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Realising benefits in primary healthcare infrastructures
Purpose: This paper focuses upon the requirements to manage change, tangible and intangible benefits in a joint approach to deliver outputs on time, to quality and cost without failing to realise the benefits of the change. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate the need for benefits driven programme/project management as well as the importance of identifying the stakeholdersâ level of involvement and contribution throughout the process, and manage their expectations.
Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used is based on an action research approach, combining findings from a literature review and case studies within UKâs primary healthcare sector.
Findings: Findings demonstrate development of a Benefits Realisation (BeReal) approach in healthcare through looking at case studies taking place within UKâs primary and acute healthcare sector
Research limitations/implications: The framework development is based upon theoretical evidence and further research is needed to test and validate its robustness.
Originality/value: The application of Benefits Realisation and Management in developing and delivering primary healthcare facilities.
Keywords: Benefits management, Benefits realisation, healthcare infrastructures, process and LIF
The balanced scorecard logic in the management control and reporting of small business company networks: a case study
The purpose of this paper is to assess and integrate the application of the balance scorecard (BSC) logic into business networks identifying functions and use that such performance measuring tool may undertake for SMEâs collaborative development. Thus, the paper analyses a successful case study regarding an Italian network of small companies, evaluating how the multidimensional perspective of BSC can support strategic and operational network management as well as communication of financial and extra financial performance to stakeholders. The study consists of a qualitative method, proposing the application of BSC model for business networks from international literature. Several meetings and interviews as well as triangulation with primary and secondary documents have been conducted. The case study allows to recognize how BSC network logic can play a fundamental role on defining network mission, supporting management control as well as measuring and reporting the intangible assets formation along the network development lifecycle. This is the first time application of a BSC integrated framework for business networks composed of SMEs. The case study demonstrates operational value of BSC for SMEâs collaborative development and success
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Enterprise Risk Management: Review, Critique, and Research Directions
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Many regulators, rating agencies, executives and academics have advocated a new approach to risk management: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). ERM proposes the integrated management of all the risks an organization faces, which inherently requires alignment of risk management with corporate governance and strategy. Academic research on ERM is still in its infancy, with articles largely in accounting and finance journals but rarely in management journals. We argue that ERM offers an important new research domain for management scholars. A critical review of ERM research allows us to identify limitations and gaps that management scholars are best equipped to address. This paper not only identifies how management scholars can contribute to ERM research, but also points out why ERM research (and practice) needs management research for its development
Project benefit management: a conceptual framework of target benefit formulation
Successful realization of project benefits is strongly associated with organizational performance. Formulating project target benefits is regarded as the first and critical step in the benefit management process. In this study, we drew upon relevant theories and conducted in-depth interviews with senior managers in Australia to develop a conceptual framework of project target benefit formulation and corresponding propositions. Our findings highlight the important role of project target benefits in funding decision-making and suggest seven criteria for their appraisal (strategic fit, target value, measurability, realism, target date, accountability and comprehensiveness) and four constructs which improve the formulated target benefits (a formal benefit formulation process, senior executive leadership, senior executive supports, and public service motivation). These findings extend the current literature on project benefit management by providing a holistic view on how project target benefits should be formulated and appraised
Effects of storage temperature and storage duration of biodiesel properties, visual appearances and emision
Biofuels based on vegetable oils offer the advantage being a sustainable and
environmentally attractive alternative to conventional petroleum based fuel. Biodiesel is
produced from any fat or oil such as soybean oil, through a refinery process called
transesterification. The key issue in using vegetable oil-based fuels is oxidation stability,
stoichiometric point, bio-fuel composition, antioxidants on the degradation and much
oxygen with comparing to diesel gas oil. Biodiesel can be used as a pure fuel or blended
with petroleum in any percentage but the standard storage and handling procedures used
for biodiesel are the main issue due to the biodiesel fuel specifications. In the quest for
fulfill the industry specifications standard; the fuel should be stored in a clean, dry and
dark environment. In this research, three different storage temperature were study which
are; low (0 â 5 °C), ambient (25 â 29 °C), and high (40 â 50 °C). The key parameters
that are required to store biodiesel are discussed, and the recent research advances are
noted. Five types of biodiesel after storage all the samples for 2016 hours were tested
plus with two product of combustion. Images analysis for combustion process was used
to image appearances analysis. Under 2016 hours of storage duration, the effect of
degradation was happen although the effect is not significance because the changes are
still in acceptable ranges
The lack of design quality focus in construction: a case for examining suitable design processes
A large number of projects in UK construction now involve contractor-led design and are thus very different from the traditional approach which formed the basis of the original Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Outline Plan of Work. Such integrated and contractor-led approaches support the reform agenda of the late 1990s that was introduced to tackle process inefficiency. However, within the design professions there has been concern that this resulted in buildings that were designed-down to a cost rather than designed-up to a value. An attempt to address this resulted in the formation of the Commission for Architecture and Built Environment (CABE) in 1999 and the launch, in 2003, of the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) which measures how well a building satisfies stakeholders. This paper presents the early phases of doctoral research which will examine the impact of integrated design management approaches upon Design Quality
A Management Maturity Model (MMM) for project-based organisational performance assessment
Common sense suggests that organisations are more likely to deliver successful projects if they have systems in place that reflect a mature project environment based on a culture of continuous improvement. This paper develops and discusses a Management Maturity Model (MMM) to assess the maturity of project management organisations through a customisable, systematic, strategic and practical methodology inspired from the seminal work of Darwin, Deming, Drucker and Daniel. The model presented is relevant to organisations, such as construction and engineering companies, that prefer to use the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKâą Guide) published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), but without the disadvantages of excessive time and cost commitments and a âone size fits allâ approach linked to rigid increments of maturity. It offers a game-changing advance in the application of project-based organisational performance assessment compared to existing market solutions that are unnecessarily complex. The feasibility of MMM is field-tested using a medium-sized data centre infrastructure firm in Tehran
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