Higher education during crisis: a case study on organic resilience

Karlsson, P.S.; Offord, Matt

doi:10.1108/crr-10-2022-0030

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“…Fostering resilience via learning and reflection can assist HEIs in becoming more flexible, more prepared to deal with disruptive occurrences and more receptive to change (Karlsson & Offord 2023). Providing continual training and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff to promote student growth is critical.…”

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Local economies preparing for a turbulent future

Kearns

2023

Centre for Local Economic Development: Topics in Local Development

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Peer-review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer-Review of Scholarly Books'. The book proposal form was evaluated by our Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business Management editorial board. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer-review before publication by two technical expert reviewers who did not include the volume editor and were independent of the volume editor, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published. v Research justificationLocal economic development (LED) is at the core of developing a sustainable, inclusive and resilient local region. Local economic development aims to involve all role-players (local government, private sector and community) in the decision-making process in order to create a participatory environment where social and environmental concerns are balanced with economic pursuits. Achieving this is a challenge for local governments in developed and developing regions. The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has brought about an entirely new set of challenges for local governments, businesses (formal and informal) and policymakers. This book aims to highlight how local economies are impacted during times of a global pandemic from global perspectives.The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to developed and less-developed local economies. The book aims to uncover the best practices in responding to a pandemic from regional perspectives and from a trans-disciplinary point of view. Scholars from various spheres in the arts, culture, education, health, environment, business and the public sector present their perspectives on the impacts, responses and consequences for local economies and communities. As a fundamental part of LED, the arts, culture, education, health, environment, business and public sector domains were some of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and the pandemic has certainly exposed the weaknesses of current development policies and calls for new, innovative measures in developing resilient local regions. This book forms an essential part of the development series of the Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) as it offers insight into how a global pandemic (COVID-19) impacted LED in various regions and the different responses from different spheres.

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Local economies preparing for a turbulent future

Kearns

2023

Centre for Local Economic Development: Topics in Local Development

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Educational Technology: A Postdigital Social Tradition

Offord

2023

Postdigit Sci Educ

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The dissolution of the campus during the early stages of the current pandemic provides a compelling case study of how Higher Education responds to emergencies. Initially, digital education was perceived as a lifeline and educators spoke of a ‘pivot online’. What followed was an undignified stumble into remote teaching. Social theories of innovation suggest that rapid technological change is simply a matter of choice and organisations can make rapid and strategic changes when required. I argue that talk of pivots and innovation is misleading and deflects enquiries from an important reason for academic resilience: teaching as tradition. Drawing on early forays into the importance of imitation by Gabriel Tarde, I contribute to efforts to rediscover his microsociological approach and link this to modern evolutionary research. By using a sociocultural evolutionary lens to analyse 102 courses in a business school, I demonstrate the persistence and resilience of teaching traditions and the use of imitation, rather than top-down direction. Using a phylogenetic analysis, I show how flexible imitation of traditional practice created a resilient, but unplanned, response to crisis. I explain how these results can inform resilience-building in Higher Education, by supporting the flexible imitation of teaching traditions. The research also advocates the use of cultural evolution, drawing on the inspiration of Tarde, in postdigital educational research.

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Guest editorial: Resilience in a post-pandemic world – has anything changed?

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Enang

2023

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We have the pleasure to present this special issue of Continuity and Resilience Review on Resilience in a post-pandemic worldhas anything changed?. Never has there been a crisis of such scale and magnitude as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, affecting all parts of the world, having been exacerbated by the globalised nature of business and society, with significant effects still in 2023.The disciplines of risk, resilience and business continuity were suddenly thrust into centre stage of discourse at macro levels of governments, meso levels of organisations and micro levels of individuals. The concept of risk resilience became more prominent in practice and research, with the momentum steadily growing throughout the global pandemic. However, to ensure increased awareness and effective implementation of risk resilience at mesoorganisational levels, there is a need for more empirical research with in-depth and critical consideration of risk resilience and its measurement (Hillman and Guenther, 2021).In this special issue, we analyse the current state of play in relation to risk, resilience and business continuity as we progress through the crisis stages (Fink, 1986) and reflect on the earlier, more chaotic phase, which has just passed. When we started on this journey of putting together a special issue on this topic, we speculated on the (in)adequacy of prior risk and resilience practices and theories and if there were clear and positive shifts in how these disciplines were viewed more broadly. Based on the latter, we considered the challenges posed by the pandemic across various sectors of society.Earlier in the pandemic, predictions around its potential impact on organisational practice, including increased use of risk functions in strategic planning, renewed interest in crisis management and closer links between crisis management and other risk disciplines were made (Deloitte, 2021). In 2022, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that experts in risk management, resilience and business continuity appeared to be in higher demand because of COVID-19 (Bloom, 2022). Furthermore, the UK Government published its Resilience Framework in 2022, which argues that a strong resilience system at all levels of government and across the public, private and non-profit sectors is now more important than ever.In response to this, this special issue addresses the overarching question on the role and impact of COVID-19 on risk resilience, risk management and business continuity from an organisational perspective. Taking an inclusive approach, we included empirical and theoretical articles from a broad spectrum of disciplines and geographical regions. Articles from academics and practitioners, including reflective and opinion pieces, were also featured in this special issue. Mohamad et al. (2023) present empirical findings from the SME sector, focussed on supply chain risk and business continuity strategies in the Malaysian food industry during the pandemic. Isip et al. (2023) discuss how environmental h...

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Higher education during crisis: a case study on organic resilience

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Local economies preparing for a turbulent future

Local economies preparing for a turbulent future

Educational Technology: A Postdigital Social Tradition

Guest editorial: Resilience in a post-pandemic world – has anything changed?

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