Current trends in management: a literature review

In a world so different from the one of last century, featured with uncertainty, quick changes in tastes and needs and industry paradigm shifts, companies are demanded fast adaptation and capability to assimilate knowledge and learning from both internal and external sources. This is the context in which modern management practices emerge. Novel routines and doing certain practices in different ways may be an opportunity for employees to learn something new and renew their excitements for their job. To adopt these trends, companies need to be fully committed to abandon traditional and out-of-dated practices, that is their organizational culture should allow to embrace novelties and to welcome and incorporate unfamiliar knowledge. The current work attempts at describing and reviewing what the current trends in management are. Because the scope of management is broad, trends are chosen according to our experience and knowledge. Particularly, the focus is on management trends are uncertainty, unforeseen events (e.g. COVID- 19) and sustainability. Opting for a literature review, it was possible to find these trends and observe a characteristic that they have in common: they reflect the need for agility, being flexible and be open to welcome flow of knowledge to the company’s organization. Among the trends found, transversal teams, open innovation, lean startup approach and risk management. In order to be fully working, it is argued that organizations should adopt a flat structure and simplify formalities

Development and implementation of the AIDA International Registry for patients with Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and cervical Adenitis syndrome

Objective: Aim of this paper is to illustrate the methodology, design, and development of the AutoInflammatory Disease Alliance (AIDA) International Registry dedicated to patients with the Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and cervical Adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. Methods: This is a physician-driven, non-population- and electronic-based registry proposed to gather real-world demographics, clinical, laboratory, instrumental and socioeconomic data from PFAPA patients. Data recruitment is realized through the on-line Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tool. This registry is thought to collect standardized information for clinical research leading to solid real-life evidence. The international scope and the flexibility of the registry will facilitate the realization of cutting-edge study projects through the constant updating of variables and the possible merging and transfer of data between current and future PFAPA registries. Results: A total of 112 centers have already been involved from 23 countries and 4 continents starting from August 24th, 2021, to April 6th, 2022. In total 56/112 have already obtained the formal approval from their local Ethics Committees. The platform counts 321 users (113 principal investigators, 203 site investigators, two lead investigators, and three data managers). The registry collects retrospective and prospective data using 3,856 fields organized into 25 instruments, including PFAPA patient's demographics, medical histories, symptoms, triggers/risk factors, therapies, and impact on the healthcare systems. Conclusions: The development of the AIDA International Registry for PFAPA patients will enable the on-line collection of standardized data prompting real-life studies through the connection of worldwide groups of physicians and researchers. This project can be found on NCT 05200715

Current trends in management: a literature review

In a world so different from the one of last century, featured with uncertainty, quick changes in tastes and needs and industry paradigm shifts, companies are demanded fast adaptation and capability to assimilate knowledge and learning from both internal and external sources. This is the context in which modern management practices emerge. Novel routines and doing certain practices in different ways may be an opportunity for employees to learn something new and renew their excitements for their job. To adopt these trends, companies need to be fully committed to abandon traditional and out-of-dated practices, that is their organizational culture should allow to embrace novelties and to welcome and incorporate unfamiliar knowledge. The current work attempts at describing and reviewing what the current trends in management are. Because the scope of management is broad, trends are chosen according to our experience and knowledge. Particularly, the focus is on management trends are uncertainty, unforeseen events (e.g. COVID- 19) and sustainability. Opting for a literature review, it was possible to find these trends and observe a characteristic that they have in common: they reflect the need for agility, being flexible and be open to welcome flow of knowledge to the company’s organization. Among the trends found, transversal teams, open innovation, lean startup approach and risk management. In order to be fully working, it is argued that organizations should adopt a flat structure and simplify formalities