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The paper presents possibilities of co-participation of inhabitants in management and development of a territorial unit. On the background of the main objectives of DART model an attempt was made to adapt it to the specificity of a territorial unit. The study of 223 residents of Podkarpackie voivodeship showed that young people were rather weakly involved in the development of their community. Their dissatisfaction was caused above all by poor opening of local authorities to initiatives of young, educated people. To counteract it one should rely on a dialogue and strengthening relationships with residents through multidirectional communication, especially social media.
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High Performance Organization (HPO) characteristics indicate why an organization is able to achieve significantly better results than other organizations and these characteristics can facilitate associations to optimize employees’ work outcomes. The independent professional (IP) is an increasingly occurring phenomenon in the labor market that fulfills an organizations’ need for flexibility in knowledge productivity. This study focuses on the contribution of HPO characteristics to the knowledge productivity of IP's. It was conducted among managers and HRM professionals in various Dutch knowledge-intensive organizations that frequently enlist the services of IPs. This study found a number of HPO attributes that appeared to contribute to the IPs' knowledge productivity, namely the quality of management, an open and action-focused organizational culture, and continual improvement and innovation. We will use these results to look ahead and consider the future consequences for professional practice. Managers and HRM professionals should strive to contribute to the incorporation of these characteristics within the organization in order to safeguard and enhance knowledge productivity of independent professionals.
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Audiodescription involves recounting (without interpretation and commentary) what is happening, for example, in a film or a theater play, in dialogues between characters,but it also attempts to describe the space, e.g.: monuments or works of art. Translation of visual content into words, or otherwise, verbal description of visible layers of plays, audiovisual productions, art and entertainment events makes them available to the blind and visually impaired as well as to those with poor eyesight.
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The progress of digital technologies and in separable growth of digital life style of the population have provided the platform for a new segment of consumers who are defined not by the year of birth but merely by their approach to digital technologies and the Internet. Thus, from all generation cohorts we have recognised until these days, a certain type of cross-section generation is being formed. Members of this generation are characterised by identical psychographic behaviour – they are constantly online. The Internet and digital technologies are part and parcel of their everyday life. They both receive and forward information instantly. As far as marketing is concerned, this up-cominggroup of consumers presents a highly attractive and easily targeted segment. Due to the fact that the online space offers enormous amount of information, marketing is facing an important challenge, which is to find the most effective way of targeting and addressing the segment within the environment bursting with information.
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2007-2013 funding exercise, especially in the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development. Analyzing the data provided by 21 public universities in Romania, we find that Universities have accessed in a significant proportion two types of projects: those dedicated to transition from school to active life and those dedicated to doctoral studies. Also, the proportion of the European funds attracted by HEIs is an overwhelming part of the allocation of reference (over 40% since 2011), and also a significant proportion of total revenues universities (~15.5 % for 2011-2014).
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The increase of demands towards employees caused by the fast development of technology, globalization processes, development of economy based on knowledge and, at the same time, functioning of employees in the conditions of job security absence, contributed to such phenomena such as workaholism or professional burn-out. These phenomena contribute to a dysfunction of balance between working and private life, which can be seen in the context of neglecting private life in favour of work. They lead to health loss, domestic conflicts and lack of life satisfaction. Moreover, in order to devote themselves to work, some people postpone the decision of setting up and expanding their families.
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Coaching has grown rapidly in the last twenty years, reflecting increased level of interest in the field. The widespread popularity, however, has been largely attributed to the anecdotal feedback about its effectiveness due to considerable gaps in the empirical research base. The aim of this study is to explore the role of coaching in relation to transformational changes with particular reference to housing association mergers in the UK. As a result of constant merger activity, the largest twenty housing associations own 30% of the market share and the trend is likely to continue, making the research outcomes useful for future strategic planning of housing association mergers. The study found that coaching plays an important role in housing association mergers and transformational changes especially in creating a new shared identity and staff integration after housing association mergers. Integration can keep the merged housing associations together, thus reducing the merger failures in the housing associations.
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Increasingly, mobile learning has been considered as a part of professional development due to its unique attributes: ubiquitous, flexible, highly personalized and easily accessible. It represents a paradigm shift for continuous professional development especially amongst teachers who have a tight working schedule. This paper will provide a conceptual framework for the design of a mobile learning course for UAE teachers’ professional development. It aims to assist teachers to continuously engage in professional development activities and mitigating challenges such as time constraints, suitability of training content, impactful strategies and personalization of learning. A smart conceptual framework based on the three important principles of learning design was developed and pilot tested. The main elements of the conceptual framework and the results of the pilot test are presented in this paper.
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Poverty has been a long outstanding crisis at global scale and poverty alleviation has become one of the primary national developmental agendas. Conventional microfinance programmes have received growing attentions due to its capability to improve standard of living and social inclusiveness. Arguably, however, these conventional microcredit programmes do not effectively alleviate poverty as the borrowers remain into an interest-base debt cycle which may worsen the financial burdens. Meanwhile, Islamic microfinance by way of Mudharabah financing is equity based financing structure which is perceived to have a fair borrower-lender agreement. It promotes an effective wealth redistributive mechanism to reach the poor, to encourage their participation in productive real economic sectors. This not only alleviates poverty, but also enhances standards of living. This research discusses the applications of conventional and Islamic microfinance models currently practiced globally and proposes an enhanced Mudharabah microfinance model to be adopted.
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The decision processes in the construction industry are complex with several dimensions that have to be taken into consideration. These comprise, for instance, of the urban planning, health and safety, facilities management, and energy efficiency. The process of designing and erecting a building usually involves multiple and conflicting objectives such as cost, time, quality, resource utilization, to name a few. The decisions in addressing various aspects concerning the construction process and the sustainability of the end product are numerous and of the conflicting nature. Therefore, finding an appropriate decision making approach is the cornerstone of the effective decision process. This paper proposes the use of biomimicry and genetic algorithms as an alternative to the established practice in decision making for the complex and adaptive system in built environment.
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During the last 25 years, the Estonian economy has transitioned from a centrally planned economy to a market-oriented, globally open, highly competitive economy. Although during these years there has been fast growth and Estonians could tell a lot of success stories, research shows that management practices are still less advanced compared to those in enterprises from developed countries. Increased competition, openness and innovation increased the significance of more sophisticated management control systems (MCS). Researchers accentuate the role of managers and their education and training in using and developing more sophisticated MCS in companies. The objective of the current paper is to better understand how changes in the business environment, managerial training and education are connected to developments in MCS in Estonia. This article provides an overview of the statistics and studies completed in Estonia over the last 25 years. As this study shows, the last decade has brought a different level of internationalization and development in the business environment and business education. The problems associated with developments in MCS, using cloud technology, business education and managerial training are the same in Estonia as in developed countries. To develop the business and economic environment in the country, Estonian entrepreneurs need high-level data processing, analytical and financial education, and practical training courses.
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In Włocławek, as in other towns of the Polish Kingdom, there were formed organizations whose one aspect of the action was to build national identity through the book and the press. This could be trade unions, voluntary organizations, social organizations, cooperatives and business associations. In their premises or specially designed for these purposes premises created libraries closed only to their members, or open – social. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century in the capital of East Kujawy worked: charitable societies, educational organizations, an association of mutual assistance, cultural organizations, associations of libraries, volunteer company for fire-fighting, food associations, credit societies and sports-touristic and other social organizations. Unfortunately, only some of them have made the creation of a public library. There were 94 organizations, but only 22 had libraries and two reading rooms.
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The modern concept of social responsibility pertaining to the medical faculties requires a reassessment of the academic training of future health professionals and a restructuring of the university curriculum in accordance with the need to develop not only their professional but also the transversal competencies. In this context, the issue of discrimination must be addressed by medical higher education - both as regards to the emergence of this phenomenon within society, as a whole, as well as in the health care system, in particular.The paper presents the concrete steps taken in this respect by the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu’s (LBUS) Faculty of Medicine, starting with the 2014-2015 academic year, within the project entitled "Medical Higher Education Oriented to Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Patients" POSDRU ID/156/1.2/G/142145. These included the elaboration of the academic textbook "Non-Discrimination in the Health System", the implementation of the mandatory university course with the same title, in the following specializations: Medicine, Dentistry and General Medical Assistance, the development of a Documentation and Research Center in the field of ethics and non-discrimination, the organization of two thematic seminars addressed to teachers, the arranging of an intensive ethics and medical deontology workshop dedicated to non-discrimination in the health system, attended by 50 medical students, the dissemination of information on other scientific events - within the sustainability of the project.Besides the necessary involvement of the academic teaching staff, the paper also points to the decisive role of the students’ active participation in these activities, in order to facilitate the acquisition of theoretical notions and their implementation in their direct relationship with the patient.
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Because of the increased health risk, psychosocial factors and their assessment methods are among the top research priorities for the health and safety at work. The purpose is to present a complex questionnaire with several sections (author’s work) for wide use by practitioners in the field of HSW. A questionnaire was developed to assess the psychosocial health risk at work, adapted and validated in many studies in different professional groups over the course of 20 years. The main modules are: independent factors – general load characteristics, psychosocial characteristics and stressors, and dependent outcomes (health complaints, job satisfaction) as well as suggestions for improvements to an employer. Illustrated are some research results and data processing by modules. The method has proven to be an economical and reliable tool to differentiate between different professions and jobs
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In this article is defined the different information models and discovering semantic relationship between information management, code and knowledge. Problems typical for modern information realities are also discussed, which reflects on the ways of making a business.
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Purpose of the article is theoretical analysis and generalization of the peculiarities of the culture of the management of Ancient Greece, which will contribute to the enrichment of cultural science with new knowledge about the formation and development of a culture of management at the stage of the birth of European civilization. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical principle of cognition, systemic, civilization, sociocultural, activity, historical approaches, fundamental provisions of the theory and history of society, its culture and management. General scientific and interdisciplinary research methods are used: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, comparison, generalization, formalization. Scientific novelty of the obtained results is the discovery and systematic generalization of the features of the management culture in Ancient Greece. Conclusions. Entirely new and most significant achievement of ancient Greek management culture is the invention of a democratic system of governance, in which: first, the single state authorities are replaced by collective; secondly, members of joint management bodies are relatively equal in law; and thirdly, decisions are made by the will of the majority; fourthly, public authorities are elected; fifth, the independence of power control; sixth, desacralization of power; Seventh, the division of power into executive, legislative, judicial and authority. The first form of democratic governance was the aristocratic democracy, which included the power of the tribal nobility, which, on a democratic basis, formed the highest collective bodies of state power and governance. With the aggravation of the struggle between the aristocracy and the free population and the implementation of a series of reforms, the following forms of democratic organization and governance emerged: politics – the power and management of wealthy citizens, and popular democracy – the power of all free citizens. It was proved that the most balanced was political, and the expansion of freedom led to the redistribution of property, conflicts, wars, and the weakening of the state. Ancient contribution to the development of the theory, methodology and culture of management was made by ancient Greek philosophers Socrates, Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle, forming some prerequisites for modern scientific management.
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The two organizations, together, dominate the analysis scene in the Transnistrian problem from Chisinau. Unfortunately for the academic environment, if we were to add the output of universities and research institutes, the statement remains valid.With the same "red lines", the same funders, generally the same research methodologies implemented and good communication with the political and academic environments, the two organizations apprears as a block making the rules and main features of the involvement of the Moldovan civil society in the Transnistrian topic.The differences in style are not significant, they do not conflict, but rather show us that Idis "Viitorul" and Promo-Lex complement and collaborate under the aegis of the same goals and objectives.
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Тhis paper introduces a students personal assistant known as LISSA (Learning Intelligent System for Student Assistance). The personal assistant is built as a multi agent system based on JADEX. LISSA operates as an entry point of the Virtual Educational Space (VES). In the paper, the architecture of the personal assistant is considered in more detail.
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