Development: a multidimensional concept

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Eija Ranta
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Concept

scholarly journals Capacity in municipalities: Infrastructures, maintenance debts and ways of overcoming a run-to-failure mentality

2021 ◽  
pp. 026909422110304
Author(s):  
Jens Alm ◽  
Alexander Paulsson ◽  
Robert Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
The Road ◽  
Technical Capacity ◽  
Multidimensional Concept ◽  
Sewage Systems ◽  
Road Segments

There is a growing maintenance debt of ageing and critical infrastructures in many municipalities in European welfare states. In this article, we use the multidimensional concept of local capacity as a point of departure to analyse how and in what ways Swedish municipalities work with the routine maintenance of infrastructures, including municipal road networks as well as water and sewage systems. For the road networks, maintenance is generally outsourced to contractors and there is also a large degree of tolerance for various standards on different road segments within and between the municipalities. Less used road segments are not as prioritised as those with heavy traffic. For the water and sewage systems, in-house technical capacity is needed as differences in water quality are not tolerated. Economies of scale mean that in-house capacity is translated into the creation of inter-municipal bodies. As different forms of capacities tend to reinforce each other, municipal capacity builds up over time in circular movements. These results add knowledge to current research by pointing to the ways municipalities are overcoming a run-to-failure mentality by building capacity to pay off the infrastructural maintenance debt.

scholarly journals 104 - Awareness of Dementia and Coping to Preserve Quality of Life: A Five-Year Longitudinal Narrative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (S1) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
K. Thorsen ◽  
M. C. N. Dourado ◽  
A. Johannessen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Adaptive Function ◽  
Narrative Study ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Moment ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

AbstractBackground:Awareness of dementia is examined in different scientific fields as significant for assessment of diagnosis, and for treatment and adaptation to the disease. There are very few longitudinal studies of individual experiences of awareness among people with dementia, related to quality of life.Aim:To examine how younger people (< 65 years) with dementia (YOD) express awareness of the dementia and how, over time, they seem to handle awareness as a strategy to preserve quality of life.Method:A longitudinal qualitative study with individuals with YOD was performed with interviews every six months over five years for a maximum of ten interviews. The interviews were analysed by modified grounded theory.Findings:Awareness is a complex, multidimensional concept. Awareness of dementia is predisposed by personality, life history and established coping styles. The main coping styles – live in the moment, ignore the dementia, and make the best of it – seem to be rather consistent throughout the progression of the disease. Transitions in life situation, such as moving to a nursing home, may change the individual’s awareness of dementia.Conclusion:Unawareness of dementia may have an important adaptive function to preserve quality of life. To increase awareness must be approached with reflexivity and the utmost sensitivity.

scholarly journals Validation Study in the Educational Context of the Portuguese Version of the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lurdes Neves ◽  
Joaquim Luís Coimbra
Keyword(s):  
Work Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
The North ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Motivation Scale ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Multidimensional Concept ◽  
Broad Understanding

Abstrac The self-determination theory proposes a multidimensional concept of motivation and distinguishes how different types of motivation can be promoted or discouraged. For the application of the theory of self-determination to the educational context, this study aimed to adapt and validate the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS) in the educational context. The scale was answered by 419 teachers from 30 schools from the North and Center of Portugal. Factor analysis indicated that the 19-item scale has the same factor structure as that obtained in the original study. In this study, it was possible to identify that the items that constitute the MWMS are good indicators of constructs to be measured in an educational context and the factors are properly individualized. The scale showed five robust dimensions that permit a broad understanding of motivation, similar to the studies of the original scale. The dimension with the best internal consistency is demotivation, while introjected regulation obtained the lowest coefficient.

Open Innovation Maturity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagen Habicht ◽  
Kathrin M. Möslein ◽  
Ralf Reichwald
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Good To Great ◽  
Parallel Case ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

Many firms are eager to tackle the challenge of moving from good to great innovators with the help of open innovation. However, a considerable number of open innovation projects fail because firms are not ready to fully engage in open innovation. They lack knowledge about how to manage its multiple facets. Drawing on a capability maturity approach, the authors propose a competence management framework to support the development of open innovation maturity – an organization’s excellence in conducting open innovation. Management categories and maturity levels are inductively identified and reflected in the context of prominent literature. The resulting Open Innovation Maturity model is based on insights from 12 parallel case studies and two open innovation pilots covering the software and the airport industry. Empiric results show that competences on the process level and on the individual level impact the success of open innovation. Hence, Open Innovation Maturity is a multidimensional concept describing the overall capacity of a firm to successfully engage in and make use of open innovation.

scholarly journals Literature review on models for measuring the contribution of the information system to performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-488
Author(s):  
Mohamed OMARI ◽  
Hafida NIA
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Resource Theory ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

The information system (IS) occupies an essential place in public and private establishments and managers are constantly seeking to create value by implementing information systems that generate tangible and intangible gains. To do this, they are constantly investing in information systems to improve their performance and generate results. However, these managers are constantly questioning the relevance and effectiveness of these investments. The information system poses a problem of definition given that it is a multidimensional concept, and also of measurement. The objective of this paper is to review the literature on the different models for measuring the contribution of information systems to the performance of organizations, based on the resource theory and the behavioral approach in a processual perspective. This literature review allows us to identify and present these models, with a view to testing them in various contexts.

scholarly journals Introduction: Framing Economic Exclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Jim Ogg ◽  
Michal Myck
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Exclusion ◽  
The Face ◽  
Older Citizens ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

AbstractEconomic exclusion is a multidimensional concept that has particular relevance in the context of ageing populations and globalised economies. Sustaining adequate incomes in old age and protecting older citizens from poverty are major challenges for governments and policy makers and they have been amplified in the face of the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few decades most countries have made adjustments to their pension systems and other welfare related policies that concern older citizens, and these reforms have already had and will continue to have a differential impact on economic exclusion. For some, extending the working life and pushing back the legal age of retirement can be a safeguard against inadequate incomes in old age, while for others who are excluded from the labour market, or who are working in low paid jobs, economic exclusion remains a reality. The labour market implications of the pandemic are likely to exacerbate this risk for those whose situation was already fragile before the crisis.

scholarly journals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) perspective on cardiovascular Polypill: A multidimensional concept

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Mogielnicki ◽  
Damian Swieczkowski ◽  
Witold Bachorski ◽  
Grzegorz Zuk ◽  
Natasza Gilis-Malinowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Administration ◽  
Food And Drug Administration ◽  
European Medicines Agency ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

Toward a Unifying Framework for Defining Internal Human Resource Flexibility

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Beltrán Martín
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Resource Flexibility ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Relational Flexibility ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
Human Resource Flexibility ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

A flexible workforce is emerging as a critical success factor to counteract certain organizational rigidities and to guarantee organizational competitiveness in challenging environments .This chapter provides a review of the relevant definitions and classifications of human resource (HR) flexibility that have appeared during recent years. Furthermore, the chapter presents a definition of internal HR flexibility based on the resource-based view approach. From this perspective, HR flexibility is defined as a multidimensional concept. Specifically, this chapter assumes that employees are flexible when they show intrinsic flexibility (i.e. they can easily move between tasks and roles), modification flexibility (i.e. they alter their skills and/or behaviors to adapt to new circumstances), and relational flexibility (i.e. they participate in collaborative activities).

Exploring Semiotic Approaches to Analysing Multidimensional Concept Maps Using Methods that Value Collaboration

2010 ◽  
pp. 256-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina J. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Concept Map ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Multimodal Literacy ◽  
Equal Importance ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Collaborative Engagement ◽  
One Year ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

This chapter focuses on teachers’ multidimensional concept mapping data collected at the beginning and end of a one-year Masters level course about e-learning. A multidimensional concept map (MDCM) defines any concept map that is multimodal, multimedia, multilayered and/or multi-authored. The teachers’ personal and professional learning priorities are analysed using two semiotic methods: the first is a traditional analysis of the words used to label the nodes; the second is an innovative analysis method that treats the whole map as a semiotic artefact, in which all the elements, including the words, have equal importance. The findings suggest that these tools offer deep insights into the learning priorities of individuals and groups, especially the affective and motivational factors. The teachers, as co-researchers, also adopted MDCM to underpin collaborative thinking. These research tools can be used in the assessment process to value multimodal literacy and collaborative engagement in new knowledge construction.

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