scholarly journals A new era of health leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 084047042110408
Author(s):  
Kevin Smith ◽  
Megha Bhavsar
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Value System ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
New Era ◽  
Health Leadership ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control

Traditional models of health leadership are characterized by top-down structures dependent on hierarchy – which emerged historically from military models. With supporting evidence, many of today’s leaders are now working hard to shift their organizations to models of empowered teams and servant leadership with the hopes of inciting a broader cultural shift. The concern is that these early signs of progress could unravel due to the many challenges now exacerbated by COVID-19 and its implications. One such example is fostering respect and civility (i.e. the pillars of empowerment and servant leadership) which is placed at risk during times of change and crisis – more so during a pandemic when command-and-control structures are deemed necessary. The evolution of modern health leadership must be implemented with plans for mitigating related risks. Ultimately, the behaviours that are tolerated during times of stress are what become the value system of any organization.

Computers for data, control and simulation

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 920-921
Author(s):  
David C. Joy
Keyword(s):  
Personal Computers ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Data Logging ◽  
Data Logger ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Data Control ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control

Personal computers (PCs) are a powerful resource in the EM Laboratory, both as a means of automating the monitoring and control of microscopes, and as a tool for quantifying the interpretation of data. Not only is a PC more versatile than a piece of dedicated data logging equipment, but it is also substantially cheaper. In this tutorial the practical principles of using a PC for these types of activities will be discussed.The PC can form the basis of a system to measure, display, record and store the many parameters which characterize the operational conditions of the EM. In this mode it is operating as a data logger. The necessary first step is to find a suitable source from which to measure each of the items of interest. It is usually possible to do this without having to make permanent corrections or modifications to the EM.

Exploring ‘digital placemaking’

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-578
Author(s):  
Germaine Halegoua ◽  
Erika Polson
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Broad Framework ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control ◽  
Connected Spaces

This brief essay introduces the special issue on the topic of ‘digital placemaking’ – a concept describing the use of digital media to create a sense of place for oneself and/or others. As a broad framework that encompasses a variety of practices used to create emotional attachments to place through digital media use, digital placemaking can be examined across a variety of domains. The concept acknowledges that, at its core, a drive to create and control a sense of place is understood as primary to how social actors identify with each other and express their identities and how communities organize to build more meaningful and connected spaces. This idea runs through the articles in the issue, exploring the many ways people use digital media, under varied conditions, to negotiate differential mobilities and become placemakers – practices that may expose or amplify preexisting inequities, exclusions, or erasures in the ways that certain populations experience digital media in place and placemaking.

James Bay Spillways and Control Structures

1981 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-198
Author(s):  
Klaus R. Ludwig ◽  
Richard T. Olive
Keyword(s):  
James Bay ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
And Control

Initial Impressions of Others

2012 ◽  
pp. 336-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Uleman ◽  
S. Adil Saribay
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Impression Formation ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Controlled Attention ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Cognitive Processes ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control ◽  
Initial Impressions

“Initial impressions” bring together personality and social psychology like no other field of study—“personality” because (1) impressions are about personalities, and (2) perceivers’ personalities affect these impressions; and “social” because (3) social cognitive processes of impression formation, and (4) sociocultural contexts have major effects on impressions. To make these points, we first review how people explicitly describe others: the terms we use, how these descriptions reveal our theories about others, the important roles of traits and types (including stereotypes) in these descriptions, and other prominent frameworks (e.g., narratives and social roles). Then we highlight recent research on the social cognitive processes underlying these descriptions: automatic and controlled attention, the many effects of primes (semantic and affective) and their dependence on contexts, the acquisition of valence, spontaneous inferences about others, and the interplay of automatic and control processes. Third, we examine how accurate initial impressions are, and what accuracy means, as well as deception and motivated biases and distortions. Fourth, we review recent research on effects of target features, perceiver features, and relations between targets and perceivers. Finally, we look at frameworks for understanding explanations, as distinct from descriptions: attribution theory, theory of mind, and simulation theory.

Health Aspects of Disaster Preparedness and Response Panel Session 2: Seismic Risks including Tsunamis

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (S3) ◽  
pp. s82-s86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Warning Systems ◽  
Panel Session ◽  
The Many ◽  
Disaster Preparedness And Response ◽  
And Control

AbstractThis Panel Session consisted of five country reports (India, Indonesia, Maldives, Thailand, andNepal) and the common issues identified during the Panel discussions relative to seismic events in the Southeast Asia Region. Important issues identified included the needs for: (1) a legal framework upon which to base preparedness and response; (2) coordination between the many organizations involved; (3) early warning systems within and between countries; (4) command and control; (5) access to resources including logistics; (6) strengthening the health infrastructure; (7) professionalizing the field of disaster medicine and management; (8) management of communications and information; (9) management of dead bodies; and (10) mental health of the survivors and health workers.

scholarly journals Leading in a VUCA World

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
R Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Period ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Insufficient Information ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
The Future ◽  
Entire World ◽  
To Come ◽  
And Control ◽  
Crisis Leaders

The current COVID-19 virus has put the entire world in lockdown, creating one of the worst times of a VUCA world. The changes that are happening because of the pandemic are large scale and occur suddenly. There is a shortage of leadership everywhere. Leaders are unprepared to lead effectively. In this fast-changing and disruptive environment, command and control structures fail. Leaders are expected to act on incomplete or insufficient information. They do not know where to start to drive change as increased complexity makes it difficult. Leaders lack time to reflect and end up acting too quickly or acting too late as they get stuck in analysis paralysis. They are far removed from the source and are forced to act with a limited understanding of events and their meanings. The role and type of leadership are being tested as we are trying to come out of this crisis. Leaders cannot predict the future but need to make sense of it in order to thrive. This paper would analyse challenges that are being faced by leaders in this critical period and how these can be converted into opportunities like a vaccine for the virus.

scholarly journals Ownership and control structure, corporate governance and income smoothing in Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Damiana Torres ◽  
Adriano Leal Bruni ◽  
Antonio Lopo Martinez ◽  
Miguel Angel Rivera-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Control Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Income Smoothing ◽  
General Category ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
And Control ◽  
Nonfinancial Firms ◽  
Majority Shareholder

Income smoothing is a longstanding practice under the more general category of earnings management. As the name suggests, it consists of smoothing out the fluctuations of the income series. This article examines the association between the ownership and control structure, level of corporate governance and origin of capital (foreign or domestic) of Brazilian companies on their propensity to smooth income. Using a sample of nonfinancial firms with shares traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) at the end of 2007, we performed covariance analysis based on data from the preceding ten years, where the dependent variable was the index proposed by Eckel, an empirical proxy for smoothing. The results indicate that the more concentrated the shareholding and control structures of Brazilian firms are, both according to overall capital and voting capital, the more intensely they tend to smooth earnings to favor the interests of the majority shareholder. The results also show that this effect is less pronounced for firms with enhanced corporate governance levels and those with foreign capital.

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