Considerations on Performance Management Models of Work Teams in the Context of Globalization

In the context of today ‘s business world the multinational companies use as managerial instruments the intercultural working teams (IWT). The performance management seems to be problematically within this kind of teams. Their members are liable to bring on a large scale different points of view related to proper ways of reward, recognize, estimate as well as train and develop the working team members. IWT are the interaction's expression between people with different values and behaviors, derived from various national and/or organizational cultures. This document is an introduction of an extensive study that is ongoing and aims to clarify if and why the intercultural teams are differently managed as the monocultural teams and what does this difference consist of. Ensuing from bibliographical research, I have identified up to now various performance management models applied to the working teams. Now I will follow how these models could be applied, improved or combined, in the context of intercultural component of working teams.management, performance, interculturality, work team, models

INTERCULTURAL WORK TEAMS, A CHALLENGE IN THE NEW CONTEXT OF ROMANIA’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

In the context of globalization, organizations proceed to adapt to exploit new opportunities by creating intercultural work teams (IWT). Consequently, their management acquires new dimensions. To be successful, international companies should adapt to cultural norms of the host country, without neglecting their own organizational cultural values that have ensured their success. IWT are the main instrument used currently to achieve this fit. IWT are the basic unit for performance in any global organization. We analyze the situation of IWT in Siemens VDO Romania and Alcatel-Lucent Romania, as promoters of teamwork and intercultural knowledge transfer inside them.work teams, intercultural, globalization, management

GORONTALO’S ARTS AND CULTURAL POTENTIALS AND LOG WASTE AS MEANS OF WORK OF ARTS IN SUPPORTING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

This article is based on research result that was financed by DP2M DIKTI on 2009 budgeting year with contract number 123/H47.C1/PL/2009.the research aimed to desain a craft souvenir by utilizing the potential of culture and art of Gorontalo as source of idea and the potential of wood waste as the material.the method was experiment method.the procedure of the research was done through.1)exploration,to find the idea or concept in creating the craft souvenir that came from culture and art of Gorontalo also considering the characteristic of wood waste.while the visual product was 43 alternative sketches,the 20 sketches as the best designing,and 20 work picture as the representation of 18 ideas or concept.that design included the original and had a cleary source,this it has a potential to get copyright (HKI)and competitiveness.that product is useful in supporting the development of creative industry,especially in providing the craft design that innovative,unique and prospective. Keywords:culture and art of Gorontalo,wood waste,carft ,and creative industry

Liver Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Orthotopic liver transplantation was accomplished in a 22-year-old woman dying of the Budd-Chiari syndrome. She is well and has normal liver function 16 months postoperatively. In view of the good early result, it will be appropriate to consider liver replacement for this disease in further well-selected cases. © 1976, American Medical Association. All rights reserved

Studi Pengukuran Kesadaran Merek (Brand Awareness) Pada Produk Teh Botol Sosro Di Bandar Lampung (Measurement Study Brand Awareness on Teh Botol Sosro in Bandar Lampung)

Object of this thesis is the study of PT Sinar Sosro in Belfast, one distributor of tea in a bottle with the brand Botol Sosro. PT RAY SOSRO is a ready to drink tea in bottles of the first in Indonesia and in the world. SOSRO is the pioneer of tea ready to drink products in the packaging of the first in Indonesia. The problems studied were measuring Brand Awareness study on Teh Botol Sosro product in Bandar Lampung. Teh Botol Sosro product still perceived by most people in the region known to Bandar Lampung. Indonesian society is very fond of drinking tea, the survey result from various research institutes such as AC Nielsen, MARS and SWA, since 1999 until now, shows the level of market penetration for the tea reaches more than 95%. That means drink tea or almost have been consumed by every member of society. The method of this research is Descriptive method is to identify and analyze Brand Awarenes, which consists of Top of Mind Brand Recall, Brand Recognition and unaware of Brand on Teh Botol Sosro product in Bandar Lampung. The method used in this study were : Research Library and Field Research. The research literature is the research done by studying literature, literature and reading books related to this thesis research. Documentation, which is used to obtain daata on the number of consumers and the sales volume and others. As for Field Research is a method of field research conducted by the method of survey is to collect data from questionnaires or interview. The results of studies on Brand Awareness Measurement on Teh Botol Sosro product in Bandar Lampung, figures obtained 51.6% of the respondents surveyed. This figure could be raised again for the better when the PT Sinar Sosro can increase brand awareness held by consumers with more incentive to do the promotion again in collaboration with others, so that consumer brand awareness has increased. In this way will further enhance consumer loyalty on Teh Botol Sosro product brand that will increase corporate profits, then the direct sales of bottled tea Sosro will increase to higher than now

Dinamika Karakteristik Pendidikan Perspektif Al-qur'an (Studi Analisis Tematik Ayat-ayat Tentang Pendidikan)

Tulisan ini tentang karakteristik pendidikan perspektif al-Quran dilatarbelakangi oleh berbagai teori pendidikan dan ijtihadpara ilmuan dalam mencari sistem pendidikan terbaik bagi pesertadidik dan perkembangannya juga memunculkan lembaga-lembagapendidikan berlabel agama Islam dari tingkat dasar sampaiperguruan tinggi, kemudian dalam al-Quran terdapat banyak ayattentang pendidikan baik hakikat dan unsur-unsurnya menggugahpenulis untuk melihat sejauh mana konsep pendidikan perspektif al-Qur'an.Tulisan ini adalah library research dengan mengeksplorasiberbagai ayat-ayat tentang pendidikan dalam al-Qur'an sertapetunjuk hadis yang relevan kemudian dianalisis dengan pendekatantafsir tematik sehingga berhasil memunculkan karakteristik dantujuan pendidikan dalam al-Quran.Terdapat tiga term pendidikan dalam al-Quran: tarbiyah,ta'lim dan ta'dib. Kata tarbiyah lebih mewakili pendidikan Islamperspektif al-Quran karena maknanya mencakup mendidik,mengajar, mengasuh, membimbing (Q.S al-Fatihah ayat 2).Kemudian pendidik sesungguhnya adalah Allah Swt melalui rasulrasul-Nya untuk menciptakan insan kamil dengan segala karakterterpujinya (Q.S al-Taubah ayat 128 dan al-Alaq ayat 1-5) olehkarena itu tujuan pendidikan dalam al-Quran adalah memeliharafitrah manusia menuju kesempurnaan (Q.S al-Dzariyat ayat 56)

Ijtihad Sebagai Alat Pemecahan Masalah Umat Islam

Secara istilah ijtihad merupakan upaya untuk menggali suatu hukum yang sudah ada pada zaman Rasulullah Saw. Hingga dalam perkembangannya, ijtihad dilakukan oleh para sahabat, tabi'in serta masa-masa selanjutnya hingga sekarang ini. Meskipun pada periode tertentu apa yang kita kenal dengan masa taklid, ijtihad tidak diperbolehkan, tetapi pada masa periode tertentu pula (kebangkitan atau pembaruan), ijtihad mulai dibuka kembali. Karena tidak bisa dipungkiri, ijtihad adalah suatu keharusan, untuk menanggapi tantangan kehidupan yang semakin kompleks. Tidak semua hasil ijtihad merupakan pembaruan bagi ijtihad yang lama sebab ada kalanya hasil ijtihad yang baru sama dengan hasil ijtihad yang lama. Bahkan sekalipun berbeda hasil ijtihad baru tidak bisa mengubah status ijtihad yang lama. Hal itu seiring dengan kaidah ijtihad yang tidak dapat dibatalkan dengan ijtihad pula. Berdasarkan pelaksanaan ijtihad bahwa sumber hukum Islam menuntun umat Islam untuk memahaminya. Adapun sumber hukum Islam yang disepakati jumhur ulama adalah al-Qur'an, hadis, ijma dan qiyas. Conceptually, the term ijtihad is an effort to dig out law which had been existed in the Prophet's live. In its development ijtihad has been done by prophet followers up t now. Although in a certain period as so called taklid period, in which ijtihad is not allowed, however, at another period of time ijtihad is allowed. In fact, ijtihad cannot be avoided and it is a must to cope with more complex problems. It is widely understood that not all the result of ijtihad as the renewal of the old one. The fact shows that the result of new ijtihad has similarity or even the same with the old one. Although the result of the new ijtihad is totally different from the old one, the new one cannot change the status of the old one for there is a rule says that ijtihad cannot be canceled by another ijtihad. Based on the application of ijtihad, the sources of Islamic laws direct Islamic followers to understand them. The sources of Islamic laws admitted and followed by ulama are Holy Qur'an, hadis, ijma and qiyas

Biliary complications after liver transplantation: With special reference to the biliary cast syndrome and techniques of secondary duct repair

In 93 consecutive cases of orthotopic liver transplantation, there were 24 examples of biliary obstruction and eight of bile fistula formation. Six of the obstructed livers developed biliary cast formation so extensive that the smaller intrahepatic ducts became plugged to an extent that they could no longer have been treated by surgical means. In each of the six cases, the most important causative factor was neglected obstruction of the large bile ducts with the intrahepatic lesions apparently being late and secondary. Stone and/or cast formation also occurred in other obstructed livers in the presence of bile fistulas, but these deposits were limited to the large ducts where they could have been or were removed. Although homograft bile undoubtedly has increased lithogenicity at certain postoperative times, the data from the present study have shown that biliary sludge formation essentially is always associated with defective bile duct reconstruction, and the observations have underscored the urgency with which reoperation must be considered. Techniques of secondary intervention have been described, with emphasis on conversion of cholecystojejunostomy to choledochojejunostomy. This operation has permitted salvage of homografts in eight of nine trials and the survival of seven patients. © 1977

Energy Sufficiency of Feed Containing Fermented Mulberry Leaves (Morus alba) Determined by measurement of Glucose, Abdominal Fat and Feed Intake

This study was conducted to determine the effect of using rumen liquid fermented mulberry leaves in boiler???s diet on feed consumption, blood glucose, and abdominal fat. This research used 100 of day old CP 707 broiler chicks, as well as concentrate, fermented mulberry leaves and other feed stuffs. The experiment was carried out according to completely randomized design consisted of five treatments, i.e. T0 (control), T1 (10% mulberry leaf), T2 (10% fermented mulberry leaf), T3 (20% mulberry leaf) and T4 (20% fermented mulberry leaf) and four replications for each treatment. Result of the study showed that the increasing use of mulberry leaves, either fermented or unfermented, significantly (P<0.05) increased feed consumption compared to control. Treatment with 20% unfermented murlberry leaf significantly (P<0.05) decreased fat and glucose levels. This study concludes that 20% murlberry used in diet decrease energy density of diet and the use of 10% fermented mulberry leaf produced better results than unfermented

Financial fragility of euro area households

We propose a novel framework to identify distressed households by taking account of both the solvency and the liquidity situation of an individual household. Using the data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey and the country-level data on non-performing loans we calibrate our metric of distress and estimate stress-test elasticities in response to an interest rate shock, an income shock and a house price shock. We find that, albeit euro area households are relatively resilient as a whole, there are large discrepancies in the impact of macroeconomic shocks across countries. Furthermore, while losses given default as calculated using our framework are low, they are sensitive to house prices changes. Hence, any factors hindering the seizure of the collateral or lowering its value, such as inefficient legal systems, moratoria on foreclosures or bottlenecks in judicial procedures may significantly increase losses facing banks. Finally, we demonstrate that our framework could be used for macroprudential purposes, in particular for the calibration of country level loan-to-value ratio caps