The 3D job description

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beáta Sz. G. Pató
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
General Model ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Horizontal Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
The People

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the necessary accessories for creating a job description, through a model. The model concentrates on the person and a job description document, which is capable of connecting and synchronising the organizational goals. The author introduces a tool that assists in creating job descriptions. Design/methodology/approach – In the present paper the author integrates the conclusions of the authors on the subject and her own research results, on the basis of which she creates a three dimensional (3D) job description model. This 3D model could be used as a resource in the human resource development field. Findings – The elements of the resulting job description document: the method specific accessories of the job descriptions. The content specific accessories of the job descriptions. The person specific accessories of the job descriptions. Research limitations/implications – The 3D job description, which is presented in the study, was preceded by the development of a general model. The very first application of the general model was in connection with competence tests, which have gained popularity lately. Competences can be classified in different ways. Each aspect of classification corresponds to a face of a tetrahedron, five of which comprise the model. This model is also adaptable for other kinds of research used at research centres, educational institutions and companies. Practical implications – The 3D job description being presented was developed as a special, multi-dimensional data model. The model allows us to discover and present the causal relationships and the connections between the parts and the whole of job description elements. It demonstrates the interacting factors clearly due to the fact that the tetrahedrons can be rolled over one another, and it is adaptable for the mapping of the connections between these factors. Social implications – The model is capable of defining the central elements. In this case, the people and the organization of work are in the centre. The 3D job description is adaptable for modelling by the exploration of logical links, so it can show what kind of “whole” is generated by the given elements and what parts it consists of. Therefore the model can be interpreted as a network of connections, which is capable of illustrating the vertical and horizontal structure, due to the special form of tetrahedrons. The model is perfect for the demonstration of the connections between contents on the faces of the tetrahedrons, due to their form and movability. Originality/value – The elaboration and presentation of the general model, protected by design patent (90 806 D0500121) in Hungary, was stimulated by the fact that during different kinds of research and analyses it is an important task to explore the influencing factors, elements and their connections. This is of primary importance especially at the early stage of research and analysis, because the negligence of these in the early stages results in the fact that those particular factors can be taken into account only during a repeated analysis.

Keeping the wheels of the automotive industry turning: the use of tacit knowledge by product development workers in a multinational automotive manufacturer

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
René Schmidt ◽  
Robin Bell ◽  
Vessela Warren
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Development Workers ◽  
Development Department ◽  
Product Development Department

PurposeThis research identifies the forms of tacit knowledge frequently requested in the job descriptions of knowledge workers in a multinational automotive manufacturer's product development department. It then explores how and why the most requested forms of tacit knowledge are used in practice to achieve organizational goals.Design/methodology/approachThis study follows a sequential mixed-methods approach to quantify the most frequently requested forms of tacit knowledge within internal job descriptions and then explores how and why this tacit knowledge is used. The first stage applies manifest content analysis to internal job descriptions to highlight the epitomes of tacit knowledge to identify the most frequently requested forms of tacit knowledge. The second stage employs semi-structured interviews to explore the use of the most frequently requested forms of tacit knowledge in practice.FindingsThe research indicated that the organization most frequently requested tacit knowledge in the form of skills and experience in the job descriptions of knowledge workers in the product development department. When the use and application of tacit knowledge in the form of skills were further explored in practice, it was found that tacit knowledge-based socially-focused skills were used, which was underpinned by the need to bring people together and align them towards a common goal to make things work; by enabling people to work together as a team; by developing and using networks; and acting as a required resource to support the development and integration in product development. Tacit knowledge in the form of experience was applied through the application of personally obtained experience to enhance development work by acting as a pacemaker for increasing efficiency and a sense of upcoming issues.Originality/valueThis work addresses the paucity of studies identifying tacit knowledge in large organizations and meets calls to investigate the processes and activities related to tacit knowledge in specific contexts.

Parametric geometry model design of a wingsuit

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-705
Author(s):  
Nazanin Ansari ◽  
Sybille Krzywinski
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Process Chain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Geometry Model ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
2D Pattern ◽  
Aided Design

PurposeThis paper aims to introduce a process chain spanning from scanned data to computer-aided engineering and further required simulations up to the subsequent production. This approach has the potential to reduce production costs and accelerate the procedure.Design/methodology/approachA parametric computer-aided design (CAD) model of the flyer wearing a wingsuit is created enabling easy changes in its posture and the wingsuit geometry. The objective is to track the influence of geometry changes in a timely manner for following simulation scenarios.FindingsAt the final stage, the two-dimensional (2D) pattern cuts were derived from the developed three-dimensional (3D) wingsuit, and the results were compared with the conventional ones used in the first stages of the wingsuit development.Originality/valueProposing a virtual development process chain is challenging; apart from the fact that the CAD construction of a wingsuit flyer – in itself posing a complicated task – is required at a very early stage of the procedure.

Resource management: people

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Gary Fitsimmons
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Leadership Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
The People ◽  
Effective Leader ◽  
Organizational Stakeholders

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to discuss the part that gaining buy‐in plays in practicing the leadership performance standard of managing people effectively.Design/methodology/approachThe approach is to show how people are stakeholders and how to appeal to that connection with the organization to gain buy‐in for projects and programs.FindingsThe findings are that the effective leader can secure buy‐in for projects and programs by appealing to the connection of organizational stakeholders.Originality/valueThe value is in learning how to advance organizational goals through projects and programs by securing cooperation from all of the people involved.

scholarly journals Three-Dimensional In Vitro Staphylococcus aureus Abscess Communities Display Antibiotic Tolerance and Protection from Neutrophil Clearance

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes I. Hofstee ◽  
Martijn Riool ◽  
Igors Terjajevs ◽  
Keith Thompson ◽  
Martin J. Stoddart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Collagen Gel ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Human Neutrophils ◽  
Content Type

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is a prominent human pathogen in bone and soft-tissue infections. Pathophysiology involves abscess formation, which consists of central staphylococcal abscess communities (SACs), surrounded by a fibrin pseudocapsule and infiltrating immune cells. Protection against the ingress of immune cells such as neutrophils, or tolerance to antibiotics, remains largely unknown for SACs and is limited by the lack of availability of in vitro models. We describe a three-dimensional in vitro model of SACs grown in a human plasma-supplemented collagen gel. The in vitro SACs reached their maximum size by 24 h and elaborated a fibrin pseudocapsule, as confirmed by electron and immunofluorescence microscopy. The in vitro SACs tolerated 100× the MIC of gentamicin alone and in combination with rifampin, while planktonic controls and mechanically dispersed SACs were efficiently killed. To simulate a host response, SACs were exposed to differentiated PLB-985 neutrophil-like (dPLB) cells and to primary human neutrophils at an early stage of SAC formation or after maturation at 24 h. Both cell types were unable to clear mature in vitro SACs, but dPLB cells prevented SAC growth upon early exposure before pseudocapsule maturation. Neutrophil exposure after plasmin pretreatment of the SACs resulted in a significant decrease in the number of bacteria within the SACs. The in vitro SAC model mimics key in vivo features, offers a new tool to study host-pathogen interactions and drug efficacy assessment, and has revealed the functionality of the S. aureus pseudocapsule in protecting the bacteria from host phagocytic responses and antibiotics.

scholarly journals Potential Appraisal and Development in Human Resource Development (HRD): A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
V. A. Jerin
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Management By Objectives ◽  
Management Games ◽  
Peer Appraisal

Human Resource Development (HRD) process is denoted as how personnel are recruited, trained and put into use depending upon their skills, knowledge and potential as per the need of the job and keeping in line with organizational objectives. Potential appraisal refers to the identification and evaluation of hidden talents and underlying skills of a person. Potential appraisal enhances human resource development and enables the attainment of organizational goals. Steps in the potential appraisal system include a detailed job description, job specified quality traits, rating mechanisms and organizing the system. Techniques used for carrying out potential appraisal includes self-appraisal technique, peer appraisal technique, superior appraisal technique, management by objectives, psychological and psychometric techniques, leadership exercises, management games etc. Growth of companies lies in the hands of potential employees and hence it is the responsibility of companies to recognize the potential and reward befittingly to retain the talent. Thus it lowers the chance of good employees leaving the organization for green pastures.

On the forced convective flow inside thermal collectors enhanced by porous media: from macro to micro-channels

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maziar Dehghan ◽  
Zahra Azari Nesaz ◽  
Abolfazl Pourrajabian ◽  
Saman Rashidi
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Velocity Distribution ◽  
General Model ◽  
Convective Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Momentum Equation ◽  
Distribution Profile ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Forced Convective Flow ◽  
Drag Term

Purpose Aiming at finding the velocity distribution profile and other flow characteristic parameters such as the Poiseuille (Po) number, this study aims to focus on the three-dimensional forced convective flow inside rectangular ducts filled with porous media commonly used in air-based solar thermal collectors to enhance the thermal performance. The most general model for the fluid flow (i.e. the non-linear Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer partial differential equation subjected to slip and no-slip boundary conditions) is considered. Design/methodology/approach The general governing equations are solved analytically based on the perturbation technique and the results are validated against numerical simulation study based on a finite-difference solution over a non-uniform but structured grid. Findings The analytical velocity distribution profile based on exponential functions for the above-mentioned general case is obtained, and accordingly, expressions for the Po are introduced. It is found that the velocity distribution tends to be uniform by increasing the aspect ratio of the duct. Moreover, a criterion for considering/neglecting the nonlinear drag term in the momentum equation (i.e. the Forchheimer term) is proposed. According to the sensitivity analysis, results show that the nonlinear drag term effects on the Nusselt number are important only in porous media with high Darcy numbers. Originality/value A general analytic solution for three-dimensional forced convection flows through rectangular ducts filled with porous media for the general model of Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer and the general boundary condition including both no-slip and slip-flow regimes is obtained. An analytic expression to calculate Po number is obtained which can be practical for engineering estimations and a basis for validation of numerical simulations. A criterion for considering/neglecting the nonlinear drag term in the momentum equation is also introduced.

Critical review on power in organization: empowerment in human resource development

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 390-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Jun Jo ◽  
Sunyoung Park
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Employee Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Empowerment Model

Purpose This paper aims to analyze current practices, discuss empowerment from the theoretical perspectives on power in organizations and suggest an empowerment model based on the type of organizational culture and the role of human resource development (HRD). Design/methodology/approach By reviewing the classic viewpoint of power, Lukes’ three-dimensional power and Foucault’s disciplinary power, we discuss power and empowerment in organizational contexts. Findings Power in organizations can be conceptualized based on the classic view, Foucault and critical view and Lukes’ three-dimensional power. We found that true employee empowerment is related to the third dimension of power. The role of HRD for empowerment can be categorized into enhancing motivation and commitment in terms of psychological empowerment and bringing real power to employees. The proposed empowerment model assumes that organizational culture influences the dimensions of empowerment and the role of HRD for supporting empowerment. Practical implications HRD needs to critically assess the meaning of power in particular contexts (Morrell and Wilkinson, 2002) before planning and implementing specific training and development interventions for performance improvement and/or organization development interventions for innovation. Originality/value This study attempts to review, analyze and discuss issues regarding employee empowerment from HRD perspectives. Implications for the roles of HRD and the empowerment model are proposed.

Marketing social selling jobs: a re-labelling strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuna Kim ◽  
John S. Talbott
Keyword(s):  
Business Students ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Job Responsibilities ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Job Information ◽  
Marketing Social ◽  
Job Candidates ◽  
Customer Need

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether communicating recent changes in the sales profession, shifting from a performance-focused model to a customer need-focused model, to job candidates by re-labeling job descriptions can increase job candidates’ interest in pursuing sales jobs. Design/methodology/approach Two experiments using job candidates (undergraduate business students) were conducted at two public US universities to examine: whether job candidates use job title or job description to determine their interest in pursuing jobs and whether terminology used in the job description affects job candidates’ interest in pursuing sales jobs. Findings Results show that job candidates’ interest in pursuing jobs are affected by job titles more than the actual job responsibilities. Further, job candidates’ interest in pursuing sales jobs is affected by terminology used in the job descriptions, where customer need-focused (selling-focused) terminology increases (decreases) interest in pursuing a sales job. Practical implications Sales jobs have been recognized as one of the hardest job positions to fill. Results from this paper can help recruiters develop effective strategies to improve job candidates’ interest in pursuing sales jobs, especially the emerging social selling jobs. Originality/value Contrary to most extant research that investigates resistance toward sales jobs by examining job candidates’ idiosyncratic characteristics, this paper adopts a branding and consumer learning perspective and examines how job candidates’ interest in pursuing a job is influenced by their ability or willingness to process job information.

Formal options for job descriptions: theory meets practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1008-1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beáta Sz. G. Pató
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Design Protection ◽  
Patent Design ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the possibilities of formal and structural appearances of a job description, with correct content, through corporate examples and the result of a research. Design/methodology/approach The author in this paper aims to demonstrate the possibilities of the design of job descriptions, based on more than ten-year-long, intense, empirical research of job descriptions (cca. 1,200 examined and analyzed items). Findings During the research work, a 2D job description sample has been created, mapped from a 3D job description, based on an earlier research. This 2D sample can serve as a good starting point for companies in the creation of new documents. Furthermore, the process of the formal visualization of job descriptions has been described, and structured and semi-structured formal visualization have been illustrated, with corporate examples. Research limitations/implications A well-visualized job description can lead the employee, the employer and the company as well to comprehension and competence, thus job descriptions become one of the tools of HRD visual management. Practical implications The aim is to support the job description writing process, which therefore will lead to a well-formed and well-structured, attractive, “living” document. Originality/value The form and content of a job description, the aims that it serves and the message it conveys really make a difference. 3D job descriptions are under patent design protection in Hungary (Registration Number: 90 806 D0500121).

The creative economy: an ethnographic framework for handcrafts in the Alto Solimões region of the Brazilian Amazon

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1651-1667
Author(s):  
Jonas Fernando Petry ◽  
Antônio Giovanni Figliuolo Uchôa ◽  
Maurício Brilhante de Mendonça ◽  
Karinny de Lima Magalhães ◽  
Rafaella Marlene Barbosa Benchimol
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Industrial Districts ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to draw on concepts from the creative economy literature to present a proposal for conceptualizing the creative industries from the perspective of the ideas underlying the concepts of industrial districts and the triple helix. The analysis lays out the foundations with a review of the literature on the creative economy and builds upon them with the terminology of creative industries and industrial districts.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis lays out the foundations with a review of the literature on the creative economy and builds upon them with the terminology of creative industries and industrial districts. A three-dimensional representation is developed, from a perspective in which the three dimensions comprise university, creative industries and government, combined with seven underlying factors that define the archetypal framework from the perspective of the creative economy of the region's handcrafts.FindingsWorking from the principal of an analysis of underlying factors, the paper presents an ethnographic study of the potentials and obstacles present in the handcrafts sector and delineates the work that remains to be done to enable construction of a creative economy.Originality/valueA prominent possibility based on the ethnographic study of the potentials listed, the creative economy of the handicraft sector is underexplored in the Amazon. Based on the Amazon heritage of the people in the Alto Solimões region, future prospects such as establishment of guilds, clusters and internationalization of production in a tourism association represent sui generis potentials for the economic development of the Alto Solimões region of the Brazilian Amazon.

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