scholarly journals Universal Design – A Solution for Ageing Workforce in Digitalized Workplaces?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolph Brynn
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Ageing Workforce ◽  
Digital Work ◽  
Training Policy ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
And Training

This study reviews the extent to which Universal Design of digitalized work tools is not only a useful, but a necessary principle to support inclusion in an ageing workforce. But Universal Design must be understood and implemented in a broader sense than “classic” adaptation. It includes areas like services, digitalization training and user interface between mainstream and assistive technologies. It makes requirements to an enterprise’s management system and training policy, besides mainstream human resources policies. The paper goes through these requirements and concludes with the need to improve our understanding of the principle of Universal Design for it to be an efficient tool for inclusive workplaces: not only the digital work tools have to be accessible, but it must be combined with management policy, training and support.

Individual Heterogeneity, Human Resources and Management Policy

Metamorphosis ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magoroh Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Dimension Reduction ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Individual Heterogeneity ◽  
Proactive Management ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
And Training ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

Heterogeneity of individual cognitive types exists in any culture beneath the surface of stereotypically ritualized behavior. These individual types exist across cultural boundaries and are therefore transcultural, contrary to the widely held assumption that individual types must be subcultural variations. This has profound implications in human resources utilization and training. One of the cognitive types is indispensable for futurogenic management which goes beyond proactive management and generates unprecedented and unforeseen changes. An overlooked problem in understanding between different cognitive types is dimension reduction, which produces illusion of perfect understanding by reducing the cognitive dimensions of the communication sender into the dimensions of the communication receiver. This problem has not been considered because of the theorists' unawareness of heterogeneity of cognitive dimensions.

A Qualitative Examination of User Perceptions of User-Driven and App-Controlled Hearing Technologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 993-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gitte Keidser ◽  
Nicole Matthews ◽  
Elizabeth Convery
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
Template Analysis ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
And Training

Purpose The aim of this study was to examine how hearing aid candidates perceive user-driven and app-controlled hearing aids and the effect these concepts have on traditional hearing health care delivery. Method Eleven adults (3 women, 8 men), recruited among 60 participants who had completed a research study evaluating an app-controlled, self-fitting hearing aid for 12 weeks, participated in a semistructured interview. Participants were over 55 years of age and had varied experience with hearing aids and smartphones. A template analysis was applied to data. Results Five themes emerged from the interviews: (a) prerequisites to the successful implementation of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (b) benefits and advantages of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (c) barriers to the acceptance and use of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (d) beliefs that age is a significant factor in how well people will adopt new technology, and (e) consequences that flow from the adoption of user-driven and app-controlled technologies. Specifically, suggested benefits of the technology included fostering empowerment and providing cheaper and more discrete options, while challenges included lack of technological self-efficacy among older adults. Training and support were emphasized as necessary for successful adaptation and were suggested to be a focus of audiologic services in the future. Conclusion User perceptions of user-driven and app-controlled hearing technologies challenge the audiologic profession to provide adequate support and training for use of the technology and manufacturers to make the technology more accessible to older people.

scholarly journals Civil Servants Performance Analysis of Education, Youth And Sports Department in Bantul District 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Surya Jaya Abadi ◽  
Muhammad Eko Atmojo ◽  
Helen Dian Fridayani
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Organization Management ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
Bureaucratic Reform ◽  
And Training

Bureaucratic reform is an effort to reform and change fundamentally in a system of governance that involves institutional aspects (organization), management (business process) and human resources apparatus to realize good governance. In Law No. 5 of 2014 concerning the State Civil Apparatus where has a function as the executor of public policy and public servants. The lack of civil servants within the Bantul Regency Government, such as teachers, health workers and technical personnel, are caused by the presence of retired employees and the enactment of the civil servants candidate (CPNS) moratorium policy which causes the workload (ABK) figures of an organization and employees to be heavier than before which can affect public service quality. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that the performance of civil servants in the Education, Youth and Sports department was very good, besides that the arrangement of work plans was also in accordance with the standards of the organization. However, there are some obstacles, especially in the timeliness of completing assignments, and the ideas or initiatives of civil servants in delivering ideas are still lacking. Meanwhile, the factors that influence civil servants performance in carrying out their tasks are lack of human resources, the presence of seniority and the lack of awareness of ASN about the importance of implementing education and training.

scholarly journals Rekomendasi Perbaikan Infrastruktur TI SMK Berdasarkan Evaluasi Tingkat Kematangan Framework COBIT 5

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Hendrik Kusbandono ◽  
Dwiyono Ariyadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Data Service ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Education Authority ◽  
It Human Resources

Starting from 2017, the management policy and education authority of Vocational High School in district region is taken over by the provincial government. In order to distribute the services to Vocational High School in several regions, the provincial government applies data service in online. To support online data service between the provincial education office and the Vocational High School in several regions, it is needed the supports of adequate IT infrastructure. The IT infrastructure components cover human resources and IT assets in form of hardware and software. To discover the maturity level of IT infrastructure in each Vocational High School, it is required analysis of IT human resources capability and IT asset owned. The research method used was COBIT 5 framework with a set of best practices which able to facilitate the management to assess and mitigate risks, as well as provide improvement recommendations. Subdomain focus used for evaluations and recommendations were APO07 and BAI09. The results obtained by capability level of each subdomain is at level 1 namely Performed Process that organization performs a process to achieve the purpose with improvement recommendations to Level 2 namely Managed Process.

scholarly journals Towards the use of ICT in the training of human resources working in the field of education and training

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5Bis) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Baidada
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
New Information ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
And Training

The use of new information technologies has the advantage of supporting all those in charge of any organization in their decisions, and allowing them visibility as quickly as it is relevant to all the important indicators of their system. Human resources managers are using more and more IT tools to better follow the continuing education open for the teaching staff. The number of these training courses and the high number of participating teachers can pose many monitoring and traceability problems. Hence the idea of proposing a model based on e-learning solutions to help adapt the teaching to the learner, and to ensure traceability when switching from one training to another.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Endre Szabó ◽  
Katinka Bajkai-Tóth ◽  
Ildikó Rudnák ◽  
Róbert Magda
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Training System ◽  
Preventive Action ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

In the course of the research, we examined the impact of the selection and training system of a Hungarian automotive company on organizational performance, which together ensure the future development of the company. It contributes to the optimization of sales, purchasing and logistics processes, ensures customer satisfaction and the success of the company. In this fast-paced and globalized world, it is essential for companies to be aware that one of the most important factors of production is human resources themselves, whose proper selection and training are a key element in maintaining and developing economic competitiveness. Human resources play the biggest role in the operation of an economic organization. Process quality and process orientation reduce costs, increase profitability, and improve processes to always meet growing requirements. This is the basis of the quality strategy. Therefore, it consistently applies preventive quality assurance methods, learns from failures, eliminates the causes of mistakes without delays and transfers its experience to all areas of the company for preventive action. It is customer-oriented and strives for excellence in all areas, and thus makes it an obligation for everyone to aim for the highest level of customer service. Due to the special peculiarities and characteristics of the labor force, it cannot be compared to any of the production resources. Taking this as a basis, the human resource management used to be more of a functional purpose, while in recent decades human factors have become an essential source of competitiveness. The market operation and performance of an organization depends significantly on how we can select the most suitable workforce. We need to see what the strategic points that determine the role of HR are, and we are also looking for the answer in which direction the needs, expectations and professionalism given by the generational difference move the activities of human resources. The aim of the research is to get an answer to how the employees of one of the leading Hungarian players in the automotive industry perceive the importance of the selection and training of the workforce in maintaining and improving competitiveness. To this end, we used a semi-structured interview, with the help of which we evaluated the current selection and training processes in the light of competitiveness and made suggestions for the improvement and refinement of these processes.

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