertarian in that "people should be free to do what they like - and to opt out of undesirable arrangements if they want to do so", (p. 5) The built-in possibility of opting out or making a different choice preserves freedom of choice even though people's behavior has been influenced by the nature of the presentation of the information or by the structure of the decisionmaking system. I had never heard of libertarian paternalism before reading this book, and I now find it fascinating.Written for a general audience, this book contains mostly social and behavioral science theory and models, but there is considerable discussion of structure and process that has roots in mathematical and quantitative modeling. One of the main applications of this social system is economic choice in investing, selecting and purchasing products and services, systems of taxes, banking (mortgages, borrowing, savings), and retirement systems. Other quantitative social choice systems discussed include environmental effects, health care plans, gambling, and organ donations. Softer issues that are also subject to a nudge-based approach are marriage, education, eating, drinking, smoking, influence, spread of information, and politics. There is something in this book for everyone.The basis for this libertarian paternalism concept is in the social theory called "science of choice", the study of the design and implementation of influence systems on various kinds of people. The terms Econs and Humans, are used to refer to people with either considerable or little rational decision-making talent, respectively. The various libertarian paternalism concepts and systems presented are tested and compared in light of these two types of people. Two foundational issues that this book has in common with another book, Network of Echoes: Imitation, Innovation and Invisible Leaders, that was also reviewed for this issue of the Journal are that 1 ) there are two modes of thinking (or components of the brain) - an automatic (intuitive) process and a reflective (rational) process and 2) the need for conformity and the desire for imitation are powerful forces in human behavior. …

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Provides future managers with information about human beings and their behaviour within the context of a business environment. The text includes issues such as how to motivate people, how to give them feedback on their performance, how to influence them and how to help them cope with stress.

Behavior in organizations : understanding and managing the human side of work / Jerlad Greenberg and Robert A. Baron

Penulisan buku ini adalah perwujudan dari pengalaman dan kajian yang kami sharing sejak kami bersama-sama menuntut ilmu di Malaysia, tepatnya di Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur sehingga sekarang sama-sama mengurus penerbitan yang sama, yaitu Ibnu Sina Press di Bandung. Akhir sekali, semoga buku ini dapat menjadi sesuatu yang berguna baik bagi kami sendiri sebagai para penulis maupun bagi para mahasiswa kami di perguruan tinggi masing-masing. Kritik dan saran tentunya sangat kami hargai untuk dapat terus memperbaiki dan menyempurnakan buku ini, dari yang tadinya buku ini hanyalah buku kecil ke buku yang kemudian membesar dan besar pula pengaruhnya. Untuk upaya-upaya tersebut kami sangat menunggu dengan kebesaran hati.

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Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks

Content analysis of social and economic issues in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study offers an effective approach in determining the needs of training of the teachers using the Training Needs Analysis (TNA). The objectives of the study were to obtain evidence an actual pedagogic competence of the natural sciences teachers, to obtain needs and training priorities, and proposing recommendations on the effectiveness of training method. Surveys, interviews, and FGD were conducted to get primary data. Survey was carried on 165 natural science teachers of SMP Negeri Pekanbaru using self-evaluation questionnaire. Results showed that actual pedagogic competence of the teachers was below the ideal competence. There were five priorities of training program, namely : training of ICT, classroom action research, theory and principles of learning on integrated natural science, curriculum development, and understanding of pupilsâ€™ characteristics. It is suggested that In House Training, specific training, and short courses are worth applied as effective training methods to improve pedagocical competence of the teachers. Â  Â

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Pedagogical competence-based Training Needs Analysis for Natural Science Teachers

Farmer’s capacity is the most important factor in agricultural development based on human resources; high level of farmer’s capacity ensures his success and sustainable of agribusiness. The objectives of the research are: to determine the level of farmer’s capacity and to analyze dominant factors affecting farmer’s capacity. The research was carried out in Malang and Pasuruan Districts which are the centres of vegetables in East Java Province. Data were collected using structured interviews and direct observation. Total sample was consisted of 177 farmers, drawn using a cluster random sampling technique. The results of the research show that: the level of farmer’s capacity is in a lows level, there is significant difference of the level of farmer’s capacity in two locations, The level of farmer’s capacity in Malang district is higher than in Pasuruan District. The characteristics of innovation and formal educational are determinant factors affecting farmer’s capacity. The fasctors have significant indirect effect to the success of agribussiness through farmer’s capacity and self reliance in farming. The results of the research imply that agricultural extension should take into consideration the level of farmer’s educational level, farmer’s capacity and characteristics of innovation in developing programs to disseminate innovation and information.

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Kapasitas petani dalam mewujudkan keberhasilan usaha pertanian: kasus petani sayuran di kabupaten pasuruan dan kabupaten malang provinsi jawa timur

Agricultural development has not yet created empowered farmers in Indonesia. Most farmers living in eastern Indonesia are peasants with low access to development resources. This condition causes most of the peasants to be classified as poor citizens. This research was meant to formulate improvement strategies for empowerment of the peasants. The data were collected between March – May 2012 using the following methods: observation, interview and focus group discussion. The data was analysed using descriptive statistic and structural equation modelling (SEM) and showed that: (1) the empowerment of peasants was within the lowest category for all variables, namely: the peasant characteristics, the role of the agents for development, program quality, the learning process and access to environmental support, (2) the determining factors affecting the empowerment of the peasants were: program implementation quality, the role of the agents of development, environmental access and support, the peasant characteristics, and the appropriateness of the learning process and (3) the strategy to improve empowerment of the peasants could be through corrective efforts towards program implementation quality, the role of facilitators, environmental access and support while considering the peasant characteristics and the learning process of the peasants.

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Factors affecting peasants’ empowerment in West Halmahera District – a case study from Indonesia

Pembangunan pertanian belum menciptakan petani yang berdaya. Sebagian besar petani Indonesia adalah petani kecil yang pendapatan rendah, sehingga tergolong penduduk miskin. Kondisi ini menyebabkan ketidaktahanan pangan pada sebagian besar keluarga petani. Penelitian bermaksud untuk merumuskan strategi peningkatan keberdayaan petani kecil menuju ketahanan pangan. Data dikumpulkan pada Bulan Maret-Mei 2012 menggunakan metode: observasi, wawancara dan focus group discussion. Analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan structural equation modeling (SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa: (1) Keberdayaan petani kecil berada pada kategori rendah, dipengaruhi oleh lemahnya faktor-faktor: kualitas penyelenggaraan program, peran agen (pendamping/penyuluh/petugas), akses dan dukungan lingkungan, karakteristik petani kecil dan ketepatan proses pembelajaran. (2) Karakteristik petani dan keberdayaan petani kecil yang tergolong rendah berpengaruh terhadap rendahnya ketahanan pangan keluarga petani kecil. Strategi peningkatan keberdayaan untuk meningkatkan ketahanan pangan petani kecil melalui upaya perbaikan: kualitas penyelenggaraan program, peran pendamping, akses dan dukungan lingkungan, karakteristik petani kecil dan proses pembelajaran petani kecil.

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Strategi peningkatan keberdayaan petani kecil menuju ketahanan pangan

Community of fishermen is one of social segments who considered as having daily life worse than other social segments, such as farmers, factory labourers, etc. Certain efforts can be done to improve the level of life of the fishermen, i.e to increase their production of fish. The way which can be done is by improving the unit of productive assets so that it can increase motivation of the fishermen for better behavior. Recently fishermen are not able to go out from their miserable socio economic situation, mainly due to (a) bargaining position weakness, (b) lacking of capital, (c) low level of knowledge and skill, (d) lacking of supervision, (e) no guarantee of promising market. Based on those evidence it is worth to study the relationship between fishermen motivation and their behavior to increase production of fish.

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Djoko Susanto

Papers

Pedagogical competence-based Training Needs Analysis for Natural Science Teachers

Kapasitas petani dalam mewujudkan keberhasilan usaha pertanian: kasus petani sayuran di kabupaten pasuruan dan kabupaten malang provinsi jawa timur

Factors affecting peasants’ empowerment in West Halmahera District – a case study from Indonesia

Strategi peningkatan keberdayaan petani kecil menuju ketahanan pangan

Hubungan motivasi kerja dengan perilaku nelayan pada usaha perikanan tangkap