Design visualization for proposed training plan according to the ASSURE model for learning resource specialists in Muscat to employ Facebook to implementing modern marketing mechanisms for information services during the Corona Pandemic: تصور تصميمي لخطة تدريبية مقترحة وفقا لنموذج ASSURE لأخصائيي مصادر التعلم في محافظة مسقط لتوظيف موقع Facebook لتحقيق آليات التسويق الحديثة لخدمات المعلومات في المكتبات ومراكز المعلومات خلال جائحة كورونا

This article aims at providing a conceptual design of a training plan according to the ASSURE model for the learning resource specialists in the Governorate of Muscat to use Facebook to implement modern marketing mechanisms for information services in libraries and information centers during the period of the covid Pandemic. This article uses a content analysis methodology within the descriptive analytical method procedures. The researcher designed the following research tool (training course design evaluation list) to evaluate the training course after being implemented, the sample included all the learning resource specialists in the governorate of Muscat, (28 specialists). The study resulted in developing a design concept for a training plan directed to the learning resource specialists on how to use Facebook to achieve modern marketing mechanisms for information services in libraries and information centers during the Corona pandemic. This plan was made in light of the procedures of the ASSURE Model. The study also recommended the necessity for the designer to be careful in choosing the educational theory in which he will build the design model because it is the ground on which all steps are based, and the need to carefully take care of choosing and defining the design model through broadening the scope of readings and references of the available literature reviews and research's that dealt with this topic. The study also mentioned the necessity of tracking and using the latest and most recent digital applications that can meet the needs of the trainees and achieve their training objectives, and the necessity of carefully determining the evaluation mechanisms that the designer will follow in building the training model because the accurate evaluation process is by which a successful training model can be provided.

The Impact of Demographic Influences on Work Engagement for Front of House Female Hotel Employees

The demographic influences affecting the wellbeing of front of house (FoH) female employees who are employed in hotels. The work engagement subscales, vigour, dedication and absorption were measured against the participants’ age, level of education and marital status. A cross-sectional survey was done from a sample (n = 100) of female participants. A biographical questionnaire and The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were administered. Significant relationships were found on the vigour, dedication and absorption subscales. FoH female employees younger than 35, those with tertiary education and those without life partners displayed higher levels of wellbeing. Therefore work engagement levels vary with regards to age, marital and educational status. Human resource specialists for hotels could measure work engagement and apply it through in-house policies and supportive practices as well as defend these practices regarding their FOH female employees as female employees are the majority of employees within the hospitality industry. The workforce in South Africa is characterized by demographic diversity. The variances of work engagement are imperative as it enhances the guest experience and improves productivity and ultimately increases financial turnover for the hotels who operate in a very competitive market.

Resource preferences and the emergence of individual niche specialization within populations

Growing evidence that individuals of many generalist animals behave as resource specialists has attracted research interest for its ecological and evolutionary implications. Although variation in resource preferences is critical for developing a general theory of individual specialization, it remains to be shown whether diverging preferences can arise among individuals sharing a similar environment and whether these are stable enough to be ecologically relevant. We addressed these issues by means of common garden experiments in feral pigeons (Columba livia), a species known to exhibit resource specialization in the wild. Food-choice experiments on wild-caught pigeons and their captive-bred descendants showed that variation in food preferences can easily arise within a population and that this variation may represent a substantial fraction of the population niche. However, a cross-fostering experiment revealed that the genetic and early common-environment components of food preferences were low, reducing their stability and eroding niche variation in the long-term.

Aplicação de Mineração de Dados para o Auxílio da Tomada de Decisão em Gestão de Pessoas

People are the foundation of organizations. For companies remain competitive, they need to develop and maintain their human resources. Professionals of the area, must rely on data to make their decisions, otherwise, it can generate bad decisions, taken only by intuition or experience. In this context, this project aimed to help the future decision making process made by human resource specialists of a People Management Software Company using the KDD process to generate new knowledge. In the data mining stage were used The Decision Tree, Neural Network, APRIORI and K-Means algorithms, generating patterns to be analysed with human resource specialists. Preliminary results demonstrate that it is possible to observe standards that classify employees as highly engaged, engaged, neutral and disengaged.

Spatial heterogeneity of an ecologically relevant environment accelerates diversification and adaptation

Spatial heterogeneity is a key driver for the evolution of resource specialists and has been shown to both promote and constrain the rate of adaptation. However, direct empirical support for these evolutionary consequences of spatial heterogeneity comes from simplified laboratory environments. Here we address how spatial structure, through its effect on resource heterogeneity, alters diversification and adaptive evolution of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens in an ecologically relevant context: soil-based compost. Our data show that environmental heterogeneity can both promote phenotypic diversification and accelerate adaptation. These results suggest that environmental disturbance, which can decrease spatial heterogeneity, may limit diversification and adaptation of microbial populations.

The demography of a resource specialist in the tropics: Cecropia trees and the fitness of three-toed sloths

Resource specialists persist in a narrow range of resources. Consequently, the abundance of key resources should drive vital rates, individual fitness, and population viability. While Neotropical forests feature both high levels of biodiversity and numbers of specialist species, no studies have directly evaluated how the variation of key resources affects the fitness of a tropical specialist. Here, we quantified the effect of key tree species density and forest cover on the fitness of three-toed sloths ( Bradypus variegatus ), an arboreal folivore strongly associated with Cecropia trees in Costa Rica, using a multi-year demographic, genetic, and space-use dataset. We found that the density of Cecropia trees was strongly and positively related to both adult survival and reproductive output. A matrix model parametrized with Cecropia –demography relationships suggested positive growth of sloth populations, even at low densities of Cecropia (0.7 trees ha −1 ). Our study shows the first direct link between the density of a key resource to demographic consequences of a tropical specialist, underscoring the sensitivity of tropical specialists to the loss of a single key resource, but also point to targeted conservation measures to increase that resource. Finally, our study reveals that previously disturbed and regenerating environments can support viable populations of tropical specialists.

Gaming Technologies as a Way of Forming Anti-Corruption Competence of Human Resource Specialists

The article deals with the content of the concept of anti-corruption competence and anti-corruption competencies, as well as the ways of their formation. The author highlights the problems of forming the anti-corruption competence of specialists for the personnel management services of commercial organizations and personnel services for the sphere of public administration and civil service in the process of their training and professional development. Briefly presented is the experience of the Siberian Institute of Managementin the development of anti-corruption competence using interactive methods and gaming technologies of future HR managers and human resource specialists responsible for organizing anti-corruption activities in government. The data of the survey of experts — experts of specialists of the personnel services of the authorities on the evaluation of the effectiveness of teaching methods for the formation of anti-corruption competence are given. As a result of the research, a set of general professional competences was created that formed the basis for the anti-corruption competence of civil servants and HR managers and the methodological support for the program for its formation.

PENGARUH EDUCATIONAL TOURISM EXPERIENCE TERHADAP KEPUASAN WISATAWAN DI KAMPUNG BATU MALAKASARI

Kampung Batu Malakasari is one of the main tourist destinations located in Bandung. The destination has interesting attractions and activities, where tourists not only traveled for leisure, but get educational value as well. There are also educational tour packages for tourists groups; especially schools that want to get learning experience. In 2014, the number of group of tourists who visited Kampung Batu Malakasari decreased by 10.83%. Moreover, based on the pre-research on 30 respondents who was conducted in 2015, it was found that tourist satisfaction was low, particularly the satisfaction at the educational experience. The guest comments that were compiled by the management have also shown the similar result. In fact, the management already had a great effort in conducting activities in delivering a good educational experience. Hence, it is important to carry out research to discover the influence of the education experience for the tourist's satisfaction at Kampung Batu Malakasari. The independent variable in this research was educational tourism experience (X) that consisted of attractions and events, resource specialists, affinity travel planner's tour and receptive operators. The dependent variable was the tourists’ satisfaction (Y), which was the ratio of the value perceived with the value expected. The approach used for this research was a quantitative method by conducting the explanatory survey. The sample used for this research was 100 respondents with the simple random sampling technique. The data analysis and hypothesis testing used for this research is multiple-linear regression analysis. The results showed that the perceived education experience score was 74.06%, while the expected educational experience score is 75.07%. This score indicated that the response of the tourists’ group to educational experience was at the “good” category. Likewise, the tourist's response group to tourist satisfaction had 99% as the score, where it was categorized as an "excellent," which means that the group was very satisfied. Based on the statistical results, simultaneously, the educational tourism experience effect gave 41.5% contribution to the tourists’ satisfaction. Partially, only two dimensions had a significant effect to tourist satisfaction, namely attractions and events; and resource specialists.

Herbert Kaufman,

This chapter focuses onThe Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior, a scrupulous work of public administration scholarship authored by Herbert Kaufman. First published in 1960, the book has generated praise among professionals in forestry, sociology, public administration, and political science. It deals with so-called direct government and its primary instrument, Weberian bureaucracy. It is about the planning and work of the “lower echelons” of the Forest Service in translating policy into operating results, and more specifically about the agency’s administrative behavior. The chapter provides background on Kaufman before proceeding with a discussion of his central argument in the book. It also considers early reception of the book, especially among foresters and natural resource specialists. Finally, it analyzes Kaufman’s research design in terms of social science and concludes by evaluating whether his book can still be considered a classic in public administration.