What leads to Employee Engagement in Pharmaceutical Sector of Pakistan?

Managers and HR professionals are always concerned with the engagement of employees at the workplace. This study aims to explore the connection between employee engagement with job fit, psychological climate, leadership style, and affective commitment. A sample of 284 employees out of 365 participants was chosen from two pharmaceutical companies based in Karachi. SPSS was used to analyze the data and different statistical tools were applied. The results of the study showed that the independent variables i.e. job fit, psychological climate, leadership style, and affective commitment have a significant and positive influence on employee engagement. All the hypotheses were failed to reject. This study can help HR professionals in designing a strategy for retention and engagement. The results which are presented in this study can help organizations to identify the potential reasons for engagement which leads to high productivity and profitability

Technological Antecedents of Organizational Agility: PLS SEM Based Analysis Using IT Infrastructure, ERP Assimilation, and Business Intelligence

Organizations often ignore the use information technology infrastructure, Business Intelligence and ERP software to improvise their decision making process due to which organizational agility is suffered. Such organizations fail to make decisions according to the needs of the market that leads to the loss of market share. Based on the contingency theory, conceptual model of this study was developed using the constructs of IT Infrastructure Flexibility, Business Intelligence Use, ERP Assimilation, and Organizational Agility. Survey method was used to collect the data from the managers and executives, who are involved in the key decision making process in any organization. Total 253 out of 265 responses were considered valid and PLS SEM approach was used to test the direct and indirect effects. Results indicate that mediating effect of Business Intelligence Use and ERP Assimilation between IT Infrastructure Flexibility and Organizational Agility has been substantiated. Findings of this study conclude that IT Infrastructure should be improvised, specifically when organization is going to adopt the ERP systems and Business Intelligence to make the timely decisions according to the requirements of the market that ultimately affects the Organizational Agility

Основи інформатики, інформаційні технології та комп'ютерна ергономіка для гуманітарних напрямків

Розглянуто загальні питання про основи інформатики, інформаційних технологій та комп'ютерної ергономіки. Висвітлено основні положення теоретичного матеріалу щодо роботи користувача в операційному середовищі персонального комп'ютера та ергономічної безпеки використання технічних пристроїв. Призначено для студентів спеціальностей 053 "Психологія", 011 "Освітні педагогічні науки", 074 "Публічне управління та адміністрування" денної та заочної форм навчання