Organizational Paradigms Of Reduced-Load Work: Accommodation, Elaboration, And Transformation

Industry is experiencing fundamental changes in its operations, structure, mores and economies. These changes are caused by intensification of international competition; restructuring of several large economic blocks; changing societal values; and new organizational paradigms. The following is a terse, condensed summary of what the author sees as twelve major changes affecting the European research establishment in the coming years. This is a strictly private view, based on personal experience gained from working in European, US and Japanese industries, and several European universities and research centres.

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Work Accommodation in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Current Challenges and Future Directions in Research and Practice

Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability - Handbook of Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders in the Workplace ◽

10.1007/978-1-4939-0612-3_23 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 417-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hanah C. Kwan ◽

Izabela Z. Schultz

Keyword(s):

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Work Accommodation

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The influence of collective employment relations on work accommodation: case studies in Estonia, Hungary and Poland

Transfer European Review of Labour and Research ◽

10.1177/1024258919828597 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 451-464 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Märt Masso ◽

Deborah Foster ◽

Liina Osila ◽

Balázs Bábel ◽

Jan Czarzasty ◽

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Keyword(s):

Current Knowledge ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Specific Situation ◽

Employment Relations ◽

Action Research Project ◽

Reasonable Accommodations ◽

Social Partners ◽

Disabled Employees ◽

Work Accommodation ◽

Work Accommodations

Work accommodations are generally understood to refer to individual solutions for older and disabled employees that have been tailored to their specific situation within a workplace. This article, however, argues that there is potential for collective employment relations to motivate and enable social partners to develop a role in implementing reasonable accommodations and supporting older and disabled employees in the labour market. Focusing on industrial relations and work accommodation systems in Estonia, Poland and Hungary, the potential role that social partners could play in creating more inclusive workplaces is explored. This is done by reference to the findings from an action research project that brought together social partners to discuss ways in which practices in providing work accommodations could help better to integrate underutilised sources of labour in these three countries. The industrial relations regimes in the three countries have potentially enabling characteristics that could facilitate work accommodations. Current knowledge of the work accommodation process and the integration of this issue into the collective employment relations agenda, however, needs further improvement.

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A survey of multi-agent organizational paradigms

The Knowledge Engineering Review ◽

10.1017/s0269888905000317 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 281-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 315

Author(s):

BRYAN HORLING ◽

VICTOR LESSER

Keyword(s):

Comparative Evaluation ◽

Organizational Design ◽

Performance Characteristics ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Organizational Strategies ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Selection Of ◽

Organizational Paradigms

Many researchers have demonstrated that the organizational design employed by an agent system can have a significant, quantitative effect on its performance characteristics. A range of organizational strategies have emerged from this line of research, each with different strengths and weaknesses. In this article we present a survey of the major organizational paradigms used in multi-agent systems. These include hierarchies, holarchies, coalitions, teams, congregations, societies, federations, markets, and matrix organizations. We will provide a description of each, discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and provide examples of how they may be instantiated and maintained. This summary will facilitate the comparative evaluation of organizational styles, allowing designers to first recognize the spectrum of possibilities, and then guiding the selection of an appropriate organizational design for a particular domain and environment.

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The fate of a Military Pilot in Malaysia: Lingering on the ground after young stroke

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health ◽

10.3126/ijosh.v12i1.41038 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 54-58

Author(s):

Zulkefley Mohammad ◽

Ariff Azfarahim Ibrahim ◽

Rosnah Ismail ◽

Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf

Keyword(s):

Military Service ◽

Superior Sagittal Sinus ◽

Sinus Thrombosis ◽

Protein S ◽

Sagittal Sinus ◽

S Deficiency ◽

Returning To Work ◽

Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis ◽

Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis ◽

Work Accommodation

Strokes in young pilots can result in the devastating loss of productive years of life, especially for pilots at the peak of their careers. A 32-yr-old male military helicopter pilot was diagnosed with superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and bilateral parietal hemorrhages secondary to protein S deficiency after 15 years in military service. Two years post-stroke, he was carefully evaluated for a possible return to work after aeromedical assessment and the 1 percent rule being considered. A decision was made by the medical board for him to be disqualified to fly and grounded with work accommodation. The authors recommend that there is a need for reassessment up to two years using the objective PULHEEMS method for young pilots who failed aeromedical assessment due to stroke for returning to work as their experiences and knowledge is highly valuable.

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Comparison of Methodologies for Strategic Forecasting and Planning of Economic Development in Developed Countries and Russia

Economic Strategies ◽

10.33917/es-7.173.2020.24-31 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 144 ◽

pp. 24-31

Author(s):

Sergey A. Pobyvaev ◽

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Tural S. Gaibov ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Great Britain ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Organizational Field ◽

Forecasting Methods ◽

Organizational Paradigms

The authors considered the organization of strategic planning and forecasting of five countries that are among the world’s economic leaders — USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan and Russia. The main features of the organization of the process of strategic planning and strategic forecasting in these countries are revealed, and a brief description of the organizational paradigms in the area under consideration is given. The purpose of the article is to determine the possibilities of borrowing in the field of methodology of strategic planning and forecasting. While there are no borrowing problems in the field of technical forecasting methods, there are a number of obstacles in the organizational field, determined by various factors. The authors identified nine such factors, and concluded that the prospects for the development of strategic planning and forecasting in Russia lie outside the directly specified area.

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