A Study of Lean Behavior in Business Development and IT Department

Lean behavior is an essential element to create a culture of continuous improvement culture in a service organization. Continuous improvement is defined as the never-ending efforts for improvement involving everyone in an organization. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes of behavioral practices after the introduction of lean tools and discuss the effects of lean behavior in developing a culture of continuous improvement in an office environment. This study adopted a self-administered questionnaire method to obtain real time data for the analysis of behavioral practices. Ford Questionnaire was used and distributed to employees of different management levels in the Business Development and IT Department. The obtained results were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The same questionnaire survey was distributed after the introduction of lean tools. The expected outcomes of this study were to determine the level of lean behavioral practices in the office department and to provide a clear understanding of some lean behavioral practices that need to be nurtured among the employees in order to produce a healthy work environment.

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Concession Agreements and Nationalization

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.2307/2195549 ◽

1958 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 260-279 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kenneth S. Carlston

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Clear Understanding ◽

Legal Rules ◽

Social Facts ◽

The Social ◽

The Status ◽

And Function ◽

International Economies

It is the purpose of this article to investigate the status of concession agreements in the light of the rules of international law bearing on the power of a state to nationalize property. It is a continuation of an earlier article which explored the nature and function of the concession agreement in the national and international economies. The first article rested on the assumption that legal rules could not be fully understood or evaluated without a fairly clear understanding of the social facts which they were designed to regulate.

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Factor Analysis of Students’ Exposure to Social Media for Food and Beverage

International Journal of Research and Review ◽

10.52403/ijrr.20210219 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 113-118

Author(s):

Noora Shrestha

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Data Set ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Rotation Method ◽

The Social ◽

Food And Beverage ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Strongly Agree ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Food and beverage marketing on social media is a powerful factor to influence students’ exposure to social media and application for food and beverage. It is a well-known fact that most of the food and beverage business target young people on the social media. The objective of the study is to identify the factors associated to the students’ exposure in the social media platforms for food and beverage. The young students between the ages 20 to 26 years completed a self-administered questionnaire survey on their media use for food and beverages. The questionnaire was prepared using Likert scale with five options from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The data set was described with descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation. The exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation method was used to extract the factors. The most popular social media among the respondents were Facebook, Instagram, and You Tube. 73.3% of the students were exposed to food and beverage application in their mobile device and 76% of them followed the popular food and beverage pages in social media. The result revealed that social media posts, promotional offer, and hygienic concept have positively influenced majority of the students’ exposure to social media for food and beverage. Keywords: Factor analysis, Social Media, Food and Beverage, Student, Promotional Offer.

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Corporate governance and the social performance: investigation on Tunisian financial institutions

International Journal of Law and Management ◽

10.1108/ijlma-06-2017-0131 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 60 (6) ◽

pp. 1412-1431

Author(s):

Nejia Nekaa ◽

Sami Boudabbous

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Financial Institution ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Social Performance ◽

Financial Sector ◽

Content Type ◽

The Social ◽

Questionnaire Method ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to show the specificities of the corporate governance of Tunisian financial institutions and the impact of the internal mechanisms of corporate governance of these institutions on their social performance. It is therefore interesting to establish the existing relationship between these mechanisms of corporate governance and the performance of a financial firm. Design/methodology/approach This study aims to study the financial sector, generally characterized by its opacity, its regulation, its evolution and its obscurity. Therefore, a study based on the questionnaire method was recommended. The questionnaire is intended for managers. Therefore, the authors interviewed 138 managers of Tunisian financial institutions dispersed between agencies and headquarters in different regions (Gabes, Tozeur, Gafsa, Sfax, Sousse and Tunisia). Findings As a result, an impact on performance was observed according to the empirical study. Therefore, the authors can conclude an essential role of internal mechanisms for improving the social performance of a financial institution. The empirical findings in this paper lead to important conclusions. Indeed, the variables measuring the governance mechanisms have divergent effects on the social performance of the financial institutions subject to the sample. For the variables board of directors, confidence, culture, auditing, they have a positive effect. While, the incentive remuneration effect negatively the social performance. Originality/value This study will be based essentially on the financial sector in Tunisia: the credit institutions (22 banks), the establishments of leasing (eight companies of leasing), two factoring companies and two banks of cases which are listed on the Stock Exchange of Tunis (BVMT).

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Social workers’ attitudes toward human rights in a sample from Taiwan

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872817725138 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 295-308 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hsin-Yi Chen ◽

I-Chen Tang

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Worker ◽

General Knowledge ◽

Educational Training ◽

The Social ◽

Social Protests ◽

Social Work Practitioners ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

The human rights concept is that everyone is entitled to enjoy those rights inherent to being human, without distinction. However, should human rights be considered a self-evident value for the social work profession? This study was to explore how social workers in Taiwan perceive the human rights concept. Responses from 276 social worker participants were analyzed by using a self-administered questionnaire. This study showed that social workers had a general knowledge of human rights. Receiving human rights educational training and engaging in social protests were important variables in increasing human rights awareness for social work practitioners.

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HUBUNGAN ANTARA DUKUNGAN SOSIAL DENGAN KEMANDIRIAN PADA PENYANDANG TUNA DAKSA DI PUSAT REHABILITASI TERPADU PENYANDANG CACAT BANTUL

JURNAL SPIRITS ◽

10.30738/spirits.v5i2.1062 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Vira Rachmiwanti ◽

Hartosujono Hartosujono

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Support Function ◽

Rehabilitation Center ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Physically Disabled ◽

Self Reliance ◽

The Social ◽

Correlation Analysis Method ◽

Questionnaire Method ◽

Purposive Sample

Abstract This research aimed to find out to the correlation between social support with physically disabled in the Physically disabled rehabilitation center, to know the significant of social support function to autonomy of individual.The research was held in Physically disabled rehabilitation which subject were taken from 18 -35 years old of 120 people of physically disabled. To gain the data, the researcher used questionnaire method. The sample is taking with the purposive sample. Product moment Correlation analysis method was applied to analyze the data and it reached 5% of significance.The result of the data analysis showed that the social support had a significance effect to the autonomy individual with the value of r =0,399, (p>0,05), also give significant effect to it. Adjusted value (R2) of 0,159 means that 15,9% of variation of autonomy individual could be explained with the variation of social support. Meanwhile, 84,1% was caused by other factors. Keywords: social support and self-reliance

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СОЦІАЛЬНІ ПРОЕКТИ В СИСТЕМІ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ НАСЕЛЕННЯ

Bulletin of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Series Economic sciences ◽

10.30857/2413-0117.2018.5.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 127 (5) ◽

pp. 73-80

Author(s):

Марина Іванівна Тімофєєва

Keyword(s):

Social Protection ◽

Social Issues ◽

Essential Element ◽

Modern Society ◽

Social Situation ◽

Information Platform ◽

Business Goals ◽

The Social ◽

Social Project ◽

The Government

The paper discusses the issues of social projects development to meet the citizens’ needs or to resolve certain social problems by changing the social situation. The reason for designing social projects is responding to the challenges with conflicting, multi-vector development trends or those to be adequately addressed. Social projects demonstrate their specifics. In this context, the principal expert in their assessment is not the government or the project contractor but the society. In modern realia, it is critical to build a strong social state which can not be achieved through the government’s policies alone, however the combined efforts and close cooperation between the community and the state contributes to the desired effect. evidence revealed that such partnerships have gained great significance, although it is argued that there is a need to clearly demarcate the roles of each of the parties. An appropriate information platform was created in Ukraine that optimizes the process of selecting the best projects and accessing the results after their testing. Social projects have a large variety of forms, dimensions, sources of funding and terms of execution. The issue of project feasibility remains paramount. The key criteria to evaluate the social project implementation expediency are the following: harmonization of project proposals, business goals and the overall government strategic development plan; identifying the significance of the project results for the government; specification of the social project capability to adapt for most regions of the country; social project effectiveness. Social projects have become an essential element within the social protection framework, since modern society have no more expectations as to the government assistance, but ultimately seek to search for their own tools to resolve social issues through developing social projects and programs, attracting investment, etc.

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Real Time Data Pipeline for Twitter Trends Analysis

International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology - RTT2020 ◽

10.46501/ijmtst0705006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (05) ◽

pp. 44-48

Author(s):

Mukesh Kumar Sah., Rishabh Sharma & Amritpal Singh

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Business Analytics ◽

Time Data ◽

Medical Field ◽

Business Decisions ◽

Data Pipeline ◽

The Social ◽

Enormous Amount ◽

Healthcare Technologies ◽

Lean Six Sigma in Africa: Fad or real solution of competitiveness?

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ◽

10.24297/ijmit.v6i3.724 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 861-866 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Said El Mezouari ◽

Zahira Bouaouda ◽

Hicham Drissi

Keyword(s):

Performance Improvement ◽

Continuous Improvement ◽

Six Sigma ◽

Lean Six Sigma ◽

Business Development ◽

The Other ◽

Real Solution ◽

Management Instrument ◽

To Come ◽

The Right

Companies tend increasingly to turn to the so-called continuous improvement in order to improve their performance and thus enhance their competitiveness approaches. In times of crisis, the use of these approaches becomes mandatory. In this context, the Lean Six Sigma is incontestably today a vehicle for business development as it allows performance improvement through various appropriate tools on one side, and incitement to contribution of different actors in the company, on the other side. In Africa, the Lean Six Sigma looks like an opportunity that seems to come at the right time in an environment that seems to need it. Is it then a management instrument emerging from a fad phenomena, or is it a real tool for performance improving for African companies, responding to a real need?

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The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Social Adjustments of Tenth Grade Students of SMA Unggul Negeri 2 Banda Aceh

Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun ◽

10.26811/peuradeun.v6i2.212 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 253

Author(s):

Nurhasanah Nurhasanah ◽

Qonita Fitriana

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Social Adjustment ◽

School Environment ◽

Coefficient Of Determination ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Ex Post ◽

The Social ◽

Tenth Grade ◽

Questionnaire Method ◽

Banda Aceh

Emotional intelligence is an individual’s ability to manage emotions by controlling the negative condition into a positive force and its relationship with social adjustment. In this case, the social adjustment in question is the adjustment of students in interacting with teachers, peers, and specific situations in the school environment effectively through the development aspects of self-awareness, emotional management, and utilization of emotions, empathy, and social skills. The purpose of this study was to describe the emotional intelligence and social adjustment variable of students as well as to determine how emotional intelligence influenced social adjustment of students. This research used a quantitative approach and ex-post facto method. The number of population was 118 students consisting of all tenth-grade students of SMA Unggul Negeri 2 Boarding School of Banda Aceh. Data were collected by using a closed questionnaire method with the scale 1-5. The data were processed and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and the coefficient of determination. The results showed that the influence of emotional intelligence on the social adjustment of students was 0,656 (coefficient of determination) that is 65%. Thus, it can be stated that Ha is accepted which means that emotional intelligence has a significant influence on the social adjustment of students.

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Patients’ beliefs toward generic medication in Yemen

Journal of Generic Medicines The Business Journal for the Generic Medicines Sector ◽

10.1177/17411343211039267 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174113432110392

Author(s):

Ammar Ali Saleh Jaber ◽

Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi ◽

Abdullah Ahmed Dhabali

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Generic Medicines ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Generic Medication ◽

Knowledge And Beliefs ◽

Negative Beliefs ◽

The Social ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Purpose This study aims to explore patients’ knowledge and beliefs toward generic medicines and identify the factors affecting their beliefs toward them in Yemen. Patients and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1 to July 1, 2016. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 590 adult patients in Sana’a. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences® (IBM SPSS) version 26 for Windows. Results Overall, 370 patients participated in this study. The study identified that a majority of the respondents did not know the similarities and differences between generic and branded medication and had negative beliefs toward generic medication. The study identified the factors contributing to the patients’ beliefs toward generic medication. Conclusion Yemeni patients had poor knowledge and negative beliefs toward generic medication. Educational programs provided to patients and healthcare professionals regarding generic medication can improve patients’ knowledge and correct their beliefs in this regard.

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