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Research methods in social relations

What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Creating the corporate future

An analysis of interorganizational resource sharing decisions in collaborative knowledge creation

Purpose – To propose an evaluation model for the quality implementations in higher education through an analysis of quality systems and program evaluation using a systems approach.Design/methodology/approach – Theoretical background, research and practice of the quality systems in higher education and program evaluation are analysed in conjunction with the concepts of systems approach. The analysis leads to a systems approach‐based program‐evaluation model for quality implementation in higher education.Findings – The three concepts, quality systems in higher education, program evaluation and systems approach, are found to be consistent and compatible with one another with regard to the goals and organizational structure of the higher education institutions. The proposed evaluation model provides a new perspective for higher education management for the effective and efficient implementation of the quality systems and program improvement.Research limitations/implications – The implementation of the model i...

A systems approach to program evaluation model for quality in higher education

The government of Qatar has made significant investments in post-secondary education to ensure that Qataris are able to contribute to the country’s social and economic goals. The authors describe RAND’s analysis of occupational demand and related post-secondary educational opportunities, and offer recommendations for improving the country’s current provision of post-secondary education.

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Post-Secondary Education in Qatar: Employer Demand, Student Choice, and Options for Policy

This article summarizes results from a child care survey of military families conducted by the RAND Corporation in 2004 and draws policy implications for the military child care system. The article describes the military child care system, discusses the policy objectives of the system, and summarizes survey results that clarify the degree to which the Department of Defense is meeting its child care goals. The authors find evidence that despite its high quality, the military child care system fails to optimize readiness and retention of military members because these goals do not drive system policies or operations. The article offers suggestions for improving system outcomes.

Meeting Family and Military Needs Through Military Child Care

In 2003, the State of Qatar engaged the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute to assist Qatar University with reform of its major administrative and academic structures, policies, and practices. In this summary of the reform effort, the authors recount the motivation for reform, describe the design of the reform agenda, and detail the early stages of the implementation effort, with an eye toward identifying challenges yet to be met.

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The Reform of Qatar University

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Ensuring Quality and Productivity in Higher Education: An Analysis of Assessment Practices. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

This study represents one piece of a larger, integrated research plan to provide scientific evidence on the effectiveness of fine arts interventions in promoting positive change in youth. Building on our prior work, we collected an analyzed interview data from 35 well-known arts interventions in the Los Angeles area. Our objective was to relate expert assessments of the prosocial value of a range of fine arts interventions to specific program features.

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Joy S. Moini

Papers

Post-Secondary Education in Qatar: Employer Demand, Student Choice, and Options for Policy

Meeting Family and Military Needs Through Military Child Care

The Reform of Qatar University

Ensuring Quality and Productivity in Higher Education: An Analysis of Assessment Practices. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

The Arts and Prosocial Impact Study: Program Characteristics and Prosocial Effects