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Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Al Barazi, R., & Kishk, M. (2023, December). Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA'23), Lisbon, Portugal

The environmental, social, and financial sustainability around projects is currently one of the most serious alarming concerns. However, the progress made in developing contemporary methods for the evaluation and adoption of sustainable project manag... Read More about Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability.

The socio-economic drive to transformation from non-governmental organization into social enterprise (2021)
Book Chapter
El Haddad, P., & Barazi, R. (2021). The socio-economic drive to transformation from non-governmental organization into social enterprise. In Traité du management socio-économique: Théorie et pratiques (515-524). EMS Editions. https://doi.org/10.3917/ems.saval.2021.01.0515

Increasing societal needs and receding resources are driving NGOs to transform from funding dependency into social entrepreneurship. This comparative study undertaken within three different organizations demonstrated the effectiveness of SEAM to guid... Read More about The socio-economic drive to transformation from non-governmental organization into social enterprise.

Innovative model in NGO management: Implementation of SEAM as a consulting management methodology (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Al Barazi, R., & Zardet, V. (2020). Innovative model in NGO management: Implementation of SEAM as a consulting management methodology. In AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2020. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.16626abstract

This paper is a qualimetrics research to show how the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) methodology is the pathway to create a sustainable Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It describes the framework of an effective organization built o... Read More about Innovative model in NGO management: Implementation of SEAM as a consulting management methodology.

Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Al Barazi, R., Zardet, V., & Salmeron, J. C. (2020, June). Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon. Paper presented at The ISEOR – ODC - ISODC Conference and Doctoral Consortium, Lyon, France and online

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) receive billions of dollars annually under the title of community service although being mostly lost on failed projects, unmet objectives and rework besides the high margin of overhead costs which raises a questio... Read More about Innovative model for NGOs based on implementation of project management methodology: An intervention research in Lebanon.

Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study (2006)
Journal Article
Khawaja, M., Barazi, R. A., & Linos, N. (2007). Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00660.x

Background: The negative effect of poverty on child health has been well established. However, rapid urbanization in developing countries prompts new research questions relating to socio-cultural practices and other related variables in these setting... Read More about Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study.

Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women (2005)
Journal Article
Khawaja, M., & Barazi, R. (2005). Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(10), 840-841. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.031625

Wife beating, the most widespread form of domestic violence, has adverse consequences on the health and wellbeing of women and is a major cause of disability and death in many countries.1 In the past few years, it has been widely reported in developi... Read More about Prevalence of wife beating in Jordanian refugee camps: Reports by men and women.