Development of an improvement action plan to bring the management system of the bailiff´s office into ISO 9001:2015 compliance

Magistritöö Ökonoomika ja ettevõtluse õppekavalKvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi aktuaalsus järjest kasvab ja teenuste kvaliteet konkureerival turul omab suurt tähtsust. Kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi poole pöörduvad organisatsioonid ja ettevõtted siis, kui konkurents muutub tihedamaks. Uurimisobjektiks oli Pankrotihaldur ja Tartu kohtutäitur Oksana Kutšmei büroo, kus kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi ei ole varem uuritud, kuid tekkis tahe rakendada juhtimissüsteemi vastavalt ISO 9001:2015 standardile. Töö eesmärgiks oli viia läbi kohtutäituri büroo toimiva juhtimissüsteemi võrdlusanalüüs kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi standardi ISO 9001:2015 nõuetega ning uurimistulemustele tuginedes koostada parendustegevuste kava. Autor kasutas uurimismeetodina dokumendianalüüsi ja poolstruktureeritud intervjuud organisatsiooni tippjuhtidega. Dokumendianalüüsist selgus, et organisatsioonis kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteem vastab ISO 9001:2015 standardile osaliselt, töökorralduslik dokumentatsioon on kohati puudulik. Kohtutäituri büroo juurutab ja kavandab kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi protsessi selleks, et ühtlasi saada ka ISO 9001:2015 sertifikaat. Organisatsiooni ISO nõuetele vastavust esines, kuid mitte nii detailselt kui ISO standard nõuab. Puudusi esines tööjuhendites, mis olid uuendamata või puudulikud. Uuringu analüüsile tuginedes tõi autor välja kvaliteedijuhtimissüsteemi parendusettepanekud organisatsiooni juhile.The quality management system of a company is becoming increasingly relevant in today’s world and it plays an important role in a competitive market. When the market becomes more competitive, more companies turn to improving their quality management system. The research subject of this master’s thesis was the office of the Trustee in Bankruptcy and Tartu Bailiff Oksana Kutšmei. The research subject had not previously implemented a quality management system, however there was a desire to start developing a quality management system according to the ISO 9001:2015 standard. The aim of this master’s thesis was to conduct a comparative analysis of the current management system of the bailiff’s office and the requirements of the quality management system according to the ISO 9001:2015 standard and propose an improvement plan based on the research findings. The author used document analysis and semi-structured interviews with top-level managers of the organization as research methods. The document analysis showed that the quality management system of the organization does not meet the ISO 9001:2015 standard as the work organization documents are incomplete at times. The bailiff’s office is developing and implementing a quality management system with the purpose of obtaining the ISO 9001:2015 certificate. The current management system was in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 standards to some extent, however, it was lacking the level of detail that the ISO 9001:2015 standard requires. There were deficiencies in the work instruction documents as they were often incomplete or not up to date. Based on the comparative analysis, the author of this master’s thesis made suggestions for the improvement of the quality management system to the head of the organization

Promoting self-expression through art in 5-7 year old children using the project method

Darba autore ir Latvijas Universitātes Pedagoģijas, psiholoģijas un mākslas fakultātes studente Tatjana Baranova. Diplomdarbs ir veltīts projekta metodes izmantošanai pirmsskolā viena mēneša laikā projekta “Daudzveidīga māksla!” ietvaros. Diplomdarbā projekta metode aplūkota, t. sk., ņemot vērā jauno kompetenču pieeju, kas tika ieviesta Latvijas pirmsskolas izglītības posmā no 2019. gada 1. septembra, kad stājās spēkā MK noteikumi Nr. 716. Esot saskaņā ar jaunajām vadlīnijām, projekta metodei pirmsskolā ir iestājies renesanses laikmets. Autore izstrādāja saturu vienam projektam, pārbaudīja to praksē un pārliecinājās, ka projekta metodes izmantošana Kultūras izpratnes un pašizpausmes mākslā mācību jomā veicina bērnu jaunradi un prasmi izpaust emocijas, kā arī savstarpēji sadarboties. Nepieciešama turpmāka pieredzes apmaiņa un jauns metodiskais līdzeklis.The author of the work is Tatjana Baranova, a student of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Art of the University of Latvia. The diploma work is devoted to the use of the project method, examining its use in preschool institution during one month within the project “Diverse Art!”. The project method is examined, inter alia, considering a perspective a new competence approach introduced in the Latvian pre-school education stage from September 1, 2019, when Cabinet Regulation No. 716 came into force. Being in line with the new guidelines, the project method has entered its “Renaissance era” in preschool. The author developed content for one project, tested it in practice and concluded that using the project method in the educational field Cultural Awareness and Self-expression in Art promotes the development of children's creativity and the ability to express emotions, as well as to collaborate with each other. Further exchange of experience and a new methodological tool are needed in the future

Promoting self-expression through art in 5-7 year old children using the project method

Darba autore ir Latvijas Universitātes Pedagoģijas, psiholoģijas un mākslas fakultātes studente Tatjana Baranova. Diplomdarbs ir veltīts projekta metodes izmantošanai pirmsskolā viena mēneša laikā projekta “Daudzveidīga māksla!” ietvaros. Diplomdarbā projekta metode aplūkota, t. sk., ņemot vērā jauno kompetenču pieeju, kas tika ieviesta Latvijas pirmsskolas izglītības posmā no 2019. gada 1. septembra, kad stājās spēkā MK noteikumi Nr. 716. Esot saskaņā ar jaunajām vadlīnijām, projekta metodei pirmsskolā ir iestājies renesanses laikmets. Autore izstrādāja saturu vienam projektam, pārbaudīja to praksē un pārliecinājās, ka projekta metodes izmantošana Kultūras izpratnes un pašizpausmes mākslā mācību jomā veicina bērnu jaunradi un prasmi izpaust emocijas, kā arī savstarpēji sadarboties. Nepieciešama turpmāka pieredzes apmaiņa un jauns metodiskais līdzeklis.The author of the work is Tatjana Baranova, a student of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Art of the University of Latvia. The diploma work is devoted to the use of the project method, examining its use in preschool institution during one month within the project “Diverse Art!”. The project method is examined, inter alia, considering a perspective a new competence approach introduced in the Latvian pre-school education stage from September 1, 2019, when Cabinet Regulation No. 716 came into force. Being in line with the new guidelines, the project method has entered its “Renaissance era” in preschool. The author developed content for one project, tested it in practice and concluded that using the project method in the educational field Cultural Awareness and Self-expression in Art promotes the development of children's creativity and the ability to express emotions, as well as to collaborate with each other. Further exchange of experience and a new methodological tool are needed in the future

New insights into the recent collapse of Eastern Baltic cod from historical data on stock health.

The Eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) stock is currently in a very poor state, with low biomass and adverse trends in several life history and demographic parameters. This raises concern over whether and to what level recovery is possible. Here, we look for new insights from a historical perspective, extending the time series of various stock health indicators back to the 1940s, i.e. to the beginning of intensive exploitation of the Eastern Baltic cod. The historical data confirm that the stock deterioration in recent years is unprecedented, as all indicators are presently in their worst states on record. Cod body condition and energy reserves were equally low in the 1940s-1950s, accompanied by high parasitic liver worm infection, comparable to that measured in recent years. However, other stock parameters (size structure, size at maturity, stock distribution) are currently in their worst states over the past 80 years. In contrast, the state of cod in the 1970s to early 1990s that is often perceived as a desirable target, was exceptional, with the most favorable indicator levels in the time series. Long-term observation data reveal concurrent or asynchronous trends in different indicators of stock health and to what extent these have coincided with changes in possible external drivers. In this way, the extended time series contribute to ongoing research on understanding the collapse of the cod and its recovery potential

Hypoxic areas, density-dependence and food limitation drive the body condition of a heavily exploited marine fish predator

Investigating the factors regulating \ufb01sh condition is crucial in ecology and the management of exploited \ufb01sh populations. The body condition of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic Sea has dramatically decreased during the past two decades, with large implications for the \ufb01shery relying on this resource. Here, we statistically investigated the potential drivers of the Baltic cod condition during the past 40 years using newly compiled\ufb01shery-independentbiologicaldataandhydrological observations. We evidenced a combination of different factors operating before and after the ecological regime shift that occurred in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s. The changes in cod condition related to feeding opportunities, driven either by density-dependence or food limitation, along the whole period investigated and to the \ufb01vefold increase in the extent of hypoxic areas in the most recent 20 years. Hypoxic areas can act on cod condition through different mechanismsrelateddirectlytospeciesphysiology,orindirectlytobehaviourandtrophicinteractions. Our analyses found statistical evidence for an effect of the hypoxia-induced habitat compression on cod condition possibly operating via crowding and density-dependent processes. These results furnish novel insights into the population dynamics of Baltic Sea cod that can aid the management of this currently threatened populatio

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Investigating the factors regulating fish condition is crucial in ecology and the management of exploited fish populations. The body condition of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic Sea has dramatically decreased during the past two decades, with large implications for the fishery relying on this resource. Here, we statistically investigated the potential drivers of the Baltic cod condition during the past 40 years using newly compiled fishery-independent biological data and hydrological observations. We evidenced a combination of different factors operating before and after the ecological regime shift that occurred in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s. The changes in cod condition related to feeding opportunities, driven either by density-dependence or food limitation, along the whole period investigated and to the fivefold increase in the extent of hypoxic areas in the most recent 20 years. Hypoxic areas can act on cod condition through different mechanisms related directly to species physiology, or indirectly to behaviour and trophic interactions. Our analyses found statistical evidence for an effect of the hypoxia-induced habitat compression on cod condition possibly operating via crowding and density-dependent processes. These results furnish novel insights into the population dynamics of Baltic Sea cod that can aid the management of this currently threatened population

Data used in GAMs

Data collected during bottom trawl surveys and hydrological surveys in the central Baltic Sea, Excel file

Future perspectives for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea – stock development, fisheries and management challenges in a changing ecosystem

The present report describes results of the project ”Future perspectives for cod in the Eastern Baltic Sea–stock development, fisheries and management challenges in a changing ecosystem (FREMTOR)”, funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the Danish Fisheries Agency. The project provides new knowledge on some key aspects of the status of the stock and associated drivers, as well as synthesizes existing information, altogether providing state-of-the art basis for evaluating future perspectives for this stock. Improved understanding of the factors responsible for the low productivity of the stock is crucially important for being able to assess its recovery potential. Furthermore, realistic targets for stock recovery in the current state of the ecosystem need to take account of changes in biological parameters, including growth and recruitment as well as other indicators of stock health, such as body condition and parasite load.In this project, time series of various biological parameters of the Eastern Baltic cod (incl. condition, size at maturity, parasite load, length structure) were extended back to the 1940s, i.e. the beginning of intensive exploitation of this stock. These data show that the cod stock is presently in unprecedented poor state. Cod body condition and infection load of C. osculatum were in similar adverse states in the 1940s–1950s, however, the relatively more favorable states of other biological parameters back then indicate that the stock was overall in a better shape than is presently the case. The long–term data reveal concurrent trends in seal abundance and C. osculatum infection, the latter being inversely related to cod body condition, which provides correlation based evidence regarding potential associations between these variables. Spatial contrasts in the present state of cod are apparent in cod from the Åland Sea being in a substantially better condition and larger in size compared to the average specimen in the main distribution area of the stock. This is despite the much higher number of nematodes and intensity of infection of cod in Åland Sea with C. osculatum. This points at the importance of initial condition at infection time, potentially in combination with different dynamics of infection between cod from the two areas.The prospects of the eastern Baltic cod stock depend largely on its reproductive potential and resulting recruitment, as well as growth. Growth patterns of the Eastern Baltic cod were investigated using advanced techniques based on otolith microchemistry that provided new insights on the effects of temperature and hypoxia. Concerning recruitment, we investigated the effects of parental quality on reproductive success and implications for cod recruitment. The most remarkable result is that the small-sized females were found to have an extraordinary high potential fecundity. Experimental results suggest that the small-sized spawners in poor condition are still capable of producing viable offspring. However, the high investment in reproduction likely occurs at the expense of growth, probably also leading to increased mortality, rendering the Baltic cod stock in a depressed state.Fisheries management presently only has a limited impact of overall mortality of the cod stock, as natural mortality substantially exceeds the mortality due to fishing. A factor that could be influenced by fisheries management is the availability of fish prey (especially sprat) in the distribution area of cod, as the overlap between these species is rather limited in autumn. We found that overall fishing impact on sprat biomass in the distribution area of cod in autumn is relatively limited, however with occasionally relatively higher catches of the smallest sprat, which may be of essential importance for the small-sized cod.The present exceptionally poor state of the stock on all metrics suggests that more drivers and mechanisms are having simultaneous adverse effects than has been the case in the past. This complicates Future perspectives for cod in the eastern Baltic sea our understanding of the recovery potential of the stock. The possible benefits to the cod stock resulting from management interventions influencing the ecosystem conditions is presently not possible to quantify. This is due to the complexity of the processes involved, as different parameters of stock health are interacting with one another, and are influenced by several external drivers, affecting recruitment, growth and/or mortality and ultimately stock biomass. Continued regular monitoring of a wider range of stock health indicators is recommended, and future stock assessment and management should consider multiple indicators of stock health, not only biomass, in defining overall stock status and appropriate management measures