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Journal articles on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Fatmawati, Diah Ayu, and Usnan Usnan. "Audit Kepatuhan Syariah Melalui Peran Dewan Pengawas Syariah Pada PT. BPRS Dana Mulia Surakarta." Journal of Islamic Finance and Accounting 1, no. 2 (2018): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22515/jifa.v1i2.1415.
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The aim of this study is to find out how the shariah compliance audit is carried out through the role of the sharia supervisory board (DPS) at PT. BPRS Dana Mulia Surakarta. This study is using a qualitative approach, where the data in this study were obtained through interview, documentation and observation techniques related to the implementation of sharia compliance audits through the role of DPS in BPRS Dana Mulia Surakarta, which then obtained data analyzed descriptively.The results showed that the shariah compliance audit was implemented through the role of the sharia supervisory board (DPS) at PT. BPRS Dana Mulia Surakarta, it's just that the implementation of the role of DPS in the BPRS under study is still not optimal, among others: (1) The role of DPS as a supervisor is still not optimal considering there are still several products at PT. BPRS Dana Mulia Surakarta which has not fulfilled the sharia principles. (2) The role of DPS as Advisor still needs to be improved because all this time the Sharia Supervisory Board (DPS) is only limited to providing advice from the findings of the work and providing studies to employees without any deeper follow up. Keywords: Shariah Compliance Audit, Sharia Supervisory Board
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Mohammad Hatta, Mohammad Firdaus, Nur Diniey Ezzati Zainorin, Syuhada Jalaludin, Norzanah Mat Nor, and Suriana Ramli. "FINANCIAL ROBO-ADVISOR SAVINGS2U FOR SHARIAH-COMPLIANT SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT APPLICATION." Journal of Information System and Technology Management 7, no. 29 (2022): 70–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/jistm.729006.
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The growing usage of artificial intelligence such as Robo-Advisor has become one of the biggest developments in the global economy and reduces the level of poverty in the country with a safe, affordable and frictionless environment. In practice, Malaysians have low awareness and not financial discipline about personal savings and financial management. Most of Malaysian people have problems with their retirement planning because they really rely on their EPF funds as their primary source of income. The purpose of this product is to create awareness about the importance of savings and investment for all generations, reduce future financial issues faced by consumers, and encourage people to build wealth based on customer preference. As a result, customers will be more likely to develop a good habit of saving their money for the future and achieving their financial goals. This study used quantitative and secondary data which is collected from The World Bank website. We develop an application of financial Robo-Advisor known as Savings2u that focus on savings and Shariah compliance investment features based on customer risk preference such as conservative or aggressive then let the money grow digitally. In conclusion, Savings2u will help the customer to create and manage the portfolio automatically using the data provided. On the other hand, an increase in total savings would have a beneficial effect on the economic growth, which includes significant investments and an improvement in GDP of the country. Furthermore, countries with deeper and established financial systems also experienced stronger economic growth.
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Muhamat, Amirul Afif, Mohamad Nizam Jaafar, Norzitah Abdul Karim, Azreen Roslan, and Mohd Faizal Basri. "The Malaysian Fund Managers Perspective on the Viability of Takaful Operators Investment." al-Uqud : Journal of Islamic Economics 4, no. 2 (2020): 250. http://dx.doi.org/10.26740/al-uqud.v4n2.p250-267.
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Takaful operators are expected by the policyholders to act beyond the role of traditional insurance companies that only offer Shariah-compliant protection services. They are expected to be commercially viable. One of the ways to be commercially viable is takaful operators must be able to invest the policyholders' funds in the profitable investment avenues. Nevertheless, the critical issue before investing the funds is to develop products that are suitable with the takaful operators' investment strategy. This study employed a questionnaire survey to gather the feedback of fund managers from 11 takaful operators in Malaysia — all were the senior staffs of takaful operators in Malaysia were surveyed. The questionnaire is developed in the form of a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 as the research instrument. By Delphi technique, the draft of the questionnaire was sent to a panel of experts for review, was adopted, and their feedback reflected in the final questionnaire. The experts were a shariah advisor, a corporate finance manager, and a senior executive at the central bank. Findings indicate that policyholders' expectations on their investments are met and the products so far compatible with takaful operators' investment strategies.
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Norazlina, M. and Ridzwan, A. "Maslahah Approach Towards Imposition of Ta’widh in Islamic Banking." global journal al thaqafah SI (November 30, 2019): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.7187/gjatsi112019-4.
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The permissible imposition of ta’widh on the delay repayment against financing in Islamic banking is based on the ijitihad made by Shariah advisor of bank as a maslahah. The concept of maslahah and mafsadah are always used as a guide by Muslim Scholars to resolve contemporary Muslim problems. For this research, the instrument used to obtain the data is through library method and field research. The data was then analyzed using inductive and deductive method to see whether or not maslahah approach towards this issue is in line with its concept and objective. Generally, results showed that the late payment charges imposed by Islamic banking have conformed to the real maslahah concept by celebrating both parties, banks and customers, based on some aspects investigated such as the law imposition of ta’widh itself, the basis and the rate of ta’widh imposition, as well as ta’widh clauses in contracts. Thus, this research has found out that the Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia need to improve on the implementation of ta’widh as one of the ways to prevent customers from the lapse of repaying to the bank.
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Triasari, Devi, and Francesco De Zwart. "The Legal Reform Policy on the Shariah Supervisory Board Role’s in Indonesian Shariah Banks." BESTUUR 9, no. 2 (2021): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/bestuur.v9i2.55173.
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<p>As Muslim majority country, Indonesia experiences the mushrooming of banks based on Islamic values (called shariah banking). The existence of sharia banking is followed by legal policies intended to support the progress of the business sector, including regulations regarding the Sharia Advisory Board, but the question is whether the policy is effective in the development of sharia banking in Indonesia. Adherent to that context, this study aims to examine the issues faced by the Sharia Supervisory Board in Indonesia. This article argues that there are at least fifth substantial problems related to the policies of the Sharia Supervisory Board in Indonesia, namely: (1) not all Shariah Supervisory Boards in Islamic business units have supported by a strong legal basis on which their operations are inducted to; (2) members of the Shariah Supervisory Board are appointed mostly based on their charisma and popularity in society, not of their knowledge and experience in related field; (3)ideally Shariah Supervisory Board must have recognized the banking system before becoming Shariah Supervisory Board, but the basic knowledge is not easy to understand when entering on technical issues; (4) many Shariah Supervisory Boards are not focused on shariah banks supervision duty because of their multi profession; (5) lack of advice related to product innovation and social needs issues</p>
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Ahmed, Muhammad Mushtaq, Zia Uddin, and Muhammad Iqbal. "The Role of Shariah Board in Islamic Banks: Pakistan’s Perspective." Global Regional Review II, no. I (2017): 356–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2017(ii-i).25.
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The State Bank of Pakistan introduced diversion from the individual Shariah advisory system to the Shariah board mechanism by issuing the Shariah governance framework in 2016 by making it mandatory for the Islamic banks to have an independent Shariah board. In this paper, it is examined whether the Shariah boards have any effective role in the improvement of the Shariah compliance environment of the banks or not? And how to make it more effective for the betterment of the Islamic banking industry? A questionnaire has been developed to study and inspect these issues. The results indicate that even though the role of sharia board could not be denied in the improvement of Shariah compliance in IBIs, however, the mechanism may be further strengthened. The study also suggests that Shariah board members should be involved regularly by making it obligatory on the IBIs to arrange frequent meetings of the board.
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Johari, Norhanizah. "Prudence in Managing and Reporting The Shariah Non-Compliant Income by Malaysian Islamic Banks." e-Jurnal Penyelidikan dan Inovasi 9, no. 2 (2022): 75–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.53840/ejpi.v9i2.72.
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Understanding Shariah Non-Compliance Incidents (SNC) is critical to all key functions of Islamic banks. Prudence in managing and reporting the SNC is critical to the bank because the key functions have to decide on matters related to issues of Shariah Non-Compliances (SNCs). One of the issues of SNCs is the Shariah Non-Compliant Income (SNCI), which should be deducted from the income of Islamic banks. This SNCI has to be reported in the banks' annual reports by the Shariah Committee of the bank. Two sets of semi-structured interview questions were developed for this study, the first set was designed for the banks’ key functions, and the second set for the Shari’ah scholars represented by the Shari’ah Committee (SC) and the Shari’ah Advisory Council (SAC) of BNM. The data were collected from the three types of Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) through purposive sampling. In-depth interviews are the primary source of information for data collection. The data were transcribed and analysed using Atlas. ti eased by ‘The Six Phases of Reflexive Thematic Analysis’ to provide a coherent and compelling interpretation of grounded data. Financial reporting is one of the evidence that the bank’s function is seen as accountable, transparent, and prudent in complying with the Shariah principles and regulatory requirements of the regulator. The study adds to the very limited literature on the end-to-end process of managing and reporting SNCI. The findings are thought to be worthwhile because previous studies failed to highlight such evidence on prudence in the process of managing and reporting Shariah Non-Compliant Income by Islamic Banks in Malaysia.
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Tahir, Mahwish. "Awareness level of Shari’ah Scholars, Shari'ah Advisors, Auditors and Accounting Academicians Regarding Shari'ah Auditing Issues in Islamic Banks of Pakistan." COMSATS Journal of Islamic Finance 3, no. 2 (2018): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.26652/cjif.3201821.
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Azmi, Anna, Normawati Non, and Norazlin Ab Aziz. "Challenges to Shariah equity screening, from Shariah scholars’ perspective." International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 10, no. 2 (2017): 229–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imefm-11-2016-0165.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the challenges of applying Shariah law in the equity market by engaging in narratives with Shariah screeners and advisors on how they conduct their screening responsibilities despite the low levels of Islamic-related disclosure made by companies in their annual reports. The Shariah screening processes in three countries with different Islamic equity markets – Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom – are examined. Design/methodology/approach The authors interview 19 Shariah screeners and advisors in three different Islamic equity markets – Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. Findings Overall, the findings in this study show that despite the differences in the regulatory environment, companies still make Islamic-related disclosures on a voluntary basis. However, the lack of Islamic-related disclosures presents various challenges for Shariah screeners, particularly when identifying the operations that constitute the main activity of the company in screening for prohibited activities. Research limitations/implications Shariah screeners can play an important role in increasing the level of understanding and perhaps increasing Islamic-related disclosures in annual reports by establishing a set of effective guidelines or practices for Shariah screeners to use when screening companies for their Shariah-compliant status. Originality/value The paper identifies a gap in the Shariah screening literature and voluntary Islamic disclosures literature. By identifying this gap, the paper highlights the challenges Shariah screeners and advisors face because of the low level of Islamic-related disclosures.
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M. Hafidz MS., AM. "KETERLEKATAN SOSIAL INOVASI PRODUK BANK SYARIAH DI INDONESIA." JURNAL HUKUM ISLAM 13, no. 2 (2015): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.28918/jhi.v13i2.486.
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Abstract: This study aims at analysing how Sharia Bank products innovation may be embedded with the social background where the products were aimed to be. There were four indication of why this case mattered: (1) the social construction of the rise of sharia bank, (2) sharia bank values in developing its products, (3) the role of Syaria Advisory Board in maintaining sharia compliance, and (4) the dominance of micro-finance. How the social background and values which surround sharia bank are embedded in its product innovation shows that sharia bank is not only an an sich business entity but more than that, it's an integrated part of kaffah/principled Islamic values.Abstract: Tulisan ini dalam upaya untuk menunjukkan bahwa inovasi produk bank syariah terlekat (embedded) dengan latar sosial yang ada. Hal ini terindikasi dari setidaknya empat hal. Pertama, yaitu kelahiran bank syariah di Indonesia yang dikonstruk secara sosial. Kedua, kehadiran nilai (values) yang dijadikan sebagai rujukan dalam mengembankan produk perbankan. Ketiga, keberadaan DPS guna mengawal shariah compliance, baik dalam rangka memenuhi kewajiban regulasi maupun tuntutan pasar. Keempat, dominannya pembiayaan untuk micro-finance. Adanya inovasi produk yang terlekat dengan latar sosial dan nilai-nilai yang dipegangnya, menunjukkan bahwa bank syariah bukan saja sebuah entitas bisnis an sich, namun lebih jauh dari itu bank syariah adalah bagian integral dari sebuah sistem Islam yang kaffah.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Abdul, Halim Zairihan. "Capital market imperfections and corporate sukuk: Issuers' motivations and the role of sukuk certifiers." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96271/1/Zairihan_Abdul%20Halim_Thesis.pdf.
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Islamic structured bonds or sukuk have become a mainstream alternative source of financing for corporations. Linking the market institution and corporate finance theory, this thesis examines the business motivation and pricing of sukuk issuance using a sample of Malaysian issuers. The results show that sukuk are superior to conventional bonds in dealing with managerial opportunistic behavior. Further, certification by Islamic finance advisors, Islamic financial institutions, and reputable investment banks is valued by investors, reducing the risk premium demanded.
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HIGHLEY, THOMAS ALLEN. "ADVISORY CASE STUDY: IMPACT OF WEB BASED RESOURCES ON ADVISOR ACCEPTANCE AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029524338.
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Kasri, Noor Suhaida Binti. "A critical analysis of the resolution of the Malaysian Securities Commission Shariah Advisory Council : a case study of the crude palm oil futures contract." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2012. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/3444/.
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This thesis analyses the resolution made by the Shariah Advisory Council of the Malaysian Securities Commission (SAC) which resolves that the crude palm oil futures contract is permissible. This resolution is controversial as it collides with the resolutions of other mainstream or internationally represented organisations of Shari'ah scholars. These mainstream resolutions rule that the commodity futures contract transgresses Sharf'ah principles. However, the SAC contends that it is permissible on the principle of public interest (ma#a~ah) and on the notion that trading regulations have overcome Sharf'ah prohibitions; namely, that of gharar (uncertainty) and maysir (gambling). The focus of this thesis is thus to analyse the adequacy of the SAC resolution in terms of its coherence with the real trading of the crude palm oil futures contract as well as the adequacy of the crude palm oil futures legal framework in overcoming Sharf' ah prohibitions. This is an area which has not been given adequate attention in the current literature. Apart from the liteniture on the legality of the commodity futures contract, this thesis examines the legal framework of the Malaysian commodity futures market as well as the American and European markets. To compliment this research, non-structured interviews and discussions have been undertaken. In the final analysis, the data gathered from the interviews and discussions, as well as the relevant literature, evidences that the SAC resolution is not coherent with real trading and that the elements of gharar and maysir have not been eliminated by the trading regulations. Additionally, the analysis finds that, contrary to the argument of its proponents, the commodity futures market has failed to represent its purpose as a risk management tool as well as a price discovery tool. In summation, an inadequate resolution would inevitably undermine the SAC's, position as Malaysia's sole Islamic capital market's Sharf'ah advisor, and Malaysia's reputation as the international Islamic capital market hub.
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Nainggolan, Yunieta Anny. "Taking a leap of faith : are investors left short changed?" Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49718/1/Yunieta_Nainggolan_Thesis.pdf.
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This dissertation examines the compliance and performance of a large sample of faith based (religious) ethical funds - the Shari'ah-compliant equity funds (SEFs), which may be viewed as a form of ethical investing. SEFs screen their investment for compliance with Islamic law, where riba (conventional interest expense), maysir (gambling), gharar (excessive uncertainty), and non-halal (non-ethical) products are prohibited. Using a set of stringent Shari'ah screens similar to those of MSCI Islamic, we first examine the extent to which SEFs comply with the Shari'ah law. Results show that only about 27% of the equities held by SEFs are Shari'ah-compliant. While most of the fund holdings pass the business screens, only about 42% pass the total debt to total assets ratio screen. This finding suggests that, in order to overcome a significant reduction in the investment opportunity, Shari'ah principles are compromised, with SEFs adopting lax screening rules so as to achieve a financial performance. While younger funds and funds that charge higher fees and are domiciled in more Muslim countries are more Shari'ah-compliant, we find little evidence of a positive relationship between fund disclosure of the Shari'ah compliance framework and Shari'ah-compliance. Clearly, Shari'ah compliance remains a major challenge for fund managers and SEF investors should be aware of Shari'ah-compliance risk since the fund managers do not always fulfill their fiduciary obligation, as promised in their prospectus. Employing a matched firm approach for a survivorship free sample of 387 SEFs, we then examine an issue that has been heavily debated in the literature: Does ethical screening reduce investment performance? Results show that it does but only by an average of 0.04% per month if benchmarked against matched conventional funds - this is a relatively small price to pay for religious faith. Cross-sectional regressions show an inverse relationship between Shari'ah compliance and fund performance: every one percentage increase in total compliance decreases fund performance by 0.01% per month. However, compliance fails to explain differences in the performance between SEFs and matched funds. Although SEFs do not generally perform better during crisis periods, further analysis shows evidence of better performance relative to conventional funds only during the recent Global Financial Crisis; the latter is consistent with popular media claims.
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Stavri, Evthemia. "Corporate advisory networks of knowledge sharing agents." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12463.
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M.Phil. (Information Management)<br>This study was aimed at the discovery of in corporate advisory networks who act as agents to share information and knowledge. In the current competitive and often uncertain economic business environment, savvy executives need to leverage off the expertise of their company employees in order to service their customers effectively and remain competitive. Since not all employees in the company have expert knowledge, executives need to discover the advisory networks of expert employees embedded in formal organisational structures and encourage them to share and transfer their expert knowledge to novices and/or less experienced employees. In light of the current argument, a diagnostic technique known as social network analysis (SNA) was used to map out and measure the advisory relational X-ray patterns within organisational departments and across to other functional business units. Once the patterns are discovered and the key expert networked employees identified, knowledge sharing interventions are introduced to facilitate experts to share and transfer their information, knowledge, insights and experiences to other less knowledgeable employees within the departments and across to other functional areas in the organisation. The overall objective of this study is therefore to utilise the SNA technique to discover the experts in the corporate advisory networks whom will act as agents to facilitate information and knowledge sharing in the organisation to improve other employees’ work performance thereby enabling the organisation to meet and even exceed its strategic objectives...
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Kuo, Mei-Tzu, and 郭美資. "Determinants on the knowledge sharing willingness in organizations---The case of senior high school class-advisors." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80651808559313812922.
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碩士<br>萬能科技大學<br>經營管理研究所<br>93<br>With the knowledge-based economy on the rise, the competitive advantages of corporations rely more and more on knowledge. Likewise, the knowledge management becomes an indispensible part of the business management. And knowledge sharing and exchange is the most crucial for carring out knowledge management.
People’s willingness of sharing knowledge is a kind of organizational behaviors which definitely have a lot to do with organizational culture. Also, is this willingness influenced by the mutual trust and the personalities of the members inside the organization? People always complain that they are too busy to share knowledge with each others. Is it the knowledge too hard to express or is it no room available for them to talk？
This study aims to examine the determinants on the willingness of knowledge sharing from two aspects--- the personal the organizational. Knowledge properties were taken as the moderator on the relation between the willingness and behavior of knowledge sharing. The result of this study is based on a survey conducted with teachers who now are class-advisors in senior high schools in Tauyuan county, with 363 valid samples. The data obtained by questionnaire was analyzed by frequencies and regression. The main finding were：
1) The longer they teach, the more willingly they want to share knowledge.
2) No matter what kind of organizational culture it is, it has dominant positive influence on the willingness of knowledge sharing.
3) The more trust or the more empathy they have, the more willingly they want to share knowledge.
4) The more willingly they want to share knowledge, the more sharing behaviors they have.
5) The teachable tacit knowledge and complicated knowledge has dominant positive influence on the relation between the willingness and the behavior of knowledge sharing.
The suggestions are made based on the findings for possible further study, and for school administrations and corporations to carry out knowledge management.
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Fumei, Chen, and 陳富美. "The Relationship between Organization Justice Consciousness and TurnoverIntension － Moderating Effect of Profit Sharing Satisfaction of Financial Advisors." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20470048193903144094.
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碩士<br>大葉大學<br>管理學院碩士在職專班<br>100<br>This analysis is meant to find out the relationship between “Organization Justice Consciousness and Financial Advisor (FA) Turnover Intention” for Financial Advisors; with the moderating effect of “Profit Sharing Satisfaction”. Hopefully with this analysis can provide good reference to bank management. This analysis is conducted by using purposive sampling survey. That is, the opinions from financial advisors of Taiwan local banks and foreign banks across Northern, Central and Southern of Taiwan. Total of 300 surveys were distributed to selected population, 220 effective surveys were collected. Survey effective rate is 73.3%. The key findings of survey results are:1.The relationship between organization justice consciousness and FA turnover intention are significant inverse related. The higher awareness of organization justice of FA, the lower turnover intention would be.2.FA profit sharing satisfaction has significant disturb effect on “distribute justice” and “turnover intention” factors. That is, the higher satisfaction of profit sharing program, it weaken the relation between distribute justice and turnover intention factors.3.FA profit sharing satisfaction has no disturb effect on procedure justice and turnover intention.4.FA profit sharing satisfaction has no disturb effect on the relationship between interactional justice awareness and FA turnover intention.
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Hsieh, Wen-Yu, and 謝文瑜. "A Study of the Relationship among Adviser’ Expertise, Sharing of Meaningful Information & Entrepreneurial Risk: Trust as a Mediating Variable." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9w29xp.
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碩士<br>實踐大學<br>企業管理學系碩士班<br>101<br>Entrepreneurship adviser could reduce the rate of fail for new business. Therefore, that is always the important topic that researcher focus for long time. This research analyzes the relationship among Adviser’ Expertise, Sharing of Meaningful Information & Entrepreneurial Risk. Study also discussion the trust which from entrepreneur that receive assistance from entrepreneurship advises. Study used counseling samples which from the Ministry of Economics Small and Medium Size Enterprise Department’s project “Dreams Come True Project” as a blueprint and proposed a hypothesis model. After the statistic analysis from the Surveys, the model was tested and verified. The results indicated the following findings: 1.If entrepreneurial consultants owned expertise and information sharing ability, they will be able to reduce entrepreneurial risk; 2.If consultants can obtain more trust from entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurial risk can be reduced effectively; 3.The trust to consultants play an intermediary role between consultants’ expertise and entrepreneurial risk.
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Huang, Hsiao-ching, and 黃曉菁. "A Study of the Relationships between Professional Expertise and Knowledge Sharing among the Members of Advisory Corps of Compulsory Education in Taichung City and Taichung County." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32238689765840953666.
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碩士<br>中臺科技大學<br>文教事業經營研究所<br>98<br>Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to explore the existing conditions of and the relationships between professional expertise and knowledge sharing among the members of advisory corps of compulsory education in Taichung City and Taichung County. The participants were selected from all the members of advisory corps of compulsory education in Taichung City and Taichung County. There were 291 valid samples. The research instrument was a self-made “Questionnaire of Professional Expertise and Knowledge Sharing among the Members of Advisory Corps of Compulsory Education in Taichung City and Taichung County”. The data were analyzed by using such statistical methods as the average, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s production-moment correlation, and multiple stepwise regressions. Based on the result of the study, conclusions were drawn as
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1. The professional expertise practice among the members of advisory corps of compulsory education in Taichung City and Taichung County reached above average, and among all, the “human interaction” had the best performance.
2. The knowledge sharing practice among the members of advisory corps of compulsory education in Taichung City and Taichung County reached above average, and among all, the “sharing motivation” had the best performance.
3. Significant difference was found in teachers’ professional expertise in terms of the teachers’ demographic variables such as the current positions, service years, educational background, school levels, and years of advisory experience.
4. Significant difference existed in teachers’ knowledge sharing in terms of the teachers’ demographic variables such as service years, educational background, school levels, and years of advisory experience.
5. High positive correlations were found between the professional expertise and knowledge sharing among the members of advisory corps of compulsory education in Taichung City and Taichung County.
6. The professional expertise could be used effectively to predict the knowledge sharing with teachers.
Books on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Work, Canada Advisory Group on Working Time and the Distribution of. Report of the Advisory Group on Working Time and the Distribution of Work. Advisory Group on Working Time and the Distribution of Work, 1994.
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Kanbur, Ravi, and Henry Shue. Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198813248.003.0001.
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Climate justice requires sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change and its resolution equitably and fairly. It brings together justice between and justice within generations. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals summit in September 2015, and the Conference of Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015, brought climate justice center stage in global discussions. In the run-up to Paris, Mary Robinson instituted the Climate Justice Dialogue. The editors of this volume, an economist and a philosopher, served on the High Level Advisory Committee of the Climate Justice Dialogue. During this process they noted the overlap and mutual enforcement between the economic and philosophical discourses on climate justice, but also the great need for these strands to come together to support the public and policy discourse. The authors in this collection demonstrate various different ways of bringing about this integration.
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Kanbur, Ravi, and Henry Shue, eds. Climate Justice. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198813248.001.0001.
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Climate justice requires sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change and its resolution equitably and fairly. It brings together justice between generations and justice within generations. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals summit in September 2015, and the Conference of Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015, brought climate justice center stage in global discussions. In the run up to Paris, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, instituted the Climate Justice Dialogue. The editors of this volume, an economist and a philosopher, served on the High Level Advisory Committee of the Climate Justice Dialogue. They noted the overlap and mutual enforcement between the economic and philosophical discourses on climate justice. But they also noted the great need for these strands to come together to support the public and policy discourse. This volume is the result.
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Coakley, John, and Jennifer Todd. Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland, 1969-2019. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841388.001.0001.
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The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 ended a protracted violent conflict in Northern Ireland and became an international reference point for peace-building. Negotiating a Settlement In Northern Ireland, 1969–2019 traces the roots and outworkings of the Agreement, focussing on the British and Irish governments, their changing policy paradigms and their extended negotiations from the Sunningdale conference of 1973 to the St Andrews Agreement of 2006. It identifies three dimensions of change that paved the way for agreement: in elite understandings of sovereignty, in development of wide-ranging and complex modes of power-sharing, and in the interrelated emergence of substantial equality in the socio-economic, cultural, and political domains. The book combines wide-ranging analysis with unparalleled use of witness seminars and interviews where the most senior British and Irish politicians, civil servants and advisors discuss the process of coming to agreement. In tracing the processes by which British and Irish perspectives converged to address the Northern Ireland conflict, the book provides a benchmark against which the ongoing impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement can be assessed.
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Fitzsimons, James, and Geoff Wescott, eds. Big, Bold and Blue. CSIRO Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486301959.
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The world’s oceans cover about 70% of our planet. To safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental functions of the oceans and their remarkable biodiversity, networks of marine protected areas are being created. In some of these areas, human activity is restricted to non-exploitative activities and in others it is managed in a sustainable way. Australia is at the forefront of marine conservation, with one of the largest systems of marine protected areas in the world.
 Big, Bold and Blue: Lessons from Australia’s Marine Protected Areas captures Australia’s experience, sharing important lessons from the Great Barrier Reef and many other extraordinary marine protected areas. It presents real-world examples, leading academic research, perspectives on government policy, and information from indigenous sea country management, non-governmental organisations, and commercial and recreational fishing sectors. The lessons learnt during the rapid expansion of Australia’s marine protected areas, both positive and negative, will aid and advise other nations in their own marine conservation efforts. 
 The book is ideal reading for marine planners and managers across the globe; academic institutions where research on marine environments occur; government agencies across the world implementing and creating policy around MPA development; non-government organisations involved in lobbying for MPA expansion; and fisheries agencies and industry stakeholders.
Book chapters on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Choudhury, Masudul Alam. "Tawhid as Law Contra ‘Shari’ah-Compliance’ in Malaysian Advisory Commission." In Tawhid and Shari'ah. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49087-4_6.
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Jomantas, Šarūnas, Nyamwaya Munthali, Annemarie van Paassen, et al. "Mobilising knowledge sharing in the agricultural advisory system." In The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003112525-20.
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Hussin, Amariah Hanum, Nur Hidayah Hussin, and Dzuljastri Abdul Razak. "Shariah Stock Screening Methodology: A Comparison Between Shariah Advisory Board of Securities Commission Malaysia and International Index Providers." In Proceedings of the Colloquium on Administrative Science and Technology. Springer Singapore, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-45-3_20.
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Türkalp, Semra, and Bastiaan Dekkers. "Case: Sharing Parts and Services Among NATO Members." In NL ARMS. T.M.C. Asser Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-471-6_10.
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AbstractNATO’s goals require close cooperation of Member States on operational readiness, interoperability of their systems, material supplies, transfer of technology and joint R&D projects. A common approach on the application and implementation of arms export controls, however, is largely lacking. This chapter questions the absence of application and implementation of arms export controls in the context of the material logistical support and services provided by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). Three root causes of deviant behaviour of the Member States with the arms export controls are identified and analysed: (1) fragmentation of the arms export control laws and regulations; (2) a lack of leadership commitment and organisational culture of compliance; and (3) a combination of external and internal pressures leads to a forced prioritization of operational readiness above compliance. Next, a response is formulated to effectively counter deviant behaviour such as non-compliance with arms export controls by implementing a mixture of soft and hard controls. We advise the NSPA to create a culture of compliance within the NATO Partnership Program’s community based on ethical values and virtues. This requires social consensus, leadership commitment and a common agreement on and formalization of the basic rules of export control.
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O'Dea, Geoff. "Practical Aspects of Restructuring Documentation." In Restructuring Plans, Creditor Schemes, and other Restructuring Tools. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198844747.003.0017.
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This chapter considers typical documentation used in restructurings, including engagement letters for both creditor and debtor legal and financial advisors, legal and financial advisor non-disclosure and information sharing agreements, stakeholder financial and non-disclosure and information sharing agreements, ad hoc committee appointment documents, waiver and forbearance letters, and lockup agreements and term sheets. Consideration is given to negotiation and practical practice points for these restructuring documents, including an examination of regulatory issues regarding insider dealing and market abuse laws. The chapter also considers the position with regards indemnities and other protections for security agents who are called upon to participate in enforcement processes.
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Ahmad, Mohamad Helmi. "Zakat Accounting Review for Takaful Operators in Malaysia." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3452-6.ch011.
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Many would say that most Quranic verses related to zakat were on the compulsory of zakat and its function as a pillar of Islam. Is it the only function of the said Shariah evidences? The author corrects the understanding of majority. That is because most reading materials pertaining to zakat were on the origin of zakat and its nature of business only. Not many found reading materials showing that the provision of zakat in Shariah evidences were also talking on zakat accounting and its matrices and calculations. However, research teams have found that inconsistent calculations and outputs came from various respondents, especially zakat authorities, zakat agents, and Shariah advisors (lectures stand as Shariah Advisory Committee in Takaful Operators). Hence, this research has proved that there is a need to come out with a reviewable version of Zakat Accounting for Takaful Operators due to different nature of business models used therein among the Takaful Operators.
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SINGLA, MOHAK. "SELLING TAX ADVISORY SERVICES." In MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP AND LEARNING OUTCOME. GRF BOOKS, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.52458/9789391842826.2022.eb.grf.asu.ch-11.
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Disterer, Georg. "Impediments for Knowledge Sharing in Professional Service Firms." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch245.
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Professional service firms (PSFs), where professionals (consultants, lawyers, accountants, tax advisors, etc.) work, are interested in knowledge management, because their businesses are heavily dependent on the knowledge of their employees. A core asset is their ability to solve complex problems through creative and innovative solutions, and the basis for this is their employees’ knowledge. The “product” that PSFs offer their clients is knowledge (Kay, 2002; Ofek & Sarvary, 2001; Chait, 1999).
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Cook, David. "Documents From Advice and Shari‘I Instruction." In The Boko Haram Reader, edited by Abdulbasit Kassim and Michael Nwankpa. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190908300.003.0025.
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(RELEASED 13 APRIL 2017) [Trans. David Cook] Available at: https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/shaykh-abucc8wal-hcca3asan-rashicc84d-22sharicc84ah-advice-and-guidance-for-the-mujacc84hidicc84n-of-nigeria22.pdf This group of documents is associated with Abu al-Hasan Rashid al-Bulaydi, the shari‘a advisor for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and details the close relations between Boko Haram and al-Qaeda affiliates that date to the period of the July 2009 uprising, if not before. However, the most interesting documents are not the lengthy exposition by al-Rashid to Boko Haram concerning the relationship between Islamic legal principles and combat (dated 18 October 2011), but the letters indicating the close relations between AQIM and Boko Haram during this early period. Why precisely this document cache was released in April 2017 is something of a mystery, as the latest document in the trove is from 2011. However, when one considers the now public nature of the internal Boko Haram disagreements over how to treat Muslims and apply the...
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McMahon, Muireann, and Tracy Bhamra. "Sharing the Load." In Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5856-1.ch001.
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Today there is an impetus on professional designers to practice in a responsible and ‘sustainable' manner, with equal emphasis on society, economy and environment (Fletcher & Dewberry, 2002). This is an enormous challenge as the competencies needed to develop these types of holistic solutions are extremely complex. This chapter describes a Pedagogical Innovation in the discipline of Product Design regarding the important role international collaborative projects can play in introducing these competencies into design practice. Iterative cycles of Action Research describe three such projects. A brief over-view of the project logistics is followed by an analysis of the participant experiences. The findings show that building capacity for sustainable design, through collaboration, is not a simple or ‘one size fits all' approach. The research learning advises on how future projects should be structured and delivered and how the competencies acquired could bring about a change in designers behaviours towards a more sustainable future.
Conference papers on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Yoon, Ji Won, Fabio Pinelli, and Francesco Calabrese. "Cityride: A Predictive Bike Sharing Journey Advisor." In 2012 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mdm.2012.16.
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Khuram, Waqas, and Yanqing Wang. "Sharing Knowledge through Sharing Advisor in Age of Sharing Economy: A Conceptual Model." In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Economics, Business, Management and Corporate Social Responsibility (EBMCSR 2018). Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ebmcsr-18.2018.18.
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Ismail, Heba, Nada Hussein, Rawan Elabyad, and Salma Said. "A Serverless Academic Adviser Chatbot." In ArabWIC 2021: The 7th Annual International Conference on Arab Women in Computing in Conjunction with the 2nd Forum of Women in Research, Sharjah, UAE. ACM, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3485557.3485587.
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Hu, Ji, Zidong Yang, Yuanchao Shu, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. "Data-Driven Utilization-Aware Trip Advisor for Bike-Sharing Systems." In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icdm.2017.26.
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Rafdi, Nurauliani Jamlus, Surianom Miskam, and Noor Aimi Mohamad Puad. "Reference to Shari’ah Advisory Council in Islamic finance: Effect of Changes to the Stakeholders." In International Conference on Economics and Banking. Atlantis Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iceb-15.2015.22.
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Fant, Daniel B., and Lawrence P. Golan. "A Collaborative Venture: The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research Program." In ASME 1995 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/95-gt-148.
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The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) program is a university-industry research consortium that was established in September 1992. The AGTSR program is sponsored by the Department of Energy–Morgantown Energy Technology Center. The South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center (SCERDC) heads the effort and is responsible for administering and managing the AGTSR program, which is expected to continue to the year 2000. At present, 67 American Universities are AGTSR Performing Members, representing 35 states. Two RFP’s have already been announced and the third RFP was released in December, 1994. There are presently 23 research subcontracts underway at Performing Member universities. Approximately seven new subcontracts are expected to be awarded in 1995. The research is focused on topics as defined by the AGTSR Industry Review Board composed of five major cost-sharing U.S. gas turbine manufacturers, including EPRI and GRI as advisors. All university projects must be relevant to advancing stationary gas turbines for the next generation of electrical power generation systems. Research areas being addressed include: turbine heat transfer, combustion modeling and instability, thermal barrier coatings, aerodynamic losses, and advanced cycle analyses. This paper will present the objectives and benefits of the AGTSR program, progress achieved to date, and future planned activity in fiscal year 1995.
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Jenko, Aladin. "Divorce problems Divorce from a man does not occur except in court model." In INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF DEFICIENCIES AND INFLATION ASPECTS IN LEGISLATION. University of Human Development, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21928/uhdicdial.pp238-250.
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"Divorce is considered a form of family disintegration that leads to the demolition of the family and family pillars after its construction through the marriage contract and then the termination of all social ties between husband and wife and often between their relatives. Divorce rates have risen to frightening levels that threaten our Islamic societies. Among the most important causes of divorce in our society are the following: The failure of one or both spouses in the process of adapting to the other through the different nature of the spouses and their personalities, the interference of the parents, the lack of harmony and compatibility between the spouses, the bad relationship and the large number of marital problems, the cultural openness, the absence of dialogue within the family. Several parties have sought to develop possible solutions to this dangerous phenomenon in our society, including: Establishment of advisory offices to reduce divorce by social and psychological specialists, and include the issue of divorce within the educational and educational curricula in a more concerned manner that shows the extent of the seriousness of divorce and its negative effects on the individual, family and society, and the development of an integrated policy that ensures the treatment of the causes and motives leading to divorce in the community, as well as holding conferences. Scientific and enlightening seminars and awareness workshops and the need for religious institutions and their media platforms to play a guiding and awareness role of the danger and effects of divorce on family construction and society, and to educate community members about the dangers of divorce and the importance of maintaining the husband’s bond and stability. As well as reviewing some marriage legislation and regulations, such as raising the age of marriage and reconsidering the issue of underage marriage, which is witnessing a rise in divorce rates. Among the proposed solutions is the demand to withdraw the power of divorce from the man's hands and place it in the hands of the judge, to prevent certain harm to women, or as a means to prevent the frequent occurrence of divorce. The last proposition created a problem that contradicts the stereotypical image of divorce in Islamic law, for which conditions and elements have been set, especially since Islamic Sharia is the main source of personal status laws in most Islamic countries. Therefore, the importance of this research is reflected in the study of this solution and its effectiveness as a means to prevent the spread of divorce, and not deviate from the pattern specified for it according to Sharia."
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Kitto, Kathleen L., and Eric K. McKell. "Enabling Collaborative Engineering With Computer Tools." In ASME 2000 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2000/cie-14600.
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Abstract The Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University has been using the integration of advanced Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools to enable a redesign of the curriculum that uses a collaborative engineering approach similar to the environment used within our industrial counterparts. In today’s competitive global marketplace, those industrial organizations must produce higher quality, easier to manufacture and maintain parts in shorter periods of time. Products are most often created in concurrent engineering or collaborative business environments where rapid sharing of information is the very essence of modern engineering. In addition, the widespread use and availability of the Internet has changed the nature of engineering data management and exchange. Therefore, CAE tools must enable engineers, analysts, technologists and designers to do their jobs more efficiently in a world where time to market is ever shortening. The best CAE tools increase productivity, because they are “smarter” tools. Only when the students are well versed in the multi-faceted collaborative engineering atmosphere and the accompanying modern CAE tools within the curriculum are they truly ready to become immediately productive in the workplace after graduation. This paper first describes the collaborative engineering approach used in the curriculum within the Engineering Technology Department during the past two years. It then describes the use of CAE tools used in the collaborative engineering approach in departmental projects. Next, it details the classes that have been specifically enabled by the use CAE tools including Engineering Design Graphics I, Engineering Design Graphics II, Numerical Control Operations, Advanced Computer Numerical Control (CNC), Tool Design, and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (which includes rapid prototyping and finite element analysis). The final section of the paper outlines future plans for enhancing the curriculum further in both the integration of computer tools and the continued development of continuing cross-disciplinary projects based on careful outcomes assessment and feedback from industrial advisory boards and professional societies.
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Reece-Barkell, H., and W. J. J. Vorster. "Effective Outage Planning and Implementation for Nuclear Power Plants in the UK." In ASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2015-45584.
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Effective outage planning and implementation is critical to the efficient and safe operation of commercial nuclear power plants in the UK. Statutory outages are necessary for refuelling, for preventive and corrective maintenance when shutdown conditions are required, and for major modification and improvement projects. Outages involve the support of many companies and individuals working together and, as such, require high levels of coordination. Planning of activities before the outage is critical to the overall success of the outage. Establishing the integrity of power plant piping and pressure vessels is a key objective as part of any outage and the methodology and processes involved are the subject of this paper. Establishing the integrity of piping and pressure vessels requires an understanding of the specific threats, their relationship to the overall condition of the system, and the mitigating measures required to assure safe operation. Understanding the specific threats allows the engineering function of an organisation to advise on pipework and pressure vessel ‘Minimum Acceptable Thicknesses’ which can be used to assure integrity via comparison with thicknesses measured during outage inspections. Minimum Acceptable Thicknesses should be recorded in the outage management documentation so they are accessible during the outage implementation phase. Historically a variety of different methodologies have been used to advise on Minimum Acceptable Thickness requirements including design drawing specified minimum thicknesses, design code based required thicknesses and thicknesses calculated based on Fitness for Purpose methods. It is important that a robust procedure be applied to promote consistency of approach as regards the calculation of pipework and pressure vessel Minimum Acceptable Thickness requirements across all power station assets. An additional consideration is that of ensuring that the approach adopted is consistent with high level safety case guidance, i.e., the assessment is appropriate for the failure tolerability of the plant item. This paper provides an overview of the strategy, methodologies and processes employed to determine Minimum Acceptable Thicknesses for pipework components. These ensure that, over a specified inspection interval, were the weld/component to be defect free, it would not fail due to any of the relevant failure mechanisms, which typically are plastic collapse, creep rupture, fatigue, incremental collapse (ratcheting) or buckling. Readers of this paper will gain a valuable insight into the statutory outage process applicable to nuclear power plants in the UK. A particular focus of this paper is on the structural integrity assessments applied in a non-traditional sense prior to, during and after the statutory outage. As well as sharing a valuable insight into the assessment methodologies this paper highlights best industrial practice.
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Vera, JV. "ONLINE CRIMINAL CLINIC." In The 7th International Conference on Education 2021. The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/24246700.2021.7147.
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Confinement brought with it virtual classes, and that teaching channel that was once the exception, became the rule, but, what are the implications that this change produced for crime victims who seek access to justice? The main objective of this contribution is to exemplify, by sharing the results and experiences produced by the criminal clinic taught in virtual format of the Campus Puebla, how online clinical teaching, as well as a face-to-face legal clinic execution, achieves a differentiated learning in relation to the traditional methodology of teaching, that is, the development of disciplinary and transversal educational competences for criminal litigation through experiential learning. The penal clinic at the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Puebla City, Mexico, was established four years ago from the project "Voice of the Victims" in conjunction with the Arizona State University and sponsored by the Merida Initiative. The criminal clinic works with an external institution called "socio-trainer". By acquiring knowledge about the role of legal advisors to victims, and by taking an active part in the entire criminal process, students develop diverse transversal competences like professional responsibility, human sense, and professional ethics; In addition to that, this contribution aims to also showcase the online criminal clinic execution limitations and opportunities of development when compared to the face-to-face or in person clinic development. The methodology follows a format of assigning real criminal cases to students who assume the role of victim lawyers; They are guided by professors from the University and a lawyer from the Socio-trainer Institution. They are evaluated according to the procedural progress of the assigned cases, as well as activities and alternatives for access to justice such as: counseling for crime victims, preparation of briefs and guidelines for hearings. In the August-December 2020 semester, the clinic was executed online, and the methodology underwent an important transformation in its academic and practical aspects, as well as in the care and follow-up of assigned criminal cases. The process had negative implications due to the lack of constant interaction with the victims and the authorities, but this did not substantially affect the student's learning. Keywords: Victims, Criminal Cases, Criminal Process, Clinical teaching, Online Education
Reports on the topic "Shariah advisor"
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Megersa, Kelbesa. Effectiveness and Value for Money of Technical Assistance Approaches: In-house vs Contracting. Institute of Development Studies, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.135.
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In the development field, technical assistance (TA) broadly refers to support for a specific project or country programme in the form of technical advice, research and data sharing, and skills training, among other activities. As a result, TA may be more valuable as a development tool than the amount of funding received. The primary areas of focus for TA include developing a project pipeline, de-risking investments, and assisting TA beneficiaries in their efforts to improve business standards, as well as supporting policy reforms by developing country. Because TA recipients may face a variety of issues, effective TA programmes can take many forms. TA programmes must be established to address beneficiaries’ primary concerns. The goal for both TA recipients and donors should be to determine the main objective of the TA and to select from a variety of technical adviser, taking into account the limitations and enabling conditions for each approach (Nastase et al., 2020). Some useful principles (or good practices) when designing and implementing TA (through in-house or external contracting) include: • Importance of local ownership: • Partnerships and inclusivity: • Effectiveness: • Value-for-money (VFM): TA can be delivered in-house or by contracting out TA to other firms or suppliers. However, each approach has certain merits (VFM and other factors) and shortcomings. There is a very limited evidence base regarding an explicit discussion of the merits of in-house vs commissioned TA programming. Much of the available evidence simply describes TA programme elements – rather than the VFM behind business cases for in-house or contracted TA design and delivery.
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Smit, Amelia, Kate Dunlop, Nehal Singh, Diona Damian, Kylie Vuong, and Anne Cust. Primary prevention of skin cancer in primary care settings. The Sax Institute, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57022/qpsm1481.
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Overview Skin cancer prevention is a component of the new Cancer Plan 2022–27, which guides the work of the Cancer Institute NSW. To lessen the impact of skin cancer on the community, the Cancer Institute NSW works closely with the NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Advisory Committee, comprising governmental and non-governmental organisation representatives, to develop and implement the NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy. Primary Health Networks and primary care providers are seen as important stakeholders in this work. To guide improvements in skin cancer prevention and inform the development of the next NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy, an up-to-date review of the evidence on the effectiveness and feasibility of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care is required. A research team led by the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between the University of Sydney and Cancer Council NSW, was contracted to undertake an Evidence Check review to address the questions below. Evidence Check questions This Evidence Check aimed to address the following questions: Question 1: What skin cancer primary prevention activities can be effectively administered in primary care settings? As part of this, identify the key components of such messages, strategies, programs or initiatives that have been effectively implemented and their feasibility in the NSW/Australian context. Question 2: What are the main barriers and enablers for primary care providers in delivering skin cancer primary prevention activities within their setting? Summary of methods The research team conducted a detailed analysis of the published and grey literature, based on a comprehensive search. We developed the search strategy in consultation with a medical librarian at the University of Sydney and the Cancer Institute NSW team, and implemented it across the databases Embase, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Scopus, Cochrane Central and CINAHL. Results were exported and uploaded to Covidence for screening and further selection. The search strategy was designed according to the SPIDER tool for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Evidence Synthesis, which is a systematic strategy for searching qualitative and mixed-methods research studies. The SPIDER tool facilitates rigour in research by defining key elements of non-quantitative research questions. We included peer-reviewed and grey literature that included skin cancer primary prevention strategies/ interventions/ techniques/ programs within primary care settings, e.g. involving general practitioners and primary care nurses. The literature was limited to publications since 2014, and for studies or programs conducted in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Western Europe and Scandinavia. We also included relevant systematic reviews and evidence syntheses based on a range of international evidence where also relevant to the Australian context. To address Question 1, about the effectiveness of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings, we summarised findings from the Evidence Check according to different skin cancer prevention activities. To address Question 2, about the barriers and enablers of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings, we summarised findings according to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). The CFIR is a framework for identifying important implementation considerations for novel interventions in healthcare settings and provides a practical guide for systematically assessing potential barriers and facilitators in preparation for implementing a new activity or program. We assessed study quality using the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) levels of evidence. Key findings We identified 25 peer-reviewed journal articles that met the eligibility criteria and we included these in the Evidence Check. Eight of the studies were conducted in Australia, six in the UK, and the others elsewhere (mainly other European countries). In addition, the grey literature search identified four relevant guidelines, 12 education/training resources, two Cancer Care pathways, two position statements, three reports and five other resources that we included in the Evidence Check. Question 1 (related to effectiveness) We categorised the studies into different types of skin cancer prevention activities: behavioural counselling (n=3); risk assessment and delivering risk-tailored information (n=10); new technologies for early detection and accompanying prevention advice (n=4); and education and training programs for general practitioners (GPs) and primary care nurses regarding skin cancer prevention (n=3). There was good evidence that behavioural counselling interventions can result in a small improvement in sun protection behaviours among adults with fair skin types (defined as ivory or pale skin, light hair and eye colour, freckles, or those who sunburn easily), which would include the majority of Australians. It was found that clinicians play an important role in counselling patients about sun-protective behaviours, and recommended tailoring messages to the age and demographics of target groups (e.g. high-risk groups) to have maximal influence on behaviours. Several web-based melanoma risk prediction tools are now available in Australia, mainly designed for health professionals to identify patients’ risk of a new or subsequent primary melanoma and guide discussions with patients about primary prevention and early detection. Intervention studies have demonstrated that use of these melanoma risk prediction tools is feasible and acceptable to participants in primary care settings, and there is some evidence, including from Australian studies, that using these risk prediction tools to tailor primary prevention and early detection messages can improve sun-related behaviours. Some studies examined novel technologies, such as apps, to support early detection through skin examinations, including a very limited focus on the provision of preventive advice. These novel technologies are still largely in the research domain rather than recommended for routine use but provide a potential future opportunity to incorporate more primary prevention tailored advice. There are a number of online short courses available for primary healthcare professionals specifically focusing on skin cancer prevention. Most education and training programs for GPs and primary care nurses in the field of skin cancer focus on treatment and early detection, though some programs have specifically incorporated primary prevention education and training. A notable example is the Dermoscopy for Victorian General Practice Program, in which 93% of participating GPs reported that they had increased preventive information provided to high-risk patients and during skin examinations. Question 2 (related to barriers and enablers) Key enablers of performing skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings included: • Easy access and availability of guidelines and point-of-care tools and resources • A fit with existing workflows and systems, so there is minimal disruption to flow of care • Easy-to-understand patient information • Using the waiting room for collection of risk assessment information on an electronic device such as an iPad/tablet where possible • Pairing with early detection activities • Sharing of successful programs across jurisdictions. Key barriers to performing skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings included: • Unclear requirements and lack of confidence (self-efficacy) about prevention counselling • Limited availability of GP services especially in regional and remote areas • Competing demands, low priority, lack of time • Lack of incentives.
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The Asian Development Bank’s Knowledge Management in Action: Vision, Learning, and Collaboration. Asian Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/sgp210466-2.
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This book documents ADB’s knowledge management journey since 1966 and looks at how the bank has emerged as an increasingly valuable knowledge advisor to its developing member countries. It tracks the evolution of ADB as a platform for sharing ideas, knowledge, and experience on key development challenges in Asia and the Pacific and beyond. To showcase some of ADB’s knowledge management successes, the book presents 42 knowledge solutions across 10 sectors.