scholarly journals АНАЛІЗ УПРАВЛІННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОЮ ПІДСИСТЕМОЮ ТОВ «ЛУКМІ УКРАЇНА»

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Валерія Г. Щербак ◽  
Дар’я С. Даценко
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Managerial Power ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
A Company

The article provides insights into the specifics and key management patterns related to the socio-psychological subsystem of a consulting company. According to current standards, the study offers an assessment on social responsibility of the consulting company along with suggesting argument on the need to implement socially responsible programs and activities to enhance the competitiveness of LUKMI UKRAINE Ltd consulting company. The hypothesis of the study is based on the statement that given the research results, tackling interpersonal relationships is critically important for the organization, since conflicts and misunderstandings between colleagues may translate into derailing of strategic planning and create barriers to attaining goals. Accordingly, a study of human behavior psychology will facilitate management regulation process which in turn might contribute to attaining better management performance and boost management effectiveness. The purpose of the research is to identify the role and significance of studying modern practices in managing a company socio-psychological subsystem in the context of the national economy development and the realia of structural and innovative transformations. To attain the research objectives, the following methods have been employed: dialectical, structural and systemic methods – to build a structural and logical model to ensure effective management of socio-psychological subsystem of the enterprise, historical and systemic approaches, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction techniques – to explore the conceptual paradigm of company management. The study presents the structure and the nature of the company socio-psychological subsystem and the specifics of its successful application to foster further business development and attaining its strategic objectives – financial, structural, etc. The research findings demonstrate that better understanding by management of the content and structural elements of the consulting company socio-psychological subsystem, and good managerial skills in harnessing socio-psychological management methods to implement their executive managerial power will contribute to enhancing the current practices of the consulting company in managing the socio-psychological subsystem.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Responsibility on the Quality of Company Governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Ana Jurić ◽  
Aleksandra Zupanc ◽  
Tjaša Štrukelj
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Company Governance ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company

AbstractThe central aim of the article is company governance, i.e., researching governance of a company that does not want to be only financially successful but also direct its governance toward socially responsible governance. The article begins with the definition of “theoretical backgrounds,” in which social responsibility in regard to company governance improvement in quality is explained. The article then focuses on the measurement of the quality of company governance; in the research, the selected tool chosen to evaluate the governance of the chosen company regarding social responsibility, i.e., SEECGAN index, is used. Further, the case study of a Slovenian public limited liability company is used. One of the important research findings is the recognition that the addressed part of the SEECGAN index needs to be innovated and further developed. Additional questions for the completion of the index used presents the added value of the article. This article has two limitations: 1) it focuses only on the tool chosen to evaluate the governance of the chosen company regarding social responsibility; 2) the case study is based on publicly accessible data.

scholarly journals The Impact of Socially Responsible Reporting on Successful Corporate Operations

Organizacija ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Peršič ◽  
Mirko Markič
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Responsible Conduct ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

The aim of our research was to study the impact and purpose of the reporting on socially responsible conduct on the success of corporate operations. The data and information were gathered with the quantitative research method, whereas the instrument for gathering them was a questionnaire that was distributed among 759 large and medium sized organisations from the field of market services in the Republic of Slovenia. We have established that activities aimed at socially responsible conduct are directly connected with the success of corporate operations, especially the revenue (p = 0.001), the profit of a company (p = 0.000), operational growth (p = 0.007) and operational economy (p = 0.002), and are typical for organizations with a larger number of employees (p = 0.032). In this regard, the real estate and construction market activities received the lowest scores. Research results provide theoretical as well as practical benefits for everyone dealing with the planning, implementation and control of sustainable development, as well as socially responsible conduct within the organization.

A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting the Successful Completion of Postgraduate Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Abdul Munir Ismail Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Research Findings

The study aims to highlight the current learning approaches used by postgraduate students to complete their postgraduate studies on time, as studies have shown many students have failed to finish their studies as planned. In particular, this study focuses on factors and methods that are perceived to be most effective by students to help them complete their studies on time.  Methodology: Thisstudy was based on a qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews. The study sample consisted of 14 postgraduate students and one lecturers as respondents. The research instrument was based on interview questions to elicit relevant information on their demography and learning practices. Data were collected and organized into four themes and were subsequently analyzed descriptively.     Findings: The findings showed that face-to-face discussions were the most popular practice adopted by the respondents. The findings also showed several factors had significant impacts on student learning, such as interpersonal relationships between students and supervisors, commitment, financial commitment, and moral support, which needs to be taken into account in helping students to complete on time.     Significance: The research findings can inform all the stakeholders, notably students, supervisors, and administrative officers, factors that have profound impacts on postgraduate students’ efforts to graduate on time.

Strategic objectives for improving understanding of informant discrepancies in developmental psychopathology research

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres De Los Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Informant Discrepancies ◽  
Multiple Informants ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Behavioral Assessments ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Developmental Assessments

AbstractDevelopmental psychopathology researchers and practitioners commonly conduct behavioral assessments using multiple informants' reports (e.g., parents, teachers, practitioners, children, and laboratory observers). These assessments often yield inconsistent conclusions about important questions in developmental psychopathology research, depending on the informant (e.g., psychiatric diagnoses and risk factors of disorder). Researchers have theorized why informant discrepancies exist and advanced methodological models of informant discrepancies. However, over 50 years of empirical data has uncovered little knowledge about these discrepancies beyond that they exist, complicate interpretations of research findings and assessment outcomes in practice, and correlate with some characteristics of the informants providing reports (e.g., demographics and mood levels). Further, recent studies often yield take-home messages about the importance of taking a multi-informant approach to clinical and developmental assessments. Researchers draw these conclusions from their work, despite multi-informant approaches to assessment long being a part of best practices in clinical and developmental assessments. Consequently, developmental psychopathology researchers and practitioners are in dire need of a focused set of research priorities with the key goal of rapidly advancing knowledge about informant discrepancies. In this paper, I discuss these research priorities, review work indicating the feasibility of conducting research addressing these priorities, and specify what researchers and practitioners would gain from studies advancing knowledge about informant discrepancies in developmental psychopathology research.

scholarly journals A Study on Adapting of Afghan Students in Universities of Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jawid Muradi ◽  
Ismet BOZ ◽  
Mirwas AZAMI
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Nonparametric Analysis ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Online Sampling

The aim of the study is to propose a solution by examining the adaptation problems experienced by the Afghan students who are studying in different faculties and departments of various universities of Turkey. The survey based on the primary data collected by online sampling method and 60 different questions from Afghan students studying in Turkey by August 2017. In the analysis of the obtained data, SPSS version 21.0 program was used and parametric and nonparametric analysis techniques applied in the direction of research findings. The survey has been done in 49 various universities, 12 different faculties, and 161 students. Among the participants 39.1% had scholarships from the Turkish government (YTB), 26.7% were supported by the Afghanistan government, and 34.2% were studying by their own financial possibilities. All of the students came from Afghanistan for education purposes. Their parents' economic and educational levels are good; nearly all of them are well-educated people. Most of the students are living in dormitories, and they are happy to study in Turkey. They don't have any problems with interpersonal relationships and cultural adaptation with other students in dorms, as well as with people in Turkey.

scholarly journals OPTIMASI TARGET PRODUKSI BERBIAYA ALOKASI PEKERJAAN MINIMUM DENGAN PENDEKATAN PROGRAM LINIER (STUDI KASUS : PT. TASS ENGINEERING)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Helena Sitorus ◽  
Ratna Suminar ◽  
Arohman Dwi Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Optimum Allocation ◽  
Dump Truck ◽  
Assignment Method ◽  
Maximum Profit ◽  
Dump Trucks ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Optimum Solution ◽  
The Cost ◽  
A Company ◽  
Production Target

AbstrakPT. TASS Engineering adalah perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang karoseri truk. Perusahaan ini bekerja sama dengan pihak kedua (pemborong) dalam menyelesaikan pekerjaan untuk memenuhi pesanan pelanggan. Diantara produknya, terdapat 4 jenis produk (Dump Truck, Subframe, Tilting, dan Tanki Truck) yang pengerjaannya diserahkan kepada 4 tim  pemborong. Keputusan alokasi pekerjaan dilakukan dengan cara memberikan pekerjaan kepada tim yang sudah menyelesaikan pekerjaan tertentu. Cara alokasi ini ternyata menimbulkan biaya tiap tim dalam mengerjakan satu jenis produk yang sama  cukup bervariasi. Variasi biaya pengerjaan tentu saja berdampak bagi variasi keuntungan. Perlu ditentukan alokasi jenis dan jumlah pekerjaan yang tepat bagi masing-masing tim sehingga mendapatkan keuntungan yang maksimum. Hasil alokasi optimum adalah parameter keputusan kombinasi jumlah produksi tiap produk selain kapasitas tiap tim dan waktu pengerjaan.. Kombinasi jumlah tiap produk ini merupakan target produksi atau target penjualannya. Untuk itu diperlukan penelitian yang bertujuan 1) menentukan alokasi pekerjaan yang optimum, 2) menentukan target produksi tiap produk untuk mendapatkan keuntungan maksimum. Alokasi pekerjaan dilakukan dengan membandingkan metode Penugasan Hungarian dan metode Transportasi untuk memilih total biaya yang paling minimum. Solusi optimum jumlah produk yang diproduksi untuk mencapai keuntungan maksimum dilakukan dengan Program Linier. Hasi temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) dump truck dikerjakan sebanyak 88% oleh tim-1 dan 12% oleh tim-4; subframe dikerjakan sebanyak 39% oleh tim-2, 26% oleh tim-3, 35% oleh tim-4; tilting dikerjakan oleh tim-3, dan tanki truk dikerjakan oleh tim-2. Target produksi (target penjualan) untuk mendapatkan keuntungan maksimum adalah dengan memproduksi dump truck 73 unit, subframe 120 unit, tilting 29 unit, dan tanki truk 33 unit. Solusi ini memberikan kenaikan keuntungan sebesar 0.9%.. Kata kunci: optimum, Hungarian, Transportasi, Program Linier AbstractPT. TASS Engineering is a company engaged in the truck body. The company is working with a second party (contractor) in completing jobs to fulfill customer orders. Among its products, there are 4 types of products (Dump Truck, Subframe, Tilting, and Tanki Truck) whose job is submitted to 4 teams of contractors. The decision on job allocation is done by givingit  to the team that have alredy completed their jobs. This allocation method turns out to cost each team to work on the same type of product that is quite varied. Variations in the cost of work, of course, have an impact on variations in profits. It is necessary to determine the allocation of the type and amount of work that is right for each team so as to get the maximum profit. The optimum allocation result is the decision parameter for the combination of the amount of production of each product in addition to the capacity of each team and the processing time. For this reason research is needed which aims to 1) determine the optimum allocation of work, 2) determine the production target of each product to get the maximum profit. The work allocation is done by comparing the Hungarian Assignment method and the Transportation method to choose the minimum total cost. The optimum solution for the number of products produced to achieve maximum profit is done by the Linear Program. The results of the research findings show that 1) dump trucks were handled by 88% by team-1 and 12% by team-4; subframes are done by 39% by team-2, 26% by team-3, 35% by team-4; tilting is done by team-3, and truck tank is done by team-2; 2)the production target (sales target) to get maximum profit is to produce 73 units of dump trucks, 120 units of subframes, 29 units of tilting, and 33 units of tank trucks. This solution provides a profit increase of 0.9%.Keywords: optimum, Hungarian, Transportation, Linier Programming

Firm and country characteristics related to cumulative contribution to society

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Serrano-Cinca ◽  
Beatriz Cuéllar-Fernández ◽  
Yolanda Fuertes-Callén
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Country Characteristics ◽  
A Company

Purpose Many indicators attempt to measure the social performance of a company from different perspectives. Grounded in stakeholder theory, this paper aims to propose capitalising the economic value distributed annually to society over a period of time, hereafter called a firm’s cumulative contribution to society (CCS). This can be done by including everything that stakeholders value; for example, payments of taxes, remuneration of employees, payments to suppliers and creditors, donations, dividends, research and development expenses and efforts to improve the environment. Design/methodology/approach First, this paper makes a methodological proposal about how to calculate the CCS and discusses potentials and shortcomings. Then, a set of hypotheses are formulated about the firm characteristics and country attributes that make the most positive contribution to society such as business models, financial performance, a country’s human development, income equality and the extent of its shadow economy. The authors also argue that a company that originally contributes to society will continue to do so because of the structural inertia faced by organisations. The hypotheses were validated with an empirical study conducted with a sample of 9,276 new-born European companies. Findings The most significant contributors to society are large, profitable companies, which are leveraged but solvent, with high asset turnover and high-profit margins and which are productive and pay high wages. Unfortunately, this win-win situation describes a small percentage of the explained variance, which can explain why social and financial performance sometimes do not go hand-in-hand. The paper identifies features of other types of companies that contribute to society, suggesting criteria for socially responsible investors. Country development favours the cumulative contribution that firms make to society. Research limitations/implications Most accounting systems do not collect all the information necessary to calculate a refined version of the indicator such as percentage of purchases from local suppliers, percentage of salaries for executives and disabled employees and percentage of financing from socially responsible financial entities. The authors encourage modification of the accounting systems to include those aspects. Practical implications This paper identifies several types of companies that contribute the most to society from a modest set of financial indicators. Socially responsible investors can estimate their contribution to society, devising new investment criteria. Social implications The paper identifies several types of companies that contribute the most to society from a modest set of financial indicators. Socially responsible investors can estimate their contribution to society, devising new investment criteria. Originality/value The paper makes two contributions, one methodological and the other empirical. By applying a financial methodology, the authors propose to capitalise the contributions of a company over a period of time. The empirical study identifies both firm and country characteristics that explain CCS.

Several Notes on the Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology for Project Management and Possibilities of Its Extension by Other Existential Concepts: Case Study From the Research Project Team

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-463
Author(s):  
Michal Müller ◽  
Lenka Jedličková
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Management Journal ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Self Development

In this article, we follow up the approach of employing existential hermeneutic phenomenology (EHP) (Rolfe et al., 2016) published in Project Management Journal® and we show that this innovative method, useful in managerial self-development, represents an important tool for learning not only in the private sector, but also in public research projects where managerial skills are required. In this article, we propose an extended EHP framework that includes the original ideas of phenomenologists Fink and Patočka. We present the results of our interpretative phenomenological analysis study, where issues of communication and interpersonal relationships emerge as key problems in project work.

A Study on Variations in Sewerage Construction Projects

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Azraai Kassim ◽  
Jen Loong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
Project Costs ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Project Characteristics ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
A Company ◽  
Total Project ◽  
Sewerage Network

Perubahan dalam pembinaan telah lama menjadi isu pertikaian antara pelbagai pihak yang terlibat dalam projek pembinaan. Namun, hanya sejumlah kecil kajian yang rasmi telah dijalankan untuk menganalisis sebab-sebab dan kesan-kesannya. Kajian ini tertumpu kepada analisis kekerapan dan keterukan berbagai-bagai faktor yang mengakibatkan perubahan dalam projek pembinaan rangkaian pembetungan. Adalah penting bagi sesebuah syrikat bukan sahaja mengetahui kos perubahan, tetapi juga mengenal pasti perkara-perkara yang perlu diberi perhatian untuk mengurangkan kos-kos sedemikian dalam projek akan datang. Kesemua data dan maklumat yang diperlukan diperolehi dari fail-fail arkib bagi tiga belas projek yang disahkan melalui temubual. Data-data dikategori untuk menganalisis kekerapan dan keterukan faktor-faktor. Jadual dan carta digunakan untuk menunjukkan hasil-hasil kajian. Daripada hasil analisis, keadaan tapak yang berbeza merupakan faktor utama yang mengakibatkan perubahan. Faktor-faktor ini menyumbangkan 49.3% daripada jumlah bilangan perubahan, 56.2% daripada jumlah kos perubahan dan 3.8% daripada jumlah kos projek. Dua ciri projek, iaitu nilai anugerah kontrak dan gred pendaftaran kontraktor dengan Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan (mewakili pengkhususan, kedudukan kewangan dan sumber-sumber lain kontraktor) menunjukkan penyebab yang tertentu dengan perubahan. Kata kunci: perubahan; kekerapan; keterukan; pembetungan; rangkaian; pengkhususan Variations in construction have long been a debatable issue among the different participants involved in construction projects. However, only a few formal studies have been carried out to analyse its couses and effects. This study is focused on the frequency and severity of various factors causing variations in sewerage networks construction projects. It is important for a company not only to know the variation costs, but also to identify the most likely areas on which to focus in order to reduce these costs for the future projects. All the necessary data and information are obtained from archival files of thirteen projects and verified through interviews. These data are categorised to analyse the frequency and severity of factors. Tables and charts are presented to show the research findings. From the analysis, differing site conditions appear to be the major factors contributing to variations. They average 49.3% of the total number of variations, 56.2% of the total variation costs and 3.8% of the total project costs. Two project characteristics i.e. contract award value and the contractor´s registration grade with the Construction Industry Development Board (which represents the contractor´s specialisation, financial and other resources standing) show certain causal relationships with variations. Key words: variation; frequency; severity; sewerage; network; specialisation

scholarly journals Historic income versus inflation-adjusted income in the dividend decision

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Du Plessis ◽  
A. A. Archer ◽  
J. F. Affleck-Graves
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Regression Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
A Company ◽  
As If

An attempt is made to determine to what extent companies take into account the effects of inflation in formulating their dividend decisions. The research design incorporates a two-stage regression approach which permits a determination of the incremental explanatory power of collinear variables. The research findings suggest that dividend decisions are best explained in terms of historic earnings. It therefore appears as if management does not take the effects of inflation into account in formulating dividend policy. This could have serious implications for the survival of a company because it could result in a real dividend cover of less than one.

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