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Barratt-Pugh, Llandis, Patricia Kennett, and Susanne Bahn. "Managing Knowledge." International Journal of Knowledge Management 9, no. 2 (April 2013): 20–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jkm.2013040102.
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For organisations, an environment of continuous change positions knowledge as the source of key competitive advantage and simultaneously mediates change to more fluid structures. More flexible structures challenge the traditions of knowledge flowing through hierarchical and formal chains of command. The emerging more fluid and knowledge based organisational structures present new challenges for developing, retaining and disseminating organisational knowledge. An area of highly contested debate involves the harmony and integration of Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) and changing organisational cultures. The paper explores KMS and cultural interface through an analysis of three mature organisational cases, identifying the key barriers that appear to prevent the effective use of KMS. The study constructs a framework for exploring cultural integration issues. The study confirms the primacy of culture in shaping integration and the imperative of resourcing learning and development programmes. The findings indicate that the critical issues organisations should explore are the legitimacy of authoring, the transparency of filtering and attribution, and the awareness of cultural dissonance. For practitioners the study provides a framework for exploring employee participation relationships, while academically the study confirms how existing cultural relations will shape KMS relations and how the exploration of existing cultural exchange practices should be equally weighted with practices to build employee capability. Generating ownership may be the key to success.
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Hung, D., E. Wong, K. Anderson, and J. Hereford. "PS2-14: Ready to Change? The Role of Employee Engagement, Ownership, and Participation in Managing Change." Clinical Medicine & Research 11, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 159. http://dx.doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2013.1176.ps2-14.
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Vedenyev, K. E. "Managing Investment Programs оf Electric Power Companies." Vestnik of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, no. 3 (May 31, 2021): 168–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2021-3-168-177.
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In the situation of digitalization of finance and economic processes to create and increase values and investment appeal corporations are obliged to acquire new sources of capital stock, to build up accumulations and keep them on the optimal level. Investment programs of electric power companies are personified know-how with simultaneous administrative control over prices for products put out by them. Each company continuously looks for sources of long-term investment by developing investment strategies appealing for investors, for the development of own business and tries to earn finance, social capital and reputation. Electric power companies usually have a big share of state ownership, which is controlled with difficulties, especially when horizontal transfers of this ownership go on. The goal of the article is to substantiate the model of technological price control of investment processes at electric power companies, which stipulates evaluation of capital structure and accumulation processes and investment practice of efficiency support, first of all for protection of their interests. For companies investment is a key driver of development, it gives an opportunity to extend business, enter new markets, modernize production and equipment and change ideology of personnel, therefore, companies always do their best to attract investors. The target model of exercising technological and price control of the investment program at electric power companies demonstrates the necessary conditions of balancing dynamic pricing for company products, its securities and management strategy with capital value and keeping it on the optimum level when evaluating investment project efficiency. In world practice there is a sufficient number of methods and algorithms to control investment programs and business, however finance environment, methods and criteria of evaluation evolve and tools of audit and analysis change.
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Yung, Laurie, John Chandler, and Marijka Haverhals. "Effective Weed Management, Collective Action, and Landownership Change in Western Montana." Invasive Plant Science and Management 8, no. 2 (June 2015): 193–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/ipsm-d-14-00059.1.
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Rural landscapes are increasingly diverse and heterogeneous, involving a mix of small and large parcels, amenity and agricultural properties, and resident and absentee owners. Managing invasive plants in landscapes with changing ownership requires understanding the views and practices of different landowners. We surveyed landowners in two rural valleys with 26% absentee ownership and a large number of small parcels in Missoula County, Montana. Landowners indicated a high level of awareness and concern about weeds; more than 80% agreed that weeds are a problem in their valley. Seventy-eight percent of landowners managed weeds, but only 63% were effective at weed management. Absentee owners were far less likely to manage weeds on their properties and less likely to utilize herbicides, as compared with resident landowners. Landowners reported that seeds coming from adjacent properties were the most significant barrier to effective weed control. Many landowners manage weeds to be a good neighbor and believe that cooperation between neighbors is critical to weed management.
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Saeidian, Bahram, Abbas Rajabifard, Behnam Atazadeh, and Mohsen Kalantari. "Underground Land Administration from 2D to 3D: Critical Challenges and Future Research Directions." Land 10, no. 10 (October 17, 2021): 1101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10101101.
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The development and use of underground space is a necessity for most cities in response to rapid urbanisation. Effective underground land administration is critical for sustainable urban development. From a land administration perspective, the ownership extent of underground assets is essential for planning and managing underground areas. In some jurisdictions, physical structures (e.g., walls, ceilings, and utilities) are also necessary to delineate the ownership extent of underground assets. The current practice of underground land administration focuses on the ownership of underground space and mostly relies on 2D survey plans. This inefficient and fragmented 2D-based underground data management and communication results in several issues including boundary disputes, underground strikes, delays and disruptions in projects, economic losses, and urban planning issues. This study provides a review of underground land administration from three common aspects: legal, institutional, and technical. A range of important challenges have been identified based on the current research and practice. To address these challenges, the authors of this study propose a new framework for 3D underground land administration. The proposed framework outlines the future research directions to upgrade underground land administration using integrated 3D digital approaches.
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Cawrse, Scott, Dominic Pepicelli, Nick Panagopoulos, Piotr Sapa, and Daniel Broadbridge. "Are bonds the answer to managing environmental liabilities?" APPEA Journal 61, no. 1 (2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj20135.
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Traditionally the requirement for meeting environmental liability obligations for regulated activities has focused on financial security. A single or blanket bond covering many licenses of an operator is often used to cover a state’s financial exposure to the environmental liabilities from disclaimed licenses in the event of operator insolvency. Less attention has been given to changes in regulated activities, operator risk and market changes, and management of wells over the life cycle. The Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) in South Australia has revised its policy for managing the environmental liabilities from petroleum and geothermal activities to be more holistic, risk and evidence based. Operators are now required to account for the status of all licensed activities in annual reporting, or for any change in ownership. Wells and infrastructure that have not been in production for over 24 months require an assessment based on prescribed future use criteria. If a future use can be demonstrated with sufficient evidence, the activity is categorised as ‘inactive’. Inactive wells are subject to an annual fee that finances the rehabilitation of legacy wells that may become orphan. If no future use is established, the activity is categorised as ‘expired’, and a rehabilitation plan of a minimum number of wells, or equivalent expenditure on infrastructure rehabilitation, is required. DEM also review the inventory of licensed activities and financial capacity of operators to meet environmental rehabilitation obligations to determine the amount of financial security required. This approach allows for risk-based financial security commensurate with regulated activities.
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Berkutova, T. A., O. V. Mishchenkova, and B. A. Yakimovich. "MARKETING ACTIVITY OF ENTERPRISES AS AN OBJECT OF CHANGE." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Economics and Law 33, no. 1 (January 25, 2023): 9–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9593-2023-33-1-9-20.
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In the conditions of the formation of technological independence of Russia, the most important task is to ensure the market orientation of the production capabilities of domestic enterprises. The dynamic nature of the external environment of enterprises implies constant changes in the criteria of competitiveness and efficiency in their activities, which leads to the emergence of new business goals, new tools and methods of work, changes in the ownership structure, relationships, the development of new functions and directions, diversification and integration. Changing business goals requires the transformation of the marketing activity of the enterprise - the integration of marketing into the strategic management system, the creation of business value factors, the formation of market partner assets, the development of new directions, what makes the task of researching the marketing activities of an industrial enterprise as an object of change relevant. The article is devoted to the systematization of the objects of changes in the marketing activities of enterprises. The methodological basis is the traditional methods of scientific analysis, methods of economic and mathematical statistics, technical, economic and logical analysis, systematization and ranking. The systematization of objects and spheres of changes in the marketing activities of enterprises has been carried out. The presented systematization of the objects of changes in the marketing activities of enterprises allows us to develop general conceptual provisions of the methodology for managing changes in marketing activities, to specify the process of managing changes in order to increase the effectiveness of marketing activities directly at the enterprise.
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Sadiq, Ramla, Tahseen Mohsan Khan, and Noman Arshed. "Empirical Analysis of Structural Income Changes in Commercial Banks: A Case of Pakistan." Lahore Journal of Business 7, no. 1 (September 1, 2018): 33–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.35536/ljb.2018.v7.i1.a2.
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The primary purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory and explanatory analysis to determine the impact of structural income on performance of the all commercial banks in Pakistan from 2008 to 2015. It aimed to establish the theory on dual impact of income diversification and ownership on bank performance in a developing economy. This population was divided into two categories - ownership mode characterized into conventional and Islamic banks and category mode characterized into five proportions of non-markup and mark up income structures. The divisions were analyzed on the basis of change in assets and equity and gross income, using a non-linear approach. This approach ensured robustness of analysis and clearer outcomes regarding strategic approaches in this sector. Ownership mode finding suggested conventional banks tilt towards non-markup income significantly for asset and gross income base increase and Islamic banks insignificantly towards markup income. Our findings also showed that conventional banks lead Islamic banks, and banks with non-markup income between 30%-40% lead other bank categories in terms of managing profitability. Islamic banks are ahead of conventional banks, and category1 banks with non-markup income above 50% are ahead of all other categories in terms of utilization of funds.
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Voroniuk, Yevheniia V., and Karina V. Satusheva. "MANAGING ECONOMIC SECURITY OF AN INTERNATIONAL VENTURE: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE." Journal of Strategic Economic Research, no. 2 (December 24, 2021): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2786-5398.2021.2.6.
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This article seeks to provide argument that effective performance in modern realia of business and management is impossible without understanding the socio-psychological processes that accompany entrepreneurial endeavours. Further development of market competition in the national economy, its inclusion in the system of global economic relationships, aggravation of internal barriers to successful implementation of economic reforms significantly raise the issue of exploring a psychological aspect of economic security of businesses, and in international ventures, in particular. An emphasis is put that the roots of genesis and evolution of economic psychology refer to radical changes, especially changes occurred in the economic paradigm and attitudes towards ownership for the means of production in the first place, as well as the emergence of new economic actors. Apart from that, pressing globalization trends, changes in political and economic patterns, as well as rapid technological advances in society have greatly affected socio-cultural values of the population. However, even the very speed and extent of global change faced by modern society depends on psychological characteristics inherent in different social groups. Different psychological patterns and perspectives that drive the development of business environment world-wide have created a new background for shaping and launching new economic security strategies for international business entities and ventures. The findings have verified that business economic security directly relates to management's understanding of the needs and the specifics of business structure and their alignment with the personal goals of the leader. Moreover, business operation of economic entities, both in the external and internal environment, encourages them to search for the new pathways and raise awareness of the need for effective interaction between the internal corporate culture and its organizational structure, ensuring and managing economic security and values of international markets. To attain the above objectives, a thorough research on the international business environment is of critical significance. It is argued that deep insights into psychological factors driving drastic change in the politicians’ perceptions of the need to make a shift from a planned socialist paradigm to a market economy, exploring the psychology of transformation of the theoretical concepts from Marxist political economy to Western market theories will facilitate better understanding of the nature of economic security of international ventures.
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Bhawra, Jasmin. "Decolonizing Digital Citizen Science: Applying the Bridge Framework for Climate Change Preparedness and Adaptation." Societies 12, no. 2 (April 17, 2022): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc12020071.
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Research has historically exploited Indigenous communities, particularly in the medical and health sciences, due to the dominance of discriminatory colonial systems. In many regions across Canada and worldwide, historical and continued injustices have worsened health among Indigenous Peoples. Global health crises such as climate change are most adversely impacting Indigenous communities, as their strong connection to the land means that even subtle changes in the environment can disproportionately affect local food and health systems. As we explore strategies for climate change preparedness and adaptation, Indigenous Peoples have a wealth of Traditional Knowledge to tackle specific climate and related health issues. If combined with digital citizen science, data collection by citizens within a community could provide relevant and timely information about specific jurisdictions. Digital devices such as smartphones, which have widespread ownership, can enable equitable participation in citizen science projects to obtain big data for mitigating and managing climate change impacts. Informed by a Two-Eyed Seeing approach, a decolonized lens to digital citizen science can advance climate change adaptation and preparedness efforts. This paper describes the ‘Bridge Framework’ for decolonizing digital citizen science using a case study with a subarctic Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Weaver, Beth, and Monica Barry. "Managing high risk offenders in the community: Compliance, cooperation and consent in a climate of concern." European Journal of Probation 6, no. 3 (December 2014): 278–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2066220314549526.
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It is increasingly accepted that the change process underpinning the intended outcomes of community supervision, namely community safety, social rehabilitation and reintegration, cannot be achieved without the service user’s active involvement and participation in the process. Their consent, compliance and cooperation is therefore necessary to achieving these outcomes and yet, when it comes to very high risk sexual and violent offenders, in the pursuit of community safety, control oriented, preventative practices predominate over change focused, participatory approaches. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 professionals and 26 service users to explore how, under the auspices of MAPPA, the supervisory process is enacted and experienced, and the extent and means through which it affects people’s willingness to accept or invest in not only the process but also the purpose of supervision. It is argued that how the process of community supervision is experienced and what it comprises not only shapes the outcomes of supervision but also the nature of consent, compliance and cooperation. We conclude by advocating for more participatory processes and practices to promote service users’ active engagement in, and ownership of, the process of change, and in that, the realisation of both the normative dimensions and intended outcomes of community supervision.
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Giglio, Joseph M., and Charles Chieppo. "Metro Transport Corporations: A New Model for Managing the Surface Transportation Revolution." Journal of Business and Economics 10, no. 5 (May 20, 2019): 369–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/05.10.2019/001.
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The benefits of a coming revolution that will be marked by the rise of shared, electric autonomous vehicles (AVs) and the transition from vehicle ownership to a transportation-as-a-service model can only be captured if the transformation is properly managed. To maximize these potential benefits, we propose replacing traditional departments of transportation with quasi-public or quasi-private Metro Transport Corporations that would oversee all surface transportation in a metropolitan area. Maximizing economic, environmental and quality-of-life benefits will require putting customers first, traditionally not an area in which government agencies excel. It will necessitate culture changes that may well be beyond the grasp of political leaders, bureaucrats and unions that too often view transportation agencies first and foremost as a source of jobs. Under our proposal, municipalities would deed their transportation assets to the Metro Transport Corporations in exchange for ownership shares. The public sector would continue to hold the largest share, but would be joined by two other classes of owners: companies such logistics and retail companies, as well as banks, whose success is heavily dependent on rising levels of economic activity in the region, and investors simply seeking dividend income.
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Liang, Hao, and Luc Renneboog. "The global sustainability footprint of sovereign wealth funds." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 36, no. 2 (2020): 380–426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graa010.
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Abstract With the emergence of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) around the world managing equity of over $8 trillion, their impact on the corporate landscape and social welfare is being scrutinized. This study investigates whether and how SWFs incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment decisions in publicly listed corporations, as well as the subsequent evolution of target firms’ ESG performance. We find that SWF funds do consider the level of past ESG performance as well as recent ESG score improvement when taking ownership stakes in listed companies. These results are driven by the SWF funds that do have an explicit or implicit ESG policy and are most transparent, and by SWF originating from developed countries and countries with civil law origins. In relation to engagement, we find by means of two natural experiments with exogenous shocks (the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and Volkwagen diesel scandal) that the ESG scores do not change significantly more for firms in which SWFs have ownership stakes. This potentially suggests that SWFs in general do not actively steer their target firms towards higher levels of ESG.
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Górna, Ada, and Krzysztof Górny. "Singapore vs. the ‘Singapore of Africa’—Different Approaches to Managing Urban Agriculture." Land 10, no. 9 (September 18, 2021): 987. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10090987.
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Through structured comparison, this article seeks to present the different approaches to urban agriculture in the cities of Singapore and Kigali. The former is seen as a model ‘smart city’ worth following worldwide, while the latter is frequently referred to as the ‘Singapore of Africa’. The research conducted was divided into two stages. The first one was desk-based and included the analysis of satellite and aerial images along with the analysis of legal documents regarding land ownership and urban agriculture management. The second one was based on field work carried out in 2019 in both cities and comprised the mapping of areas encompassed by urban agriculture, the collection of photographic documentation, field observations, as well as semi-structured interviews. The research was summarized in line with a comparative analysis of institutional and legal framework of urban agriculture and policy towards its development; spatial features of urban agriculture, including distribution, location, and area; as well as inherent features of urban agriculture, including systems of production, main crops, production methods, and functions. The process makes it clear that despite the fact that urban agriculture is considered in planning documents of both cities, the scale of the activity and the approach towards it differ markedly. In Singapore, the authorities support mainly the high-technology and land-efficient solutions, with other, low-profit forms of agricultural activity being pushed out from the urban space. In turn, in Kigali, where the scale of agricultural activity is incomparably greater, the inhabitants enjoy a certain freedom to make use of unused land in cultivation, which increases their food security and enhances their ability to cope with external stresses.
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Palmer, Shannon, Ashley Chen, Taylor Dennison, Cameron Czech, Jessica Auten, Kaitlyn Buhlinger, and Benyam Muluneh. "Impact of Oncology Pharmacists on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Clinicians to Enhance Patient Engagement of Self-Administered Oral Oncolytics." Pharmacy 9, no. 3 (July 23, 2021): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9030130.
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Oncology clinical pharmacists are uniquely positioned to make interventions to impact the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of clinicians as well as patient activation and engagement. To accomplish this goal, pharmacists can target health system-related, provider-related, and patient-related factors to enhance patient-centered care and drive behavioral health changes. Interventions that pharmacists must tackle include educating team members and patients on the medication acquisition process, communicating urgency of treatment, optimizing workflows, facilitating guideline recommendations, preventing, and managing treatment toxicities, and promoting patient self-advocacy through education and shared decision-making. As crucial members of the healthcare team, oncology pharmacists can simplify highly complex treatment regimens to facilitate and optimize patients’ ownership of their care. This narrative review will focus on the example of venetoclax treatment in acute myeloid leukemia to demonstrate the impact that pharmacists provide that leads to behavioral change of patients and clinicians.
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Davydov, Anatoliy, Alexey Dementev, and Vladimir Burovtsev. "Reproduction of human potential of JSC “Russian Railways” - a source of increasing labor productivity." MATEC Web of Conferences 239 (2018): 07005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201823907005.
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The ongoing reform of Russian railway transport entailed a change in the form of ownership and status previously all known monopoly represented by the Ministry of Railways of Russia, and its transformation into the Open Joint Stock Company “Russian Railways”. The change in the form of ownership of one of the largest subjects of the transport services market in Russia had a certain effect on the competitiveness of the country’s transport system and, in some way, reduced the level of monopolization of railway transportation. The methods for calculating the labor productivity of transport companies in Russia generally require a deeper method of measuring the performance of personnel, based on assessing the level of development of the company’s human potential in modern economic conditions, when the relationship between the results of personnel work and the company’s targets determines its competitiveness. The authors propose a new methodology for managing labor productivity and employee incentives, which is caused by the actualization of a number of functions of personnel management of transport companies and the transformation of production activities depending on changes in the external environment, which previously did not play a fundamental role, but now have a decisive influence on the efficiency of the company’s activity and social production of the country. Assessment of the performance of companies can also cause problems with the management system of labor productivity and human development, if the strategic goals and objectives of the company’s development are not known to a particular employee, are not balanced or outside of its sphere of influence.
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Arias, Paola A., Juan Camilo Villegas, Jenny Machado, Angélica M. Serna, Lina M. Vidal, Catherine Vieira, Carlos A. Cadavid, Sara C. Vieira, Jorge E. Ángel, and Óscar A. Mejía. "Reducing Social Vulnerability to Environmental Change: Building Trust through Social Collaboration on Environmental Monitoring." Weather, Climate, and Society 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-15-0049.1.
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Abstract The occurrence of natural and socially driven catastrophic events has increased in the last few decades in response to global environmental changes. One of the most societally relevant challenges in managing the effects of these events is the establishment of risk management strategies that focus on managing vulnerability, particularly in disfavored countries, and communities among them. Most cases of enhanced vulnerability occur in, but are not limited to, developing countries, where the combination of social inequity, inappropriate use of natural resources, population displacement, and institutional mistrust, among other factors, make risk management particularly challenging. This paper presents a vulnerability-centered risk management framework based on social cohesion and integration principles that, combined with scientific, technical, and popular knowledge, lead to the development of social networks of risk reduction. This framework is intended as a strategy to strengthen early warning systems (EWS), where the human-related factor is among their most challenging components. Using water-related hazards as a case study, this paper describes the experience of the conformation of a social network for environmental monitoring using this model example on vulnerability reduction in the rural areas of the central Andes in Colombia. This experience allowed the effective conformation of a social network for environmental monitoring in 80 municipalities of Colombia, where communities developed a sense of ownership with the instrumentation and the network, strengthening links with local authorities and contributing to more efficient EWS. More generally, the authors highlight the need to develop vulnerability-centered risk management via community-building strategies, particularly for areas where little can be done to decrease the occurrence of catastrophic events.
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Halttula, Heikki, Harri Haapasalo, and Risto Silvola. "Managing data flows in infrastructure projects - the lifecycle process model." Journal of Information Technology in Construction 25 (March 3, 2020): 193–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.36680/j.itcon.2020.012.
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Productivity in the construction industry (both houses and infrastructure) has not been improving as expected, while other industries have been able to improve their productivity significantly. The appropriate use of building information modelling (BIM) technologies brings several benefits and advantages to construction projects. The main challenges of project efficiency emerge in the form of numerous requests for information during the construction project, which are considered to be waste in the processes. This highlights the need for a practical process model to plan the information flow for BIM-based projects. The main aim of this study is to propose a model to plan the flow of project information among primary stakeholders especially in infrastructure projects. Our main findings are firstly, the foundation for data management starts from defining unified one data for the product and the for the process. Unified data means one single repository of data – all stakeholders use the same unified data. It is also essential that data responsibilities and ownership are defined. Secondly, we found that the biggest challenges are that the data needs are not planned beforehand, resistance to change, difficulty receiving existing data and data must be modified before use. As a whole, it seems sometimes that the technology on data transfer is more important that what has been transferred and why. Finally our construction, the life cycle model for data flow originates from one data to all stakeholders, single data repository must be updated along the life- cycle of the object covering also the operations and maintenance, where the data has to be updated through the whole life-cycle. This new approach is intended to enable the early involvement of maintenance stakeholders in designing product data for a project lifecycle perspective. The model helps to change the current information flow and gain the benefits that a BIM-based process can offer. This study is based on case studies and is qualitative in nature and naturally needs more validation.
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Sharifi, Sirus, Arunima Haldar, and S. V. D. Nageswara Rao. "Relationship between operational risk management, size, and ownership of Indian banks." Managerial Finance 42, no. 10 (October 10, 2016): 930–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-05-2015-0145.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between operational risk management (ORM), size, and ownership of Indian banks. This is important in the context of financial crisis experienced by developed countries due to lax regulation. Design/methodology/approach ORM practices of Indian banks are proxied by excess capital (over the required minimum capital for operational risk). Size of a bank is measured as deposits plus advances. Our sample includes 61 Indian banks during the period from 2010 to 2013. The authors empirically examine the impact of bank size on excess capital using panel data regression model. Findings The results suggest that size of Indian banks is inversely related to excess capital held by them for managing operational risk. The inverse relationship implies that smaller banks hold higher excess capital over the required minimum as per Basel norms. There is no significant relationship between ownership (public, private and foreign) and excess capital held by banks for managing operational risk. Practical implications The study has implications for Indian banks given the high level of losses due to bad loans, and the implementation of Basel III norms by the central bank, i.e. Reserve Bank of India. Social implications The study has implications for Indian financial system as a large percentage (about 33 per cent) of household savings are deployed in deposits with commercial banks and other financial institutions. The bank failure(s) can have disastrous consequences for the Indian economy as the capacity of the Indian financial system to withstand such shocks is highly doubtful. Originality/value There is very little evidence on ORM practices of Indian banks, and its relationship with size and ownership. The study assumes significance in the context of significant changes in the institutional and regulatory framework.
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Tan, Deming, Hui Liao, Baolong Han, Tong Wu, Chengji Shu, and Dawei Wu. "Managing Urban Eco-Spaces for Sustainable Social Value: A Case Study of Mangrove Ecosystem Services in Shenzhen, China." Land 11, no. 11 (November 10, 2022): 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11112010.
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Against a background of high-speed development and the expansion of built land surface, there has been widespread encroachment of natural habitats (henceforth “eco-spaces”). It becomes correspondingly difficult to improve the value of urban ecosystem services, since current assessments of land still primarily focus on use value (e.g., when nature and its products are converted and consumed), while the regulation and non-material services provided by eco-spaces are often ignored. In order to assess the rate of return on land transfers of eco-space, theories such as strong sustainable development, ecological land rental, natural resource ownership and opportunity costs were synthesized to construct an eco-space transfer cost–benefit analysis model, which is based on the value of ecosystem services. This study used the Futian Mangrove Ecological Park in the megacity of Shenzhen as a case study. To estimate the social value, which more comprehensively captures ecosystem services and economic value from eco-space, we used a counterfactual scenario of residential land development (the most plausible alternative land use scenario). This allowed us to calculate the rate of return from eco-space use change. The result of the total and annual rates of return over a projected 70-year timeframe were −10.76% and −0.16%, respectively. Accordingly, we suggest that management of the mangrove park should change the pricing strategy to better align the social benefits that it generates with the payments sustaining it. This case study provides instructive lessons for the management of eco-space in large urban settings.
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He, Guimei. "Construction of Teaching Management Platform for Universities Based on Big Data." Advances in Multimedia 2022 (September 6, 2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3468797.
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The construction of the teaching management platform for colleges and universities needs to actively embrace information technology, change the problems existing in traditional offline teaching through technical innovation, make full use of massive educational resources, and improve teaching efficiency. However, no research has yet discussed how to handle the increasing scale of online teaching resources, leading to the hindrance of building teaching management platforms in universities, which requires the use of big data technologies and thinking to build new platforms. We propose a dynamic compression method to compress the data file backup in the database based on the dynamic adjustment of the system workload, and optimize the data file backup model of the database to reduce the total cost of ownership, which provides a basis for managing massive online education resources and building a teaching management platform for universities.
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Baral, Srijana, Yanshu Li, and Bin Mei. "Financial Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: A Comparative Study for 10 Southern States of the United States." Journal of Forestry 118, no. 6 (August 11, 2020): 584–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa032.
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Abstract Changes in tax codes applicable to timberland investments can affect tax treatment of timber revenues and expenses. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is regarded as the most expansive overhaul of tax codes in the United States since 1986; however, our understanding of its effects on timberland investments for family forest owners has yet to be explored. Using the discounted cash-flow method, we estimated and compared effects of TCJA on land expectation value (LEV) and net tax from managing timberland for two classifications of median-income family forest owners in 10 southern states. Results showed a decrease in LEV and net tax for both material participants and investors, with a greater effect on landowners managing timberland as investments. Thus, owning timberland can become less beneficial under the current law for median-income family forest landowners. Study Implications: Family forests occupy a large portion of the total forest area in the United States and provide various goods and services to society. Taxes and tax policies are regarded as important issues for these landowners because policies could ultimately influence timberland investment, ownership structure, and management activities. After the 2017 tax reform, landowners became concerned about the effect of the new act on profitability and financial return from timberland investment. Here, we attempt to provide a better understanding of tax effects by estimating change in net benefit of owning and managing timberland under the current law compared with the previous law in 10 southern states. For policymakers, this study can provide insight into the importance of considering unique characteristics of timberland investment during the tax policy design and evaluation process. For landowners, this study can facilitate the timberland investment decisionmaking process and serve as a guide to the effects of the new tax rules on returns.
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Bacelar-Silva, Gustavo M., James F. Cox, Humberto R. Baptista, and Pedro Pereira Rodrigues. "Identifying and Addressing the Underlying Core Problems in Healthcare Environments: An Illustration Using an Emergency Department Game." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 19 (September 25, 2021): 10083. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910083.
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The emergency department (ED) crowding is a critical healthcare issue worldwide that leads to long waits and poorer healthcare outcomes. Goldratt’s theory of constraints (TOC) has been used effectively to improve such problematic environments for more than three decades. While most TOC solutions are simple, with many viewing them as purely common sense, they represent paradigm shifts in how to manage complex, uncertain, and silo environments. Goldratt used a simple dice game with a straight flow (I-shape) to illustrate the impact of dependent resources and statistical fluctuations in managing resources. Additionally, games help to overcome resistance to change and gain ownership by having participants develop their solutions. This new cooperative game illustrates an ED environment where patients may follow different care pathways according to their clinical needs, timeliness of care is measured in minutes, the demand is highly uncertain, and treatment must frequently start almost immediately. A Monte Carlo simulation validated the TOC solution to this ED game, achieving results similar to the real TOC’s implementations. Moreover, this article provides a thorough process to Socratically introduce TOC to healthcare professionals and others to recognize that the EDs’ (like other healthcare systems’) core problem is the traditional approach to managing them.
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Kerékjártó, Gábor. "Az elmúlt tíz év változásainak vezetői értékelése különböző szervezeti formában működő vállalatoknál." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 1 (March 27, 2002): 82–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/1/3524.
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revolutions and changes. Effects of these changes can be sensible at all parts of agricultural production. It results in new ownership and organisation structure. Agriculture has to suit to the new circumstances of changed firm-size and structure. These kinds of changes essentially define conditions of agricultural production in the future, and they have an affect on husbandry of enterprises.To be succeed in managing changes, we have to know the reasons of these alterations and nature of them. It is very important to get to know the advantages and disadvantages of the typical change-management methods and its typology. These methods are more elaborated and widespread at industrial enterprises. It is necessary to get to know the nature, characteristics and reasons of changes, and we should work out ways agricultural companies, taking notice of their speciality.The methods and means of examinationsWe aimed to point out what kind of changing processions were typified the activity of agricultural ventures. What are the speciality, strains, the arousing and obstructive factors of nowadays changes. We made questionnaire and sent them to numerous enterprises.Most of the answers show that leaders are „floating with flow” and most part of their power is used to fight back actually challenges. Generally consciousness is missing, so they are not govern the events still more they are passive objects of occurrence.Naturally, the given answers show, that the most important changes of past are changing of markets, importance of quality production and changes in the structure of enterprises. And – especially at companies, which deal with plant growing –, modifying of structure because of compensation.
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Beqaj, Binak, Ylber Limani, and Driton Kryeziu. "Managing the rapid Urban Growth for cities in transition countries." International Journal of Business & Technology 1, no. 1 (October 2012): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33107/ijbte.2012.1.1.07.
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Through political transition, socio-economical trends of cities as urban areas contributed to huge movements of population from rural to urban areas or from small urban areas toward big urban areas, making them bigger, under the rapid growth. Those cities have faced: Overloads with number of citizens, Lack of adequate infrastructure and Creativity deficiency for drafting and implementing urban development vision. Consequently, the question is what qualitative life do cities offer when considering abovementioned suppositions related to rapid urban growth? In general, for cities under rapid development, experts and authorities have not sufficiently succeeded to develop proper methodologies to neutralize chaotically urban development trends for some inner or outer urban areas under the rapid growth, especially from countries in transition. In this context several reasons have been identified. Starting from not properly definition of land ownership and land destination, lack of urban development plans, not harmonized and not approved legislation framework, not established adequate mechanisms for monitoring and implementation of projects, lack of adequate expertise from specific fields, unsustainable transport modes, etc. This paper identifies the possibilities that may lead to the success of urban management for strategic development of rapid growth for urban areas. The approaches for improvement and change should be based on multidisciplinary actions from different organisational levels of society, proactively and in the same time acting on: Analytical aspect Planning aspect Organizational aspect Implementation aspect Furthermore, this concept should be based on multi-sectorial expertise and partnerships between different actors dealing with the complexity of urban development. As main guideline for management of spatial city structure of cities under rapid urban growth, can be considered concept which is based on management of transition from existing to new developed urban areas and inter-relation between inner and outer urban areas. This concept may possibly include the development of new urban areas and renovation of existing ones, establishing transitional networks for implementing urban policies versus urban dynamics. In this way will be encouraged to redefine investments and to strengthen public-private partnership, as basic spatial development concept.
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Pantić, Nemanja, Irena Milojević, and Andrej Mićović. "Management analysis of the opportunities of managing the privatization process." Tehnika 75, no. 4 (2020): 493–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2004493p.
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The transformation of ownership, often reminiscent of the earlier historical period of the original accumulation of capital, is an opportunity for the rapid enrichment of those who had a monopoly in former socialist societies. At the same time, the redistribution of national wealth encourages changes in the relationship of forces in the social structure of power, which makes privatization the scene of sharp conflicts of interest with controversial consequences for the entire society. Weak institutions of the rule of law cannot limit the aspirations of different interest groups to gain economic power, so privatization is an area of great economic risk. That is why the greatest attention of both the public and specialized non-governmental organizations in the EU candidate countries is devoted to monitoring the privatization process. The paper aims to point out the basic features of the privatization process in Serbia. In this regard, we have analyzed the cause and effect relationships of the economic phenomena associated with this process, that is, we have pointed out the fact that certain legal provisions also contribute to the spread of abuses in this area. The importance of transparency in the privatization process, as an important precondition for economic growth and democratic transformation, was particularly emphasized.
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Kaufman, Allen, and Ernest J. Englander. "Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and the Restructuring of American Capitalism." Business History Review 67, no. 1 (1993): 52–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3117468.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) played the lead role in pursuing large-scale leveraged buyouts in the U.S. market for corporate control in the 1980s by taking advantage of investment opportunities created by three decades of public policies regarding antitrust, pensions, corporate governance, and banking. KKR's innovations were its ability to overcome investors' collective action and monitoring problems by arranging takeovers through limited partnerships and by managing acquired firms through shared equity ownership with management. These organizational innovations, when combined with the financial changes of the 1980s, allowed KKR and its investor-controlled associations to challenge managerially controlled firms.
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Denning, Stephen. "An economy of access is opening for business: five strategies for success." Strategy & Leadership 42, no. 4 (July 15, 2014): 14–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sl-05-2014-0037.
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Purpose – Many new businesses are being formed to offer shared products and services. The author describes this trend as an access economy, which offers customers the benefits of disintermediation - tourist accommodations without hotel chains, local transportation without taxi companies, peer-to-peer lending without banks, retail storefronts with brokers and leases. The paper aims to analyse the factors that are driving its growth. Design/methodology/approach – The author offers five strategies for success in the access economy and describes how firms are using them to gain competitive advantage. Findings – The sharing economy has produced three phenomena – the shredding of vertical value chains, the creation of vast new horizontal value chains, and the social change of people preferring access to ownership or accepting the benefits of access. Together they bring significant economic and social changes to business and society. Practical implications – Some companies are beginning to adjust to the generational shift from ownership to access by deemphasizing the sale of things and refocusing their business practices on managing every aspect of their client’s value chain – what they call being a “solution provider.” Social implications – Instead of planning their lives on the premise of acquiring and owning more private property, a new generation of web adventurers, mostly young people, is finding meaning and satisfaction in having shared access to things and interacting with other people in the process. Originality/value – Each business will likely have a unique take on the best way to compete is this emerging environment given how much its customers value access and accept sharing. The author’s five possible strategies provide a starting point for corporate competitive scenarios.
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Asquer, Alberto. "The regulatory reform of water infrastructure in Italy: overall design and local variations." Water Policy 12, S1 (March 1, 2010): 66–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.014.
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In 1994, the Italian Parliament passed a reform which aimed to radically change the economic regulatory institutions of the water sector in the country. The implementation of the reform, which lasted about twelve years, resulted in a new regulatory regime which combined selected features of public ownership, franchise allocation, and discretionary regulation. The reform was implemented in different ways across the country, resulting in different forms of organisation and management of water services at the local level. Drawing from this case, this paper aims to discuss two issues, namely why water regulatory reforms are designed as ‘hybrids’ between different regulatory ‘models’, and why, within a given regulatory institutional framework, water regulatory reforms may be implemented in different ways at the local level. This paper, therefore, aims to contribute to a broader scholarly discussion regarding the rationales for institutional variety of water infrastructure regulation at the national and sub-national levels, and regarding the practical implications for managing the implementation of water regulatory reforms.
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Pain, Matthew A., Chris Harwood, and Richard Mullen. "Improving the Performance Environment of a Soccer Team During a Competitive Season: An Exploratory Action Research Study." Sport Psychologist 26, no. 3 (September 2012): 390–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/tsp.26.3.390.
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The aim of the current study was to facilitate systematic reflection and action to improve the performance environment of a soccer team during a competitive season. Using the Performance Environment Survey (PES; Pain & Harwood, 2007) as a diagnostic instrument, the researcher worked with the coach to collaboratively identify areas in which team preparation and functioning could be improved. Completed by the players and coach after each match, the PES captured feedback around team preparation and performance in the physical, psychological, coaching, social, planning/organizational and environmental domains. Analysis of this feedback provided the stimulus for weekly discussions with the coach. Results suggested that coach and player reflection increased during the study, and the coach reported that the PES data and his reflections on that data were beneficial to managing the performance environment. In areas where change was targeted—in particular the social and the phaysical domains—improvements in team functioning were reported. Team feedback meetings were also perceived as helpful to improving player ownership and cohesiveness.
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Cary, Olivia K., and Nick Netscher. "Effective engagement on process safety fundamentals in challenging times." APPEA Journal 61, no. 2 (2021): 540. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj20048.
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Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd (EAPL) and BHP Billiton Petroleum (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd own a range of offshore and onshore hydrocarbon production facilities, which have been operated by EAPL for over 50 years. Over this time, EAPL has lived a rich history of process safety experiences, and developed a range of processes and systems to manage process safety risks. Despite technical system refinement and advances across industry we continue to experience process safety events, and manage risks with plant both at the start and end of its lifecycle. Many of our major hazards are inherent to our operations, and do not become lower risk with lower product price or field activity levels. It is therefore critical that we maintain a laser focus on managing process safety risks during this time of unprecedented change, and find impactful opportunities to engage with operations, maintenance and technical teams on their role in process safety. To this end, EAPL have commenced a journey of scenario based process safety management and applying it to our most significant risks. The outcome has been a step change in process safety literacy across our business, an increased awareness of safe operating conditions and a workforce engaged in managing safeguard health. This study shares how a scenario based approach can leverage a traditional safety case and safety management system approach and make process safety personal: Simplifying communication of higher risks and the equipment and processes that keep us safe Clarifying safeguard ownership and responsibilities for safeguard health management Embedding safeguard health management in routine operations and maintenance tasks Strengthening critical safeguards which mostly depend on human performance to be effective
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Olfat, Hamed, Behnam Atazadeh, Farshad Badiee, Yiqun Chen, Davood Shojaei, and Abbas Rajabifard. "A Proposal for Streamlining 3D Digital Cadastral Data Lifecycle." Land 10, no. 6 (June 16, 2021): 642. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10060642.
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In urban areas, managing the lifecycle of land and property data related to interlocked and intertwined structures and infrastructure services is a grand challenge for cadastral systems. Addressing the physical and legal complexities of vertically stratified ownership arrangements is a major step towards the modernization of cadastral systems. The research problem that this study addresses is the lack of a simplified and effective approach for modelling, storing, visualizing, and querying 3D cadastral data for multi-story buildings. This research primarily leads to the development of an approach based on Building Information Modelling (BIM), as well as state-of-the-art ETL (extract, transform, load), database and visualization technologies for 3D cadastral data lifecycle management in current practices. The proposed steps for recording, preserving, and disseminating 3D cadastral data are crucial in shifting current 2D cadastral systems towards 3D digital information systems. The results showed improvements in data creation, storage, conversion, and communication when upgrading from a 2D to 3D digital cadastre. Therefore, this study confirmed that streamlining the lifecycle of cadastral data using 3D environments would mitigate issues associated with the current fragmented 2D cadastral datasets used in the multi-story developments.
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Braguinsky, Serguey, Atsushi Ohyama, Tetsuji Okazaki, and Chad Syverson. "Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry." American Economic Review 105, no. 7 (July 1, 2015): 2086–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140150.
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We explore how changes in ownership affect the productivity and profitability of producers. Using detailed data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last century, we find that acquired firms' production facilities were not on average less physically productive than the plants of the acquiring firms before acquisition. They were much less profitable, however, due to higher inventory levels and lower capacity utilization—differences that reflected problems in managing the uncertainties of demand. After acquisitions, less profitable acquired plants saw drops in inventories and gains in capacity utilization that raised both their productivity and profitability levels. (JEL D24, G32, G34, L11, L25, L66, N65)
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Avdeeva, I. L. "CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF VARIOUS LEVELS." Scientific Review: Theory and Practice 10, no. 9 (September 30, 2020): 1991–2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.35679/2226-0226-2020-10-9-1991-2002.
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Successful change management in economic systems of various levels presupposes the adoption and implementation of management decisions, which makes a sufficient condition for obtaining the desired result and achieving goals, taking into account the resources at the disposal of integrated education. The change management process involves not only efficiency, but also the efficiency of resource use. The purpose of the study is to identify approaches and methodological tools for managing changes in integrated entities in the face of fierce competition in the global market. Since, in order to improve the efficiency of functioning, integrated entities must purposefully and regularly carry out changes in both business processes and the organization of their implementation. The article uses such methods as: content analysis of scientific publications; a critical analysis of the available approaches to the definition and study of the problems under study; comparative analysis and synthesis. The methodological basis of the study was the works of foreign and Russian authors devoted to the concept of change management in economic systems of various levels. It has been substantiated that the development of integrated formations is due to many factors. This is influenced by changes in market trends, increased competition, improved forms of ownership, functions and management methods. In the course of the study, modern models of change management were analyzed, and the list of tools given in the article is certainly not exhaustive, but the work presents the most common approaches and models today. It should also be noted that there are no universal tools, and the effectiveness of their use directly depends on how the applied method corresponds to a specific situation and the characteristics of the organization. It has been determined that integrated entities planning organizational transformation, first of all, need to focus on economic trends and challenges posed by both the global market and modern realities. It was revealed that the top management of integrated education lacks the appropriate competencies and skills that could contribute to the successful implementation of innovations and changes. As a response to the described challenges, it is necessary to develop a toolkit that would represent a comprehensive solution for the development of flexible skills among company managers, which, firstly, would meet scientific forecasts and together would form a unique model of competencies, and secondly, would contribute to improving the efficiency of the change management process in organizations.
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Annuar, Hairul Azlan. "Changes in ownership forms and role of institutional investors in governing public companies in Malaysia." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 11, no. 4 (November 2, 2015): 455–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaoc-08-2012-0068.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether different types of institutional investor in Malaysia are involved in the corporate governance of their investee companies, and, if yes, to what extent is the level of the involvement. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach, consisting of a series of interviews with 18 senior investment managers of different types of institutional investor, was chosen. Findings – The findings suggest that lessons learnt from the fallout of the Asian crisis has made Malaysian institutional investors not only to be more prudent in managing their total funds and in making equities investment decisions, but has resulted in a more active participation in their “core” investee companies apart from merely discharging their voting rights. Interview analysis revealed that government-linked investment companies are championing the cause and could possibly affect the overall level of institutional investors’ involvement, which bode well for the future of the corporate governance system of the country. Research limitations/implications – Generalisations may be an issue when interviews are used as the method of inquiry. Also, the sample is not random, as access to many managers depended on recommendations. In addition, respondents were consciously selected to obtain different types of institutional investors that included government and non-government linked. Originality/value – There is a lack of work on studying the involvement of institutional investors in developing countries, whereby previous work and literature review were predominantly based upon the experience of Western economies.
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Christiansen, John K., and Claus J. Varnes. "Drivers of changes in product development rules." European Journal of Innovation Management 18, no. 2 (May 11, 2015): 218–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-08-2013-0086.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the drivers that induce companies to change their rules for managing product development. Most companies use a form of rule-based management approach, but surprisingly little is known about what makes companies change these rules. Furthermore, this management technology also has developed over time into different versions, but what drives firms from one version to another has only been suggested, not empirically studied. Design/methodology/approach – The dynamics of the rules of five companies are analyzed over a period of more than ten years based on three rounds of interviews with 40 managers. Findings – Previous research has assumed that the dynamics of product development rules are based on internal learning processes, and that increasingly competent management will stimulate the implementation of newer and more complex rule regimes. However, the analysis here indicates that there are different drivers, both internal and external, that cause companies to adopt new rules or modify their existing ones, such as changes in organizational structures, organizational conflicts and changes in ownership or strategy. In addition, contrary to the predictions in previous research, companies sometimes move back and forth between different generations of rules. Companies that have moved to a more flexible third generation of rules might revert to their second generation rules, or supplement their flexibility with an increased level of management control and information systems. A model is proposed to explain the relationship between the drivers of rule change and the actual dynamics of rules, incorporating two sets of moderators: organizational moderators and rule-related moderators. Research limitations/implications – The findings indicate that many factors influence the modification of rules, and that there is no simple linear progression from one generation to another. Organizational learning is one among several other factors that influences the dynamics of rules for managing product development. Further research is needed to explore the dynamic relationship between different factors, the proposed moderators and changes to rules. Lack of historical record keeping in companies puts special requirements on research concerning rules. Practical implications – Companies need to consider how and why their present versions of rules have emerged, whether or not the existing rules can actually solve the challenges they face today, whether or not the rules support the intended company strategy, and what mechanisms influence their product development rules. Originality/value – A great deal of research has investigated the relationship between the uses of structured rule-based approaches to manage product development, but little is known about what makes these rules change. This is the first study to uncover the multitude of drivers that stimulate change in product development rules and to suggest sets of moderators that influence the outcome.
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Umantsiv, Iurii, Larysa Lebedeva, and Anastasiia Mytrofanova. "MODERN TRENDS IN GOVERNANCE OF STATE OWNERSHIP RELATIONS." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 5, no. 5 (February 8, 2020): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2019-5-5-155-164.
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Today, the diversity of functions of the state is objectively expanding, especially in the context of socially oriented economies of developed countries. Effective governance of state property serves as a solid foundation for successful performance of the state functions. The chosen topic is of particular relevance in the context of Ukraine's transformational economy. The subject of research is the system of economic relations of state property. Methodology. In the course of the study, a general philosophical dialectical method was used to find contradictions in the phenomena and sources of their development, such as the essence of state property and its contents. Common scientific methods were also used: analysis and synthesis; comparative analysis; statistical methods for calculating the structure and dynamics of indicators of condition and development of state property. The overall system for assessing the socio-economic efficiency of state property management was carried out on the basis of microeconomic indicators and macroeconomic indicators (indicators of economic and social efficiency). The purpose of the paper is to reveal the trends of development of state ownership relations in the European countries as well as in Ukraine, in particular, the difficulties of the process of managing them, as well as to formulate possible ways to overcome such difficulties. Conclusions of the study. Today, the importance of the state as a public institute is objectively increasing in the most economically developed countries. By succeeding in achieving positive institutional changes in ownership relations (creating favorable conditions for SMEs, developing market infrastructure, conducting moderate privatization of state property, transferring state-owned enterprises to market tracks, maintaining policies for protecting national interests, etc.) the grounds for economic growth and improvement of the social sphere in France and Poland were made. Though the conducted analysis showed that the development of state property in Ukraine is contradictory, it has the following problems: ambiguous character of privatization; low efficiency of state property governance; insufficient efficiency of work of enterprises with state ownership; institutional problems. Overall, the socio-economic efficiency of state property governance in Ukraine needs improvement. Thus, the state policy of property governance should include, in particular, the following steps: development of a national model of governance, as well as strategies for the development of state property; organization of state property management entities; development of a system of criteria and indicators for assessing not only the economic but also the social efficiency of state property governance.
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Angus, Michelle Louise, Bruce Martin, Victoria Dickens, Saeed Mohammad, and Irfan Siddique. "Development of a physiotherapy-led atraumatic back pain pathway: a novel initiative to improve the management of complex back pain in the emergency village." BMJ Innovations 6, no. 4 (July 13, 2020): 233–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2019-000366.
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ObjectivesTo see if consultant physiotherapists could effectively manage spinal patients within the emergency village of a tertiary spinal referral centre.DesignA change was made to the traditional medical model for managing patients presenting to the emergency department with low back pain that could not be managed within the national 4-hour standard.ParticipantsA convenience sample of patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary spinal surgical centre who are unable to be managed in a timely manner by the clinicians in the emergency department.InterventionConsultant physiotherapists took on autonomous ownership of this group of patients, including clinical assessment, management and appropriate follow-up often without the need for medical input.OutcomesThe new model showed a reduction in the number of admissions, a significant reduction in length of stay and an improvement in overall staff and patient satisfaction along with a reduction in patients returning to the emergency department.ConclusionsConsultant physiotherapists are in an ideal position to manage this cohort of patients autonomously in the emergency village allowing medics to be released to manage other patient groups.
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Yunus, Awaluddin, Darmawan Salman, Eymal B. Demmallino, and Ni Made Viantika. "Sociotechnical Change and Institutional Adjustment in Paddy Rice Farming During Post Green Revolution in Indonesia." International Journal of Agriculture System 4, no. 2 (December 18, 2016): 218. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/ijas.v4i2.694.
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The development of rice field agriculture in Indonesia has entered the post green revolution phase. The sociotechnical changes occurred during the green revolution, the economic gap among farmers also ensued amid the increase in production while the social sustainability was maintained. The research purpose is to analyze the institutional adjustment conducted by the farmer society in facing the problems caused by green revolution in order to maintain the social sustainability. For the purpose mentioned above, the case study was carried out in a village in a center of green revolution. The result of the research shows that: (1) The sociotechnical changes had been taking place during the pre-green revolution era, green revolution, and post-green revolution in the form of land management, seeds procurement, planting and managing the crops, and harvest and post-harvest. The sociotechnical changes encouraged the increase in agricultural production in which created the gap between the affluent and the underprivileged in a village and had the potential to disturb the social sustainability of rice field agribusiness. (2) The institutional adjustment occurred in the sociotechnical changes in the forms of land ownership dynamics, employment dynamic and village’s new occupation dynamic. This institutional adjustment has the function to dampen the tension on the marginalized individual actor caused by the post green revolution new social structure. (3) The social sustainability in the rice field agriculture could be maintained because the social tension caused by the post green revolution social technical changes could be dampened by the institutional adjustment. The institutional adjustment by the village community contributed into the social sustainability of the rice field agribusiness.
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Balla, Evangelia, Jaap Zevenbergen, Ana Mafalda Madureira, and Yola Georgiadou. "Too Much, Too Soon? The Changes in Greece’s Land Administration Organizations during the Economic Crisis Period 2009 to 2018." Land 11, no. 9 (September 14, 2022): 1564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11091564.
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Land administration is the managing of spatial and legal data pertaining to land. Land administration organizations provide services for land ownership and are essential to a well-functioning land administration system to secure land and property rights for all and support real estate markets. This article reviews the case of the Hellenic Land Administration Reform and the associated changes in the land administration organizations during the economic crisis period (2009–2018). We qualitatively analyze these changes and their actual effects through a set of legislative initiatives according to the orders of change of the enactive theory of reforms and the concept of isomorphism. The study is informed by interviews with key informants involved in the land administration policy domain, and by secondary data, such as legislative documents and reports. Findings show that the legislative initiatives aimed to bring efficiency, transparency, and rationalization to the land administration policy domain by centralizing the collection of land transaction fees and nationalizing the land administration organizations., The enacted legislative initiatives encompassed organizational (second-order) changes within a short period, instead of incremental technical or managerial measures (first-order) to improve ineffective practices and services for citizens. They ended with a drastic organizational transformation, resulting in “premature load bearing” in the involved organizations, which complexified the implementation of an ambitious land administration reform and impacted the smooth operation of the real estate market. The article increases the current insight on the merger of land administration organizations and its implications. It contributes to the land administration scholarly literature on the establishment of new organizations to create a modern cadastral system from a public policy perspective through the orders of change of the enactive theory of reforms.
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Smith, D., M. Eastcroft, N. Mahmood, and H. Rode. "Risk factors affecting software projects in South Africa." South African Journal of Business Management 37, no. 2 (June 30, 2006): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v37i2.602.
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This paper reports on an analysis of risk factors relevant to South African software projects. Seven of the most widely cited studies in the research literature regarding software project risk were evaluated along with a detailed examination of the 53 risk factors developed by Schmidt, Lyytinen, Keil & Cule (2001). Forty completed questionnaires, submitted by software project managers, were analysed.The main findings of this research were:Project managers of varying experience perceived different software risks to be important Risks relating to quality, cost, time, requirements or methodology were not perceived to be more important than risks relating to people, relationships or change) by project managersThe top ten most important risks as perceived by project managers were:Lack of top management commitment to the projectUnclear/ misunderstood scope/ objectives Schedule Flaw Lack of client responsibility, ownership and buy-in of the project and it’s delivered systems No planning or inadequate planning Project not based on sound business case Lack of available skilled personnel Not managing change properly Lack of adequate user involvement Poor risk managementFrom this list it was noted that risks number 5, 6, 7 and 8 were unique to this study and were not found in prior studies in the research literature. It was concluded that the importance of these risks may be unique to South African software projects.
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Anand, Amitabh, Piera Centobelli, and Roberto Cerchione. "Why should I share knowledge with others? A review-based framework on events leading to knowledge hiding." Journal of Organizational Change Management 33, no. 2 (April 7, 2020): 379–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jocm-06-2019-0174.
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PurposeThe significance of managing and sharing employee knowledge for successful organizational change, innovation, and for sustainable advantage has indeed been suggested by research since the last few decades. Despite numerous attempts to foster the sharing of knowledge in organizations, employees may not always be willing to share knowledge attributed due to personal beliefs or situational constraints leading to hiding of knowledge. This article provides a theoretical basis by identifying and illustrating the present and the possible myriad of knowledge hiding (KH) events by employees within organizations.Design/methodology/approachDrawing literature from numerous sources, this paper adopts synthesis and provides a review of the literature and proposes framework.FindingsThis paper identifies six broad drivers which may lead to KH, including: driven by situation explain the reason for unintentional hiding as a result of performance and competition leads to individual to have a motive to hide knowledge, driven by psychological ownership leads to controlled hiding, driven by hostility and abuse by employees or managers leads to victimized hiding and lastly driven by identity and norms leads to favoured hiding. Furthermore, this study uncovers three potential future events, which need managerial attention: negative reciprocity, influenced disengagement and perceived disengagement.Originality/valueThis paper also offers new insights to managers to understand the present events and foresee the possible reasons about the KH behaviour and how they can strategize to reduce these events and undergo organizational change.
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Chau, Josephine Y., Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, and Helen Little. "Navigating Neighbourhood Opposition and Climate Change: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Play Street Pilot in Sydney, Australia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3 (January 30, 2023): 2476. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032476.
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Background: Play Streets are community-led initiatives that provide opportunities for outdoor play and recreation when parks or other facilities may not be easily accessible. This pragmatic evaluation aims to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a pilot Play Street in Inner West Sydney. Methods: We used a post-only mixed methods design. Brief intercept surveys with pilot Play Street visitors assessed their reasons for attending the event and perceptions thereof. Semi-structured interviews explored stakeholders’ experiences related to planning and implementing Play Streets. Results: Approximately 60 adults and children attended the pilot Play Street. The majority of survey respondents (n = 32) were female, aged 35–54, lived in the Play Street’s postcode, and visited in groups consisting of adults and children. Overall respondents rated the pilot positively in enjoyment (100%), safety (97%), and organisation (81%), although there were significant differences between certain demographic subgroups in the perception of organisation and the children’s enjoyment of the pilot Play Street. Stakeholder interviews (n = 2) highlighted the importance of community consultation and reaching compromises, noting concerns about safety and insurance costs, and emphasised the role of Council as a facilitator to help residents take ownership of Play Streets. Delays due to community concerns, poor air quality arising from bushfires, heavy rain on the event day, and COVID-19 lockdowns hindered pilot Play Street implementation and evaluation. Conclusion: This pilot demonstrated that Play Streets are a feasible and acceptable way to use streets as outdoor recreation spaces in Sydney’s Inner West. The evaluation highlights two elements for future sustainability: managing neighbourhood opposition and adapting to climate change.
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Tharp, Marye, and Jaeseok Jeong. "Executive Insights: The Global Network Communications Agency." Journal of International Marketing 9, no. 4 (December 2001): 111–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jimk.9.4.111.19939.
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Cross-ownership of brand-name agencies, spin-offs of functional areas, and incorporation of nontraditional marketing communications services are the structural foundations of the global network communications agency. Global capabilities are the new criteria for managing agency–client partnerships. In response, agencies differentiate themselves, increase input, and assure clients of uniform decision-making processes across their network by using “branded” decision tools and agency–client intranets. The core competencies expected from the global network communications agency include brand-planning skills, understanding of relevant consumers, decision aids that facilitate decision processes, information systems that maximize experiences and communications, and an ability to bridge cultures. These changes highlight the need to improve human resources management and the competitive appeal of service portfolios, as well as institutionalized knowledge sharing within networks.
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Ngefor, Silvian, and Patrick Van Damme. "An Analysis of the Evolution of Forestry Reforms and Women’s Rights to Forest Use, Ownership and Management in Cameroon." Afrika Focus 35, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 152–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2031356x-35010008.
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Abstract Changes in forestry policies in Cameroon have often been initiated by different stakeholders in line with their respective interests, political and/or economic power, capacities and views. Consequently, communities, and especially women, inhabiting forest areas have faced difficulty using and managing forests, for cultural, social, economic and institutional reasons that limit their rights regarding the forest. This paper argues that institutional changes in Cameroon around ownership, use and management of forest resources have had far-reaching impacts on women who are dependent on these forests. We use secondary and primary data to support our analyses. Our findings reveal that over time, forestry reforms in Cameroon have been gender-blind or gender-neutral, with no clauses in forestry reforms that consider women’s vulnerabilities, needs and responsibilities. These reforms continue to impose secondary roles on women. By using gender-inclusive success stories from Nepalese forest communities, this research presses on policymakers to be more gender-inclusive when enacting forestry policies. Raising awareness and enforcing accountability that supports women will both improve the standards of living for everyone in forest communities and enhance sustainable forest management.
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Akomea-Frimpong, Isaac, Ikenna Elias Asogwa, and Emmanuel Junior Tenakwah. "Systematic review of sustainable corporate governance of SMEs: Conceptualisation and propositions." Corporate Ownership and Control 19, no. 3 (2022): 74–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv19i3art5.
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Recent global events and actions toward climate change have heightened the urgency of sustainability in all aspects of life. However, few studies exist on the incorporation of sustainability principles into the corporate governance practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study aims to review the current state of the literature on the incorporation of sustainability principles in corporate governance practices of SMEs, validate the outcomes and set future research agenda. This research was conducted using a systematic literature review (SLR). Findings suggest female executives, board size, firm size, board diversity, board independence and ownership concentration are the dominant themes in sustainable corporate governance (SCG) of small businesses. Studies are predominately conducted in the European context with some studies in Asia and North America while studies in Africa and South America are limited. The study showed that corporate governance models of SMEs have excluded pertinent issues such as climate change, digitization, and racial equality. Although the study concentrated on limited but highly relevant literature, the results establish the basis for further studies and enhance debates on sustainable models for corporate governance practices of SMEs. Compared to existing studies, the outcomes of this study emphasise the need to prioritise sustainability-inspired research of SMEs and provide solutions to integrate sustainable practices in small businesses. The study offers a guiding framework for managers and policy makers to promote progressive and sustainable practices in managing SMEs.
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Biktimirov, Ernest N., and Yuanbin Xu. "Market reactions to changes in the Dow Jones industrial average index." International Journal of Managerial Finance 15, no. 5 (April 29, 2019): 792–812. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmf-10-2017-0226.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in stock returns, liquidity, institutional ownership, analyst following and investor awareness for companies added to and deleted from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index. Previous studies report conflicting evidence regarding the market reactions to changes in the DJIA index membership. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the event-study methodology to calculate abnormal returns and trading volume around the announcement and effective days of DJIA index changes from 1929 to 2015. It also tests for significant changes in liquidity, institutional ownership, analyst following and investor awareness in the 1990–2015 period. Multivariate regressions are used to perform a simultaneous analysis of competing hypotheses. Findings This study resolves the mixed results of previous DJIA index papers by documenting different stock price and trading volume reactions over the 1929–2015 period. Focusing on the most recent period, 1990–2015, the study finds that stocks added to (deleted from) the index experience a significant permanent stock price gain (loss). The observed stock price reaction seems to be associated with changes in liquidity proxies thus lending support for the liquidity hypothesis. Research limitations/implications Limited data availability for the periods prior to 1990 prevents this study from identifying the exact reasons for different stock price and trading volume reactions across subperiods of the 1929–2015 period. Originality/value This study provides the most comprehensive examination of market reactions to changes in the DJIA index and resolves the mixed results of previous studies. A better understanding of market reactions around the DJIA index changes can help both individual and institutional investors with developing effective trading strategies and index managing companies with designing optimal announcement policies.
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Dodson, Elizabeth M. "Challenges in Forest Road Maintenance in North America." Croatian journal of forest engineering 42, no. 1 (July 27, 2020): 107–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2021.777.
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Maintenance is a key component of managing a forest road network. Forest road networks in North America are managed to provide economic access to forest resources while minimizing the environmental impacts of those roads. While managers understand the importantance of road maintenance, there is a considerable backlog in the maintenance required on most forest road networks. This article reviews challenges across North America in forest road maintenance. Challenges reviewed include those associated with climate change, changing land use and intermingled ownerships, legacy roads, decision support, and financial barriers.
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Bansal, Dr Kapil. "The Role of Human Resource Management in Developing the Human Capital for Global Excellence-An Empirical Study." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 5 (April 11, 2021): 804–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i5.1487.
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Companies currently are facing various crucial business challenges; Intellectual capital, Technology, Globalization, Profitability through growth, and Change. These challenges require organizations to build new capabilities in a collaborative manner, and it is human resource management developing these capabilities. It enables the organizations by playing the leadership role in meeting competitive challenges. HR professionals have shed their traditional image of policing rule making policy. Today HR professionals are held responsible for the employee’s engagement and commitment towards the organization and making them contribute and stepping into the shoes of ownership. It is no longer administrative dinosaur. It has changed from a narrow picture, reactive role to a much wider canvas. By bringing the management of the organization together with the employees, a new management of human resources triggers, a merging of the reservoir of knowledge of the person and the organization, culminating in the combined triumph of both. Competitiveness at the global level can be achieved not by only using the upgraded technologies and facilities, but by motivating employees efficiently and effectively, to comply with universal standards. Every company on the world stage, human resources professionals have the mission to affect the business world; HR is now on a paradigm shift and as a support function, withered on the board, called on to help others and to hire and fire from the companies are rapidly eroding. Human resources playing a very proactive role in managing the problems of globalization. It brings change and improves the individuals' ability to learn and collaborate, manage diversity, ambiguity and complexity. The research is an attempt to understand the role of HRM in building national talent for global achievement and to study and compare the perception of corporate employees, management faculties & management students.
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Juracak, Josip, and László Kárpáti. "Agribusiness higher education development – training needs analysis." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 2, no. 1-2 (October 31, 2008): 107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2008/1-2/16.
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With the tremendous changes in political and economic systems of the Republic of Croatia after independence, new challenges have been put to the higher education system as well. The system used to be structured to serve a centrally planed economy with predominantly state ownership. Universities were producing graduates to be employed on statefarms,inagri-foodsystems(socalled„kombinats“),the state owned processing industry or cooperatives. The graduates were specialised in particular branches, such as crop production, vegetable production or livestock husbandry. Therefore, they were not educated to understand the whole system of a company or the agri-food system. In one word, they were not prepared to run firms as managers, although they were highly educated. Small and medium size entrepreneurs in agri-food business have been rather an exception than a rule, and prior to the transition there was not to much experience in managing, financing or marketing for such a firms.