Farewell to Alexandria: Solutions to Space, Growth, and Performance Problems of Libraries. Daniel GoreCapital Provision for University Libraries: Report of a Working Party, University Grants Committee.

1977 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-192
Keyword(s):  
Working Party ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Performance Problems ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Forensic Geo-Technical Engineering Case History

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Sax Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Geotechnical Engineering ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Forensic Engineering ◽  
Performance Problems ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Judicial Scrutiny

The Specialty That Deals With Investigation Of Failures And Performance Problems In The Geotechnical Environment Is Known As Forensic Geotechnical Engineering. It Involves Scientific And Jurisprudence Related Investigations And Evaluation To Analyze The Causes Of Structural Distress That Originate From Geodomain. Forensics In The Geo-Domain Encompass An Extensive Array Of Topics With Specific Emphasis In Geotechnical Related Fields. Mostly, They Apply To Failures After They Occur. Such Analysis And The Evaluation Of Selected Remedial Measures, Along With Their Effectiveness And Economy, Are Normally Subjected To Judicial Scrutiny. A Case History Is Presented Where Forensic Engineering Was Effectively Utilized To Identify, Investigate, And Remediate The Problem As Well As Assist In Litigation.

Governance monitors or market rebels? Heterogeneity in shareholder activism

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-310
Author(s):  
Richard A Benton ◽  
Jihae You
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Target Selection ◽  
Agency Problems ◽  
Shareholder Activism ◽  
Target Firms ◽  
External Governance ◽  
Performance Problems ◽  
And Performance

Agency theory is the dominant theory of shareholder activism and argues that activist investors function as external governance monitors. Agency theory predicts that activist investors will tend to target firms who exhibit governance and performance problems. However, given limited resources and time, activist investors must often decide between selecting targets with particularly strong agency and performance problems and those where their activism efforts are most likely to succeed. Social movement scholars point out that, in social movement contexts, the corporate opportunity structure affects when and where activism is likely to arise. We draw on insights from social movement scholarship and agency theory to advance a theory of heterogeneity in shareholder activism. We argue that an activist’s access to power and resources shapes its target selection, particularly the activist’s preference for targeting firms with greater agency problems or where contextual factors favor chances of success. Whereas more powerful activists are able to wield their power as effective governance monitors against firms with substantial agency problems, less powerful activists must strategically select targets of opportunity by choosing firms where contextual factors improve their odds of success. We test these propositions using an innovative relational approach that can simultaneously incorporate firm traits, activist identities, and endogenous dynamics.

Workplace Assessment in Crisis? – The Way Forward

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S297-S298
Author(s):  
H. Al-Taiar
Keyword(s):  
Working Party ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Value Judgments ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Workplace Assessment

IntroductionA recent Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) study on assessment raises serious questions for workplace assessment. To address these, a system that bridges the gap from competence to performance and integrates supervised learning events (SLEs) that are formative in purpose with summative assessment of performance by entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is recommended.Aims and objectivesAs a working group on assessment in psychiatry, we were interested in the RCP findings which represent a significant milestone in studies of workplace assessment. The RCP aims were to evaluate the feasibility, validity and educational value of using existing WPBA tools but for different assessment purposes and processes.ResultsThese were based on the General Medical Council (GMC) working party on assessment. The RCP revised its assessment processes to differentiate between assessments of development and performance. The former are formative and aim to identify a trainee's areas of strength and development; the latter are summative and aim to determine fitness to progress. Of note is that the same workplace based assessment (WPBA) tool can be used for each type of assessment; the assessment's purpose is the discriminating factor.ConclusionsInitial design of the requisite EPAs requires value judgments by trainers and trainees alike on what represent core units of work. EPAs can contribute directly and more meaningfully to ARCP progression decisions.RecommendationsInclusion of the required level of supervision as part of SLE feedback enables future decisions on meeting performance standards.Trainee/trainerInteraction in this educational process.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

"Do No Harm"

2011 ◽  
pp. 1882-1896
Author(s):  
Nat Natarajan ◽  
Amanda H. Hoffmeister
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Performance Problems ◽  
And Performance

The healthcare sector is a very important one in many countries and faces numerous quality and performance problems of great significance to all citizens who live there. Although there are many performance parallels between healthcare and other sectors, there are also numerous special issues and terminology, as well. Recent publications on medical errors have put the spotlight on the issue of safety in healthcare. There are opportunities for the healthcare sector to learn from other industries where many techniques and practices for preventing errors have already proved their worth. It is important and beneficial to encourage healthcare specialists to learn from other sectors the concepts, best practices, and tools for preventing errors and improving safety. This chapter addresses the key issues and challenges relating to the management and transfer of such knowledge and places them in the context of quality and knowledge management.

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