IMPLEMENTING THE NEW TOTAL REWARDS PROCESS WITHIN THE DIGITALIZED SOCIETIES

The society evolved and with it also the human’s professional needs. Employees want and need to be acknowledged for their valuable and extra contributions. Rewards and recognition are powerful tools for demonstrating appreciation and reinforcing those behaviors that lead to superior products, outstanding support, strong supplier relationships, and lifelong customers. Digitalized societies primary tool for providing spot rewards is new total rewards process, a resource for global compensation, benefits, variable pay, equity and rewards plus recognition program information as well as job architecture valuable information. As recognition is being known worldwide as the greatest motivator and one of the greatest strengths of any organization are the people who work there, the necessity of implementing the new total rewards process becomes acute. Long-service employees provide the knowledge, experience, and attitudes that are responsible for much of digitalized societies success. In recognition of this, new total rewards are presented to eligible employees in celebration of their career milestones and to acknowledge their contribution to the company. By introducing the new total reward process the truly effective recognition will be no longer a program or a policy mandated by HR, it will become a way of organizational life that touches all corners of the organization most every day of the working week.total rewards, long-service employees, career milestones, perpetual development, human capital

Trends in Bilateral and Multilateral Funding

Trends in Bilateral and Multilateral Funding is part of the 2009-2010 FundHer Research Update brief series, produced by AWID's "Where is the Money for Women's Rights" Action-Research Initiative. The purpose of the series is to provide up to date information on important trends in different funding sectors, including preliminary data on the impact of the financial crisis and economic recession and to explore the implications for resource mobilization for gender equality and women's organizing. The research presented in this brief series draws on interviews held with relevant actors from various donor sectors, desk research and comparative analysis from past AWID surveys of women's organizations regarding the funding landscape

Iterative Thematic Inquiry: A New Method for Analyzing Qualitative Data

Because themes play such a central role in the presentation of qualitative research results, we propose a new method, Iterative Thematic Inquiry (ITI), that is guided by the development of themes. We begin by describing how ITI uses pragmatism as a theoretical basis for linking beliefs, in the form of preconceptions, to actions, in the form of data collection and analysis. Next, we present the four basic phases that ITI relies on: assessing beliefs; building new beliefs through encounters with data; listing tentative themes; and, evaluating themes through coding. We also review several notable differences between ITI and existing methods for qualitative data analysis, such as thematic analysis, grounded theory, and qualitative content analysis. The use of ITI is then illustrated through its application in a study of exiters from fundamentalist religions. Overall, the two most notable features of ITI are that it begins the development of themes as early as possible, through an assessment of initial preconceptions, and that it relies on writing rather than coding, by using a continual revision of tentative results as the primary procedure for generating a final set of themes

The principle of the jurisdictional immunities of states: from normative to jurisprudential perspective

In the paper, the author tried to present the essence of the principle of the jurisdictional immunities of states from normative to jurisprudential perspective. Particularly, it was made an analysis of the main normative instruments enshrining that principle of customary origin, as well as there were passed in review early cases solved by the International Court of Justice in which magistrates had settled on its implications regarding the immunity recognized to the Head of the state, as the representative of the State at the highest level, and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in office. În prezentul articol, autorul a încercat să prezinte esenţa principiului imunităţii de jurisdicţie a statelor din perspectiva normativă şi jurisprudenţială, în special efectuând o analiză a principalelor instrumente normative care consacră respectivul principiu de origine cutumiară, precum şi trecând în revistă cauzele timpurii soluţionate de Curtea Internaţională de Justiţie, în care magistraţii s-au pronunţat asupra implicaţiilor lui cu referire la imunitatea recunoscută unui şef de stat, ca reprezentant al statului în cel mai înalt grad, şi unui ministru de externe în exerciţiu

Principiul imunităţii de jurisdicţie în lumina jurisprudenţei Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului

Prezentul articol ştiinţific dezvoltă analiza cazuistică a hotărârilor Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului pe marginea aplicării principiului imunităţii de jurisdicţie, fiind trecute în revistă speţele în care magistraţii internaţionali s-au referit la principiul respectiv, precum şi la anumite implicaţii ale acestuia în cazul diferitor cereri individuale. Au fost reliefate situaţii în care se pune în balanţă imunitatea recunoscută statelor în relaţii diplomatice, ca exponente ale puterii de stat, şi dreptul de acces la justiţie al subiecţilor individuali în teritoriul statelor membre ale Consiliului Europei. De asemenea, au fost analizate situaţii în care reclamanţii au invocat că ar fi fost victime ale torturii aplicate de către agenţii anumitor state din Orientul Apropiat şi au pretins compensarea prejudiciului pentru cele suferite, urmare a încălcării drepturilor fundamentale de către statele în care respectivii agenţi activau, în faţa jurisdicţiilor din Marea Britanie, magistraţii coroanei fiind în poziţia să se pronunţe asupra imunităţii de jurisdicţie recunoscută acelor state în temeiul Actului cu privire la imunităţile de jurisdicţie ale statelor străine din 1978. În final, a fost supusă cercetării ştiinţifice imunitatea de executare în cadrul afacerilor dintre un stat şi o companie privată în cadrul relaţiilor comerciale, precum şi imunitatea de jurisdicţie a şefului de stat pe terenul cauzei împotriva Republicii Moldova

The switch from patented medicine to the generic one: an option or a necessity?

This paper assesses the influence of a number of factors taken into account when a brand name drug is replaced by a generic one. It also evaluates responses of health professionals – physicians and pharmacist—and patients regarding the issue of switching. We compared and contrasted their responses in order to identify new points of cooperation for the intended benefit of the patient. Thus, the sample drew from all three groups, consisting of 50 doctors, 50 pharmacists, and 50 patients. We collected information regarding the age, residence, income level, and education level for the patients, and age and experience for the specialists. Based on responses to the survey, replacing the original medication with a generic one raises many issues, such as lack of information for the patient and specialist, lack of collaboration between physician and pharmacist, ineffective communication between specialist and patient, and the influence of the overall profit motive

Neutropenia induced by ceftriaxone and meropenem

Neutropenia by non-chemotherapy drugs is an extremely rare idiosyncratic life-threatening drug reaction. Ceftriaxone and meropenem are widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics and are generally safe and well tolerated. The authors present a case of neutropenia induced by ceftriaxone and meropenem in an adult patient. The resolution of neutropenia occurred within 48 hours of ceftriaxone and meropenem being discontinued. Although antibiotic-induced neutropenia is uncommon, clinicians should be mindful of this adverse drug effect because of its potential development of severe neutropenia, septicaemia, septic shock, deep-seated infections and even death. Therefore, neutropenic sepsis treatment should be initiated without delay, particularly if the patient becomes septic and febrile. Granulocyte-colony stimulation factor (G-CSF) may be administered to facilitate the recovery process with daily monitoring of neutrophil count. Mortalities from antibiotic-induced neutropenia remain rare, with a range of 2.5–5%

Proyecto Latin@ on stage and under the magnifying glass: The possibilities and limitations of a high-profile institutionally sponsored youth participatory action research project

While many educators committed to critical pedagogy must find ways to do their work “off the grid and under the radar,” there are instances in which conditions allow for projects to be implemented with institutional supports and resources. While these conditions are unusual, it is important to understand both the possibilities and limitations of such opportunities and to consider what they teach us both about critical pedagogical approaches as well as the educational institutions within which we work. In this article, we turn the spotlight on “Proyecto Latin@”, a collaborative project implemented under the auspices of the University of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board. This partnership, particularly with respect to the YPAR phase of this unique study, has engendered much public attention as well as institutional, community, and public scrutiny. Using the key tenets of YPAR as our theoretical framework, we provide a general overview of our work with Latin@ students, which was implemented as a senior social science credit course. We discuss some of the tensions that arise in doing YPAR under such institutional constraints, and take up the challenges and possibilities of conducting research with, by, and for youths while “on stage and under the magnifying glass.” Particular challenges that we will discuss include: public expectations, community and media perceptions, negotiations of our roles as project co-facilitators, and the tensions that arise when attempting to embody the youth-centred principles of YPAR while delivering a senior social science credit course

La literatura infantil como estrategia pedag?gica para generar aprendizajes significativos en los procesos de lectura

117 P?ginasRecurso Electr?nicoEste proyecto, se refiere a la necesidad de estimular desde las edades m?s tempranas, la lectura y el acercamiento al libro, como v?a para desarrollar h?bitos lectores. Con el objetivo de facilitar el desarrollo eficiente de los diferentes aprendizajes y de la cultura general integral que requiere tener todo individuo para considerarse un hombre a la altura de su tiempo. Tiene como objetivo fijar en el ni?o en esta etapa de educaci?n inicial el h?bito de la lectura como tal, donde el principal factor es determinar aquellas posibles causas que propician o desmotivan al ni?o(a) al deseo de aprender a leer dentro de su mundo, ya se est? en su propio hogar, en su entorno y en preescolar, por lo que se decide dise?ar e implementar un proyecto que refleje en el ni?o este importante h?bito. En este orden de ideas, el proyecto de intervenci?n se orient? por medio de una serie de estrategias pedag?gicas; el cual pretend?a resolver el siguiente interrogante: ?De qu? manera contribuye la literatura infantil en la generaci?n de aprendizajes significativos en el proceso de lectura en los ni?os del grado transici?n de la instituci?n educativa Liceo San Gabriel? Para dar respuesta a este interrogante que orienta el proceso investigativo se hizo necesario partir de una valoraci?n diagnostica de la competencia lectora por medio del cuento c?mo estrategia metodol?gica en la formaci?n de h?bitos lectores.ABSTRACT. This Project is about the necessity of encourage from earlier ager, the Reading habit and the aproachment to the book; as a way to develop it, besides as a main goal, to facilitate the efficient development of different kind of learning styles and the integral general culture that is required as a requirement of a general person should have. This project has as a main object to set in initial education the habit of reading in children, in which the principal factor is to determine some possible causes that promote o discourage the wish to know how to read in their world, their -home, their context and the preschool; from there we, us researchers, decided to design and apply a project that encourage the reading habit in children. Our intervention Project was guided throught certain of pedagogical series, and tried to solve the following question ? How does the children literature contribute in the reading process that generates meaningful learning into toodlers who study kindergarden at Liceo San Gabriel education institute? To provide an answer that guide the research process, it was necessary to start from a diagnosis test of the reading competences, through a short story as a methodological strategy in the training of reading habits.INTRODUCCCI?N 17 1. PLANTEAMIENTO DEL PROBLEMA 20 1.1 DESCRIPCI?N DEL PROBLEMA 20 1.2 FORMULACI?N DEL PROBLEMA 24 2. OBJETIVOS 25 2.1 OBJETIVOS GENERALES 25 2.2 OBJETIVOS ESPEC?FICOS 25 3. JUSTIFICACI?N 26 4. MARCO REFERENCIAL 28 4.1 ANTECEDENTES 28 4.2 MARCO TE?RICO 29 4.2.1 Qu? es la Literatura Infantil 30 4.2.2 Importancia de la Literatura Infantil 31 4.2.3 La Lectura 31 4.2.4 Porque es Importante la Lectura 32 4.2.5 El Cuento 33 4.2.6 El Cuento y su Valor Educativo 33 4.2.7 Importancia del Cuento 34 4.3 MARCO CONTEXTUAL 35 4.3.1 Rese?a Hist?rica de Ibagu? 36 4.3.2 Contextualizaci?n del Liceo San Gabriel 36 4.4. MARCO LEGAL 44 5. METODOLOG?A 49 5.1 ESTRUCTURA METODOL?GICA 49 5.1.1 Descripci?n del Proceso de Investigaci?n 52 5.2 DESCRIPCI?N FASE I. PROYECTO DE CARACTERIZACI?N DE LOS DISCURSOS Y PR?CTICAS PEDAG?GICAS QUE CIRCULAN EN LA INSTITUCI?N EDUCATIVA DE NI?OS MENORES DE 7 A?OS.? 52 5.3 DESCRIPCI?N FASE II ?PROYECTO DE INTERVENCI?N? ?LOS SENTIDOS PEDAG?GICOS DE LOS PROYECTOS DE INTERVENCI?N.? 55 5.4 ESQUEMA GENERAL PROYECTO DE INTERVENCI?N 57 5.5 ACTIVIDADES INTEGRADORAS 57 5.6 PR?CTICA RECONSTRU?DA (EXPERIENCIA PEDAG?GICA). 77 5.7 AN?LISIS DE RESULTADOS VALIDEZ Y CONFIABILIDAD, EVALUACI?N Y SEGUIMIENTO 81 5.7.1 An?lisis de Resultados 81 5.7.2 Validez y Confiabilidad 82 5.7.3 Evaluaci?n y Seguimiento (Mapeo, Cartograf?a Social) 84 5.7.4 Impacto del Proyecto de Intervenci?n 90 CONCLUSIONES 91 RECOMENDACIONES 92 REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS 93 ANEXOS 9

The switch from patented medicine to the generic one: an option or a necessity?

This paper assesses the influence of a number of factors taken into account when a brand name drug is replaced by a generic one. It also evaluates responses of health professionals – physicians and pharmacist—and patients regarding the issue of switching. We compared and contrasted their responses in order to identify new points of cooperation for the intended benefit of the patient. Thus, the sample drew from all three groups, consisting of 50 doctors, 50 pharmacists, and 50 patients. We collected information regarding the age, residence, income level, and education level for the patients, and age and experience for the specialists. Based on responses to the survey, replacing the original medication with a generic one raises many issues, such as lack of information for the patient and specialist, lack of collaboration between physician and pharmacist, ineffective communication between specialist and patient, and the influence of the overall profit motive