scholarly journals Vision of the students of the University of Tabuk on the culture of entrepreneurship: رؤية طلاب جامعة تبوك حول ثقافة ريادة الأعمال

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami al-Akbar al-Dabbousi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Culture ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This research aims at highlighting the entrepreneurship culture. The concepts of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture were discussed in theoretical terms. The advantages, disadvantages and risks of entrepreneurship as well as the characteristics of entrepreneurs were also presented. The practical aspect of this research was to study the entrepreneurship culture among students of the University of Tabuk during the academic year 2016/2017. The results showed that the students of the University of Tabuk are looking for job security in the public sector rather than personal initiatives and self-employment. The study also revealed a strong relationship between the student environment and the idea of ​​the project to be completed. The research also revealed a concentration at the level of the Tabuk region in the projects to be completed. As we have noted through the results of the study there is a tendency to individual projects and fear of partnership. A number of recommendations were proposed to support and promote the culture of entrepreneurship, most notably the recommendation to develop the entrepreneurship program at the University of Tabuk and the inclusion of the entrepreneurship course as an obligatory course in all disciplines offered at all colleges of the University of Tabuk.    

scholarly journals The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 489-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snezana Jovanovic-Srzentic ◽  
Ivana Rodic ◽  
Mirjana Knezevic
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Minimum Risk ◽  
Blood Donations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Donated Blood ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Background/Aim. Given that in each country students represent the most progressive population group, as of 2001, the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia (BTIS) has been carrying the program of voluntary blood donation promotion and education of volunteers at the University of Belgrade (UB). In 2011, the BTIS intensified all activities at the UB. The aim of this study was to present activities performed from 2001 at the Blood Donors` Motivation Department (DMD) of the BTIS related with increasing the level of awareness on voluntary blood donation in the Belgrade students` population, enhancing their motivation to become voluntary blood donors (VBDs), increasing the number of blood donations at faculties of the UB, and increasing the number of blood donations in the UB students population compared with the total number of blood units collected by BTIS in Belgrade, with the emphasis on the year 2013. Methods. Initially, the applied methodology was based on encouraging students to donate blood through discussions and preparatory lectures, followed by organized blood drives. Appropriate selection of volunteers at each faculty was crucial. Besides their recognisable identity, they had to have remarkable communication skills and ability to positivly affect persons in their environment. The applied principle was based on retention of volunteers all through the final academic year, with the inclusion of new volunteers each year and 1,000 preparatory lectures on the annual basis. The activities were realized using two Facebook profiles, SMS messages and continuous notification of the public through the media. Results. There was an increase in the average number of students in blood drives at the faculties from 2011, when the average number of the students per blood drive was 39, followed by 43 in 2012 and 46 in 2013. The number of students who donated blood in 2013 increased by 21.3% compared with 2012 data. Conclusion. The applied concept highly contributed to generation and retention of future VBDs willing to regularly donate blood in the coming years, with a minimum risk of transmission of transfusion transmissible diseases markers.

Role of an architect in projects involving EPC contracts

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-15
Author(s):  
Adyathan Dasyapu ◽  
Greeshmika Nagubilli ◽  
Jayanth V Kutcharlapati ◽  
Hari Prasad Guntuku ◽  
Shruti S Nagdeve
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Related Case ◽  
The Public

Purpose: Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts are on their way to becoming the most common type of contract used by the private sector for large-scale infrastructure projects. Every project requires a strong relationship between all of the experts participating in EPC projects and the client. This relationship must be solidly established by an architect; otherwise, the project may fail for all parties involved, including the client, contractor, lenders, government, and others. The purpose of this study is to identify if the working of the EPC contracts is favourable for the architectural profession, and to identify the way in which the working could be improved. Methodology: A qualitative approach was applied to analyze the critical points of EPC contracts based upon reviews of related case studies from the public sector and supplementary interviews with professionals in the field. Main Finding: The architect's role in an EPC contract is not crucial and is equal to other stakeholders involved in the project. Also, EPC contractors have the power to dictate the workflow of the project and hence, architects might have to compromise in terms of the design, compensation, etc. Implications: It is very important for every project to have an outcome based on each stakeholders/consultants inputs specially on larger projects, this article is a step towards understanding the role of architects under an EPC contract as the future projects will come under its purview.  Novelty: The study is done under the lens of a newly graduated architect and not as any other professional, thereby trying to develop an understanding for fresh architects.

Integrated reporting and change: evidence from public universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Iacuzzi ◽  
Andrea Garlatti ◽  
Paolo Fedele ◽  
Alessandro Lombrano
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
A Value ◽  
Service Logic ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The University

PurposeThis paper aims to set out the case for integrated reporting (IR) and its potential to lead to change in the public sector by examining it in practice and analyzing the challenges associated with its implementation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper investigates the role of IR in the public sector through the development of a theoretical framework applied to a case study focused on the University of Udine in Italy.FindingsIR can be considered more as an incremental than a groundbreaking transformation of existing arrangements and approaches. The analysis revealed that the vagueness, complexity and intrinsic discrepancy between the IR concept and its operationalization brought the University of Udine to challenge and debate the IR approach and ultimately, to reconceptualize and implement its own version that better fitted its strategic aims, its intended audience and its status as a public entity.Research limitations/implicationsThe application of the findings to other contexts should be further investigated, while the analytical framework should be applied to different settings and could be enriched to add knowledge and sharpen the paradigms of integrated thinking and value co-creation. Moreover, the interviews focused on people directly involved in the preparation of the integrated report, excluding other stakeholders. Further research could explore their perceptions of IR and focus on their understanding of the IR as well as the value co-creation process.Practical implicationsThe findings provide decision makers with insights about how IR can be promoted to enhance its impact on value co-creation. The key processes to be considered for a public organization are integrated thinking and value co-creation, while the key aspects to be investigated in an integrated report for the public sector are materiality and stakeholder engagement. Yet, the IR framework is missing indications on how to account for stakeholders' inputs, outputs and outcomes in a value co-creation process, which is fundamental in a public service logic.Originality/valueThe results shed further light on two fundamental phenomena in the public sector, namely, integrated thinking and value co-creation. The paper also answers the call for more empirical research on IR's rhetoric and practice and on its concrete role in the value creation process.

scholarly journals Dematerializing Administrative Procedures and not Just Documents: The Project for Modification of the Document Flows of the University of Udine

Atlanti ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Stefano Allegrezza
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Management System ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Management Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Document Management System ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The University

The paper is conceptually divided into two parts. The first part examines the issues of simplification and dematerialisation of administrative procedures showing how the only dematerialization of the documentation does not produce concrete and tangible results, as confirmed by the example presented in section 2, so widespread in the public sector as it is paradoxical. Then the errors that typically occur when you start a project of simplification and dematerialization are illustrated and the regulatory framework in Italy with particular reference to the so called “farewell to paper” that was scheduled to begin on August 12, 2016 is analysed. In the second part of the paper a project for simplification and dematerialisation of proceedings for the drafting and signing of the Rector’s decrees and executive measures by the University of Udine is presented which came to a successful conclusion using a document management system integrated in the management information system of documents.

scholarly journals Universities as ‘Drivers’ of Local and Regional Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-152
Author(s):  
Marius Constantin PROFIROIU ◽  
Maria-Roxana BRIȘCARIU
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
North West ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The University

"The society based on knowledge and innovation brings to the fore the role of universities as research and learning spaces, with the purpose for sustainable development, at local, regional, national and global levels. Following this approach, we explore the capacity of spreading the knowledge and innovation capital in the North-West region of Romania between universities, the private sector and the public sector. Also, the study explores the role taken by the university system in Romania, locally and regionally, emphasizing what type of relationship defines the exchange of outputs and what are the most useful know-how transfer mechanisms from universities to the private and public sectors. The empirical research in this paper has shown that there is a growing relationship between universities – private sector – public sector, which is characterized as ‘in an incipient phase’, ‘based on urgent needs of the parties’. All of the actors involved in this triad want to develop the links between universities – private sector – public sector in communication, research, innovation and technology, and they suggest standardization and regulation of this interaction and developing a legal framework to correspond to the actual needs at local and regional levels."

scholarly journals Middle Managers’ Upward Roles in the Public Sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-An Chen ◽  
Evan M. Berman ◽  
Chun-Yuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Job Security ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual

Whereas previous public administration studies have focused on middle managers’ roles in implementation, this study contributes to the literature by emphasizing middle managers’ other roles, specifically, upward roles that concern (a) championing alternatives and (b) synthesizing information. We examine whether middle managers are more involved in synthesizing information than championing alternatives and test multiple levers that increase these roles at the individual, organization, and interorganizational levels. This study finds that job security, connections with stakeholders, and autonomous motivation are among the most important predictors. This study calls for taking a broader perspective on middle managers’ contributions to public organizations.

scholarly journals Participatory Strategic Planning in a Public University

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-148
Author(s):  
Isabela Papalardo ◽  
Maria Tereza Tomé de Godoy ◽  
Vinícius Sobreira Braga
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
Planning Methodology ◽  
Made In

The experiences of participatory strategic planning are still restricted in the public sector. There are few studies about it concerning public universities. Onward this belief, came the idea of creating a participatory strategic planning methodology appropriate for a Public University. The objective is to show how it was developed and implemented across the University. Initially was defined some concepts required to understand the methodology, and then presented how the method was developed and applied. Also shows the adjustments made in order to the make planning proper to a public university context

scholarly journals University Housing Development: A PPP Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce L. Blair ◽  
Adam M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
University System ◽  
University Housing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Campus Housing ◽  
University System Of Georgia ◽  
Contractual Arrangement ◽  
The University

Growth and financial constraint continue to hinder development in a multitude of areas in the public sector. Higher education has joined the growing list of public sector organizations turning toward the private sector for innovative solutions to the negative externalities of growth. On April 14, 2014, the University System of Georgia posted a request for qualified contractors for a first of its kind public–private partnership. Wishing to move away from its current long-term asset financing plan that utilized public–private ventures, and to move much of the bonded debt, the university system issued a call for contractors for the construction of campus housing on nine system-member institutions across the state of Georgia. In an effort to evaluate the importance of this contractual arrangement, a thematic analysis of publicly available contract documents is analyzed. We find that the university system’s values associated with the project are best described as risk-averse behavior.

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