Improving Regional Fisheries Management Organisation Decision-Making: New Hope in the South Pacific?

<p>Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) play a key role in promoting the sustainable management of high seas fisheries. However, many RFMOs are not succeeding in this task. Whilst overexploited fish stocks can be blamed on illegal fishing and on States reluctant to implement robust conservation and management decisions, fault can also be found in the design of RFMO decision-making processes, specifically the use of consensus-based decision-making and objection procedures. This paper evaluates whether a new RFMO, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, and its ‘cutting edge’ decision-making procedure, can act as a model for more effective RFMO decision-making.</p>

Improving Regional Fisheries Management Organisation Decision-Making: New Hope in the South Pacific?

<p>Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) play a key role in promoting the sustainable management of high seas fisheries. However, many RFMOs are not succeeding in this task. Whilst overexploited fish stocks can be blamed on illegal fishing and on States reluctant to implement robust conservation and management decisions, fault can also be found in the design of RFMO decision-making processes, specifically the use of consensus-based decision-making and objection procedures. This paper evaluates whether a new RFMO, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, and its ‘cutting edge’ decision-making procedure, can act as a model for more effective RFMO decision-making.</p>

The influence of data management, organisation culture and organisation motivation on the likeliness of Business Intelligence adoption

<p>Business Intelligence has become a powerful business tool that describes the business environment, the organisation, its situation in terms of markets, customers, competitors and its financial situation. The objective of BI is to increase the overall performance of the organisation through an informed decision making process. This research study objective is to identify the organisational factors that will increase the likeliness of BI adoption by small-to-medium enterprises (SME’s) in New Zealand. Existing research studies however, focus predominantly on the challenges and benefits of BI technologies adoption. Importantly this study do not define BI as purely a technology but defines it as methods, processes and technology that work together to gain intelligent insight from business information. The organisational factors identified that formed the hypotheses of the research model included data management, organisation culture and organisation motivation. These factors were identified through factor analysis that included technology adoption models and existing research studies specifically related to SME BI and technology adoption. The outcome of the research has identified that only organisation motivation in the context of competitiveness and perception of BI’s value and benefits can significantly influence the likeliness of BI adoption. New Zealand SME’s form the backbone of the country’s economy and also operate in extreme competitive niche markets. The adoption of BI practice and the use of information as a strategic resource will enable SME’s to be more innovative and competitive.</p>

The influence of data management, organisation culture and organisation motivation on the likeliness of Business Intelligence adoption

<p>Business Intelligence has become a powerful business tool that describes the business environment, the organisation, its situation in terms of markets, customers, competitors and its financial situation. The objective of BI is to increase the overall performance of the organisation through an informed decision making process. This research study objective is to identify the organisational factors that will increase the likeliness of BI adoption by small-to-medium enterprises (SME’s) in New Zealand. Existing research studies however, focus predominantly on the challenges and benefits of BI technologies adoption. Importantly this study do not define BI as purely a technology but defines it as methods, processes and technology that work together to gain intelligent insight from business information. The organisational factors identified that formed the hypotheses of the research model included data management, organisation culture and organisation motivation. These factors were identified through factor analysis that included technology adoption models and existing research studies specifically related to SME BI and technology adoption. The outcome of the research has identified that only organisation motivation in the context of competitiveness and perception of BI’s value and benefits can significantly influence the likeliness of BI adoption. New Zealand SME’s form the backbone of the country’s economy and also operate in extreme competitive niche markets. The adoption of BI practice and the use of information as a strategic resource will enable SME’s to be more innovative and competitive.</p>

Rural Community Perception of Tourism Development: A Strategic Tool in Rural Development

Local communities are the most valuable assets for a tourist destination; therefore, their perceptions of tourism constitute a crucial pillar for designing tourism development strategies that promote sustainable development. The success of tourism development in a rural setting depends on securing the support and active participation of stakeholders, in particular the community. It is important for planners to gather the perception of local communities about the impacts of tourism when planning the development of tourism. The aim of this study was to learn about the rural community’s perceived benefits associated with tourism development; and furthermore, to examine their attitude towards tourism development in their residential surroundings. Data was collected with the aim of gathering the community’s viewpoint, in particular their perception and attitude, on tourism development in a rural region, South Africa. The findings specify that the Local Destination Management Organisation (LDMO) and other role players should formulate development strategies that contribute towards creating employment opportunities and to develop an inclusive economy that will enable the local community to benefit through tourism development.

SOCIAL-COMMERCIAL INTERCONNECTION: LESSONS FROM BANK MUAMALAT INDONESIA & BAITULMAAL MUAMALAT AFFILIATION

This research aims to explore the model of interconnection between the Islamic Bank and Zakat Management Organisation, as the two represent the implementation of Islamic economics in Indonesia. Using the Group Method of Data Handling (GMHD) tool to discern the strength of the relationship between the two representative entities, Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Baitulmaal Muamalat, it also followed the hyper postphenomenology approach to sharpen the result by obtaining essential confirmation from key informants with respect to determining the ideal model. The result showed a robust and reciprocal correlation between the account variables and its influence was statistically significant. Furthermore, it was interpreted as an effort to improve the image of the banking system while providing added value, forms of corporate responsibility and a spirit of service to customers. The results led to convergence on the formulation of the ideal model, which depends on the moral intentions of the owners of capital, government alignment and the literacy of directors, control needs and public awareness. Thus, it bridges the findings of previous studies and recommends a model that inseparable moral economic instruments.

The impact of community forest formalisation on tenure security and co-management in Thailand

The formalisation of community forestry through legal registration could enhance the tenure security of local communities, although its effectiveness remains unclear. The issue of whether Thailand's registration programme strengthened the tenure security of community forests and altered their customary forest institutions was investigated. The tenure security and forest management of registered community forests with varying levels of tenure disputes were compared across five different localities. The formalisation process and its effects on tenure security were discussed with representatives from communal forest committees and forest officials. Findings indicated that neither management organisation nor forest rules were altered following registration but remained adapted to local forest uses. Moreover, forest communities were confident in the assurance of their use and management rights. The registration generally enabled communities to prevent further forest encroachment and resolve conflicts if forest officials and police provided support. However, limited financial resources hindered communities to manage and monitor forests effectively.

Flexible Fortschrittssteuerung als Target Operating Model der finanziellen Führung

In einem VUCA-Umfeld ist ein rigides Planungs- und Steuerungssystem hinderlich und erschwert die dynamische Anpassung an veränderte Kontexte. Erforderlich ist eine fundamentale Neuausrichtung, weg von einer Plan-Ist-Orientierung und hin zu einer flexiblen, eher auf Fortschritt und an der Strategie ausgerichteten ganzheitlichen Steuerung. Der Beitrag liefert einen solchen Alternativvorschlag, in dessen Kern kein Budgetierungssystem steht, sondern ein dynamischer auf Fortschritt ausgelegter Kreislauf, der in ein Target Operating Model der finanziellen Führung eingebettet ist und damit eine Blaupause für eine Performance Management Organisation bietet.

Optimizing the tourism destination potential with the integration of sustainability and innovation principles

In the article the science approaches to the essence and set of elements for a successful tourism destination development are considered. These helped to develop a new destination potential model by integrating two management principles: a) sustainability and b) innovations. These additional principles should reach higher destination potentials and guarantee a better destination performance. The interrelation of the elements of a tourism destination potential with the mechanism of its management is reflected. A central aspect and a prerequisite are the creation and integration of a special management body for the destination – the Destination Management Organisation (DMO). During the study qualitative inputs from experts about the model were obtained. These contributed to confirm the model and to adapt it for the usage by a DMO. The overall goal is to reach a higher destination potential, to enhance its competitiveness and to counteract the negative factors of the external and internal environment, especially in the Post-Covid19 phase. During this the tourism industry has suffered on an unprecedented scale and hardly any destination in the world has been able to match the success figures of the recent past (until 2019).