Developing a Theoretical Framework of Responsiveness in Educational Institutions and Non-Profit Organizations

Autor/in	Bheda, Divya Narendra
Titel	Developing a Theoretical Framework of Responsiveness in Educational Institutions and Non-Profit Organizations
Quelle	(2013), (340 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3032-8124-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Program Evaluation; Responses; Organizational Communication; Nonprofit Organizations; Schools; Holistic Approach; Theories; Feminism; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Nonprofit-Organisation; School; Schule; Holistischer Ansatz; Theory; Theorie; Feminismus; Analogiemodell
Abstract	A number of education institutions and non-profit organizations seek to be responsive toward the stakeholders they serve. They engage in numerous organizational and evaluative processes to be perceived as responsive. They consider evaluating and improving responsiveness, important to their practice. Unfortunately, such efforts are often impeded because there is a lack of clear understanding regarding what "responsiveness" means. One reason is that the current professional literature on responsiveness provides fragmented, ambiguous, and limited definitions of responsiveness. This theory-building dissertation offers a clear, expansive, and more holistic theoretical understanding of responsiveness. The derived definition and understanding of responsiveness is then used to develop and test a theory-driven process model ("r-CriDo model") that serves as a tool to catalyze and monitor responsiveness in educational institutions and non-profit organizations. The "r-CriDo" model draws from critical feminist and subaltern theories where "r" stands for reflexive, "Cri" stands for critical and decolonizing, and the "Do" stands for action. This dissertation offers an overview of how professional practice could benefit from the tools derived in this study and ends with a discussion of the model's strengths, limitations and future research possibilities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01