scholarly journals Employee Compensation Strategy as Sustainable Competitive Advantage for HR Education Practitioners

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1049
Author(s):  
Eungoo Kang ◽  
Hyoyoung Lee

By building on compensation literature, the current study explored and identified the ties between workers’ competencies, corporate cultures, and compensation schemes. These schemes were typically the subject of literature on the factors dealing with the implementation of incentive systems for pay for performance (PFP) or problems that can lead to a PFP system’s failure. Unfortunately, when it comes to research that HR education practitioners may do, the literature has been scarce. It shows which organizational elements might be necessary to examine when deciding whether a PFP or an alternative compensation program is acceptable. This study aimed to add insight into this gap in research. The findings of this study showed from the use of data from 385 American employees in the manufacturing industry that there are significant relationships statistically between employee competencies and organizational cultures and those findings can be corroborated with existing researches, suggesting compensation schemes were related to multiple types of competence organizations and different organization cultures, thus adding meaningfully to the current literature.

Author(s):  
Luis Cláudio de Jesus-Silva ◽  
Antônio Luiz Marques ◽  
André Luiz Nunes Zogahib

This article aims to examine the variable compensation program for performance implanted in the Brazilian Judiciary. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with the servers of the Court of Justice of the State of Roraima - Amazon - Brazil. The strategy consisted of field research with quantitative approach, with descriptive and explanatory research and conducting survey using a structured questionnaire, available through the INTERNET. The population surveyed, 37.79% is the sample. The results indicate the effectiveness of the program as a tool of motivation and performance improvement and also the need for some adjustments and improvements, especially on the perception of equity of the program and the distribution of rewards.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7095
Author(s):  
Oksana Pirogova ◽  
Olga Voronova ◽  
Tatyana Khnykina ◽  
Vladimir Plotnikov

The study is devoted to the analysis of the efficiency of use and the effectiveness of disclosing the intellectual capital (IC) of a trading company operating in the market of the Russian Federation. The subject of the research is an assessment of the quality of disclosure of information about the IC company involved in the creation of financial results of activities and the growth of the company’s value. The study examines the assessment of IC and the search for links between the involvement of IC in the formation of the financial result of a trading company and the degree of its reflection in the company’s annual reports. Methods of using intellectual value-added coefficients (VAIC) such as the trademark logo (written as ™), Calculated Intangible Value (CIV) and content analysis of the company’s annual reports are used to assess the IC and its elements. The influence of IC and its components, on the financial results of a trading company are also investigated and calculated using various methods. It is shown that there are no statistically significant relationships between the assessments of IC and its elements obtained using financial ratios, and those obtained using content analysis. This indicates that the opinions and assessments of the heads of a trading company regarding IC are formed regardless of the size of IC involved in the formation of economic results and testifies to the absence of an effective investment management policy in the studied company. Some of the results obtained confirm the trends in IC structures previously observed for companies in other industries. The results also indicate that the existing system for preparing annual reports does not sufficiently consider the size, dynamics and efficiency of using the intangible assets of a trading company. The results of this study are likely to be useful to management and academics.


1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Auty ◽  
Geoff Easton

Competitors come a very poor second to consumers as the focuses for studies carried out by marketing academics. Since the marketing concept is so much at the heart of what many academics think marketing is all about this should surprise no one. However, the emergence of the subject of marketing strategy with its concern over sustainable competitive advantage and the current popularity of competitiveness, however defined, as an adjunct or complement to marketing studies suggest that competitors and competition may be about to become a fashionable area for study. And not before time. The trinity of company, consumer and competitor, however stark as a framework, represents the minimum knowledge anyone would require before taking a major marketing decision.


Author(s):  
Jorge Gomes ◽  
Mário José Batista Romão

Why are some firms more successful than others? This question has been intensely debated by strategic management researchers over the last 30 years. Competitive advantage is recognized as being the major cause for explaining top organizational performance and is a fundamental goal of academic strategic management studies. Recently, there has been an increasing amount of empirical research on the subject of competitive advantage and about distinguishing competitive advantage from organizational performance. The relevance of competitive advantage is not simply determined by external factors, but also by those internal sources that have been considered critical for successful organizations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billy Boland

Quality improvement (QI) approaches are becoming increasingly important in the delivery of mental healthcare internationally. They were originally developed in the manufacturing industry, but the principle of having a systematic approach to improvement has spread to many other industries, not least to healthcare. Quality improvement approaches in healthcare were pioneered in the USA at organisations such as Virginia Mason and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. In recent years, they have become firmly established in mental health services in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). There are a number of different approaches to quality improvement, but two leading models have taken root: ‘lean thinking’ (also known as ‘lean methodology’ or simply ‘lean’), which arose out of Virginia Mason, and the ‘Model for Improvement’, which came out of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. This article describes these two quality improvement approaches, critiques their philosophy and explores how they can apply in the provision of mental healthcare, particularly with reference to the use of data, evidence and metrics.


2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochuan Pan ◽  
Yu Zou ◽  
Dan Xia ◽  
Emil Y. Sidky

The suffciency conditions are derived for exact image reconstruction of a 3D ROI from projections acquired with a reduced helical scan over an angular range considerably smaller than that required by image reconstruction in, e.g., the conventional long object problem, for which the scanned angular range is often more than 2π. ROI reconstruction is investigated by a recently developed filtered-backprojection algorithm that can make use of data acquired with a reduced helical scan. Preliminary numerical studies demonstrate and validate the ROI reconstruction. This work may have significant practical implications because a reduced scan in CT often translates to reduced motion artifacts and reduced radiation dose delivered to the subject.


Author(s):  
Daniel T.L. Shek ◽  
Lu Yu ◽  
Xiaoqin Zhu

AbstractThe present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a general education subject entitled “Tomorrow’s Leaders” using the Student Feedback Questionnaire (SFQ) and student final grades in the subject in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic years at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A total of 1406 and 1283 students in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic years, respectively, completed the online SFQ. Results revealed that despite a slight decrease in student ratings in the second year, students generally expressed positive perceptions of the subject over 2 years regarding subject attributes, teacher attributes, and subject benefits. Results also showed consistent faculty differences in students’ satisfaction across 2 years. Students in the Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles and the Faculty of Engineering had more positive evaluations for the subject compared with students from the Faculty of Construction and Environment. Significant relationships amongst the three dimensions of course evaluation as well as between course evaluation and students’ final grade in the subject were also observed. Students’ perception of teacher attributes was a significant predictor for their final grade. The present study demonstrates the favorable effects of the subject on students’ positive development over time.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 128-128
Author(s):  
Soheil Hashtarkhani

Brucellosis is a transmissible disease between humans and animals through infected animals and their products. The disease exists in most parts of the world especially in developing countries. Because of the serious impact of the disease in public health and socio-economical status, controlling the disease is very important in developing countries. The purpose of this article is to identify hidden patterns and relations between brucellosis patients which can be beneficial for physicians in diagnosis process. This study is a retrospective study of data collected from brucellosis patients of Razavi Khorasan province recorded at the health center, have been used. Due to differences in format and number of features collected during different years, before processing operations carried out in several stages to the same data. Fields associated with different methods and with expert opinion was converted into discrete fields and fields lost was estimated using the EM algorithm. APPIORI algorithm analysis was performed using the hidden relationships between data found that significant relationships were infected with expert opinion. Among the 163 relationship with over 7.0 Confidence rate which Weka software was discovered, by the application in consultation with an infectious disease expert, 10 clinically significant relationships were reported. Diagnosing brucellosis is really difficult to physicians because of its vague nature and symptoms. Because many unknown relationships between risk factors and demographic characteristics of the patients, the use of data mining concepts, especially in the medical data is beneficial because usually high volume assumptions are available. Further studies can test the validity of these rules like Randomize Control Trial studies.


2020 ◽  
pp. 70-76
Author(s):  
A. Sh. Kamaletdinov ◽  
A. A. Ksenofontov

Manufacturing industry functioning efficiency on the territory of the Russian Federation has been analysed. Statistical data offered by the Federal Tax Service and the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia have been used for research. The object of the study is 85 subjects of the Russian Federation, the subject of the study is the type of economic activity “Manufacturing”, which operates on their territories. The methodological basis of the research were the general scientific methods of cognition. As special methods of cognition, statistical methods were chosen. The index method as a private scientific method has been used. An indicator of the effectiveness of the economic activity “Manufacturing” has been developed. The structure of tax revenues and employed population by type of economic activity in 2017 has been studied. A distribution of subjects by type of economic activity “Manufacturing” has been created.


2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo A. Bignamini ◽  
Daniela Bignamini

Le procedure di informazione e consenso sono garanzia primaria di corretto svolgimento delle ricerche cliniche. Quando applicate al puro utilizzo di dati già conferiti, sono considerate garanzia di confidenzialità. Tuttavia, si rileva che la macchinosità e complessità delle procedure di informazione e consenso al puro impiego dei dati medici in forma anonima, nel contesto di studi osservazionali e di registri, introducono un errore sistematico nella raccolta dei dati. Ciò può rendere inutile lo studio per la popolazione in genere e, nel caso di registri di patologie croniche o recidivanti, anche per lo stesso soggetto, sia che conferisca, sia che scelga di non conferire i dati. Le procedure attualmente impiegate negli studi osservazionali, che sono direttamente mutuate da quelle in uso per gli studi intervenzionali, non sembrano quindi adeguate a garantire il migliore interesse del soggetto e della collettività. A ciò si aggiungono i problemi generati dalla legislazione di tutela della riservatezza, che non sembrano tenere conto della reale possibilità che venga tutelata - con adeguate procedure - la completa anonimità dei dati clinici personali, pur mantenendo la possibilità di verifica a pubblica garanzia della credibilità. Una possibile soluzione potrebbe essere almeno la estrema semplificazione delle procedure, o meglio il conferimento al Comitato di Etica competente della possibilità di autorizzare l’impiego aggregato di dati già esistenti nei documenti dell’istituzione, senza necessità di consenso specifico individuale. Queste ipotesi, tuttavia, potrebbero essere considerate solo in studi puramente osservazionali (registri di popolazione, registri per patologia o studi osservazionali analoghi). Per studi simili, quali i registri per farmaco (che richiedono informazione specifica e potrebbero implicare procedure aggiuntive) o gli studi di fase IV (che potrebbero anche essere intervenzionali e quindi richiedere specifica informazione o procedure aggiuntive), il Comitato di Etica dovrebbe comunque valutare studio per studio quali procedure di informazione e consenso siano più adeguate. ---------- Information and consent procedures are the main guarantee that clinical investigations are correctly performed. When applied to the exclusive aggregation of already recorded data, are considered guarantee of confidentiality. However, the complexity and intricacy of information and consent procedures to the pure aggregation of anonymously conferred data, within the context of observational studies and of registries, is found to introduce a bias in data collection. Such bias can render useless the investigation, for the population in general and, in the case of registries of chronic or recurrent diseases, for the very subject who confers or chooses not to confer the data. The procedures which are currently in use in observational studies, directly derived from those used in the interventional studies, do not appear therefore appropriate to guarantee the best interest of the subject and of the community. Additional problems derive from the legislation designed to safeguard the privacy. This appears not to account for the true possibility that complete anonymity of personal clinical data can be ensured - with appropriate procedures - still maintaining the possibility of verification to provide public guarantee of credibility. A possible solution could be at least an extreme simplification of the procedures or, even better, the responsible Ethics Committee could be made accountable for authorising the aggregate use of data already existing in the Institution’s documents, without the need for a specific individual consent. These hypotheses, however, can only be considered within the frame of purely observational studies (population registries, illness registries and similar observational studies). For analogous studies such as the drug registries (that might need specific information and additional monitoring procedures) or the phase-IV studies (that may also be interventional and require specific information or additional procedures), the Ethics Committee should evaluate study by study which information and consent procedures are most appropriate for the individual investigation.


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