Kennzeichnung, Erfassung und Steuerung von Risikokultur

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Grieser
Keyword(s):  
Middle Management ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
Risk Culture ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Constituent Elements ◽  
Corporate Risk ◽  
Targeted Approach

Events such as the financial crisis in 2008/09 and the Volkswagen scandal about diesel engines in 2015 show that the existence of a risk management system does not sufficiently protect companies from risks. An inadequate corporate risk culture is often used to explain the causes of such crises. The aim of this study is to create access to a more targeted approach to risk culture. This is achieved through a methodical combination of conceptual developments and semi-structured interviews with companies from different industries and ownership structures. To start with, the author develops a definition of risk culture, identifies its constituent elements and derives a risk culture framework from these elements. In doing so, she identifies both ways of assessing risk culture and risk culture control mechanisms. Among other things, her findings point to the central role of top and middle management in this regard and reveal a variety of risk culture control mechanisms.

Shining a Light on Slavery?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Brace
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Social Death ◽  
Modern Slavery ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Constituent Elements

This chapter introduces the problems of defining slavery, and asks what makes a slave a slave? It focuses on powers of ownership and relations of domination, and critically examines Patterson’s constituent elements of slavery and his transhistorical definition of slavery as fundamentally about violence and slaves’ lack of legitimacy. It goes on to explore how Patterson’s emphasis on mortality and social death has been contested by others and what these debates over definition mean for the codification of persons as property and for the category of the human. This chapter argues for the importance of the role of labour in the volatile space between race and the human, and insists that transforming humans into moral beings was (and is) a gendered and racialized process that requires us to rethink the relation between pasts, presents and futures. This is not about a rupture between past and present, but about the afterlives of slavery and about putting slavery at the centre of political thought and narratives of modernity. This approach to defining slavery reveals the limitations of modern slavery discourse, of knowing and not-knowing and the rhetoric of misery, and the risks of taking the slave outside of history.

scholarly journals Self-regulatory Solitude: A Qualitative Exploration of Solitude in Indian Youth

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Iyer ◽  
Tanushree V L ◽  
Sucheta Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Social Avoidance ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Affective Outcomes ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Solitude has often been confused with co-existing affective states of 'loneliness' and 'aloneness' (Long et al., 2003). A growing body of literature (Nguyen et al., 2018) has quantitatively explored existing drives, affective outcomes and determinants of experience of solitude. Despite extensive research, a comprehensive conceptualization of solitude is yet to be achieved. Therefore, the current study qualitatively explores the subjective definition of solitude, individual experiences and the purposes behind seeking solitude through 10 semi-structured interviews with Bangalore you (24-28 years). Through thematic analysis, the study found that participants differed (social avoidance, self-regulation, productivity) in their purpose behind seeking solitude and the solitary activities that they engaged in. The role of space and agency in the experience of solitude was also highlighted. The study discusses the subjective experience of solitude in relation to existing literature and holds important implications regarding the use of solitude as a tool for affective self-regulation

scholarly journals INTEGRATED APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-156
Author(s):  
Валентина Халиулина ◽  
Valentina Khaliulina ◽  
В. Шабашев ◽  
V. Shabashev ◽  
С. Шабашева ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Constituent Elements

<p>The article deals with the constituent elements of the human capital and their influence on the development of the region. It stresses the special role of health as an important component of human capital in increasing production efficiency. The paper describes the current approaches to the definition of labor and human resources at the individual and community level (enterprise, region, society). It features the directions of their rational use in the case of transport enterprises of Kemerovo-city and the Kemerovo region. The authors give specific proposals for its improvement. The study involves a sociological survey revealing the motivation of the personnel as<br />well as facts of violations in the sphere of labor relations, and their interconnection. Attention is focused on ways to counteract the management of enterprises in case of violation of labor rights. The authors emphasize the need for social responsibility in the<br />maintenance and development of human capital, especially the need for an integrated approach to the effective use of human capital in the region.</p>

The Role of Ontology Engineering in Linked Data Publishing and Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Luczak-Rösch ◽  
Elena Simperl ◽  
Steffen Stadtmüller ◽  
Tobias Käfer
Keyword(s):  
Linked Data ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Ontology Engineering ◽  
Data Publishing ◽  
Ontology Development ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Definition Of

In this article the authors evaluate the adoption and applicability of established ontology engineering results by the Linked Data providers' community. The evaluation relies on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods; in particular, the authors conducted an analytical survey containing structured interviews with data publishers in order to give an account of the current ontology engineering practice in Linked Data provisioning, and compared and expanded our findings with statistics on ontology development and usage provided by the Billion Triple Challenges datasets from 2012 (using the vocab.cc platform) and from 2014 and other related tools. The findings of the evaluation allow data practitioners and ontologists to yield a better understanding of the conceptual part of the LOD Cloud; and form the basis for the definition of purposeful, empirically grounded guidelines and best practices for developing, managing and using ontologies in the new application scenarios that arise in the context of Linked Data.

scholarly journals Preprints and Scholarly Communication: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Adoption, Practices, Drivers and Barriers

F1000Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Chiarelli ◽  
Rob Johnson ◽  
Stephen Pinfield ◽  
Emma Richens
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Theory ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

Background: Since 2013, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of preprint servers. Little is known about the position of researchers, funders, research performing organisations and other stakeholders with respect to this fast-paced landscape. In this article, we explore the perceived benefits and challenges of preprint posting, alongside issues including infrastructure and financial sustainability. We also discuss the definition of a ‘preprint’ in different communities, and the impact this has on uptake. Methods: This study is based on 38 semi-structured interviews of key stakeholders, based on a purposive heterogeneous sampling approach and undertaken between October 2018 and January 2019. Interviewees were primarily drawn from biology, chemistry and psychology, where use of preprints is growing. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis to identify trends. Interview questions were designed based on Innovation Diffusion Theory, which was also used to interpret our results. Results: Participants were conscious of the rising prominence of preprints and cited early and fast dissemination as their most appealing feature. Preprints were also considered to enable broader access to scientific literature and increased opportunities for informal commenting. The main concerns related to the lack of quality assurance and the ‘Ingelfinger rule’. We identified trust as an essential factor in preprint posting, and highlight the enabling role of Twitter in showcasing preprints. Conclusions: The preprints landscape is evolving fast, and disciplinary communities are at different stages in the innovation diffusion process. The landscape is characterised by experimentation, which leads to the conclusion that a one-size-fits-all approach to preprints is not feasible. Cooperation and active engagement between the stakeholders involved will play an important role going forward. We share questions for the further development of the preprints landscape, with the most important being whether preprint posting will develop as a publisher- or researcher-centric practice.

scholarly journals Local and global environmental education: public policies and participation in Fernando de Noronha

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
Vivian Battaini ◽  
Marcos Sorrentino
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
Sustainable Societies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

This article seeks to analyse factors that may foster, hinder or increase environmental social participation and environmental education (EE) on the Island of Fernando de Noronha - Pernambuco / Brazil. The role of public policies in fostering a culture of democratic procedures aimed for building sustainable societies is another aim in this study. The relationships between research and experimentation in EE are the basis for this analysis. A survey provided a better understanding of the local reality and offered opportunities for the dialogues maturation focused on the definition of principles and initiatives that can contribute to the cycle of public policies formulation and implementation for EE.  This was a qualitative research-intervention carried out with a conservationist institution, which operates in the field of EE. It dialogues with ethnographic research in the field of education and used as techniques of data collection: analysis of official documents, participant observation, music and semi-structured interviews.  The analysis of the fieldwork were enhanced by other experiences of the Laboratory of Education and Environmental Policy (Oca) of the University of São Paulo and showed the need for public policies able to provide a permanent, continuous and articulated EE with the population of each territorial group. It also indicates some possible ways for that betting on the centrality of dialogical participation which articulates initiatives through an interinstitutional pedagogical political project.

scholarly journals Understanding Gendered Perspective to Corruption: Evidence from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-472
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ilyas ◽  
Rabia Rasheed ◽  
Rafia Faiz
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Working Out ◽  
Professional People

This study focuses on the debate that whether women are as corrupt as men, or their propensity to corruption is less than their male counterparts on account of their soft gender? It also encompasses the dynamics of networking, with particular emphasis on sifarish (use of influence for undue benefits)  and networking in gender perspective. Are women less corrupt than men? Do the sifarish and networking have gender biasness, how women become part of these networks and what role they play therein? These are the questions addressed in this study. An interpretive approach of qualitative research has been adopted keeping in view the subjective nature of networking and corruption. Semi-structured interviews from seventeen General / Senior Managers of public sector organizations were conducted to get their input on the research questions, middle management of public sector has been selected with a view that they have immediate exposure to corruption occurrences in the society. In addition to it, in depth review of the relevant available literature has been made. It has been concluded that apparent image of women being less susceptible to corruption is not related with their sex or gender, rather it is due to their less exposure to business and economic world which, even as of today, is dominated by men This study will add to the literature on role of gender in corruption, sifarish, networking and favoritism in the Pakistani context. This will also help management practitioners in working out their strategies in defining the role of women in the anti-corruption campaigns in business and political sectors. This study has acquired feedback from the middle management employees belonging to public sector organizations as they are directly related with formation and implementation of policies, which is also a sampling limitation. Future research should be carried out on diverse samples covering private organizations and non-professional people.

Loyalty Programs: Foreign and Russian Experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (5) ◽  
pp. 113-131
Author(s):  
Svetlana Berezka
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Loyalty Programs ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Customer Loyalty Programs

The aim of this paper is to identify the role of the loyalty programs in the Russian market. The methodology of the study based on the analysis of relevant publications and qualitative research using semi-structured interviews with experts in customer relationship and loyalty programs which were fulfilled in 2014–2015 in Russia and Austria. The article offers the definition of customer loyalty programs as relationship marketing tool, and contains the differentiation criteria from the frequency and reward schemes, also the role of customer loyalty programs for retail chains are investigated. The systematization of the reward types that are widely use in loyalty programs are provided. The paper contributes to the development of relationship marketing theory and customer loyalty programs issue.

Investigation of pre-service chemistry teachers’ understanding of radioactive decay: a laboratory modelling activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 862-872
Author(s):  
Sevinç Nihal Yeşiloğlu
Keyword(s):  
Half Life ◽  
Radioactive Decay ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Radioactive Elements ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chemistry Teachers ◽  
Modelling Activity ◽  
Laboratory Modelling ◽  
Definition Of

The first purpose of this study was to introduce a laboratory modelling activity focusing on teaching the concepts of radioactive elements/atoms, radioactive decay, and half-life. The second was to investigate pre-service chemistry teachers’ understanding of these concepts. Fifteen pre-service chemistry teachers who had enrolled in a Physical Chemistry Laboratory course participated in the study. The participants simulated the radioactive decay process of an imaginary radioactive element called Cornium during the laboratory modelling activity. In this way, pre-service chemistry teachers were able to visualize and model what is meant by radioactive decay and half-life. Data sources included responses given to open-response conceptual questions, participants’ drawings about radioactive decay and half-life, semi-structured interviews, activity worksheets, and observation notes. Qualitative analysis of data revealed that the pre-service chemistry teachers had misconceptions about the definition of radioactive elements/atoms, radioactive decay, and the half-life process before the activity. The role of the modelling activity in exposing and eliminating these misconceptions was discussed.

FINANCIAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitalij Kudelskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Management System ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Enterprise Management System ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Constituent Elements

The article is devoted to the study of financial diagnostics and the role in the crisis management system. The necessity of financial diagnostics is substantiated. The author emphasizes the need to systematically provide management with information about the current level of financial stability. The essence of the concept of "diagnostics" is investigated. The author's interpretation of diagnostics is formed. Methods of diagnostics are investigated. The essence of the concept of "financial diagnostics" is analyzed. Methods of financial diagnostics are determined. Methods of financial diagnostics are investigated. The author's definition of financial diagnostics is formed. The results of financial diagnostics are investigated. The constituent elements of financial diagnostics are investigated. Methods of financial diagnostics are investigated. The concept of "crisis management" is analyzed. The author's definition of anti-crisis management is formed. The purpose of crisis management is investigated. The object of crisis management has been identified. The subject of anti-crisis management is formed. Problems leading to crises or bankruptcy have been identified. The input information of financial diagnostics is investigated. Financial reporting is defined as a source of information for financial diagnostics. The functions of financial diagnostics are highlighted. The condition of the object and the process of financial diagnostics are studied. The reasons for conducting financial diagnostics are identified. The influence of factors on the process of financial diagnostics is investigated. An anti-crisis management system has been formed. The functions of crisis management are investigated. Approaches to management in the crisis period are investigated. The stages of anti-crisis man-agement of the enterprise are investigated.The complex process of information re-search is determined. Methods and types of crisis management are investigated. The role of financial diagnostics in the crisis management system is determined. The information of anti-crisis management technology is investigated. The place of financial diagnostics in the enterprise management system is determined. The bases of financial diagnostics are investigated.

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