Does Strategic Human Resource Involvement and Devolvement Enhance Organisational Performance? Evidence from Jordan

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test empirically the relationship between the strategic involvement and the devolvement of human resource functions with organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the primary data collected from the population of financial firms based in Jordan. The methodology adopted for the purpose of data analysis includes the use of basic statistics, zero‐order correlations, confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regressions. Findings – The results provide strong support for the hypothesis that the involvement of human resource functions into the business and corporate strategy reduces employee turnover rate and enhances financial performance. The analysis does not support the second hypothesis that empowering day‐to‐day human resource functions to line managers impacts negatively on employee turnover and positively on financial performance. Practical implications – Our results imply that financial performance can be enhanced and employee turnover rate decreased by involving human resource directors in the overall strategic decision‐making process of companies. However, our results also imply that the devolvement of routine human resource issues to line managers is neither positively related to the financial performance of the companies nor negatively related to employee turnover. This raises doubts as to whether, after having involved human resource functions into the strategic affairs of the company, they are empowered enough to make a positive impact. Originality/value – This is one of few papers conducted on this topic in a non‐western environment, and the first of its kind for the country of Jordan. This paper contributes to the field through its approach to measuring and testing strategic human resource management theory. The paper also successfully links the core aspects of strategic human resource management with objective indicators of financial performance of the companies

MR exponential image in ischemic stroke: A preliminary evaluation

AbstractBackground and purposeMagnetic resonance (MR) diffusion images, including both the diffusion-weighted image (DWI) and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), allow detection of cerebral ischemic lesions within minutes of onset, and the contrast within the image is based on microscopic motion of the water. A third type of diffusion image can be created, “the exponential image”. Our goals were to evaluate the ability of exponential image in reflecting the changes in both DWI and ADC and whether it can replace these two sets of images in cerebral infarction patients.Patients and methodsA total of 51 patients were enrolled in the study, 47 were included in the analysis, and four were excluded from the study. Conventional and DW MRI were performed in 47 patients. For each patient DWI, ADC maps, and exponential images were reviewed and the change in signal intensity of the lesion compared with the contralateral normal side was measured (rSI) as well as the changes in (rADC).ResultsThere was a significant change in the rSIDW and rSIExp in late subacute and chronic stages (p<.001), however, rADC showed a significant decrease (p<.001) in hyperacute and acute stages, followed by a significant increase (p<.001) in the late subacute and chronic stages. rSIExp was highly correlated with the change in the rADC values in different stages of infarction (r=.72, p<.001). However, the changes in the rSIDW correlated less closely with the change in the rADC values (r=.35, (p<.05)).ConclusionExponential image offers a simple, more accurate replacement for both sets (DWI and ADC), by combining the advantages of both sets

A Software Tool for Optimal Sizing of PV Systems in Malaysia

This paper presents a MATLAB based user friendly software tool called as PV.MY for optimal sizing of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The software has the capabilities of predicting the metrological variables such as solar energy, ambient temperature and wind speed using artificial neural network (ANN), optimizes the PV module/ array tilt angle, optimizes the inverter size and calculate optimal capacities of PV array, battery, wind turbine and diesel generator in hybrid PV systems. The ANN based model for metrological prediction uses four meteorological variables, namely, sun shine ratio, day number and location coordinates. As for PV system sizing, iterative methods are used for determining the optimal sizing of three types of PV systems, which are standalone PV system, hybrid PV/wind system and hybrid PV/diesel generator system. The loss of load probability (LLP) technique is used for optimization in which the energy sources capacities are the variables to be optimized considering very low LLP. As for determining the optimal PV panels tilt angle and inverter size, the Liu and Jordan model for solar energy incident on a tilt surface is used in optimizing the monthly tilt angle, while a model for inverter efficiency curve is used in the optimization of inverter size

On differential sandwich theorems of analytic functions defined by certain linear operator

In this paper, we obtain some applications of first order differential subordination and superordination results involving certain linear operator and other linear operators for certain normalized analytic functions. Some of our results improve and generalize previously known results

Introduction

This chapter introduces the book entitled Human Resource Management in an Emerging South Asian Economy: The Case of Brunei. It describes the aim and importance of the book, which is mainly focused on analysing, comparing, and contrasting domestic enterprises and multinational enterprises, and oil and gas and non-oil and -gas sectors, and draws out the comparative lessons for understanding the potential and performance consequences of HR interventions in resource-centred national economies. The chapter also presents the structure of the book

Analysis of Second-Order Thrust Bearing Coefficients Considering Misalignment Effect

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Vessel Ligation in Transoral Robotic Surgery: Survey of the American Head and Neck Society

Objectives: Hemorrhage after transoral robotic surgery (TORS) surgery ranges from minor self-limited bleeding to lethal complications. To decrease risk, several publications have suggested ligation of the external carotid artery or its branches, even though statistically it has not been shown to be effective. The current study anonymously surveyed members of American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) on how they manage vessel ligation in TORS for oncological indications to better understand this practice.Methods: AHNS sent an email invitation to members with 2 weekly follow-up emails. Participants anonymously completed 10 questions regarding how long they have performed TORS, how many cancer-related TORS they have performed both overall and within the past year, timing of neck dissection, ligation of vessels, and changes in their practice.Results: In total, 165 surveys were completed by AHNS surgeons. The average respondent had performed TORS for 3–5 years and performs \u3c20 of cases for oncological purposes per year. Of the respondents, 83.7% ligate vessels. The most frequent vessels ligated were the lingual artery (77.7%), facial artery (63.3%), ascending pharyngeal artery (30.1%), superior thyroid artery (13.3%), and external carotid artery (9%). The most common reason for surgeons to ligate vessels was that it was either learned during training (28.3%) or incorporated due to suggestion or discussion with peers (28.3). Additionally, 14% were found to ligate after experiences related to fatal or near fatal patient events. Conclusions: Prophylactic vessel ligation is a common practice among AHNS surgeons. Training or discussion with peers is the most common reason for vessel ligation given, with the lingual artery being the most commonly ligated. However, the choice of which vessel to be ligated remains controversial. Further investigation should focus on the different individual vessels that are ligated and the affect that has on complication rates.https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/merf2019clinres/1066/thumbnail.jp