QUALITY TIME AND ONLINE TRAINING INNOVATION FOR THE PUBLIC-SECTOR MANAGERS

This study aims to explain public administration managers' strategies for engaging in quality time, with a focus on productive time dedicated to innovative e-learning modules. It dwells on a qualitative discourse analysis with primary data obtained by conducting 28 interviews with public administration representatives who hold managerial appointments across several public institutions. Among these, 12 are communal mayors or vice-mayors and 16 are assigned managers across regional institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Education, at County Inspectorates (7 participants) and Romanian Police Inspectorate (9 participants). The half-structured interviews reveal empirical evidence on the elements of innovative interactional techniques) that enhance quality time through the interpretive lens of measuring impact of e-learning time. It is epistemologically and methodologically challenging to capture quality time devoted to (online) learning due to the evasiveness and spontaneity of its unfolding. Furthermore, it relies on filtering and selective evocation effects generated by a-posteriori narratives. Quality time is investigated through connections to experiential episodes related to preferred learning style. Results suggest quality time as an important dimension of productive time and indicator of e-learning effectiveness. The study formulates recommendations for instructional designers who develop e-learning modules targeting public administration trainees.