scholarly journals Expertise based skills management system to support resource allocation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255928
Author(s):  
Nazia Bibi ◽  
Zeeshan Anwar ◽  
Tauseef Rana
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Skill Management ◽  
Support Resource

Skills Management is an essential concept of human resource management in which a skill inventory may be created for each employee and managers can assign tasks to workers based on worker’s abilities. This concept is not fully practiced for two reasons: i) employee’s skills are not effectively evaluated and documented, ii) tool support is deficient to manage this complex task. Ineffective skill management of an organization fizzle tasks assigned to the incompetent employees and this may lead to project failure. To fill up this gap, a survey is conducted across various software organizations to find out the best practices for the skill management and to gather requirements for skills management framework. Based on survey findings, a mathematical framework is proposed that calculates the soft and hard skills of employees automatically based on time and achievements as skill increases or decreases over time. In this framework, the Skills Calculation Engine (SCE) is developed for the managers to enhance the capacity of appropriate decisions making in assigning tasks to the rightly skilled workers. This framework is also useful for organizations as it can increase profitability as tasks are assigned to the most appropriate employees. The SCE is implemented as a Windows-based application to calculate skills, store skills in skills inventory, and assign tasks based on an employee’s skills. The skills management tool is evaluated in a facilitated workshop; furthermore, a feature-wise comparison of the tool is also made with existing tools.

scholarly journals Good practices in collecting umbilical cord and placental blood

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Auer Lopes ◽  
Elizabeth Bernardino ◽  
Karla Crozeta ◽  
Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimarães
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Placental Blood ◽  
Operational Factors ◽  
Blood Specimens ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Gathering Data

Abstract Objective: to identify the factors related to the quality of umbilical cord and placental blood specimens, and define best practices for their collection in a government bank of umbilical cord and placental blood. Method: this was a descriptive study, quantitative approach, performed at a government umbilical cord and placental blood bank, in two steps: 1) verification of the obstetric, neonatal and operational factors, using a specific tool for gathering data as non-participant observers; 2) definition of best practices by grouping non-conformities observed before, during and after blood collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the following statistical software: Statistica(r) and R(r). Results: while there was a correlation with obstetrical and neonatal factors, there was a larger correlation with operational factors, resulting in the need to adjust the professional practices of the nursing staff and obstetrical team involved in collecting this type of blood. Based on these non-conformities we defined best practices for nurses before, during and after blood collection. Conclusion: the best practices defined in this study are an important management tool for the work of nurses in obtaining blood specimens of high cell quality.

scholarly journals Managing Diversity and Capabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Feriha Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Medium Enterprises

As a powerful driver, small and medium enterprises (SME) has a huge contribution to the German economy. The shortage of skilled workers underlines an emerging and resilient German economy. However, the future prospects of SME depend on creative employees as key actors. Nevertheless, demographic change is perceptible so that the labour integration of resident immigrants becomes more important. But several studies investigated inequalities especially discrimination in the labour market intensifying brain drain. Social discrimination has great impact on the capabilities of people, particularly in labour. Disadvantages are exposed to a lack of opportunities with the result of a capability gap. Diversity management offers competitive advantages but is mostly a management tool of bigger enterprise performances. This paper will present a process of enabling and empowering management process of capabilities. It is presented by the example of the solution cycle which will be called a participatory process design contributing to the lack in the classic management of diversity.

Integration of exploration, drilling and installation activities given regulatory challenges

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Roger Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Management Tool ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

Coordination and integration of exploration activities, both seismic and drilling, development drilling and offshore installation campaigns is difficult at the best of times. Add to this the regulatory requirements, which included the establishment of NOPSEMA and the associated regulations in January 2012, and the already complex task of executing work efficiently became even more challenging. The paper explores the development and application of an integrated schedule that met the overall business needs as well as key stakeholders (Environment, Exploration, Drilling, Projects and Operations). Factors and constraints that had to be addressed included existing drilling rig and installation contracts with significant associated costs, maintaining project schedules that were sanctioned prior to regulatory changes coming into effect, resourcing levels and an environmental regulatory regime seeking continuous improvement. Individual stakeholders tended to focus on their own areas yet there are schedule inter-relationships with others that had knock on effects. The integrated schedule provided a proactive management tool that was and continues to be used to plan and review key activities in a constantly changing environment.

Process management framework for chemical waste treatment laboratories

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-462
Author(s):  
Alexandre Bevilacqua Leoneti ◽  
Danilo Vitorino dos Santos ◽  
Renato Santos da Silva ◽  
Alessandra Henriques Ferreira ◽  
Adriano César Pimenta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Chemical Waste ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Chemical Wastes ◽  
Comprehensive Classification

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a process management framework for Chemical Waste Treatment Laboratories (CWTL) that can be used as a management tool to identify and manage critical process. Design/methodology/approach Proposition of a generic classification for categories of chemical waste; use of the ABC analysis as a tool for analysis of priority in relation to the inputs of an CWTL; use of the process matrix (variety vs volume) to identify the key resources required to perform the activities of a CWTL; and use of mapping process techniques to map the processes defined and calculate times. Findings The proposed framework was applied to a CWTL at University of São Paulo, Brazil, and showed that the high variability of demand is a significant factor in the management of this laboratory, requiring processes that are flexible to meet this demand. The results showed that the applicability of the production and operations management theories within the scope of process management of CWTLs, proved to be useful tools for improving the treatment efficiency of chemical waste in these facilities. Originality/value The novelty of this work is in the fact of using production and operations management tools in the management of CWTLs to propose diagnoses to improve the management of their processes. The proposition of a comprehensive classification for chemical wastes generated in CWTLs is also highlighted.

scholarly journals COMPETITIVE AND INTEGRATIVE BENCHMARKING TO ENSURE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2(14)) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Lyudmyla Mykhailivna Ganushchak-Efimenko ◽  
Olena Mykhailivna Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design ◽  
Valeriia Gennadіivna Shcherbak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Modern System ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Reference Strategy

Urgency of the research. International practice demonstrates that competitive and integrative benchmarking competition gives way to cooperation that may eventually become the driving force in changing the philosophy of the modern system of higher education. Target setting. The study of theoretical and methodological approaches to maintaining effective competitive and integrative benchmarking along with carrying out applied projects facilitating its implementation into the operation of national HEIs seems timely and relevant. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. A study of characteristics of benchmarking as a management tool in education was accomplished by such scholars as N. Jackson, H. Lund, M. Udam, M. Heidmets, Kuźmicz K., Schwarz S., Wersterheijden D. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The scientists have not yet sufficiently developed the comprehensive analysis of the competitive and integrative benchmarking, including the Higher Eeducation Institutions. The research objective. The article aims to prove the feasibility of competitive and integrative benchmarking to ensure the competitiveness of Higher Education Institutions and their adaptation to market and institutional realia of the domestic economy. The statement of basic materials. The article justifies the feasibility of competitive and integrative benchmarking increasing the competitiveness of national universities. Toolkit of process-oriented approach of benchmarking is based on justification of the reference strategy by comparing competitive advantages in selected 4P-subsystems of benchmarking of management in top universities. Conclusions. The concept of the competitive and integrative benchmarking, developed by the authors as a marketing and management tool facilitating the capacity of Higher Education Institutions to build and maintain their competitive edge, is a synthesis of the competitive analysis mechanism and marketing interaction for the purpose of adapting the best practices by identifying benchmark organizations.

scholarly journals Horizontal innovation and ambidextrous organization: a new innovation model applied in a mature industrial company

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-621
Author(s):  
Antonio Carlos Teixeira Alvares ◽  
José Carlos Barbieri ◽  
Dafne Oliveira Carlos de Morais
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Systematic Search ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
New Type ◽  
A Company ◽  
Industrial Company ◽  
The Way

Objective of the study: Analyze how Horizontal Innovation enables a company to produce radical and incremental innovations, making it ambidextrous.Methodology/approach: The research is a case study at a mature Brazilian company that puts Horizontal Innovation based on its Employee Suggestion System (ESS) into practice. A total of 18 interviews were conducted, including: all 4 directors and all 10 managers of the organization, in addition to 2 coordinators and 2 researchers.Originality/Relevance: The paper creates and defines the concept of Horizontal Innovation: a type of innovation that originates from all employees, usually stemming from an ESS. The study shows, based on continual ESS operations, how a company can achieve ambidexterity and systematically produce incremental, radical products and processes.Main results: ESS produces radical innovations as well as incremental ones, although the latter occur more frequently, and lead to Horizontal Innovations. The systematic search for Horizontal Innovations paves the way for a company to become ambidextrous, promoting, with the same competence, these two types of innovation.Theoretical/methodological contributions: The study contributes to the debate that defends the viability of innovative ambidexterity, and to new insights that clarify how a culture that stimulates ambidexterity can influence the ambidextrous behavior of employees through Horizontal InnovationPractical implications: A new type of innovation is proposed and described, reinforcing the value of an ESS as an important management tool. The case enables comparisons and contrasts with others for best practices benchmarking.

scholarly journals Managing Diversity and Capabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Feriha Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Medium Enterprises

As a powerful driver, small and medium enterprises (SME) has a huge contribution to the German economy. The shortage of skilled workers underlines an emerging and resilient German economy. However, the future prospects of SME depend on creative employees as key actors. Nevertheless, demographic change is perceptible so that the labour integration of resident immigrants becomes more important. But several studies investigated inequalities especially discrimination in the labour market intensifying brain drain. Social discrimination has great impact on the capabilities of people, particularly in labour. Disadvantages are exposed to a lack of opportunities with the result of a capability gap. Diversity management offers competitive advantages but is mostly a management tool of bigger enterprise performances. This paper will present a process of enabling and empowering management process of capabilities. It is presented by the example of the solution cycle which will be called a participatory process design contributing to the lack in the classic management of diversity.

scholarly journals Uncertainty Quantification for Space Situational Awareness and Traffic Management

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 4361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Hilton ◽  
Federico Cairola ◽  
Alessandro Gardi ◽  
Roberto Sabatini ◽  
Nichakorn Pongsakornsathien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Space Situational Awareness ◽  
Tracking Errors ◽  
Position Uncertainty ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Space Objects ◽  
Resident Space Objects ◽  
Machine Systems

This paper presents a sensor-orientated approach to on-orbit position uncertainty generation and quantification for both ground-based and space-based surveillance applications. A mathematical framework based on the least squares formulation is developed to exploit real-time navigation measurements and tracking observables to provide a sound methodology that supports separation assurance and collision avoidance among Resident Space Objects (RSO). In line with the envisioned Space Situational Awareness (SSA) evolutions, the method aims to represent the navigation and tracking errors in the form of an uncertainty volume that accurately depicts the size, shape, and orientation. Simulation case studies are then conducted to verify under which sensors performance the method meets Gaussian assumptions, with a greater view to the implications that uncertainty has on the cyber-physical architecture evolutions and Cognitive Human-Machine Systems required for Space Situational Awareness and the development of a comprehensive Space Traffic Management framework.

Enhancing DotProject to Support Risk Management Aligned with PMBOK in the Context of SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves ◽  
Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp ◽  
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Many problems in software development projects are due to risks and could be avoided or minimized if identified and treated pro-actively. In this context, software tools to support risk management could be very helpful. However, it is difficult to find a project management tool, accessible to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provides adequate support to risk management in conformance with best practices such as the PMBOK. Therefore, this paper has the objective to review support provided by popular project management tools with respect to risk management and to present enhancements made to the open-source tool – dotProject – in order to systematically support risk management aligned with the PMBOK. An initial evaluation identified benefits in the implementation of risk management processes in software SMEs, and, thus, contributing to their projects' success.

Engineering and Information Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 300-324
Author(s):  
Shanton Chang ◽  
Martina von Imhoff ◽  
Rikke Ilona Ustrup
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
North America ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Degree Structure ◽  
Comparative Case Studies ◽  
And Performance

Students in the Engineering and Information Technology (IT) field are statistically less mobile than in many other disciplines. This has been documented across Australia, Europe and North America. While studies have shown the benefits of going abroad for a period of time, these messages seem to be lost on many Engineering and IT students. Using comparative case studies between/among various Universities, this chapter outlines and explores the challenges of trying to encourage more of such students to go abroad. Challenges include: (1) student concerns; (2) degree structure and program limitations; and (3) faculty buy-in. This chapter outlines three cases where strategic and operational actions have been taken to mitigate identified challenges. Best practices include the identification and introduction of ‘mobility windows' in curricula in cooperation with faculty, having a clear management framework and performance indicators and achieving faculty buy-in.

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