BANKING SECTOR EFFORTS TO CONTAINMENT/ DAMAGE LIMITATION OF COVID-19 CRISIS AS A PREDICTIVE FACTOR IN THE ABILITY TO RECOVERY OF SMES IN JORDANIAN

Objective: The research aims to identify the efforts made by the banking sector to contain the damages caused by the COVID-19 in all its aspects (situation assessment and analysis, and crisis intervention) from the banking sector employees’ perspective. The research also aims to identify the role of the banking sector's efforts in containing the COVID-19 crisis damages on predicting the ability of Jordanian SMEs to recover their activity.   Methodology: The research population consisted of two sub-populations; the first consists a cluster sample was taken from Jordanian banks branch managers, all employees in the risk departments, and employees responsible for credit operations in (Bank of Jordan and the Islamic International Arab Bank), The second subpopulation consists of all SMEs’ owners, 24,000 enterprises in the Northern, Central, and Southern regions of Jordan.   Findings: The study found that there is a positive and statistically significant impact of the banking sector's efforts to contain COVID-19 crisis damage in its dimensions (efforts to assess and analyze the situation and efforts to intervene in the crisis) on the ability of SMEs to recover their activity. The results showed that SMEs suffer from an unprecedented shock and depression in the absence of financial assistance and facilities from the banking sector.   Conclusion: The responses showed (73.33%) of project owners indicated that banks and lenders did not provide any credit facilities

THE STATUS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ITS IMPROVEMENT ASPECTS UNDER COVID-19 CRISIS, AND ITS IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN JORDAN (AN APPLIED STUDY ON MINING INDUSTRIES SECTOR)

Objective: Identify the impact of the new conditions created by Covid-19 crisis on achieving sustainable environmental development by studying the environmental management system and the impact of improving energy use, improving water use, and improving the impact of emissions in Jordanian mining industrial companies in achieving sustainable environmental development as a useful framework in the post-pandemic recovery period.   Research Design & Methods: The descriptive correlational method was used where a questionnaire. The research population consisted of specialists in of safety, environment, and occupational health in the Jordanian extractive industries and mining companies. A total of (8) companies were identified, of which the two largest companies were chosen as a cluster sample for this study: Arab Potash Company with 33 employees in safety and environment, and Jordan Phosphate Mines Company with 45 employees.   Findings: The results showed from the point of view of the workers in the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company and the Arab Potash Mines that there is a positive and statistically significant impact of improving aspects of the environmental management system in light of the Covid-19 crisis in general on sustainable environmental development by (77%).   Conclusion: The results showed from the point of view of the workers in the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company and the Arab Potash Mines that the level of improvement of the environmental management system in the field of energy use, in the field of water use, and in the field of the impact of gas emissions, ranges between medium and high level, and the results showed that there is a positive and statistically significant impact of improving aspects of the environmental management system (improving energy use, improving water use, improving the impact of gas emissions) in light of the Covid-19 crisis in general on sustainable environmental development by (77%)

A Framework of Legal Factors for Human Resource Management

Legislative body and judicial ruling enrols the law for human resource management, this law is generally refereed as legal context.  It is quite comprehensive and complex context. It is applicable for handling the discrimination of employment and labours. This paper presents the detail of legal context of administration of law in the Jordan country . It also studies and compare law system with other countries. This research concentrates on the validity standards and laws which are used in legal context. Features of ethics and privacy related to the human resource management is discussed. Impact of Tax regulation and law are reviewed. Emergency issues which includes applicant and employee relations were studied. Ethics which deals with employee compensation is  then discussed. Finally the influence of legal system on  policies and practices of human resource management is analysed

The Degree of Administrative Mechanisms Availability to Increase the Competitive Advantage at the Public Jordanian Universities according to Leverage Approach of Knowledge Management

The study aimed at identifing the degree of administrative mechanisms availability to increase the competitive advantage at the public Jordanian Universities according to leverage approach of knowledge management, from the point of view of their academic leaders. The descriptive survey method was used. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of five domains and (53) Items was developed, and distributed to a sample of (282) academic leaders from three universities. The results showed that the a availability of the administrative mechanisms to increase the competitive advantage at the public Jordanian Universities according to leverage approach of knowledge management was medium, domains arranged as follow: (cost reduction, timeliness, flexibility innovation and quality), The results indicated that there were no significant differences between variables and the degree of administrative mechanisms availability to increase the competitive advantage at the public Jordanian Universities according to leverage approach of knowledge management, from the point of view of their academic leaders. The study recommended consolidating knowledge-lever practices and building knowledge bases that represent the basic requirements for increasing the competitive advantage in universitie

Gaining competitive advantage through intellectual capital and knowledge management: an exploration of inhibitors and enablers in Jordanian Universities

This small-scale study aimed to explore the different factors that help or hinder the achievement of competitive advantage through the possession and development of intellectual capital and the delivery of effective knowledge management in a sample of Jordanian universities. Using a quantitative methodology, underpinned by a pragmatist theoretical approach, an electronic survey was conducted with staff working within three established universities based in Jordan. The concepts of intellectual capital, knowledge management and competitive advantage within an academic setting are first explored before focusing more specifically on investigating how different factors influence these and impact on competitive advantage. Overall, the study identified a range of inhibitors and enablers relating to intellectual capital and knowledge management and identified areas where universities need to develop in order to increase future competitive advantage. The study therefore makes a valuable contribution in adding to the body of evidence within this field

The Role of Researcher Competencies in Delivering Successful Research

This research  aims to identify the  role of researcher competencies in delivering successful research and  most important competencies that must an individualpossess to become a good researcher. However,some researchers have confused skills with competencies. For example, in some previous studies, data collection and analysis were reported as competencies, yet these are skills that can be acquired through training. n contrast, competencies are innate talents present at birth within person. The main results of this study mention thatresearcher competencies differ from researcher skills. Based on these results, the authorssuggest recommendation such as Universities should pay more attention to the research process. And Arab countries should allocate a special budget to support scientific research. Keywords: Competencies, Successful Research Projects, Researchers DOI: 10.7176/IKM/9-1-0

Impact of Human Capital Development and Human Capital Isolation Mechanisms on Innovative Performance: Evidence from Industrial Companies in Jordan

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of human capital development mechanisms (training, incentives structure and attraction of skilled employees) and human capital isolation mechanisms (specificity of company resources and internal characteristics of knowledge in the company) on organizational human capital development and enhancement (well-educated, well-trained employees with suitable job experience). In addition, the study tried to examine the impact of organizational human capital on innovative performance (introduction of new products, replacement of old products, quality of new products and work processes innovations). A questionnaire was developed to collect data from a sample consisting of 500 managers working in selected industrial Jordanian companies at different levels of management. A total of 463 questionnaires were returned giving a response rate of 92.6%. The results found significant as well as positive impacts of human capital development mechanisms and human capital isolation mechanisms on organizational human capital, which in turn significantly affected innovative performance. The results of the study confirmed the acceptance of all hypotheses. The originality of the current study is that it tested and confirmed the important role played by different variables related to the development of organizational human capital which in turn delivers improvements in innovation performance. In light of these results, the study recommends the need to protect human capital through the use of isolation mechanisms in addition to the use of development mechanisms employed in the current study. For future studies, the study recommends the use of additional mechanisms associated with the development and isolation of human capital as this has demonstrated a positive impact in improving innovation performance. Keywords: human capital development, human capital isolation mechanisms, innovative performance. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/11-15-21 Publication date:May 31st 201

State of the Art in Skinning Techniques for Articulated Deformable Characters

Skinning is an indispensable component of the content creation pipeline for character animation in the context of feature films, video games, and in the special effects industry. Skinning techniques define the deformation of the character skin for every animation frame according to the current state of skeletal joints. In this state of the art report, we focus on the existing research in the areas of skeleton-based deformation, volume preserving techniques and physically based skinning methods. We also summarize the recent research in deformable and soft bodies simulations for articulated characters, and discuss various geometric and examples-based approaches