scholarly journals THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN TWENTY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DURING THE RECESSION 2008–2009 – COUNTRY RANKING BY MULTIMOORA

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem Karel M. Brauers ◽  
Simona Kildienė ◽  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Artūras Kaklauskas
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Multimoora Method

The recession 2008-2009 which influenced the World economy has set new challenges for the development of the European construction sector. In the years 2008–2009 a great number of countries faced serious production and employment breakdowns. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the construction sector from a macroeconomic point of view by comparing construction market variations appeared during the crisis in twenty European countries. Therefore statistical indicators of the construction sector were used and a multiobjective evaluation method under the name of MULTIMOORA was employed. However these traditional indicators of the construction sector deliver an incomplete definition of real situations within the sector as during the recession plenty of constructed buildings remained unsold. Therefore the authors of this article propose a rather complex comparison of construction indicators for different European countries. The case study provides the analysis and calculations performed with the help of the MULTIMOORA method. This method enables the evaluation of European countries in accordance with the investigated objectives and ranges them into different groups according to the objectives set for the construction sector.

The Rapid Iterative Test and Evaluation Method (RITE)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Medlock
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Test And Evaluation ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter begins with a discussion of the philosophy and then definition of the RITE method. It then delves into the benefits of this method and provides practical notes on running RITE tests effectively. The chapter concludes with an overview of the original case study behind the 2002 article documenting this method.

GLOBAL TRENDS AND CHALLENGES WORLD ECONOMY

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 112-117
Author(s):  
L. V. AGARKOVA ◽  
◽  
T. G. GURNOVICH ◽  
M. G. RUSETSKY ◽  
I. M. PODKOLZINA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
International Community ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Financial Consequences ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Statistical Indicators

This article examines the main global threats of 2021 presented at the World Economic Forum, namely, the economic risks that are most likely to affect the international community in the current year. The article also analyzed the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which undoubtedly made ad-justments to the definition of the main global threats of our time. In addition, the risks were considered in relation to the current statistical indicators of the Russian and global economy.

scholarly journals Exploring Multicriteria Decision Strategies in GIS with Linguistic Quantifiers – A Case Study of Residential Quality Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Malczewski ◽  
Claus Rinner
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Decision Strategy ◽  
Decision Strategies ◽  
Linguistic Quantifier ◽  
Residential Quality ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Linguistic Quantifiers

Commonly used GIS combination operators such as Boolean conjunction/disjunction and weighted linear combination can be generalized to the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) family of operators. This multicriteria evaluation method allows decision-makers to define a decision strategy on a continuum between pessimistic and optimistic strategies. Recently, OWA has been introduced to GIS-based decision support systems. We propose to extend a previous implementation of OWA with linguistic quantifiers to simplify the definition of decision strategies and to facilitate an exploratory analysis of multiple criteria. The linguistic quantifier-guided OWA procedure is illustrated using a dataset for evaluating residential quality of neighborhoods in London, Ontario. <div><br></div><div>This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Geographical Systems. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-005-0159-2 <br></div>

scholarly journals A GESTÃO POR COMPETÊNCIAS E O PROCESSO DE TREINAMENTO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PESSOAS (T&D): ESTUDO DE CASO NA EMPRESA KL EMBALAGENS – SÃO JOÃO BATISTA/SC

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Dárica da Silva ◽  
Josely Cristiane Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Professional Growth ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Administrative Assistant ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Flexographic Printing ◽  
Definition Of

O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar o desempenho profissional dos colaboradores da empresa KL Embalagens Ltda, a partir da Gestão por Competências. Para tanto, foi realizada a identificação e a definição das competências dos cargos em estudo, como também a constatação das vulnerabilidades dos cargos/áreas que precisam de treinamento e desenvolvimento. Destaca-se que os cargos analisados na pesquisa foram o Auxiliar Administrativo, Cartonageiro a Mão, Impressor Flexográfico, Motorista e Serviços Gerais. Do ponto de vista metodológico, a pesquisa é classificada em qualitativa e tipificada em exploratória. Com relação ao método, a pesquisa constitui-se em bibliográfica e estudo de caso, utilizando-se do questionário como instrumento de coleta de dados e da planilha de mapeamento de competências. Os resultados evidenciaram que as competências mais vulneráveis foram à agilidade, capacidade visual e espacial, concentração, iniciativa, memorização, paciência e velocidade de execução das tarefas. Também foi possível evidenciar que os cargos cartonageiro a mão e serviços gerais apresentaram desempenho abaixo do esperado, seguidos por impressor flexográfico e auxiliar administrativo. O cargo de motorista foi o único que atendeu as expectativas da empresa. Com as vulnerabilidades comportamentais e técnicas avaliadas foi possível sugerir ações de treinamento e desenvolvimento (TD), visando adaptar os colaboradores às suas funções, atendendo as necessidades da empresa KL Embalagens e repercutindo no crescimento profissional dos colaboradores.Palavras-Chave: Gestão de Pessoas. Treinamento e Desenvolvimento. Gestão por Competências. MANAGEMENT FOR COMPETENCES AND THE PROCESS OF PEOPLE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT (TD): A CASE STUDY AT KL EMBALAGENS - SÃO JOÃO BATISTA /SCAbstract: This article aims to analyze the professional performance of the employees of KL Embalagens Ltda., from Management by Competences. For that, the identification and definition of competencies for each position under study was carried out, as well as the vulnerability of such positions/areas that need training and development. It should be noted that the positions analyzed in the survey were Administrative Assistant, Carton Handler, Flexographic Printing, Driver and General Assistant. From the methodological point of view, the research is classified as qualitative and typified as exploratory. Regarding the method, the research is a bibliographical and case study, using the questionnaire as a data collection instrument and the competences mapping worksheet. The results showed that the most vulnerable competences were agility, visual and spatial ability, concentration, initiative, memorization, patience and speed of task execution. It was also possible to show that carton handling and the general assistant performed below expectations, followed by flexographic printing and administrative assistant. The position of driver was the only one that met the expectations of the company. With the evaluated behavioral and technical vulnerabilities it was possible to suggest training and development actions (TD), aiming to adapt the employees to their functions, meeting the company's needs, thus impacting the professional growth of employees.Keywords: People Management. Training and development. Management by Competences.

scholarly journals Sustaining Engineering Informatics: Toward Methods and Metrics for Digital Curation

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Lubell ◽  
Sudarsan Rachuri ◽  
Mahesh Mani ◽  
Eswaran Subrahmanian
Keyword(s):  
Functional Model ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
Open Archival Information System ◽  
User Access ◽  
Digital Objects ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Design And Manufacture

Ensuring the long-term usability of engineering informatics (EI) artifacts is a challenge, particularly for products with longer lifecycles than the computing hardware and software used for their design and manufacture. Addressing this challenge requires characterizing the nature of EI, defining metrics for EI sustainability, and developing methods for long-term EI curation. In this paper we highlight various issues related to long-term archival of EI and describe the work towards methods and metrics for sustaining EI. We propose an approach to enhance the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) functional model to incorporate EI sustainability criteria, Digital Object Prototypes (DOPs), and end user access requirements. We discuss the end user’s requirements from the point of view of reference, reuse and rationale – the “3Rs” – to better understand the level of granularity and abstractions required in the definition of engineering digital objects. Finally we present a proposed case study and experiment.

Disability Standards and Guidelines for Learning Management Systems

2012 ◽  
pp. 1530-1549
Author(s):  
Lourdes Moreno ◽  
Ana Iglesias ◽  
Rocío Calvo ◽  
Sandra Delgado ◽  
Luis Zaragoza
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
Educational Contents

The method application is for all LMS, in order to illustrate the effectiveness of the evaluation method, we present a case study over the widely-used LMS Moodle1. In the case study, the accessibility of Moodle is evaluated thoroughly from the point of view of visually-impaired persons. The results obtained from the case study demonstrate that this LMS is partially accessible. The evaluation shows that the tool provides poor support to the authors of accessible educational contents.

ANALYSIS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL: SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEM OF INDICATORS

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Marina V. Bogdanova ◽  
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Alexander A. Parshintsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Complex Integral ◽  
Intellectual Potential ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Integral Indicator

This article is devoted to the assessment of intellectual capital, in particular, the development of a system of statistical indicators. In order to develop a system of statistical indicators, a comparative analysis of approaches to the definition of intellectual capital, as well as its structure, has been carried out. As a result of the performed analysis, it is proposed to study intellectual capital from the point of view of its essential specifics, taking into account the theoretical aspects of capital reproduction. For a comprehensive statistical analysis of intellectual capital, a multi-level system of indicators has been developed, the first level of which includes two components: intellectual potential and the result of its use, as well as three groups of indicators characterizing the process of intellectual capital reproduction: production of intellectual capital, distribution, exchange and its consumption. The second level of the scorecard details the components and groups of the first level. The third level includes individual indicators of intellectual capital. Using methods for constructing relative values and series of dynamics, the analysis of the presence and dynamics of intellectual capital by individual indicators in the Russian Federation and in comparison with the countries of the world was carried out. It was found that some indicators give multidirectional trends that complicate the overall interpretation of the results. It is concluded that it is necessary to develop a complex integral indicator of intellectual capital.

Exploring An Alternative Method of Evaluating the Effects of Erp: A Multiple Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvestre Uwizeyemungu ◽  
Louis Raymond
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp System

Previous research has already established that compared to other types of investments, information technology (IT) investments are insufficiently or not at all evaluated. This can be partly explained by the lack of adequate IT evaluation methods and tools. In the case of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems whose effects on organizational processes and performance are intrinsically profound and wide-ranging compared to those of traditional IT limited to some spheres of organization, evaluation activities may be an issue of great concern. This study thus aims to propose and test an alternative evaluation method adaptable to the organizational context, making it possible to measure the contribution of an ERP system to organizational performance in all its aspects. Combining a process-based model and a scorecard model, the proposed method was first designed from a review of information systems evaluation literature. It has then been validated and refined through a multi-case study of manufacturing firms: an in-depth pilot case study was conducted, and thereafter the study was replicated on two other cases. Results show that the method proposed here enables organizations to determine the extent to which the firm's operational and overall performance has been impacted by the adoption and use of ERP systems, through the automational, informational, and transformational effects of ERP on their business processes. From a practical point of view, three contributions must be mentioned: the proposed method allows for a strong contextualization of its application, it is action-oriented, and it allows comparison across organizations even though organizational contexts may totally differ.

scholarly journals TOURIST DEVELOPMENTS IN COVID PANDEMIC CONDITIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF ISTRIA COUNTY, CROATIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavlo Ružić ◽  
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Dragoljub Amidžić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Empirical Point ◽  
Quantitative Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Statistical Indicators

The occurance of the COVID pandemic in 2020 caused major health problems to the population and the world economy, an economic crisis with an evident decline in financial and productive power, rising unemployment and falling living standards. Unemployment and declining living standards were reflected in tourism trends, which were largely absent in such conditions. Following the stated assumptions, the purpose and goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of the COVID pandemic in the segments of tourist trends on the example of the Istrian tourist destination. The research was conducted from a theoretical and empirical point of view. Theoretical research is focused on finding relevant insights into the impact of the COVID pandemic on tourism trends. Empirical research based on statistical indicators will determine the quantitative impact of the pandemic on tourism trends.

scholarly journals New Frontiers of Composites Applications in Heritage Buildings: Repair of Exposed Masonry of St. Nicola Church in Pisa

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Pietro Croce
Keyword(s):  
Great Part ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Masonry Structures ◽  
Repair Technique ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Traditional Approaches

The upgrading and repair of masonry structures, which constitute a great part of built heritage, involve intricate aspects, in fact, the choice of the most suitable intervention technique is strongly dependent on its compatibility with superior preservation requirements. At present, beside more traditional approaches, many composite-based techniques are available, but, there are cases, such as exposed masonry, which are much more complicated to treat, since, to safeguard the original aspect, any intervention on the surface is precluded. In this paper, an innovative repair technique is discussed. The proposed method, highly adaptable and suitable for general application, is based on the insertion of a composite fabric into the mortar joints of the exposed masonry, partly relying on the indent repair technique traditionally used for the repair of masonry structures. Due to the peculiarities of the approach, the feasibility and efficiency of the solution cannot be demonstrated through application in the testing laboratory or on reduced samples, it was, therefore, necessary to identify a relevant case study for a field testing. After careful evaluation, duly considering the risks from the esthetic point of view, the proposed solution was implemented to repair the exposed masonry of the main façade and of the rear façade of the medieval San Nicola Church in Pisa, which is an outstanding example of the Pisan-Romanesque style. Thanks to a careful definition of the operational phases and to skilled workmanship, the solution was easily implemented in the year 2005, fully safeguarding the aesthetics of the façades, so demonstrating its feasibility. However, this successful outcome was only a first proof of the validity of the experiment, which also needed, for complete validation, the assessment of its efficiency over time. Only recently, after more than 15 years, it has been possible to ascertain that the intervention is still effective, because the crack patterns are stabilized and no reopening of the crack has occurred in the meantime, so achieving full confirmation.

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