scholarly journals Models of Management of Railway Infrastructure of Montenegro

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Safet Kalač ◽  
Dragutin Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Railway Traffic ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
Business Results ◽  
Railway Infrastructure ◽  
Implementation Plans

In time of rapid economic and technological change and turmoil, no one can manage business successfully, just because they think they are ‘smart’. In order to successfully manage organizations in the era of dramatic change, in this case ŽICG (Railway infrastructure of Montenegro), it is no longer sufficient to master the classical management process, but also to master the overall quality of management process. In order to achieve the best possible business results in the Railway Infrastructure of Montenegro, the theoretical and practical knowledge on which the management process is based, starting from planning (goal setting, determining ways to achieve goals, allocating required resources), organizing (a division of labor, delegation of authority, coordination), leadership (supervision, motivation, remuneration and punishment, training), conflict resolution) and lastely control (choice of control parameters, monitoring of results, comparison of planned and realized, taking corrective actions). In order to improve the current situation, the models of management of railway infrastructure are considered, for which as a manager builds and invests in railway infrastructure, takes care of its modernization, current maintenance, provides access and allocates infrastructure capacities and organizes and regulates railway traffic. In the processing of the management model, the work relies on the Strategy for the Development of Transport of Montenegro in the period 2019-2035, which establishes the situation in the areas of transport, defines the infrastructure, organizational and operational goals of the development of the transport system, which are realized through time and long-term implementation plans.

scholarly journals A methodological contribution to the representation of the function of leadership and its impact on organizational cooperation and company results

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Zanda
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Classical Theory ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Business Results ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Organizational Cooperation

The objective of this work is to offer a contribution to conceptual clarity on the nature of leadership and the elements that compose it. It also develops a model that systematically represents the relationship between leadership styles, the quality of the management process and business results. The following approach is interdisciplinary but based on the classical theory of management in order to maintain realism and concreteness

Institute of treasury and its role in the system of public administration

2019 ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
S.V. Kozlova ◽  
O.M. Gribanova
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Management System ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Treasury Management

This article analyzes the goals, principles and institutional environment of the state Treasury, as well as the mechanisms of its management. We consider the Treasury management system as a subsystem of state property management in General due to the fact that the Treasury is a part of state property. At the same time, we proceed from the fact that the Treasury has its own characteristics — in goal setting, in accounting, in the end — and in the principles of management. At the same time, we will approach the management process based on the General principles of the theory of management of a complex system and based on common approaches to improving the quality of management. The findings of the study can be used not only for the management of the Treasury, but also for the management of state property in General.

scholarly journals The Impact of Gender on Financial Goal Setting and Planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Fan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Financial Planning ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Financial Goal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Influences

Both women and men desire to achieve their financial security. Financial planning, as a long-term method, allows us to manage certain financial aspects of our lives. However, women and men tend to have different financial behavior that may play a key role in financial planning. In this paper, we analyze the survey data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to examine the gender effect on goal setting in financial planning. We observe that women overall tend to be more likely to set financial goals or create plans to secure the quality of life even though they are less financially knowledgeable and more economically disadvantaged in society. In particular, we identify that such gender difference is more noteworthy among working-age individuals but not among retirees. Further, we also explore how gender influences financial goal setting and planning decisions within different ethnic groups.

Rehabilitation, Assessment and Management Practices to Ensure Long-Life, High Performance Highway-Railway At-Grade Crossings

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Malloy ◽  
Jerry G. Rose ◽  
Reginald R. Souleyrette
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Performance Evaluations ◽  
Layered System ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Railway Traffic ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Grade Crossings

Rehabilitating and/or replacement of highway-railway at-grade crossings frequently accounts for major track maintenance expenses for the U.S. highway governmental agencies and the railroad industry. Substantial numbers of crossings deteriorate at a more rapid rate than the abutting trackbed and pavement. This is largely due to the structural implications of the combined highway and railway loadings within the jointly used crossing area and difficultly in maintaining adequate drainage within the immediate crossing area. A highway-railway at-grade crossing is designed to fulfill its primary purpose of providing a smooth surface for the safe passage of rubber-tired vehicles across the railroad. The jointly used area represents a significantly expensive unit cost of the highway and railway line. Ideally a highway crossing will maintain a smooth surface and stable trackbed for a long period of time. This reduces costly and frequent disruptions to highway and railway traffic when the track needs adjusting or the surface needs replacing due to rideability concerns. Technology is available for “fast-tracking” the renewal of highway crossings within one day (if desired) using a panel system with specifically designed layered support and premium materials. The procedure involves complete removal of the old crossing panel and trackbed materials. The replacement consists of an asphalt underlayment layer, a pre-compacted ballast layer, a new track panel, and a new crossing surface. The composition of the asphalt layer is similar to that used for highways. It replaces all, or a portion of, the typical granular subballast layer. A cooperative effort between the local highway agency and the railway company will ideally reduce costs, improve the quality of the finished product, and reduce outage of the highway and railroad during the rehabilitation process. A major objective is to minimize disruption to both highway and railway traffic during the renewal process in addition to improving the performance and extending the life of the crossing. Typical schedules are for the railroad to be out-of-service for a maximum of four hours and for the highway to be closed only eight to twelve hours, when length of closure is an issue of importance. Numerous long-term tests and performance evaluations of heavy trafficked railway and highway crossings are presented herein. Pressure cells have been imbedded within the trackbed to document pressure levels within the layered portion of the crossing structure due to loadings from trains and highway vehicles. In addition, long-term settlement measurements and assessments for several crossings are documented. The measurements indicate significantly reduced long-term settlements of crossings incorporating the rapid-renewal, layered system, while maintaining acceptable smoothness levels. In addition, standard practices and specifications are presented for several highway agencies and railway companies using this technology for their crossing renewal programs. These long-term performance evaluations indicate this practice ensures long-life, economical, smooth crossings for improved safety and operating performances. The application of this technology continues to increase and it is considered a standard practice in many areas of the country. A crossing management technique (model decision-making process) is described for assessing the optimum engineering solutions to restore desired smoothness, minimize subsequent settlement, and ensure acceptable long-term performances for highway-railway at-grade crossings. These are site-specific and based on historical performance, the present observed performance and condition, and measurable parameters for the particular crossing. The model decision-making process includes three options, depending on the source(s) of the crossing roughness. The process can involve merely making improvements to the quality of the pavement approaches. Another scenario can be to replace only the deteriorated crossing surface. The most involved solution is the complete renewal of the crossing surface, track panel, and underlying support to rectify a chronic problem that may be inhibiting the crossing from achieving optimum performance.

scholarly journals StationRank: Aggregate dynamics of the Swiss railway

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0244206
Author(s):  
Georg Anagnostopoulos ◽  
Vahid Moosavi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Measures ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Railway Traffic ◽  
Citation Ranking ◽  
Railway Infrastructure ◽  
Tool Set ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
Aggregate Dynamics

Increasing availability and quality of actual, as opposed to scheduled, open transport data offers new possibilities for capturing the spatiotemporal dynamics of railway and other networks of social infrastructure. One way to describe such complex phenomena is in terms of stochastic processes. At its core, a stochastic model is domain-agnostic and algorithms discussed here have been successfully used in other applications, including Google’s PageRank citation ranking. Our key assumption is that train routes constitute meaningful sequences analogous to sentences of literary text. A corpus of routes is thus susceptible to the same analytic tool-set as a corpus of sentences. With our experiment in Switzerland, we introduce a method for building Markov Chains from aggregated daily streams of railway traffic data. The stationary distributions under normal and perturbed conditions are used to define systemic risk measures with non-evident, valuable information about railway infrastructure.

scholarly journals PROSES PERENCANAAN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT DALAM PENDIDIKAN ISLAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
FITRIANI FITRIANI
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Education Planning

This paper describes the Total Quality Management (TQM) planning process in Islamic education. Planning is needed in every process of activity. Without a clear long-term direction, an agency can not plan for quality improvement. Total Quality Management process in Islamic education is more or less the same as the Total Quality Management process in general, its by looking at input that is what is needed, desired, or expected from learners. Then,  the process of learning can be seen how the level of quality of an educational institution that is how the quality of output.

scholarly journals Impact of Conscious Change Management on the Quality of Cluster Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (341) ◽  
pp. 117-135
Author(s):  
Daniel Młodzianowski ◽  
Katarzyna Rostek
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Cluster Management ◽  
New Approach

The article analyzes the role of change management in efficient functioning of the organization and points to the need of using the new approach of change management in clusters. In order to prove this need, available literature and practical knowledge were reviewed for the presence of the concept and examples of its use in change management in clusters. The main aim of the article is to show that the clusters stop being a group of economic entities uniting to realize only a single project, but more often they become a group of aware cooperators coordinating their actions in a long‑term perspective. This way they achieve much higher level of efficiency and development than single entities.

Thinking Beyond Language: Intervention for Severe Aphasia

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Simmons-Mackie
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Language Intervention ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Environmental Support ◽  
Total Communication ◽  
Communication Partners

Abstract Purpose: This article addresses several intervention approaches that aim to improve life for individuals with severe aphasia. Because severe aphasia significantly compromises language, often for the long term, recommended approaches focus on additional domains that affect quality of life. Treatments are discussed that involve increasing participation in personally relevant life situations, enhancing environmental support for communication and participation, and improving communicative confidence. Methods: Interventions that have been suggested in the aphasia literature as particularly appropriate for people with severe aphasia include training in total communication, training of communication partners, and activity specific training. Conclusion: Several intervention approaches can be implemented to enhance life with severe aphasia.

Communication Disordered: Program Implementation in Long-Term Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
George Barnes ◽  
Joseph Salemi
Keyword(s):  
Program Implementation ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Change Policy

The organizational structure of long-term care (LTC) facilities often removes the rehab department from the interdisciplinary work culture, inhibiting the speech-language pathologist's (SLP's) communication with the facility administration and limiting the SLP's influence when implementing clinical programs. The SLP then is unable to change policy or monitor the actions of the care staff. When the SLP asks staff members to follow protocols not yet accepted by facility policy, staff may be unable to respond due to confusing or conflicting protocol. The SLP needs to involve members of the facility administration in the policy-making process in order to create successful clinical programs. The SLP must overcome communication barriers by understanding the needs of the administration to explain how staff compliance with clinical goals improves quality of care, regulatory compliance, and patient-family satisfaction, and has the potential to enhance revenue for the facility. By taking this approach, the SLP has a greater opportunity to increase safety, independence, and quality of life for patients who otherwise may not receive access to the appropriate services.

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