Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) Assessment at the RHC Regional Hospital in Tangier, Morocco

Biomedical waste is a real danger to public health and the environment. The quantity of this waste, mainly from hospitals, is constantly increasing, leading to various forms of pollution. This is a cross-sectional, observational study that took place in 2017. A questionnaire was submitted to nurses, doctors and those responsible for hospital hygiene and the operation of waste incinerators to assess the mechanisms and knowledge of medical staff in terms of biomedical waste management. It was confirmed that the hospital wastes are still poorly managed due to the absence of a plan or program for MPSD in all the structures studied, which attests to the non-application of the regulations in force and an inadequate internal management system in most laboratories. Due to the non-availability of health technicians and the lack of material resources in quality and quantity, a staff that is poorly informed about the regulations that apply to BMW, and a poorly recognized and disrespected BMW process that breaks even the clearest instructions regarding incineration and landfill disposal. It has become very urgent to adopt new strategies to be planned for an adequate training to be included for better medical waste management.

THE CRITERIA AND PARAMETERS OF EVALUATING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY WHEN USING BUDGETARY FUNDS

The efficiency as an economical category reflects the attained result through the resources expended for its achievement. The analysis of the “efficiency” category requires the distinguishing of the categories of effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency of the resources used. Budgetary expenditure efficiency depends on the efficiency of activity of the budgeting participants on the operational and functional levels. Management of operational efficiency of public funds utilization is a tactical tool, the improvement of which is determined by the digital technologies and novations in government control – risk-oriented and project-based approaches. The paper contains theoretical research of the categories of efficiency and operational efficiency of utilizing budgetary funds. The study presents the author’s approach to operational efficiency, including identifying aspects of budget expenditure sanctioning, liquidity management, and control. The loss of operational efficiency when using budgetary funds may occur due to the risks both of the external environment and internal management system; first of all, they are related to the activity of treasury and financial bodies. The author specifies operational efficiency criteria and the attributes for their classification. These criteria are operations security (the protection from illegal acts) and control (in this case, the preliminary control expansion is in priority). The author proposes an algorithm for evaluating operational efficiency based on test analysis and search for the errors, weak points, and non-adjustments of control procedures. The algorithm is based on the accumulated considerable volume of data forming the interrelations of the procedures, stages, and actions of the participants and non-participants of the budgeting process. Operational efficiency improvement is possible through additional funds when allocating remaining budgetary funds temporarily out of use in the financial market; through cost-saving; through the growth of work performance when using digital technologies.

On the Comprehensive Budget Management of Listed Companies

<p>Comprehensive budget management is an important part of enterprise internal management system, and also an important management mode of listed companies. However, due to the strong professionalism of comprehensive budget management, the company has produced many inevitable problems in the process of implementing budget management. This paper discusses the current situation and existing problems of comprehensive budget management of listed companies, and puts forward relevant optimization strategies.</p>

Entrepreneurial orientation and performance in SMEs

PurposeThis paper addresses the mediating effect of structural infrastructure capability on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and SMEs performance in emerging economies, focusing on Nigeria. It addresses the need to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are able to overcome the inherent challenges in their external environment actively and, thus, contribute to economic growth through internal management variables.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a survey design, utilising a sample of 377 SMEs covering the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used for data collection, and data analysis was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with the aid of SmartPLSv3.FindingsThe study found that innovativeness and proactiveness, as dimensions of EO, have a significant effect on SMEs' performance. Risking-taking, however, showed no significant effect on performance. The study found that structural infrastructure capability significantly mediates the EO–performance relationship.Practical implicationsThe paper provides practical implications for society, as managers and SMEs' support agencies in emerging markets can be encouraged to focus more on internal management activities to support knowledge sharing within the organisation, given its relevance to improving performance, rather than focusing only on EO.Originality/valueThe study further strengthens and validates the resource-based view (RBV) theory and contributes to expanding knowledge on the relevance of internal management variables (knowledge sharing) in managing small and medium-scale enterprises. The study further advances theories regarding knowledge management's role, as a function of internal management system in the EO–performance relationship, thus helping to close the research gap related to these relationships from an emerging-economy perspective.

Internal Audit versus Internal Control - Tools for Evaluating the Internal Management System at the level of local public entities

This study presents the role of internal public audit organized at the level of local public administration, the interdependence between internal audit and internal control as well as the specific ways of evaluating the management system and internal managerial control. The erroneous perception of the specific objectives of the internal public audit has often led to a reluctance on the part of the decision makers. Misunderstanding the role of internal audit is a major risk in the functioning of the decision-making system. The internal audit recommendations give assurance to the general management through the periodic evaluation of the main functional systems: the financial-accounting system, the public procurement system, the decision-making system and especially the management and internal managerial control system.

A Study of Fuel Cell Scheduling Effect on Local Energy Markets with Heterogeneous Renewable Sources

The study presented in this paper aims to show the impact of introducing a priority-based internal power flow management system on the local energy market of prosumers with solar panels, fuels cells and batteries. The community used for the study is based on the Open Energy Systems (OES), in which 19 autonomous subsystems, equipped with batteries, solar panels and AC grid connection are interconnected via a DC power bus. For the simulation purposes, fuel cell, modeled after Ene-Farm, is added to the original configuration. Each standalone system has internal, priority-based, agent, capable of scheduling the operating hours of the fuels cell to maximize the utilization of the generation and minimize curtailment. The energy market is based on a simplified version of the Zaraba, a continuous double auction algorithm used by the Japanese Stock Exchange, in which prosumer can submit a bid for a future timeslot. The preliminary numerical evaluation is based on the results from several simulations using different versions of the internal management system.

Challenges and Opportunities of Strategic Planning in the Internal Management System

The article considers the evolution of conceptual approaches of internal management, emphasizes the importance of production factors in the strategic planning system. An algorithm for developing a strategic plan is given.