scholarly journals Innovative approaches to management with emphasis on soft factors and their impact on the efficiency of agribusiness companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 203-211
Author(s):  
Nadežda Jankelová ◽  
Katarína Remeňová ◽  
Zuzana Skorková ◽  
Ildikó Némethová
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Questionnaire Research ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Transformational Management ◽  
Soft Factors ◽  
Innovative Approaches

This paper represents a wider research aimed at the examination of innovative approaches to management and their impact on the competitiveness and success of companies in a globalised world economy. Its main objective is to evaluate perceived importance of these approaches with emphasis on soft factors in agribusiness companies in Slovakia in terms of methods and tools used in the implementation of individual management functions, as well as in terms of the frequency of their applications, and their impact on the efficiency of these companies. However, a research gap has been identified in the existing literature on primary agribusiness companies. To improve their position, farmers should not only passively respond to many external factors that are of course important in this sector but should also be proactive and innovative in their management methods and practices. A questionnaire research has been conducted in agribusiness companies in Slovakia. The obtained results highlight the significance of hard factors in the utilisation of management tools. Moreover, soft factors have positively affected economic results. Innovativeness has been identified in leadership functions, where a significant link has been found between the transformation style of leadership and the importance of soft factors in transformational management.

scholarly journals Shaping the esp curriculum of an english for PhD students program: a colombian case study of questionnaire research

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Gerriet Janssen ◽  
Ricardo Nausa ◽  
Carlos Rico
Keyword(s):  
Program Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Central Tendency ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
Questionnaire Research ◽  
Intellectual Production ◽  
Future Program

This report presents the findings from an EAP curriculum development project directed towards PhD students at Colombian university.An analysis of this stakeholder group’s learning needs was conducted through questionnaire research, focusing on (a) describing students’situated contexts and interests and (b) obtaining data contributing towards future program development. Measures of central tendency,dispersion, and internal consistency for each section of the questionnaire are reported. Key results include these students’ strong interest inEAP programming, their language needs and experience regarding their intellectual production, and their perceived importance of differentlanguage sub-skills in both the local and international contexts. The results highlight the importance of continued evaluation cycles and theimportant role EAP coursework has for PhD students today.

Enterprise Portals and Knowledge Management Processes

2004 ◽  
pp. 175-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdus S. Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Mining Enterprise ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Knowledge Management Tools

Many portal products have been marketed as knowledge management tools, implying that benefits of knowledge management can be achieved by implementing a portal. Our research suggests that portal products are not able to fully support the requirements of knowledge management functions. Products reviewed were strong in providing personalization, content management, folder-sharing and search or retrieval services. However, they lacked in services such as categorization, workflow, document management, collaboration, and business intelligence. In order to improve on the support for knowledge management, portals should be able to handle multimedia, incorporate metadata or taxonomy into their content and provide tools for workflow and mining. Enterprise portals might not fully support the processes within the knowledge management life cycle, but they remain as the only technology with the most potential to serve as the main infrastructure for knowledge management.

scholarly journals Identifying risk in production agriculture: an application of best-worst scaling

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-300
Author(s):  
Cosmos Atta ◽  
Eric T. Micheels
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Multifaceted Approach ◽  
Latent Class Cluster Analysis ◽  
Best Worst Scaling ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Production Agriculture ◽  
Input Prices

The identification and management of risk plays a significant role in reducing variability in farm income. The choice of risk management tools and strategies may depend on several factors, including the perceived importance of the risk and the perceived level of control that producers have in managing the risk. This study uses data from a 2017 survey of grain and oilseed farmers in Saskatchewan and employs a count-based approach of best-worst scaling and latent class cluster analysis to examine their perception of the most important sources of risk and the factors that influence these perceptions. The results suggest production and marketing risks, such as variation in output prices, rainfall variability, and changes in input prices, are the most important risks to farmers. However, results also reveal heterogeneity in responses to these identified risks, suggesting that a multifaceted approach is needed by farmers to address risk.

scholarly journals Transformation of South Caucasus Countries During 25 Years of Independence

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Larisa Korganashvili ◽  
Natavan Mammadova ◽  
Pikria Tsotskolauri
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Major Powers ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Relationship

More than 25 years have passed since countries of the South Caucasus gained independence. During this time, they underwent a serious transformation, their geopolitical and economic significance, as well as the relationship with the outside world has changed. The countries of the South Caucasus are small and their role in the world economy is negligible. However, because of the important geopolitical location, they attract the attention of many major powers and thus external factors play an important role in their development.The purpose of this work is to study the peculiarities of the transition of countries of the South Caucasus from the socialist system to the capitalist, to identify the problems of this transformation and to show the ways of their solution, and to determine the influence of regional and non-regional countries on the economic development of these countries.The paper analyzes the trends in the economic development of the countries of the South Caucasus, the features of their transformation, the degree of economic interdependence and the possibilities for deepening cooperation, shows the structural features and international competitiveness of national economies, the prospects for economic development of these countries, taking into account external factors, the possibilities of globalization and modern geo-economic conditions.

scholarly journals Competitiveness of International Airports Production Infrastructure in Global Air Transportation Market: Comprehensive Situational Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Sydorenko ◽  
Oleksandr Sydorenko ◽  
Olena Lozhachevska ◽  
Olha Pashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Air Transportation ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Airport Infrastructure ◽  
Management Functions

The article summarises the essence of airport infrastructure and explores the roles of production airport infrastructure in the world air transport system. It is noted that airport infrastructure is a complex dynamic subsystem of global production infrastructure of the world economy and is aimed at providing competitive air transportation services. It is substantiated that the competitive production infrastructure of international airports is a key element of the economic development of countries in the world economy. In particular, reliable airport infrastructure is one of the key factors in increasing the countries capacity for real economic growth, both in the short and long term. Generalised and systematic views of scientists have led to the conclusion that today there is no single universally accepted methodology that would comprehensively explore and evaluate the competitiveness of the airport's infrasystem, and identify its strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, this study aims to develop and substantiate the methodology for assessing the level of competitiveness of the production infrastructure of international airports in the global aviation market. The proposed methodological approach makes it possible to provide a practical assessment of the competitiveness of the airport's infrasystem, taking into account the wide range of indicators, converted through a fuzzy linguistic approach. It should be noted that the main purpose of creating and implementing an evaluation system is to facilitate the successful implementation of the competitiveness management functions of the production infrastructure of international airports in the global aviation market. The developed model may be used by international aviation organisations and governments in the process of strategic planning of the air transport development.

scholarly journals «Smart» Logistics: Problems and Prospects in the Modern World

2021 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 05002
Author(s):  
N. V. Przhedetskaya ◽  
K.V. Borzenko ◽  
V. V. Sheveleva ◽  
E.P. Kulkova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Smart Logistics ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Entire World ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic caused serious damage not only to the economies of a number of countries, but also became a serious test for the entire world economy, causing a crisis that, even according to preliminary estimates, will lead to a deeper and more protracted recession than the global financial and economic crisis of 2008. In the second half of 2020, when COVID-19 vaccines are already in effect, the threat to public health fades into the background, giving way to the economic crisis, and, most importantly, the search for ways out of a difficult socio-economic situation. That is why the study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on logistics and the search for crisis management tools in logistics is so relevant. In this article, the authors hypothesize that digitalization as a promising tool for economic crisis management should play an important role in this process. This article identifies the current problems of logistics that arise in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis, substantiates the prospects for systematic and highly effective crisis management in logistics based on digitalization, and offers applied recommendations for this.

scholarly journals CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE AUTHOR’S DISCIPLINE “TECHNIQUES OF PEDAGOGICAL MANAGEMENT”

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna V. Shvardak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Cloud Technologies

It was found that techniques today is the key to effective management of educational institutions in general and teachers in particular. It determines the search for those management tools that can be used effectively in the pedagogical process. The technicalization of pedagogical management contributes to its rationalization, eliminates those actions of the superior and specialists that are not necessary to achieve the expected result of management, formalizes the implementation of management functions. The article reveals the specifics of studying the author’s discipline «Techniques of pedagogical management», which is taught to applicants of the second (master’s) level of higher education specialty 011 «Educational, pedagogical sciences» (specialization «Management of educational institutions») at Mukachevo State University. This discipline is aimed at the holistic formation of the readiness of a future leader to apply the techniques of pedagogical management in a general secondary education institution. The scope of the discipline, subject, purpose, tasks, interdisciplinary connections are determined; the system of knowledge, skills, general and professional competencies. The system of professionally important competencies on which this discipline is focused is also defined: the ability to unite the teaching staff, to turn it into a team of like-minded people; to develop leadership, unconsciously evoke feelings of admiration and respect in teachers, students, their parents, etc.; monitoring the educational activities of general secondary education institutions; strategic planning of educational institution development; delegation of powers; making management decisions, willingness to take due responsibility for them; establishing a favorable positive atmosphere in the team; effective communication with participants in the educational process of general secondary education; rational use of working time; management of the institution by means of cloud technologies; effective use of marketing communication tools, etc. The expected training results of future managers are determined. The structure of the discipline is given: content modules, and topics. The main methods of training and control of applicants’ knowledge are also identified. The specifics of studying the theoretical and practical material of the discipline are outlined.

THE APPLICATION OF BALANCED SCORECARD IN UNIVERSITIES IN VIETNAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
NGUYỄN NGỌC KHÁNH DUNG
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
And Performance

Balanced scorecard (BSC) is the most important and influential management tool in the field of management and performance evaluation in developed countries (Lakshmi Narayanamma et al., 2016). BSC was first introduced by Kaplan & Norton in 1992 and widely used in business sector and education sector around the world as a strategic management system to improve the organization’s performance. Vietnam is a developing country, increasingly deeper and wider integration into the world economy, so the renovation and application of modern management tools are essential. This paper aims not only at proposing an adapted BSC to the public universities in Vietnam, but it also aims at suggesting performance measure indicators (PMIs) in general. The application of BSC is necessary when universities are always concerned about the results of training (but not financial results) to provide top quality education which are skilled graduates for the society.

scholarly journals Academic Perceptions of Immigrant and Minority Postsecondary Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bette DeBellefeuille ◽  
Philip C. Abrami
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
External Factors ◽  
University Education ◽  
Postsecondary Students ◽  
Affective Reactions ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
English Canadian

This investigation compared postsecondary students whose mother tongue was English and who were natives of Canada (TV = 117) with minority students (N = 91) in terms of: a) the perceived importance of a university education and the perceived likelihood of academic success; b) the estimated likelihood of success at both competitive and noncompetitive tasks; c) the causal attributions for task outcomes and affective reactions to those outcomes and d) one projective and fourobjective fear of success  (FOS) measures. English Canadian students and minority students held equivalent views on the importance of a university education and a successful career. FOS scores did not differ between the groups regardless of the measure used, either for males or females. Although there were few differences between the groups in their reaction to competitive, achievement-oriented tasks, there were more differences between the groups in their reactions to noncompetitive tasks. Here, minority students expressed some negative affective reactions. The minority students believed that external factors, particularly luck, had a greater influence on task outcome than did English Canadians.

scholarly journals FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE OPEN ECONOMY OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (38) ◽  
pp. 111-124
Author(s):  
V. Rokocha ◽  
S. Tkalenko ◽  
N. Sukurova ◽  
А. Honcharova ◽  
O. Murashko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
National Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
External Factors ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The World ◽  
Multifactor Regression

Abstract. In terms of globalization of the world economy, the open economy of a country participating in the globalization process becomes an organic element of the world economy and thus receives additional incentives for development. International flows of goods and capital allow countries to get new sources for economic growth. Economic growth is now not only a function of internal but also of external factors. It is they who now determine the modernization tendencies of national economic policies, forcing them to move in accordance with world trends. The purpose of the research is to assess the relationship between economic growth of the country and external factors of its economic development, as well as to identify the dependency between external factors in order to clarify their role in the modernization of national economy. With this aim, the analysis of the main parameters of openness of Ukraine’s economy is carried out, as of external factors that influence on the national economic development, changes in the traditional production function under the influence of introduction in it of external factors of development, the estimated indicators of the named influences are modeled. The novelty of the research is the identification of dependency between the forms of openness of the economy and economic growth, the development of a model of relationship between the forms of openness of the economy. Research method. The study is based on a set of economic and economic-mathematical methods that are needed to identify the influence of external factors on the national economy, especially methods of abstraction, systematic and structural-comparative analysis, synthesis and modeling of economic processes. Among the models used in the research is a multifactor regression model. The empirical basis was the materials of official statistics of Ukraine for 1999—2019. The results of research showed: the role of globalization of Ukraine’s economy in its economic development, the importance of FDI as an external factor of economic development, the strong link between international capital flows and international flows of goods into the Ukrainian economy, the positive impact of the latter on the former. Keywords: economic growth, globalization, external factors of economic growth, production function, open economy, FDI, foreign trade, government investment policy. JEL Classification F21, F43, F47, F62 Formulas: 7; fig.: 1; tabl.: 8; bibl.: 24.

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