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Assaut de magnificence que ces toiles prodigieuses et envoutantes de Cezar Secrieru, dans cette nouvelle exposition « L’Infini du bleu » à l’Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle à Genève (14-26 novembre 2016).
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Conceptual definitions are of utmost importance when identifying and describing dimensions and variables needed for conceptual operationalization. That is all the more true for the very fashionable term of resilience considering the litmus test it needs to survive under the constraints and challenges raised by the current Covid-19 pandemics. Consequently, the tenet of this article is that for concepts to become reality, they first need to be translated into formal standards and frameworks guiding action at multiple levels. As a result, the aim of the paper is that, by employing a system-based approach and a multi-level investigation into the concept of resilience to lay the minimum grounds for nuancing the definition of resilience at the organization level.
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It is the most essential condition for leaders and commanders to value the supply chain management at the strategic level and form their plans in this way. So much so that, before a possible conflict is completely uncertain to how it will be and how long it will last, it has become sustainable with a good strategic planning process. The subject of our research, the Ottoman Empire’s Egyptian campaign, set up an example for the strategic importance of supply chain management under difficult depth operations and variable climate conditions. When Sultan Selim’s Egypt campaign is evaluated with the possibilities and conditions of the period, it will shed light on today’s operations.
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The evolution and continuous changes of the operational environment require advanced technologies and combat systems generated by Industry 4.0, taken over and managed by supply chain management 4.0, based on innovative conversion and distribution processes, high-mechanized, robotic, digitized, and of special performance. All military logistics actions in support of tactical and/or joint forces require leaders and logistics specialists with availability and skills to apply digital procedures, automation, etc., according to functional procedures at the levels of top management, middle-management, low management and execution in the conditions of continuous and cybernetically protected communications in order to achieve the flows of logistical goods and services, adequate to provide sufficient logistical support to consumers and users of the combatant military structures in order to fulfill their missions. Because the relevance of modernizing operational military logistics, also known as consumer logistics, is given by its systemic and subsystemic functional nature, I will further highlight some innovative elements, generating efficiency, related to some of its essential functional areas At the same time, the holistic dimension of the effective and efficient management of the logistic support structures will be presented by revealing some aspects of the improvement of the operational logistics planning.
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KRI maintenance is carried out at three separate levels based on the resources and capabilities required to carry out maintenance: Organizational, Intermediate, and Depot Levels. Therefore, a solution strategy and maintenance mechanism is needed to deal with these obstacles. This study aims to provide an analysis of determining the depot-level maintenance in order to support the readiness of the marine Operations Command I. This research uses the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and TOPSIS method approaches. Based on the results of the study, the Criteria for selecting the Security Level showed that these criteria had the highest weight of 0.181 with a consistency ratio (CR) of 0.093. Then the Criteria for the Use of Technology has a weight of 0.158 as the second criteria. Criteria Cost as the third criterion with a weight of 0.131. While the Operational Time Criteria has a weight of 0.061 as the criteria with the lowest weight.
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The Covid-19 Pandemic has reignited the idea of Strategic Autonomy in the UE. While Brussels has insisted over the last 5 years that Europe should become a major player in defense issues, one has to wonder if the relations with NATO and will not change under these circumstances. With the Biden Administration willing to build some bridges with the EU it will be interesting to analyze the way the European Union will be able to manage both the development of strategic autonomy while also keeping its multilateral agreements with traditional partners. It is the aim of this paper to analyze the post-pandemic global context into which the UE founds itself and to study the impact that strategic autonomy may have on the member states of the EU, taking into consideration not just defense and security policies, but also economic policies, healthcare issues, the energetic system and the geographical impact that differs for each member state. By doing so we hope to determine what are some way ahead for the EU in its pursue of an increased global player, while becoming a regional leader in the European-Asian and Transatlantic landscape.
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It is generally believed that high levels of military expenditures hamper economic growth because it crowds out investment. In this study, we investigate how defense spending affects economic growth in the 50 developing countries over the period 2010 to 2016. The results reveal that there is a positive and significant relationship between defense spending and economic growth in the developing countries. It means that, when economic growth, it encourages military sector to spend more, and also the population is directly related to economic growth, meaning that when population increase, it rises military expenditure in the developing countries.
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Strategic thinking unleashes the power of leaders on all levels to reach goals, overcome challenges and creatively change the situation from where it is to the desired end-state. All leaders have resources (time, talent, and capital) to varying degrees within their organizations. So, technically, all leaders are strategists. The reality, however, is that not all leaders are good strategists. A good leader can evolve in a good strategist by learning how to develop a strategic thinking mindset. Hence, the focus of the current article is on the main ingredients that contribute to the development of strategic thinking.
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In leadership, the practical application of the concepts, principles, and best practices is still subject to the particularities of human nature, with its good and bad sides. The aim of this article is to outline a few of the best (and worst) features manager/ boss/ supervisor/ commander may exhibit, in the attempt to provide an answer to the difficult question of what means a good leader, by exploring the various facets of the difference between the leader, boss, manager, and supervisor and what are some of the negative implications on the leadership of personality traits such as ego. The methodology used is based on interviews and a questionnaire applied to officers and civilians working in defense and national security area.
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Almost two years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian institutions in the fields of public health and national security have gone through and continue to go through processes of organizational change, with a major impact in terms of national security. Change management in these organizations of military origin is based mainly on coercion, being dependent on the political factor and the mechanistic bureaucracy, the resistance encountered is likely to affect national policies to combat the perpetuation of the pandemic and its effects.
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Communication is a complex process aiming besides the transfer of information, to the creation of meaning and understanding. Meaning and understanding will never be truly attained and developed without feedback. Feedback, be it positive or negative, is the element that completes communication. In this paper we shall try to discuss upward negative feedback and what it entails, what happens when it exists and is used within an organization, and what the consequences are when it is absent or disregarded. Upward negative feedback is the most delicate type of feedback since it is provided by subordinates to superiors. Upward feedback is valuable and necessary in the decision-making and problem-solving processes, unfortunately, information is frequently distorted due to the intricate manner it reaches top levels, especially in the organizational cultures which are very hierarchical and centralized and the impact alters...
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The concept of time management defines a set of principles, practices, skills, tools, and systems that together help a person in an organization to assess what is left at their disposal in order to improve their quality of life. The most important aspect that should be mentioned is that time management does not require a person to learn to do as many things as possible in a short period of time, but it rather ensures that the person does what needs to be done, dealing with the things that really need to be addressed. The ability to manage your time effectively is important. Good time management leads to improved efficiency and productivity, less stress, and more success in life.
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A decision-maker who has also assumed the role of leader, in the full sense of the word, understands that an organization is alive, breathing, and truly developing because of its primary resource: human resources. An organization does not exist without human resources, it does not function and it does not develop without people, it cannot achieve its goals and mission without people. That way it is essential to manage the human resources from the tactical level as well as the strategic level and to develop leaders in accordance with a strategic outlook.
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The economic development of Indonesia and the region has an impact on national maritime security. With these conditions, developments, and challenges in the maritime aspect, Indonesia has outlined a policy on the vision of the World Maritime Axis. This vision is a consequence of being a maritime nation with an area that is mostly ocean, as is the policy of Alfred Thayer Mahan (A. T. Mahan). The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the relationship between the vision of the World Maritime Axis (WMA) and the concept of maritime strategy from A.T. Mahan so that it can be seen the relevance of this strategy to the development of president Joko Widodo’s World Maritime Axis (WMA) Vision. Based on the results of the analysis, the development of the World Maritime Axis (WMA) Vision is relevant to Alfred Thayer Mahan’s maritime strategy. The relevance, among others, is that Indonesia is between two continents in the world, namely the Asian continent and the Australian continent; Indonesia is also the largest archipelagic country in the world with a very wide maritime area; Demographic bonus is a condition where the productive age population is more than the non-productive age; History records that the Indonesian people have long controlled sea shipping lanes with a fairly formidable fleet; The vision and mission of the government of President Joko Widodo have the ambition to make Indonesia the world’s maritime axis.
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The aerodynamics of lifting surfaces has undergone a significant evolution determined both by conceptual perspective and by the materials used and related technologies. Accelerating this evolution was also possible due to the use of numerical modeling tools that offered and still offer computational speeds that were not possible a century ago. The constructive concepts of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) offer complex aerodynamic approaches in terms of flight regimes, providing research opportunities on design and manufacturing limitations with direct effects on flight safety. The article wants to highlight critical flight from the perspective of using a freeware tool. The 2D aerodynamic analysis cases of the aerodynamic and 3D profiles of the simple lifting surface offer a perspective on the calculation possibilities both through the multiple case studies offered and the expressed results.
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Currently, soil pollution is a critical environmental problem that concerned all humanity due to its impact on ecological environment and human health. In order to remediate the contaminated soils, some technologies, generally based on physical, chemical, thermal, and biological processes, have long been in use. However, effectiveness of these methods depends considerably on soil type and characteristics, level of pollution and mixed contaminants present in soil. Therefore, in the present study, the pedological properties of the soil collected from abandoned mining perimeter of “Larga de Sus” from Zlatna (Alba County, Romania)were investigated in order to choose the most appropriate method for soil remediation and establish the parameters of soil remediation technology. The results indicated that soil in the area is highly acidic which favors the mobility of heavy metals in soil and other environmental components. On the other hand, most of the samples are partially structured and poorly structured while some samples are well structured, very poorly structured, or present a lack of aggregates structure. Also, the coarse sandy and loam-sandy texture of the samples was identified. Thus, considering soil properties, soil washing technology may be the appropriate remediation technology for contaminated soil in the studied area considering costs and efficiency
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Through this paper we want to show the ways in which we can exploit the CAD data model in the GIS environment. Knowing that in the GIS environment we also work with vector graphics in addition to raster graphics, it is visible the resemblance to computer-aided design (CAD), the editing aspects of digital geometry being similar. On the other hand, it is known that these formats that contain vector graphics and are accepted as a global exchange standard (DXF, DWG - promoted by AutoCAD / Autodesk) or (DGN -promoted by MicroStation / Bentley) can be an important primary source for processes and modelling highlighted on GIS platforms. The basic idea of the paper is created on the CAD model’s residence in the native environment on the one hand, but also its relocation in the GIS environment, demonstrating portability through import-export operations
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In order to prepare the cadastral technical documentation for land registration, several stages must be completed. This documentation is set up after field measurements have taken place, after data has been processed and the cadastral plan related to a cadastral sector from a territorial administrative unit (LAU) has been obtained.
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The population of a territory is presented in the form of a dynamic system, which presents inputs and outputs of the system. The evolution in time and space is determined by political, economic, and socio-cultural factors
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