Expert System Approach to the Assessment of Spiritual Intelligence Impact for Decision-making Performance

Background: In contrast to the rational (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ), spiritual intelligence (SQ) is often underestimated and insufficiently investigated. This type of intelligence refers to our approach to the issue of the meaning and value of life, in terms that our actions are placed in a wider context. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to investigate in which extent spiritual intelligence determines the decision making process. In this context, the success of business decision is assigned as its functionality as one of the most prominent feature of successful decision. Methods: The inductive method of building an expert system, i.e. a knowledge based system (Doctus Knowledge-Based Expert System Shell) and case-based concluding on the degree of informativeness (with a key impact on functionality of decision) of individual components (Case Based Reasoning) are used in testing this relationship. Results: The study demonstrates the fact that most of respondents (managers) have not been even familiar with attributes of SI as well as their relationship with decision making process. Conclusions: Identification of the most significant components of SI that affect effectiveness of decisions would allow managers to focus on those which mostly contribute to the functionality of their decisions

The impact of formal and non – formal education on youth employability in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Education plays a central role in today’s understanding of growth and development dynamics. However, its relationship with other factors is complex. This paper aims to investigate the effect of different forms of education on youth employability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is done by using the USAID MEASURE – BiH National Youth Survey. Research has shown that formal education and non-formal education through internship programmes, volunteering, paid jobs other than internships are significant predictors of youth employment status. The study also has several implications for academics and practitioners since it provides new insights into both employment patterns and practices in one transition economy but also calls for further analysis of the link between education, formal and non-formal, and youth employment

Hitno prihvaćanje učenja na daljinu među studentima visokog obrazovanja tijekom pandemije COVID-19

The current study investigates how attitudes towards digital transformation and personal innovativeness affect the acceptance of emergency remote learning in the COVID-19 pandemic environment. The pandemic has affected all aspects of societies across the globe, including higher education that was also a significant push-up factor for the digital transformation of higher education. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting emergency remote learning acceptance among the higher education students in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The results presented in this paper gained from a study carried out among higher education students in BiH cover the period of April – July 2020 via the open-source platform. The study focused on the students’ attitude towards a digital transformation is a significant factor in accepting emergency remote learning. Also, the personal innovativeness score has proven to be a crucial factor for adopting this new learning setting, i.e., more innovative students have a greater emergency remote learning acceptance than students with a lower personal innovativeness score. Hence, this study pinpoints the necessity of changing the attitudes towards technology applications in education. It would increase the usage of remote learning services and provide students with knowledge and skills for the new labour market.Trenutna studija istražuje kako stavovi prema digitalnoj transformaciji i osobnoj inovativnosti utječu na prihvaćanje hitnog učenja na daljinu u okruženju pandemije COVID-19. Pandemija je utjecala na sve aspekte društava diljem svijeta, uključujući visoko obrazovanje, a također je bila značajan poticajni čimbenik za digitalnu transformaciju visokog obrazovanja. Stoga je glavni cilj ovog rada istražiti čimbenike koji utječu na hitno prihvaćanje učenja na daljinu među studentima visokog obrazovanja u Bosni i Hercegovini (BiH). Rezultati prikazani u ovom radu izvedeni su iz istraživanja koje je provedeno među studentima visokog obrazovanja u BiH u razdoblju od travnja do srpnja 2020. godine putem otvorene web platforme. Studija je pokazala da je stav učenika prema digitalnoj transformaciji značajan čimbenik u prihvaćanju hitnog učenja na daljinu. Također, ocjena osobne inovativnosti pokazala se značajnim čimbenikom u prihvaćanju ove nove postavke učenja, tj. inovativniji učenici imaju veće prihvaćanje učenja na daljinu u hitnim slučajevima od učenika s nižim rezultatom osobne inovativnosti. Stoga ova studija ukazuje na potrebu promjene stavova prema korištenju tehnologije u obrazovanju. Time bi se povećala upotreba usluge učenja na daljinu te studentima pružila znanja i vještine za novo tržište rada

INNOVATION IN SENIOR TOURISM: CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENT AND HEALTH SUPPORTED TOURIST OFFER

Recent studies show that seniors will soon become one of the major prospective segments in hospitality and travel industry. Given that population aged 65+ is usually retired with pensions, they have leisure time for travelling at any time of the year. They are also the most demanding expecting services excellence and high-level security while at the same time 63% of seniors aged 65-74 reported some sort of chronic illness. Hence, energy-efficient and health-focused facilities can be a significant potential for tourism development in Sarajevo region, which is a popular destination considering its unique nature, rich gastronomic, cultural and historical heritage. However, currently there is no market segmentation tailored to specific needs of senior tourists and research aims to explore opportunities for this type of services with the objective of introducing accommodation facilities for elderly based on eco-smart solutions with highlighted focus on well-being and health. Setting of still water machines and installation of renewable energy system for electricity, ventilation and heat can have various positive effects increasing security, providing more healthy conditions, influencing life expectancy and counteracting the aging. Methodology includes feasibility study of eco-smart and health-oriented facility for seniors while practical implications for future actions are given in the conclusion

Digital or innovative

Digital transformation has put tremendous pressure on employees to innovate with the use of information tech-nology (IT ). This paper explores the extent to which dig-ital literacy and personal innovativeness contribute to individual\u27s innovative work behavior (IWB). To test our hypotheses, we apply double bootstrapping chained mediation analyses paired with relative importance analysis on a dataset collected from employees (N = 167) in a pharmaceutical company. The results showed the existence of a double-mediation chain whereby dig-ital practices and attitude toward digitalized innova-tion mediate the positive relationship between digital literacy and IWB. Surprisingly, said chain was not sup-ported for personally innovative individuals, indicating that digital literacy plays a relatively more important role in stimulating attitudes toward digitalized inno-vation and IWB. Our findings add further specificity to research on digital natives and may help organizations understand the role of digital literacy and personal in-novativeness in organizationally-relevant outcomes, such as IWB