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Journal articles on the topic "Common assessment Framework (CAF)"
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Norgate, Roger, Maria Traill, and Cara Osborne. "Common Assessment Framework (CAF) – early views and issues." Educational Psychology in Practice 25, no. 2 (June 2009): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02667360902905213.
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Bajramovic, Daut, and Manfred Gram. "Common Assessment Framework – Improving Organizational Performance of Municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina." Economic Analysis 51, no. 1-2 (June 27, 2018): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.28934/ea.18.51.12.pp37-46.
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Common Assessment Framework (CAF), a European Total Quality Management (TQM) methodology, has been applied by municipalities across Bosnia and Herzegovina for a number of years. Municipalities have used CAF as a self-assessment tool to identify and meet their own development needs and improve organizational performance. Along with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Business Friendly Certificate (BFC) standards, CAF has been promoted by domestic non-governmental and international organizations as a TQM tool for public sector. This article provides an insight into experience of municipalities in BiH with implementation of CAF by focusing on their thematic priorities, organizational efficiency, output, outcome and citizens’ satisfaction.
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Blackburn, Pippa, and Kris Dwyer. "A Bereavement Common Assessment Framework in Palliative Care: Informing Practice, Transforming Care." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 34, no. 7 (May 5, 2016): 677–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049909116647403.
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This article describes the development of a bereavement assessment framework for the Western Australia Country Health Service Palliative Care Services bereavement program. The framework is grounded in a clearly articulated evidence base, integrating research from the bereavement field that has informed the development of a standardized assessment framework referred to as the bereavement common assessment framework (B-CAF). The B-CAF identifies the many facets of experiences of the bereaved, creating a holistic and contextual assessment and providing professionals with a tool to enhance assessment and intervention practices. The palliative–curative model of care has also been reconceptualized to recognize that earlier interventions may mitigate adverse outcomes in bereavement. This framework may have implications for further research and service delivery of bereavement support programs.
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Adamson, Sue, and Catherine Deverell. "CAF in the country: implementing the Common Assessment Framework in a rural area." Child & Family Social Work 14, no. 4 (November 2009): 400–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00610.x.
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MARKVART, EMIL, DMITRY V. MASLOV, and TATYANA B. LAVROVA. "CAF: Quality management model for public organizations." Public Administration 22, no. 5 (2020): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/2070-8378-2020-22-5-26-31.
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The existing approaches to quality assessment, based on ranking and rating, perform a control function but do not give government bodies at various levels, local governments, and public sector organizations the necessary tools to improve their performance. The article is devoted to one of the modern models of quality management in the field of public administration – the European model for improving the activities of public sector organizations through the self-assessment – the Common Assessment Framework (CAF model) and the possibilities of its implementation in Russia.
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Mikalauskas, Rimantas, Gita Statnickė, Jozef Habánik, and Valentinas Navickas. "Management quality evaluation of sports clubs for the disabled applying the Common Assessment Framework (CAF)." Economics & Sociology 12, no. 1 (March 2019): 329–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2019/12-1/20.
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Pirozzi, Maria Grazia, and Giuseppe Paolo Ferulano. "Intellectual capital and performance measurement in healthcare organizations." Journal of Intellectual Capital 17, no. 2 (April 11, 2016): 320–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jic-07-2015-0063.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define a new conceptual framework or model, to measure and manage organizational performance, both financial/non-financial and intellectual capital (IC), in a healthcare organization. Design/methodology/approach – The integrated new model is produced by integrating the common assessment framework (CAF) model with two other frameworks representing the IC and leadership. These already existing models are originated, respectively by the Health Agency of Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) and the National Healthcare System (NHS – UK). The integration phase is operated by comparing the CAF and IC models so as to assess the determinant factors that are present in both frameworks and eliminating such redundancies. Concerning the leadership determinant factor, the relevant conceptual framework of CAF model is substituted by the new leadership model proposed by the NHS. Findings – A new integrated model is made available for a subsequent step of empirical implementation and validation through its application in a healthcare organization. The main advantage of this model is the ability to measure and manage IC and financial/non-financial performance. Moreover, the use of a single measurement system facilitates the interpretation and coherency assessment of measured data so originated. Originality/value – The added value this work provides will enrich the academic literature regarding performance measurement systems in healthcare organizations, also providing an original integrated model that is able to exhibit the advantages highlighted above.
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Connolly, Marie, Christopher Hall, Sue Peckover, and Sue White. "E-technology and information sharing in child welfare: Learning from the English experience." Children Australia 32, no. 4 (2007): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200011718.
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The use of e-technology as a way of improving communication and collaboration across services in child welfare has generated significant interest in recent years. The Information Sharing and Assessment (ISA) is an e-technology initiative that has been introduced by the British Government as an attempt to promote better information sharing between professionals, early identification and multi-professional interventions. This article looks at one aspect of ISA, the introduction of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). It considers some of the issues relating to the introduction and use of the CAF, and discusses some of the ways in which systems of child welfare may learn from the English experience. While acknowledging the potential for e-technology to strengthen practice developments in child welfare, it emphasises the need for careful scrutiny of new developments to ensure that they do not have negative, unintended consequences.
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Raharjo, Hendry, Roberta Guglielmetti Mugion, Henrik Eriksson, Ida Gremyr, Laura Di Pietro, and Maria F. Renzi. "Excellence models in the public sector. Relationships between enablers and results." International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 7, no. 1 (March 16, 2015): 120–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqss-01-2015-0011.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify possible correlations between the stated “enablers” and “results” in excellence models, and to explain how different variables contribute to the “enablers” and “results”. A cross-case study of two different excellence models, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in Italy and the Swedish Institute for Quality (SIQ) model for performance excellence, is proposed. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the evaluation of assessment reports of public organizations across two countries, Italy and Sweden. Canonical correlation was used for data analysis. Two hypotheses were formulated: There is a correlation between “enablers” and “results” in the CAF model, and there is a correlation between “enablers” and “results” in the SIQ model. Findings – The results show that the hypotheses are supported. It turned out that the correlation is higher for the SIQ model than for the CAF model. For the CAF model, “strategy and planning” is the main contributor to the “enablers”, and for the SIQ model, “human resource development” is the main contributor. For the “results” set, similar criteria provide the strongest contributor for both models; these are “customer/citizen-oriented results” for the CAF and “customer satisfaction” for the SIQ. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the knowledge gained from a cross-case analysis of two different excellence models applied in public sector organizations, the CAF in Italy and the SIQ model for performance excellence in Sweden. The paper also contributes to an ongoing discussion of a need of excellence models being adapted specifically for the public sector; from this study, no support for such a sector-specific model is shown.
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Hawrysz, Liliana. "Strategic Orientation and Effects of E-Administration: Findings from the Miles and Snow Framework." Administrative Sciences 10, no. 2 (June 17, 2020): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci10020035.
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Much has been written about the strategic orientation of public administration organizations (prospecting, defending, reacting, and analyzing) and their consequences for organizational effects, but little is dedicated to e-administration. Is the provision of services using IT affecting the adoption of strategic orientation and its effects? The paper is dealing with e-administration issues, specifically in terms of the impact of the Miles and Snow strategic orientation on e-administration effects. To measure e-administration effects, the author’s personal tool using the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) criterion has been proposed. The data collection was conducted using the Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) method, in the period from November 2017 to January 2018. Two hundred and twenty-six Polish organizations took part in the study. The objective of this study, i.e., assessing the impact of strategic orientation and e-administration effects, was achieved by using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method. It is indicated that the Defender orientation is positively associated with the effects of e-administration.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Common assessment Framework (CAF)"
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Marques, Isabel Maria Maia da Silva Bento. "Avaliação da qualidade organizacional em cuidados de saúde primários , através da Common Assessment Framework - o caso da Região Alentejo." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/14051.
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A investigação versa sobre a análise da aplicabilidade do modelo de autoavaliação CAF nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários - nas Unidades Funcionais dos Centros de Saúde da Região Alentejo. Adaptando instrumentos da CAF foram aplicados inquéritos junto de profissionais de saúde, em Março de 2011, com a finalidade de realizar um diagnóstico dos serviços em estudo. As variáveis foram definidas a partir de subcritérios dos critérios do referido modelo, designadamente “liderança”, “planeamento e estratégia”, “pessoas”, “processos” e “resultados relativos às pessoas”. Participaram 77 profissionais de saúde, dos quais 20,8% médicos, 36,4% enfermeiros, 24,7% técnicos administrativos, 15,6% assistentes operacionais e 2,6% de outros profissionais de saúde. Os resultados permitiram realizar o diagnóstico desses serviços de saúde onde se identificaram áreas fortes e áreas de melhoria. Estas últimas permitiram delinear sugestões de melhoria, nomeadamente, a divulgação da missão, visão e valores; o envolvimento dos profissionais de todos os grupos no planeamento e estratégia; a clarificação da estratégia para todos através do trabalho em equipa e da implementação efetiva de canais de comunicação, como reuniões de serviço; a avaliação sistemática da satisfação dos profissionais; a melhoria do equipamento informático e sistema de comunicações; a implementação de ferramentas de autoavaliação e, por último, a formação em gestão da Qualidade; ABSTRACT: The investigation concerns the analysis of the applicability of the CAF self-assessment model in Primary Health Care - Functional Units in the Health Centres of the Alentejo region. Adapting instruments were applied CAF surveys of health professionals in March 2011 with the purpose of making a diagnosis of the services under study. The variables were defined using the criteria of this sub model and in particular "leadership", "planning and strategy," "people", "processes" and "results for the people." Participated 77 health professionals, of which 20.8% doctors, nurses 36.4%, 24.7% administrative staff, operating assistants 15.6% and 2.6% other health professionals. The results allowed us to make a diagnosis of health services where they have identified areas of strength and areas for improvement. These have to outline suggestions for improvements, especially in the dissemination of mission, vision and values, the involvement of professionals from all groups in planning and strategy, clarifying the strategy for all through teamwork and effective implementation of channels communication, such as business meetings, systematic evaluation of professional satisfaction, improved equipment and communications system, the implementation of self-assessment tools and, finally, training in quality management.
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Correia, Maria Leonarda Pereira. "Gestão da qualidade e o modelo Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Reflexão sobre a evolução recente nos Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Évora." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19236.
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As expetativas e exigências crescentes dos cidadãos face ao serviço público introduziram uma nova orientação nos processos de reforma e modernização administrativa. É neste contexto que surge o modelo de autoavaliação Common Assessment Framework (CAF), que está essencialmente direcionado para a administração pública, com o fim de promover a melhoria contínua dos serviços. Neste estudo pretende-se analisar a aplicabilidade da CAF como ferramenta de autoavaliação dos serviços públicos nos Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Évora (SAC), bem como verificar o impacto que a aplicação da CAF teve nos SAC, após o estudo realizado por Nogueira (2008), e efetuar um diagnóstico junto dos alunos, colaboradores e gestores para avaliar os processos desenvolvidos, bem como averiguar o seu grau de satisfação. Para atingir os objetivos propostos foi aplicado um inquérito por questionário junto dos alunos, colaboradores e gestores dos SAC. Os resultados obtidos permitiram extrair os pontos fortes (e.g. bons procedimentos para acolhimento e integração dos colaboradores, gestores não resistentes à mudança), evidenciar os pontos fracos (e.g. tempo de obtenção de respostas às solicitações efetuadas, atendimento telefónico desadequado), e enumerar as sugestões de melhoria para o serviço (e.g. maior número de funcionários a fazer atendimento, horários de abertura e de atendimento mais alargados); ABSTRACT: Expectations and increased demands of citizens on the public service introduced a new orientation in the reform and administrative modernization. lt is in this context that the model of self-assessment Common Assessment Framework (CAF), which is primarily directed to the government, in order to promote continuous improvement of services. This study aims to analyze the applicability of the CAF as a self-assessment tool of public services at the Academic Services of the University of Évora (SAC) and verify the impact that the implementation of the CAF had the SAC after the study by Nogueira (2008) and make a diagnosis with the students, employees and managers to assess the processes developed and ascertain their degree of satisfaction. To achieve the proposed objectives a questionnaire was applied to students, employees and managers of SAC. The results allowed to draw on the strengths (eg: good procedures for reception and integration of employees, not resistant to change managers), highlight the weaknesses (eg: time to obtain answers to made requests, inadequate telephone service), and list suggestions improvement for the service (eg: greater number of employees to service, opening hours and more extensive service).
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Gilligan, Philip A., and M. Manby. "The Common Assessment Framework: does the reality match the rhetoric?" Blackwell Publishing, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2712.
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The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an important part of
the procedures envisaged in the government¿s Every Child Matters:
Change for Children (ECM: CFC) programme. Implementation of CAF,
in particular, raises many important questions, not least those arising
from the inconsistencies apparent between government rhetoric
around the development of multi-agency services provided to all
children with `additional¿ needs and the actual experiences of children,
young people, parents/carers and practitioners in `real world¿
situations. This paper explores the extent to which the actions of
practitioners and the experiences of service users with regard to CAF
mirror or differ from those which would be expected in view of the
content of government guidance and policy documents.The data used
is taken from an evaluation of CAF processes in two locations in
northern England over a period of 6 months. It concludes that very
small numbers of children and young people actually received the
service; that, despite genuine enthusiasm from practitioners for them
to be so, the processes observed could not yet be described as fully
`child centred¿; that fathers were insufficiently involved; and that CAF
was, in reality, another service `rationed¿ according to resources
available and according to agencies¿ priorities.
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Evaristo, Cristina Josefa Simas do Rosário. "A CAF (Common Assessment Framework) e a melhoria contínua nos serviços públicos." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/3442.
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Mestrado em Administração e Gestão PúblicaO modelo de auto-avaliação COMMON ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CAF) foi criado com o objectivo de introduzir na Administração Pública os princípios da Gestão da Qualidade Total, designadamente, uma cultura de avaliação e melhoria contínua. O presente trabalho de investigação, através da aplicação de um inquérito por questionário aos serviços públicos portugueses, identificou factores críticos que influenciam o seguimento das organizações no ciclo da melhoria contínua, após a auto-avaliação com base na CAF. ABSTRACT: The COMMON ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CAF) was created to introduce in Public Administration the Total Quality Management principles, mostly an assessment and continuous improvement culture. The present research work, through an inquiry answered by Portuguese public services, identified some critical factors that encourage the follow-up of organizations in continuous improvement cycle, after a self assessment exercise based on CAF.
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Pereira, Claudia Marisa Gonçalves da Silva Costa. "A qualidade organizacional na perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde e a satisfação dos utentes: o caso da unidade de cuidados intensivos polivalente (UCIP) do Hospital do SAMS." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17180.
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Neste ambiente turbulento de constante mudança que caracteriza a época atual, as instituições de saúde têm que se adaptar e adotar novas formas de organização e sistemas de gestão, que lhes permitam atender a satisfação das necessidades dos utentes e que tornem possível a harmonia entre os objetivos organizacionais e individuais, de modo a obter os melhores desempenhos. A finalidade do presente estudo consiste em caracterizar o perfil da qualidade organizacional da Unidade de Cuidados intensivos Polivalente (UCIP) do Hospital do SAMS, na perspetiva dos seus profissionais de saúde (Colaboradores e responsáveis) e o grau de satisfação dos três grupos de atores organizacionais estudados neste trabalho científico (responsáveis, colaboradores e utentes). Para alcançar este objetivo, utilizou-se uma abordagem metodológica suportada pelo modelo Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Para tal, privilegiou-se a utilização e análise dos critérios de meios do presente modelo: Liderança, Planeamento e Estratégia, Pessoas, Parcerias e Recursos e Processos. Os dados do estudo foram recolhidos através da aplicação de um inquérito por questionário aos atores organizacionais e o tratamento dos dados estatísticos foi realizado com o apoio dos softwares SPSS, versão 16.0, e do Microsoft Excel. Da análise dos resultados obtidos retiraram-se pontos fortes, pontos fracos e sugestões de melhoria para a organização em estudo. A perceção dos profissionais de saúde pode ser usada como um indicador adicional da qualidade organizacional dos serviços de saúde. Para melhorar essa qualidade, os órgãos de gestão devem encorajar o envolvimento de todos os profissionais no processo de gestão, na elaboração do piano de atividades e na definição dos objetivos organizacionais. Neste sentido, este trabalho serviu de diagnóstico e introduz uma ferramenta de avaliação da qualidade, que permite aos serviços de saúde, em geral, e ao serviço em estudo, em particular, o seu autoconhecimento e, desta forma, iniciarem a sua escalada no caminho da excelência dos serviços prestados tendo sempre por base a qualidade. /ABSTRACT - ln this turbulent time of constant change, the institutions of health have to adapt themselves and adopt new forms of organization and administration that allow them to satisfy the needs of the users, allowing the harmony between organized objectives and individuals in a way that will give us the best outcomes. The result of the present study characterizes the outline of organizational quality of the intensive care unit of Hospital SAMS in the views of the health professionals (the collaborators and others responsible) and the extent to which the three groups mentioned are satisfied in this scientific work (the responsible party, the collaborators, and the patients). ln order to arrive at this objective, we used a methodological overview supported by the Common Assessment Framework model (CAF). Ln order to achieve this, we used the criteria of Leadership, Planning and Strategy, People, and Resources and Processes. The data were collected in the form of a questionnaire and the statistically analyzed using the Microsoft Excel software SPSS, version 16.0. Given the analysis of these results, we studied strengths. Weaknesses, and suggestions for improvement of the organization being studied. The perception of the health professionals can be used as an indicator for additional quality in the service of health. For this better quality. Everyone should be involved in the process of running the business, in the elaboration of the activity plan, and in defining the objectives for the organization. ln this sense, the study serves as diagnostic, introducing a tool for the evaluation of quality, that allows the health services in general, and particularly this institution, to study itself and begin its ascent to providing excellent service based on quality.
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Volný, Jiří. "Management kvality ve veřejné správě - Model CAF." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2006. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-26.
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Práce se snaží reagovat na posun ve vnímání fungování veřejné správy. Tím je zejména přechod od nařizovací správy k chápání správy jako službě veřejnosti. Jednou z možností modernizace a zlepšení práce veřejné správy je aplikace metod managementu kvality. V práci se poukazuje na rozdílnost veřejné správy a celého veřejného sektoru oproti soukromému. Ze soukromé sféry jsou zdůrazněny metody, které mohou být aplikovatelné i ve veřejné správě. Větší část práce je pak věnována Modelu CAF (Common Assessment Framework), který byl speciálně navržen pro implementaci ve veřejném sektoru. Pro jeho snazší zavedení jsou uvedeny i upravené praktické příklady ze starších projektů.
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Nogueiro, Teresa Paula Ramalho Serra Bugalho. "A qualidade e o modelo common assessment framework: O caso dos Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Évora." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18592.
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Uma das condições que mais influencia a competitividade entre instituições de ensino é a Qualidade. Sendo a sociedade cada vez mais exigente, é necessário medir e avaliá-la. A utilização de uma ferramenta de autoavaliação, desenvolvida ao nível da União Europeia, a Common Assessment Framework (CAF), que teve como modelo de origem o European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), veio permitir a medição da qualidade dos serviços prestados na administração pública. Este estudo apresenta os diversos aspectos referentes à temática da qualidade, o modelo CAF e os principais resultados obtidos num inquérito por questionário, junto dos alunos, colaboradores internos e gestores dos Serviços Académicos da Universidade de Évora, com o objectivo de avaliar o grau de satisfação com a qualidade do serviço prestado, o desempenho de todas as partes interessadas e, consequentemente, a sustentabilidade desse serviço. Desses resultados retiraram-se alguns pontos fortes, enunciaram-se diversos pontos fracos e evidenciaram-se sugestões de melhoria para o serviço em estudo. Neste sentido, este trabalho serviu de diagnóstico e apresenta uma ferramenta que permite aos Serviços académicos da Universidade de Évora conhecerem-se melhor e poderem mover-se no caminho da qualidade. ABSTRACT: One of the conditions that most influences the competitiveness among institutions of education is quality. As society increasingly demanding in terms of professional skills, it is necessary to measure and assess the quality of education, through continuous improvement to achieve excellence. Currently, the quality must be measured and seen as a competitive advantage. The use of a tool for self-evaluation of the quality, developed at EU level, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) that has had its origin on European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), carne allow the measurement of quality of services provided to the clients, based on an internal guidance for quality in the organization and on the adoption of quality ratings as a routine in their work. This study presents the various aspects relating to the issue of quality and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and presents the main results obtained through a survey by questionnaire. These questionnaires were applied to the students, staff and internal managers from the Academic Services of the University of Évora with the aim of assessing the grade of satisfaction with the quality of the services provided, the performance of all interested parties and therefore the sustainability of this service in this institution of higher education. As results obtained on this research there are some strengths, several weaknesses and suggestions for improvement that can benefit the service under study. This work can be used as a diagnosis and gives a tool that allows Academic Services of the University of Évora know themselves better and to be able to move on the path of quality.
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Isidoro, Catarina Matos. "Qualidade e triagem de Manchester : Estudo de caso Hospital CUF Descobertas." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18683.
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A saúde em Portugal encontra-se no caminho da mudança, rumo à excelência, pois questiona-se o sistema, a sua estrutura, os seus processos e os resultados. Uma das condições que mais influencia a competitividade entre instituições da saúde é a qualidade. Sendo a sociedade cada vez mais exigente, medi-la e avalia-la é um imperativo da época actual. O presente estudo teve como objectivo, contribuir para a realização de um diagnóstico de um processo de melhoria implementado num hospital privado de Lisboa - Hospital CUF Descobertas (HCD), no Serviço de Atendimento Permanente (SAP), à luz dos princípios da qualidade total. O procedimento da Triagem de Manchester é um processo que tem como principal objectivo o estabelecimento de prioridades, ou seja, identificar critérios de gravidade, de forma objectiva e sistematizada, que indicam a prioridade clínica com que o cliente deve ser atendido e o respectivo tempo de espera alvo recomendado até observação médica. Não se trata de estabelecer diagnósticos. Para o efeito, utilizou-se uma abordagem metodológica, suportada pelo modelo de auto-avaliação, designado Modelo Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Neste sentido, privilegiando-se a utilização dos critérios de meios deste modelo. Foi aplicado um questionário aos colaboradores do Serviço de Atendimento Permanente do Hospital CUF Descobertas. O Tratamento de dados estatísticos foi realizado com o apoio do SPSS, versão 16.0 e do Microsoft Excel. Os resultados deste estudo culminam com a identificação de pontos fortes, pontos fracos e sugestões de melhorias para o serviço em estudo. Neste sentido, este trabalho serviu de diagnóstico para se poder identificar em que ponto se situa e que rumo se deve seguir para se atingir um patamar de excelência relativamente à qualidade. Abstract: Health in Portugal finds itself on the path toward change, trying to find excellence while challenging the system and its structure, processes, and results. One of the conditions that most influences the competitiveness between the institutes of health is quality because society is becoming more demanding. Measuring and evaluating this change is happening in this current time. The present study has the objective of contributing and establishing a diagnostic tool relative to the process of improvement. This tool was used in a private hospital in Lisbon, Hospital CUF Descobertas, in the Emergency Room, in looking at the principles of total quality. This process designed through the Manchester Triage System has the main objective of the establishment of priorities through which we want to identify criteria of seriousness in an objective and systematic way that indicate a clinical priority with which the client is attended to in respect to the waiting time, giving a recommended time until medical observation. ln this sense, we do not diagnose patients in triage. For this effect, we used a methodological overview supported by the model of self-evaluation, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF}, in which we used the criteria: Leadership, Planning and Strategy, People, Resources and Processes. To arrive at this, a questionnaire was used by the collaborators of the emergency room of Hospital CUF Descobertas. The statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS version 16.0 and Microsoft Excel. The results of this study culminated with the identification of strong points, weak points, and suggestions for improvements for the work in study. ln this way, with this study, we can identify in where an organization finds itself and the path it should take in order to achieve a high level of quality excellence.
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Kuglerová, Radka. "Implementace Modelu CAF v sektoru školství." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2006. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264.
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Práce se snaží reagovat na aktuální otázku, týkající se modernizace veřejné správy a s ní spojenou aplikaci metod managementu kvality ve veřejné správě. Zvláštní pozornost je věnována Modelu CAF (Common Assessment Framework), který byl vyvinut jako nástroj sebehodnocení speciálně pro veřejný sektor. V České republice byl tento model doposud aplikován především na úrovni samosprávných a ústředních správních úřadů. Vzhledem k možnosti implementovat tento model v nejrůznějších částech veřejného sektoru, se práce snaží upozornit na vhodnost využití Modelu CAF i v oblasti vzdělávání. Pro jeho snazší aplikaci ve školách jsou uvedeny i praktické příklady důkazů, které jsou důležitým podkladem pro hodnocení v Modelu.
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Carrilho, António José Tavares. "A qualidade na administração pública. Implementação da CAF- Common Assessment Framework. Caso: Instituto da Segurança Social, IP/Centro Distrital de Santarém." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15111.
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O lançamento da CAF teve lugar há 10 anos atrás, num cenário, que hoje subsiste, no qual o setor publico tem de ultrapassar um número diversificado de desafios e responder a muitas necessidades e exigências da sociedade.
O setor público foi sujeito a diversas reformas. De forma particular em tempo de crise e de cortes severos nos orçamentos das administrações públicas, o foco tem-se situado na melhoria da eficiência e da eficácia, atendendo a regras de transparência e de prestação de contas, incluindo serviços públicos prestadores de serviços. De forma conjunta com estes princípios associados à Nova Política Gestionária, metodologias e técnicas foram sendo construídas. Como uma dessas técnicas a Gestão da Qualidade Total tornou-se uma realidade no setor público, a partir do final da década de 80 e de forma mais incisiva a partir do início da década de 90. No final desta década, muitos modelos da qualidade e técnicas específicas (EFQM, ISO, etc.), e no imediato o CAF – Estrutura Comum de Avaliação, encontraram o seu espaço no setor público.
O objetivo da presente dissertação centrou-se na avaliação da consistência interna da ferramenta CAF, aferindo a interdependência entre os seus critérios, de acordo com as hipóteses de investigação definidas e com base nos dados empíricos recolhidos no Instituto de Segurança Social, IP/Centro Distrital de Santarém.
A análise estatística foi efetuada com recurso ao STATAse12 (Statistical Analyse special edition), 12.0, SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), 20.0 e ao Microsoft Office Excel.
Os resultados obtidos dessa avaliação, e os derivados do desenvolvimento do Projeto COMPROMISS no ISS, IP, permitem considerar a CAF como um importante modelo de autoavaliação e de dinamização de um sistema da qualidade em qualquer organização do setor público. Inerente à natureza do modelo está subjacente a ideia de que um bom desempenho nos meios conduzirá a bons resultados.
Conclui-se, assim, que qualquer modelo de avaliação é um valioso auxiliar e tem um papel irrefutável neste contexto de mudança e de afirmação de uma renovada Administração Pública; ABSTRACT:The launch of the CAF has to be placed in the context of 10 years ago, when, as is still the case today, the public sector had to cope with a number of challenges and had to respond to many new needs and demands in society.
The public sector has been the subject of large reforms. Particularly in times of financial crises and severe cost cutting in public administrations, the focus is on efficiency and effectiveness, attention to transparency and accountability, awareness for public service delivery. Together with these principles of New Public Management (NPM), methods and techniques were constructed. As one of these techniques Total Quality Management became a feature of the public sector from the late 1980s and particularly the early 1990s. In the late 1990s, many quality models and techniques (EFQM, ISO, etc.), and subsequently the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), found their way into the public sector.
The objective of this dissertation has been centred in the evaluation of the internal consistence of the CAF tool, by estimating the interdependency between its own criteria. It has been done according to the investigation assumptions defined and also according to the empirical information colleted in Instituto de Segurança Social, IP/Centro Distrital de Santarém.
The statistics analyses was done with the STATAse12 (Statistical Analyse special edition), 12.0, SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), 20.0 and to Microsoft Office Excel Resource.
The results obtained with this evaluation, and whit the development of COMPROMISS Project in ISS, IP, makes possible to consider the CAF an important tool of self-assessment and development of a quality sistem in any public entity. It is also subjacent the idea that a proper performance will lead to good results.
As conclusion, every assessment model is an important help and it have an incontestable role in this context of changing and affirmation of a renewed Public Administration.
Books on the topic "Common assessment Framework (CAF)"
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Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills. Common Assessment Framework. Sheffield: Department for Education and Skills, 2004.
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RTI in the common core classroom: A framework for instruction and assessment. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2015.
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Guerin, Elizabeth, ed. Language Teacher education and Training: Italy and Europe. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/88-8453-323-6.
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The CEFTrain Project is a transnational endeavour which promotes the common European principles and standards expressed in the Council of Europe's "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEF)", in teacher education using information and communication technologies. The Project results are being transferred into the Italian educational context.
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Ismailov, Nariman. Scientific basis of environmental biotechnology practical. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1048434.
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The monograph is devoted to modern biotechnology, which allows to solve urgent environmental problems in all areas of modern society. Described the current use of biotechnological methods for environmental protection. The common assessment of the environment, the analysis bioaccumulating capacity of the biosphere, presented information on bio-ecological potential of human society. Considers the issues of technological bio-energetics, obtaining biodegradable materials, different fields of organic waste, bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum products, pesticides, heavy metals, solid waste processing, utilization of oil sludge and drill cuttings, cleaning of soil and groundwater from contamination, the use of biotechnology in the oil industry and others Described the modern problems of organic agriculture and the progress in this area. Discussed microbiological, biochemical and technological fundamentals of these processes. The prospects of the use of biotechnology in integrated environmental protection. Discusses the modern view of ecological culture and ecological civilization in the framework of the problems under consideration.
Designed for teachers, students, engineers, ecologists, agricultural workers, civil servants, decision-makers, engaged in the manufacture engaged in the development of programs for socio-ecological sustainable development.
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Correia, Mariana, Letizia Dipasquale, and Saverio Mecca, eds. VERSUS: Heritage for Tomorrow. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-742-5.
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Vernacular architecture represents a great resource that has considerable potential to define principles for sustainable design and contemporary architecture. This publication is the result of an overall aim to produce a valuable tool for analysis regarding vernacular heritage through different assessments, in order to define principles to consider for sustainable development. This was possible through a comprehensive reflection on the principles established and the strategies to recognise in different world contexts. The present publication was the result of an in-depth approach by 46 authors from 12 countries, concerned with the analysis and critical assessment of vernacular heritage and its sustainable perspective. The book presents 8 chapters addressing operational definitions and synopses advances, regarding the main areas of vernacular heritage contribution to sustainable architecture. It also presents 15 chapters and 53 case studies of vernacular and contemporary approaches in all the 5 continents, regarding urban, architectural, technical and constructive strategies and solutions. VERSUS, HERITAGE FOR TOMORROW: Vernacular Knowledge for Sustainable Architecture is the result of a common effort undertaken by the partners ESG | Escola Superior Gallaecia, Portugal, as Project leader; CRAterre | École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, France; DIDA | Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy; DICAAR | Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy; and UPV | Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. This is the final outcome of VerSus, an European project developed from 2012 to 2014, in the framework of the Culture 2007-2013 programme.
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Parzer, Philip. Transforming Public Administration with CAF - 20 years of the Common Assessment Framework - Öffentliches Management und Finanzwirtschaft Band 23. Edited by Thomas Prorok. NWV Verlag, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37942/9783708313559.
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The CAF is the European Common Assessment Framework for better quality in public administration, and it celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020. The CAF improves public administration through self-assessment by the employees and executives of "their" organisation. The beginning of the CAF dates back to 1998 when the ministers of the European Public Administration Network (EUPAN) commissioned designing "general principles concerning the improvement of the quality of services provided to citizens". The CAF 2020 is the fifth version of the CAF, and it is designed to be the European guideline for good governance and excellence in public sector organisations. In four chapters, this book provides an overview of how the CAF is contributing to transform public administration. About 30 designated CAF experts from academia and practice offer insights into the impact of the CAF in different fields of public sector organisations, reflecting the powerful role of the CAF in navigating through challenging times. Furthermore, this book provides an overview of the institutional status of the CAF in Europe and internationally, and it shows the necessary steps for further strengthening the CAF as the number one tool for transformation and quality in the public sector. As a resumé of the book, it can be stated that the CAF initiates and accompanies the transformation of public administration, especially through: transforming the organisation towards change and organisational development; transforming public administration towards the Sustainable Development Goals; transforming the public sector towards effective governance, multi-level collaboration and comprehensive policy-field-thinking; making public administration and structural reforms successful; and driving states and societies towards European integration and European values.
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Europe, Council of. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Europe, Council of. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation. Education Committee., ed. Common European framework of reference for languages: Learning, teaching, assessment. Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Saatweber, Vera Silke. "Das europäische Selbstbewertungsinstrument Common Assessment Framework (CAF)." In Leistungsmessung und -vergleich in Politik und Verwaltung, 227–47. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-10652-4_14.
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Evans, Richard, Mark DeTomaso, Reed Comire, Vaibhav Bora, Jeet Poonater, Aarti Vaishnav, Scott Catherall, and John T. Casagrande. "A Common Application Framework that is Extensible: CAF-É." In Biomedical Informatics for Cancer Research, 227–39. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5714-6_12.
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Barni, Monica, and Luisa Salvati. "The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)." In Language Testing and Assessment, 417–26. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02261-1_29.
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Barni, Monica, and Luisa Salvati. "The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)." In Language Testing and Assessment, 1–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02326-7_29-1.
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Copăcenaru, Olimpia, Adrian Stoica, Antonella Catucci, Laura De Vendictis, Alessia Tricomi, Savvas Rogotis, and Nikolaos Marianos. "Copernicus Data and CAP Subsidies Control." In Big Data in Bioeconomy, 265–90. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71069-9_20.
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AbstractThis chapter integrates the results of three pilots developed within the framework of the Horizon 2020 DataBio project. It aims to provide a broad picture of how products based on Earth Observation techniques can support the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy requirements, whose fulfillments are supervised by National and Local Paying Agencies operating in Romania, Italy and Greece. The concept involves the use of the same data sources, mainly multitemporal series of Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery, but through three different Big Data processing chains, tailored to each paying agency’s needs in terms of farm compliance assessment. Particularities of each workflow are presented together with examples of the results and their accuracy, calculated by validation against independent sources. Business value aspects for each use case are also discussed, emphasizing the way in which the automation of the CAP requests verification process through satellite technologies has increased the efficiency and reduced cost and time resources for the subsidy process. We end the chapter by highlighting the benefits of continuous satellite tracking as a substitute, but also complementary to the classical field control methods, and also the enormous potential of Earth Observation-based products for the agri-food market.
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Deneux, Johann, and Ove Åkerlund. "A Common Framework for Design and Safety Analyses using Formal Methods." In Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, 406–11. London: Springer London, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_66.
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Sisto, Raffaele, Javier García López, Julio Lumbreras Martín, Carlos Mataix Aldeanueva, and Linos Ramos Ferreiro. "City Assessment Tool to Measure the Impact of Public Policies on Smart and Sustainable Cities. The Case Study of the Municipality of Alcobendas (Spain) Compared with Similar European Cities." In Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions, 81–101. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57764-3_6.
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AbstractData analytics is a key resource to analyze cities and to find their strengths and weaknesses to define long-term sustainable strategies. On the one hand, urban planning is geared to adapting cities’ strategies towards a qualitative, intelligent, and sustainable growth. On the other hand, institutions are geared towards open governance and collaborative administration models. In this context, sustainability has become a global concern for urban development, and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), defined by United Nations, are the framework to be followed to define the new city goals and to measure the advances of the policies implemented over recent years. The main objective of this research is to explain the methods and results of the application of a city assessment tool for measuring the impact of public policies on the socioeconomic and environmental structure of a city. It addresses the case study of the evaluation of the strategic plan “Diseña 2020” of the municipality of Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain, with 116.037 inhabitants), the document used to communicate the actions needed to achieve the city goals during the planning exercise. A selection of urban indicators has been aligned with the SDGs defined in the Agenda 2030 to develop a tool for the measurement of the impacts of policies in economic, social, and ecological terms. Through this set of indicators, the tool is able to quantify the impact of the policies on the city and the SDGs and to support the decision-making processes of the administration. The set of urban indicators is divided into five areas: economic development and employment, sustainable development, open government, social responsibility, and quality of life. The data evolution, across the recent years 2012–2018, is used to monitor and benchmark the effects of the applied policies. In addition, Alcobendas can be compared with other Spanish and European cities with similar characteristics; it makes possible assessing the achievement of the city’s strategic areas, incorporating the current trends and fostering the SDGs. Thanks to the quantitative comparable results and the objective approach, this research shows a methodology based on indicators that could be applied and scaled to other cities to generate a common framework for measuring the impact of public policies on cities.
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Rosa, Paolo, Claudio Sassanelli, and Sergio Terzi. "Circular Business Models Identification." In New Business Models for the Reuse of Secondary Resources from WEEEs, 9–16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74886-9_2.
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AbstractThe main objective of FENIX is demonstrating the benefits coming from the adoption of CE practices through a set of circular business models adequately configured within the project. These CBMs have been selected basing on the three use cases requirements pertaining to different industrial streams (metal powders, 3D-printed jewels and advanced filaments for 3D printing applications). The chapter starts with a literature assessment of both current CBMs and current CBM classification methods. Subsequently, existing CBMs have been mapped basing on the most common classification method (i.e. the ReSOLVE framework), evidencing the most suitable CBMs to be adopted in FENIX. In parallel, a literature assessment of industrial benefits expected from the adoption of CE practices have been implemented. Subsequently, FENIX industrial partners have been interviewed in order to select the most relevant benefits expected from the project. A final comparison of available CBMs and expected benefits allowed to select the most suitable CBMs to be demonstrated in FENIX.
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Stephansen, Cathrine, Anders Bjørgesæter, Odd Willy Brude, Ute Brönner, Tonje Waterloo Rogstad, Grethe Kjeilen-Eilertsen, Jean-Marie Libre, and Christian Collin-Hansen. "An ERA Acute Model Overview." In Assessing Environmental Risk of Oil Spills with ERA Acute, 33–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70176-5_3.
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AbstractERA Acute is a model for environmental risk assessment of acute discharges. The calculations follow a common framework for all environmental compartments, whilst maintaining the mechanistic integrity of each compartment and/or VEC group, by using compartment-specific inputs of oil exposure and VEC-specific geographical distribution, vulnerability and recovery-defining parameters/functions. The method allows for using three different levels of detailing in VEC in the exposure and impact calculations. For the highest level of detail, a second step calculates recovery times in three time-factors, as well as the ERA Acute-specific RDF which combines the extent of impact and recovery. The continuous functions of impact and recovery calculations are presented in this chapter, separately for all four compartments. All data are calculated in grid cells, facilitating the use of GIS for viewing inputs and results. The methodology adds up impacts from grid cells to populations, and calculates result statistics from single simulations to scenarios, to multi-scenario DSHAs and cases.
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Etscheid, Mario. "Potenziale des Common Assessment Framework (CAF) für eine nachhaltige Verwaltungsmodernisierung." In Wege zum Qualitätsmanagement, 35–55. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783845223148-35.
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Godina, Sebastian-Ivan, and Miroslav Drljača. "CAF-Model izvrsnosti u javnoj upravi." In Kvaliteta-jučer, danas, sutra (Quality-yesterday, today, tomorrow). Croatian Quality Managers Society, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52730/cjxo6918.
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Sažetak: U ovome radu obrađena je tema CAF (common assessment framework) modela izvrsnosti u javnoj upravi. U radu je definiran pojam CAF-a, te je objašnjena njegova struktura, koja se sastoji od dva glavna dijela: omogućitelja i rezultata. Svaki od tih dijelova, odnosno skupina ima svoje kriterije i podkriterije koji su također u radu razjašnjeni. Nadalje je obrađena tema koncepta ovog modela, primjenom kojeg ovaj model spada u skupinu total quality managementa, a taj koncept se sastoji od osam načela. Postupak implementacije CAF modela u određenu organizaciju sastoji se od tri faze i ukupno 10 koraka, koji su sadržani u tim fazama, te tri faze su: početak CAF putovanja, samoocjenjivanje i plan unapređenja. Prošlo je već 20 godina od nastanka ovog modela, te je isti doživio nekoliko revizija. U radu su nabrojane sve revizije te je napravljena analiza, odnosno usporedba istih. Na kraju rada prikazana je relevantna statistika. Abstract: The subject of this paper is the CAF (common assessment framework) method, i. e. model of excellence in public administration. The paper defines the concept of CAF, and explains its structure, which consists of two main parts: enablers and results. Each of these parts has its own criteria and sub-criteria which are also clarified in this paper. Furthermore, the concept which is used by the method is elaborated, the application of this concept puts this method/tool in the group of total quality management, and this concept consists of a total of eight principles. The implementation process of the CAF method consists of three phases and a total of 10 steps which are contained of three phases: the beginning of the CAF journey, self-assessment and the improvement plan. It has been 20 years since the creation of this method/tool, and it has undergone several revisions, the paper lists all of the revisions and makes an analysis, i. e. comparation of them. At the end of the paper, relevant statistics are presented.
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Эмиль, Маркварт, Маслов Дмитрий, and Лаврова Татьяна. "EUROPEAN IMPROVEMENT MODEL FOR CAF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS – EXPERIENCE OF PILOT IMPLEMENTATION IN RUSSIA." In MODERN CITY: POWER, GOVERNANCE, ECONOMICS. Publishing House of Perm National Research Polytechnic University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15593/65.049-66/2020.6.
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The need for a full-fledged performance measurement system in field of quality of the public administration in Russia remains on the agenda in the light of strategic initiatives for the development of the country. The existing approaches to quality assessment, based on ranking and rating, perform a control function, but do not give government bodies at various levels, local governments, public sector organizations the necessary tools to improve performance. In this regard, in recent years, Russia has been in search of models, methods of increasing efficiency and improving the quality of activities of state and municipal authorities and public sec-tor organizations. The article is devoted to one of the modern models of quality management in the field of public administration – the European model for improving the activities of public sector organizations through the self-assessment – the Common Assessment Framework (CAF model) and the possibilities of its application in Russia. The article was prepared as part of the research of the state assignment of the RANEPA.
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Limon, Sergio, David W. Hoeppner, Paul N. Clark, and Jerzy Komorowski. "What Do Pipelines and Airplanes Have in Common?" In 2016 11th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2016-64451.
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In 1958, General Curtis E. LeMay established the structural integrity program for the United States Air Force (USAF). Since then, the USAF has been honing the requirements for extending the service life, durability, and safety of aircraft. These requirements have evolved to include Damage Tolerance principles that encompass the design and the management of aircraft with the objective of reducing maintenance burdens and ensure structural integrity for airworthiness, safety, and mission capability. Recently, requirements of some agencies and companies include Holistic Life Structural Integrity Process (HOLSIP) and concepts aimed at improving the early prediction and detection of structural discontinuities that can pose a safety concern. HOLSIP is intended to reduce the inspection & maintenance cycle while identifying prevention and mitigative measures to be employed. This holistic methodology addresses the total life of components and related issues. It is a physics based approach that incorporates the interaction of known possible degradation mechanisms and their potential failure modes. It provides the basis for analytical, experimental and procedural methods to make structural integrity predictions of components from the design, manufacturing, commissioning, maintenance and inspection intervals that would meet the desired level of safety and reliability. Non-destructive evaluation methods are incorporated in this approach as well. As part of continuing to ensure the safety and reliability of pipelines systems, the energy pipeline industry performs periodic risk assessments and maintenance activities and can enhance current integrity management programs by adopting HOLSIP principles and framework. In the early 2000s, pipeline industry associations and government regulators published a risk assessment based process for prioritizing pipeline segments for inspection and remediation. These processes have been formally integrated into an Integrity Management Program (IMP). By incorporating risk assessments and periodic inspections as part of the IMP, energy pipeline operators have achieved great success in removing damage that can pose an immediate or short-term safety concern to the public, environment and piping facilities. However, in-service pipeline failures continue to occur suggesting that the treatment of integrity threats, degradation mechanisms and failure modes is still fragmented. There needs to be a strong sense of wholeness in the approach to managing pipeline integrity. The absence of this can lead to unnecessary inspections and assessments, early pipeline retirements, over conservative assumptions or worse, further in-service accidents. As energy pipelines around the world continue to age and their safe performance is expected to increase, the need for HOLSIP becomes more apparent. This paper provides an overview of the fundamental principles and concepts of a holistic approach developed for maintaining aircraft fleets and how they apply to structural integrity engineering assessments for pipelines. A comparison with the current pipeline integrity management practices and regulations is highlighted.
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Sunter, Deborah A., and Van P. Carey. "A Thermodynamic Similarity Framework for Assessment of Working Fluids for Solar Rankine Power Generation." In ASME 2008 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2008-54261.
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Numerous earlier studies have compared the merits of different working fluids for use in Rankine power systems. Most often, however, these have considered a limited number of specific fluids for which the needed thermodynamic properties are known. In the investigation summarized here, the Redlich-Kwong fluid model was used to develop a thermodynamic similarity framework that can be used as a comparative model for evaluating the performance of Rankine cycle working fluids. This can be viewed as a reduced order model that, based on thermodynamic similarity, quantifies the characteristics of the working fluids in terms of a single dimensional coordinate space defined by the choice of critical temperature. The advantage of this framework is that it allows exploration of the performance advantages of working fluids for which full thermodynamic properties are not yet available. Predictions of the model for common fluids were examined and conclusions regarding optimal fluids for solar Rankine systems are discussed.
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Kelly, Dana L. "Using Copulas to Model Dependence in Simulation Risk Assessment." In ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2007-41284.
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Typical engineering systems in applications with high failure consequences such as nuclear reactor plants often employ redundancy and diversity of equipment in an effort to lower the probability of failure and therefore risk. However, it has long been recognized that dependencies exist in these redundant and diverse systems. Some dependencies, such as common sources of electrical power, are typically captured in the logic structure of the risk model. Others, usually referred to as intercomponent dependencies, are treated implicitly by introducing one or more statistical parameters into the model. Such common-cause failure models have limitations in a simulation environment. In addition, substantial subjectivity is associated with parameter estimation for these models. This paper describes an approach in which system performance is simulated by drawing samples from the joint distributions of dependent variables. The approach relies on the notion of a copula distribution, a notion which has been employed by the actuarial community for ten years or more, but which has seen only limited application in technological risk assessment. The paper also illustrates how equipment failure data can be used in a Bayesian framework to estimate the parameter values in the copula model. This approach avoids much of the subjectivity required to estimate parameters in traditional common-cause failure models. Simulation examples are presented for failures in time. The open-source software package R is used to perform the simulations. The open-source software package WinBUGS is used to perform the Bayesian inference via Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling.
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Masoud, Hadi I., Matthew P. Reed, Kamran Paynabar, Jionghua (Judy) Jin, Ksenia K. Kozak, Nanxin Wang, Jian Wan, and Gianna Gomez-Levi. "Predicting Subjective Responses From Human Motion: Application to Vehicle Ingress Assessment." In ASME 2014 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference collocated with the JSME 2014 International Conference on Materials and Processing and the 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/msec2014-4039.
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The ease of entering a car is one of the important ergonomic factors that car manufacturers consider during the process of car design. This has motivated many researchers to investigate factors that affect discomfort during ingress. The patterns of motion during ingress may be related to discomfort, but the analysis of motion is challenging. In this paper, a modeling framework is proposed to use the motions of body landmarks to predict subjectively reported discomfort during ingress. Foot trajectories are used to identify a set of trials with a consistent right-leg-first strategy. The trajectories from 20 landmarks on the limbs and torso are parameterized using B-spline basis functions. Two group selection methods, group nonnegative garrote (GNNG) and stepwise group selection (SGS), are used to filter and identify the trajectories that are important for prediction. Finally, a classification and prediction model is built using support vector machine (SVM). The performance of the proposed framework is then evaluated against simpler, more common prediction models.
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Lou, Ning, Ezra Wari, James Curry, Kevin McSweeney, Rick Curtis, Brian Craig, Muhammad Muzamil Hussain, and Weihang Zhu. "Identifying Key Safety Culture Factors for the Offshore Industry." In SNAME 26th Offshore Symposium. SNAME, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/tos-2021-06.
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This research identifies key factors, or safety culture categories, that can be used to help describe the safety culture for the offshore oil and gas industry and develop a comprehensive offshore safety culture assessment toolkit for use by the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) owners and operators. Detailed questionnaires from selected safety culture frameworks of different industries were collected and analyzed to identify important safety culture factors and key questions for assessment. Safety frameworks from different associations were investigated, including the Center for Offshore Safety (COS), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The safety culture factors of each of these frameworks were generalized and analyzed. The frequency of the safety culture factors in each framework was analyzed to explore commonality. The literature review and analysis identified a list of common factors among safety culture frameworks.
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Borguet, S., P. Dewallef, and O. Le´onard. "On-Line Transient Engine Diagnostics in a Kalman Filtering Framework." In ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2005-68013.
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A common assumption made in the performance assessment of a turbine engine for aircraft propulsion consists in restricting the data processing to steady-state data. This especially holds for onboard performance monitoring of a commercial aircraft which spends up to 90% of the time in cruise flight where such conditions are satisfied. The present contribution is intended to investigate the ability of a diagnosis method to process unsteady data rather than steady-state data. The aim of this unsteady approach is to strongly reduce the time and the efforts spent to obtain a reliable diagnosis. In order to assess the improvements in terms of diagnosis efficiency and engine operability, the resulting diagnostic method is tested for different degradations that can be expected on commercial turbofans. The results are also compared to those obtained from cruise flight steady-state data in order to balance the two approaches.
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Cockle, John. "Risk Acceptance and Application of the Common Safety Method in the United States." In 2016 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2016-5747.
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that will require passenger rail operators in the United States to develop a System Safety Program using a risk-based hazard management approach. Identified as 49 CFR, Part 270 System Safety Rule [1], the NPRM describes the basic requirements for a system safety program plan, including the need for a method for accepting risk. The NPRM does not, however, identify how the responsible party should actually go about managing risk. That is left up to the railways themselves. In Europe, hazard management is applied in the railroad industry (including high-speed rail systems) under the regulatory authority of the European Union. European Commission Regulation 352/2009/EC [2] outlines a Common Safety Method (CSM) on Risk Evaluation and Assessment for Railways of the European Union, commonly known as the CSM Regulation and the heart of the railway safety program in Europe. The CSM Regulation includes the standard risk assessment process elements: identification of the hazards, corresponding risks, mitigation measures to reduce the risk, and the resulting safety requirements to be fulfilled by the system under assessment. What sets the CSM Regulation apart from other risk assessment programs is that it provides a methodology for determining when acceptable risk is achieved. The risk acceptability of the system under assessment is evaluated using one or more of the following risk acceptance principles: a) The application of relevant codes of practice; b) A comparison with similar systems (reference systems); c) Explicit risk estimation. In essence, the responsible party can accept risk that has either been regulated to an acceptable level by an authority having jurisdiction or a widely-accepted industry practice, or if the risk has been successfully addressed by a similar railway system through that railway’s engineering and operational controls. If neither of these cases applies the responsible party can estimate the risk and choose to accept it or not. A common approach, even internationally, is to develop an explicit risk estimation process based on the U.S. Department of Defense Military Standard 882E (MIL-STD-882E) [3]. Safety hazards are identified, analyzed for risk (severity and probability), and mitigations are progressively applied until a level of safety is achieved that is as low as reasonably practicable. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has adopted a risk-based hazard management program to achieve an acceptable level of safety for the design, construction, implementation and operation of the California High-Speed Rail System. CHSRA has deliberately used both domestic and international guidance and standards in the development of this program in an effort to apply the most up-to-date processes and philosophies, and to draw upon the impressive safety legacy of international high-speed railway operators. This paper will describe the relevant regulations and guidance (both domestically and internationally), review the elements of a risk acceptance program based upon the CSM Regulation, and apply the program to a select set of hazards to demonstrate how appropriate mitigations can be determined and residual risk accepted. The paper will also identify potential future applications for the CSM Regulation here in the United States, and will challenge the reader to manage hazards using a risk-based approach that incorporates the basic framework of the CSM Regulation.
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Bodner, Jeff, and Vikas Kaul. "A Framework for In Silico Clinical Trials for Medical Devices Using Concepts From Model Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification (VVUQ)." In ASME 2021 Verification and Validation Symposium. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/vvs2021-65094.
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Abstract The rising costs of clinical trials for medical devices in recent years has led to an increased interest in so-called in silico clinical trials, where simulation results are used to supplement or to replace those obtained from human patients. Here we present a framework for executing such a trial. This framework relies heavily on ideas already developed for model verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification. The framework uses results from an initial cohort of human patients as model validation data, recognizing that the best model credibility evidence usually comes from real patients. The validation exercise leads to an assessment of the model’s suitability based on pre-defined acceptance criteria. If the model meets these criteria, then no additional human patients are required and the study endpoints that can be addressed using the model are met using the simulation results. Conversely, if the model is found to be inadequate, it is abandoned, and the clinical study continues using only human patients in a second cohort. Compared to other frameworks described in the literature based on Bayesian methods, this approach follows a strict model build-validate-predict structure. It can handle epistemic uncertainties in the model inputs, which is a common trait of models of biomedical systems. Another idea discussed here is that the outputs of engineering models rarely coincide with measures that are the basis for clinical endpoints. This manuscript discusses how the link between the model and clinical measure can be established during the trial.
Reports on the topic "Common assessment Framework (CAF)"
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Phuong, Vu Tan, Nguyen Van Truong, and Do Trong Hoan. Commune-level institutional arrangements and monitoring framework for integrated tree-based landscape management. World Agroforestry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp21024.pdf.
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Governance is a difficult task in the context of achieving landscape multifunctionality owing to the multiplicity of stakeholders, institutions, scale and ecosystem services: the ‘many-multiple’ (Cockburn et al 2018). Governing and managing the physical landscape and the actors in the landscape requires intensive knowledge and good planning systems. Land-use planning is a powerful instrument in landscape governance because it directly guides how actors will intervene in the physical landscape (land use) to gain commonly desired value. It is essential for sustaining rural landscapes and improving the livelihoods of rural communities (Bourgoin and Castella 2011, Bourgoin et al 2012, Rydin 1998), ensuring landscape multifunctionality (Nelson et al 2009, Reyers et al 2012) and enhancing efficiency in carbon sequestration, in particular (Bourgoin et al 2013, Cathcart et al 2007). It is also considered critical to the successful implementation of land-based climate mitigation, such as under Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), because the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector is included in the mitigation contributions of nearly 90 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan and Southern Asia countries and in the Latin American and Caribbean regions (FAO 2016). Viet Nam has been implementing its NDC, which includes forestry and land-based mitigation options under the LULUCF sector. The contribution of the sector to committed national emission reduction is significant and cost-effective compared with other sectors. In addition to achieving emission reduction targets, implementation of forestry and land-based mitigation options has the highest benefits for social-economic development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (MONRE 2020). Challenges, however, lie in the way national priorities and targets are translated into sub-national delivery plans and the way sub-national actors are brought together in orchestration (Hsu et al 2019) in a context where the legal framework for climate-change mitigation is elaborated at national rather than sub-national levels and coordination between government bodies and among stakeholders is generally ineffective (UNDP 2018). In many developing countries, conventional ‘top–down’, centralized land-use planning approaches have been widely practised, with very little success, a result of a lack of flexibility in adapting local peculiarities (Amler et al 1999, Ducourtieux et al 2005, Kauzeni et al 1993). In forest–agriculture mosaic landscapes, the fundamental question is how land-use planning can best conserve forest and agricultural land, both as sources of economic income and environmental services (O’Farrell and Anderson 2010). This paper provides guidance on monitoring integrated tree-based landscape management at commune level, based on the current legal framework related to natural resource management (land and forest) and the requirements of national green-growth development and assessment of land uses in two communes in Dien Bien and Son La provinces. The concept of integrated tree based landscape management in Viet Nam is still new and should be further developed for wider application across levels.
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Brandt, Leslie A., Cait Rottler, Wendy S. Gordon, Stacey L. Clark, Lisa O'Donnell, April Rose, Annamarie Rutledge, and Emily King. Vulnerability of Austin’s urban forest and natural areas: A report from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Northern Forests Climate Hub, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2020.7204069.ch.
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The trees, developed green spaces, and natural areas within the City of Austin’s 400,882 acres will face direct and indirect impacts from a changing climate over the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of urban trees and natural and developed landscapes within the City Austin to a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and illustrated a range of projected future climates. We used this information to inform models of habitat suitability for trees native to the area. Projected shifts in plant hardiness and heat zones were used to understand how less common native species, nonnative species, and cultivars may tolerate future conditions. We also assessed the adaptability of planted and naturally occurring trees to stressors that may not be accounted for in habitat suitability models such as drought, flooding, wind damage, and air pollution. The summary of the contemporary landscape identifies major stressors currently threatening trees and forests in Austin. Major current threats to the region’s urban forest include invasive species, pests and disease, and development. Austin has been warming at a rate of about 0.4°F per decade since measurements began in 1938 and temperature is expected to increase by 5 to 10°F by the end of this century compared to the most recent 30-year average. Both increases in heavy rain events and severe droughts are projected for the future, and the overall balance of precipitation and temperature may shift Austin’s climate to be more similar to the arid Southwest. Species distribution modeling of native trees suggests that suitable habitat may decrease for 14 primarily northern species, and increase for four more southern species. An analysis of tree species vulnerability that combines model projections, shifts in hardiness and heat zones, and adaptive capacity showed that only 3% of the trees estimated to be present in Austin based on the most recent Urban FIA estimate were considered to have low vulnerability in developed areas. Using a panel of local experts, we also assessed the vulnerability of developed and natural areas. All areas were rated as having moderate to moderate-high vulnerability, but the underlying factors driving that vulnerability differed by natural community and between East and West Austin. These projected changes in climate and their associated impacts and vulnerabilities will have important implications for urban forest management, including the planting and maintenance of street and park trees, management of natural areas, and long-term planning.