Potential of competitive environment: methodological aspect

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksiy Hudzynskyi ◽  
Svetlana Sudomyr ◽  
Tamara Hurenko ◽  
Julia Hudzynska
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
General System ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Organic Unity ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Effective Activity ◽  
Local Direction ◽  
Social Organizational

The purpose of the article is to justify a new systemic scientific approach to building a competitive environment as a base framework for strengthening competitive positions in the system of socio-economic systems. Research methodology. The methodology of the systematic-integrated approach to development of the competitive environment as a integrity in the organic unity of the formed preconditions for the effective activity of the subjects of civilized market direction is proposed. Scientific novelty consists in justification: prerequisites as a fundamental basis for ensuring the development of a competitive environment as a systemic integrity in the organic unity of production components, functionally attendants, innovation, investment, self-regulatory and other direction; Potential of the competitive environment and its force field, target installations, policy, in the areas and activities. The potential for development of the competitive environment is considered as systemic integrity, which covers: the basic prerequisites for 10 positions ensuring the effectiveness of the activities of market subjects; The list of challenges of competitive activity of market subjects for 7 positions in context of social responsibility; Main activities and directions of development (30 positions); Methodological approach to the policy review from the position of competitiveness of the general system and local direction in 30 business areas. Conclusions. As a result of the study, it is concluded that the potential for competitive environment development can be ensured through the use of the systematic-integrated approach to the formation of its components as a whole on the basis of justification: preconditions in the organic unity of production, functionally-providing orientation; Innovative, investment, regulatory, self-regulatory, and other direction; Value orientations and target installations; Implementation of tasks of social, organizational, intellectual, economic and other direction in systemic integrity; Developed system of effective demand; Policy on the directions of development of the activities allocated by us.

Supplementing Q-method with narratives: Contextualizing CEOs’ values for family firms

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ivonne Pötschke
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Q Method ◽  
Narrative Interviews ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractValues in family firms are influenced by the complex interplay of family and business. Thus, research requires methods that grasp this complexity. This paper presents a fresh methodological approach for family business research with the example of an in-depth analysis of CEOs’ value orientations. Benefits of an integrated use of two qualitative methods – Q-sorts and narrative interviews – which were collected and analyzed for 16 CEOs of family firms are illustrated. Q-method was used to build value patterns, whereas narrative interviews were conducted to reveal how values were contextualized and interpreted. This integrated approach builds qualitative richness in different ways: first, by allowing for a deep understanding of individual experience; second, by providing more contextual insight, and third, by capturing the meaning of abstract values. The approach advanced here can be reproduced for other complex organizational dynamics. Thus, this user-friendly approach is particularly suited for organizational research in a managerial environment.

scholarly journals SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY MANAGEMENT MODELS: WHAT LESSONS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT?

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (30 (1)) ◽  
pp. 353-361
Author(s):  
Marie-Pier Côté ◽  
Doina Muresanu
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Social Organizational

This communication represents a work in progress by the first author, who is enrolled in a research program of master in organizations management. The notion of social corporate responsibility (SCR) is increasingly present in management literature. It is linked to profitability, investor attraction and brand image. More recent research has begun to investigate the link that can be made between SCR and human resources management (HRM). In the vein of this field of research, our paper proposes to take a closer look at how certain SCR models, implemented consciously or not by certain companies, could impact the employee perception of employment relationship quality. The concept of “quality of life at work” and social identity theory will be used to measure the employment relationship quality. To carry out the research, a qualitative methodological approach, based on comparative case study, will be used. A sample of about 20 participants (manager and employees) will be targeted. The results of the research could provide a better understanding of how the decisions taken in relation to SCR could be combined to form original models of social responsibility management. Moreover, the study of the links that can be established between SCR models and the perception of the employment relationship quality could allow companies to better manage their human resources and improve retention and attraction of the employees.

scholarly journals Urban Ensembles: An integrated approach to design in steep, urban landscapes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Myren Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Urban Site ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Urban Terrain

<p>Urban Ensembles explores the way in which landscape and architecture can be employed together within the design of a steep, urban site. Lyttelton is a small port town on the border of Christchurch, settled in the foothills of a harbour formed by a major volcanic eruption. This rugged setting, with steeply sloping urban terrain, presents an interesting challenge when designing an urban development. The site was badly damaged in a series of earthquakes in 2010-2011, and many of the town’s oldest buildings, heritage structures dating back to the colonial settlement era, were destroyed. This has left a void in the heart of Lyttelton, and caused the loss of much of the tourism business that the town relies upon for its income. This thesis takes a methodological approach to the design of landscape architecture on such a challenging site. A range of techniques are explored, drawing from both landscape and architecture to explore the roles that each discipline plays in the design of urban spaces. The frequent imbalance between disciplines is addressed both through the literature review and design method, as this landscape architecture thesis draws on architectural design as a tool for generating spaces which fall somewhere in between the two ideals of interior and exterior. The final design proposal is an alternative rebuild plan for the central business area to the south of London St, and also addresses the relationships between that site and the surrounding context, both urban and environmental. The aim of this design is to create a series of interconnected spaces which have a strong relationship to the surrounding harbour setting, and also to facilitate development of the pedestrian spaces throughout the block and encouraging the development of activity at the street level, through the interface between buildings and landscape.</p>

scholarly journals AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY OF MACHINE-BUILDING ENTERPRISES IN THE INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
N. Arsenieva ◽  
L. Putyatina ◽  
A. Zheltenkov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Industry Environment ◽  
The Status ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Sectoral Development

The purpose of the article is to describe methodological approaches to the complex concept of reliability of engineering enterprises in a competitive environment. The concept of enterprise reliability is proposed to include the following areas of analysis: sustainability of economic growth, financial stability, industrial mobility and market stability. Each of the areas under consideration has its own aspects of analysis and indicators. The definitions of the proposed directions have been given, the need for their joint use in determining the reliability of the enterprise has been substantiated. The main content of the study is to analyze each component of the reliability of the enterprise, the proposed system of indicators that determine them, as well as the most favorable trends in the last time to improve the status and reliability of the enterprise. According to the results of the conducted research, the conclusion about the necessity of development of methods of reliability evaluation of engineering enterprises through the levels to create the structure of sectoral development opportunities has been made.

MODEL OF ASSORTMENT OPTIMIZATION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN ENTERPRISE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Ibrokhim Xabibullayev ◽  
◽  
Ruslana Zhovnovach ◽  
Mariia Petrova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Management ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Optimization Criterion ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Individual Product ◽  
Assortment Optimization

The actual problems of work in the sphere of organization of supply and sale are considered, the existing developments in the sphere of modeling and optimization of commercial activity of the wholesale trading enterprises are analyzed. The necessity of a comprehensive approach to improving the commercial activities of wholesalers is substantiated. The composition of the solutions included in the integrated approach is determined by the sole purpose, practical possibilities of its implementation and implementation at the wholesale enterprises and is based on the analysis of actual problems of the industry as a whole, interdependence in the work of departments, development of a single optimization criterion. The effectiveness of the integrated approach is based on the fact that for the sake of maximum result it is important not to isolate the development of individual operations, but to improve the entire purchasing system of the wholesale enterprise as a whole. The scientific and methodological approach of carrying out the integrated ABC-XYZ analysis of a range of a trading enterprise by its combination with R/S analysis, which acts as a criterion for the effectiveness of the XYZ analysis and an indicator of the possibility of forecasting the dynamics of sales of individual product groups, has been improved. XYZ analysis, based on the calculation of the coefficient of variation, when there are deterministic factors such as seasonality, cyclicality or trend in a series of determinants, shows erroneous results. Therefore, it is suggested to use R/S analysis to evaluate the quality of the XYZ analysis and to pre-process the data. This will allow us to draw more adequate conclusions about the possibility of forecasting the dynamics of sales of certain product groups in the future.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Green Investments in Urban Areas: A Proposal of an eco-social-green Model of the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Sturiale ◽  
Alessandro Scuderi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Green Model ◽  
Green Investments

The new and more conscious sensibility towards the environmental sphere supports the idea of “green city”, promotes initiatives of structural integration of the green with the built environment and involves a considerable number of disciplines in a cultural and social debate. The literature reports different experiences of collaborative governance, between administrations and citizens, which tend to enhance the interaction between the different social actors involved in the investments of Green Infrastructures, to share objectives and management methods and to assess the extent of ecosystem services. The objective of this article is to propose a methodological approach to assessing green investments in the urban area, which is able to internalize the social perception of citizens regarding this important component for the urban landscape, with a view to guiding the city’s government towards a new urban eco-social-green planning and evaluation model. It presents a concise framework of the scientific debate on climate change and on the effects of urban planning issues; some relevant experiences of Green Infrastructures; and the proposed methodology, applied to the reality of the “urban green system” of Catania, based on an integrated approach between participatory planning and the method NAIADE (Novel Approach to Imprecise Assessment and Decision Environments).

An integrated approach to the Surat Basin stratigraphy

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 940
Author(s):  
Mark Reilly ◽  
Suzanne Hurter ◽  
Zsolt Hamerli ◽  
Claudio L. de Andrade Vieira Filho ◽  
Andrew LaCroix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Sequence Stratigraphic ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Lithostratigraphic Units

The stratigraphy of the Surat Basin, Queensland, has historically been sub-divided by formation and unit nomenclature with a few attempts by other authors to apply sequence stratigraphy to existing formation boundaries. At a local- to field-scale, lithostratigraphy may be able to represent stratigraphy well, but at regional-scale, lithostratigraphic units are likely to be diachronous. To date, this lithology-driven framework does not accurately reflect time relationships in the sub-surface. An entirely new integrated methodological approach, involving well tied seismic data and sequence stratigraphic well-to-well correlations compared with published zircon age dates, has been applied to hundreds of deep wells and shallower coal seam gas wells. This method sub-divides the Surat Basin stratigraphy into defendable 2nd order to 3rd order sequence stratigraphic cycles and has required the use of an alpha-numeric sequence stratigraphic nomenclature to adequately and systematically label potential time equivalent surfaces basin-wide. Correlation of wells is the first step in building models of aquifers and coal seam gas fields for numerical simulation of fluid flow, which is necessary for responsible resource management. Lithostratigraphic correlations will overestimate the extent and hydraulic connectedness of the strata of interest. The result may be fluid flow models that do not represent a realistic pressure footprint of the flow. The present sequence stratigraphic method more accurately reflects the disconnectedness of sub-surface coals and sandstones (aquifers) on a field-to-field scale, adjacent field-scale, and basin-wide scale. It forms the basis for improved and more representative modelling of the sub-surface.

scholarly journals Exploiting the emergent nature of mixed methods designs: insights from a mixed methods impact evaluation in Malawi

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela De Allegri ◽  
Stephan Brenner ◽  
Christabel Kambala ◽  
Jacob Mazalale ◽  
Adamson S Muula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Maternal And Newborn Health ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Abstract The application of mixed methods in Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) has expanded remarkably. Nevertheless, a recent review has highlighted how many mixed methods studies do not conceptualize the quantitative and the qualitative component as part of a single research effort, failing to make use of integrated approaches to data collection and analysis. More specifically, current mixed methods studies rarely rely on emergent designs as a specific feature of this methodological approach. In our work, we postulate that explicitly acknowledging the emergent nature of mixed methods research by building on a continuous exchange between quantitative and qualitative strains of data collection and analysis leads to a richer and more informative application in the field of HPSR. We illustrate our point by reflecting on our own experience conducting the mixed methods impact evaluation of a complex health system intervention in Malawi, the Results Based Financing for Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative. We describe how in the light of a contradiction between the initial set of quantitative and qualitative findings, we modified our design multiple times to include additional sources of quantitative and qualitative data and analytical approaches. To find an answer to the initial riddle, we made use of household survey data, routine health facility data, and multiple rounds of interviews with both healthcare workers and service users. We highlight what contextual factors made it possible for us to maintain the high level of methodological flexibility that ultimately allowed us to solve the riddle. This process of constant reiteration between quantitative and qualitative data allowed us to provide policymakers with a more credible and comprehensive picture of what dynamics the intervention had triggered and with what effects, in a way that we would have never been able to do had we kept faithful to our original mixed methods design.

Understanding museum visitors’ experience: a comparative study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Gabriel Brida ◽  
Marta Meleddu ◽  
Manuela Pulina
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Museum Marketing

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine museum visitors’ experience. The objective of the research is to explore preferences, behaviour, overall. This study experience and the determinants on repeated visits to two heritage sites. In particular, a more comprehensive regression approach is introduced and employed to compare results at two regional museums. Design/methodology/approach – First, a factor analysis identifies a set of orthogonal factors related to visitors’ perceptions on their positive and negative experiences at two different museums. Second, a two-step cluster analysis is implemented to identify specific demand segments. Third, a regression analysis reveals the key determinants that influence visitors’ perceptions on the quality of services provided at the cultural sites. The empirical data were collected at two archaeological museums located in Sardinia and Trentino Alto Adige (Italy). Findings – On the whole, some homogeneous findings have been obtained for the two cultural sites, regardless of the different levels of attractiveness exerted by these two museums. Moreover, the outcomes highlight that the two museums need to be reinterpreted and reorganised with the provision of supplementary services, able to satisfy a broader audience, and enriching their traditional mission that is to collect, preserve and exhibit the archaeological heritage. Practical implications – The methodological approach presented in this paper is for practitioners and curators to deepen their understanding of their consumers and to improve the overall quantity and quality of services offered. Originality/value – This paper presents a novel and integrated approach to investigate customers’ experience and their needs with the aim of improving the overall quality of the services provided at the museum. The proposed methodology is used to analyse multidimensional aspects of the visit to a cultural site. Within the literature on museum marketing and management, this methodological framework can be regarded as an alternative approach to analyse visitors’ experience, characteristics, behaviour, preferences and to elicit specific characteristics of different segments of demand.

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