A Literary Examination of Electronic Meeting System Use in Everyday Organizational Life

Abstract Today’s VLSI devices are neither designed nor manufactured for space applications in which single event effects (SEE) issues are common. In addition, very little information about the internal schematic and usually nothing about the layout or netlist is available. Thus, they are practically black boxes for satellite manufacturers. On the other hand, such devices are crucial in driving the performance of spacecraft, especially smaller satellites. The only way to efficiently manage SEE in VLSI devices is to localize sensitive areas of the die, analyze the regions of interest, study potential mitigation techniques, and evaluate their efficiency. For the first time, all these activities can be performed using the same tool with a single test setup that enables a very efficient iterative process that reduce the evaluation time from months to days. In this paper, we will present the integration of a pulsed laser for SEE study into a laser probing, laser stimulation, and emission microscope system. Use of this system will be demonstrated on a commercial 8 bit microcontroller.

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Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines for organizational life cycle assessment

10.3403/30298278 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Organizational Life ◽

Organizational Life Cycle ◽

Assessment Requirements ◽

Organizational Life Cycle Assessment

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Nurses’ Perceptions of a Care Plan Information Technology Solution With Hundreds of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Adult Intensive Care Units: Survey Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.11846 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Azizeh Khaled Sowan ◽

Meghan Leibas ◽

Albert Tarriela ◽

Charles Reed

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Clinical Practice Guidelines ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Care Plan ◽

System Use ◽

Nurses Perceptions

BACKGROUND The integration of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) into the nursing care plan and documentation systems aims to translate evidence into practice, improve safety and quality of care, and standardize care processes. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the usability of a nursing care plan solution that includes 234 CPGs. METHODS A total of 100 nurses from 4 adult intensive care units (ICUs) responded to a survey measuring nurses’ perceptions of system usability. The survey included 37 rated items and 3 open-ended questions. RESULTS Nurses’ perceptions were favorable with more than 60.0% (60/100) in agreement on 12 features of the system and negative to moderate with 20.0% (20/100), to 59.0% (59/100) in agreement on 19 features. The majority of the nurses (80/100, 80.0% to 90/100, 90.0%) agreed on 4 missing safety features within the system. More than half of the nurses believed they would benefit from refresher classes on system use. Overall satisfaction with the system was just above average (54/100, 54.0%). Common positive themes from the narrative data were related to the system serving as a reminder for complete documentation and individualizing patient care. Common negative aspects were related to duplicate charting, difficulty locating CPGs, missing unit-specific CPGs, irrelevancy of information, and lack of perceived system value on patient outcomes. No relationship was found between years of system use or ICU experience and satisfaction with the system (P=.10 to P=.25). CONCLUSIONS Care plan systems in ICUs should be easy to navigate; support efficient documentation; present relevant, unit-specific, and easy-to-find information; endorse interdisciplinary communication; and improve safety and quality of care.

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Error Management in Audit Firms: Error Climate, Type, and Originator

The Accounting Review ◽

10.2308/accr-50592 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 89 (1) ◽

pp. 303-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Anna Gold ◽

Ulfert Gronewold ◽

Steven E. Salterio

Keyword(s):

Impression Management ◽

Data Availability ◽

Error Management ◽

Organizational Life ◽

Climate Type ◽

Error Type ◽

Audit Firms ◽

The Individual ◽

Post Hoc ◽

Willingness To Report

ABSTRACT This paper examines how the treatment of audit staff who discover errors in audit files by superiors affects their willingness to report these errors. The way staff are treated by superiors is labelled as the audit office error management climate. In a “blame-oriented” climate errors are not tolerated and those committing errors are punished. In contrast, an “open” climate characterizes error commitment as a normal, albeit unfortunate aspect of organizational life that offers opportunities for learning without sanctions on the originator. We examine error management climate in the context of audit-specific factors that might affect the decision to report errors: audit error type (conceptual or mechanical) and who committed the error (the individual who discovered it or a peer). An open climate results in an increase in the reporting of mechanical (but not conceptual) errors and all peer errors versus a blame climate. Post hoc findings suggest that one obstacle to reporting conceptual errors stems from an auditor's own impression management concerns. We discuss how auditing standards and regulatory inspections may impact audit firm error management climates. Data Availability: Experimental data are available from the second author subject to data confidentiality restrictions issued by the participating firms.

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