Technical Manpower Resource Generation – A Fiasco

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghunadhan T.
Keyword(s):  
Manpower Resource ◽  
Technical Manpower ◽  
Resource Generation

scholarly journals Examining the mediating role of resources in the temporal relationship between proactive burnout prevention and burnout

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelon C. B. Otto ◽  
Joris Van Ruysseveldt ◽  
Nicole Hoefsmit ◽  
Karen Van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Temporal Relationship ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Burnout Prevention ◽  
Personal Domain ◽  
Proactive Behaviors ◽  
Resource Generation

Abstract Background Employees who engage in proactive burnout prevention can prevent burnout by changing aspects of the work, home, and personal domain. However, these proactive behaviors may be impeded by high initial levels of burnout. Based on the conservation of resources theory and the dual-pathway proactivity model, resources were expected to play a vital role in the relationship between proactive burnout prevention and burnout through two distinct processes: a resource-generation process in which proactive burnout prevention negatively affects burnout through an increase in resources, and a resource-depletion process in which proactive burnout prevention is hindered because high initial levels of burnout negatively affected resources. Methods A two-wave longitudinal panel design was used in which 617 employees, mainly employed in government agencies, healthcare and education, were asked to complete an online survey twice with an interval of 1 month. Results Results of structural equation modelling showed clear evidence for the resource-generation process in the work, home, and personal domain, and only limited evidence for the resource-depletion process. Solely in the personal domain a small negative indirect effect of burnout on proactive burnout prevention through personal resources was found. Conclusions The findings of this study confirm that employees can proactively prevent burnout by investing in resources, yet proactive actions should be taken before increased burnout-complaints impede employees to do so. This study contributes to scientific knowledge on proactive behaviors and burnout prevention by investigating the mechanism underlying the temporal relationship between proactive burnout prevention and burnout. An important practical implication of this study is that it highlights that more attention should be given to employees’ self-initiated actions to prevent burnout, as proactive burnout prevention can effectively reduce levels of burnout.

Resource generation challenges for burn care in Iran

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh ◽  
Mostafa Amini‐Rarani ◽  
Farzaneh Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Burn Care ◽  
Resource Generation

scholarly journals Technical manpower for the next hundred years

1961 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 338-340
Author(s):  
J. R. Weir
Keyword(s):  
Technical Manpower

Basic DG Cases: Renewable Resource Generation

2018 ◽  
pp. 449-480
Author(s):  
H. Lee Willis ◽  
Walter G. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Resource Generation

The Development of the Whittle Turbojet

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. Meher-Homji
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
Technical Manpower ◽  
Turbine Design ◽  
Institutional Challenges ◽  
Technology Level

Sir Frank Whittle passed away on August 8, 1996, at the age of 89, in Maryland. His work in developing the turbojet can truly be said to represent one of the greatest mechanical engineering achievements in the last 70 years. The development of the turbojet demanded that Whittle face almost insurmountable technical and institutional challenges. The technical challenges included developing centrifugal compressor pressure ratios of 4:1 from the prevailing technology level of 2.5:1, increasing compressor efficiencies from 65 to 80 percent while designing for combustion intensities that were 10 times the prevailing state of the art in boiler technology. He was also responsible for utilizing a vortex turbine design approach. The institutional challenges that he faced included changing a paradigm on aircraft propulsion technology and nurturing Power Jets Ltd. to produce excellent engine designs with minimal resources in terms of money, technical manpower, and governmental support. It is the object of this paper to document the epic long-drawn-out struggle fought by Sir Frank against entrenched technical opinion, which ultimately resulted in the turbojet revolution. The technical aspects of his pioneering work with emphasis on the problems he encountered will also be discussed.

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