scholarly journals SCORE CARDS FOR EVALUATION OF RFI AND RFP PROCESSES WITHIN ONE OF THE BULGARIAN TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS

2020 ◽  
Vol v8 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-220
Author(s):  
Avgustin Milanov
Keyword(s):  
Time Horizon ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Mobile Telecommunication ◽  
Risk Calculation ◽  
Risk Equation ◽  
Request For Proposal ◽  
Risk Event ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Telecommunication Operators

The present paper regards some the score cards as a possible tool for measurement and evaluation of the risk in the “Request for Information” (RFI) and “Request for Proposal” (RFP) processes in the supply chain at the Bulgarian mobile telecommunication operators. The presented hereby score cards use measurement and calculations of the risk based on the risk calculation equation in which the assumption is that each risk event or risk action “m” can be regarded as function of the likelihood of occurrence, the consequences and the imminence in regards to the time horizon for the occurrence of the very same risk event or risk action “m”. Further to these components, the risk equation in use also takes into account the space in which the risk occurs and itself, as well as the size of the actions for prevention and overcoming of the risks that can appear at a certain organizational level. The data collected for the score cards is being provided by an online survey through the staff dealing with the RFI and RFP processes within the regarded in particular Bulgarian telecommunication operator. The final information from both the survey and the score cards is being processed and turned into a specific set of numeric coefficients that represent the contribution and the value of the separate risk components. Methods for defining the thresholds for acceptance of the levels of the risks are also suggested.

scholarly journals RISK MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN RFI AND RFP PROCESSES AT BULGARIAN MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Avgustin Milanov
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Risk Measurement ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Risk Calculation ◽  
Risk Equation ◽  
Risk Event ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The present paper regards some possible approaches for measurement and evaluation of the risk in the “Request for Information” (RFI) and “Request for Proposal” (RFP) processes in the supply chain of Bulgarian mobile ntework operators. These approaches include measurement and calculations of the risk based on the use of risk calculation equation and questionnaire surveys and follow-up score cards. The risk calculation equation proposed in the paper assumes that each risk event or risk action “m” can be regarded as a function of the likelihood of occurrence, the consequences, and the imminence in regard to the time horizon for the occurrence of the very same risk event or risk action “m”. Apart from these components, the risk equation employed also considers the space in which the risk occurs and develops, as well as the extent of the actions taken to prevent and mitigate risk at a certain organizational level. The data collected from the questionnaire surveys and score cards are being processed and turned into a specific set of numeric coefficients that represent the contribution and value of the separate risk components. Methods for defining the thresholds for acceptance of the levels of the risks are also suggested. The paper also discusses several more specific problems in the application of risk measurement and evaluation of the RFI and RFP processes in the supply chain of Bulgarian mobile network operators, such as the use of risk evaluation for the point of time when the forecasts of the major indicators of the RFI and RFP processes suggest a major future decline.

scholarly journals FORECASTING OF SOME KEY INDICATORS OF THE RFI AND RFP PROCESSES OF THE BULGARIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Avgustin Milanov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Risk Minimization ◽  
Mobile Telecommunication ◽  
Request For Proposal ◽  
Bottle Neck ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Telecommunication Operators ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Selection Of

The present paper regards the opportunities of forecasting of some key indicators in the “Request for Information” (RFI) and “Request for Proposal” (RFP) processes in the supply chain at the Bulgarian mobile telecommunication operators. The presented hereby forecasting is based on the use of the Holt-Winters method for exponential smoothing in the presence of additive and multiplicative seasonality and is made or indicators: “number of contracts”, “number of contracts with savings” and “number of the issued purchase orders”. The lowest “Stationary R square”, “R square” and MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage of Error) values are used as measurement of accuracy and for selection of the best fit models that are applied. It is also important to point out that the measurement is being done for the so-called “bottle necks” or “narrow places” in the RFI and RFP processes. The purpose of this bottle-neck forecasting is to provide timely point for “Go/Not Go” decisions point for these very same process and thus to result in an improved risk management in the form of risk aversion and risk minimization.

Cops and COVID: an examination of California officers' perceptions and experiences while policing during a pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Shjarback ◽  
Obed Magny
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Police Executives

PurposeUsing online survey data from a sample of 440 police officers in California throughout May 2020, the current study collected time-sensitive information on officers' perceptions and departmental experiences in the wake of the pandemic. It examined officers' perceptions of agency responsivity as well as their perceptions of morale, stress and risk following agency responses and changes in policy patterns, service delivery innovations and other administrative challenges.Design/methodology/approachCOVID-19 had a tremendous impact on the law enforcement community, who continued to work and adapt in order to provide public safety. During the first few months of the pandemic, a number of national data collection efforts set out to understand what police agencies, at the organizational-level, were doing to address the crisis. Largely missing from these initial discussions were the perspectives of individual officers, particularly how they felt about their respective departments ensuring safety and balancing risk.FindingsResults from ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions found that the number of departmental changes made in the wake of COVID-19 that reduced police–public contact was associated with (1) increased levels of perceived agency responsivity to officer needs (i.e. balancing officer safety, taking active steps to maintain officers' mental health) and (2) reduced levels of perceived negative outlook (e.g. stress, low morale, danger/risk). Policy implications and the importance of police executives' decisions during crisis are discussed.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first, to the authors’ knowledge, to examine perceptions of policing during the pandemic from an individual officer point of view rather than an organizational standpoint.

scholarly journals Open-Source Based Testbed for Multioperator 4G/5G Infrastructure Sharing in Virtual Environments

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Marco Alaez ◽  
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Fatna Belqasmi ◽  
May El Barachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Mobile Telecommunication ◽  
Significant Saving ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Telecommunication Operators

Fourth-Generation (4G) mobile networks are based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technologies and are being deployed worldwide, while research on further evolution towards the Fifth Generation (5G) has been recently initiated. 5G will be featured with advanced network infrastructure sharing capabilities among different operators. Therefore, an open-source implementation of 4G/5G networks with this capability is crucial to enable early research in this area. The main contribution of this paper is the design and implementation of such a 4G/5G open-source testbed to investigate multioperator infrastructure sharing capabilities executed in virtual architectures. The proposed design and implementation enable the virtualization and sharing of some of the components of the LTE architecture. A testbed has been implemented and validated with intensive empirical experiments conducted to validate the suitability of virtualizing LTE components in virtual infrastructures (i.e., infrastructures with multitenancy sharing capabilities). The impact of the proposed technologies can lead to significant saving of both capital and operational costs for mobile telecommunication operators.

scholarly journals Introducing Uncertainty in Risk Calculation along Roads Using a Simple Stochastic Approach

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Michel Jaboyedoff ◽  
Tiggi Choanji ◽  
Marc-Henri Derron ◽  
Li Fei ◽  
Amalia Gutierrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Simulation ◽  
Stochastic Approach ◽  
Risk Calculation ◽  
Risk Equation ◽  
Catastrophe Models

Based on a previous risk calculation study conducted along a road corridor, risk is recalculated using a stochastic simulation by introducing variability into most of the parameters in the risk equation. This leads to an exceedance curve comparable to those of catastrophe models. This approach introduces uncertainty into the risk calculation in a simple way, and it can be used for poorly documented cases to compensate for a lack of data. This approach tends to minimize risk or question risk calculations.

scholarly journals European survey on preanalytical sample handling – Part 1: How do European laboratories monitor the preanalytical phase? On behalf of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Pha

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Cadamuro ◽  
Michael Cornes ◽  
Ana-Maria Simundic ◽  
Barbara de la Salle ◽  
Gunn B.B. Kristensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Clinical Chemistry ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Preanalytical Phase ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

Introduction: Compared to other activities of the testing process, the preanalytical phase is plagued by a lower degree of standardization, which makes it more vulnerable to errors. With the aim of providing guidelines and recommendations, the EFLM WG-PRE issued a survey across European medical laboratories, to gather information on local preanalytical practices. This is part one of two coherent articles, which covers all practices on monitoring preanalytical quality except haemolysis, icterus and lipemia (HIL). Materials and methods: An online survey, containing 39 questions dealing with a broad spectrum of preanalytical issues, was disseminated to EFLM member countries. The survey included questions on willingness of laboratories to engage in preanalytical issues. Results: Overall, 1405 valid responses were received from 37 countries. 1265 (94%) responders declared to monitor preanalytical errors. Assessment, documentation and further use of this information varied widely among respondents and partially among countries. Many responders were interested in a preanalytical online platform, holding information on various aspects of the preanalytical phase (N = 1177; 87%), in a guideline for measurement and evaluation of preanalytical variables (N = 1235; 92%), and in preanalytical e-learning programs or webinars (N = 1125; 84%). Fewer responders were interested in, or already participating in, preanalytical EQA programs (N = 951; 71%). Conclusion: Although substantial heterogeneity was found across European laboratories on preanalytical phase monitoring, the interest in preanalytical issues was high. A large majority of participants indicated an interest in new guidelines regarding preanalytical variables and learning activities. This important data will be used by the WG-PRE for providing recommendations on the most critical issues.

Applying Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior to predict practitioners’ intentions to measure and evaluate communication outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Buhmann ◽  
Peggy Simcic Brønn
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Norms ◽  
Normative Pressure ◽  
Tpb Model ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand factors that may stimulate or inhibit communication practitioners when it comes to measurement and evaluation (M&E) of communication initiatives at the outcome level (i.e. impact on stakeholder’s attitudes and behavior or business results). Design/methodology/approach Based on Ajzen’s (1985) theory of planned behavior (TPB), the authors develop and test a new model to analyze antecedents to M&E behavior (attitude, perceived norms, and behavioral control) and assess how they impact practitioners’ intentions to perform outcome M&E. The model is tested in a standardized online survey (n=371). Findings Findings show that the TPB model explains a large amount of the variance in practitioners’ intentions to engage in M&E at the outcome level. The model demonstrates that attitude toward outcome M&E and perceived behavioral control, particularly lack of skills, are the two strongest drivers influencing practitioners’ intentions to measure and evaluate outcomes of their communication initiatives. Perceived norms to perform outcome M&E has only a very weak effect on intentions. Research limitations/implications The findings highlight the potential of education when it comes to developing M&E capabilities in the practice. They also suggest that the role of normative pressure to perform outcome M&E needs to be better understood in terms of the dynamics of standardization specifically regarding design, implementation, and monitoring of M&E standards. Originality/value The study is the first to go beyond the common descriptive focus in studying M&E practices and is the first application of the TPB to understand the factors that drive communication practitioners’ intentions to perform M&E.

scholarly journals Voluntary Work in Digital Contexts as Gift Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 12176
Author(s):  
Caroline Ruiner
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Gift Exchange ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Volunteer Engagement

Digital technologies have inspired a change in volunteering in nonprofit organizations. In this context, the engagement of volunteers is mainly self-organized, through online platforms or apps. It is the aim of this paper to analyze the volunteers’ motives, differentiating between self-interest and other-interest. This is important, since effects on organizational volunteer-related outcomes, such as volunteer engagement, recruitment and retention, are likely to occur. A gift exchange perspective is applied and a case study has been used for investigating an online-based nonprofit organization in Germany, consisting of qualitative interviews with experts and volunteers, documentary analysis and participatory observations as well as an online survey. The results show that the volunteers’ instrumental self-interest in gaining food, and their interests in other factors, such as the reduction of food wastage as a societal goal, occur simultaneously. This leads to paradoxes and problems on the organizational level. This study contributes to understanding volunteer engagement, recruitment and retention in digital nonprofit organizations.

scholarly journals Individual Values for Organizational Success

Competitio ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Ildiko Ando
Keyword(s):  
Level Sets ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Is Integration

Douglas McGregor published Theory Y in 1960. The main element of this theory is integration of individual and organizational objectives. Today, near 50 years later, the integration of individual and organizational goals remians only theory in several business organizations. The author of this study conducted an online survey in 2008 in order to examine company cultures, values was harmonization between organizational-level and individual-level sets of values. Two multinational companies with 324 respondents took part in the research up to this time. This publication shows the findings of the survey and illustrates the importance of harmonization between organizational-level and individual-level values. Finally, it comes up with some ideas what leaders can do in order to harmonize the value hierarchies efficiently in their organizations. JEL classification: D21, L21, L25

scholarly journals Individual and organizational perceptions of hospital workers during COVID-19: the link with burnout

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Bashkin ◽  
N Davidovitch ◽  
N Asna ◽  
D Schwartz ◽  
K Dopelt
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
National Level ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
System Level ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Abstract Background The COVID-19 crisis poses challenges to healthcare systems and their employees. Medical staff are at the front of the battle against COVID-19. They must cope with a crisis accompanied by personal health and occupational ramifications and ongoing job stressors, which may lead to adverse mental health symptoms and may affect the quality of medical care provided to patients. This study evaluated health workers' perceptions and concerns about the COVID-19 crisis and its management in an Israeli hospital. Methods At the end of the pandemic's first wave in Israel, 547 healthcare workers responded to an online survey, which inquired about COVID-19 concerns at the individual and family level, perceptions at the national and organizational level, perceptions of the way the crisis was managed, self-assessment of coping with the crisis and burnout, and demographics. Results Findings showed that healthcare workers expressed deep concerns for family members and apprehension at a national level. Respondents noted that they were coping well with the crisis while expressing negative perceptions of how the crisis was managed. The regression model showed that concerns for family members, perceptions at the system level, working directly with COVID-19 patients, and having negative perceptions towards the crisis management at the national level, were associated with burnout. Conclusions The findings of this study deepen our understanding of issues that require systemic attention to strengthen mental resilience among hospital staff. Several actions are recommended to improve healthcare systems' ability to continue fighting the virus and confront future health crises: Further examination and monitoring of healthcare workers' concerns and job stressors. Providing psychosocial support plans for frontline workers to ensure their safety and health and prevent burnout. Strengthening supportive organizational culture. Key messages Healthcare workers express deep concerns and perceptions associated with burnout. Health services management needs a good understanding of workers' concerns and develop strategies to address them.

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