scholarly journals The Big Picture: A Holistic View of E-book Acquisitions

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron M. Lewis ◽  
Marie R. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Acquisition Process ◽  
Standing Order ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Development Department

The merging of two departments into the Acquisitions and Collection Development Department afforded Loyola Marymount University an opportunity to rethink existing workflows, with the acquisition of electronic books (e-books) being identified as a critical task to review. Process mapping was used to show the complexity of different tasks being performed in the department and to provide a visualization mechanism for staff to see how their work fit into a sequence of actions as part of a larger workflow. The authors listed the types of acquisition models used at their library for e-books and constructed process maps for the following six major types: 1. Firm order e-books; 2. Firm order e-book collections; 3. Approval order e-books; 4. Demand-driven e-books; 5. Standing order e-books, and; 6. Subscription e-book database. The authors merged the individual process maps into a single visualization to view the entirety of the acquisition process as a whole and to show how the different e-book acquisition models relate and diverge from one another.

Mapping public value processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Alford ◽  
Sophie Yates
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to the analytic toolkit of public sector practitioners by outlining a framework called Public Value Process Mapping (PVPM). This approach is designed to be more comprehensive than extant frameworks in either the private or public sectors, encapsulating multiple dimensions of productive processes. Design/methodology/approach – This paper explores the public administration and management literature to identify the major frameworks for visualising complex systems or processes, and a series of dimensions against which they can be compared. It then puts forward a more comprehensive framework – PVPM – and demonstrates its possible use with the example of Indigenous child nutrition in remote Australia. The benefits and limitations of the technique are then considered. Findings – First, extant process mapping frameworks each have some but not all of the features necessary to encompass certain dimensions of generic or public sector processes, such as: service-dominant logic; external as well internal providers; public and private value; and state coercive power. Second, PVPM can encompass the various dimensions more comprehensively, enabling visualisation of both the big picture and the fine detail of public value-creating processes. Third, PVPM has benefits – such as helping unearth opportunities or culprits affecting processes – as well as limitations – such as demonstrating causation and delineating the boundaries of maps. Practical implications – PVPM has a number of uses for policy analysts and public managers: it keeps the focus on outcomes; it can unearth a variety of processes and actors, some of them not immediately obvious; it can help to identify key processes and actors; it can help to identify the “real” culprits behind negative outcomes; and it highlights situations where multiple causes are at work. Originality/value – This approach, which draws on a number of precursors but constitutes a novel technique in the public sector context, enables the identification and to some extent the comprehension of a broader range of causal factors and actors. This heightens the possibility of imagining innovative solutions to difficult public policy issues, and alternative ways of delivering public services.

The Most Important Therapy Outcomes for School-Aged Children Who Stutter: An Exploratory Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3S) ◽  
pp. 1152-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Cooke ◽  
Sharon K. Millard
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Successful Therapy ◽  
Therapy Outcomes ◽  
Language Therapy ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Integrated Or

Purpose The aim of this article was to identify what school-aged children who stutter consider to be the most important outcomes from therapy. Method A Delphi approach was employed for the study. Eighteen participants aged 9–13 years completed a survey, generating 90 statements that would constitute successful therapy outcomes. After categorization and reduction, 79 statements were sent to participants in a second survey to seek consensus on their importance. Fifteen participants aged 8–14 years completed this second survey. Statements with the highest median ratings and smallest standard deviations were retained. Results Twenty-one statements were retained after analysis. These reflected hopes for affective and behavioral change in the young person and in other people after therapy. Important outcomes included, but are not limited to, increased fluency, greater independence, increased confidence at school, others knowing how to support the individual, and communication situations feeling easier. Conclusions Participants identified a range of outcomes that were important to achieve as a result of speech and language therapy. The findings suggest a need for a more holistic view of what is meant by successful therapy, incorporating improvements in the ability to communicate and participate in daily situations. The findings suggest that an integrated or holistic approach to intervention would be required to achieve these goals and should include significant others from the child's environment. The important statements identified in this study could be used to inform the content of therapy and to evaluate change over time. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.7144205

Attention Deficit

Symposion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Samson Liberman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Management Game ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Sharing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Modern Form

The aim of this paper is a socio-philosophical analysis of attention deficit phenomenon, which is being detected at the intersection of several subject areas (psychiatry, theory of journalism, economics). The main methodological instrument of the study is a Marxist principle of alienation. Alienation of attention, which, on the one hand, is being understood as a process of producing attention as a commodity, and on the other one – as the process of producing a person as a user of the platform, provides the methodological basis, necessary for a holistic view of the phenomenon. The main differences of attention alienation from alienation of labor and desire are considered within the paper. The possibility of a modern form of alienation is associated primarily with the emergence of the new forms of capital – platforms, providing infrastructure for the interaction of other users and aimed at collection and procession of large amounts of data. The main aspects of attention management: game, content sharing and design have been distinguished within the paper. The main consequences of alienation of attention for the structure of the individual and society have been spelled out. The effects of the spread of gaming techniques of attention management and content distribution techniques specific to social networks have been considered. It being is suggested that there is a correlation between the spread of ADHD diagnosis and the spread of attention management technologies, and, as well, between the distribution of attention management technology and the ‘renaissance’ of social in the social theory.

scholarly journals Perspective: The promises of a holistic view of proteins—impact on antibody engineering and drug discovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ser-Xian Phua ◽  
Kwok-Fong Chan ◽  
Chinh Tran-To Su ◽  
Jun-Jie Poh ◽  
Samuel Ken-En Gan
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Drug Design ◽  
Antibody Engineering ◽  
Rational Drug Design ◽  
Biomedical Science ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Rational Drug ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Reductionist Approach

AbstractThe reductionist approach is prevalent in biomedical science. However, increasing evidence now shows that biological systems cannot be simply considered as the sum of its parts. With experimental, technological, and computational advances, we can now do more than view parts in isolation, thus we propose that an increasing holistic view (where a protein is investigated as much as a whole as possible) is now timely. To further advocate this, we review and discuss several studies and applications involving allostery, where distant protein regions can cross-talk to influence functionality. Therefore, we believe that an increasing big picture approach holds great promise, particularly in the areas of antibody engineering and drug discovery in rational drug design.

scholarly journals Visual process maps to support implementation efforts: a case example

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kononowech ◽  
Zach Landis-Lewis ◽  
Joan Carpenter ◽  
Mary Ersek ◽  
Robert Hogikyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Goals Of Care ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Time Burden ◽  
Centered Care

Abstract Background Process mapping is often used in quality improvement work to examine current processes and workflow and to identify areas to intervene to improve quality. Our objective in this paper is to describe process maps as a visual means of understanding modifiable behaviors and activities, in this case example to ensure that goals of care conversations are part of admitting a veteran in long-term care settings. Methods We completed site visits to 6 VA nursing homes and reviewed their current admission processes. We conducted interviews to document behaviors and activities that occur when a veteran is referred to a long-term care setting, during admission, and during mandatory VA reassessments. We created visualizations of the data using process mapping approaches. Process maps for each site were created to document the admission activities for each VA nursing home and were reviewed by the research team to identify consistencies across sites and to identify potential opportunities for implementing goals of care conversations. Results We identified five consistent behaviors that take place when a veteran is referred and admitted in long-term care. These behaviors are assessing, discussing, decision-making, documenting, and re-assessing. Conclusions Based on the process maps, it seems feasible that the LST note and order template could be completed along with other routine assessment processes. However, this will require more robust multi-disciplinary collaboration among both prescribing and non-prescribing health care providers. Completing the LST template during the current admission process would increase the likelihood that the template is completed in a timely manner, potentially alleviate the perceived time burden, and help with the provision of veteran-centered care.

The Body between Religion and Spirituality

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Giordan
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Religious Attitude ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

The distinction between religion and spirituality, as it is increasingly understood in the contemporary sociology of religion, has led to a reconsideration of the relation between the individual and his/her own body. In the Christian ambit, and especially in the Catholic sphere, the traditional religious attitude has always been that of emphasizing the dichotomy between soul and body, setting a hierarchy that puts the soul in a position superior to the body's, according to an ascetic approach that, particularly in the Middle Ages, foresaw the “mortification of the body”. In the contemporary spiritualist perspective, body and soul are seen as profoundly united, and the previous dichotomy seems to leave room for a more serene and less conflictual connection with one's body: spirituality relates to the sacred by leaving room for (and deriving from) emotions, feelings, the physical and the sexual, and takes a holistic view of human nature. Such a shift from the religious dimension to the spiritual dimension in the relationship with one's body can be observed not only in popular culture but also within Catholicism itself.

Translanguaging and linguistic landscapes

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 54-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Durk Gorter ◽  
Jasone Cenoz
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
San Sebastian ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Neighborhood Level

In this article we discuss the concept of translanguaging in relation to a holistic view of linguistic landscapes that goes beyond the analysis of individual signs. On the one hand, we look at instances of multilingual signage as a combination of linguistic resources. On the other hand, at the neighborhood level the individual signs combine, alternate and mix to shape linguistic landscapes as a whole. We expand our “Focus on Multilingualism” approach from school settings to the multilingual cityscape. One bookshop and its surrounding neighborhoods in Donostia-San Sebastián illustrate how readers navigate between languages and go across linguistic borders. Through translanguaging we foreground the co-occurrence of different linguistic forms, signs and modalities. At the level of neighborhood emerges the space in which translanguaging goes outside the scope of single signs and separate languages. We conclude that translanguaging is an approach to linguistic landscapes that takes the study of multilingualism forward.

How far have we come with the study of knowledge risks?

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Durst
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Complete Coverage ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Questions

Purpose This paper aims to review research on the topic of knowledge risks to establish the current body of knowledge and, on this basis, to suggest some promising avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach This study consists of a systematic review of 52 refereed articles on knowledge risks. Findings The findings contribute to a more holistic view of the topic and related aspects and, thus, complement the study of knowledge management. Additionally, a number of research questions are proposed, aimed at guiding and informing future research activities. Research limitations/implications This study may not have enabled a complete coverage of all articles in the field of knowledge risks. Yet, based on the chosen research methodology, it seems reasonable to assume that the review process covered a large share of studies available. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, no systematic literature review on knowledge risks and related issues has previously been published in academic journals.

scholarly journals Lean management in a liaison psychiatry department: implementation, benefits and pitfalls

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Lauren Alexander ◽  
Susan Moore ◽  
Nigel Salter ◽  
Leonard Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Lean Management ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Management Intervention

Aims and methodTo apply process mapping, a component of lean management, to a liaison psychiatry service of an emergency department. Lean management is a strategy that has been adapted to healthcare from business and production industries and aims to improve efficiency of a process. The process consisted of four stages: individual interviews with stakeholders, generation of process maps, allocation of goals and assessment of outcomes.ResultsThere was a significant reduction in length of stay of psychiatric patients in the emergency department (median difference: 1 h; P = 0.015). Five of the six goals were met successfully.Clinical implicationsThis article demonstrates a management intervention that successfully reduced length of stay in an emergency department. Further to the improvements in tangible (quantitative) outcomes, process mapping improved interpersonal relations between different disciplines. This paper may be used to guide similar quality improvement exercises in other areas of healthcare.

Learning to See the (w)Holes

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Burns ◽  
Thomas M. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Holistic Thinking ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Structured Problems ◽  
Psychological Influences ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Whole Systems

Business managers are faced with complex decisions involving a wide range of issues – technical, social, environmental, and financial – and their interaction. Our education system focuses heavily on presenting structured problems and teaching students to apply a set of tools or methods to solve these problems. Yet the most difficult thing to teach is the defining of the problem itself. Unlike a jigsaw puzzle, in which the overall picture and the individual pieces are clearly defined, real-life business problems require managers to see the ‘big picture’ and define the dilemma. If they cannot see the ‘whole’, they cannot see the ‘holes' where information is lacking. The boundaries of the problem are too often based on what managers know, not on what they need to know. This paper reviews the roots of holistic systems thinking in the work of philosophers, psychologists and physical scientists. It looks at the extent to which the ability to see and develop models of whole systems is a natural skill of some people rather than a learned skill. It reviews efforts to measure the capability in individuals and the psychological influences on holistic thinking. It then discusses alternative ways in which the capability to see the (w)holes can be developed.

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