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Upcoming PDW on Reframing for Policy Innovation Under Resource Constraints- Saturday, Aug 11, 11:45PM - 01:45PM @ Sheraton Grand Chicago

  • 1.  Upcoming PDW on Reframing for Policy Innovation Under Resource Constraints- Saturday, Aug 11, 11:45PM - 01:45PM @ Sheraton Grand Chicago

    Posted 08-10-2018 18:12


    Dear Sir/ Madam,

    Please distribute our PDW invitation to your listserv members. 

    Thank you in advance. Divya


    Dear Listserv members,


    You are cordially invited to attend this workshop (program session 325) to be held on

    -          Saturday, Aug 11, 2018 11:45PM - 01:45PM 

    -          at Sheraton Grand Chicago, Gold Cost

    -          Sponsors: AAM, INDAM

    Reframing for Policy Innovation Under Resource Constraints in Asia – An Indian Experience

     

    Demand for higher education in India and other emerging economies is experiencing nothing short of explosive growth.  Due to severe lack of qualified faculty and financial resources, managing this growth has brought policymakers face to face with the age-old dilemma of 'quality vs. access.' The current system to ensuring quality follows a binary approach to regulating graduate level programs. In this PDW we demonstrate the use of framing and reframing as a policy-making and strategizing tool for finding effective approaches to improving and maintaining the quality of higher education in resource-constrained regions of the world. We help participants learn that reframing the quality challenge from multiple perspectives should be the starting point of deciding any approach to improving quality in resource-constrained environments. We will reframe it using both free market and social entrepreneurial lenses. Further, we will demonstrate that a social entrepreneurial approach, due to its inherent focus on social impact and economic sustainability, will mainly focus on two of the most important determinants of quality of higher education, they are namely faculty and fellow students. Finally, we will analyse the various aspects of efficiency-enhancing mechanisms of the free market and the social good agenda of social entrepreneurial ventures. The ideas we will discuss in this PDW could be useful in other emerging markets facing similar challenges of huge demand and a severe shortage of resources.

     

    In this PDW, participants will get an opportunity to critically examine and practice the use of reframing in various situations such as policy making, leadership, strategic change, strategy making and change for sustainability.

     

    Organizer: Divya Bhutiani, divya.bhutani@outlook.com U. of Groningen center of entrepreneurship, The Netherlands

     

    Presenters, Discussants and Topics: 

    1.      "Reframing: An Introduction" by Padmakumar NairLM Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of engineering and Technology, India. 

    2.      "Reframing for Policy Innovation: Case of Higher Education Policy Making in India" by Divya Bhutani, U. of Groningen center of entrepreneurship, The Netherlands

    Round Table Activity Facilitators

    1.      Aard J. Groen, U. of Groningen center of entrepreneurship, The Netherlands 

    2.      Michel EhrenhardU. of Twente, The Netherlands 

    3.      Divya Bhutiani, U. of Groningen center of entrepreneurship, The Netherlands

    Panel Discussants

    1.      Aard J. Groen, U. of Groningen center of entrepreneurship, The Netherlands 

    2.      Michel EhrenhardU. of Twente, The Netherlands 

    3.      Gregory G. DessU. of Texas at Dallas, USA

    4.      Padmakumar Nair, LM Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of engineering and Technology, India. 

    The presentation will be interactive. The PDW is intended to develop an understanding of the power of reframing as an innovative policy making and strategizing tool. For further details on this workshop, including topic abstracts, please access the link: https://my.aom.org/program2018/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=12997

     

    There is no need to register for the PDW. If you need further information, please contact the undersigned.

     

    See you at our PDW!

     

    Best Regards,

    Divya



    Dr. Divya Bhutiani | Research Fellow, Nanyang Centre of Business of Culture | Nanyang Business School
    Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, S3-01A-17, Singapore 639798

    Tel: (65) 6513-2081 GMT+8h | Email: dbhutiani@ntu.edu.sg | Web: www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg