scholarly journals Studying document management at the academic libraries in the Ural region

2018 ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Alexandra Dublennykh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Ural Region ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Technological Management ◽  
Different Levels

The findings of the sociological study of higher education institutions libraries of the Ural region zonal methodological association carried out in 2016 are presented. The study objective is to analyze the documenting process as a key factor of decision substantiation in the technological management aimed to facilitate performance of academic libraries, to select forms and conceptualize methodological support of documenting library processes at the universities. The documenting experience is examined in several aspects: document management, documenting process; types of documents; levels of mastering document management methods; self-evaluation of documents. The author concludes on the proposed hypotheses that the level of mastering the modern document management tools differs at various academic libraries of the Ural region. This is due to their varying attitude towards the necessity to improve it. The author identifies three groups of libraries mastering different levels of mastering methods and instruments of document management. As a solution, the author suggests that external methodical support and consultations and specialized training course should be offered to the libraries to develop essential competences which is not possible through fragmented events.

scholarly journals Management control systems, organization and impact on performances: Evidences from Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-257
Author(s):  
Elisa Truant
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Incentive Systems ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Depth Study

The value creation is the primary goal of each organization and intellectual capital is certainly a key factor for long-term success. The intellectual capital variables have to be managed and measured within advanced management systems, in order to facilitate the communication and translation of strategy’s tangible and intangible elements into operational terms. This study focuses on a sample of medium-sized Italian firms and is based on multiple sources of evidence: the in-depth study of internal documents and interviews with corporate managers holding key positions within the organization. The research aims at investigating if managers identified, measured and monitored intellectual capital variables within advanced management accounting systems, over a period of 5 years. Because the strategy and the organizational structure are highly interdependent, this study also focuses on evaluation and incentive systems implemented within selected companies. Then, it was decided to analyze whether the use of managerial and organizational tools influence firms’ performances. This research contributes to extend existing literature on intellectual capital and management systems: the results revealed that companies able to manage and monitor intellectual capital within advanced management tools, as well as implement evaluation and incentive systems, achieved higher and more stable performances. The main limit of this study is strictly related to the choice of these variables: in fact, company’s performances are influenced by a significant number of factors, endogenous and exogenous to the organization. Future researches can involve a greater number of companies and organizational variables, in order to validate or confute the actual findings.

Standards for Skill Training and Development

2009 ◽  
pp. 810-816
Author(s):  
Lichia Yiu ◽  
Raymond Saner
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Ongoing Training ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Government

Human capital is seen as one of the key factor conditions contributing to national competitiveness and economic performance (Porter, 2002). Productivity performance of OECD countries tends to correspond to the skill levels of the workforce in specific countries. Hence, governments increasingly view human capital formation, both quantity and quality of workforce, as one of the key levers in ensuring sustained productivity gains and standard of living. Skill development of the workforce requires major investments beyond formal schooling. It demands ongoing training investment in continued education and workplace training in order to help the workforce keep pace with technological innovations and continued adoption of new technology in the workplace. Private and public partnership in this context dictates both the government and private companies and organizations participate in the training effort. Investment in training requires effective and efficient methods, which in turn calls for sound and robust management tools and standards at the micro (firm) level to ensure continuity and sustained efforts. This article examines two training related standards, “Investors in People” (IIP) and ISO 10015, in order to identify similarities and differences of these two instruments.

Managerial Perspective of E-Resources in Academic Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 1763-1786
Author(s):  
V. J. Suseela
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
The World ◽  
Optimum Utilization ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Managerial Perspective

The rapid increase of e-resources together with several value-based applications has been gradually superseding the traditional means of communication in almost all parts of the world. The transformation enforced government-funded consortia to build ICT environments in academic institutions and created a pressing demand on the libraries for increasing their acquisitions. The bundled (packages) resources available to libraries through several means are raising issues about their usefulness, real benefit as per user's preferences, and also the usage. Issues of the kind invariably require thought, exceptional policy decisions, and implementing standard procedures for the optimum utilization of expensive resources and their management. The chapter discusses the features of e-resources, challenges encountered by the library administrators, the existing and innovative practices in their evaluation and organization, while highlighting the supporting technologies and integrated management tools emerging as per the latest requirements of academic institutions.

Techno-capital: Theorizing media and information literacy through information technology capabilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482092580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaewon Royce Choi ◽  
Joseph Straubhaar ◽  
Maria Skouras ◽  
Soyoung Park ◽  
Melissa Santillana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Levels

The increasing presence of advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) across various fields of our lives has elevated the significance of individuals’ capability to utilize these ICTs substantially. Although scholars have underscored the importance of understanding such capabilities in terms of skills that are multidimensional, few empirical investigations are connected to sound theoretical backgrounds. Analyzing a survey administered to a random sample of adults in the City of Austin, this study empirically examines multiplicities of technological capabilities. Building on the literatures of Bourdieu’s theory of capital, digital literacy, field, and participatory culture, this study finds three sets of technological capabilities that constitute individuals’ “techno-capital.” Furthermore, we analyze the influences of cultural and economic/financial capital reflected by key socioeconomic predictors on the different levels of techno-capital. We find that acquiring basic technological capabilities is a key factor explaining advanced techno-capital, while effects of gender, race, education, and income also persist.

scholarly journals The RNA helicase DDX5/p68 is a key factor promoting c-fos expression at different levels from transcription to mRNA export

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 554-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Zonta ◽  
Danielle Bittencourt ◽  
Samaan Samaan ◽  
Sophie Germann ◽  
Martin Dutertre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mrna Export ◽  
Rna Helicase ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Fos Expression ◽  
Different Levels

scholarly journals Digital Transformation of Public Administration of the Donetsk Region Based on Smart Specialization

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
O. Borodina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Smart Specialization

The article is devoted to the analysis of current measures of the process of digitalization of public services in the Donetsk region. The experience of implementing smart specialization technology in the practice of European Regional Development is analyzed in detail, and its compliance with the principles of strategic planning for regional development in the EU is determined. The role of "smart specialization" as a mandatory condition for regions to receive funds from European funds is noted. Attention is focused on a vertically oriented approach when choosing regional development priorities. The ambiguity of selective selection of regional development directions and the need to balance the interests of all territorial stakeholders are noted. Based on the assessments of the UNDP Development Program in Ukraine on the introduction of e-management tools for regional state administrations and compulsory health insurance of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the analysis of problematic issues of digital transformation of public services and Electronic Document Management in state and local authorities was carried out. It is noted that the progressive Ukrainian scientific community is quite capable of generating ideas that will immediately be used by entrepreneurs, who, as employers, can form an educational request, thus ridding the labor market of specialists who do not have demand in the labor market. The need for urgent measures of the first stage of EDP implementation of e-governance in the Donetsk region is stated, in particular: development of a roadmap, identification of stakeholders and creation of innovative ecosystems, workshops where an analysis and joint vision of the development of priority start-specialization industries will be carried out. Systematic effective recommendations are given for the implementation of certain tasks of the corresponding operational goal of the Donetsk Region Development Strategy until 2027.

scholarly journals The Service Sector of a Knowledge-based Economy – a Comparative Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grażyna Węgrzyn
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Eu

The study objective was identification of the service industries that determine the rate and lines of development of a knowledge-based economy. The analysis covered the EU member countries and the years of 2008-2012. This report consists of four sections. The first one provides the characteristics of a knowledgebased economy and describes the role of services sector in progressing towards this stage of development. The second section offers a classification of services that led to establishing the category of knowledge-based services. The industries classified as knowledge-based services contribute directly to the creation, processing and distribution of knowledge throughout an economy. The following part presents a division of the EU member economies into four groups, depending on their advancement towards the knowledge-based economy as defined by two indices: the Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) and the Knowledge Index (KI). The study concluded on empirical verification of the significance of knowledge-based services within individual European economies. In a knowledge-based economy, where knowledge is the key factor in gaining a competitive advantage, it is just the services related to knowledge acquisition, distribution and creation that drive the economic growth. The development level of service activities classified as knowledge-based services largely determines the economy’s performance in knowledge creation, distribution and use. This is so because these activities directly contribute to the economy’s competitive advantage based on knowledge.

scholarly journals Quality standards and monitoring as water management tools: the case of nitrogen in rivers in France and Brittany

Water Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1074
Author(s):  
Catherine Carré ◽  
Alexandra Boccarossa ◽  
Emmanuelle Hellier ◽  
Nadia Dupont
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Voluntary Action ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Alarm Signal ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Regional Programs

Abstract Water quality standards (QS) and river monitoring are widely accepted as preventive management strategies for the preservation of watercourses and at the same time they are criticized for imposing universal threshold values, leading to regulatory rather than voluntary action. Based on the example of nitrate, the article explains how QS applications are the result of national or regional negotiations, with no direct link to the scientific foundations underlying the development of these tools. These conflicting perceptions and how these tools are actually used are illustrated by the situation in Brittany. Here, the monitoring network and actions to prevent increasing nitrate concentrations in rivers form part of regional programs set up jointly by all the main stakeholders. However, while QS can act as an alarm signal, their effectiveness depends on local political support, which depends on the extent to which river quality is recognized as a key factor in regional development.

scholarly journals Procrastination as a Threat to the Psychological Security of the Educational Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Litvinova ◽  
Alexey Kokurin ◽  
Valentina Ekimova ◽  
Anna Koteneva ◽  
Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Academic Motivation Scale ◽  
Primary Hypothesis ◽  
Evaluation Survey ◽  
Different Levels

The present study provides an analysis of the concept of procrastination and its features, together with a discussion of the fundamental approaches to its investigation. It examines procrastination as a threat to the psychological security of the educational environment. The author presents the results of an empirical investigation of the characteristics of interpersonal relations in the educational environment, academic motivation, and general motivation of students with various degrees of procrastination. The subjects of the investigation were 95 students, of the average age of 18.2 years, in an institution of higher education dedicated to the humanities. The subjects were evaluated using the procrastination scale for student populations developed by C. Lay, the academic motivation scale of R.J. Vallerand, the self-evaluation survey of motivation of academic, intellectual, and professional activity developed by N.A. Bakshaeva and A.A. Verbitsky, and the “Survey of Interpersonal Relations in an Educational Environment” developed by G.S. Kozhukhar and V.V. Kovrov. The primary hypothesis of the study, that the interconnections of interpersonal relations in an educational environment with academic and general motivation would differ in the groups of students with different levels of procrastination, was confirmed. The differences in the evaluations of the quality of interpersonal relations, and indicators of academic and intellectual motivation of students with different levels of procrastination were of special particular significance. It was shown that, the higher the level of students’ procrastination, the greater the interaction between the negative aspects of interpersonal relations in the educational environment and the external academic motivation.

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