Does goal ambiguity influence the program structure of nonprofit human service organizations?

This study presents an alternative to outcome management based on accountability by analyzing the ambiguity of nonprofit human service organizations’ program goals and program structures. A total of 761 programs were chosen from the 2010–2020 annual plans of P Rehabilitation Center for analysis. The program goals were analyzed according to quantitative accuracy and outcome attainability standards and the program structures were analyzed using the program theory model. Human service organizations need to have a logical program structure according to the program goal, and it is necessary to minimize logical errors in the program structure.

Pengembangan Embedded Device Berbasis PLC untuk Simulator Rejection System dengan Penambahan Human Machine Interface

Changes to the simulator rejection system from the previous research were carried out by replacing all sensors, drive motors, PLC systems, and adding HMI systems. The objectives in this research, namely (i) changing and developing a rejection system simulator, creating a ladder-based program structure and configuring HMI systems and (ii) measuring the performance of the simulators. Rejection system simulator is fabricated and reassembled, ladder-based syntax into PLCs and HMI is also configured, and observing the performance is done through the HMI layer. The results of programming is carried out through (i) providing software for PLCs, (ii) programming the PLC system, (iii) compiling and uploading programs from PC to PLC, (iv) configuring PLC and HMI via ethernet, and (v) compiling and uploading the program structure from PC to HMI. The performance for observing the condition of the bottle cap through the HMI is observed when (i) synchronization between the simulator system and the HMI-assisted PLC control, (ii) the reading of the sensors installed on the simulator, and (iii) the rotation process of the rejector arm. Overall, the rejection system simulator with a PLC-based assisted by HMI can be used as a process simulation against the implementation of the rejection system

Forming of spontaneity and creativity during playback theater activities

Finding the solution of many problems requires from person an ability of quick unconscious perception. Between spontaneity and creativity, there are both positive and negative relationships. In accordance with the authors’ forming program, the participants were equated with Playback actors with only difference that the actors aim to improve their skills while the participants develop their spontaneity. The authors have built the forming program which contained a set of training and developmental exercises and games aimed at developing spontaneity, attention and creative thinking. Six interconnected blocks of the forming program structure were characterized (Introduction; The development of spontaneity through creativity; The development of spontaneity through tolerance to uncertainty; The development of spontaneity through autonomy; Generalization and combination; Summing up). Its effectiveness was analyzed with help of an initial and final survey of participants. During the study, the participants’ level of spontaneity increased.

Synbit: synthesizing bidirectional programs using unidirectional sketches

We propose a technique for synthesizing bidirectional programs from the corresponding unidirectional code plus a few input/output examples. The core ideas are: (1) constructing a sketch using the given unidirectional program as a specification, and (2) filling the sketch in a modular fashion by exploiting the properties of bidirectional programs. These ideas are enabled by our choice of programming language, HOBiT, which is specifically designed to maintain the unidirectional program structure in bidirectional programming, and keep the parts that control bidirectional behavior modular. To evaluate our approach, we implemented it in a tool called Synbit and used it to generate bidirectional programs for intricate microbenchmarks, as well as for a few larger, more realistic problems. We also compared Synbit to a state-of-the-art unidirectional synthesis tool on the task of synthesizing backward computations.

Cultivating Innovation Capacity of Undergraduates in a Technology Commercialization Academy in Midwest America

The Technology Commercialization Academy (TCA) was launched to promote the identification, assessment, and exploitation of economically viable innovations by undergraduates and retain those graduates in the southwest Indiana region. Further, as part of the I-69 Innovation Corridor initiative, the TCA was part of increasing the regional Innovation Index score 20% by 2025. Through the seven years of implementation, the program has determined that there is a crucial tool set that is necessary for new graduates entering industry, including instilling that innovation is a balance; innovation is agile; innovation must fail, pivot, and focus quickly; and lastly the program must realize its capabilities, be diverse in thought, and recognize that the personnel are key. By instilling these practices in the participants, using available programmatic information and surveys, 100% of job seekers post-graduation were employed within six months, 9% began their own startup from the program, and 64% of these high impact graduates stayed in southwest Indiana. Overall, the TCA program structure has shifted to demand side iterative processes that create long-tail value for the region and made the participants attractive hires who are keenly aware of practices to move from opportunity to execution.