International Overview of Employee Share Ownership

Business management scholars have propositioned employee share ownership as a concept bearing different perspectives. Business management practitioners have implemented the model in varying degrees suiting their organizational needs depending on the context of the organization at the particular time. Empirical research on the impact, role, and the position of employee share ownership (ESO) has produced varying results leading to far reaching conclusions as to the importance and significance of the ESO on an organization and especially at a time when a firm is undergoing through crisis. The concept of employee share ownership has led to the development of employee share ownership plans which are implemented as direct stock/share allotment, bonuses, or profit-sharing models and plans. The employer or the principal capital holder bears an exclusive discretion in making the decision of who would receive any of these options.

Informal (Field-Based) Learning

Most learning in the workplace occurs outside of formal learning environments—it happens informally, “in the field.” In this review, we share what is known about how such informal field-based learning (IFBL) works, offer guidance on how to promote healthy IFBL, and identify future research needs. We first situate IFBL within the broader stream of the learning literature. On the basis of the literature and organizational needs, we propose a CAM-OS framework that emphasizes five personal and situational readiness factors for enabling constructive IFBL: Capability, Awareness, Motivation, Opportunity, and Support. We use the framework to offer practical, evidence-based advice for each of three stakeholder groups—senior leaders, managers, and employees—and conclude with suggested avenues for future research. The review is grounded in the research literature with an emphasis on implications for practice. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Volume 9 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Consumer and Carer Perspectives of a Zero Suicide Prevention Program: A Qualitative Study

This study explored the experiences of healthcare consumers who had recently attempted suicide, and their carers, following placement on a Suicide Prevention Pathway based on the Zero Suicide framework. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 consumers and 5 carers using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interviews were transcribed and thematic analysis was applied to identify prominent themes and sub-themes. Three interrelated themes were identified. The first theme was ‘Feeling safe and valued’ with the associated sub-theme pertaining to perceived stigmatizing treatment and self-stigma. The second was ‘Intersection of consumer and staff/organizational needs’ with a related sub-theme of time pressure and reduced self-disclosure. The final theme was ‘Importance of the ‘whole picture’, highlighting the relevance of assessing and addressing psychosocial factors when planning for consumer recovery. Overall, consumers and their carers reported a favorable experience of the Suicide Prevention Pathway; however, there were several areas identified for improvement. These included reconciling the time-pressures of a busy health service system, ensuring consumers and carers feel their psychosocial concerns are addressed, and ensuring that adequate rapport is developed. Key to this is ensuring consumers feel cared for and reducing perceptions of stigma.

The dynamic tension at the core of the grammar of schooling

The American system of schooling has been remarkably resistant to change, with most changes coming in the form of tinkering around the edges. Large-scale reform that alters what David Tyack and Larry Cuban (1995) referred to as the “grammar of schooling” has tended to fizzle out. David Labaree suggests that the practices that are most likely to become part of this persistent grammar of schooling, such as the age-graded classroom, are those that align with schools’ social mission and that meet schools’ organizational needs. Those two elements of the grammar of schooling must remain in balance if reform is to succeed.

Management accounting change and the rise of Vespa (1884-1965)

This paper focuses on the manner in which the interplay of several external and internal forces can affect a company control-system architecture over time. As its object of enquiry, the Italian manufacturer Piaggio provides us with a glimpse of management accounting techniques across a century in a context of economic instability and political and social tensions in Italy. The authors examine the contextual factors conditioning influences and their interplay with Piaggio costing techniques. The study suggests that accounting change was dependant on a complex set of relationships and preconditions. The specificity of the company accounting controls was tied to the interplay of internal and external forces, for instance changes in the production motivated by the war requirements, the rise of fascism and protectionism, low market competition, high-skilled technicians, investment on innovation, low wages, and strikes of the workforce. The findings highlight that the occurred developments and changes were carried out in order to enable the survival of the firm and to respond to specific managerial, behavioural, and organizational needs.

Primary Care Pharmacist Practice Models Shape the Comprehensive Medication Management Process

Pharmacists are well positioned to collaborate with primary care providers (PCPs) to conduct comprehensive medication management (CMM). However, depending on organizational needs and pharmacist staffing resources, different pharmacist practice models have been implemented. In this commentary, we (1) describe 2 common pharmacist practice models in primary care settings, (2) explain variations in the CMM process based on 2 practice models, and (3) outline outcomes and implications of this expanded CMM process. By tailoring the CMM process to their practice model, pharmacists can follow consistent delivery of CMM services to create a common understanding among patients, PCPs, and other care team members.

Applied Statistics: Basic Principles and Application

Statistics is an old scientific discipline, but its application has never been more topical. Statistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. Increased computing power had a huge impact on the popularisation of the practice of statistical science. With new technologies such as the internet of things, we start to collect data from various sources like web server logs, online transaction records, tweet streams, social media, data from all kinds of sensors. With increased access to big data, there is a need for professionals with applied statistics knowledge who can visualize and analyze data, make sense of it, and use it to solve real complex problems. Applied statistics is the root of data analysis, and the practice of applied statistics involves analyzing data to help define and determine organizational needs. Today we can find applied statistics in various fields such as medicine, information technology, engineering, finance, marketing, accounting, business, etc. The goal of this paper is to clarify the applied statistics, its principles and to present its application in various fields.

Training Model To Improve CompetencyState Civil Apparatus Supervisory Officer

Due to the development of technology and organizational needs, the competence of the State Civil Apparatus has increased significantly, necessitating the adjustment of improvement techniques. Furthermore, the lack of a role for the sending agency in training continues to be an impediment to the intersperity between competence needs and the implementation system. This research focuses on how the competency-based training model is applied, as well as the function and impact of supervisory authorities' training results on enhancing performance. This study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to obtain results that are relevant to the needs, and it was conducted at the State Administration Agency's Center for Training and Development and Competency Mapping of State Civil Apparatus with alumni research training supervisory officials in 2018, 2019, and 2020. According to the findings of the study, the training has not taken advantage of technological advancements or maximized the role of the sending agency, so there are still difficulties and limits in its execution, particularly in terms of location and time. To meet these issues, a training model must be developed that focuses on ensuring the organizer's competency.

A case study of change and innovation: Addiction and Mental Health Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington

Addiction and Mental Health Services of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington is emerging from years of fractured leadership and operational experiences to a new era of promise—with lessons learned along the way. A case study of change and innovation describes the journey Addiction and Mental Health Services of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington has been on since 2020, including making a transition from a Chief Executive Officer to a Joint Executive Leadership model to meet organizational needs, and adopting an approach to governance that is collaborative and integrates existing stakeholder governance representatives to mirror the current provincial Ontario Health Team vision of service.