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Yang, Jing, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Manfong Ho, Derek S. Drew, and Albert P. C. Chan. "EXPLORING CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 15, no. 4 (December 31, 2009): 337–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.337-348.
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With a focus on different aspects of stakeholder management, various sets of critical success factors (CSFs) have been suggested in the literature. It is crucial to explore the relative importance and groupings of these factors. This paper aims to identify CSFs associated with stakeholder management in construction projects, and explore their ranking and underlying relationship. 15 CSFs were identified through a literature review, and consolidated by interviews and pilot studies with professionals in construction industry. A questionnaire instrument containing these 15 CSFs was sent out to project managers in Hong Kong, and 183 completed questionnaires were retrieved. The top three ranked factors for stakeholder management were “managing stakeholders with social responsibilities”, “assessing the stakeholders’ needs and constraints to the project”, and “communicating with stakeholders properly and frequently”. Using factor analysis and considering the high importance of the factor “managing stakeholders with social responsibilities”, the 15 CSFs were grouped into five dimensions namely, precondition factor, stakeholder estimation, information inputs, decision making, and sustainable support. All these five groupings and their relationship were included in a framework for successful stakeholder management in construction projects. These findings help to clarify what the high prioritized factors are, and could also be used as an assessment tool to evaluate the performance of stakeholder management and thus help to identify areas for improvement. Santrauka Atsižvelgiant į skirtingus suinteresuotųjų šalių valdymo aspektus, literatūroje siūlomi įvairūs kritinių sėkmės veiksnių (KSV) kompleksai. Svarbiausia yra sugrupuoti šiuos veiksnius ir nustatyti jų santykinį reikšmingumą. Šio straipsnio tikslas – nustatyti KSV, susijusius su suinteresuotųjų šalių valdymu statybos projektuose, išnagrinėti jų prioritetus ir pagrindinius tarpusavio ryšius. 15 KSV buvo nustatyta remiantis literatūros analize, statybos šakos profesionalų apklausomis ir eksperimentinėmis studijomis. Projektų valdytojams Honkonge išsiųstas klausimynas ir gauti 183 atsakymai. Trys aukščiausiai įvertinti veiksniai: projektų dalyvių socialinė atsakomybė, suinteresuotųjų šalių poreikių ir apribojimų įvertinimas, tinkamas ir dažnas bendradarbiavimas su suinteresuotomis šalimis. Naudojantis veiksnių analize ir atsižvelgiant į tai, kad socialinės atsakomybės rodiklis vertinamas kaip labai reikšmingas, 15 KSV suskirstyti į 5 grupes: išankstinių veiksnių, suinteresuotųjų grupių nustatymo, informacijos rinkimo, sprendimų priėmimo ir subalansuotos paramos. Visos šios grupės bei jų ryšiai buvo įtraukti į sistemą, skirtą sėkmingam suinteresuotųjų šalių valdymui statybos projektuose. Šie duomenys padeda paaiškinti, kokiems veiksniams suteikiamas prioritetas ir gali būti naudojami suinteresuotųjų šalių valdymo įgyvendinimui įvertinti bei tobulintinoms sritims nustatyti.
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Olatunde, Nathaniel Ayinde, and Henry Agboola Odeyinka. "Factors Influencing Stakeholder Management in Building Projects Procured by Private Corporate Organisations." Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jeppm-2021-0002.
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AbstractStakeholder management (SM) is of utmost importance in ensuring timely project delivery, delivery within budget, to the right quality level and to client’s satisfaction. Private corporate organizations have limited resources and so could not afford project cost or time overrun and other issues that could impact project success. While studies are available that examined factors impacting stakeholder management in public building projects, there is a paucity of research on factors influencing stakeholder management in building projects procured by private corporate organizations; hence this study. The objective of the reported study is to assess the factors influencing SM in building projects procured by private corporate organizations in Southwestern Nigeria with a view to enhancing project delivery. The data for the study were collected using a structured questionnaire survey. Purposive sampling technique was used to select project managers (PMs) and client representatives (CRs) that were involved in the management of building projects procured by private corporate organizations between 2008 and 2017. A total of 106 questionnaires were received from PMs and CRs that responded to the questionnaire survey. The data collected were analysed using mean score (MS) analysis, Student’s t-test and factor analysis. The result shows that the most important factors influencing SM comprise of ‘maintaining good relationships with stakeholders’, ‘addressing stakeholders’ concerns and needs’ and ‘avenue for communicating project impacts’. The further result using factor analysis shows that the factors influencing SM could be categorized into six component groupings of - project relationship, information input, stakeholder estimation, decision-making, sustainable support and external project relationship awareness. The study concluded that project managers need to pay attention to the identified topranking factors in order to achieve improved project delivery.
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Osei-Kyei, Robert, Albert P. C. Chan, and Ernest Effah Ameyaw. "A fuzzy synthetic evaluation analysis of operational management critical success factors for public-private partnership infrastructure projects." Benchmarking: An International Journal 24, no. 7 (October 2, 2017): 2092–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-07-2016-0111.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factor groupings of a set of 19 critical success factors (CSFs) associated with managing public-private partnership (PPP) projects at the operational stage and examine the most significant factor grouping using fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) technique. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopted a comprehensive review of the pertinent literature and an empirical questionnaire survey geared towards targeted international PPP experts. Survey responses were analysed using factor analysis and FSE modelling. Findings The results from factor analysis show five CSF groupings (CSFGs) for managing operational PPPs. These are proficient service delivery and adequate legal structures, simplified payment mechanism and consistent project monitoring, effective contract variations management, suitable stakeholder management mechanism and environmental health and safety control. The FSE modelling shows that “simplified payment mechanism and consistent project monitoring”, is the most critical CSFG. The operational management CSFs under this grouping are acceptable level of user fee charges, efficient and well-structured payment mechanism, consistent project performance monitoring and long-term demand for public facility. Research limitations/implications The major limitation lies in the low sample size that was used for analysis; however the years of research and/or industrial experience of respondents and the wide coverage of different cultural backgrounds (18 countries from five regions globally) contribute to the authenticity of the survey responses. Future research should adopt interviews and case study analysis to unravel CSFs in managing operational PPPs. Originality/value The findings of this study are considerably beneficial to both public authorities and private operators. They inform practitioners of the strategic procedures and measures to employ in optimising the operational performance of PPP projects. Further, the methodology employed allows project management experts to reliably select the operational management CSFs for their projects.
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Molwus, Jurbe Joseph, Bilge Erdogan, and Stephen Ogunlana. "Using structural equation modelling (SEM) to understand the relationships among critical success factors (CSFs) for stakeholder management in construction." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 24, no. 3 (May 15, 2017): 426–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-10-2015-0161.
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Purpose Stakeholder management plays a significant role in successfully delivering construction projects. However, being able to carry out effective stakeholder management in construction is contingent upon understanding the interrelationships among critical success factors (CSFs) for stakeholder management in construction and how they are related to project success (PS). This would enable the persons responsible for stakeholder management to know the logical process for addressing the CSFs in order to get stakeholder management right. The understanding of this relationship has not been addressed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interrelationships between the CSFs for stakeholder management and PS in construction. Design/methodology/approach From an extensive literature review, 23 CSFs for stakeholder management in construction were identified. A conceptual structural equation model (SEM) of the relationships between CSFs was developed (including measurement and structural models) using the groupings of the CSFs for stakeholder management in construction. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data from construction industry practitioners. The data so collected were analysed using SEM in analysis of moment structures (AMOS). Findings The SEM analysis of data collected resulted in the best fitting measurement model comprising 16 CSFs as indicators of four latent variables, namely, stakeholder characteristics and project characteristics (SCPC); stakeholder analysis (SA); stakeholder dynamics (SD); and stakeholder engagement/empowerment (SE). Furthermore, it was found that only SE has a direct positive impact on PS. The other three constructs SCPC, SA and understanding SD collectively impact on PS through the construct, SE. Research limitations/implications The research reported in this paper was carried out in the UK; hence, the findings may have portrayed the UK construction professionals’ opinion. However, the theoretical principles on which the research was based are general and similar research could be replicated in different countries whose construction procurement processes and industries are structured like those of the UK or otherwise. Practical implications The main contribution of this study to existing knowledge is an empirical evidence of the interrelationships among the CSFs for stakeholder management in construction through their latent variables which is portrayed in the best fitting structural model showing the relationships between the constructs of CSFs for stakeholder management and PS. This should serve as a guide to construction project management team or responsible professionals for undertaking stakeholder management in construction projects. Originality/value The paper contributes to theory by empirically identifying the interrelationships among the CSFs for stakeholder management linking to PS which will serve as a guide to construction professionals.
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Olbina, Svetlana, and Jonathan W. Elliott. "Contributing Project Characteristics and Realized Benefits of Successful BIM Implementation: A Comparison of Complex and Simple Buildings." Buildings 9, no. 8 (July 26, 2019): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9080175.
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Researchers have explored Building Information Modeling (BIM) utilization on complex buildings. However, limited research has been conducted investigating BIM implementation on simple projects. This study explored the perceptions of Architects, General Contractors and Owners regarding the project characteristics that impact successful BIM implementation, and the realized benefits thereof, on complex commercial buildings versus parking garages. A survey comprised of the project characteristics and realized benefits of BIM implementation identified by Dodge Data & Analytics was distributed. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the empirical groupings of successful BIM implementation characteristics and realized benefits thereof. Factor means were calculated and compared using ANOVA and t-tests. Statistical comparisons revealed no significant differences by building type. For project stakeholders, a significant difference was only observed on owner’s mean perceptions of technology-related characteristics when compared to architects. Previous research indicates that Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) stakeholders believe BIM is beneficial for large and complex projects. With the exception of technology-related project characteristics, findings reveal no statistical differences for project characteristics impacting successful BIM utilization or the realized benefits of BIM implementation given building type. This finding provides empirical evidence that various stakeholder groups view BIM as a universal AEC process that provides benefits on both complex and simple projects.
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Moriarty, Helen, Maria Stubbe, Sarah Bradford, Sophie Tapper, and Bee Teng Lim. "Exploring resilience in families living with addiction." Journal of Primary Health Care 3, no. 3 (2011): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc11210.
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INTRODUCTION: Information about the impact of addiction on New Zealand (NZ) families is scarce. A good understanding of the nature and extent of family problems is essential to help families become more resilient and minimise the consequences. This study aimed to explore experiences of NZ families living with addiction, identify impacts on non-addicted family members, their coping strategies and barriers to help seeking. METHODS: Literature and key stakeholder interviews informed the development of an interview schedule for 29 family participants recruited through health and social services. Interviews were recorded for analysis of central themes and critical elements that underpin those. Key stakeholders and informal informants were again consulted to discuss findings and interpretation. FINDINGS: Addiction has widespread effects on NZ families. The coping strategies described by the participants in this project lacked the positive connotations of resilience, namely positive adaptation under significant adversity. CONCLUSION: Family impacts of addiction are complex, and similar family problems arise regardless of the substance(s) involved. This small exploratory study indicates that the implications for NZ families deserve further investigation. Future research is also required to further characterise the impact of behavioural addictions on families, addiction in particular ethnic groupings and the implications of the findings for clinical practice, other social and health services, and for public health and social policy. KEYWORDS: Qualitative research; addiction; family resilience
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Esterhuyse, Leana. "Towards corporate transparency." Bottom Line 32, no. 4 (December 2, 2019): 290–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bl-03-2019-0081.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether companies recognised for the quality of their sustainability reporting are also adopting investor relations (IR) best practices for their IR webpages. Quality communications to all stakeholder groups may then speak to organisational transparency and integrated corporate communication management (CCM). Design/methodology/approach An ordinary least squares regression model was developed to test the hypothesis that companies with quality sustainability reporting also adopts best practices in online IR. Sustainability reporting quality was signalled by inclusion of the company in a socially responsible investment (SRI) index. IR quality was proxied by disclosure scores compiled from content analyses of investor relations webpages. Findings This study find that inclusion in the SRI Index was positively and significantly associated with online IR quality, while controlling for other variables associated with voluntary disclosure behaviour. Practical implications For retail and institutional investors in SRI Index companies, cost of information discovery is reduced as they can use the investor relations webpages as comprehensive source. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on corporate transparency by operationalising reporting “transparency” in that it considers the combined communications output to both financial and non-financial stakeholder groupings. A 2 × 2 conceptual framework for corporate disclosures is proposed that reconciles legitimacy theory and voluntary disclosure theory as motivations. It also contributes to the paucity of research on the links between public relations and investor relations in corporate communications by demonstrating a joint contribution to transparency.
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Wheeler, Peter Francis. "Where have all the radicals gone?" Social Enterprise Journal 13, no. 02 (May 2, 2017): 163–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-07-2016-0024.
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Purpose This paper aims to track the operations of a radical social enterprise, “New Horizon”, which attempted to provide a different approach to improve the independent living and employment opportunities for disabled people. The longitudinal study covers a period from the new labour project in the late 1990s to current austerity measures. Design/methodology/approach The project applied an emancipatory disability research agenda which places both the social and material relations of knowledge in the hands of the disabled participants. Findings Under the neo-liberal marketisation of public services, the radical nature of the organisation needed to be tempered, as different stakeholder groupings required different and not always complementary approaches to be undertaken to maintain legitimacy. Neo-institutional pressures tended to drive the organisation towards conformity with similar more mainstream rivals meaning the radical approach which assisted the formation of the organisation became less observable. Social/implications This research provides a unique insight into the systemic challenges faced by a social enterprise attempting to improve the independent living/employment prospects of disabled people. The longitudinal nature of the study illustrates how similar radical social enterprises, policymakers and researchers can understand how normative forces act in opposition to radical agendas. Originality/value This longitudinal study of a radical disability organisation which is undertaken through an emancipatory disability research agenda provides a unique insight into a marginalised and largely disenfranchised group in society. The paper provides a voice for the disabled stakeholders of New Horizon and hence differs from the majority of social research in that interpretations and analyses arise from the knowing subjects of research as opposed to the more traditional non-disabled academic research community.
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Caldicott, Rodney W., Tania von der Heidt, Pascal Scherrer, Sabine Muschter, and Antonia Canosa. "Airbnb – exploring triple bottom line impacts on community." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 14, no. 2 (March 16, 2020): 205–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-07-2019-0134.
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Purpose This paper aims to purposely place community and its stakeholders at the forefront of an investigation of positive and negative social, economic and environmental impacts of the sharing economy in the specific context of Airbnb by drawing upon the triple bottom line (TBL) framework of sustainability. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative enquiry through a “scoping approach” with the search of relevant electronic databases identified a range of conceptual and empirical studies in the period from 2008 to 2018 informing a profile focussed on the triple bottom line impacts. Findings The criteria limited search yielded 23 focal articles, which investigated or discussed Airbnb impacts on local communities. Analysis of these articles informed a three-pillar tabulation of positive and negative impacts, which are presented against four key stakeholder groupings. Research limitations/implications The study is exploratory, and further research, especially confirmatory research, is recommended. Practical implications The study’s value extends to praxis. Guided by findings, real-time planning and policy-making are already underway within the authors’ community. Additionally, an extension project, as requested by the community, is now investigating direct traditional accommodation provider impacts. Social implications Understanding of the social issues concerning Airbnb and indeed, the wider sharing economy, is broadened through identified need for further social impact research. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to apply a “scoping approach” to holistically illuminate the positive and negative impacts of Airbnb at the micro-level in each of the three domains of sustainability. The research methodology is shown to be effective, with positive community impact, and will easily adapt to other destinations grappling with policy decisions.
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Hardy, Daniel, Eric Graye, and Caleb Van Nostrand. "Facilitating Smart Growth with Context-Sensitive Transportation Review of Site Development." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 3 (July 21, 2018): 46–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118788191.
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In 2016, Montgomery County, Maryland revamped the approach with which the planning department reviews transportation impacts of site development. The development of the 2017 Local Area Transportation Review Guidelines included a comprehensive and collaborative review of alternative approaches to growth management and resulted in the development of more robust and multimodal analytic approaches, a set of context-sensitive and multimodal trip generation rates, and a commitment to continue the development of pro-rata share districts in lieu of traditional traffic impact studies. The 2017 guidelines were developed with the benefit of a review of contemporary best practices nationwide and a 30-person working group representing various transportation impact review stakeholder interests that convened 21 times over the course of 3 years. The new approach was developed to balance three potentially competing objectives: streamline the process in smart growth areas of the county, increase the degree of multimodalism, and increase the degree of robustness in the analytic approach and data. The key additions to the process included establishing policy area groupings based on transportation demand characteristics; developing a set of context-sensitive, multimodal trip generation rates; and introducing quantitative tests for non-auto impacts. This paper highlights both the process and outcomes of the updated approach.
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Ferrero-Ferrero, Idoya, María Ángeles Fernández-Izquierdo, María Jesús Muñoz-Torres, and Lucía Bellés-Colomer. "Stakeholder engagement in sustainability reporting in higher education." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 19, no. 2 (February 5, 2018): 313–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-06-2016-0116.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of stakeholder engagement in the context of sustainability reporting (SR) for higher education institutions (HEIs), together with the materiality principle and stakeholder expectations. Design/methodology/approach This research uses an exploratory approach based on content analysis, a case study and descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings Three key findings come out of this research. First, the results indicate that HEIs use diverse criteria for grouping stakeholders and that stakeholder engagement is a heterogeneous process. Second, the expectations of internal stakeholders align with the material aspects of SR. Finally, among internal stakeholders, students and academics disagree on the prioritisation of some sustainability aspects, with non-academic staff adopting an intermediate position. Practical implications This analysis improves our knowledge of stakeholder engagement in HEIs. It helps to identify the relevant impacts of stakeholder engagement, enhances the quality of reporting and encourages a real dialogue with stakeholders. Originality/value The study examines stakeholder engagement and how the materiality principle is adopted by HEIs through SR. Furthermore, it compares these results with stakeholder expectations, considering the discrepancies between stakeholders. The results open the way to future research to explore the potential conflicts and collaborations between and within stakeholders to advance towards more sustainable institutions in the higher education sector.
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Whitelaw, Pauline, and John Russell. "Psychiatry Curricula 2022." BJPsych Open 7, S1 (June 2021): S161—S162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.449.
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AimsThe aim of our review was to ensure that:Curricula are aligned to the GMC's GPC and Excellence by Design FrameworksCurricula are capability focusedCurricula promote a flexible and adaptable approach to trainingCurricula are succinct, user friendly, patient-centred and reflective of current training in practiceBackgroundIn response to recommendations outlined in the Shape of Training Review (2013), the GMC developed their new framework for postgraduate medical education Excellence by Design (2015), alongside their Generic Professional Capabilities (GPC) Framework (2015).MethodGovernanceTo manage the review, a Curriculum Revision Working Group (CRWG) was set up to monitor and govern the review process. Members include Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) chairs, trainee and patient/lay representatives.Curriculum Development & FrameworkThe CRWG, alongside SACs and specialty working groups, have undertaken a “Why, What, How” approach in developing the curriculum framework. Each curriculum is structured as follows:High Level Outcomes (HLOs) – These outline the “Why”, and provide an overarching view on what should be achieved by trainees. Each HLO is mapped directly onto each of the nine GMC GPC domains.Key Capabilities – These outline the “What”, and provide key detail on what trainees need to undertake to fulfil specific aspects of the curriculum.Training illustrations – These outline the “How”, and supplement the Key Capabilities by providing real-world examples of how to achieve each capability.Development of the curricula included:Mapping current Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) to the new HLO frameworkRe-writing competencies so that they were capability focusedUndertaking a thematic analysis of the curricula, to develop key themes/groupings for capabilitiesReview and update Workplace Based Assessments (WBPAs) to ensure they align to the new frameworkStakeholder EngagementPart of the review has been to ensure Key Stakeholders are involved at each stage of curriculum development. To ensure that all key stakeholders are provided opportunity for consultation, a stakeholder map was developed.Stakeholder engagement has included:Direct trainee/trainer/patient/lay involvement at curriculum review meetingsConsultation surveys at each development stage, including feedback on the draft curriculum framework and feedback on full draft curriculaAttendance at meetings with key stakeholders, including NHS Employers and Royal College meetingsResultThe review is currently ongoing. In 2020 we were successful in submitting all 10 of our curricula to the GMC for approval. We are continuing to further develop our curriculum framework, which includes: Psychiatry “Silver Guide”Curricula documentsTraining illustrationsARCP Decision AidsSupplementary GuidanceConclusionThe review of RCPsych curricula has provided an excellent opportunity to broaden curriculum capabilities, and ensure that the curricula are achievable and deliverable. Our aim is to ensure that the new curricula promote flexibility and adaptability within training, and are user friendly for both trainees and trainers.
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Holt, Kathleen D., Rebecca S. Miller, Lauren M. Byrne, and Susan H. Day. "The Positive Effects of Accreditation on Graduate Medical Education Programs in Singapore." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 11, no. 4s (August 1, 2019): 213–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-19-00429.
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ABSTRACT Background There is worldwide interest in assessing the impact of accreditation systems to quantify their benefits to medical education and, through this, health care at the local and global levels. Objective We analyzed ACGME-I Resident Survey data from Singapore for 2011–2018 to assess the impact of accreditation on residents' evaluations of their programs. Methods We focused on 7 questions from the annual Resident Survey, which would be affected by accreditation compliance, along with a single global rating of respondents' overall perception of their program. We assessed for differences among specialty groupings (medical, surgical, and hospital-based) and Singapore's 3 health care systems. Repeated measures analysis of variance procedures was used to assess trends across time for the combined 8 items and each individual item. Results Analysis of the combined items showed significant improvement over the 7 years Singaporean programs had accreditation. There were no effects for specialty type or sponsoring institution. Analyses of individual questions showed 6 of 8 were significant for improvement. For the individual question related to duty hour compliance, there was a significant interaction between time and specialty, suggesting medical specialties showed greater improvement across time compared to surgical and hospital-based specialties. Conclusions Implementation of accreditation in Singapore provided educational and clinical learning environment infrastructure not present prior to 2010, with the benefits of this reflected in residents' perceptions of their learning environment. Future assessments of the effects of accreditation might add stakeholder interviews to more fully describe its value and impact.
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DAW, TIM, KATRINA BROWN, SERGIO ROSENDO, and ROBERT POMEROY. "Applying the ecosystem services concept to poverty alleviation: the need to disaggregate human well-being." Environmental Conservation 38, no. 4 (November 3, 2011): 370–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892911000506.
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SUMMARYThe concept of ecosystem services (ES), the benefits humans derive from ecosystems, is increasingly applied to environmental conservation, human well-being and poverty alleviation, and to inform the development of interventions. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) implicitly recognize the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of maintaining ES, through monetary compensation from ‘winners’ to ‘losers’. Some research into PES has examined how such schemes affect poverty, while other literature addresses trade-offs between different ES. However, much evolving ES literature adopts an aggregated perspective of humans and their well-being, which can disregard critical issues for poverty alleviation. This paper identifies four issues with examples from coastal ES in developing countries. First, different groups derive well-being benefits from different ES, creating winners and losers as ES, change. Second, dynamic mechanisms of access determine who can benefit. Third, individuals' contexts and needs determine how ES contribute to well-being. Fourth, aggregated analyses may neglect crucial poverty alleviation mechanisms such as cash-based livelihoods. To inform the development of ES interventions that contribute to poverty alleviation, disaggregated analysis is needed that focuses on who derives which benefits from ecosystems, and how such benefits contribute to the well-being of the poor. These issues present challenges in data availability and selection of how and at which scales to disaggregate. Disaggregation can be applied spatially, but should also include social groupings, such as gender, age and ethnicity, and is most important where inequality is greatest. Existing tools, such as stakeholder analysis and equity weights, can improve the relevance of ES research to poverty alleviation.
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Gordon, Irene M., and Jamal A. Nazari. "Review of SOX in the business ethics literature." Managerial Auditing Journal 33, no. 5 (May 8, 2018): 470–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-08-2017-1629.
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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the impact of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) on the academic business ethics literature with the intent of making this research more accessible to those researchers and practitioners working in business ethics and other related fields. Specifically, the authors outline the types and scope of SOX-related research, examine the extent of reliance on SOX, identify which theoretical frameworks and research approaches are used and point out under-researched areas.Design/methodology/approachUsing a descriptive approach, the authors examine the theoretical perspectives, classifying these perspectives into four groupings (economics, ethics/moral, psychological and sociological). Using counts, categorization and content analyses, the authors provide an overview of 115 articles with further analysis provided for articles relying heavily (n= 14) or moderately (n= 42) on SOX.FindingsWhistleblowing and codes of ethics are well-researched topics. However, employment of some theories (e.g. signaling theory and stakeholder theory) and qualitative approaches are used less often. Other under-researched issues in the sample include CEO/CFO certifications, cost of compliance, auditor disclosures and empirical investigation of SOX and auditor independence (or corporate culture).Research limitations/implicationsThe authors’ decision to use certain databases, search terms and research methods, and to focus on business ethics journals and English language articles are possible limitations.Originality/valueThe authors’ contributions comprise an examination of the scope of SOX topics and detailing how reliant the research is on SOX. The authors identify trends in this literature and provide evidence of the broad theoretical frameworks to better understand the breadth and depth of theories used.
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Contrafatto, Massimo, John Ferguson, David Power, Lorna Stevenson, and David Collison. "Understanding power-related strategies and initiatives." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 33, no. 3 (December 17, 2019): 559–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-06-2018-3529.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretically informed analysis of a struggle for power over the regulation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social and environmental accounting and reporting (SEAR) within the European Union.Design/methodology/approachThe paper combines insights from institutional theory (Lawrence and Buchanan, 2017) with Vaara et al.’s (2006) and Vaara and Tienar’s (2008) discursive strategies approach in order to interrogate the dynamics of the institutional “arena” that emerged in 2001, following the European Commission’s publication of a Green Paper (GP) on CSR policy and reporting. Drawing on multiple sources of data (including newspaper coverage, semi-structured interviews and written submissions by companies and NGOs), the authors analyse the institutional political strategies employed by companies and NGOs – two of the key stakeholder groupings who sought to influence the dynamics and outcome of the European initiative.FindingsThe results show that the 2001 GP was a “triggering event” (Hoffman, 1999) that led to the formation of the institutional arena that centred on whether CSR policy and reporting should be voluntary or mandatory. The findings highlight how two separate, but related forms of power (systemic and episodic power) were exercised much more effectively by companies compared to NGOs. The analysis of the power initiatives and discursive strategies deployed in the arena provides a theoretically informed understanding of the ways in which companies acted in concert to reach their objective of maintaining CSR and SEAR as a voluntary activity.Originality/valueThe theoretical framework outlined in the paper highlights how the analysis of CSR and SEAR regulation can be enriched by examining the deployment of episodic and systemic power by relevant actors.
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Zambani, Muhamad, Makinudin Marniadi, Budi Nuraini, and Tri Sakti Kurniawan. "BEST PRACTICES : KAJIAN EFEKTIFITAS PENERAPAN STAKEHOLDERS MAPPING SEBAGAI SISTEM PENCEGAHAN DINI TERJADINYA KONFLIK SOSIAL DI PERTAMBANGAN EMAS PT BUMI SUKSESINDO." Prosiding Temu Profesi Tahunan PERHAPI 1, no. 1 (March 29, 2020): 441–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.36986/ptptp.v1i1.87.
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ABSTRAK Pada bulan November 2015 PT Bumi Suksesindo mengalami pembakaran beberapa fasilitas perusahaan oleh aksi masa tolak tambang yang mengakibatkan beberapa fasilitas milik perusahaan rusak parah, mulai dari gudang mesin diesel, genset serta gudang peralatan. Belajar dari pengalaman itu, maka diperlukan sistem pencegahan konflik secara dini agar tidak terjadi lagi kasus yang serupa. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas stakeholders mapping sebagai upaya pencegahan dini terjadinya konflik sosial di pertambangan emas PT Bumi Suksesindo. Kajian yang telah dilakukan dengan cara pengelompokkan stakeholders berdasarkan internal dan eksternal, ketergantungan stakeholder dengan perusahaan, power dan interest stakeholder, serta posisi stratejik stakeholder maka dapat diketahui bagaimana strategi dan teknik mengelola stakeholders tersebut sehingga tidak berlanjut kepada aksi masa yang lebih besar yang dapat merugikan baik perusahaan maupun pemerintah. Dari analisis terebut diketahui stakeholder kunci yang perlu mendapat perhatian utama dalam pencegahan dini terjadinya konflik adalah kelompok tolak tambang, kelompok “preman jalan” jalur logistic, dan kelompok tapak tambang (kelompok paling dekat dengan operasional tambang). Pengelolaan hubungan stakeholders dengan yang cara yang tepat selain dapat mencegah terjadinya konflik juga dapat mengenali potensi dan aspirasi stakeholders yang dapat membuka peluang untuk mengembangkan kesejahteraan masyarakat sebagai sebagai prasyarat utama untuk menjamin keberlanjutan perusahaan. Kata Kunci: PT Bumi Suksesindo, stakehoders mapping, sistem pencegahan konflik, konflik sosial ABSTRACT In November 2015 PT Bumi Suksesindo experienced the burning of a number of company facilities by the anti-mining group action which resulted in severely damaged company-owned facilities such as diesel engine warehouses, generator sets and equipment warehouses. The lesson learned community relation team really need an early conflict prevention system is needed so that similar cases do not occur again. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of stakeholder mapping as an effort to prevent early social conflicts in the PT Bumi Suksesindo gold mine. The study has been conducted by grouping stakeholders analysis based on internal and external, dependence of stakeholders with the company, stakeholders' power and interests, as well as the strategic position of stakeholders so it can be seen how the strategies and techniques of managing these stakeholders so that it does not continue to greater mass actions and harm both the company and government. From this analysis, it is known that the key stakeholders that need to be given the main attention in the early prevention of conflict are the anti-mining group, the logistical road group, and the community around mining group. Management of stakeholder relations in the right way in addition to preventing conflict can also recognize the potential and aspirations of stakeholders so that it even opens opportunities to develop community welfare as the main prerequisite for ensuring the sustainability of the company. Keywords: PT Bumi Suksesindo, stakeholder mapping, conflict prevention systems, social conflict.
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Ashmarina, S. I., E. A. Kandrashina, and I. A. Plaksina. "Interest Alignment Model in the Higher Education System." SHS Web of Conferences 62 (2019): 12001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20196212001.
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In the modern economy, the effective development of the higher education system becomes impossible without interest alignment of universities and their stakeholders. The purpose of the study is to determine the groups of stakeholders of the higher education system according to the degree of interdependence and develop an interest alignment model, reflecting the ways of interest alignment among the selected groups of stakeholders, taking into account the impact of market and administrative mechanisms. To achieve the purpose of the study, the authors use analysis methods (when determining the set of stakeholders of the higher education system and determining the mutual interests of universities and their stakeholders), grouping (when identifying stakeholder groups according to the degree of interdependence), and developing managerial models (when developing a model for interest alignment in the higher education system). The proposed interest alignment model in the higher education system can be an effective managerial tool in shaping interrelationships of universities with stakeholders.
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Urquhart, Robin, Sarah Murnaghan, Cynthia Kendell, Jonathan Sussman, Geoffrey A. Porter, Doris Howell, and Eva Grunfeld. "What Matters in Cancer Survivorship Research? A Suite of Stakeholder-Relevant Outcomes." Current Oncology 28, no. 4 (August 20, 2021): 3188–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28040277.
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The outcomes assessed in cancer survivorship research do not always match the outcomes that survivors and health system stakeholders identify as most important in the post-treatment follow-up period. This study sought to identify stakeholder-relevant outcomes pertinent to post-treatment follow-up care interventions. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured telephone interviews with stakeholders (survivors, family/friend caregivers, oncology providers, primary care providers, and cancer system decision-/policy-makers) across Canada. Data analysis involved coding, grouping, detailing, and comparing the data by using the techniques commonly employed in descriptive qualitative research. Forty-four participants took part in this study: 11 survivors, seven family/friend caregivers, 18 health care providers, and eight decision-makers. Thirteen stakeholder-relevant outcomes were identified across participants and categorized into five outcome domains: psychosocial, physical, economic, informational, and patterns and quality of care. In the psychosocial domain, one’s reintegration after cancer treatment was described by all stakeholder groups as one of the most important challenges faced by survivors and identified as a priority outcome to address in future research. The outcomes identified in this study provide a succinct suite of stakeholder-relevant outcomes, common across cancer types and populations, that should be used in future research on cancer survivorship care.
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Lusk, Edward J., and Mia Wells. "Vetting of Bloomberg’s ESG Governance ISS:QualityScore [GQS]." Archives of Business Research 9, no. 4 (April 11, 2021): 15–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.94.9952.
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Context Of the plethora of market navigation platforms, the Environment, Social, and Governance [ESGÓ]-platform offered by BloombergÔ Professional Services* is one of the most richly endowed, including nearly 2,000 data-fields that provide an invaluable context for better understanding the “Stakeholder-impact” of the firm’s activities. A recent amelioration of the ESG-platform is the link with Institutional Shareholder Services [ISS] that offers a taxonomy where firms are assigned to Governance-risk decile-groups based upon ISS:GovernanceQualityScores: (GQSÔ). The GQS-platform offers a data-driven approach to scoring & screening designed to help investors monitor company governance activities so as to better inform their decision-making. Study Design Clear is: Market Intel-Platforms only have one simple raison d’être: To provide a relative advantage in teasing out market winners relative to the “Squawk-On-The Street”. If this is the case, information professionals, in a best practices context, are tacitly obligated to offer vetting tests of platforms such as the GQS to service investors in need an independent and reliable evaluation to Ferret-out useful market guidance platforms. In this endeavor, we offer a vetting evaluation of a random sample of firms included in the two polar-ISS:GQS:Classifications: GQS[1] & GQS[10]]. Point of information The intent of the GQS-Vetting is not to “reverse-engineer” the results of the GQS-assignment protocol so as to arrive an “inferentially” de-coded approximation of the actual ISS:GQS-protocol. Our vetting addresses the question: Is there a logical reason to reject the belief that the set of GQS-assignment protocols are not well formed thus creating Governance-risk-groupings that have no intra-group coherence and so exhibit no inter-group differentiability. Results Initially, we used a Strawman-Vetting test followed by FPE-inferential tests using specific and sensitive Income Statement and Balance Sheet Panel-profiles from a random sample of the firms in: GQS[1] & GQS[10]. We find that the triage-focus of GQS[1] is “Revenue at the Margin” while that of GQS[10] is “Asset[Net] Management”. Also, both groups have exhibited impressive attention to managing Working Capital. Summary: The ISS:GQS-assignment protocols seem to be well-formed and capable of offering useful differentiation.
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Pererva, Petro G., Tetiana I. Kobeleva, Oleksandra P. Kocenko, Valerii M. Kobelev, and Viktoriya O. Matrosova. "Development of the Theory of Cost Management of Stakeholders of the Enterprise in Foreign Tesearches." Mechanism of an Economic Regulation, no. 1 (2021): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/mer.2021.91.05.
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Thes article proves that the actual direction of effective enterprise management is the use of network management concept of production and commercial activities, which is based on the theory of stakeholders. This area of research is widely discussed in foreign economic publications, where a significant number of innovative developments and proposals have already accumulated. Research, generalization and use of foreign experience in the field of stakeholder theory are extremely important for domestic industrial enterprises. The purpose of the study is to study the methods of substantiation of theoretical and methodological approaches and practical recommendations for managing relations with stakeholders on the basis of a cost approach, identification and grouping of stakeholders of industrial enterprises taking into account their interests. Achieving this goal is carried out using a conceptual approach to the formation of total value, which includes the value of the industrial enterprise and the value of its stakeholders, who jointly create the overall contribution of this economic entity in achieving society as a whole. The proposed approach differs positively from the conceptual provisions available in the theory of stakeholders and can be based on the theoretical provisions of managing the relationship of an industrial enterprise with its stakeholders on the basis of a cost approach. The implementation of the proposed approach allows an industrial enterprise to rank stakeholders by value, analyze the dynamics of the structure and parameters of flows of material and financial resources of the enterprise and its stakeholders.
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Lestari, Dwi, and Mohammad Muktiali. "Peran Pemangku Kepentingan dalam Pengembangan Klaster Enceng Gondok di Kecamatan Banyubiru." Jurnal Wilayah dan Lingkungan 5, no. 3 (December 29, 2017): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jwl.5.3.141-155.
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Local economic development (LED) is part of regional development concepts which emphasizes the use of local resources and capabilities and cooperation between all components to achieve quality and sustainable development. The LED initiatives could be accomplished through (industrial) business cluster approach. Cluster is basically a grouping of businesses characterized by business commonalities in proximate locations. The cluster growth requires proper role and involvement from the all stakeholders ranging from public to private sectors such as financial institutions, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions and local communities. Water Hyacinth Cluster in Banyubiru Subdistrict of Semarang Regency is of a good example. During its development trajectories, the Water Hyacinth Cluster has faced several problems because of which the call upon multiple stakeholders involvement necessary. This study aims to figure out and measure the effectiveness of the role played by each stakeholder in the observed cluster development. This study uses a mixed method research which combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative approach is used to measure the effectiveness of the role played by the stakeholders involved in cluster, and the qualitative approach to assess and figure out the role of stakeholders deeper. The conclusion reveals that the non-government institutions perform the most dominant involvement among the remaining stakeholders. In addition, the role in production input stage is considerably more effective to the overall cluster performance.
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Jardas, Mladen, Ana Perić Hadžić, and Edvard Tijan. "Defining and Measuring the Relevance of Criteria for the Evaluation of the Inflow of Goods in City Centers." Logistics 5, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics5030044.
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The aim of this paper is to define and measure the relevance of the criteria for the evaluation of the inflow of goods in city centers, in order to improve delivery activities within city centers. The development of the city center leads to the grouping of numerous business operators, which results in the increase of the quantity of goods entering the city center, causing additional traffic congestion, higher levels of noise and emissions of harmful gases. In the long term, this leads to major dissatisfaction with the quality of life among city residents. Therefore, the planning of goods delivery must be in line with the sustainable development of city logistics, while at the same time considering the interests of relevant stakeholders. However, in the existing literature the criteria for evaluating delivery flows have not been comprehensively identified or evaluated by the stakeholders of city centers. In order to fill the research gap, the authors have defined four groups of criteria: technical-technological, economic-financial, organizational and social criteria. To determine the relevance of these criteria, it was necessary to use the questionnaire method to collect data from the stakeholder groups defined by the literature review. Regarding the relevant stakeholders (carriers, delivery recipients, residents and urban policy makers), the results have pointed out that the technical-technological and organizational criteria groups are considered the most relevant by the stakeholders regarding the inflow of goods in city centers.
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Krčílková, Š., and V. Janovská. "Land Tenure as a Factor Underlying Agricultural Landscape Changes in Europe: A Review." Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2016): 68–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sab-2016-0011.
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Abstract Land tenure is generally considered to be an important factor affecting farming, landscape, and rural development. This paper reviews selected case studies to identify how land tenure influences agricultural landscape changes in Europe. We identified how land tenure information was transformed into variables, grouping these variables into general thematic categories: (1) land rights variables based on references to the type of stakeholders and duration of land occupancy, (2) land structure variables describing general land structure, and (3) behavioural variables dependent on stakeholders’ attitudes, perceptions, and personal values. Each thematic category can be defined on three spatial levels: parcel or production block, stakeholder, and landscape. The results show that the tenure factor is not frequently included into landscape-change studies. When a land tenure factor was part of a given study, it either played a minor role among other drivers of landscape change or, if it influenced significant landscape changes, it had only locally specific effects. Moreover, there were studies with contradictory results and so it is difficult to generalize specific findings. Nevertheless, land tenure is frequently discussed within landscape-change research in relation to land abandonment as well as green services and their connection with the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy.
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Hoover, Anna Goodman. "Sensemaking, stakeholder discord, and long-term risk communication at a US Superfund site." Reviews on Environmental Health 32, no. 1-2 (March 1, 2017): 165–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2016-0048.
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Abstract Introduction: Risk communication can help reduce exposures to environmental contaminants, mitigate negative health outcomes, and inform community-based decisions about hazardous waste sites. While communication best practices have long guided such efforts, little research has examined unintended consequences arising from such guidelines. As rhetoric informs stakeholder sensemaking, the language used in and reinforced by these guidelines can challenge relationships and exacerbate stakeholder tensions. Objectives: This study evaluates risk communication at a U.S. Superfund site to identify unintended consequences arising from current risk communication practices. Methods: This qualitative case study crystallizes data spanning 6 years from three sources: 1) local newspaper coverage of site-related topics; 2) focus-group transcripts from a multi-year project designed to support future visioning of site use; and 3) published blog entries authored by a local environmental activist. Constant comparative analysis provides the study’s analytic foundation, with qualitative data analysis software QSR NVivo 8 supporting a three-step process: 1) provisional coding to identify broad topic categories within datasets, 2) coding occurrences of sensemaking constructs and emergent intra-dataset patterns, and 3) grouping related codes across datasets to examine the relationships among them. Results: Existing risk communication practices at this Superfund site contribute to a dichotomous conceptualization of multiple and diverse stakeholders as members of one of only two categories: the government or the public. This conceptualization minimizes perceptions of capacity, encourages public commitment to stances aligned with a preferred group, and contributes to negative expectations that can become self-fulfilling prophecies. Conclusion: Findings indicate a need to re-examine and adapt risk communication guidelines to encourage more pluralistic understanding of the stakeholder landscape.
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Arnette, A., C. Zobel, D. Bosch, J. Pease, and T. Metcalfe. "Stakeholder ranking of watershed goals with the vector analytic hierarchy process: Effects of participant grouping scenarios." Environmental Modelling & Software 25, no. 11 (November 2010): 1459–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.10.009.
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Purwaningsih, Ratna, Febrina Agusti, Susatyo Nugroho Widyo Pranomo, Aries Susanty, and Bambang Purwanggono. "Assessment sustainable tourism: a literature review composite indicator." E3S Web of Conferences 202 (2020): 03001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020203001.
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Indicators are very important in the assessment to see the success of the sustainable tourism model. There is still little research involving stakeholders for the determination of sustainable tourism assessment indicators. This study tries to produce a more specific grouping of sustainable tourism assessment indicators was carried out. The literature review study was conducted in 31 indexed international journals uploaded online in the 2010-2020 range. The keyword used for sustainable tourism assessment is an indicator of sustainable tourism assessment. The results of the analysis study, indicators used in the assessment of sustainable tourism obtained as many as 75 indicators (22 economic; 24 social; 29 environmental) with 6 levels of stakeholders which have to validation for future research.
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Vakhrushina, A. A., and M. A. Vakhrushina. "Universities’ Intellectual Capital Report: The Formation Concept, Analytical Capabilities under Stakeholders Management Decisions-Making." Accounting. Analysis. Auditing 7, no. 6 (December 19, 2020): 40–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.26794/2408-9303-2020-7-6-40-54.
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The modern trends in the socio-economic life, educational and research spheres lead to the increased attention of universities to the more effective management of available resources, as well as high-quality and relevant disclosure of information in their public reporting to the interested parties. Under the circumstances, the intellectual capital (IC) components become key objects in the management accounting systems, and the IC report may become one of the main engines to achieve the transparent information which can raise the interest of stakeholders. The analysis of this practice clarified the discussion points and helped to develop conceptual guidelines for the preparation of the IC report for Russian universities. There have been used the following methods to solve the problem, such as quantitative-systematic analysis, semantic grouping of results and logical relationships. The developed methodology for analyzing the report on IC universities has a certain practical importance. Such methodology also includes methods of financial and management analysis. The formulated recommendations are intended for a wide range of stakeholders, the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and higher education institutions.
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Morton, J. F. "Pastoralist parliamentary groups: a comparative study." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 2005 (2005): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752756200009352.
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Pastoralists (broadly speaking, people dependent on extensively grazed livestock for their livelihoods), are a vulnerable group of people who have been marginalised in developmental and political terms, and whose problems are very different from those of people in mainstream agricultural areas. Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups (PPGs), groupings of MPs concerned with the issue of pastoralism, have been formed since 1997 in the national parliaments of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda (Mohammed Mussa 2004, Livingstone forthcoming a and b). A research project investigated the context, successes and failures of the three PPGs, using interviews with their members and other stakeholders and document review.
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Hill, Matthew, Aoife Healy, and Nachiappan Chockalingam. "Defining and grouping children’s therapeutic footwear and criteria for their prescription: an international expert Delphi consensus study." BMJ Open 11, no. 8 (August 2021): e051381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051381.
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ObjectivesThis study aimed to achieve an expert consensus on how to define and group footwear interventions for children, with a further focus on the design characteristics and prescription of off-the-shelf stability footwear for children with mobility impairment.SettingA group of multinational professionals, from clinicians to those involved in the footwear industry, were recruited to ensure a spectrum of opinions.ParticipantsThirty panellists were contacted, of which 24 consented to participate and six withdrew before round 1, a further two withdrew after round 1. Sixteen panellists completed the consensus exercise.Primary and secondary outcome measuresA Delphi consensus method was employed with round 1 split into three sections: (1) terms and definitions, (2) specifics of off-the-shelf stability footwear design and (3) criteria for clinical prescription of off-the-shelf stability footwear. The panel was asked to rate their level of agreement with statements and to provide further insights through open-ended questions. The opinions of the experts were analysed to assess consensus set at 75% agreement or to modify or form new statements presented through the subsequent two rounds.ResultsTherapeutic footwear was the agreed term to represent children’s footwear interventions, with grouping and subgrouping of therapeutic footwear being dependent on their intended clinical outcomes (accommodative, corrective or functional). Both the heel counter and topline as well as the stiffness and width of the sole were identified as potentially influencing mediolateral stability in children’s gait. A consensus was achieved in the prescription criteria and outcome measures for off-the-shelf stability therapeutic footwear for cerebral palsy, mobile symptomatic pes planus, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and Down’s syndrome.ConclusionsThrough a structured synthesis of expert opinion, this study has established a standardisation of terminology and groupings along with prescription criteria for the first time. Reported findings have implications for communication between stakeholders, evidence-based clinical intervention and standardised outcome measures to assess effectiveness.
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Sehnem, Simone, Edson Kuzma, Shirley Pereira, Khrisna Silva, Matheus Bochi Frare, Lucia Godoi, Nei Antônio Nunes, and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra. "SUSTAINABILITY TENSIONS: IDIOSYNCRASIES PRESENT IN THE BRUMADINHO DAM TRAGEDY IN THE PERCEPTION OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS." Revista Gestão & Sustentabilidade Ambiental 9, no. 0I (August 18, 2020): 392. http://dx.doi.org/10.19177/rgsa.v9e0i2020392-436.
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Based on the theoretical framework of sustainability tensions, this study aims to analyse how the different stakeholders understand the tragedy that occurred with the Brumadinho Dam in Brazil and its emerging tensions. This tragedy is considered the largest work tragedy to occur in Brazil and one of the largest in the global context. The study was developed from interviews and media documents, that is, secondary data. The results show that the tensions that emerged can be codified into environmental, social, economic, cultural, and institutional groupings. The tragedy may be examined from multiple perspectives, one of which is from the position of the actor involved in the enterprise of the collapsed tailings dam structure. Each actor defends his principles, values, and rights. It is a fact that the lives of the people affected and those who died are not recoverable. Environmental damage can be minimized through long-term mitigation measures, but social, demographic, historical, and cultural damage is irrecoverable. Thus, the study offers the following contributions: (i) the tragedy has different interpretations by the different stakeholders; (ii) paradoxical tensions impact differently on the lives of those affected; (iii) trade-offs from tragedy need to be managed; (iv) Brazil urgently needs to learn relevant lessons arising from the tragedies experienced and described in our article. Therefore, an immense and complex challenge that is on the agenda at that moment in Brazil is ripe for analysis.
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Afonso, Almerindo Janela. "O diretor enquanto gestor e as diferentes pressões e dilemas da prestação de contas na escola pública." Roteiro 43 (December 6, 2018): 327. http://dx.doi.org/10.18593/r.v0i0.17538.
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Resumo: Em Portugal, as escolas públicas dos ensinos básico e secundário e os jardins de infância públicos foram, na sua maioria, integrados nos designados Agrupamentos de Escolas. Cada um desses agrupamentos, bem como as escolas que não foram integradas, regem-se por um modelo de administração no qual se sobressaem dois órgãos fundamentais: o Diretor, que é o órgão (unipessoal) de gestão, e o Conselho Geral, que é o órgão (colegial) de direção. Nesse último órgão participam os representantes de diferentes atores e interesses da Comunidade Educativa (internos e externos). O Diretor presta contas pelas suas decisões, quer ao Conselho Geral, quer, sobretudo, ao Ministério da Educação e outros serviços da burocracia do Estado com poder fiscalizador e hierárquico. Mas não apenas. Com efeito, em um contexto em que também é crescente o escrutínio ou controle das famílias e dos stakeholders sobre as escolas e agrupamentos de escolas, sobretudo em relação a resultados acadêmicos mensuráveis, as pressões que se exercem sobre o diretor colocam-no, ainda mais, perante formas diferenciadas (e, não raras vezes, contraditórias) de accountability (isto é, processos ambivalentes e heterogêneos de avaliação, prestação de contas e responsabilização). O foco neste artigo, no entanto, incide no pilar da prestação de contas.Palavras-chave: Gestão escolar. Diretor. Gerencialismo. Prestação de contas.El director como gestor y las diferentes pressiones y dilemas de la rendición de cuentas en la escuela públicaAbstract: In Portugal, public elementary and secondary schools and public kindergartens were mostly integrated into the so-called School Groupings. Each of these school grouping, as well as the schools that were not integrated, are governed by a model of administration in which two fundamental bodies stand out: The Director, who is the management body, and the General Council, which is the collegiate body of direction. The Director is accountable for his decisions to the General Council and above all to the Ministry of Education and other departments of the State bureaucracy, with supervisory and hierarchical power. But not only. Indeed, in a context where there is also increasing scrutiny or control of families and stakeholders on schools and school grouping, especially in relation to measurable academic results, the pressures exerted on the director place him even more in the face of differentiated (and not infrequently contradictory) forms of accountability (i.e., ambivalent and heterogeneous processes of evaluation, answerability, and responsibilization). This article, however, focuses mainly on the pillar of answerability.Keywords: School management. Director. Managerialism. Answerability.The director as manager and the different pressures and dilemas of answerability in the state public school Resumen: En Portugal, las escuelas públicas de la enseñanza no superior y jardines de infancia públicos se han integrado, en su mayoría, en agrupamientos escolares. Cada uno de estos agrupamientos, así como las escuelas que no fueron integradas, se rigen por un modelo de administración donde sobresalen dos órganos fundamentales: el Director, que es el órgano (unipersonal) de gestión, y el Consejo General, que es el órgano (colegial) de dirección. En este último órgano participan los representantes de diferentes actores e intereses de la Comunidad Educativa (internos y externos). El Director rendirá cuentas por sus decisiones, tanto al Consejo General, así como, sobre todo, al Ministerio de Educación y otros servicios de la burocracia del Estado, con poder fiscalizador y jerárquico. Pero no sólo. En efecto, en un contexto en que también es creciente el escrutinio o control de las familias y de los stakeholders sobre las escuelas y agrupamientos de escuelas, sobre todo en relación a resultados académicos mensurables, las presiones que se ejercen sobre el director lo sitúan, aún más, ante formas diferenciadas (y no raras veces contradictorias) de accountability (es decir, procesos ambivalentes y heterogéneos de evaluación, rendición de cuentas y responsabilización). El enfoque de este artículo, sin embargo, se centra principalmente en el pilar de la rendición de cuentas.Palabras clave: Gestión escolar. Director. Gerencialismo. Rendición de cuentas.
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Afonso, Almerindo Janela. "O diretor enquanto gestor e as diferentes pressões e dilemas da prestação de contas na escola pública." Roteiro 43 (December 6, 2018): 327. http://dx.doi.org/10.18593/r.v43i0.17538.
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Resumo: Em Portugal, as escolas públicas dos ensinos básico e secundário e os jardins de infância públicos foram, na sua maioria, integrados nos designados Agrupamentos de Escolas. Cada um desses agrupamentos, bem como as escolas que não foram integradas, regem-se por um modelo de administração no qual se sobressaem dois órgãos fundamentais: o Diretor, que é o órgão (unipessoal) de gestão, e o Conselho Geral, que é o órgão (colegial) de direção. Nesse último órgão participam os representantes de diferentes atores e interesses da Comunidade Educativa (internos e externos). O Diretor presta contas pelas suas decisões, quer ao Conselho Geral, quer, sobretudo, ao Ministério da Educação e outros serviços da burocracia do Estado com poder fiscalizador e hierárquico. Mas não apenas. Com efeito, em um contexto em que também é crescente o escrutínio ou controle das famílias e dos stakeholders sobre as escolas e agrupamentos de escolas, sobretudo em relação a resultados acadêmicos mensuráveis, as pressões que se exercem sobre o diretor colocam-no, ainda mais, perante formas diferenciadas (e, não raras vezes, contraditórias) de accountability (isto é, processos ambivalentes e heterogêneos de avaliação, prestação de contas e responsabilização). O foco neste artigo, no entanto, incide no pilar da prestação de contas.Palavras-chave: Gestão escolar. Diretor. Gerencialismo. Prestação de contas.El director como gestor y las diferentes pressiones y dilemas de la rendición de cuentas en la escuela públicaAbstract: In Portugal, public elementary and secondary schools and public kindergartens were mostly integrated into the so-called School Groupings. Each of these school grouping, as well as the schools that were not integrated, are governed by a model of administration in which two fundamental bodies stand out: The Director, who is the management body, and the General Council, which is the collegiate body of direction. The Director is accountable for his decisions to the General Council and above all to the Ministry of Education and other departments of the State bureaucracy, with supervisory and hierarchical power. But not only. Indeed, in a context where there is also increasing scrutiny or control of families and stakeholders on schools and school grouping, especially in relation to measurable academic results, the pressures exerted on the director place him even more in the face of differentiated (and not infrequently contradictory) forms of accountability (i.e., ambivalent and heterogeneous processes of evaluation, answerability, and responsibilization). This article, however, focuses mainly on the pillar of answerability.Keywords: School management. Director. Managerialism. Answerability.The director as manager and the different pressures and dilemas of answerability in the state public school Resumen: En Portugal, las escuelas públicas de la enseñanza no superior y jardines de infancia públicos se han integrado, en su mayoría, en agrupamientos escolares. Cada uno de estos agrupamientos, así como las escuelas que no fueron integradas, se rigen por un modelo de administración donde sobresalen dos órganos fundamentales: el Director, que es el órgano (unipersonal) de gestión, y el Consejo General, que es el órgano (colegial) de dirección. En este último órgano participan los representantes de diferentes actores e intereses de la Comunidad Educativa (internos y externos). El Director rendirá cuentas por sus decisiones, tanto al Consejo General, así como, sobre todo, al Ministerio de Educación y otros servicios de la burocracia del Estado, con poder fiscalizador y jerárquico. Pero no sólo. En efecto, en un contexto en que también es creciente el escrutinio o control de las familias y de los stakeholders sobre las escuelas y agrupamientos de escuelas, sobre todo en relación a resultados académicos mensurables, las presiones que se ejercen sobre el director lo sitúan, aún más, ante formas diferenciadas (y no raras veces contradictorias) de accountability (es decir, procesos ambivalentes y heterogéneos de evaluación, rendición de cuentas y responsabilización). El enfoque de este artículo, sin embargo, se centra principalmente en el pilar de la rendición de cuentas.Palabras clave: Gestión escolar. Director. Gerencialismo. Rendición de cuentas.
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Abd-Rahim, Mohd Hilmi Izwan, Tien-Choon Toh, Yoke-Lian Lew, See-Jie Ng, Kai-Chen Goh, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Nadzirah Zainordin, and Mei-Ye Kho. "FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NON-ADOPTION OF GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS IN KLANG VALLEY MALAYSIA." International Journal of Industrial Management 6 (May 12, 2020): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijim.6.0.2020.5627.
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The construction industry plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and bringing more job opportunities. However, construction activities also bring adverse pollutions to the environment. Therefore, the adoption of green building specifications is crucial to mitigate these pollutions by promoting efficient resources utilisation and environmental-friendly practices. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the non-adoption of green building specifications in Klang Valley, Malaysia and to examine the underlying structure caused by the latent factors. In addition, this study is conducted to investigate the effects caused by the non-adoption of green building specifications. This study adopted a quantitative research approach that utilises an online questionnaire to collect quantitative data from the respondents. According to the results, the most influential factor is “Unwillingness to change the conventional way”, while the least influential factor is “Conflicts with aesthetic issues”. Among the three effects studied, “Worsen soil pollution” has the most significant effect. Next, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings through factor analysis, namely, Green technology related-factor, Governmental related-factor, Economic related-factor, Public awareness and behaviour related-factor, and Corporate related-factor. Based on the interpretation of the results, “Unwillingness to change the conventional way” is the highest-ranked influential factor, which may be due to the habitual thinking of construction stakeholders in remaining their existing business practices. “Conflicts with aesthetic issues” is the least ranked factor because green features actually do not downgrade but enhance the appearance of the buildings. For instance, the Energy Commission Diamond Building in Putrajaya has a good physical appearance indeed. In conclusion, this study ranked the factors to show their degrees of significance towards the non-adoption of green building specifications. Besides that, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings and the differences among the factor groupings are also studied.
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Abd-Rahim, Mohd Hilmi Izwan, Tien-Choon Toh, Yoke-Lian Lew, See-Jie Ng, Kai-Chen Goh, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Nadzirah Zainordin, and Mei-Ye Kho. "FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NON-ADOPTION OF GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS IN KLANG VALLEY MALAYSIA." International Journal of Industrial Management 6 (May 12, 2020): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijim.6.0.2020.5636.
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The construction industry plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and bringing more job opportunities. However, construction activities also bring adverse pollutions to the environment. Therefore, the adoption of green building specifications is crucial to mitigate these pollutions by promoting efficient resources utilisation and environmental-friendly practices. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the non-adoption of green building specifications in Klang Valley Malaysia and to examine the underlying structure caused by the latent factors. In addition, this study is conducted to investigate the effects caused by the non-adoption of green building specifications. This study adopted a quantitative research approach that utilises an online questionnaire to collect quantitative data from the respondents. According to the results, the most influential factor is “Unwillingness to change the conventional way”, while the least influential factor is “Conflicts with aesthetic issues”. Among the three effects studied, “Worsen soil pollution” is the most significant effect. Next, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings through factor analysis, namely, Green technology related-factor, Governmental related-factor, Economic related-factor, Public awareness and behaviour related-factor and Corporate related-factor. Based on the interpretation of the results, “Unwillingness to change the conventional way” is the highest-ranked influential factor, which may be due to the habitual thinking of construction stakeholders in remaining their existing business practices. “Conflicts with aesthetic issues” is the least ranked factor because green features actually do not downgrade but enhancing the appearance of the buildings, for instance, Energy Commission Diamond Building in Putrajaya has a good physical appearance indeed. In conclusion, this study has ranked the factors to show their degrees of significance towards the non-adoption of green building specifications. Besides that, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings and the differences among the factor groupings are also studied.
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Abd-Rahim, Mohd Hilmi Izwan, Tien-Choon Toh, Yoke-Lian Lew, See-Jie Ng, Kai-Chen Goh, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Nadzirah Zainordin, and Mei-Ye Kho. "FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NON-ADOPTION OF GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS IN KLANG VALLEY MALAYSIA." International Journal of Industrial Management 6 (May 12, 2020): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijim.6.0.2020.5639.
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Construction industry plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and bringing more job opportunities. However, construction activities also bring adverse pollutions to the environment. Therefore, the adoption of green building specifications is crucial to mitigate these pollutions by promoting efficient resources utilisation and environmental-friendly practices. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the non-adoption of green building specifications in Klang Valley Malaysia and to examine the underlying structure caused by the latent factors. In addition, this study is conducted to investigate the effects caused by the non-adoption of green building specifications. This study adopted a quantitative research approach that utilises an online questionnaire to collect quantitative data from the respondents. According to the results, the most influential factor is “Unwillingness to change the conventional way”, while the least influential factor is “Conflicts with aesthetic issues”. Among the three effects studied, “Worsen soil pollution” is the most significant effect. Next, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings through factor analysis, namely, Green technology related-factor, Governmental related-factor, Economic related-factor, Public awareness and behaviour related-factor and Corporate related-factor. Based on the interpretation of the results, “Unwillingness to change the conventional way” is the highest-ranked influential factor, which may be due to the habitual thinking of construction stakeholders in remaining their existing business practices. “Conflicts with aesthetic issues” is the least ranked factor because green features actually do not downgrade but enhancing the appearance of the buildings, for instance, Energy Commission Diamond Building in Putrajaya has a good physical appearance indeed. In conclusion, this study has ranked the factors to show their degrees of significance towards the non-adoption of green building specifications. Besides that, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings and the differences among the factor groupings are also studied
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Abd-Rahim, Mohd Hilmi Izwan, Tien-Choon Toh, Yoke-Lian Lew, See-Jie Ng, Kai-Chen Goh, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Nadzirah Zainordin, and Mei-Ye Kho. "FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NON-ADOPTION OF GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS IN KLANG VALLEY MALAYSIA." International Journal of Industrial Management 6 (May 12, 2020): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijim.6.0.2020.5676.
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The construction industry plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and bringing more job opportunities. However, construction activities also bring adverse pollutions to the environment. Therefore, the adoption of green building specifications is crucial to mitigate these pollutions by promoting efficient resources utilisation and environmental-friendly practices. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the non-adoption of green building specifications in Klang Valley Malaysia and to examine the underlying structure caused by the latent factors. In addition, this study is conducted to investigate the effects caused by the non-adoption of green building specifications. This study adopted a quantitative research approach that utilises an online questionnaire to collect quantitative data from the respondents. According to the results, the most influential factor is “Unwillingness to change the conventional way”, while the least influential factor is “Conflicts with aesthetic issues”. Among the three effects studied, “Worsen soil pollution” is the most significant effect. Next, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings through factor analysis, namely, Green technology related-factor, Governmental related-factor, Economic related-factor, Public awareness and behaviour related-factor and Corporate related-factor. Based on the interpretation of the results, “Unwillingness to change the conventional way” is the highest-ranked influential factor, which may be due to the habitual thinking of construction stakeholders in remaining their existing business practices. “Conflicts with aesthetic issues” is the least ranked factor because green features actually do not downgrade but enhancing the appearance of the buildings, for instance, Energy Commission Diamond Building in Putrajaya has a good physical appearance indeed. In conclusion, this study has ranked the factors to show their degrees of significance towards the non-adoption of green building specifications. Besides that, the factors are categorised into five-factor groupings and the differences among the factor groupings are also studied.
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Li, Wei, Zongkun Li, Wei Ge, and Sai Wu. "Risk Evaluation Model of Life Loss Caused by Dam-break Flood and Its Application." Water 11, no. 7 (June 30, 2019): 1359. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11071359.
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The internal mechanism affecting life loss caused by a dam-break flood is complicated. On the basis of analyzing the risk formation path, a risk evaluation indicator system was established which included the hazards, exposure and vulnerability factors. Variable Fuzzy Sets theory was introduced into the risk evaluation of life loss risk grades and applied to eight collapsed dams in China. According to the sequence of the risk grades of these dams, the evaluation result was mainly consistent with the actual mortality ranking sequence, showing that the model could be effectively applied to the risk evaluation of life loss in dam-break events. Aimed at the problem of large differences in the downstream population distribution of dams in China, this manuscript suggested that 10,000 people should be the basis for the grouping operation of dams in the risk evaluation. These Variable Fuzzy evaluation models and grouping suggestions could help stakeholders to allocate the funds for dam reinforcement more accurately and provide a scientific basis for the study of dam-break life loss and dam risk management.
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Burns, Martin, Joe Manganelli, David Wollman, Ronald Laurids Boring, Stephen Gilbert, Edward Griffor, Yi-Ching Lee, Dan Nathan-Roberts, and Tonya Smith-Jackson. "Elaborating the Human Aspect of the NIST Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62, no. 1 (September 2018): 450–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621103.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS Framework) that supports system engineering analysis, design, development, operation, validation and assurance of CPS. Cyber-physical systems (CPS) comprise interacting digital, analog, physical, and human components engineered for function through integrated physics and logic. For instance, a city implementing an advanced traffic management system including real-time predictive analytics and adaptation/optimization must consider all aspects of such a CPS system of systems’ functioning and integrations with other systems, including interactions with humans. One Aspect (or grouping of stakeholder concerns) of the CPS Framework is the Human Aspect. NIST is engaging HFES in a panel discussion to elaborate Human Aspect concerns, such as constructs, measures, methods, and tools.
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Bradley, Vaughn Malcolm. "Learning Management System (LMS) Use with Online Instruction." International Journal of Technology in Education 4, no. 1 (December 20, 2020): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.46328/ijte.36.
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Learning Management Systems (LMS) reinforce the learning process through online classroom environments. A standard LMS supports an inclusive learning environment for academic progress with interceding structures that promote online collaborative-groupings, professional training, discussions, and communication among other LMS users. Instructors should balance active learning with the use of LMS technological resources and the use of guidelines from the qualified curriculum. An LMS allows instructors to facilitate and model discussions, plan online activities, set learning expectations, provide learners with options, and assist in problem-solving with processes for decision making. An Instructor’s presence within an LMS creates an engaging learning environment. Students can retain their autonomy, enthusiasm, and motivation with LMS use. Stakeholders of the educational community must find scientific studies to support their contributions in LMS platforms to assist scholars in learning mathematics and other academic subjects.
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Riyardi, Agung. "SKETSA DESAIN RUANGAN USAHA MIKRO KONVEKSI DI PASAR KLEWER SURAKARTA." Warta LPM 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 10–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/warta.v19i1.1979.
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The aim of the public servicing is to draw a simple design of Ar Ridho kiosk at Klewer traditional market, Surakarta city. This simple design is hoped as a basic in designing the kiosk that supports kiosk revenue increasing. The public servicing method used is a stakeholder and contingency approach assistancy method. The stakeholder approach is used in order to gain effectiveness in assistancy, while the contingency approach is used in order to gain more than one simple designs. The result is three pleasant, attractive and informative simple designs. All of simple designs have a similarity in describing a pleasant and attractive kiosk, but different in describing an informative kiosk. The pleasant and attractive kiosk is described by the vastness of kiosk. The first simple design describes an informative kiosk because provides an information computer, the second simple design describes a more informative kiosk because provides an information computer and mirror, and the third simple design describes an informative kiosk because provides an information computer, mirror and dressing room. Consummers respond the simple designs. Some responds suggest improvement into 2 or 3 simple design dimension and cost calculation for each simple design, while other responds suggest to the kiost such as room widening, display grouping and on-line transaction.
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Tosida, Eneng Tita, Fajar Delli Wihartiko, Irman Hermadi, Yani Nurhadryani, and Feriadi. "The Big Data Commodity Management Model for Rice for National Food Policy." Jurnal RESTI (Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi) 4, no. 1 (February 20, 2020): 142–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.29207/resti.v4i1.1520.
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Rice is the main commodity in Indonesia, both for consumption and production. Rice production data are available at the Badan Pusat Statistika and at Kementrian Pertanian. The data is used to build a large data management model for Indonesia's rice trade. The model development strategy is done through analyzing agriculture big data analytic that is equipped with descriptive analysis, evaluation, predictive and prescriptive. The models and designs that are built discuss business processes, stakeholder networks and network management. Descriptive analysis results in the form of grouping and visualization of rice data. The results of the diagnostic process using classification approach produce a decision tree to see the results of the level of production in a province. In the predictive process produces a linear regression model to predict the results of the following year's production as well as in the analysis.
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Wilkinson, Ellen, Noel Aruparayil, J. Gnanaraj, Julia Brown, and David Jayne. "Barriers to training in laparoscopic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review." Tropical Doctor 51, no. 3 (April 13, 2021): 408–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049475521998186.
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Laparoscopic surgery has the potential to improve care in resource-deprived low- and-middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to analyse the barriers to training in laparoscopic surgery in LMICs. Medline, Embase, Global Health and Web of Science were searched using ‘LMIC’, ‘Laparoscopy’ and ‘Training’. Two researchers screened results with mutual agreement. Included papers were in English, focused on abdominal laparoscopy and training in LMICs. PRISMA guidelines were followed; 2992 records were screened, and 86 full-text articles reviewed to give 26 key papers. Thematic grouping identified seven key barriers: funding; availability and maintenance of equipment; local access to experienced laparoscopic trainers; stakeholder dynamics; lack of knowledge on effective training curricula; surgical departmental structure and practical opportunities for trainees. In low-resource settings, technological advances may offer low-cost solutions in the successful implementation of laparoscopic training and improve access to surgical care.
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Corneli, Amy, Emily Namey, Monique P. Mueller, Jenae Tharaldson, Steve Sortijas, Thomas Grey, and Jeremy Sugarman. "Evidence-Based Strategies for Shortening Informed Consent Forms in Clinical Research." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 12, no. 1 (January 12, 2017): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1556264616682550.
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Long informed consent forms (ICFs) remain commonplace, yet they can negatively affect potential participants’ understanding of clinical research. We aimed to build consensus among six groups of key stakeholders on advancing the use of shorter ICFs in clinical research. Partnering with the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), we used a modified Delphi process with semistructured interviews and online surveys. Concerns about redundancy of information were common. Respondents supported three strategies for reducing ICF length: (a) 91% agreed or strongly agreed with grouping study procedures by frequency, (b) 91% were comfortable or very comfortable with placing supplemental information into appendices, and (c) 93% agreed or strongly agreed with listing duplicate side effects only once. Implementing these strategies will facilitate adoption of the proposed changes to U.S. regulations on ICF length, should they be enacted.
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Ishizaka, Alessio, David Pickernell, Shuangfa Huang, and Julienne Marie Senyard. "Examining knowledge transfer activities in UK universities: advocating a PROMETHEE-based approach." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 26, no. 6 (July 30, 2020): 1389–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-01-2020-0028.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the portfolio of knowledge transfer (KT) activities in 162 UK higher education institutions. In doing so, this study creates an index and ranking, but more importantly, it identifies specific groupings or strategic profiles of universities defined by different combinations and strengths of the individual KT activities from which the overall rankings are derived. Previous research, concentrating on entrepreneurial universities, shows that individual knowledge transfer (KT) activities vary substantially among UK universities. The broad portfolio of universities' KT activities, however, remains underexplored, creating gaps in terms of the relative strength, range, focus and combination of these activities, and the degree to which there are distinct university strategic KT profiles. By examining KT activities and grouping universities into KT “types”, this research allows universities and policymakers to better develop and measure clearer KT-strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe present study applied the Preference Ranking Organization Method for the Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) to rank universities based on their portfolio of KT activities. It utilised data from the 2015–2016 Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey dataset.FindingsFindings show that universities differ substantially in their portfolios of KT activities. By using PROMETHEE, a new ranking of universities is generated, based on their KT portfolio. This paper also identifies four distinct types or groups of universities based on the diversity and intensity of their KT activities: Ambidextrous, broad, focused and indifferent.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature, and more specifically entrepreneurial activities of universities through new knowledge generated concerning university KT activity. The research extends the existing literature on university archetypes (including those concerned with the Entrepreneurial University) and rankings using a new technique that allows for more detailed analysis of the range of university KT activities. By applying the PROMETHEE approach, results illustrate a more nuanced definition of university KT activities than before, by simultaneously evaluating their overall strength, range, focus and combination, allowing us to identify the universities' strategic profiles based on their KT portfolios. Implications of the findings for key stakeholders include a potential need for government higher education policymakers to take into account the different mixes of university archetypes in a region when considering how best to support higher education and its role in direct and indirect entrepreneurship promotion through regional policy goals.
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Lalla-Ruiz, Eduardo, Belén Melián-Batista, and José Marcos Moreno-Vega. "A cooperative search for berth scheduling." Knowledge Engineering Review 31, no. 5 (November 2016): 498–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0269888916000266.
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AbstractWith the growing demand of freight transport by means of container vessels as well as the important competition among terminals, managers and stakeholders seek to improve the exploitation of the container terminal resources efficiently. In this context, arises the Berth Allocation Problem, which aims to allocate and schedule incoming vessels along the quay. Its appropriate solution plays a relevant role in enhancing the terminal productivity. Thus, for addressing this problem, we propose a cooperative search, where the individuals are organized into groups and each member shares information with its group partners. This grouping strategy allows to diversify as well as intensify the search in some regions by means of information shared among the individuals of each group. The computational experiments for this problem reveal that our approach reports high-quality solutions and identifies promising regions within the search space in short computational times.
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Rao, Udai. "Sub-regional Maritime Security Challenges: A Cooperative Approach." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 15, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.39.3.
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The Indian Ocean Region has today emerged as the most important region of strategic concern. With India and China trying to establish their clout over this region and using it to propel themselves to the title of a Superpower. Indian Ocean becomes an interesting site for maritime security studies. This article attempts to trace the different areas of concern for all the stakeholders involved in the management of this sub-regional maritime security challenge. Maritime cooperation and security would ensure secure and safe seas which in turn would allow resurgence of our economies in a mutually beneficial manner. The sub-regional grouping with Maldives and Sri Lanka has to transcend beyond the South Asia sphere, encompassing Seychelles and Mauritius and would be a ‘Bottom Up Approach’ to shaping the maritime strategic environment in the Indian ocean.
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Bonauli, Rildo Rafael, and Sandy Thrisna Manueln Situmeang. "Tijauan Hukum Yang Menyediakan Bisnis Menggunakan Stiker SNI Pada Helm Tanpa Mengenai Badan Standarisasi." Wajah Hukum 4, no. 1 (April 24, 2020): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.33087/wjh.v4i1.174.
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Indonesian national standard ( sni ) constituting a standard applied by the standardisasi national and prevail in those regions of the unitary state of the republic of indonesia .Formulated by the technical standard komite-komite consisting of multiple stakeholders whether it is the government , academics , industry and the competent dibidangnya masing-masing severe .In general there are 3 grouping certification activities based on sni can do is: sitem management certification , the certification on enterprise management system for example berdasarnya ( sni iso 9001 , 14001 , 22000 , haccp , etc ); product certification , the certification on a product produced the company based on certain products for example sni sni: 2007 1811 to a helmet , sni 3554: 2015 bottled water for drinking , sni 2054: 2014 to steel tulangan concrete , and other produk-produk; personnerl certification , the auditor sertifkasi against personnel competence for example , ppc , oil and gas workers , electric power
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CAPAR, Hasim. "ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DRG SYSTEM FOR TURKEY." Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science 9, no. 2 (February 28, 2019): 271–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.15520/ijmhs.v9i2.2441.
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Since the number and amount of health services tried to be given in health institutions cannot be measured, it cannot be charged as the remuneration of services in other sectors. For this reason, health services should be evaluated, coded, and grouped on the basis of disease, and should be charged within the framework of these codes and groupings. . In the light of all these evaluations, the aim of this study is to provide a fair and quality distribution of the health services provided to the community, to provide a fair reimbursement system to the health service providers in return for the health services provided and to provide the maximum quality, the least cost of the health services provided and the reimbursement in health institutions. Diagnose Related Groups (DRGs) system. One of the most important issues in the DRGs system is the process of determining costs clearly, accurately, objectively and up-to-date. This process should be determined not only by hospitals but by the participation of all stakeholders in health services.
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Gerdin, Jonas, and Hans Englund. "Contesting commensuration." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 32, no. 4 (May 24, 2019): 1098–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-09-2016-2717.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how actors subjected to public performance evaluations may “contest commensuration,” i.e. may seek to influence how such ratings and rankings will be construed among important stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study of press releases, and interviews with department heads, is used as a basis for the analysis. Findings The empirically derived taxonomy of public responses to a state-initiated performance evaluation of educational programs shows that actors may mobilize an array of commensuration management tactics so as to maintain or improve one’s relative positional status. Such tactics may have at least three different foci, namely, on the comparison object (i.e. on the new grouping of actors), the comparison dimension (i.e. the standardized format for comparison) and the comparison rate (i.e. the rate received), respectively. The authors also find that not only are threats to positional status likely to spur commensuration management tactics, but also the opportunity to exploit a good rate. Originality/value The paper augments recent research that has problematized the so-called “reactive conformance thesis” by focusing on how evaluated organizations may directly try to influence external stakeholders through public responses. The study is also one of the first that analytically disentangles how they may skillfully exploit different forms of “plasticity” that are inherent in any type of commensuration.