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Community Quality-of-Life Indicators + eBook
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What is the course about?
This course is designed to help community indicator researchers and those who are stepping into this position enhance their professional knowledge of the subject matter.
The course contains ten modules.
The first module is essentially an introduction to the course.
The second module discusses the theoretical foundations of community indicators research. Five theoretical concepts are described guiding the formulation of community indicator projects.
The third module provides an example of a community indicators project as an illustration of the entire process without delving too much into details.
The fourth and fifth modules describe the planning process: how to identify sponsors, secure funding, develop an organizational structure, select a quality-of-life model, select indicators, and so on.
The sixth and seventh modules focus on data collection and data analysis. Two types of data collection are described: secondary and primary data collection. The process of these two data collections is described in some detail.
Finally, the eighth, ninth, and tenth modules describe the last stage of the project, namely dissemination, promotion, and follow-up. Specifically, these modules describe how public and research reports are developed and distributed, and how they are promoted.
Course content
Chapter
1
Introduction
Chapter
1
Introduction
Welcome Video
Learning Objectives Module 1
Community
Community Indicators
Community Indicators Projects
Bibliography
Chapter
2
Theoretical Foundations
Chapter
2
Theoretical Foundations
Learning Objectives Module 2
The Concept of Personal Utility
The Concept of Opulence
The Concept of the Just Society
The Concept of Human Need Satisfaction
The Concept of Sustainability
Bibliography
Chapter
3
An Example
Chapter
3
An Example
Learning Objectives
Initiating an Indicators Project
Forming an Indicators Project Committee
Developing an Initial Set of Indicators
Refining the Initial Set of Indicators and Collecting Data
Validating Objective Indicators with Subjective Ones
Translating System Indicators into Program and Policy Indicators
Disseminating the Indicators' Findings
Bibliography
Chapter
4
Organizing
Chapter
4
Organizing
Learning Objectives
Holding a Feasibility Meeting
Developing an Organizational Structure
Visioning
Finding an Organization that Will Conduct the Process
Securing Funding
Developing and Sustaining a Budget
Bibliography
Chapter
5
Making Decisions about Indicators
Chapter
5
Making Decisions about Indicators
Learning Objectives
Deciding on the Geographic Boundaries and Units Within
Selecting the Quality-of-Life Dimensions
Selecting the Quality-of-Life Indicators
Putting things Together (Secondary Data)
Considering Subjective Indicators (Primary Data)
Bibliography
Chapter
6
Data Collection
Chapter
6
Data Collection
Learning Objectives
Secondary Data
Primary Data
Bibliography
Chapter
7
Data Analysis
Chapter
7
Data Analysis
Learning Objectives
Data Variables and Measurement Scales
Statistical Analysis
Developing a Composite Index
Data Mining
Bibliography
Chapter
8
Data Reporting
Chapter
8
Data Reporting
Learning Objectives
The Public Report
The Research Report
Translating Outcome Indicators into Action Indicators
Bibliography
Chapter
9
Promotion
Chapter
9
Promotion
Learning Objectives
Printing and Distributing the Reports
Launching a Public Relations Campaign
Conducting E-Marketing
Other Forms of Promotion
Stimulating Community Action
Bibliography
Chapter
10
Follow-Up
Chapter
10
Follow-Up
Learning Objectives
Annual Reviews
Measuring the Impact of Indicators Reports
Bibliography
What will you learn?
Students taking this course will gain:
• a theoretical foundation to guide the development of community indicators projects
• knowledge of how to plan a community indicators project
• knowledge of how to collect and validate data and insight into how to best utilize primary and secondary data
• knowledge of how to prepare, promote, and disseminate community indicators reports
• knowledge of how to stimulate community action and measure the subsequent impact of the community indicators project.
What is the target audience?
- Community planners
- Researchers working in nonprofit organizations
- Consultants who want to specialize in community indicators research
- Researchers in local government agencies who wish to receive additional training in developing indicator systems related to a particular domain such as public health, the environment, etc.
- Academic researchers who are interested in developing research and/or teaching expertise in this area
What prior knowledge is required?
A college degree with a major in any of the social, behavioral, administrative, and policy sciences could help the student easily navigate through this course
Course instructors
M. Joseph Sirgy
M. Joseph Sirgy (https://sites.google.com/a/vt.edu/joe-sirgy-personal-website/) is a management psychologist (Ph.D., U/Massachusetts, 1979), the Virginia Tech Real Estate Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA), and an Extraordinary Professor at the WorkWell Research Unit at North West University—Potchefstroom Campus (South Africa).
He has published extensively in the area of business administration, business ethics, and quality of life (QOL). He co-founded the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) in 1995, served as its Executive Director/Treasurer from 1995 to 2011, and as a development Co-Director (2011–present). In 1998, he received the Distinguished Fellow Award from ISQOLS. In 2003, ISQOLS honored him as the Distinguished QOL Researcher for research excellence and a record of lifetime achievement in QOL research. He also served as a President of the Academy of Marketing Science (2002–2004) from which he received the Distinguished Fellow Award in the early 1990s and the Harold Berkman Service Award in 2007 (lifetime achievement award for serving the marketing professoriate). In the early 2000s, he helped co-found the Macromarketing Society and the Community Indicators Consortium and has served as a board member of these two professional associations. He co-founded the journal, Applied Research in Quality of Life, the official journal of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, in 2005; and he has served as a co-founding
editor (1995–present). He also served as an editor of the QOL section in the Journal of Macromarketing (1995–2016). He received the Virginia Tech’s Pamplin Teaching Excellence Award/Holtzman Outstanding Educator Award and University Certificate of Teaching Excellence in 2008.
In 2010, ISQOLS honored him for excellence and lifetime service to the society. In 2010, he won the Best Paper Award in the Journal of Happiness Studies for his theory of the balanced life; in 2011, he won the Best Paper Award in the Journal of Travel Research for his goal theory of leisure travel satisfaction. In 2012, he was awarded the EuroMed Management Research Award for outstanding achievements and groundbreaking contributions to well-being and quality of-life research. In 2019, the Macromarketing Society honored him with the Robert W. Nason Award for extraordinary and sustained contributions to the field of Macromarketing. He is currently serving as an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Macromarketing (2020–present).
He also was the editor of ISQOLS/Springer book series on International Handbooks in QOL (2008–2015), Community QOL Indicators: Best Cases (2004–2015), Applied Research in QOL: Best Practices (2008–2012). He is currently the co-editor of Springer book series on Human Well-Being and Policy Making (2015–present).
His recent books include:
-Shultz II, Clifford J., Don R. Rahtz, and M. Joseph Sirgy (Eds.) (2022). Community, Economy, and COVID-19: Lessons from Multi-Country Analyses of a Global Pandemic. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2022). The Balanced Life: Using Strategies from Behavioral Science to Enhance Wellbeing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2021). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Wellbeing and
Positive Mental Health. 3rd edition. Dordrecht: Springer.Sirgy, M. Joseph (2020). Positive Balance: A Theory of Well-Being and Positive Mental Health. Dordrecht: Springer Publishing.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Richard J. Estes, El-Sayed El-Aswad, and Don R. Rahtz
(2019). Combatting Jihadist Terrorism through Nation Building: A Quality-of-Life Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer Publishing.Estes, Richard J. and M. Joseph Sirgy (2018). Advances in Well-Being: Toward a Better World. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Uysal, Muzaffer, Stefan Kruger, and M. Joseph Sirgy (Eds.) (2018). Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality: Best Practices. Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishers.
Estes, Richard J. and M. Joseph Sirgy (Eds.) (2017). The Pursuit of Well-being: The Untold Global History. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Rhonda Phillips, and Don Rahtz (Eds.) (2013). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2012). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Wellbeing, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia. 2nd edition. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Reilly, Nora P., M. Joseph Sirgy, and C. Allen Gorman (Eds.) (2012). Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Uysal, Muzaffer, Richard Perdue, and M. Joseph Sirgy (Eds.) (2012). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
Land, Kenneth C., Alex C. Michalos, and M. Joseph Sirgy (Eds.) (2012).
Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing.
In relation to community indicators research, the author has been involved in community indicators research for many years. He has authored many publications in this area. He was also a co-editor of Springer’s book series on Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases (2004–2015) with professors Rhonda Phillips (Purdue University) and Don Rahtz (College of William & Mary). He has been an instructor of the Community Indicators Research Certification Program (a certification program of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, ISQOLS; https://isqols.org/Certification) for many years, and he wrote the training manual for the program. The book is based on this training manual. Finally, he has been involved as a member of a taskforce of a regional community indicators project in Southwest Virginia: The New Century Council.
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