94 research outputs found
Change is never easy:how management theories can help operationalise change in medical education
Logistics service provider selection for disaster preparation: a socio-technical systems perspective
Since 1990s, the world has seen a lot of advances in providing humanitarian aid through sophisticated logistics operations. The current consensus seems to be that humanitarian relief organizations (HROs) can improve their relief operations by collaborating with logistics service providers (CLSPs) in the commercial sector. The question remains: how can HROs select the most appropriate CLSP for disaster preparation? Despite its practical significance, no explicit effort has been done to identify the criteria/factors in prioritising and selecting a CLSP for disaster relief. The present study aims to address this gap by consolidating the list of criteria from a socio-technical systems (STS) perspective. Then, to handle the interdependence among the criteria derived from the STS, we develop a hybrid multi-criteria decision making model for CLSP selection in the disaster preparedness stage. The proposed model is then evaluated by a real-life case study, providing insights into the decision-makers in both HROs and CLSPs
The relationship between objectively measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting
BACKGROUND: Evidence concerning the relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built
environment with cardio-metabolic risk in populations from lower- and middle-income countries is lacking. In this
paper, we describe the association between the objectively-measured built environment with body mass index,
blood pressure and physical activity in adult South Africans.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 341 adults aged ≥35 years drawn from the Cape Town arm of the
Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) cohort study. All Cape Town PURE participants were invited to take
part in the study. Actigraph GT3X accelerometer and Geographic Information Systems were used to measure
physical activity and built environment attributes (community center, shopping center and taxi rank).
RESULTS: In age and sex adjusted models (reference 500 m), access to community centers (1000 m) was positively
related to body mass index [beta 4.70 (95%CI: 2.06 to 7.34)] and diastolic blood pressure [4.97 (0.00 to 9.95)].
Distance from a community center (1600 m) was positively related to diastolic blood pressure [6.58 (1.57 to 11.58)]
and inversely with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [− 69.30 (− 134.92 to − 3.70)]. Distance to a shopping
center (1600 m) was positively related to body mass index [4.78 (1.11 to 8.45)] and shopping center (1000 m) was
positively related to systolic blood pressure respectively [76.99 (0.03 to 83.95)].
CONCLUSION: Distance to community and shopping centers were significantly associated with BMI, systolic, diastolic
blood pressure and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Future research should include multiple aspects of built
environment variables in order to provide for a broader understanding of their effect on cardiovascular risk profile
of African populations
Tendencias de la cultura y cambio organizacional: estudio de caso
La imagen corporativa en relación con el medio se evidencia en el informe de Deloitte (2018) sobre tendencias del capital humano, en donde se reportan alrededor de 11.000 cuestionarios aplicados a gerentes de 140 países y 150 líderes de empresas colombianas, el planteamiento realizado sugiere que el capital social cobra tanto importancia como el físico y el financiero. Estos aspectos están relacionados con la identidad corporativa y cómo se relaciona a su vez con la cultura y la gestión del en la organización. La cultura y la gestión del cambio han cobrado mucho interés para las personas que guían las organizaciones, los estudios realizados por Deloitte en 2017 se focalizaron en la relación de la cultura y el compromiso como elementos importantes del empleado; los resultados del estudio dejan en evidencia cómo la habilidad de las organizaciones para afrontar inconvenientes de compromiso y cultura tenían una reducción del 14% con respecto al año anterior, estos datos permiten entender la complejidad del ambiente en el ámbito laboral y dan cuenta de la importancia de desarrollar conocimiento válido que oriente a académicos y empresarios para que puedan abordar
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The effects of performance appraisal in the Norwegian municipal health services: a case study
Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects of Autonomous Group Working: A Longitudinal Field Study
Product/process definition, technology adoption and workforce qualification: impact on performance
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