scholarly journals Holistic assessment of intelligent technologies: Top management’s perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 05002
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Ejsmont

Due to the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution based mainly on intelligent technologies used in the production area, rational assessment of their functioning has become the subject of interest of many scientists. The main aim of the article is to present the method of intelligent technologies assessment and to determine the possibilities of its adaptation by manufacturing companies. The following methods and research approaches were used in the construction of the method: integrated method, controlling, desk research, observation of the functioning of intelligent technologies, questionnaire interview. The research procedure assumes the adoption of a three-stage assessment process (measure – module – dimension). The holistic approach adopted in the study is achieved through horizontal aggregation of obtained values of measures and modules. The method was verified for the assessment of an intelligent technological line operating in a large metallurgical company. The substantive analysis of the achieved results allowed to develop a list of recommended activities within modules that have not been assessed positively. It has also become possible to assess the implementation of strategic and operational goals realized through the use of intelligent technological line. The developed final assessment formula will help determine the effectiveness of the activities undertaken (comparative analysis).

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-165
Author(s):  
Christian Reyes Gavilán ◽  
Alexander Pszczolkowski Parraguez ◽  
Javier Muñoz Percherón

El estudio se focaliza en torno a un componente crucial en los procesos formativos: la evaluación, sus prácticas e instrumentos. Se desarrolla un marco teórico acerca del Modelo Educativo de Universidad UNIACC, el respectivo perfil de egreso de las especialidades de Cine y TV de la Escuela de Comunicación Audiovisual, y el enfoque denominado Evaluación para el Aprendizaje (EpA) como base de una reflexión crítica y optimización de los criterios, escenarios e instrumentos (rúbricas) referidos a evaluar la realización de piezas audiovisuales. Se trata de una investigación de enfoque cualitativo que, mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas a docentes, expertos en la materia y grupos de discusión con estudiantes, recoge datos que permitan fundamentar un modelo conceptual y procedimental focalizado en la resignificación del proceso evaluativo hacia la construcción de rúbricas con enfoque holístico que propone el modelo EpA. Conclusivamente, se discute sobre la necesidad de repensar el proceso evaluativo, en particular en este tipo de carreras, donde buena parte de los procesos y productos suponen no solo una apropiación técnica, sino además el ejercicio de la creatividad estética y el desarrollo artístico. The study focuses on a crucial component in the training processes: assessment, its practices and instruments. It provides a theoretical framework about the Educational Model of UNIACC University and the profile of graduation of Cinema and Television majors of the School of Audiovisual Communication. Additionally, the Assessment for Learning (EpA in Spanish)* approach, as a basis for critical reflection and optimization of the criteria, scenarios and instruments (rubrics) required for assessing the making of audiovisual pieces. This is a qualitative research that, through semi-structured interviews with teachers, experts in the subject and discussion groups with students, collects data to support a conceptual and procedural model focused on the resignification of the assessment process towards the construction of rubrics with holistic approach proposed by the EpA model. Conclusively, we discuss the need to rethink the assessment process, particularly in this type of degrees, where a good part of the processes and products involve not only a technical appropriation, but also the exercise of aesthetic creativity and artistic development.


Author(s):  
Klaus Schwab

The rapid pace of technological developments played a key role in the previous industrial revolutions. However, the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and its embedded technology diffusion progress is expected to grow exponentially in terms of technical change and socioeconomic impact. Therefore, coping with such transformation require a holistic approach that encompasses innovative and sustainable system solutions and not just technological ones. In this article, we propose a framework that can facilitate the interaction between technological and social innovation to continuously come up with proactive, and hence timely, sustainable strategies. These strategies can leverage economic rewards, enrich society at large, and protect the environment. The new forthcoming opportunities that will be generated through the next industrial wave are gigantic at all levels. However, the readiness for such revolutionary conversion require coupling the forces of technological innovation and social innovation under the sustainability umbrella.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ridwan Ridwan

<span lang="EN-US">The success of teaching and learning activities can be known from the results of teacher performance in preparing character-based lesson plans and implementing them in the teaching and learning process in class. This school action research aims to see whether there is an increase in the ability of teachers in developing character-based lesson plans and their implementation in teaching and learning process. This research uses 2 cycles. The research procedure has four stages of activities</span><span lang="IN"> are</span><span lang="EN-US">, planning, action, observation and evaluation</span><span lang="IN">,</span><span lang="EN-US"> and reflecting. The study was conducted at SDN 07 Situjuah Gadang. The subject of the research is the class teacher and subject teacher, which totals 7 </span><span lang="IN">teachers.</span><span lang="EN-US"> Data processing using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques.</span><span lang="EN-US">Based on the results of data analysis that has been stated, that the data obtained from observing the ability of teachers to prepare character-based lesson plans in cycle I and cycle II there is an increase in the ability of teachers in preparing character-based lesson plans.</span>


Author(s):  
L.E. Yasinskaya ◽  

Introduction. Earlier, the comparative analysis of the commercial and investment activities of the companies that play the key roles in the investment processes in the Russian pharmaceutical industry and operate within the four main business models (biotechnological, generic, specialized pharmaceutical companies, active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturers) has been conducted. No full assessment of the companies’ activitiesis conceivable without a financial analysis of their activities to identify the risks of investment activities. Objective of the study. A detailed comparative analysis of the financial standing of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers operating within the selected business models for further identification of potential financial risks for investors. Research procedure and article structure. Analysis of RAS statements (forms 1 and 2) of 72 over 500 million revenue companies grouped together as selected business models for the period from 2015 to 2019. Results. The researchers provided a detailed description of the commercial activities of domestic pharmaceutical companies within the business models under consideration. The companies within various business models showed positive revenue growth rates over the past five years. All business models demonstrate consistently high business profitability and a significant share of own capital in the asset profile. Conclusion. The results of the study show the stable financial standing of the pharmaceutical companies within various business models. The biotechnology sector companies that are the most attractive for investments have the highest quality financial standing. The specialized and generic companies show similar consistently strong performance. API manufacturers that the companies with relatively small revenues are actively developing and are attractive to restrained budget investors.


2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mierzecka ◽  
Andrius Suminas

The digital revolution has had a particular impact on the functioning of libraries: it has changed both the means of communicating with the users, and the nature of the service itself. In the case of academic libraries, an online presence is crucial due to the increased rate of Internet usage among their stakeholders, academics and students alike. From their perspective, library websites serve as digital gates to library services and resources. However, an academic library website may fulfil a wide array of functions and their importance can be variously prioritized. The purpose of our research was to find out which functions of academic library websites are viewed as the most important by a selected group of users: the students. To answer this question, we identified the main functions of academic library websites on the basis of desk research and designed a survey conducted among students of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and Vilnius University (Lithuania) ( n=680). The picture of users’ information needs with regard to content of the academic library website revealed by our research allows us to draw conclusions about the functions of the academic library website distinctive from those already mentioned in the subject literature. From the perspective of a user-centric approach we distinguished five functions of the academic library website: (1) supporting the usage of the collection (online and traditional); (2) promotion of culture; (3) gateway for locating information on the Web; (4) education; (5) creation of library’s online image.


1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 122-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hayes

At a time when the Republican party in America seems to have abandoned its brief hopes of proclaiming a new paradigm, it may seem apropos to observe that old ones die hard—and not only in public life. A case in point from the scholarly world is the subject of this essay: the persistent historiographical notion of industrial factionalism. Throughout this century, students of German political economy have tended to see the country's business world as divided between two groupings. One comprises the classic heavy industries of the first Industrial Revolution and the Ruhr: coal, iron, and steel. Supposedly oriented toward domestic markets, burdened with high labor costs, doomed to flattening gains in productivity and profits, and habituated to hierarchy within their plants and the nation, executives in this grouping have figured in the historical literature as consistently and intransigently united against free trade, labor unions, and parliamentary government—indeed, against modernization itself.


2021 ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
DANILO VUJOVIĆ ◽  
NEDELJKO CVETKOVIĆ

In the last couple of years, with the prolification of the Migrant Crisis and the defeat of the Islamic State, the return of the foreign fighters, who went form Europe to the Caliphate and joined the local conflict, as well as the problem of the homegrown terrorism have become the focal point of almost all national security strategies of European countries. The situation that followed drove the authors to set the possible approaches to solving this challenge to European security as a goal for their research. The subject of this article encompasses the process of deradicalization, as the only humane way to deal with the problem at hand, as well as the process of radicalization, as necessary for understanding the formation of the individuals that pose a threat to the security of Europe. The article also tackles the preventive work directed at those social groups that are deemed susceptible to radicalization, as well as the use of individualized and holistic approach to the radicalized individuals. Special consideration is given to the programs of deradicalization as a form of institutionalized way of dealing with this type of a security risk. In the conclusion the authors give their own view of what is the most adeqaute approach when working with radicalized individuals and the role of certain elements of society in it.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Khalil Sardarnia ◽  
Yalda Bahrampour

With the expansion of Islamism, a wave of Islam phobia was launched by western Orientalists and intensified subsequent to September 11 Attacks. Theoretically, the subject of adaptation and compatibility or contrast between Islam and democracy has drawn the attention of academic circles. Using a comparative and analytical research procedure, the current article seeks to provide an answer to this question: In the area of Adaptation and Contrast Theories, what is the nature of the relationship between Islam and democracy? The research’s hypothesis is that: from Contrast perspective, adaptation between democracy and Islam is not possible due to ontological and epistemological differences. In contrast, given the existing rational and democratic potentials within the framework of genuine Islamic fundamentals, democratic empirical examples such as democratic attitudes and demands in Islam world and democratic governance in the Middle East countries and Islam world, adaptation oriented parties believe in the existence of contextualized democracy within the framework of Islam. Using a critical reappraisal, it must be noted that, in spite of some deficits, Adaptation is more tenable, while Contrast and Essentialism are not sufficiently tenable due to some causes including failure to make a distinction between Islam’s basic fundamentals and history of Islam, the performance of authoritarian regimes and radical Islamists, universalization of liberal-secular democracy discourse and its combination with western ethnic chauvinism and propaganda of Islam phobia and defamation to Islam.


Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Velez ◽  
Daniel Conde ◽  
Juan Lozoya ◽  
James Rusak ◽  
Felipe García-Rodríguez ◽  
...  

Paleoenvironmental reconstructions are increasingly being used in conservation biology, ecosystem management, and evaluations of ecosystem services (ES), but their potential to contribute to the ES risk assessment process has not been explored. We propose that the long-term history of the ecosystem provides valuable information that augments and strengthens an ES risk assessment and that it should be considered routinely when undertaking risk assessments. We adjusted a standard ecosystem-based risk management (EBRM) protocol to include paleoenvironmental data, and tested the modified approach on two coastal lagoons in South America. Paleolimnological reconstructions in both lagoons indicate that salinity and nutrients (in Laguna de Rocha), and salinity (in Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta), as controlled by hydrologic connectivity with the ocean and freshwater tributaries, have been the key variables behind ecosystem’s function. This understanding, applied to inform various components and steps in the EBRM protocol, suggests that the maintenance of hydrological connections should be a management priority to minimize risk to ES. This work illustrates the utility of including paleoenvironmental data in an EBRM context and highlights the need for a more holistic approach to risk management by incorporating the long-term history of ecosystem function.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Arfan Ikhsan ◽  
Nurlaila Nurlaila ◽  
Herkulanus Bambang Suprasto ◽  
Febi Yanti Batubara

Following the necessity to provide transparent information on social activities, corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure is important for companies in Indonesia. This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of information ofCEO Power (CEOP), Board Capital (BCAPDUM), Media Disclosure (PMED), and Profitability (ROA) on CSR. This research usedmanufacturing companies listed on the IDX in 2016 as the subject. Using thepurposive sampling method, 26 companies were selected as the research sample. Research findings showed thatCEOP, PMED, and ROA haveastatistical effect on CSR disclosure, whereas BCAPDUM has no effect on CSR disclosure. Therefore, CEOP, PMED, and ROA have a positive and significant effect on CSR disclosure. Keywords:   CEO Power, Board Capital, Media Disclosure, Profitability, CSR


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