scholarly journals Managing A Veterinary Practice: A Guide To Organizational Culture In Veterinary Practice

Author(s):  
Erik Diez

The veterinary profession in Germany is undergoing a fundamental change. While the number of small practices is decreasing, the number of larger group, partnership or corporate practices is increasing. This makes competition among veterinarians even greater. But not only the market itself is changing. The humanization of pets, digitalization, and management and marketing practices/services are important factors that must be taken into account when preparing the practice for the future. The problem that arises from this is the lack of skills among graduates and veterinarians in management and business. While corporate culture models are a foundation for large companies, the veterinary profession, especially on a small scale, lacks these fundamental structural elements.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-115
Author(s):  
Pulum Kim

This study addresses the benefits and shortcomings of the organizational culture models employing organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage theories. Following the critical analysis of preceding literature, this study discusses the benefits of an integrative approach as demonstrated by the ABCD model for conceptualizing organizational culture for practitioners to proactively manage culture for enhanced firm performance. Also, by focusing on the sequential dynamics of ABCD model which denotes dedication as the originating point, this paper explores how the findings from organizational behavior can be integrated with the ABCD model to create a competitive corporate culture. For this purpose, Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc.’s leadership and human resource policies are and initial conditions that facilitate the creation of competitive culture are introduced through a qualitative case study approach.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-180
Author(s):  
Fauziyyah Sholeha Tunnisa ◽  
Anissa Lestari Kadiyono

ABSTRACTNow, the world has entered globalization, it forms an industry which is determined by the international market. This change has an impact on companies in the media and broadcasting sectors. Now, the company is trying to be at the advance with client-based values. Facing up this rapidly changing environment requires a strategy to adapt. Determination of these strategies can be helped by knowing the organizational culture that is owned by the company. Local television station X is one of the local television stations that has survived for more than 20 years in media and broadcasting sector, To determine a strategy to face the market in the future, this television station needs to know the organizational culture it has, so that it can determine the direction of the preferred organizational culture in the future. OCAI (Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument) is a measuring tool that is often used and precisely in diagnosing organizational culture and organizational effectiveness. This measuring instrument is filled by all employees of television station X from various positions. The results of this study indicate that the dominant organizational culture possessed by this television station is clan culture, but this culture still tends to be weak, this can be due to two dimensions of organizational culture that have different patterns. There is a need for improvement in the communication system to improve work communication relations between management levels at local television station X in order to form a strong corporate culture. ABSTRAK Saat ini telah memasuki globalisasi, hal tersebut membentuk industri yang ditentukan oleh pasar internasional. Perubahan ini berdampak pada perusahaan yang bergerak di sektor media dan broadcasting, sehingga saat ini perusahaan berusaha menjadi yang terdepan dengan nilai-nilai berbasis pada klien. Mengahadapi lingkungan yang cepat berubah ini diperlukan sebuah strategi untuk dapat beradaptasi. Penentuan strategi tersebut dapat terbantu dengan mengetahui budaya organisasi yang dimiliki oleh perusahaan. Stasiun televisi lokal X adalah salah satu stasiun televisi lokal yang bertahan setelah kurang lebih 20 tahun berkiprah dalam sektor media dan broadcasting, untuk menentukan strategi untuk menghadapi pasar dimasa yang akan datang, maka stasiun televisi ini perlu mengetahui budaya organisasi yang dimiliki, sehingga dapat menentukan arah budaya organisasi yang dilebih disukai dimasa yang akan datang. OCAI (Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument) merupakan alat ukur yang sering digunakan dan tepat dalam mendiagnosa budaya organisasi dan efektifitas organisasi. Alat ukur ini diisi oleh seluruh karyawan stasiun televisi X dari berbagai jabatan. Hasil dari penelitian ini, bahwa budaya organisasi dominan yang dimiliki oleh stasiun televisi ini adalah budaya clan, tetapi budaya ini masih cenderung lemah, hal tersebut dapat disebabkan dua dimensi budaya organisasi yang memiliki pola berbeda. Perlu adanya perbaikan dalam sistem komunikasi untuk memperbaiki hubungan komunikasi kerja antara level manajemen di stasiun televisi lokal X agar dapat membentuk budaya perusahaan yang kuat.


Author(s):  
Jane J. Aggrey ◽  
Mirjam A. F. Ros-Tonen ◽  
Kwabena O. Asubonteng

AbstractArtisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa creates considerable dynamics in rural landscapes. Many studies addressed the adverse effects of mining, but few studies use participatory spatial tools to assess the effects on land use. Hence, this paper takes an actor perspective to analyze how communities in a mixed farming-mining area in Ghana’s Eastern Region perceive the spatial dynamics of ASM and its effects on land for farming and food production from past (1986) to present (2018) and toward the future (2035). Participatory maps show how participants visualize the transformation of food-crop areas into small- and large-scale mining, tree crops, and settlement in all the communities between 1986 and 2018 and foresee these trends to continue in the future (2035). Participants also observe how a mosaic landscape shifts toward a segregated landscape, with simultaneous fragmentation of their farming land due to ASM. Further segregation is expected in the future, with attribution to the expansion of settlements being an unexpected outcome. Although participants expect adverse effects on the future availability of food-crop land, no firm conclusions can be drawn about the anticipated effect on food availability. The paper argues that, if responsibly applied and used to reveal community perspectives and concerns about landscape dynamics, participatory mapping can help raise awareness of the need for collective action and contribute to more inclusive landscape governance. These findings contribute to debates on the operationalization of integrated and inclusive landscape approaches and governance, particularly in areas with pervasive impacts of ASM.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Ummeh Habiba Faria Benteh Rahman

AbstractThe paper’s intention is to provide the correspondence of the globalization and the diversity in the management in this current trade era. The aim of the article is to understand the leader’s role in diversity management which is rapidly changing the global trade market more clearly. Globalization has a very big influence on the diversity management these days, both directly and indirectly. This study is based on a systematic review of 14 journal articles presented on the concerned topic. It is divided into three main parts: the paper describes benefits of diversity management, leader’s role and the challenges which leaders face while playing the role in the diverse management. In the review, it was found that “diversity” in the workplace is one of the most important factors to run the business or corporation smoothly and workplaces are truly benefitted by the management of the diversity. It works as an “aid to trade” in the performance of the workforce in the corporate culture. Next, we explained the challenges which leaders face and how to avoid those by taking initial steps. The paper ends up by providing discussions, limitations of the previous literature and some suggestions to the future researchers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-652
Author(s):  
Ashley Fent

AbstractAs evidenced by the widespread controversy surrounding an otherwise small-scale mining investment pending in Casamance, Senegal, uncertainty shapes the extension of the extractive frontier. Fent argues that amid this uncertainty, different actors are able to politicize or depoliticize extractive investments through the work of scaling. Opponents cast the project as part of larger-scale, longer-term extraction, linking it with regional narratives. By contrast, state and corporate actors depoliticized the mine by emphasizing its limited extent and downscaling conflict to the local level. This demonstrates the conflictual processes through which extractive frontiers are realized—and resisted—through both space and time.


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