scholarly journals Conditioning Factors of Sustainability of Dual Vocational Educational Training in Andalusia (Spain): Case Study of Three Educational Centres

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9356
Author(s):  
María Teresa Pozo-Llorente ◽  
María de Fátima Poza-Vilches
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Autonomous Community ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship ◽  
Educational Sustainability ◽  
The Relationship

From the incorporation of the Dual Vocational Educational Training (dual VET) in the Spanish educational panorama in 2012, and in the midst of the economic and financial crisis, this dual VET educational scheme has been a political priority of national and regional governments, who see it as a strategy for socioeconomic growth, employability, and youth entrepreneurship framed under an educational sustainability model. Despite the growing number of companies involved in the scheme, this model of educational training has not been free of debate and controversy. This study focuses on the autonomous community of Andalusia with the objective of identifying—using a complementary methodological perspective—the key factors that condition the successful implementation of dual VET in this region based on the experience of three educational centres and the opinions of those educators involved. Some of the weaknesses of dual VET identified in the autonomous community include the ambiguity of regulations, budgetary sustainability, governance models, the relationship between the training offered and industry, the involvement of companies, and the recognition of the teaching staff involved.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Awareness of HIV and AIDS Workplace Policy and Consultation on HIV and AIDS Policy Development among Staff of Moi University, Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Naftal Michira Nyang’ara
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Impact Mitigation ◽  
Aids Policy ◽  
The Relationship

The unprecedented effect of HIV and AIDS in Africa cannot be over-emphasized as it takes its toll mainly on the active age population of 15-49 years. This age group is the main workforce of any nation and, unfortunately, the most vulnerable to infection of HIV. There has been growing concern about the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS in many workplaces. In response, many universities have developed university specific HIV and AIDS policies for impact mitigation in the workplace. Moi University is a public institution with a large workforce hence targeted in the current study. Realizing the negative impact that HIV and AIDS has on workplaces and the importance of having an HIV and AIDS workplace policy, this study sought to determine the relationship between awareness of HIV and AIDS workplace policy and consultation on HIV and AIDS policy development among staff of Moi University. The study, whose main concern was about Moi University HIV and AIDS workplace policy, targeted teaching staff, non-teaching staff and senior management. To achieve this objective, the study used ex-post facto research design and stratified sampling technique in the selection of the study sample. A study sample made up of 330 participants was used for the study. The study utilized both qualitative and quantitative methods in data collection. These included Workplace Testing Questionnaire, document analysis and semi-structured interviews. Primary data was collected by use of self-administered questionnaires and interview schedules, while secondary data was collected from libraries. The study used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS v 22.0) program to analyze the data collected. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically through coding. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The descriptive statistics included frequencies and means. Correlation analysis was used to test hypotheses (to test the relationship between the independent and dependent variables). The findings revealed that Moi University had an HIV and AIDS workplace policy. It also emerged that lack of consultation on HIV policy development, was an impediment to successful implementation of the policy. The study concluded that HIV and AIDS workplace policy is a vital document in HIV and AIDS impact mitigation and, therefore, requires serious consultation among all employees of Moi University for purposes of ownership by every employee. Following this, the study recommended that consultation of all of all employees about HIV and AIDS workplace policy development be undertaken and worker’s views and opinion be considered when developing an HIV and AIDS workplace policy. The study is, therefore, expected to be of great significance to universities in addressing some of the HIV and AIDS workplace policy related implementation challenges.

scholarly journals The Effect of Strengthening Character Education on Tolerance Increasing and Development of Pancasila Students in Border Area: Case of West Kalimantan Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Amrazi Zakso ◽  
Iskandar Agung ◽  
Arie Budi Susanto ◽  
M. Calvin Capnary
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Principal Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Border Area ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to explain the relationship between the variables of Principal Leadership (PL), Extracurricular in Schools (ES), Parents’ Participation (PP), Community Leaders (CL), and Border Area Development (BAD) on Strengthening Character Education (SCE). and Strengthening Character Education (SCE) on Improving Tolerance (IT) and Pancasila Student Profiles (PSP). This paper is a case study in the state border area in West Kalimantan Province which is carried out in 6 (six) Senior High Schools. The main data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires with a sample size of 180 grade 11 students at the school who were obtained randomly (random sampling). Analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of the LISREL 8.70 program. The results showed PL, ES, PP, CL, and BAD on SCE, while SCE had a positive effect on IT and PSP. On the other hand, efforts to strengthening character education need to pay attention to the strength of indicators that contribute to each of these influence variables, including: the vision of the principal's character education, the availability of teaching staff / experts to support character education, provision of educational facilities character, socialization to increase awareness and tolerant behavior by involving non-formal leaders, attention to development that leads to increased understanding of differences in beliefs and ethnicities, and indicators of the availability of character education teachers in competent schools. Emphasis on these indicators will increase student tolerance and foster the profile of Pancasila students.   Received: 9 April 2021 / Accepted: 19 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

Exploiting students’ part-time work to enhance learning, teaching and assessment

2020 ◽  
pp. 095042222093018
Author(s):  
Carl Evans
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Part Time Work

This article highlights an opportunity for teaching staff in universities to utilise students’ part-time work experience to enhance learning, teaching and assessment activities. Increasing numbers of university students are working part-time while studying and, as a consequence, there have been several academic studies highlighting the adverse impact of this practice on academic performance. This has led to suggestions for changes in educational policy, seeking either to reduce students’ term-time working or to eliminate it altogether. With a gearing to business management education, this viewpoint piece provides an argument for university lecturers to embrace students’ part-time work experience and use it to enhance the learning, teaching and assessment experience. The use of students’ own work experience extends the case study method, which is common in business teaching, to give greater control and therefore reassurance to students and so yield deeper learning. The approach also strengthens the relationship between higher education and industry in that it connects more cohesively students’ work experience and university study.

scholarly journals Implementation of Smart Infusion Pumps: A Scoping Review and Case Study Discussion of the Evidence of the Role of the Pharmacist

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Neha Shah ◽  
Yogini Jani
Keyword(s):  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Infusion Pumps ◽  
Ovid Medline ◽  
Study Experience ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
Set Up ◽  
And Training

“Smart” infusion pumps include built in drug error reduction software which uses a drug library. Studies have reported the drug library build should be undertaken by a multidisciplinary team, including a pharmacist; however, the extent or nature of the input required by the pharmacist for greatest benefit is unknown. This review aimed to identify key factors for the implementation of the smart infusion pumps, with a focus on the role of pharmacists and compare this to the experience from a case study. A literature review was conducted using Embase and Ovid Medline, and 13 eligible papers were found. Predominant themes relating to the pharmacist’s role and successful implementation of the smart infusion pumps were determined. Key factors for success included team involvement across the entire process from procurement, set-up through to implementation including risk assessment and device distribution, and training, which were comparable to the case study experience. Few studies described the extent or details of the pharmacist’s responsibilities.

scholarly journals STUDENTS READINESS FOR ONLINE LEARNING: CASE STUDY ON COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S STUDENTS POLITEKNIK KUCHING SARAWAK

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (15) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Hartyni Mastor ◽  
Hasimah Salleh ◽  
Khatijah Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Commerce Department ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the country's education system. Regardless of the administrator and the teaching staff, the students are also affected by this situation. The Ministry of Higher Education has decided that the Online Teaching and Learning method (Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Dalam Talian, PdPDT) will be implemented at the Polytechnic level, especially for the June 2020 session. The main purpose of this study is to identify the level of readiness and motivation of students of the Commerce Department Polytechnic Kuching Sarawak on the implementation of PdPDT. The study also examined the relationship between motivation and the level of readiness of students to follow online learning. Quantitative data is collected through a questionnaire distributed online to all active students of the Commerce Department who will attend lectures in the June 2020 session (excluding students who are undergoing Industrial Training and semester 1 students intake June 2020). A pilot study conducted found that the Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.970 and it showed a high level of reliability for the items tested. The scope of this study leads to the level of readiness and level of motivation of students only. The data obtained were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Overall, the level of readiness (mean score: 3.40) and level of motivation (mean score: 3.32) of students of the Commerce Department on the implementation of online learning is at a moderate level. Respondents responded positively to PdPDT in assisting the new normal teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals What to avoid when you are implementing a BSC? From success to failure

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Lucía-Clara Banchieri ◽  
Fernando Campa-Planas ◽  
Maria Victoria Sánchez-Rebull
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
The People

Approximately 20 years after the creation of the Balanced Scorecard (hereinafter BSC), BSC is the sixth most widely used management tool by organizations (Rigby and Biledau, 2011). The aim of this article is to identify the key factors for the implementation of a BSC in organizations. To do so, the authors analyzed two cases BSC implementation: one a success and the other a failure. The findings were classified by the answers to the following questions: What was implemented? Where was it implemented? Who implemented it? How did they implement it? and Why was it implemented? The four key factors for the successful implementation of the BSC identified in this study, which complement the existing literature on this subject, are: previous experience of the people responsible for the project; linking the BSC to available resources; consistency between the organizational structure and the strategy; and finally, carrying out a pilot test. Purpose: Approximately 20 years after the creation of the Balanced Scorecard (hereinafter BSC), BSC is the sixth most widely used management tool by organizations (Rigby and Biledau, 2011). The aim of this article is to identify the key factors for the implementation of a BSC in organizations. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used for this research was the case study, specifically the “two case” study method (Yin, 2003). The cases were selected as being extremes: one organization that had successfully implemented a BSC, and a company whose implementation failed. The findings were classified by the answers to the following questions: What was implemented? Where was it implemented? Who implemented it? How did they implement it? and Why was it implemented? Findings: The four key factors for the successful implementation of the BSC identified in this study, which complement the existing literature on this subject, are: previous experience of the people responsible for the project; linking the BSC to available resources; consistency between the organizational structure and the strategy; and finally, carrying out a pilot test. Originality/value: The contribution made by this study consists of identifying additional key factors that may affect the success or failure of implementing BSC in an organization

Digital Technologies for Teaching and Learning at the BoP

2021 ◽  
pp. 272-292
Author(s):  
Alessia Pisoni ◽  
Alessandra Corti ◽  
Rafaela Gjergji
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Bottom Of The Pyramid ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Managerial Perspective

This chapter focuses on digital technologies for teaching and learning/ICT for education. The topic under investigation was approached under a managerial perspective with the final aim to identify and describe the main factors that enable and/or inhibit successful implementation of digital technologies for teaching and learning at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP). First of all, a comprehensive and systemized literature review has been performed outlining/identifying these factors. Then, to robustly grasp the findings, a deeper assessment through a multiple descriptive case study analysis on the key factors behind a successful implementation of ICTs for education at the BoP level has been carried out.

scholarly journals Characterizing Phase Behavior Through Time-Varying Microarchitecture Independent Characteristics Clustering

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Soares ◽  
Rodolfo Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Phase Behavior ◽  
Multivariate Time Series ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Centrality Measure ◽  
Automatic Discovery ◽  
The Relationship

Programs often exhibit repeating behaviors, which are known as program phases. The automatic discovery of such structured behavior has benefited many applications. However, many existing phase signatures lack the ability to reason about what are the key factors of each phase. Also, programs exhibit phase behavior at many different granularities, and some exhibit hierarchical phase behavior. Many techniques focus on a single granularity, which can cause an out of sync classification with the actual phase behavior. We solve these problems by adopting a recently proposed method of subsequence clustering of multivariate time series. Using this method, the phases started to have a much more interpretable signature (MRF). We graphically showed that the method partitions the execution into a temporally consistent way. We showed the effectiveness of MRF's signature by using a centrality measure to identify the most important characteristics within a program phase. Finally, we present a case study to show the relationship between the MRF signature and source code.

scholarly journals Management accounting and control system in the u-model internationalization process. A case study

Innovar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (80) ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
Ana Filipa M Roque ◽  
Maria do Céu Alves ◽  
Mário Lino Raposo
Keyword(s):  
Management Accounting ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Internationalization Strategy ◽  
And Control ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the role of management accounting and management control systems (macs) in the successful implementation of the Uppsala Internationalization Model (U-Model) and in the improvement of firms’ performance. To achieve this, and after a broad literature review, a case study was conducted. Using a dynamic and “inside-out” approach, data was collected through interviews and documental analysis. The internationalization model (im) of a company and the relationship between macs and its internationalization strategy (U-Model) were analyzed. This study emphasizes the existence of several roles (passive and active) of macs and highlights the fact that these systems are used throughout the internationalization process (ip) in differentiated ways. As far as we know, it is the first time the relationship between macs and a specific internationalization model (U-Model) has been studied. This research helps to increase knowledge in practice, as it helps companies understand how they can adjust their macs according to their U-Model development phase. Given the growing interest in internationalization, we hope to contribute to improving the knowledge on the relationship between macs and the ip and its effects on companies’ performance. This study points to promising results that justify further studies of this relationship.

Sustainable Scorecard as an Actionable Framework for Managing Sustainability

2010 ◽  
pp. 409-424
Author(s):  
Marlei Pozzebon ◽  
Paulina Arroyo ◽  
Angela Fleury
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

This paper investigates how corporate sustainable practices can be supported by information management models and information and communication technology (ICT) applications. The empirical work is based on a single case study, a Brazilian company that is applying the concept of a sustainability balanced scorecard (SBSC) to put forward a triple bottom-line strategy. Our results suggest that (a) implementation and use of the SBSC, (b) integration of the triple-bottom line concept within the SBSC, and (c) the place occupied by the eco-efficiency indicator at the heart of the strategic map represented three key factors that helped to enhance sustainability management. Moreover, the development of a sustainability-oriented culture and the strong business intelligence (BI) platform put in place enabled successful implementation of the SBSC in this particular company.

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