Analysing the Current Trends in Learning and Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suruchi Pandey ◽  
Preeti Kerni
Keyword(s):  
Learning And Development ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
Total Turnover

Present paper is an attempt to understand the growing need for nurturing employees to build up human capital and adding value to business. Quality of employees, their development and retention are major factors in determining long-term profitability of business in todays scenario. Though researchers have observed such studies but this research helps to understand the current practices and changing trends which are prevailing in different sectors in Pune region and also demonstrates best practices being carried out in industries. A survey was conducted on 20 different companies and a questionnaire was administered to HR managers. Data was collected through personal interviews, focused group discussions with top management and employees. Statistical tool IBM SPSS 20 was used to analyze data more analytically. Tests performed were chi-square and correlation. In the course of study, it was found that most of the high technology companies prefer online training and low technology companies prefer classroom learning. Companies allocated a percentage of HR or total turnover budget towards training and development. Most of the companies tracked their cost of training through overall cost or budget expended and not for a particular participant or employee attending the training program or expected to attend.

scholarly journals A visual and creative approach to exploring people with dementia’s experiences of being students at a school in Denmark

Dementia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-804
Author(s):  
Alison Ward ◽  
Diana Schack Thoft ◽  
Helen Lomax ◽  
Jacqueline Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Dementia Research

In dementia research, there is limited knowledge about how people with dementia experience their daily life including how they experience the services they attend. This means a lack of knowledge about how people with dementia judge the quality of services provided for them. In this study visual and creative methods were used to understand the experience of people with early stage dementia who attend an adult school, Voksenskolen for Undervisning og Kommunikation (VUK) in Denmark. The study explored the students’ experience of being a student at VUK and what it means to engage in life-long learning. Alongside the aim to evaluate the service provided for them, seen from their perspective. Photo-elicitation was used, with cameras provided to each student, who took photographs of their school and home life. Students’ photographs were used to support focus group discussions, with the images integral to the process of talking about and recalling stories. Ten students were recruited to participate in four weekly sessions. Two groups were run with five students in each group. Each session was video recorded, these sessions were then transcribed and analysed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis. Visual images were found to support the students’ memory of current experiences and prompted reminiscences about the past, leading to rich descriptions about being a student at VUK and their experiences of living with dementia. Being able to attend VUK was found to be important for these students with dementia, providing them with a sense of purpose, a way to support their cognitive function and also to develop new friendships. The method provided a way for people with dementia to be active in the research process and provide their perspective about a novel service, which promotes an ethos of learning and development.

scholarly journals INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE CONDITIONS OF INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-368
Author(s):  
E.N. Tikhonova ◽  
I.V. Korepanova
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Positive Externalities ◽  
A Company ◽  
Different Levels

Paradoxically, economic slowdown has been one of the major current trends alongside with intensive technology development. Changes in nature of production require employees to acquire qualitatively different skills that were not were not previously needed. In particular, one of them is being able to provide diffusion of innovations. Consequently, investment in human capital is gaining a new meaning, the quality of which contributes to long-term economic growth in modern socioeconomic reality. Investing is being implemented on different levels, starting from an individual and all the way to a company or a government. Every entity plays their own special role in the process of achieving the common goal of improving the quality of human capital. Investing in entities from different levels requires different tools, mechanisms and involves different kinds of risks for investors. Benefits gained from human capital don’t only belong to investors but also take the form of positive externalities.

scholarly journals SECURITY OF CROP PRODUCTION OF SOIL-PROCESSING TECHNIQUE: STATUS AND PROSPECTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-137
Author(s):  
Губейдулла Юнусов ◽  
Gubeydulla Yunusov ◽  
Марзия Ахмадеева ◽  
Marziya Akhmadeeva ◽  
Алексей Жук ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Automated Control ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
Farm Vehicles ◽  
Working Bodies

In Russia for the last 20 years the park of farm vehicles was repeatedly reduced and security of crop production with the soil-cultivating equipment and tractors has significantly worsened. Despite reduction of arable land more than on 40 million hectares, the number of cars on 1000 hectares during the present period are many times lower, than at the countries with the developed agriculture, including in Belarus. The main reasons for reduction of the area of the cultivated arable land, need of their elimination, including due to multiple increase and high-quality improvement of the machine park are specified. The analysis of current trends of development of tillage machines is carried out and the factors influencing this process are shown. The major requirements are increase in productivity due to increase in width of hijacking of cars and power of tractors, ensuring adaptability of cars to agrotechnical requirements due to use of replaceable working bodies and adapters, means of the automated control of quality of work and, in the long term, aggregation with the pilotless power means equipped with GLONASS systems. Types and the predicted need for priority tillage machines taking into account broader performance of pochvovlagosberegayushchy technologies, increases in arable land due to development of 20 million hectares of deposits and updating of the tractor park with his saturation by powerful enegosredstvo are given.

scholarly journals Comparison of Long-Term Fertility and Bleeding Outcomes after Robotic-Assisted, Laparoscopic, and Abdominal Myomectomy

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Flyckt ◽  
Enrique Soto ◽  
Benjamin Nutter ◽  
Tommaso Falcone
Keyword(s):  
Chi Square ◽  
Robotic Assisted ◽  
Abdominal Myomectomy ◽  
Spontaneous Pregnancy ◽  
Current Bleeding ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Background/Aims. To compare long-term fertility and bleeding outcomes of women who underwent robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, and abdominal myomectomy at our institution over a 15-year period. Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study of myomectomy patients 18–39 years old that had surgery between January 1995 and December 2009 at our institution. Long-term follow-up on fertility and bleeding outcomes was collected from the patient directly. The uterine fibroid symptom and quality of life survey was also administered to assess current bleeding patterns. Baseline characteristics were compared across groups. Univariable comparisons of fertility and bleeding outcomes based on surgical approach were made using analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis analysis of ranks, and Chi-square tests as appropriate. Results. 134/374 (36%) subjects agreed to participate in the study. 81 subjects underwent an open procedure versus 28 and 25 subjects in the laparoscopic and robotic groups, respectively. Median follow-up after surgery was 8 years. 50% of patients desired pregnancy following surgery and, of those, 60% achieved spontaneous pregnancy; the spontaneous pregnancy rate did not differ between groups. Additionally, UFS-QOL scores and/or subscores did not differ between groups. Conclusion. There is no significant difference in long-term bleeding or fertility outcomes in robotic-assisted, laparoscopic, or abdominal myomectomy.

Behavioral and Occupational Health in Military Firefighters: An Understudied Population

2021 ◽  
pp. 014544552110335
Author(s):  
Brian A. Moore ◽  
Jason L. Judkins ◽  
Mari-Amanda Dyal ◽  
Michael Schlenk ◽  
Eric Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Goodness Of Fit Tests ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Military Members ◽  
Therapy Interventions ◽  
The Impact

To our knowledge, no studies on health conditions in U.S. military firefighters exist. Data and demographics from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database were analyzed on several shared medical issues among military personnel and civilian firefighters. Descriptive statistics and Chi-Square goodness of fit tests were conducted to support study aims. Between 2001 and 2015, substantial incidence rate increases (per 10,000) of tinnitus, PTSD, insomnia, and OSA (2005–2015) were observed. Modest to large increases in depressive disorders, adjustment reaction, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder were observed. Decreasing rates were observed for alcohol dependence, hypertension, and tobacco use disorder. While efforts have examined the impact of sustained operations on military members, first responder military subgroups like firefighters are deficient. Cognitive Behavior Therapy interventions are efficacious for preventing and reducing behavioral health problems; therefore, tailoring them specifically for U.S. military firefighters could significantly improve quality of life and long-term health.

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE BANKING CREDIT MARKET OF UKRAINE

InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Lidiia Avramchuk ◽  
Oleksii Muravskyi
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Credit Market ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Loan Portfolios ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Banking Credit

In recent years, the banking sector of Ukraine has witnessed low lending standards and insufficient protection of creditors' rights. In addition, there were two crises in the country and, as a result, borrowers were unable to repay funds in time. At the same time the quality of loan portfolios deteriorated, therefore more than 50% of all loans became "problematic". Due to the increase in interest rates, most borrowers began to take loans for up to 3 years and in the national currency, because they are less risky. According to statistics, only about 25% of all loans are long-term. In order to encourage borrowers to take long-term loans and borrowings in foreign currency, banking institutions have reduced interest rates on these types of loans, but these actions have given only a slight increase in such loans.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Skills Reinforcement Model in “Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka” Entrepreneurship at University of Merdeka Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-25
Author(s):  
Aris Siswati ◽  
Boge Triatmanto ◽  
Sunardi Sunardi
Keyword(s):  
Limited Information ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Skills Reinforcement ◽  
The Face ◽  
Reinforcement Model ◽  
The University

In achieving long-term goals and specific targets researchers will develop a model ESRM (entrepreneurial Skill Reinforcement Model) in order to create a strong competitive edge in the face of the complex economic conditions. The existence of limited information regarding training and education that strengthens entrepreneurial skills can affect the quality of an entrepreneur. This study aims to cluster and need analyze the interests of students in entrepreneurship at the University of Merdeka Malang. The method that will be used in this research is using the clustering method, where at this stage the student's entrepreneurial interest will be clustered, then a need assessment is carried out and then the model design is carried out according to the student's needs. In the next stage, a model for strengthening entrepreneurial skills was designed and then improved with focus group discussions and expert tests so that the model became feasible and suitable to be applied. Then it will be tested in a trial class to test the effectiveness of the model. The results of the model's feasibility analysis show that there is a strong agreement between experts and practitioners on the feasibility of the developed model. In addition, based on the effectiveness test, the research product in the form of ESRM is categorized as effective for increasing entrepreneurial skills instudents.

scholarly journals OPTIONS OF LONG-TERM CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS IN MARRIED WOMEN IN SOUTH SULAWESI (ANALYSIS OF IDHS 2017)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Rahmawati Azis ◽  
Akmal Mahmud ◽  
Syahmida Syahbuddin Arsyad
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Chi Square Test

The long-term contraceptive method is an effective method for preventing pregnancies. However, users of long-term contraceptive methods are considerably lower compared to those of non-long-term contraceptive methods in South Sulawesi. The research objective was to examine the determinants of choosing long-term contraceptive methods in South Sulawesi. This study used data from the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey by analyzing 583 married women who were using contraception in South Sulawesi. A descriptive analysis was employed to estimate the prevalence of long-term contraceptive methods. Meanwhile, the Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to identify the determinants of choosing long-term contraceptive methods. The results from the descriptive analysis showed about 18.9% of the sampled married women were long-term contraception users, among those were implant users (10.2%). More married women with higher education and more parity chose to use it. The better the knowledge about the type of contraception, the greater the chance to use long-term contraceptive methods. Women who were told about side effects, sources of government services, and free fees were significantly influenced to use long-term contraception. Women who received staff visits and visited health facilities were less likely to choose the long-term methods. This implies that contact with field oMKJPlong-term contraceptive methodslong-term contraceptive methodsfficers has not been able to motivate prospective acceptors to use . Improved education and knowledge, especially about types of contraception and side effects, are needed to increase women’s long-term contraception use alongside. The quality of services at free/subsidized costs also needs to be improved, and training should be given for capacity building, especially in communication skills, to family planning field officers.

Meeting the Cultural, Therapeutic, and Individual Needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgendered Patient

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
George A. Voyzey
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Multiple Contexts ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Care Practices

As our population ages, providers will encounter the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patient possessing varying individual degrees of cultural identity and psycho-social acceptance. In addition to adjusting to the debilitating disease or injury, the patient's spouse/domestic partner, adult children, friend(s), and/or parents can play critical roles in his, her, or hir successful rehabilitation and acute and long-term care. This article documents current trends, resources, and research with the aging LGBT population. In addition, this article identifies the multiple contexts and barriers confronting the LGBT patient and LGBT care provider's quality of life. This article offers care practices designed to the experiences, expectations, and needs of older LGBT patients, including HIV-associated dementia, its stages, and its symptoms as it relates to cognitive, motor, and behavioral domains.

scholarly journals Effects of a structured educational intervention on metabolic control of type-1 diabetes mellitus patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Bernie Endyarni ◽  
Jose RL Batubara ◽  
I Boediman
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Metabolic Control ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Knowl Edge

Background Children with type-1 diabetes face not only short-term complications but also long-term microvascular andmacrovascular complications. Therefore, a continuing medical careand education to reach blood glucose near normal range is abso-lutely required. An addition of behavioral educational interventionto intensive diabetes management resulted in improved metaboliccontrol and quality of life.Objective To determine the effects of a structured educationalintervention to parents and patients with type-1 diabetes mellituson their knowledge and patient metabolic control.Methods In this interventional study with pretest-posttest designat Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indo-nesia, a total of 21 patients with the age between 8 and 18 yearsand their parents were assigned to follow a structured educationalprogram over period of 6 months. During the 6 intervention ses-sions, some procedures were applied: obtaining HbA1c at initial,3 rd and 6 th month using HPLC procedure, classroom teaching pro-gram, small group discussions, role-playing and pre-posttests.Results The mean HbA1c level in the 21 children and adoles-cents at initial, 3 rd and 6 th month were 10.05% (SD 2.67%), 10.28%(SD 2.23%) and 10.01% (SD 2.67%), which showed no significantchanges (P>0.05). After 6 educational sessions, the result showedsignificant changes in both parents’ (P<0.05) and patients’ knowl-edge (P<0.05). Patients’ diabetes-related knowledge had a mod-erate correlation (r=-0.632; P=0.02) , but parents’ diabetes-relatedknowledge had no significant correlation (r=-0.348; P=0.122) withpatient mean HbA1c level.Conclusion A structured educational intervention used in this studyis able to improve parents’ and patients’ diabetes-related knowl-edge significantly. Patients’ diabetes-related knowledge had a sig-nificant correlation with metabolic control

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