scholarly journals Exclusively Mutual

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Folan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
Embodied Meaning ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Way

As individuals, institutions, and agencies stumble over each other creating new benchmarks for performance, speaking past one another along the way, the concept of performance becomes increasingly illusive – as does its implication in architectural practice. MECHANISTICALLY, it is a manner or quality of functioning. It’s EMBODIED meaning is firmly attached to the notion of accomplishment. CONTRACTUAL performance is tied to the fulfillment of an obligation or responsibility. The creative modality assigned to it’s PRODUCTIVE definition places emphasis on process based metrics. INFORMALLY the word describes a tiresome procedure. Scope of “work done” provides the LEGAL context for use of the word. COLLOQUIALLY performance is equated with competence. A REPRESENTATIONAL dimension exists as well in ceremony. And, performance exists as a MODALITY in embedded conduct and behavior.1

Strategic threats to energy security as risks of quality of people's life

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-744
Author(s):  
V.I. Loktionov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Economic Well Being ◽  
The Way

Subject. The article reviews the way strategic threats to energy security influence the quality of people's life. Objectives. The study unfolds the theory of analyzing strategic threats to energy security by covering the matter of quality of people's life. Methods. To analyze the way strategic threats to energy security spread across cross-sectoral commodity and production chains and influences quality of people's living, I applied the factor analysis and general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. Results. I suggest interpreting strategic threats to energy security as risks of people's quality of life due to a reduction in the volume of energy supply. I identified mechanisms reflecting how the fuel and energy complex and its development influence the quality of people's life. The article sets out the method to assess such quality-of-life risks arising from strategic threats to energy security. Conclusions and Relevance. In the current geopolitical situation, strategic threats to energy security cause long-standing adverse consequences for the quality of people's life. If strategic threats to energy security are further construed as risk of quality of people's life, this will facilitate the preparation and performance of a more effective governmental policy on energy, which will subsequently raise the economic well-being of people.

Mechanism and Performance Analysis of Easy-Cleaning Ceramics

2010 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
Qing Guo Tang ◽  
Li Juan Wang ◽  
Ji Yuan Li ◽  
Xiu Hong Liang
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Processing Methods ◽  
Ceramic Glaze ◽  
Research Status ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Way

Developing easy cleaning and antibacterial ceramics is the key to actualize the ceramics with functionalized, high-quality and band established in china. This paper which combined with research status from home and broad analysed the performance influence of ceramic glaze with different processing methods and discussed the way and methods which can improve the quality of ceramics.

scholarly journals MODEL IDEAL PROMOSI DAN MUTASI APARATUR PERADILAN INDONESIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Irfan Fachruddin
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Leadership Position ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Case Complexity ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

Promotion and Implementation of the consequences of mutations causing a correlation between the quality of promotion and transfer to the performance and behavior of judges. Promotions and mutations that do not cause trouble families would improve morale and performance, instead the promotion and transfer of judges to make family life difficult and frustrating declining morale and performance. Then the fight promotion and transfer to the material does not encourage the growth of professionalism of judges and job performance. Hence the need for normative policy governing promotion and transfer mechanisms for the basis implementation equitable promotion and transfer. Compiled promotion and transfer patterns using the system region / territory with the division of the province, the region (some provinces), the national territory. Reclassification of the court by adding criteria case complexity and dynamics of the economy in addition to the substantive elements, circumstances of the case and supporting elements, population, population density, as well as communication and transportation. Imposed purely functional status. Promotion of judges / class civil servants are not hampered by the same leadership position the judge or judges of the lower classes of the judge concerned. It was also necessary to minimize the differences between leaders facility with the judge, so the judge does not have to hunt comfortably leadership positions and perform tasks on its position. Openness is limited, such inspraak and hearing, an opportunity to participate in determining the policy of the authority by a judge that the object of promotion and transfer. Keywords: Promotions and mutations, Justice Reform

scholarly journals Mediators of change in healthcare organisations subject to external assessment: a systematic review with narrative synthesis

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038850
Author(s):  
Einar Hovlid ◽  
Geir Sverre Braut ◽  
Einar Hannisdal ◽  
Kieran Walshe ◽  
Oddbjørn Bukve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Narrative Synthesis ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mediators Of Change ◽  
The Way

ObjectivesExternal inspections are widely used to improve the quality of care. The effects of inspections remain unclear and little is known about how they may work. We conducted a narrative synthesis of research literature to identify mediators of change in healthcare organisations subject to external inspections.MethodsWe performed a literature search (1980–January 2020) to identify empirical studies addressing change in healthcare organisations subject to external inspection. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we performed a narrative synthesis to identify mediators of change.ResultsWe included 95 studies. Accreditation was the most frequent type of inspection (n=68), followed by statutory inspections (n=19), and external peer review (n=9). Our findings suggest that the regulatory context in which the inspections take place affect how they are acted on by those being inspected. The way inspections are conducted seem to be critical for how the inspection findings are perceived and followed up. Inspections can engage and involve staff, facilitate leader engagement, improve communication and enable the creation of new networks for reflection on clinical practice. Inspections can contribute to creating an awareness of the inspected organisation’s current practice and performance gaps, and a commitment to change. Moreover, they can contribute to facilitating the planning and implementation of change, as well as self-evaluation and the use of data to evaluate performance.ConclusionsExternal inspections can affect different mediators of organisational change. The way and to what extent they do depend on a range of factors related to the outer setting, the way inspections are conducted and how they are perceived and acted on by the inspected organisation. To improve the quality of care, the organisational change processes need to involve and impact the way care is delivered to the patients.

scholarly journals Guideline-based quality assurance: a conceptual framework for the definition of key elements

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Parmelli ◽  
Miranda Langendam ◽  
Thomas Piggott ◽  
Jan Adolfsson ◽  
Elie A. Akl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Guideline Development ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Way

Abstract Background In 2017, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) started developing a methodological framework for a guideline-based quality assurance (QA) scheme to improve cancer quality of care. During the first phase of the work, inconsistency emerged about the use of terminology for the definition, the conceptual underpinnings and the way QA relates to health questions that are answered in guidelines. The objective of this final of three articles is to propose a conceptual framework for an integrated approach to guideline and QA development and clarify terms and definitions for key elements. This work will inform the upcoming European Commission Initiative on Colorectal Cancer (ECICC). Methods A multidisciplinary group of 23 experts from key organizations in the fields of guideline development, performance measurement and quality assurance participated in a mixed method approach including face-to-face dialogue and several rounds of virtual meetings. Informed by results of a systematic literature review that indicated absence of an existing framework and practical examples, we first identified the relations of key elements in guideline-based QA and then developed appropriate concepts and terminology to provide guidance. Results Our framework connects the three key concepts of quality indicators, performance measures and performance indicators integrated with guideline development. Quality indicators are constructs used as a guide to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of the structure, process and outcomes of healthcare services; performance measures are tools that quantify or describe measurable elements of practice performance; and performance indicators are quantifiable and measurable units or scores of practice, which should be guided by guideline recommendations. Conclusions The inconsistency in the way key terms of QA are used and defined has confused the field. Our conceptual framework defines the role, meaning and interactions of the key elements for improving quality in healthcare. It directly builds on the questions asked in guidelines and answered through recommendations. These findings will be applied in the forthcoming ECICC and for the future updates of ECIBC. These are large-scale integrated projects aimed at improving healthcare quality across Europe through the development of guideline-based QA schemes; this will help in implementing and improving our approach.

Obtaining Value and Performance by Managing Effectively the Customers’ Complaints

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Mircea Constantin Duica ◽  
Nicoleta Valentina Florea ◽  
Tiberiu Alexandru Dobrescu
Keyword(s):  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Objective Information ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
Willingness To Recommend ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Abstract Customers’ complaints represent an opportunity for any organization who wants to improve relationship with customers, to find out the problems existing into organization and the way to solve them, to improve the amount of knowledge and the desire, beliefs, and needs of customers. All those are made in order to increase value for organization and also for the customers. Having objective information, updated, clear and sincere, the organization may improve the quality of their products and services it offers. Thus, any complaints may be regarded as a gift not as a negative feedback from the customers, or as a two-way feedback based on trust and collaboration. A gift which will bring performance on long term based on win-win situations. In this article we will disseminate the literature in the field and also we will analyze the results of a research made on 150 respondents who analyzed 10 institutions, the willingness to recommend them to other customers and the problem existing into these institutions, making a plan to overcome them. The objective of this analysis is to understand the role of customers’ complaints in improving the quality of the products and services and of the value obtained both for customers and organizations.

scholarly journals Usability and Performance Analysis of E-Commerce Websites

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Daljit Kaur ◽  
Harpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Relative Priority ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Online Business ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Behavior

Online business or trade has become the buzz word in today’s Internet dominant era. The concept of using e-commerce sites for shopping the daily items and other goods have become also popular in the developing countries like India. The experience of users and study of their behaviour on e-commerce websites helps in determining the usability of these websites, which is acknowledged as a key factor for assessing the quality of any website. These quality measures along with performance measures are collected and compared for 28 e-commerce websites using two different approaches. The relative priority and preferences of the features and ease are investigated through a survey in this paper. Further, using GTmetrix-an online tool, speed tests and other parameters are garnered to analyze their performance. This research work is carried out with the objective to compare and analyze the performance of popular e-commerce websites and also to study its relationship with user preferences and behavior on these websites which can further guide the website developers and entrepreneurs in improving the performance and satisfying the customers.

scholarly journals DIRI RELIGIUS: SUATU PERSPEKTIF PSIKOLOGI TERHADAP KEPRIBADIAN AKHLAQUL KARIMAH

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Retno Hanggarani Ninin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Unique Existence ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Awareness Of God ◽  
The Way

Akhlaqul karimah in general is a temperament that contains elements of goodness. The  characteristics consistent with morals, ethics, morality, dignity, and kindness in accordance with reference to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad. From psychologycal perspective, “self” is  the aggregate related. Defined as an awareness of  one’s own unique existence, self is the crucial  factor of regulatory and control functions over the thoughts, feelings, motives, and behavior. Accordingly, the proposed concept “religious self” can be defined as an awareness of the one’s own existence in relation to God,in which the awareness of the relationship will be the critical factor that regulate and control the thoughts, feelings, motives, and behavior. Religious self is being argued as having four dimensions:Godness belief, awareness of God-self connectednes, acceptance of God's willpowertoward them, and motif of obedience to God’s order. In term of akhlaqul karimah, each dimension of religious self is analogous to the concept of iman (faith), ikhsan (feel of being observed by the Divine), tawakal (resignation), and taqwa (piety), which are features indicate the quality of akhlaqul karimah. Critical review of concepts in common psychology ie religiosity, spirituality, personality, and self, offers new conceptualisation of akhlaqul karimah by the way of psychology.

Monergy: Qualifying Imperfect Measures of Need and of Performance

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Macgill ◽  
B Sheldrick
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Way

In this paper a recently developed framework designed to facilitate the expression, interpretation, and communication of imperfect quantitative information is adapted in order to elucidate the quality and significance of recently published measures of UK energy efficiency (MONERGY) need and performance. The analysis in the paper uncovers a considerable variability in the quality of the publicised measures; this in turn provides crucial pointers to the way they should be interpreted, and in some cases indicates ground for possible improvement.

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