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Journal articles on the topic "Corporate sector planning"
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Pita, Nomalinge Amelia, Chengedzai Mafini, and Manilall Dhurup. "Corporate succession practices: A public sector perspective." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 4 (2016): 441–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i4c3p3.
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In today’s globally competitive and modern environments, organisational future plans often fail due to the lack of succession planning. Literature has shown that in most public services, very little is done to transfer employee skills before they leave the organisation, which largely is attributed to the lack of proper corporate succession planning. This study examined the association between corporate succession planning practices, internal succession barriers and intentions to leave within a public service in South Africa. The study was inspired by the absence of documented evidence of corporate succession planning initiatives, the barriers to succession planning and turnover intentions of employees in the public sector in the South African context. The study is located within a quantitative research paradigm in which a three-section structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 243 public service employees. Two factors; namely, replacement planning and employee development/grooming were extracted using exploratory factor analysis. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that corporate succession planning practices and internal succession barriers are negatively related to intentions to leave in the public service. Regression analysis showed that replacement planning and employee grooming are predictors of intention to quit. The results of the study are significant in that they facilitate the development as well as the effective implementation of succession planning initiatives that enable public services to improve human resource practices and counter any existing barriers to internal succession.
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Sløk, Torsten, and Mike Kennedy. "Corporate sector vulnerability and aggregate activity." OECD Economic Studies 2005, no. 1 (March 23, 2006): 85–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eco_studies-v2005-art4-en.
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Sutherland, Ewan. "Corporate social responsibility: the case of the telecommunications sector." info 18, no. 5 (August 8, 2016): 24–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-05-2016-0022.
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Purpose The paper aims to examine the reporting of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the telecommunications sector and to consider how the obligations and regulations imposed on operators affect what is considered as CSR compared to other sectors. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a review of the academic literature on CSR, relating this to developments in the regulatory state and the adoption by governments and intergovernmental bodies of CSR instruments. Also, the paper conducts an analysis of coltan, greenhouse gas emissions and privacy as short case studies where CSR issues and regulations meet. Findings Many activities that in other sectors would be considered CSR are required by licence or legislation, together with much more detailed scrutiny and reporting. Originality/value The paper provides a review of existing literature on CSR in telecommunications, related to theories about CSR and the regulatory state.
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Budhathoki, Pragya, Bipana Sapkota, Raj Maharjan, Shrijana Bista, and Aakash Gosain. "Empowerment of diversity in the Nepalese corporate sector." Quest Journal of Management and Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (October 18, 2019): 96–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/qjmss.v1i1.25976.
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Background: There are numerous policy developments undergoing addressing the issue of gender empowerment and social inclusion (GESI) in the corporate sector with an aim to socio-economic mainstreaming of the backward groups but the government programs and the national youth policy may still be lacking the effective implementation for addressing the needs, rights and aspirations of the overall backward people. The present researchers perceived strong need for closer assessment of effectiveness of the policy framework to promote diversity, especially in the corporate sector.
For this, the paper, as a whole, discusses within the broader framework of equality and inclusivity, the theme of women in corporate governance with particular reference to Nepalese corporate sector.
Objectives: This study was aimed to explore the present scenario of empowerment of diversity in the Nepalese corporate sector.
Methods: Fully based on desk research crafted on qualitative paradigms of study. Secondary data were used to collect the information on the issues, trends, matters relating to Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and youth empowerment.
Results: Effective compliance of corporate governance (CG) has played the significant role in promoting GESI and youth empowerment in the Nepalese corporate sector under changing context of the country and beyond.
Conclusions:As a result of multi-dimensional transformation of national structural system, there has been increasing sensitivity and application of GESI sensitive planning and implementation in the Nepalese corporate sector. Such a practice would serve instrumental in empowering women, youth and other marginalized sections of the society.
Implications: GESI compliance and youth empowerment in corporate and other service sectors should be made a part of national strategic direction at all levels of institutional governance and disciplining.
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Chhetri, Ram Bhandari. "Land Policy Instruments in Nepal." Journal of the Institute of Engineering 10, no. 1 (July 31, 2014): 69–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jie.v10i1.10880.
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Corporate mobilization can be made realistic if policy facilitation is provided by the government sector. This research study aimed at exploring the possibility of a mechanism that will attract substantial investments from the private sector by mobilizing the existing capital market. To do so, the research within its objective framework examined the essential policy framework from the literature review, the existing legal, financial and planning and housing policies posing impediments to the prospective participation of the corporate sector in land and housing activities. This included but not necessarily restricted to the land administration, land legislatives, cadastral mapping system and current planning techniques used and the operational constraints it would pose upon the prospective mobilization of the corporate financing in land and housing development. The research study then finally intended to arrive at the framework that could possibly facilitate or promote corporate finance in land and housing sector in a greater way. The finding from the research is then translated into a framework for increased participation for corporate sector in land and housing that chiefly included following aspects. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jie.v10i1.10880Journal of the Institute of Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2014, pp. 69–79
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Kuye, O. L., B. E. A. Oghojafor, and A. A. Sulaimon. "Planning flexibility and corporate entrepreneurship in the manufacturing sector in Nigeria." International Journal of Business Excellence 5, no. 4 (2012): 323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbex.2012.047903.
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Amalia, Hadina Rizky, and Herry Yulistiyono. "Analisis Peran Sektor Basis dan Non Basis dalam Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja di Kabupaten Gresik." Jurnal Ilmiah Aset 22, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.37470/1.22.2.166.
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This research aims to identify base and non-base sectors and analyze the absorption of labor in the base and non-base sectors in Gresik Regency as informationand consideration in economic development planning. This research is a descriptive quantitative study using secondary data of PDRB variables and labor and its components in Gresik Regency. The analytical methods used in this study are LQ analysis, shiftshare analysis, MRP analysis and labor absorption analysis. The results of the LQ analysis show the processing industry sector, the mining and quarrying sectors and the electricity and gas procurement sector are the base sectors. The results of the shiftshare analysis show sectors where the average power growth is higher than overall economic growth are the agricultural sector, the provision of drinking accommodation, construction, trade, transportation and warehousing, information and communication, financial services, corporate services, education services and the healthcare sector. While the sectors whose average local competitiveness growth is higher than the competitiveness of the same sector in East Java Province are agriculture, electricity procurement, water procurement, construction, trade, information and communication, food and drink accommodation provision sector, corporate services sector, government administration, education services, health and other service sectors. The results of the MRP analysis also show that the electricity and gas procurement sector is the leading sector in terms of growth. From the analysis of labor elasticity, it is known that the average sector with the highest labor elasticity value in 2011-2015 is the base sector, namely the mining sector and the electricity and gas procurement sector and in 2016-2017 is the non-base sector, namely the transportation sector and financial institutions.
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Amalia, Fitri. "Determination of the Regional Economy Leading Sectors in Indonesia." Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan 15, no. 1 (June 1, 2014): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/jep.v15i1.117.
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Economic growth and its process are the main condition for the sustainability of the regional economic development. Because of the continuing population growth means economic needs also increase so that additional revenue required each year. This can be obtained by the increase in aggregate output (goods and services) or the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) each year. To carry out development with limited resources as a consequence should be focused to develop the sectors that provide great multiplier effect on other sectors or the whole economy. This research is focused to determine the regional leading sector of Bone Bolango as the information and considerations in planning economic development. Location Quotient (LQ) and Shift Share are tools of analysis. Location Quotient analysis indicates agriculture, manufacture, finance, leasing and corporate services are base sectors in the Bone Bolango district. Shift Share analysis indicates that the competitive sectors are finance, leasing and corporate services. The results of the analysis based on three analysis tools indicate that the leading sector with the criteria developed, base, and competitive is finance and services sector.
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Sumantri, Indra Iman, and Intan Ayu Andini. "PENGARUH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DAN PERENCANAAN PAJAK TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN." JURNAL AKUNTANSI BARELANG 4, no. 1 (November 30, 2019): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.33884/jab.v4i1.1552.
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This study aims to determine and provide empirical evidence about the influence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Tax Planning on Company Value in agricultural sector manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2014-2017. The number of samples used in this study are agricultural sector manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) and published a complete financial report in 2014-2017 with 18 sample companies obtained using the purposive sampling method. The independent variable of this study is Corporate Social Responsibility measured by calculating the index according to GRI4, Tax Planning which is measured by calculating the effective tax rate, and company value measured by calculating the book price.
The results of the study were based on a hypothesis test with a significant level of 5%, the results of this study concluded: Corporate Social Responsibility does not affect the value of the company. Tax planning affects the value of the company. Immediately (together) the variable Corporate Social Responsibility and Tax Planning have a significant effect on Company Value.
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Henderson, Judy. "Dissonance or dialogue: Changing relations with the corporate sector." Development in Practice 10, no. 3-4 (August 2000): 371–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614520050116523.
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Pieterse, C. L. "A public sector integrated financial governance framework." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1223.
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Thesis (PhD (School of Public Management and Planning
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2006.Using an investigative approach the study starts by outlining the governance quandary that exists within the public sector, with observations made over the past decade by scholars and active role players in the governance arena both in the private sector and in the public sector. It continues to show a growing need for good governance in the public sector, especially in the developing economies of emerging democracies. It uses South Africa as an example in this regard, although the discussion can just as well be applied to other countries finding themselves in a similar situation. It places the governance debate in perspective and provides the background for the development of the Public Sector Integrated Financial Governance Framework (IFGF). A brief look is taken at the reasons for the growing focus on governance in general, governance in the private and public sector, the need for governance, the basic dynamics of governance, stakeholder relationships, the regulatory framework and the role of the judiciary. It then places this understanding of governance – from a financial perspective – within the South African context. Using the South African context the study discusses the need for an IFGF, the basic requirements for such an IFGF and then as a response proceeds to discuss the role of values and principles, functional application areas and governance-related activities in an IFGF. It develops a financial governance universe, which provides an overview of the various subsections within these aspects. From this basis the study proceeds to develop the IFGF by identifying specific principles and values applicable to South Africa, followed by a description of functional application areas consisting of leadership, management and control practices required as a minimum to ensure healthy public sector financial governance. It continues to develop governance-related activities based on existing frameworks recognised by public sector agencies globally and in some instance, designed for the private sector. The study proceeds to develop these areas to enable employees in the public sector to discharge their duties in a manner that can form the cornerstone in governance excellence. Having used a deductive approach during the first few chapters to develop the IFGF, the study then proceed using an inductive process to construct the conditions and the related activities required by the IFGF. It develops detailed information on specific activities that must be in place for the IFGF to be functional. These activities provide the “how” and are grouped together based on a recognised framework. Governance effectiveness depends on a situation where all areas are considered. Lastly the study focuses on the conclusions regarding the IFGF outcomes and therefore discusses the implementation of the IFGF and the impact on the accounting system, measuring governance and keeping the IFGF updated with developments internally and externally. The study shows the growing importance for developing countries and emerging economies to demonstrate healthy governance processes and practices. However, no consensus yet exists on the approach or methodology, particularly with regard to building national ownership of and political commitment to governance (Landell-Mills, 2003:369). Fortunately similar initiatives have been forthcoming from a number of countries and, although they are each focussed differently, they provide a base for developing a public sector IFGF for South Africa in particular, but can also be used as a guideline for other emerging democracies. Developing the governance universe facilitates the process of keeping track of a multitude of possibilities that are relevant in day-to-day management. The study determined the applicable criteria that an IFGF must satisfy to attract attention when funding is required from the donor community and to provide assurance to stakeholders with limited skills and knowledge that objectives are achieved effectively and efficiently in an ethical environment. The benefit of this framework is that it has passed the first scrutiny in South Africa namely that of the Provincial Treasury of the Provincial Government Western Cape (PGWC) public sector audit committees in the public sector (PGWC) and is currently being subjected to a four-year implementation process, starting with an awareness phase in all Departments of the PGWC. During this process the senior management of all the departments are being exposed to the principles contained in the IFGF and their practical observations and suggestions will be applied towards formulating an updated version of the Governance Framework of PGWC (Draft version 2.20e). This is significant, because it represents a healthy interaction between academic research and practical application, a process that is more often than not balanced, but appears to be in favour of either the one or the other.
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Jansen, van Vuuren Petronella. "Environmental scanning a South African corporate communication perspective with special emphasis on the tertiary sector /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222003-154823/.
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Wills, Jules A., and n/a. "Strategic planning in Commonwealth departments: beyond magaerialism: from bounded rationality to bounded uncertainty." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1991. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060426.154713.
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Nyanyirai, Stanley. "An investigation into the effectiveness of corporate sustainability programmes and initiatives in the agricultural sector : the case of British American Tobacco Zimbabwe." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80349.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid towards the notion of corporate sustainability, which has variously been defined as meaning the incorporation of social, environmental, economic, and cultural concerns into corporate strategy and bottom line. The preliminary investigation suggests that Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) are mainly worried about securing permission for commencing operations and not about the wellbeing of locals and their livelihoods. Further to this, one of the main reasons why efforts aimed at improving sustainability are not yielding significant and lasting results, is that solution seekers in business, science, government and the research community are still operating in the same old paradigm of using basically the same tools and adopting the same world view that threaten sustainability in the first. The key and clear research objectives of this study are:- to ascertain if there is a link between British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BATZ) top management philosophy, corporate strategy and the company`s corporate sustainability programmes, initiatives and other efforts, and the various stakeholders, and, if so, how these are communicated to them; to establish the degree of integrating sustainable development practice and initiatives into the BATZ business model in order to have long term benefits for both the company and its various stakeholders - these are an integral part of the socio-ecological system, and will help the business understand the resilience of the system and where in the system they should operate; to establish the depth, scope and culture of sustainability in terms of the extent to which they inserted inside (embedded) the BATZ operations; and to ascertain the level of economic, social and environmental effects of BATZ`s corporate sustainability programmes and initiatives in the locality in which it operates. The research used focus group and key informant discussions, one-on-one interviews, and to a limited extent a semi-structured research questionnaire. Information was also accessed from company internal information management portals, and BATZ’s group sustainability and other reports. The conclusion was that renewable energy programmes at BATZ were driven by energy insecurity and scarcity. Currently BATZ is not recycling water used in cigarette manufacturing operations, waste recycling of cut-rag tobacco has been occurring, and BATZ will continue to provide agronomic support to small scale farmers under its Social Responsibility in Tobacco Programmes (SRTP) towards leaf sustainability. The Rocket Barn concept is one of the most innovative intermediate technological breakthroughs meant for improving wood fuel efficiency in tobacco curing. Socially BATZ has done some good works in addressing some of society’s key challenges. There have been benefits for key corporate stakeholders in having BATZ operating in Zimbabwe. The research will assist BATZ to fully understand the socio-ecological system in which it operates; a fundamental understanding to improve corporate sustainability, which will then require a shift in sustainability-oriented efforts.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die idee van korporatiewe volhoubaarheid het die afgelope klompie jare baie aandag geniet. Wyd gesien, kom definisies neer op die insluiting van maatskaplike, omgewings-, ekonomiese en kulturele ondernemings in basiese korporatiewe strategieë. Die voorlopige ondersoek stel voor dat MNK’s wel gemoeid is met die verkryging van toestemming om bedrywe te stig, maar nie juis die welsyn en dag-tot-dag-belange van die plaaslike gemeenskap op die hart dra nie. Volgens (Fiksel 2003) en Du Plessis (2008) is een van die hoofredes waarom pogings om volhoubaarheid te verbeter nog nie betekenisvolle en blywende resultate gelewer het nie, die feit dat die mense betrokke by sake-ondernemings, wetenskap, die regering en navorsing wat na oplossings soek, nog geen paradigmaskuif gemaak het wat hul denkpatrone betref nie. Hulle gebruik steeds dieselfde uitgediende gereedskap en huldig nog dieselfde wêreldsienings wat volhoubaarheid in die eerste plek bedreig het. (Fiksel, 2003, Du Plessis, 2008, Hayward et al 2010). Die doelwitte van die navorsing is: om uit te vind of daar ’n skakel is tussen die filosofie en korporatiewe strategie van BATZ-hoofbestuur en die maatskappy se volhoubaarheidsprogramme, inisiatiewe ens; om te bepaal in watter mate volhoubare ontwikkeling en volhoubaarheidspraktyke en inisiatiewe geïntegreer word in die BATZ-korporatiewe model, om impak vas te stel en die kultuur van volhoubaarheid binne BATZ-bedrywe te bepaal. Die navorsing het gebruik gemaak van fokusgroepe, van sleutelbesprekings deur ingeligte persone, een-tot-een-onderhoude en in enkele gevalle selfs van gestruktureerde vraelyste. Toegang tot inligting is ook verkry deur middel van ‘n maatskappy se interne inligtingsbestuursbronne, BAT-groep-volhoubaarheids- en ander verslae. Die gevolgtrekking is dat hernubare energieprogramme afgedwing is op Batz deur die onsekerheid oor en die gebrek aan energie. Tans word water wat in sigaretbedrywe gebruik word nie deur BATZ herwin nie, maar afval van “cut-rag” tabak word wel herwin, en BAT Zimbabwe sal voortgaan met agronomiese ondersteuning aan kleinskaalboere kragtens sy Maatskaplike Verantwoordelikheid t.o.v. Tabak Programme (MVTP) vir blaarvolhoubaarheid. Die “Rocket Barn-”konsep is een van die innoverendste intermediêre tegnologiese deurbrake om die effektiwiteit van houtbrandstof by die droogmaak van tabak te verbeter. Op maatskaplike vlak het BATZ Zimbabwe goeie werk gedoen deur enkele uitdagings van die gemeenskap die hoof te bied. Die feit dat BAT in Zimbabwe werksaam is, was tot voordeel van korporatiewe belangstellendes. Die navorsing sal BATZ help om die sosio-ekologiese stelsel waarvolgens dit bedryf word, ten volle te verstaan, en om korporatiewe volhoubaarheid te bevorder, wat dan ‘n kopskuif ten opsigte van volhoubaarheidsgeöriënteerde pogings sal vereis.
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Freed, Colin Mark. "Trade union participation in social and labour plan and corporate social responsibility planning and execution to placate community relations in the South African mining sector." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64845.
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Despite the vast amounts spent by the mining industry through corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Social and Labour Plan (SLP) initiatives (Davids, Guedes, & Kell, 2016), regular community protests continue to severely disrupt mining operations, leading to billions of rand in lost production (Seccombe, 2017). Simultaneously, trade unions, in an attempt to revitalise declining membership, have increasingly mobilised constituents around exactly those societal challenges that the CSR and SLP spend try to address (Gahan & Pekarek, 2013; Holgate, 2015; Ibsen & Tapia, 2017; Kelly, 2015b).
This research explores ways in which mining firms can including trade unions during the planning and execution of their CSR and/or SLP initiatives to alleviate community-related disruptions. It fills a gap in the literature on political CSR and social movement theory, which currently lacks insight into the mechanics of how, and conditions under which, a trade union and a mining firm would jointly craft and take responsibility for the success of firmsÕ CSR and SLP initiatives.
A total of ten semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with purposively selected participants: six with representatives of mining houses and four with representatives of trade unions whose members are employed in the mining sector. A thematic content analysis was used to analyse the interview transcripts.
The results indicate that there is a zone of mutual interest where both trade unions and companies can work jointly to address community-related disruption through collective CSR deliberation. However, to do so, business leaders need to work proactively to build the transparency and trust required to bring trade unions to the table. The study suggests that it may be possible to attribute partial responsibility for sound community relations to trade unions. This could be done by way of the first phase of firm-led union co-responsibilisation, followed by the methodical inclusion of trade unions in the process of collective diagnosis and prognosis to address community challenges. Trade unions have the potential to be a powerful ally in the quest to quell (mining) community-related disruptions.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Paiva, Paulo Roberto de. "Estudo exploratório sobre gestão ambiental municipal e a influência dos prefeitos no desempenho dos municípios no Programa Município Verde Azul, observados sob a ótica dos interlocutores e da teoria do agenciamento." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-01112016-110552/.
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Com o aumento da população mundial no século XX, houve incremento no consumo de bens duráveis e produtos alimentícios, favorecido e facilitado pelo processo de expansão das indústrias em todo o mundo, principalmente devido ao processo de globalização. No intuito de recuperar os danos causados durante décadas ao Meio Ambiente, alguns países optaram por adotar políticas públicas de gestão ambiental. O foco principal foi a gestão estratégica ambiental das cidades. Nasceram assim, na Europa, alguns programas voltados para a gestão ambiental das cidades, tendo como destaque o prêmio \"Capital verde Europeia\". A exemplo da iniciativa europeia, o Governo do Estado de São Paulo criou, por meio da secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado, programa que visa auxiliar os gestores municipais no sentido de direcionar estrategicamente a gestão ambiental, dado que inexistia uniformidade na condução das políticas ambientais dos municípios. Trata-se do Programa Município Verde Azul. Nasceu daí o interesse em estudar a relação existente entre os conceitos de governança no setor público e a teoria do agenciamento e sua relação com o Programa Município Verde Azul, onde há a classificação do desempenho apresentado pelos municípios por meio da pontuação (ranking) do programa. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi efetuar estudo exploratório sobre gestão Ambiental municipal e a influência dos prefeitos no desempenho dos municípios no Programa Município Verde Azul, observados sob a ótica dos interlocutores e da Teoria do Agenciamento. Os objetivos específicos foram explorar as características do papel dos gestores ambientais (interlocutores), e do principal executivo (Agente) com a finalidade de identificar seu grau de comprometimento com a gestão ambiental, expressa por meio de sua vontade política e participação na elaboração, condução e acompanhamento da gestão ambiental, enquanto agente contratado. Por meio de questionário (survey) enviado aos interlocutores do programa foi possível o agrupamento de fatores (análise fatorial) para as diretrizes que foram posteriormente utilizadas em análise de regressão linear múltipla, no intuito de comprovação do modelo estimado. Como resultado desta pesquisa foi possível identificar que o Agente influencia o sistema de gestão ambiental do município, bem como as notas obtidas no ranking do PMVA.With the increase in world population in the twentieth century, there was an increase in the consumption of durable goods and food products, favored and facilitated by the process of expanding industries throughout the world, mainly due to the globalization process. In order to recover the environmental damage produced in deccades, some countries have chosen to adopt public policies for environmental management. The main focus was the Strategic Environmental management of cities. So were developed, in Europe, some programs for the environmental management of cities, having as a highlight the \"European Green Capital\" award. Following the example of the European initiative, the Government of the State of São Paulo created, through the state\'s environment secretary, a program which aims to help municipal managers to strategically direct the environmental management, due to the nonexistent uniformity in the conduct of environmental policies of the municipalities. It was called the Green Blue City Program. This was the origin of the interest in studying the relationship between the concepts of governance in the public sector and the theory of agency and it\'s relationship with the Green Blue City Program, where there is a classification of the performance presented by the municipalities through the score (ranking) of the program. The general objective of this research was to make exploratory study on environmental management and the influence of municipal mayors in municipalities in the Green Blue City Program from the perspective of the environmental managers (talkers) and Agency theory. The specific objectives are to explore the characteristics of the role of the environmental managers (talkers), and the Main Executive Officer (Agent) in order to identify their degree of commitment to environmental management, expressed through their political will and participation in the preparation, conduct and monitoring of environmental management, as an agent hired by the population. Through a questionnaire (survey) sent to the program\'s interlocutors, it was possible to group factors (factor analysis) to the guidelines that were later used in multiple linear regression analysis, intending to prove the estimated model. As a result of this research it was possible to identify that the agent influences the environmental management system of the municipality, as well as the marks obtained in the ranking of PMVA.
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Vivien, Edouard. "La gestion des effectifs dans les groupes de sociétés." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020053.
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Les groupes de sociétés rassemblent des sociétés juridiquement distinctes mais liées entre elles par des rapports de domination et de coopération au point de former une entité relativement identifiable. Leur organisation renvoie au jeu mêlé de la norme sociétaire et de la norme contractuelle. Prises de participation, pactes extra-statutaires, contrats commerciaux permettent à la société dominante de contrôler et de coordonner les activités des sociétés dominées au gré de la stratégie de développement par elle arrêtée. Mais, fondé sur le paradigme de l’entreprise, le droit du travail néglige souvent la relation de dépendance économique et juridique inhérente au groupe. Il n’appréhende qu’une relation de travail binaire unissant la société employeur à ses salariés ; les groupes ont généralement la volonté d’assurer l’unité de la collectivité de travail par la création d’un socle institutionnel commun et le partage d’une vision stratégique. En résulte une politique à bien des égards originale de gestion des effectifs, vecteur d’unité et instrument de protection des intérêts du groupe et de tous ceux qui contribuent au déploiement de son activité… avec l’effet ultime de donner au groupe l’allure d’une entrepriseCorporate groups gather entities that are legally distinct but linked to each other’s in a context of domination and cooperation forming a relatively identifiable entity. Their organization belongs to both corporate standards and contractual standards. Acquisition of a stake, stability pacts and commercial contracts enable the parent company to take control over and to coordinate the activities of dominated companies for the sake of the developing strategy that it determined. However, built upon the paradigm of the company, labour law frequently neglect the economic and legal relationship of dependence existing within the group. It only apprehends a bilateral working relationship between the company and its workers/employees; the corporate groups often have the will to ensure unity of the overall workforce by creating a common institutional set and the share of a strategic vision. This lead to an original political approach for workforce management, a means to enhance unity and tool to protect the group’s interests also with the interest of those who contribute to the deployment of the activity… with the ultimate effect to project on the group the appearance of a company
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Goldsmith, Malcolm. "The practice of corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma in the South African financial sector." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13578.
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M.Com. (Business Management)The main objective of the study is to measure the relationship between the practices of corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma within the South African financial sector. Although studies on these management styles are prevalent in the literature, few of them provide a direct comparison of the styles. There is a further gap in the literature that addresses the South African context. The study design included anonymously submitted questionnaire data on the levels of corporate entrepreneurship, lean six sigma and organisational performance from employees at South African banks. 248 potential participants were contacted, with a snowball sampling method being utilised. The final response rate was 41% (102 completed surveys), and this is the number used in the study. Respondents were employees at South African banking institutions. Likert scales were used to score the various constructs of corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma. The study looked to determine if there are statistically significant relationships between these constructs. In addition, the relationship between organisational performance, corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma was reviewed. The findings were that there are low-level practices of entrepreneurship and lean six sigma in the South African financial institutions. The main findings showed that in general the elements of corporate entrepreneurship had a correlation to the elements of lean six sigma, as evidenced in four out of the six possible correlations. This being said; the correlations were weak to slightly moderate in nature. As for the correlation to organisational performance, four out of the five potential correlations were statistically significant, all be it either weak or almost moderate. There was a positive direction to the correlation in all instances. The main implications of the findings are that corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma, though vastly differentiating in history and styles can co-exist in a single organisation. There were no instances of negative correlation as may be expected from the seemingly incomplete and incompatible nature of the two methods. The recommendation is that these two strategies can and should be implemented in conjunction, given their explicit impact on organisational performance. The main limitation of the study was that a small sample used. Another limitation was the focus on banks and not the entire financial sector. Future research could target other financial institutions that are not full service banking operations. The study could contain more detail to determine if, the size and age of the organisation impact on the practice of corporate entrepreneurship and lean six sigma.
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Wushe, Tawaziwa. "Corporate community engagement (CCE) in Zimbabwe's mining industry from the Stakeholder Theory perspective." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14154.
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Questionnaires translated into ShonaMineral extraction is one of the key drivers of Africa’s economies and is also one of the largest industries in the world. In many African countries, including Zimbabwe, mining contributes to profound parts of the economy and remain the engine for economic growth. In recent years, and following the continual exploitation of minerals, mining companies have been scrutinized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems faced mainly by communities at the margins. In this regard, mining companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of adjacent communities, who are the primary recipients of the externalities, mainly negative, from mining operations. Due to incongruent stakeholder interests conflicts have erupted given the peculiar case of the extractive industries in Zimbabwe. Having realised the differences among stakeholder interests over minerals, in the extractive industry the study sought to answer this question: how is CCE understood by different stakeholders? And how is CCE measured by the same stakeholders?. The focus of the study is to evaluate the meaning of CCE from multiple stakeholders in the extractive industry in Zimbabwe; and to analyse how CCE is measured by identified stakeholders. In order to satisfy the stated objectives, the study employed mixed research method. This study revealed similarity in understanding of CCE and its usefulness amongst the different stakeholder groups. Of cognitive importance is the realisation by stakeholders on the need for proactive communities and corporate investment into community for effective partnerships. Collaboration, empowerment, inclusion, trust and organisation emerged to be the major facilitators for CCE. The study presents operative CCE according to the obligations and expectations of stakeholders. Having realised that mining industries are particularly susceptible to conflict between stakeholders, the study suggests proactive desire to mitigate these conflicts through CCE in the mining industry. In this respect, community development, peace and stability and strong economy are the major outcomes of effective CCE. The study recommends participation of resource owners in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation as well as dividends sharing of mining projects as advocated for by the CCE Model. It is also recommended that the adoption of the CCE Model will ensure a sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the predominantly capitalistic mining concerns and the resource owners and solve part of the current impasse to business and community development.
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Botha, Erika. "A structured approach to energy risk management for the South African financial services sector." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23560.
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Energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy have become a vital part of everyday life and business. The increase in energy cost and the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions necessitates energy management and in particular energy risk management within organisations. Organisations need to manage the possible negative effect that the increased costs will have within the organisation.
The present research investigated the introduction of a structured approach to energy risk management within the financial services sector of South Africa. The research followed a quantitative, non-experimental research design by using a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to managers within the financial services sector. The research investigated the criteria for the implementation of a structured approach to energy risk management such as organisational requirements (culture, corporate social responsibility, management, and finance), governance, energy strategies (energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy), risk identification, risk management and lastly communication and review. The research found that the structured approach to energy risk management should include the context within the organisation namely
organisational requirements, governance and energy strategies. Thereafter the risks within the energy strategies need to be identified, analysed and evaluated, and control measures need to be implemented. It is important to monitor the various energy strategies continuously in order to identify corrections and implement
preventative actions. The strategies need to be reviewed and communicated in terms of the various strategies to all stakeholders within the organisation in order to set continual improvement plans. Risk management should form part of the energy management strategies of organisations. The research showed that energy risk
management plays an important role in the overall business strategy and that the vast majority of financial services organisations have already implemented some form of energy management. There are however aspects that are still lacking within management strategies that need attention.D. Phil. (Management Studies)
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Books on the topic "Corporate sector planning"
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O'Brien, Lancelot M. Strategic planning in public sector organisations: A review and case studies. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1991.
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Shine, John. Strategy implementation in the commercial state-sponsored sector. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1988.
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1965-, Davy Aidan, ed. Integrating social concerns into private sector decisionmaking: A review of corporate practices in the mining, oil, and gas sectors. Washington, D.C: World Bank, 1998.
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Office, General Accounting. U.S. Postal Service: Postal and telecommunications sector representation in international organizations : briefing report to the chairman, Subcommittee on the Postal Service, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1998.
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Engaging with corporate sector: Family planning reproductive health HIV/AIDS 1970-2007. New Delhi: Population Foundation of India, 2008.
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F, Wideen Marvin, Courtland Mary Clare, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies., and Simon Fraser University. Institute for Studies in Teacher Education., eds. The struggle for curriculum: Education, the state, and the corporate sector. Barnaby, B.C: Institute for Studies in Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, 1996.
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City and Enterprise : Corporate Community Involvement in European and US Cities: Corporate Community Involvement in European and US Cities. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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Vanuatu education sector strategy, 2007-2016: Built on partnership to achieve self-reliance through education : incorporating the Ministry of Education corporate plan and medium-term expenditure framework for 2007-2009. [Vanuatu]: s.n., 2007.
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den, Berg Leo van, Leo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun, and Alexander H. J. Otgaar. City and Enterprise: Corporate Community Involvement in European and Us Cities (Euricur Series European Institute for Comparative Urban Research). Euricur, 2004.
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Wills, Jules. "Strategic management and corporate planning." In Australian Handbook of Public Sector Management, 47–59. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003114925-5.
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Ortiz Martínez, Esther. "Chapter 9 A Sustainability Example Planning in the Spanish Public Sector." In Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, 203–12. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s2043-0523(2012)0000003013.
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Searle, Glen, and Bill Pritchard. "Beyond planning." In Knowledge-Based Urban Development, 184–202. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.ch011.
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This chapter explores Sydney’s knowledge-based development, surveying reasons for its concentration of such development including the role of planning. Sydney’s high knowledge industry concentration is seen as the product of the city’s commercial leadership, its high share of transnational corporations associated with Sydney’s global economy role, and its high proportion of skilled immigration. Such factors have resulted in a knowledge sector that is concentrated around central and near northern Sydney, and in the formation of several distinct clusters of knowledge-based industries. Case studies of the information technology and telecommunication industry and the multimedia industry suggest that Sydney’s concentration of corporate headquarters has been a key driver of growth in these industries, while the presence of a large pool of computer-based skills has stimulated and fed multimedia development. Metropolitan planning strategies have lacked firm principles for the development of knowledge-based industries. Instead, planning for these industries focused on a series of ad hoc place-specific initiatives that have been much less significant than market forces in supporting knowledge-based development in Sydney.
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Schillig, Michael. "Banking Sector and Corporate Structures—The Scope of the Recovery and Resolution Framework." In Resolution and Insolvency of Banks and Financial Institutions. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198703587.003.0005.
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The financial system is populated by a wide variety of different institutions, within and across jurisdictions. Their structure and legal nature is largely path-dependent on the applicable regulatory regime, which in turn may be the result of historical accident rather than conscientious planning. This chapter seeks to delineate the scope of application of the recovery and resolution frameworks. In this context it is necessary to have a closer look at the structure of the banking and financial sectors in the jurisdictions under consideration. Despite considerable convergence, significant differences remain. This has consequences for the prevalent corporate and organizational structures, which, in turn, have important implications for recovery and resolution planning and for the application of resolution tools and powers. Structural reform efforts seek to further improve resolvability.
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SASTRY, N. S. R., and V. K. SASTRY. "CAPITAL FORMATION AND ITS FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CORPORATE SECTOR IN INDIA**Any views expressed here are the personal views of the authors and are not necessarily those of the institution which they serve." In Essays on Econometrics and Planning, 257–66. Elsevier, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4832-0058-3.50018-2.
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"ICT Implementation Considerations for Public Service Delivery in the Digital Era." In Information Systems Strategic Planning for Public Service Delivery in the Digital Era, 269–306. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9647-9.ch010.
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The focus of this chapter is on various concepts that need to be carefully considered when defining an information systems strategic plan (ISSP) for enhancing public service delivery in the digital era. The first concept discussed is the critical success factors framework. This framework ensures that the ISSP strategic objectives are aligned with the corporate strategic objectives. The aim is to identify those critical success factors that ensure the successful implementation of the ISSP and to determine whether these factors are being achieved in the implementation process. Secondly, the chapter will consider the general implementation philosophy, including the IS application acquisition methods and the key IS features. This ensures the implementation of value for money IS applications. The third concept considered is related to the justification methods for undertaking IS applications. Finally, the chapter will discuss a number of ICT planning issues that may be applicable to the public sector.
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Gunjal, Bhojaraju. "Managing Knowledge and Scholarly Assets in Academic Libraries." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 270–79. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1741-2.ch013.
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Knowledge Management (KM) aspects have prominent role in corporate sectors since many years. But there is an opportunity in higher education sector (i.e. in academia) especially to adapt the strategy in libraries to manage intellectual or scholarly assets of an organization. This chapter is intended for library professionals, knowledge managers, students and other communities planning to implement the knowledge management aspects in libraries. The objective of this chapter is to provide insight on strategic approach for successful implementation of knowledge management in libraries. It caters to library and KM professionals who want to improve their understanding of the vital role and implementation of KM aspects in libraries. In this direction, this chapter provides ideas to its readers about the approaches about strategy and innovative measures, practical applications, tools and technologies, platforms, challenges, and issues, change management and other related aspects required for Library and Information Science (LIS) and Knowledge Management (KM) professionals.
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Zamboni, Francesco Saverio. "Risk Models and Managerial Strategies for the Global Supply Chain's Security." In Computational Thinking for Problem Solving and Managerial Mindset Training, 57–83. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7126-2.ch003.
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This chapter aims to investigate the effectiveness of managerial strategies to address sources of risk and strengthen global supply chain security, with specific attention to disasters deriving from the interaction between extreme natural phenomena and pre-existing socio-economic vulnerabilities. The object of the study is represented by the mutual learning opportunities that can arise from socially-oriented cross-sector collaborations between humanitarian agencies and enterprises. With the ultimate scope of grasping the economic impacts, the business perspective provides several insights to integrate a proactive approach into the corporate strategic planning to ensure a capacity to react with respect to external stimuli. In particular, an in-depth study was carried out dedicated to the regulatory standards that allow the development of this management system. Finally, the private sector's involvement in humanitarian programs is analyzed in order to highlight the benefits in terms of effectiveness of operational performances and the safety of communities' critical infrastructure.
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Coaffee, Jon. "The Search for Organisational Agility." In Futureproof, 169–97. Yale University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300228670.003.0008.
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This chapter asserts that, by drawing together learning points and key principles from private- and public-sector attempts to embed flexibility, agility, and adaptability into the everyday practices of organisations, it is possible to illuminate a set of key attributes required for putting organisational resilience into future practice effectively. The complex vulnerabilities and associated disruptions of today shine a light on the importance of developing corporate resilience to survive and thrive through enhancing both business continuity and competitive advantage. In the wake of 9/11, emergency or ‘resilience’ planning became a highly influential area of strategic policy in many areas of government and business. There was growing importance placed on developing robust processes and procedures for managing risk as a way to sustain key functions and improve the ability of an organisation to perform under conditions of disruption and stress. Greater importance was placed on business continuity planning as well as more nuanced forms of risk assessment and ‘horizon scanning’ that could better detect and plan responses to expected threats and possible crises.
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Chae, Bongsug, and Marshall Scott Poole. "Enterprise System Development in Higher Education." In Cases on Information Technology Series, 1–20. IGI Global, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-405-7.ch001.
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“One system for everyone” has been an ideal goal for information technology (IT) management in many large organizations, and the deployment of such systems has been a major trend in corporate world under the name of enterprise systems (ES) (Brown & Vessey, 2003; Davenport, 2000; Markus, Petrie, & Axline, 2000). Benefits from ES use are claimed to be significant and multidimensional, ranging from operational improvements through decision-making enhancement to support for strategic goals (Shang & Seddon, 2002). However, studies (Hanseth & Braa, 2001; Rao, 2000; Robey, Ross, & Boudreau, 2002) of the deployment of ES in private sector organizations show that the ideal is difficult to accomplish. This paper reports a case in which a major university system in the US attempted to develop an in-house enterprise system. The system is currently used by more than 4,000 individual users in almost 20 universities and state agencies. This case offers a historical analysis of the design, implementation and use of the system from its inception in the mid 1980s to the present. This case indicates that ES design and implementation in higher education are quite challenging and complex due to unique factors in the public sector — including state mandates/requirements, IT leadership/resources, value systems, and decentralized organizational structure among other things — that must be taken into account in planning, designing and implementing ES (Ernst, Katz, & Sack, 1994; Lerner, 1999; McCredie, 2000). This case highlights (1) the challenges and issues in the rationale behind “one system for everyone” and (2) some differences as well as similarities in IT management between the private and public sectors. It offers some unique opportunities to discuss issues, challenges and potential solutions for the deployment of ES in the public arena, particularly in higher education.
Conference papers on the topic "Corporate sector planning"
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Harron, Lorna, and Kimberley Turner. "Risk Profiling for the Pipeline Industry: Application of Best Practices From the Aviation Industry." In 2016 11th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2016-64173.
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Enbridge partnered with Aerosafe Risk Management to perform risk profiling to assist strategic planning activities aimed at safety performance improvement. A preliminary risk report, the first step towards an Industry Risk Profile (IRP) was the outcome. An IRP presents a strategic view of the risks within an industry sector at a point in time, requiring input from many stakeholders including operators, associations, and regulators. Most importantly, an IRP facilitates joint solutioning of risks to achieve improved safety performance and industry wide risk reduction. The preliminary risk report considered Enbridge data in addition to publically available information from associations and regulators to produce a preliminary risk report. The data gathering process considered information related to governance and oversight, compliance regime, assurance model, asset capabilities, industry operating environment, industry safety profile, and operator profile. Results of the preliminary risk report are shared in this paper, with applicability to other operators, associations, and regulators. Providing the first building block of the IRP, these results focus on how organizations like Enbridge who aspire to participate or lead industry level reform or change can use the data to reshape their corporate risk based decision making. This approach, if adopted more broadly across the industry could provide as far reaching results as those seen in the aviation, military and transport sectors. The IRP methodology and approach developed by Aerosafe in the mid-2000s, is now well entrenched in the aviation industry and is used by regulators and industry alike to create a pathway for industry level risk reduction and notable reform. The use of an IRP is considered best practices by the aviation, transport and regulatory sectors in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and after being in use in some sectors of aviation around the globe since 2008, the results are now measurable. These results provide a strong and clear link between safety performance improvement and the management and reduction of the industry risk profile.
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Cantamessa, Marco, and Francesca Montagna. "Beyond Lean Manufacturing: Developing an Integrated Methodology to Design Effective Manufacturing Systems." In ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2008-59223.
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Global competition forces manufacturing companies to operate deep changes in their production systems, involving physical resources, operating procedures and the organization. In this context, the Lean Manufacturing (LM) paradigm is quite popular and lean practice efforts have crossed from the automotive sector into other industries. Most academic contributions to literature concerning LM are on specific aspects of LM, while there is little discussion on the overall implementation of LM. This is despite the fact that lean principles encompass all aspects of manufacturing operations and the need of a systemic approach is clearly shown in practitioner-oriented literature. A number of factors (i.e. cultural, technological and industrial differences) may influence or inhibit the implementation of LM. This paper focuses on some of the critical aspects of LM and analyzes the reason why LM principles are difficult to implement. In particular it suggests that, by formulating a solid scientific basis, the application of LM in industry could become easier and more rigorous, and not only based on past experience. At the same time, the paper suggests that when theory-based tools are used in an isolated way, this carries the risk of not effectively coping with the systemic nature of manufacturing systems. This paper proposes the idea of an innovative methodology able to lead beyond the usual concept of LM, i.e. to adopt its basic principles and systemic perspective, but following a rational and deductive approach that explicitly considers company specific features. The methodology is based on the “Systems of Systems” approach currently being used in the context of complex military initiatives and on the integration of different tools, each focused on specific aspects of the manufacturing system. The paper makes a preliminary attempt to describe how the main aspects of manufacturing systems (resources, quality management systems, production planning and control procedures, etc.) can be represented within the SoS framework and how SoS can support the rational definition of the path leading from corporate strategy to system redesign.
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Oltra Badenes, Raul, Vicente Guerola-Navarro, and Hermenegildo Gil-Gomez. "Activity proposal for the improvement of transversal competence “Knowledge of contemporary problems” in a university subject." In INNODOCT 2020. Valencia: Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2020.2020.11792.
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The sole proprietorship enterprise, in its legal form of Autonomous Worker, is one of the most frequent and important today. Both for its tax obligations, as for the specific functional and management characteristics, as well as for its relevance in the services sector, it is interesting for the students to know and to assess their details and peculiarities In the planning guide of very few subjects the special characteristics of this business model are detailed, so we think it is interesting to dedicate a practical session to know how different the management of an Autonomous Worker is from that of the rest of corporate legal forms. We sincerely believe that this practical session could improve the learning of the transversal competence “Knowledge of Contemporary Problems” by the students. We also believe that this will be a very interesting experience that will familiarize students with a business reality that they will undoubtedly find in the near future. We propose that the most appropriate format for this teaching activity is that of Active Learning, since it implies a greater active participation of students, with the expectation therefore of better learning outcomes. In this specific case, we propose that an Autonomous Worker, with some academic training in management and administration, attends to the practical session with the students of the subject, and a practical workshop is held in which simulate different aspects of working life and Business of an Autonomous Worker. The result of this activity proposal, and its greatest novelty with respect to other teaching courses, is the proposal of 7 concrete and specific blocks to work with students in "group dynamics" format, as well as the presence of an experienced external speaker with academic training enough, so that students effectively reach the development of the skill that this competence proposes. With that, students are expected to get actively involved and to learn what the professional life of this type of business model is.
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Torselletti, Enrico, Luigino Vitali, Roberto Bruschi, and Leif Collberg. "Minimum Wall Thickness Requirements for Ultra Deep-Water Pipelines." In ASME 2003 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2003-37219.
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The offshore pipeline industry is planning new gas trunklines at water depth ever reached before (up to 3500 m). In such conditions, external hydrostatic pressure becomes the dominating loading condition for the pipeline design. In particular, pipe geometric imperfections as the cross section ovality, combined load effects as axial and bending loads superimposed to the external pressure, material properties as compressive yield strength in the circumferential direction and across the wall thickness etc., significantly interfere in the definition of the demanding, in such projects, minimum wall thickness requirements. This paper discusses the findings of a series of ultra deep-water studies carried out in the framework of Snamprogetti corporate R&D. In particular, the pipe sectional capacity, required to sustain design loads, is analysed in relation to: • The fabrication technology i.e. the effect of cold expansion/compression (UOE/UOC) of TMCP plates on the mechanical and geometrical pipe characteristics; • The line pipe material i.e. the effect of the shape of the actual stress-strain curve and the Y/T ratio on the sectional performance, under combined loads; • The load combination i.e. the effect of the axial force and bending moment on the limit capacity against collapse and ovalisation buckling failure modes, under the considerable external pressure. International design guidelines are analysed in this respect, and experimental findings are compared with the ones from the application of proposed limit state equations and from dedicated FE simulations.
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Broughton, David. "UKAEA, Dounreay: LLW Long Term Strategy — Developing the Options." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4514.
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UKAEA’s mission at its Dounreay establishment in the north of Scotland is to restore the site so that it can be used for other purposes, with a minimal effect on the environment and requiring minimal attention by future generations. A Dounreay Site Restoration Plan (DSRP) has been produced. It sets out the decommissioning and radioactive waste management activities to restore the site within the next 60 years. Management of solid low level radioactive waste (LLW) that already exists, and that which will be produced as the DSRP progresses is an essential site restoration activity. Altogether around 150,000m3 (5.3Mft3) of untreated LLW could arise. This will then need to be treated, packaged and managed, the resulting volume being around 200,000m3 (7Mft3). A project to develop a long term strategy for managing all Dounreay’s existing and future LLW was initiated in 1999. The identification of complete solutions for management of LLW arising from the site restoration of Dounreay, an integrated reactor and reprocessing site, is novel in the UK. The full range of LLW will be encountered. UKAEA is progressing this specific project during a period when both responsibility and policy for UK decommissioning and radioactive waste management are evolving in the UK. At present, for most UK nuclear operators, there are no recognised routes for disposing of significant volumes of decommissioning LLW that has either lower or higher radioactivity than the levels set by BNFL for disposal at the UK national LLW disposal site at Drigg. A large project such as this has the potential to affect the environmental and social conditions that prevail in the area where it is implemented. Local society therefore has an interest in a project of this scale and scope, particularly as there could be a number of feasible solutions. UKAEA is progressing the project by following UK established practice of undertaking a Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) study. UKAEA has no preconceptions of the outcome and is diligently not prejudging issues prematurely. The BPEO process draws experts and non-experts alike into the discussions and facilitates a structured analysis of the options. However to permit meaningful debate those options have to be at first generated, and secondly investigated. This has taken UKAEA two and a half years in technical assessment of options at a cost of around £23/4M. The options and issues have been investigated to the depth necessary for comparisons and valid judgements to be made within the context of the BPEO study. Further technical evaluation will be required on those options that eventually emerge as the BPEO. UKAEA corporate strategy for stakeholder participation in BPEO studies is laid out in “Restoring our Environment”, published in October 2002. This was developed by a joint approach between project managers, Corporate Communications, and discussion with the regulators, government departments and Scottish Executive. An Internal Stakeholder Panel was held in March 2003. The Panel was independently facilitated and recorded. Eight Panel members attended who provided a representative cross-section of people working on site. Two External Stakeholder Panels were held in Thurso at the end of May 2003. A Youth Stakeholder Panel was held at which three sixth form students from local High Schools gave their views on the options for managing Dounreay’s LLW. The agenda was arranged to maximise interactive discussion on those options and issues that the young people themselves considered important. The second External Stakeholder Panel was based on the Dounreay Local Liaison Committee. Additional participants were invited in acknowledgement of the wider issues involved. As the use of Drigg is an option two representatives from the Cumbrian local district committee attended. From all the knowledge and information acquired from both the technical and stakeholder programmes UKAEA will build up the objective line of argument that leads to the BPEO emerging. This will be the completion of this first stage of the project and is planned for achievement in March 2004. Once the BPEO has been identified the next stage will be to work up the applications for the authorisations that will be necessary to allow implementation of the BPEO. Any facilities needed will require planning permission from the appropriate planning authority. The planning application could be called in by a Minister of State or a planning inquiry convened. During this next stage attention will be paid to ensure all reports and submissions are consistent and compliant with regulations and possible future legal processes. Stakeholder dialogue will continue throughout this next stage moving on from disussion of options to the actual developments. The objective will be to resolve as many issues stakeholders might raise prior to the submissions of applications and prior to the regulators’ formal consultation procedures. This will allow early attention to those areas of concern. Beyond the submission of applications for authorisations it is unwise to speculate as nuclear decommissioning will be then organised in the UK in a different way. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will most probably be in overall control and, particularly for Dounreay, the Scottish Executive may have developed its policy for radioactive waste management in Scotland.