scholarly journals Library Assessment and Quality Assurance - Creating a Staff-Driven and User-Focused Development Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkan Carlsson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Library Assessment ◽  
Strategic Stability ◽  
Systematic Knowledge

Objective – Gothenburg University Library has implemented a process with the goal to combine quality assurance and strategic planning activities. The process has bottom-up and top-down features designed to generate strong staff-involvement and long-term strategic stability. Methods – In 2008 the library started implementing a system in which each library team should state a number of improvement activities for the upcoming year. In order to focus the efforts, the system has gradually been improved by closely coupling a number of assessment activities, such as surveys and statistics, and connecting the activities to the long-term strategic plan of the library. Results – The activities of the library are now more systematically guided by both library staff and users. The system has resulted in increased understanding within different staff groups of changing external and internal demands, as well as the need for continuous change to library activities. Conclusion – Library assessment and external intelligence are important for tracking and improving library activities. Quality assurance and strategic planning are intricate parts in sustainable development of better and more effective services. The process becomes more effective when staff-driven and built upon systematic knowledge of present activities and users.

scholarly journals Identifying the Risks Impacting on the Sustainable Development of a Tourism Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 05018
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Vidishcheva ◽  
Yuriy Dreizis ◽  
Andrey Kopyrin ◽  
Marina Gunare
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rank Ordering ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Long Term Forecasting ◽  
Recreational Pressure ◽  
Recreational Resources

The sustainable development of most tourism areas is accompanied with ever-increasing recreational pressure and the ever¬growing threat of depletion of their natural and recreational resources. All efforts at strategic planning or long-term forecasting may be baffled if there is insufficient understanding of where the risks are coming from and what impact they may have on the environment. It is of utmost significance for tourism areas to keep track of all risks attendant upon their path to sustainable development, which is about achieving balanced recreational pressure and a number of positive socio-economic effects. On balance, there is a need to identify the entire set of risks that may face an area as a result of tourism activity in it. This paper explores some of the key threats to the sustainable development of tourism areas, identifies some of the key risks inherent to the process, and proposes a method for rank-ordering the risks based on their gravity.

scholarly journals Foresight as a strategic planning and forecasting tool of sustainable development of rural areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 190 (11) ◽  
pp. 92-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Евгений Стовба ◽  
Evgeniy Stovba ◽  
Миляуша Лукьянова ◽  
Milyausha Luk'yanova ◽  
Виталий Ковшов ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Municipal Level

Abstract. The article actualizes the need of foresight technologies in the sustainable development of strategic plans of sustainable development in rural municipalities at the level of the Russian Federation. It is pointed out that the modern methodology of foresight studies is quite flexible and multifaceted, has wide application at different hierarchical levels of management. The purpose of the study is to prove the need to use the foresight methodologies for rural development strategic planning and forecasting tool. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: strategic planning and forecasting, foresight technologies (expert survey and expert opinions), comparative analysis. The scientific novelty of the study is determined by the formation of a set of practical recommendations on the use of foresight tools at the municipal level of management in rural areas. The systematic approach usage in combination with foresight technologies allows to develop strategic plans for the development in rural areas from the perspective of long-term improvement of their economic and social component. A brief analysis of the current state and development of foresight research in the Russian Federation is presented. It is concluded that in modern conditions of rural development it is necessary to develop strategic programs and anti-crisis measures that should focus on the application of the foresight technologies. It shows that the characteristic features of the rural municipal foresight are, on the one hand, the obligatory interconnection of strategic priorities for rural areas development in the long term and, on the other hand, the need to achieve the interest of key factors in regional development. Results of a research: the algorithm of strategic planning of sustainable development of rural areas of the region based on foresight technologies and the mechanism for its implementation at the municipal level are considered; strategic goals and priority areas for sustainable development of rural areas of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the sub-regional context were defined. On the basis of the foresight analysis, a three-level branding of agri-food products manufactured in the region was carried out, and brands within the considered rural municipalities were identified. It is concluded that foresight technologies should be used as the system tool for the formation and implementation of sustainable development strategy in rural areas of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The Hot Development and Cold Thinking of Current Arts and Crafts Industry

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 3656-3661
Author(s):  
Han Li ◽  
Xiao Guang Rui ◽  
Lei Hou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Technological Impact ◽  
Traditional Arts ◽  
Actual Depth

Traditional arts and crafts industry is formed base on the ancient craftsmen to meet all levels of society and spiritual needs of people’s living. Current arts and crafts industry takes this as a basis, in the development of constantly adapt to rapidly changing social, economic, scientific and technological impact people's lives. Therefore, it is inevitable that this development process would occur all kinds of problems. The author paid a long-term attention on the development of arts and crafts industry, through the representative of Suzhou arts and crafts of the base of the actual depth research, start from the specific questions that impact the new arts and crafts sustainable development, the author raised some constructive suggestions after the deep thinking and analysis.

scholarly journals Infrastructural Connectivity and Difference

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-125
Author(s):  
Ashley Scott Kelly ◽  
Xiaoxuan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cumulative Impacts ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Irrigation Networks ◽  
Ecological Difference

AbstractThis chapter, Infrastructural connectivity and difference, presents two strategic planning proposals dealing with “direct” impacts of the construction of the China-Laos Railway. Practices of “sustainable” development, in those practices’ approaches, however genuine, to physically and economically connect communities to new markets and generate new economies, disrupt preexisting modes of connectivity, whether socioeconomic, cultural or ecological. One proposal offers strategies to mitigate the socioecological impacts of temporary access roads built tends of kilometers into rural landscape to construct the China-Laos Railway, while the other proposal offers physical and organizational strategies for impacted agricultural communities to mitigate the disruption of irrigation networks, fragmented farmlands, issues of development transparency and uncertainty in compensation timelines. Through these proposals’ analyses and strategic deployment of connectivity and emphasis of cultural and ecological difference, they may help reform discourse on the assessment of cumulative impacts in the development process.

Research on Optimization of Renewal Project Planning System of the Industrial Cities

2013 ◽  
Vol 341-342 ◽  
pp. 1441-1444
Author(s):  
Ling Ling Chen ◽  
Hong Chang Qu ◽  
Kai Ping Huang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Cities ◽  
Continuous Dynamic ◽  
Renewal Project ◽  
Material Substances

The urban renewal is not a simple reconstruction by demolition for the urban material substances, but its a kind of the artificial behavior to promote solution of various problems which can affect and hinder the urban development and obtain sustainable development. The renewal project planning of the industrial cities is a continuous, dynamic, long-term development process, in this process, emphasizing the application of the optimization of the forward-looking, dynamic and comprehensive renewal planning system has an important guiding significance on the sustainable development of the cities.

scholarly journals The Development of Coastal and Marine

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suharto Widjojo ◽  
Suharjo Suharjo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Marine Communities ◽  
Marine Areas

Planning and development process of oastaland marine resources tends centralized and adopted top down policy, without any active participations from coastal and marine communities. In order to reach integrated and sustainable development in coastaland marine areas, people should have both complete and up to date information, so that planning and decision making for all aspect of the environment can be done easily. People should give a high attention of surveis, mappings, as well as science and technology of coastal and marine sectors, in order to change the paradigm of development from inland to coastal and marine. Moreover, people should give high attention of potential resources of coastal and marine areas.

scholarly journals Long-term government responses to sustainable tourism development: principles and strategies

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Katalin Vargáné Csobán ◽  
Andrea Bauerné Gáthy
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
The World

Tourism is one of the leading sectors in the world economy. Enhancing its well-known economic, social and environmental benefits while managing its negative impacts are highly important for the national governments in European Union. Strategic planning is essential to meet the long term requirements of sustainability. National sustainable development strategies and tourism strategies are fundamental means of strategic planning as they provide guidance for the decision-makers of the tourism sector. The member states of the European Union have prepared their national sustainable development strategies, furthermore the Union’s common strategy and the national strategies of some member states have already been revised and renewed by now.The Hungarian strategies – National Sustainable Development Strategy and National Tourism Development Strategy – were completed the World Tourism Organization published its twelve aims for an agenda for sustainable tourism in 2005. Consequently these strategies are expected to contain references to the sustainability requirements and environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development. In the present study we analyse the issues of sustainable tourism development in the sustainable development strategies of the EU and Hungary and the National Tourism Development Strategy of Hungary 2005-2013 with special attention to the principles laid down by the WTO in 2005. Our aim is to investigate the cohesion between the principles of sustainable development and sustainable tourism, and their manifestations in some of the strategic documents influencing Hungarian tourism development.

The obstacles of China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry development

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-183
Author(s):  
Yuhong Cao ◽  
Jianxin You ◽  
Yongjiang Shi ◽  
Wei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Automobile Manufacturing

Purpose This paper aims to make a systematic study on the factors that hinder the development of China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry; based on comprehensive understanding of these obstacles and by optimization means, ultimately, the healthy and sustainable development of intelligent automobile manufacturing industry in China can be promoted. Design/methodology/approach Based on a questionnaire survey of intelligent automobile manufacturing listed companies in China, first, fuzzy semantic scale was adopted to collect respondents’ choices, the fuzzy score function is used to calculate the fuzzy score value and these data are used as the basis for subsequent model analysis. Then, structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to analyze the causal relationship between influencing factors to explore the main hinder factors. Findings It is found that, in the short term, the backwardness of technological industrialization is the main reason leading to low permeability of intelligent automobile; in the medium term, the imperfect industrial R&D ability and the insufficiency of infrastructure are major causes for high manufacturing cost and low competitiveness of intelligent automobile manufacturing industry; in the long term, the lack of national policy and industrial strategic planning is the main factors affect intelligent automobile manufacturing cost and the industry competitiveness. Practical implications The research conclusion has important policy implications for promoting intelligent automobile manufacturing sustainable development. In recent years, China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry has gradually stepped out of breeding period; therefore, the role of government should be gradually transformed from participants to managers and regulators. Considering the fact that intelligent automobile cost is very high, and still higher than the cost of fuel vehicle, government should focus on the issues such as improving R&D capabilities, infrastructure construction, policy framework system, legal system and technological industrialization. Specifically, in short-term planning, improving technological industrialization level is the key to development; in medium-term planning, policymakers should focus on the improvement of R&D capabilities and infrastructure; considering the long-term development, establishing appropriate national policies and dealing with the adverse impact of imperfect strategic planning are the most sensible choice. Originality/value This paper analyzes the factors that hinder the development of China’s intelligent automobile manufacturing industry for the first time, and provides the basic logic of integration factors at different levels with the development of intelligent automobile to reveal the uniqueness and facts of China’s economic development.

Facing a global crisis - how sustainable business models helped firms overcome COVID

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Mattera ◽  
Federico Soto Gonzalez ◽  
Carmen Alba Ruiz-Morales ◽  
Luana Gava
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Business Models

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse how implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies following United Nations’ Global Compact (UNGC) guidelines can contribute to firm’s performance during a global crisis, such as the case of COVID-19. Based on the triple bottom line theoretical framework, this work explores the relation between the creation of value and sustainable business models with long-term strategies and strong policy commitments, and their performance in the stock market years later during a crisis. By doing so, new insights on strategic management to create value and consolidate sustainable business models are provided. Design/methodology/approach The present study analyses firms within the context of the European Union, considering the involvement of the region in achieving sustainable development. In particular, the long-term impact in the usage of the UNGC management model and the firm's sustainability performance based on the results during COVID-19 crisis. To achieve this goal, energy firms operating in Spain and subscribing to UNGC were evaluated, specifically those publicly listed in the IBEX35, benchmark index of Spain's Stock Market Interconnection System. In addition, firms were also considered regarding the strong impact within their industries not only nationally but also worldwide. Findings Findings show long-term CSR strategies and a strong commitment to sustainable development contribute to firm’s overcoming periods of economic crisis. In addition, considering the environmental impact of the firms’ actions, transition to sustainable business and widening portfolio in the case of energy firms proved to have a positive impact in overcoming a hard context such as COVID-19. The virtuous cycle can be created by honouring the social contract, yet the tools and management models shall be further tailored to ensure an effective win-win situation. Originality/value This study evaluates a company's strategic involvement in sustainability, considering the UNGC 10 principles and SDG and the effects of these strategies in the long-term. Specifically, the role of UNGC management model is evaluated in designing effective policies that can help firms better overcome a context of crisis such as COVID-19. Consequently, researchers studying business strategy can incorporate the findings in strategic planning. Practitioners can learn the implications of CSR strategic planning in the long-term. Moreover, work illustrates corporate results in sustainability matters after the first decade of the UNGC management model and the impact of a crisis context.

scholarly journals Theoretical perspectives of the HCD integration in software development process

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1091
Author(s):  
Rogayah Abdul Majid ◽  
Nor Laila Md. Noor ◽  
Wan Adilah Wan Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Human Aspects

HCD is an approach that covers all of the human aspects including aesthetic and ergonomics, which will provide a better approach in strengthening the HCI approaches to strengthen the software development process. Lack of guidelines to guide the software practitioners to adopt the HCD in software development process become the main concern in this study. Among the problems that faced by the organizations that have adopted HCD, including problem of managing the resources such as human, financial and infrastructure. Therefore, this study used a theoretical lens to get a better understanding of HCD integration form management perspective, namely operational, tactical (management) and strategy perspective in software development process. Furthermore, the HCDP model is employed in this study because it covers the HCD activities from the project planning stage to the implementation stage of the software development process and it emphasizes on the larger scope of human factors and require broader skills in software development process. As a result, a conceptual model of HCD integration has been developed which emphasizes on the importance of managing the resources and long term strategic planning for the organization.  This is due to long term strategic planning and managing organization resources appropriately will contribute to the success of the organization which will increase organizational performance.

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