Hitting the Right Targets: Understanding What Works in the Development Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals Leadership development process maturity: An Afrocentric versus Eurocentric perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik C. Van der Westhuizen ◽  
Lia M.M. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Process Maturity ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
What Works ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Right

Orientation: Organisations continuously find it a challenge to focus on the right areas that would result in successful and effective leadership development. This article reports on a comprehensive study to identify the leadership development process maturity areas fit for Southern Africa.Research purpose: This article aims to identify and report on Eurocentric and Afrocentric leadership development process maturity areas and assess how these are similar or different.Motivation for the study: This study was conducted to help enhance the understanding of which Eurocentric and Afrocentric leadership development areas, organisations, especially in Southern Africa, need to focus on in support of a mature leadership development process.Research approach: A qualitative, deductive approach was adopted, which included an extensive, in-depth literature review, followed by in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Southern African leadership development expert panel members.Main findings: A complementary, inclusive and comprehensive list of 125 leadership development process maturity areas was developed within the Southern African context, which could be used by leadership development practitioners as a guide to focus their resources and leadership development efforts. It also functions as a new foundation for future leadership development research.Practical implications: Southern African organisations should focus more on what works in this geographical context to ensure that focused leadership development interventions are implemented, resulting in a higher return on leadership development investment.Contribution and value-added: This article contributes to the leadership development body of knowledge, specifically relating to the maturity of this process within the Southern African context.

scholarly journals Audiobooks como ferramenta pedagógica na educação inclusiva de deficientes visuais

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Maritê De Oliveira ◽  
Liziany Muller Medeiros ◽  
Ana Cristina da Fonseca Ziegler ◽  
Andreia Lucimar Silva de Lima ◽  
Juliana Santos da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Regular Education ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Children's Stories ◽  
The Right

The school inclusion involves much more than the right to a place in an institution of regular education. It encompasses the right of the student to rely on various pedagogical alternatives, according to their specific characteristics to help in the teachinglearning process and become subject in the construction of knowledge. Thinking about the difficulties of visually impaired students being included in the regular school and as data gathered through research, it was found restricted access to literary wo rks to the visually impaired. Thus students of the Curso Técnico em Publicidade from the Instituto Estadual de Educação Visconde de Cairu, Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, formed a study group in order to find alternatives to fill this gap. Came the idea of developing talking books from the tales and children's stories and thus was born Audiobooks Project. Throughout the project, notes, fiel d diaries were being made and were being collected materials so that each step was documented. This study discusses the development process Audiobooks Project, from its initial conception to distribution of materials to schools in the area. It is expected to provid e support for similar projects that are produced or that new pedagogical alternatives are designed, benefiting all special students and contributing to the construction of knowledge and effective citizenship.

scholarly journals Analysis of the performance of the brazilian intellectual property system: challenges and perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleiton Rodrigues de Vasconcelos ◽  
Daniel Pereira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
Management System ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Geographical Indication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Property System ◽  
The Right

The protection of intellectual property (IP) is a crucial area to support the development process of any country, as it is in this context that the biggest strategic disputes are taking place. In recent years Brazil has developed some actions to achieve greater efficiency in the public IP management system, but are we on the right track? The present study seeks to present answers regarding the performance of Brazil and to highlight the advances and challenges regarding the IP system. The methodological approach was structured based on a review in the literature, highlighting the scientific, economic and technological indicators on the development of IP and the main IP objects registered with the Brazilian national intellectual property body (INPI) in the period of 2013 to 2016, in the areas of patents, trademarks, industrial design, computer program, circuit topography, technology contracts and geographical indication.

The Significance of Specifications in the Product Development Processes

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gritt Ahrens ◽  
Oliver Tegel
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Product Development Processes

Abstract An approach to support the appropriate definition, formulation and presentation of requirements obeying the needs of the employees is being presented. Classifiying the needs for information of the employees according to some characteristics, a guideline for how to promote the information needed by them can be developed. The goal is to ensure that everyone involved in the process — even the subcontractor — has the right information available in the right form at the right time. Defining requirements lists, splitting them into partial requirements lists for each area of the company, each process phase or each team, and then formulating these requirements and presenting them in an adequate way is the proceeding strived for. The result will be implemented into an information infrastructure to support the product development process continuously.

Update to the European Bioanalysis Forum recommendation on biomarkers assays; bringing context of use into practice

Bioanalysis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 1427-1437
Author(s):  
Joanne Goodman ◽  
Kyra J Cowan ◽  
Michaela Golob ◽  
Lars Karlsson ◽  
Ulrich Kunz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Assay Development ◽  
Drug Development Process ◽  
Validation Criteria ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
The Right ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Correct Data

In 2012, the European Bioanalysis Forum published a recommendation on biomarker method development and the bioanalysis of biomarkers in support of drug development. Since then, there has been significant discussion on how to bring the topic of context of use of biomarker assays to the forefront so that the purpose of the assay, the use of the data and the decisions being made with the data are well defined and clearly understood, not just by the bioanalytical scientist, but across all stakeholders. Therefore, it is imperative that discussions between the bioanalytical laboratory and the end users of the data happen early (and regularly) in the drug development process to enable the right assays to be developed and appropriately validated to generate the correct data and allow suitable decisions to be made. This updated refinement to the previous European Bioanalysis Forum recommendation will highlight the items to consider when discussing context of use for biomarker assay development and validation, thus enabling the correct conversations to occur and the move away from the misapplication of PK assay validation criteria to biomarker assays.

scholarly journals What Does It Take to Become a Partner at a Big 4 Accounting Firm? Insights From Singapore’s Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Gary Pan ◽  
Poh-Sun Seow ◽  
Yang Hoong Pang ◽  
Kwong Sin Leong
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Leadership Skill ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Client Relationship ◽  
Asian Context ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Waves

Due to the shift in partner’s identity, there have been growing interests in understanding characteristics, skills and behaviours of accounting partners. Given that Big 4 Accounting firms are supposedly international accounting firms that are organized in similar structures, an interesting question of whether the same partner qualities can be applied in the Big 4 accounting firms for a non-western context such as Asia. As far as we know, no such study has been conducted in an Asian context. We argue this could be of great interest to the Big 4 Accounting firms as Asia is one of their fastest growing regions and it is essential they have partners who are equipped with the right attributes to ride the waves of rapid growth. Accordingly, our research aims to identify the essential attributes of a partner in the Big 4 accounting firms in Singapore.Our data collection involved interviewing 24 partners and ‘partners-to-be’ from the Big 4 Accounting firms in Singapore. From the data, we identified a number of attributes of a partner. Essential attributes include technical expertise, strong client relationship, solid leadership skill, team management skill, a strong sense of integrity and ethics, and good business sense. There are a few ‘good to have’ attributes that include overseas exposure, being IT savvy and having ‘X’ factor. Our study also highlighted that nurturing partner attributes may involve a development process. Mechanisms within the partner development process include having senior partners to be mentor, imitate a role model, sense-making through leadership and wide exposure to clients.

Finding Cost-Effective Applications for Expert Systems

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
P. J. Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Problem Complexity ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
The Right

Expert systems are one of the few areas of artificial intelligence which have successfully made the transition from research and development to practical application. The key to fielding a successful expert system is finding the right problem to solve. AI costs, including all the development and testing, are so high that the problems must be very important to justify the effort. This paper develops a systematic way of trying to predict the future. It provides robust decision-making criteria, which can be used to predict the success or failure of proposed expert systems. The methods focus on eliminating obviously unsuitable problems and performing risk assessments and cost evaluations of the program. These assessments include evaluation of need, problem complexity, value, user experience, and the processing speed required. If an application proves feasible, the information generated during the decision phase can be then used to speed the development process.

scholarly journals Crowdfunding: Financing Ventures in the Digital Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Srinivas K. Reddy ◽  
Yee Heng Tan
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Realistic Assessment ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

Abstract Crowdfunding is a method of raising funds to support a venture, usually by raising small amounts from a large number of investors. Typically, a project creator posts a project on a platform seeking a certain amount of funds for some venture. Potential backers view the project and contribute money if they are convinced of the idea. In most cases, these backers receive something in return. Crowdfunding helps facilitate projects that would otherwise have fallen through the cracks. There are many success stories, but the average success rates are moderate. To succeed, it is necessary to manage the expectations of diverse stakeholders during the entire funding and development process. Success factors range from selecting the right platform to accurate communication all along the way. Prior experience helps, as well as a realistic assessment of the chances, so as not to disappoint the community.

Optimism, overconfidence and entrepreneurial activity

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 986-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Trevelyan
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the question of confidence in entrepreneurship, and the impact confidence has on key tasks in the venture development process.Design/methodology/approachPropositions about the relationship between key elements of confidence (optimism and overconfidence) are made in order to unpack the confidence construct. Simple tests of these propositions are conducted using a small sample of Australian entrepreneurs. Further propositions are made about the impact of optimism and overconfidence on activity across different phases of the new venture development process.FindingsTwo elements of confidence, optimism and overconfidence, are distinct in their association with each other and with a third individual difference (regulatory focus). The dual and sometimes opposing impacts of optimism and overconfidence on new venture activity are explored. Optimism and overconfidence are both beneficial when deciding to become an entrepreneur, but overconfidence is harmful when making decisions in response to setbacks.Research limitations/implicationsConclusions are limited by the sample size and simple analytical techniques. Rather, the impact of the paper is in the implications of the independence of optimism and overconfidence. Future research can explore and test the propositions made about when each is harmful and when beneficial.Practical implicationsFor entrepreneurs, it is important to be aware of your optimism and overconfidence in different situations. When optimism is beneficial, use it, but when overconfidence is harmful, mitigate against it by asking the right questions and working with others to check assumptions and strategies.Originality/valueThis paper distinguishes between two individual differences, optimism and overconfidence, that are typically thought to be interdependent and beneficial for entrepreneurs.

Evaluation and Prioritization of Cross-Linked Requirements in the Automotive Development Process

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Ilie ◽  
Udo Lindemann ◽  
Andreas Kain
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Information Criteria ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Phase Complex ◽  
The Right

During the initial stages of a project, a crucial course is set that can determine the success or failure of the project. During this phase requirements are determined, analyzed and allocated to the corresponding product development phase. Complex products with a high degree of customization require the management of a large amount of information. The prioritization of this information in regard to their time sequence in the product development process has to be analyzed. Interviews conducted in the automotive industry show that the requirement management processes in the early design phases are insufficient and lack solid categorization and prioritization methodologies. This study presents a methodical procedure to improve the allocation of the right information to the right time in the development process. In this methodology, the prioritization of requirements as a function of the degree of cross-linking was achieved through three steps: 1. the evaluation criteria definition, 2. the establishment of a computational procedure, 3. the evaluation of requirements and the calculation of their priority. In the first step, an information prioritization signature was created consisting of a set of relevant information criteria and class structures to allow for the evaluation of the varied spectrum of requirements. In the second step, not only the degree of cross-linking is considered but additionally the types of links between requirements are worked out to allow for prioritization. Finally in the third step, a case study is presented to validate the methodology and provide the reader with an example of how requirements are evaluated and prioritized.

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