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Applying the System Dynamics Approach in Evaluating Clinical Risk Management Policies in Three Healthcare Companies
2013
Live Music in the Tourist Industry : A Comparative Study Between the Finnish Hotel Cruise Lines and Sharm EL Sheikh's Resorts Entertainment
2013
The primary aim of this study is to focus on the tourists, singer-musicians' and hotel managers' experiences with live music in Finnish hotel cruise lines and Sharm EL Sheikh's seaside resorts. The tourist, singer-musician and hotel manager relations - although an integral part of the tourist experience - have received little attention in past tourism and music studies. Thus, the purpose of this research will be to show that by observing these different informants performance rituals, interactions, and attitudes towards local entertainment in the tourist industry, we could offer insightful guidelines to better understand the cultural significance of live music in the tourist experience, oft…
Of Friends and Foes in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective Upon Performance at Work
2014
Abstract The present paper highlights, from a theoretical perspective, the main challenges which aim work performance, inside meta- analytical research studies in organizations, focusing, especially, on factors and organizational concepts, directly related to performance and their relations within. Results show that, in most cases, human resources oriented management resides in an increase of performance at work. In this manner, team effectiveness, group size and proactive behavior determine and influence the levels of work performance, from a positive perspective, whilst turnover is widely associated with a negative view.
Political Patronage in a Small Italian Local Government: An Outcome-Based DPM Approach on Fiduciary Practices
Corruption is “the abuse of public office for personal gain” (World Bank, 1997: 8). Although this definition captures a broad notion of corrupt behaviour, many forms of corruption actually occur in small municipalities each reflecting context-specific features and dynamics. Their impacts are rather evident, but their cause-effects relationships are not always clear, so that tangled issues may ineluctably arise without an apparent explanation. As such, a systemic focus is needed in order to gain an insightful understanding of particular configurations of malfeasance at local level in the attempt to hinder them in the future. The aim of this research project is to explore the dynamic relation…
Four well-being-performance patterns: personal and organizational antecedetns and age as moderator
2017
Desde el inicio, el principal objetivo de la psicologia organizacional ha sido la promoción del bienestar y el desempeño, teniendo como principal modelo la tesis del trabajador feliz y productivo. Aunque investigadores han identificado que gente con alto nivel de bienestar tiene systemas inmunitarios más fuertes, son más altruistas, son mejores tomando decisiones, tienen mejores relaciones interpersonales, y tienen menores probabilidades de sufir enfermedades coronarias del corazón, (Boehm, Peterson, Kivimaki, y Kubzansky, 2011; Lyubomirsky, King, y Diener, 2005; Staw y Barsade, 1993),investigadores organizacionales han obtenido más bien resultados poco concluyentes a la hora de estudiar el…
HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE PROCESS OF GRANTING PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
2011
Under Romania 's actual development context, pre-university education and mainly the human resources in this field can and need to be an authentic development vector. The paper is meant to be a theoretical analysis and a practical research on the contribution of human resources to granting the performance and quality of the educational management in the pre-university educational institutions, from a systemic, interactive and interdisciplinary perspective, which turns into a reflection but also an applicative issue for the researchers and managers in the educational domain, interested in meeting European and world standards. The research was done on a technical education institution, respec…
Modelling competences and anticipating the future competence needs in the forest sector
2018
This explorative study examined practices of competence modelling in the forest sector organisations and how organisations anticipate changes in competence needs in the future. Semi-structured in-depth interviews (n=10) were conducted amongst forest sector experts in Finland and data was analysed by thematic analysis. The findings showed that the practices of modelling competences were diverse, most frequently used ones being superior-subordinate review discussions and quantitative competence surveys. In addition to these formal systems, informal modelling, especially on the team level and in smaller companies was also frequent. Organisations used competence modelling for several human reso…
MOTIVATION – A STIMULATING FACTOR FOR INCREASING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE
2012
Motivation is the basis of behaviours and activities that people deliver inside the association in relation to the peculiarity of the challenges that follow a category or another of functional relations. Thus, in order to assure the performance of the modern associations there is the need to know and understand the elements that motivate or demotivate an employee and even more, to apply them. Individual and constructional performance is in direct relationship with the direct implementation of the management of human resources. Thus, only by knowing the motivational theories and by applying efficient managerial strategies in order to engage the employees in competitive achievement of the org…
Anomalous electrical parameters improvement in Ruthenium DSSC
2018
. In this work, we present a series of measurements carried out on Ruthenium-based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) after the application of different external electrical field values. Such measurements have been performed both in the dark and by illuminating the sample with sunlight emitted by a solar simulator (AM1.5G spectrum with a power irradiance of 1000 W/m2). Our results demonstrate that the initial electrical bias field modifies in both cases the behavior of the cell in terms of an anomalous improvement of the main electrical parameters.