scholarly journals Investigating the reasons for failures and delays in R&D projects with the project management approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-334
Author(s):  
Saeed Ghorbani ◽  
◽  
Shayan Naghdi Khanachah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Organizational Productivity ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: This study aimed to identify and investigate the reasons for failures and delays in R&D projects with an organizational productivity approach. Research methodology: In order to identify the most influential factors in the research area, a questionnaire with a Likert spectrum of five options was designed and distributed among the stakeholders of research projects. The questionnaire results were analyzed and 10 more effective factors were identified and solutions were used to improve the situation. Result: In the present study, after reviewing the background of the subject and reviewing previous studies, 149 factors affecting the failure and delay of projects were identified and after aggregating and summarizing the factors, a model was designed to classify the causes of delay in which 55 effective factors in two general categories. Intra-organizational and extra-organizational factors were examined. Limitations: This research only described Research-oriented organizations. Contribution: According to the analysis results regarding the more effective causes, problems and challenges related to each of the factors were studied and to reduce the impact of existing factors, various solutions and suggestions in the field of research variables using Expert opinion was provided.

scholarly journals The Factors of Deterioration of Natural Pastures From The View Point of Agricultural Employees in Al-Muthanna Governorate

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 (1) ◽  
pp. 012066
Author(s):  
Emad Fahad Nafeh Al-Bahli ◽  
Mahmoud Hadis Jassim Al-Jumaili
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Work Location ◽  
Natural Factors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The research aimed to determine the impact studied factors represented by (people’s activities, government activities, natural factors) on the deterioration of natural pastures in the Governorate of Al-Muthanna the point of view of agricultural employees in the governorate. The research included all agricultural employees with a preparatory scientific qualification in agriculture and above in the governorate their number is (94) employees. A questionnaire was prepared to collect the data necessary to achieve the objectives of the research. It consisted of two parts. The first part included the factors related to the employees, which are (term of service, academic achievement, participation in extension activities, job position and work location). The second part included a measure to identify the agricultural employees’ the point of view of on the factors affecting the deterioration of natural pastures. It consists of (46) section spread over (3) field covered by the research. The results showed that government activities have the most impact on the deterioration of natural pastures, it was found a statistically significant difference in the respondents’ point of view about the influence of the studied factors according to their personal characteristics. The researchers concluded the necessity of agricultural expansion in pasture lands and industrial investments, as well as the importance of personal factors in assigning employees who can work in the development of natural pastures, and the researchers recommend activating government laws for the protection of natural pastures to prevent abuses (people’s activities, government activities) that contributed greatly to the deterioration of vegetation cover in the research area and taking into account the factors studied in the selection of workers in the development of natural pastures in the research area.

scholarly journals DAMPAK KENAlKAN BARGA MINYAK GORENG TERHADAP KELAYAKAN USAHA INDUSTRI RUMAH TANGGA KERIPIK TEMPE DI KECAMATAN RAWALO KABUPATEN BANYUMAS

Agro Ekonomi ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Altri Mulyani ◽  
Masyhuri Masyhuri ◽  
Ken Suratiyah
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Profit Function ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cooking Oil ◽  
Production Frequency ◽  
Unit Output ◽  
Home Industries ◽  
The Impact

The objectives are to know: (1) the impact of cooking oil price increasing to the feasibility of tempe chips home industry; (2) income decreasing of tempe chips home industry after cooking oil price increasing; (3)factors affecting the profit of tempe chips home industry; (4) strategy of the tempe chips home industry when the production cost increase as cooking oil price increase. The research area is Rawalo sub-district, Banyumas district. Data collected by census method of 49 tempe home industries. Analyses used are RIC ratio, 1C/Cratio, BEP production, BEP revenue, BEP price, and Unit-Output-Price Cobb-Douglas Profit Function. The results show that: (1) tempe chips home industries have to be maintained although cooking oil price increasing has increased the product's price also; (2) after cooking oil price increasing period, tempe chips home industry has decreasing income; (3) UOP Cobb-Douglas Profit Function shows that cooking oil price, soybean price, cassava powder price, production capacity, dummy variable of before and after increasing cooking oil price period affect the profit function of tempe chips home industry; (4) strategy have been practiced by tempe chips home industries tempe chips product's size, decrease the tempe chips per pack capacity, decrease the production capacity, decrease the production frequency, and add cassava in the processing of tempe making.

Information Technology Audit Quality: An Investigation of the Impact of Individual and Organizational Factors

2020 ◽  
pp. 0000-0000
Author(s):  
M. Dale Stoel ◽  
Doug Havelka
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Audit Planning ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
It Audit ◽  
The Impact

Major news stories demonstrate the importance and vulnerability of information technology (IT); highlighting the need to understand how to reduce risk. This study investigates the key factors affecting IT audit quality (ITAQ), focusing on individual auditor and organizational factors. We utilize multiple approaches to understand professionals' general perceptions of ITAQ and results from specific audits. Our results suggest that the importance of IT audit quality factors differs between participants' general perceptions and those reported for specific IT audit experiences. Participants' general perceptions indicated that the most important factors for ITAQ were auditors' knowledge and skills, specifically IT and business process knowledge. By comparison, actual audit experiences suggest organizational factors as more important, specifically audit planning and the auditor-client relationship. We believe these differences between general perceptions and reported results suggest a potential opportunity to improve ITAQ via additional education and upfront development of the audit teams and processes.

scholarly journals Is Drought Caused by Fate? Analysis of Farmers’ Perception and Its Influencing Factors in the Irrigation Areas of GAP-Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 2519
Author(s):  
Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu ◽  
Mehmet Cançelik ◽  
Mehmet Reşit Sevinç ◽  
Mehmet Ali Çullu ◽  
Kasım Yenigün ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Drought Mitigation ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Land Size

This research aims to determine the belief-based drought perceptions and attitudes of farmers in Şanlıurfa, which is in a semi-arid climate regime, and the factors affecting them. The surveys were conducted through face-to-face interviews with farmers selected by a simple random sampling method in 2020. Analyses were performed with ordinal logit regression in STATA. According to the results, while the effects of settlement location, land size, age, and the size of the household were statistically significant to farmers seeing drought, which is the dependent variable, as caused by fate, the effects of income, experience, and education level were insignificant. For the probability of predicting drought for each independent variable in the sequence analysis, the highest probabilities were found among farmers in the Harran Plain, with 21–30 years of experience, from a household of one to four people, with the land area between 5.1 and 10.0 hectares, aged 61 and above, who were primary school graduates, and who had an annual income of less than 25,000 TL ($3561). The subject of drought should be given more place in religious education in the entire research area by prioritizing these groups. It would also be beneficial to organize workshops for the farmers by agricultural consultants, where Islamic scholars would be present to support science and knowledge in terms of faith. This study is the first in this context in Turkey and provides useful data to policymakers for drought-mitigation policies.

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis Of Underlying Factors Affecting The Choice Of Accounting Major

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Heiat ◽  
Doug Brown ◽  
Debra M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Choice Of Major ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Accounting Major ◽  
Selection Of

This study explores the factors that influence a student’s choice of major along with students’ perceptions of accounting classes and the accounting profession The results indicate that students are most strongly influenced in their choice of major by a genuine interest in the subject matter.  This finding is the same regardless of major and gender.  Other influential factors include availability of employment, starting pay, and the ability to interact with people.  The factor with the least amount of influence on selection of a major is the expected ease of earning a degree.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Discharge Status of Patients with Uncomplicated Transsphenoidal Adenohypophysectomy

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (05) ◽  
pp. 501-507
Author(s):  
Jennifer Villwock ◽  
Kevin Sykes ◽  
Roukoz Chamoun ◽  
D. Beahm ◽  
Chelsea Hamill
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Discharge Disposition ◽  
Discharge Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Total Charges

Objectives The number of transsphenoidal adenohypophysectomies (TSAs) surgeries has grown significantly since 1993. While there has been an overall decreasing trend in length of stay (LOS), socioeconomic factors may impact hospitalization. This study explores the impact of socioeconomic factors on LOS and total charges in uncomplicated patients undergoing TSA. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting 2009 to 2013 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Participants Patients undergoing TSA without medical complications. Main Outcomes Measures LOS and total charges. Results A total of 6,457 patients were identified, of which 17.2% had secreting tumors. Patients with secreting tumors stayed 2.95 days versus those with nonsecreting tumors stayed 3.26 days (p < 0.001). Discharge to other than self-care was the largest contributing variable for both subsets, increasing both LOS and total charges. Patient factors that drove longer LOS and increased total charges for both subsets included metropolitan domicile, having a lower median income, Hispanic ethnicity, and having an increased amount of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) comorbidity indices. Having private insurance predicted a shorter LOS and lower total charges. Conclusions These results demonstrate that, even without complications, patients can be delayed in their discharge. While several socioeconomic factors significantly predict LOS and charges, the discharge disposition ultimately has the greatest effect. This suggests that efforts should focus on improving organizational factors such as coordination with social work and outside facilities to decrease LOS and charges for this patient population.

scholarly journals Hydrochemical Characteristic of Groundwater and Its Impact on Crop Yields in the Baojixia Irrigation Area, China

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenwen Feng ◽  
Hui Qian ◽  
Panpan Xu ◽  
Kai Hou
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Quality ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Irrigation Area ◽  
The Impact

While irrigated crops produce much higher yields than rain-fed crops, the ionic components of irrigation water have important effects on crop yield. Groundwater is widely used for irrigation in the Baojixia irrigation area in China. The chemical characteristics and water quality of groundwater in the Baojixia irrigation area were analyzed and evaluated to study the impact of groundwater quality on crop yield. Results showed cations in the groundwater to mainly be Na+, Ca2+, and Mg2+, whereas the anions are mainly HCO3−, SO42−, and Cl−. Water-rock interaction and cation exchange were identified as the main factors affecting hydrogeochemical properties from west to east. The study found salinity and alkalinity of groundwater in the western region of the study area to be low, and therefore suitable for irrigation. Groundwater in the eastern part of the study area was found to have a medium to high salinity and alkalinity, and is therefore not recommended for long-term irrigation. The groundwater irrigated cultivation of wheat and corn in the research area over 2019, for example, would have resulted in a drop in the annual crop output and an economic loss of 0.489 tons and 0.741 × 104 yuan, respectively. Irrigation using groundwater was calculated to result in the cumulative loss of crop yields and an economic loss of 49.17 tons and 80.781 × 104 yuan, respectively, by 2119. Deterioration of groundwater quality will reduce crop yields. It is recommended that crop yields in the study area be increased by strengthening irrigation water management and improving groundwater quality.

Interrelationships of factors causing delays in the relocation of utilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneetha Vilventhan ◽  
Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Underground Utilities ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Relocation of utilities is a major source of delay in Indian infrastructure projects. This delay is particularly critical in road and bridge construction projects. The purpose of this paper is to identify the various factors and also the interrelationships between the factors which influence the delays in the relocation of utilities. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies were conducted on 11 road and bridge projects in India with varying levels of complexity and size. Factors causing relocation delays were identified using computer aided qualitative analysis methodology. Cognitive mapping technique was used to map the interrelationships between the factors and to identify the critical delay factors. Findings – Factors affecting delays were identified across two groups, namely, technical and organizational factors. The study offers insights into the kinds of interactions of factors that can lead to delays in a project. The critical factors causing delays were identified as slow response from utility agencies, difficulty in identification of underground utilities, lack of information on underground utilities and conflict between agencies. Research limitations/implications – The limitations of the study are that the interview respondents are not evenly distributed among the type of organizations which may have induced some bias in responses. The impact of the utility relocation delays on the overall project delay has to be detailed further. Practical implications – The interrelationships between factors has the potential to help the officials of highway department, contractors, utility agencies and others understand how various interactions/linkages of factors contributes to delays in utility relocations. Recommendations are provided for the practical use and to reduce the impact of delays. Originality/value – Utility relocation has received very little attention in the extant literature and this paper seeks to contribute to knowledge in this area by identifying the linkages between factors and the critical factors of utility relocation delays in India.

Configurations of factors affecting triage decision-making

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2148-2171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Ponsiglione ◽  
Adelaide Ippolito ◽  
Simonetta Primario ◽  
Giuseppe Zollo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Triage Decision ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the configuration of factors affecting the accuracy of triage decision-making. The contribution of the work is twofold: first, it develops a protocol for applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in the context of triage decision-making, and second, it studies, through two pilot cases, the interplay between individual and organizational factors in determining the emergence of errors in different decisional situations. Design/methodology/approach The methodology adopted in this paper is the qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). The fuzzy-set variant of QCA (fsQCA) is implemented. The data set has been collected during field research carried out in the Emergency Departments (EDs) of two Italian public hospitals. Findings The results of this study show that the interplay between individual and contextual/organizational factors determines the emergence of errors in triage assessment. Furthermore, there are some regularities in the patterns discovered in each of the investigated organizational contexts. These findings suggest that we should avoid isolating individual factors from the context in which nurses make their decisions. Originality/value Previous research on triage has mainly explored the impact of homogeneous groups of factors on the accuracy of the triage process, without considering the complexity of the phenomenon under investigation. This study outlines the need to consider the not-linear relationships among different factors in the study of triage’s decision-making. The definition and implementation of a protocol to apply fsQCA to the triage process in EDs further contributes to the originality of the research.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Saudi Audience, Readers of the Electronic and Printed Newspapers: العوامل المؤثرة على الجمهور السعودي قرّاء الصحف الإلكترونية والمطبوعة

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louloa Aman Saeed Abdullah - Said Abdo Sayed Najidah - Duaa
Keyword(s):  
Media Richness ◽  
Media Richness Theory ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
First Order ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Negative Factor ◽  
Media Institutions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Newspapers

    This study aimed to identify the effective factors on Saudi audience like reading electronic and printed newspaper. The study used the method of media survey in which using in input uses, satisfaction and media richness theory. The study used a questionnaire which applied on sample includes (400) individual. The results of the study indicated that study sample of Saudi audience read Saudi newspapers by 44% (sometimes) and what Saudi audience prefer, electronic newspapers came first by 49. 5%, local topics came first in electronic and printed newspaper, factors affecting in audience reading, the readability of the content to show in large parts came first stage at the electronic newspaper average 3. 91. The ease of using newspaper’s website came at the first order for electronic newspaper average 4. 44. In the light of results, there were a lot of recommendations and proposals to overcome the negative factor which disable audience to read printed and electronic newspapers. In the light of results, several studies were recommended to measure the Saudi audiences’ reading for printed and electronic newspaper in order to monitor audience’s attitudes toward method and the degree of audience’s confidence and to know the impact of social media on both of them and work on putting strategies by press and media institutions to face challenges and threaten its future through working on several discussion meetings with intellectuals , interested and experts in the field of journalism.    

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