Improvement Actions Research Articles

The Scope of Work, Roles, and Tasks of Dedicated Patient Safety Officer

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the scope of work, roles, and tasks of dedicated patient safety officers.Methods: The scope of work, roles, and tasks of dedicated patient safety officers were derived through literature review, analysis of job descriptions of patient safety and quality improvement departments, and consultation opinions from related organizations. A survey was conducted to determine the scope of work, roles, and task performance of dedicated patient safety officers.Results: This study identified 13 work scopes and 66 roles and tasks for dedicated patient safety officers. The thirteen work scopes exhibited a performance rate of over 70%, with more than 70% of the 66 roles and tasks performed, excluding 14. The items with the highest role and task performance rate were ‘5.3 Operate staff training related to patient safety and quality improvement activities according to plan’ (100.0%) for medical institutions with 500 beds or more, and ‘2.2 Establishing a patient safety and quality improvement action plan’ (96.8%) for medical institutions with less than 500 beds. The item with the lowest role and task performance rate was ‘12.3 Participate in National Patient Safety Day,’ with 54.2% for institutions with 500 beds or more and 42.9% for institutions with less than 500 beds.Conclusion: This study is significant in that it clarifies the scope of work, roles, and tasks for dedicated patient safety officers. To enable dedicated patient safety officers to perform the 13 identified work scopes and 66 roles and tasks, an organization must be operated in a manner that enhances patient safety and quality. Currently, the number of legal dedicated patient safety officers is insufficient to perform all roles and tasks. This study suggests that one patient safety assistant should be assigned to every 100 beds, and one dedicated patient safety officer assigned to every 150 beds.

Plan de Mejora en la Unidad Educativa “Cardenal Richard Cushing”

Educational auditing and counselling are formal and interdependent processes that foster continuous improvement within educational processes. Auditing monitors and evaluates pedagogical and management processes based on national educational standards. At the same time, counselling is a technical action of a professional nature whose main function is to guide institutional management. In order to achieve educational excellence in the "Cardinal Richard Cushing" school, we proposed the design of an improvement plan to optimize the management of educational processes based on the evaluation of educational quality standards. In order to achieve this objective, a qualitative approach and action-research methodological design were used. The main results indicate that the institution has an organizational culture oriented towards quality, however, a small percentage of standards requires further analysis to suggest improvement actions that are aligned with this organizational culture.

Integrating Citizen Participation in the Development of New ICT Services for Smart Cities

The transition of cities towards a smarter approach significantly benefits from citizen participation in the development and implementation of innovative information and communication technology (ICT) products and services. Despite the emergence of various initiatives in recent years aimed at guiding the development of smart cities, there is still a lack of effective strategies to actively engage citizens, businesses, and educational institutions during the creation of these products and services. This study describes a set of practices that includes four co-creation techniques to facilitate the effort of software system development in collaboration with citizens and other stakeholders. The SEMAT standard is used to create and represent a method in which these practices are distributed across four stages: focus, definition, development, and validation. In each stage, a practice is proposed that incorporates a co-creation technique and complementary activities from various software engineering disciplines to promote active citizen participation; stimulate idea generation; and facilitate the creation of necessary documents and components for the development of the desired software system, including design systems, code files, conceptual representations, and technical diagrams, among others. Finally, the applicability and completeness of the method are validated through expert consultation in the fields of software engineering and smart cities. Recognized procedures are followed to obtain qualitative and quantitative results, such as improvement actions (addition or removal of elements), levels of consensus or acceptance, and opportunities for future work.

Internal Control and Administrative Management: an Empirical Study Applied to SMEs in the Canton of Manta-Ecuador

Objective: The objective of this research is to analyze the possible relationship between the components of internal control and the administrative management of SMEs located in the canton of Manta in the period 2019-2020. Theoretical Framework: This section presents the main concepts and theories that support the research. [List relevant theories, models, or frameworks] stand out, providing a solid foundation for understanding the context of the research. Methodology: A common framework emerges: the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) model as a strategy for organizational operations, aimed at achieving business goals. A sample of 213 individuals working in these organizations was used. One of the most important aspects in any company, regardless of its size or its obligation to keep accounting records, is internal control. Results and Discussion: Multiple linear regression analysis was performed, whose main findings allowed us to determine that there is a positive and statistically significant correlation between the components of these constructs. Implications of the Research: The implications of this research contribute to the design of methodologies and the establishment of strategic internal control tools, allowing managers and employees of SMEs to establish and comply with policies, processes, and undertake improvement actions necessary to improve the competitiveness of these types of companies in the short, medium, and long term. Originality/Value: Through this study, it was possible to determine that one of the fundamental aspects for the proper application of internal control is the level of education of the administrators of these institutions, who in some cases were unaware of internal control, but who applied certain control guidelines verbally and without written procedures, focusing more on the empirical.

Use of digital assessment tools to measure health facility readiness to provide the WHO recommended package of care for lymphatic filariasis morbidity

BackgroundA country claiming to have achieved elimination of Lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem must undergo and document a quality assessment of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended essential package of care for patients with lymphedema and hydrocele. This must be done in at least 10% of facilities offering services. In Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Guinea-Bissau the LF programmes used the Hydrocele Facility Assessment Tool (HFAT) and the Lymphedema Facility Assessment Tool (LFAT) to provide an objective assessment of facilities providing LF morbidity management services. Information gathered through these tools is used to improve service delivery and document the number of implementation units with at least one facility providing the essential package of care in the WHO epidemiological reporting form (EPIRF). The development of the HFAT and LFAT digital tools were informed by WHO’s direct inspection protocol (DIP) for lymphedema, WHO’s service availability and readiness assessment (SARA), and WHO’s situational analysis to assess emergency and essential surgical care.MethodsBetween May 2022 and January 2023, 33 hydrocele facility assessments and 102 lymphedema facility assessments were implemented in these four countries. Facility and indicator score benchmarks were set at 75%.ResultsThe LFAT and HFAT indicator results were variable both within and between countries. 26 (79%) facilities scored 75% or better on the assessment for hydrocele surgery and 15 (15%) facilities scored 75% or better on the assessment for lymphedema. Examples of indicators with significant need for quality improvement actions were 1) LFAT indicator ‘Trained staff - Community Health Care Providers trained in lymphoedema management’ which did not achieve the 75% benchmark in any of the countries; 2) HFAT indicator on use of surgical safety checklist which only achieved the 75% benchmark in Liberia.DiscussionThe discussion highlights the current challenges faced by endemic countries to ensure that an essential package of care (of sufficient quality) for lymphedema management and hydrocele surgery is available.

Improving Leadership in the Digital Era: A Case Study from Rural Mexico

The development of leadership competencies is a current topic in the scientific community. The weaknesses detected in our study reflect the limited treatment offered to this area of work and the current struggle of rural elementary school directors in navigating the challenges of the digital era. The following methods and techniques were used at the theoretical and empirical levels: analytical–synthetic, historical–logical, inductive–deductive, systemic, documentary analysis, observation, surveys, interviews, and self-assessment scales. The systematized theory is based on the process of development of leadership competence in school directors as a dimension of educational quality. This research introduced a professional development strategy for the development of leadership competence in primary school directors consisting of three stages, with their objectives and actions contributing to raising the scientific methodological level of these management teams, including workshops, consultancies, accompaniments, and case studies, as well as monitoring their transformation. The proposed strategy improves the educational leadership skills of school principals, encourages mastery of content, and increases the degree of motivation and interest in management work. It is based on the diagnosis of their reality, and it includes the combination of improvement, methodological, and self-improvement actions to stimulate reflection and the active involvement of participants in their own transformation process.

Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital.

Patient complaint taxonomies strongly support the use of healthcare complaints as a powerful tool to improve the quality and safety of patient care. Hospitals use complaint data at the organizational level to address quality variation across service lines and departments. We applied a validated typology method to identify where the complaints occured and gained deeper insights about how they can be more effectively utilized to drive and implement continuous quality and service improvement activities within a tertiary hospital. We included all complaints and opinions from patients and their families over a 5-year period at a large tertiary teaching hospital in Japan. Two analysts categorized the opinions into complaints and gratitude expressions, with complaints classified using Reader etal.'s taxonomy. We performed statistical tabulations and determined the number of complaints across hospital sectors using the chi-squared test, residual analysis, and Cramer's V tests to check for significant correlations between the variables. A total of 6607 complaints and comments were received. Of these, 5401 related to the Clinical, Administrative, and Human Relations domains, respectively (11.1%, 56.1%, and 32.8%). At the domain level, the most common complaints are related to the Relationships domain in both the Medical and Nursing departments. However, a detailed analysis of the category levels demonstrated that the Medicine department received the most complaints in the Communication and Patient Rights category, whereas in the Nursing department, the Humanness/Caring and Patient Rights categories were the most common sources for complaints. The Administrative department complaints were mostly related to the Management domain, with the largest number of complaints related to the Institutional Issues category. We used a validated taxonomy to identify and address trends in patient complaints and identified the key hospital departments that required remedial improvement actions. All hospital departments received direct and targeted feedback on how to effectively improve the quality, safety and services of their clinical service lines.

<b>Conceptualizing micro-level internationalization from empirical and conceptual constructs: adding the human dimension</b><b> </b>

This Special Issue explores ‘micro-level’ internationalization’ using individual narratives as a conceptual framework for examining different dimensions of engagement in internationalization. It sheds light on the human dimension through the unrecognised and unintended positive and negative impacts of internationalization policies and practices at international, national and institutional levels. It addresses the gap in current knowledge through 10 empirical studies and 2 conceptual frameworks using diverse methodological approaches that have been written by both researchers and practitioners in a wide range of global contexts. It advances a conceptualization of micro-level internationalization through five dimensions of Mobility, Transformational Learning, Development, Context, and Conceptual Framing. Thus, micro-level internationalization offers a new lens to explore the human experience of internationalisation and provides an opportunity and call for action for better policy decisions and improvement of practice that can lead to an enhanced experience for all those involved.

Identification of molecular marks associated with early flowering in Campomanesia adamantium (Cambess.) O. Berg

Campomanesia adamantium is a fruit species of the Cerrado Biome that stands out for having high economic potential and significant genetic variability. Therefore, knowledge on its development and genetic variability is fundamental to define domestication and genetic improvement actions. In this context, identification of molecular marks that may be related to the early flowering of C. adamantium can provide bases for the assisted selection of early plants at nursery level. The objective of this study was to identify molecular marks associated with early flowering in C. adamantium accessions, using the ISSR molecular marker. A total of 17 ISSR primers were used in 46 accessions of C. adamantium (39 early and 07 late). It can be observed in the results for the 46 accessions that the primers produced a total of 104 bands, with a polymorphism of 96%. When analyzing the amplification pattern of early accessions individually, it was possible to observe the amplification of 103 bands, of which 93% were polymorphic. For late accessions, only 87 bands were amplified, of which only 66.67% were polymorphic, showing that these accessions have lower genetic variability than early accessions. Based on the amplification pattern of the primers between early and late accessions, primers 02, 03, 04 and 05 stood out, as they amplified DNA fragments above 70% in early accessions and that were not found in late accessions. It was concluded that there are four molecular marks with strong relationship with early flowering.

Carbon Footprint of Additively Manufactured Precious Metals Products

Traditionally, precious metals are processed by either lost-wax casting or the casting of semi-finished products followed by cold or hot working, machining, and surface finishing. Long process chains usually conclude in a high material input factor and a significant amount of new scrap to be refined. The maturing of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies is advantageous with regard to resources among other criteria by opening up new processing techniques like laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) for the production of near net shape metal products. This paper gives an insight into major advantages of the powder-based manufacturing of precious metal components over conventional methods focusing on product carbon footprints (PCF). Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) for selected applications show energy and mass flows and inefficient recoverable losses in detail. An extended MFCA approach also shows the greenhouse gas (GHG) savings from avoiding recoverable material losses and provides PCF for the products. The PCF of the precious metals used is based on a detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the refining process of end-of-use precious metals. In the best case, the refining of platinum from end-of-life recycling, for example, causes 60 kg CO2e per kg of platinum. This study reveals recommended actions for improvements in efficiency and gives guidance for a more sustainable production of luxury or technical goods made from precious metals. This exemplary study on the basis of an industrial application shows that the use of AM leads to a carbon footprint of 2.23 kg CO2e per piece in comparison with 3.17 kg CO2e by conventional manufacturing, which means about a 30 percent reduction in GHG emissions and also in energy, respectively.

Bridging Equity Gaps: Faculty Development Through Data Coaching

ABSTRACT The promotion of social mobility underscores the urgent need for equity in higher education. Researchers have emphasized the importance of disaggregated data in developing an equity-minded campus culture and addressing systemic inequity. In alignment with this, Jaafar and Cuellar (2023) launched a data coaching model at LaGuardia Community College to equip faculty with tools for analyzing disaggregated data and designing strategies to mitigate equity gaps . This study explores the early outcomes of this equity-minded data coaching pilot program, which trained STEM faculty in a year-long professional development cohort. This initiative involved examining student success data to enable continuous improvement and equity-minded actions. Faculty identified research questions based on classroom and program observations and analyzed student success data with a faculty data coach. Early results suggest that data coaching is an effective professional development approach that can enhance classroom and, potentially, program-level equity . This study discusses the challenges of scaling such initiatives across different institutional contexts and shares insights from three case studies on potential implementation and scaling strategies. It also considered the scalability of tailored data coaching programs to incorporate equity-minded data analysis to improve student outcomes.

Evaluating Energy Efficiency Parameters of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Terms of Management Strategies and Carbon Footprint Reduction: Insights from Three Polish Facilities

Water management in cities is a critical factor for sustainable growth and development. Satisfying the current needs with respect for the future is not possible without properly managed water and wastewater systems. An essential element of wastewater systems is the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The nexus between wastewater treatments and energy demand is a well-known problem. In times of energy crisis, effective energy management in this critical infrastructure is a key task. The purpose of this article is to analyze WWTPs’ energy consumption with regard to proposed management strategies for managers, designers and decision makers. A detailed analysis of WWTP operational parameters and a proposal of improvement actions will be useful for applicability and benchmarking studies. Estimating the carbon footprint (CF) of selected WWTPs considering the indirect emissions due to energy consumption is an important step for developing energy neutrality of WWTPs. Due to the desire to deepen research in the area of a complex phenomenon, which is the energy management system in WWTPs, the research undertaken herein is based on the case study method of three water and sewage companies operating southwestern Poland. Each urban area has different specificities, natural conditions and needs. The presented results of the analyses may be the basis for developing directions for changes in national policy, other benchmarking studies, and improving the energy management system in WWTPs.

Quality Management in Spanish Community Pharmacy: Implementation of ISO 9001.

Spanish community pharmacy has been incorporating some methods and approaches in the evaluation and improvement of quality, with the ISO 9001 standard being the most used reference. The experience of a community pharmacy in Spain is presented. The pharmacy implemented a management system based on the ISO 9001 standard in 2020, using the Deming cycle with the aim of enhancing the quality of pharmaceutical care. The results obtained in the processes over the following 2 years are also presented. The ISO 9001 standard was reviewed to ensure compliance. The Quality Management System control documentation was updated and included the following documents: quality manual, process map, operational processes and procedures, quality indicators and incident records. The pharmacy has planned and implemented a process of monitoring, measurement, analysis of results and continuous improvement for operational, strategic and support processes during the time period of the study. The main operational processes were associated with a set of indicators which permitted to know the results obtained, analyse deviations and implement improvements. The planning and development of the project encompassed approximately 1 year and involved several key stages: (1) diagnosis and assessment of quality situation, (2) analysis of processes, (3) preparation of documentation, (4) implementation of the Quality Management System, (5) internal audit, (6) monitoring of activities and continuous improvement, (7) follow-up audit by the certifying body, (8) obtaining the ISO 9001:2015 quality certificate. The planned schedule was adhered and the documents were successfully drafted. In total, eight operational processes, nine support processes and six strategic processes were reviewed and included in the Quality Management System. Twenty indicators were established to monitor and analyse the performance of these processes. During audits, deviations in the system or nonconformances were identified and analysed. In the first year of system implementation, five nonconformances were identified, decreasing to two in the subsequent two periods. In 2020, three improvement actions were implemented with the objective of: (1) implementing a medication reconciliation service, (2) developing a medication dose adjustment service for polymedicated patients, and (3) implementing a service to measure and improve inhalation technique in patients using inhalers. The implementation of a methodology based on the ISO 9001 standard has facilitated: (1) Integrating process management as a regular working methodology, (2) A focus on the continuous improvement of services, (3) Achieving recognition of the staff efforts and involvement.

Assessment of hygienic-sanitary status and implementation of an integral risk management program in butcher shops from Tafí Viejo city, Tucumán, Argentina

Meat and meat products promote the growth of pathogens such as Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. In this work, an evaluation was carried out through risk quantification and microbiological analysis on ground beef and environmental surfaces in butcher shops, of Tafí Viejo city, Tucumán province. The study was carried out in three periods: period 1 (description of the health-status), period 2 (implementation of improvement actions) and period 3 (verification of success). Ground beef samples and environmental surfaces were analyzed in the previously described periods. The improvement actions in each butcher shop were implemented on the deviations detected in the first period. An increase of 35.7 % in low-risk butchers was observed. Microbial indicators in ground beef were significantly lower for total aerobic mesophilic microorganisms and Stapylococcus aureus, compared to the first period. In ground beef samples and environmental surfaces, the detection/isolation of STEC non-O157, presented a 100 % decrease in the verification period. The detection of Salmonella spp. showed a reduction of 14.3 % only on ground beef samples. This study confirms that the implementation of a risk management program in butcher shops would reduce contamination of ground beef and the environment with pathogens.

Linking theory and practice to advance sustainable healthcare: the development of maturity model version 1.0.

Climate change and increased awareness of planetary health have made reducing ecological footprints a priority for healthcare organizations. However, improving healthcare's environmental impact remains difficult. Numerous researchers argue these difficulties are caused by healthcare's environmental impact being multidimensional, influenced throughout the healthcare chain, and often has downstream consequences that are hard to identify or to measure. Even though existing research describes many successful approaches to reduce healthcare's environmental impact, a robust multidimensional framework to assess this impact is lacking. This research aims at developing a maturity model for sustainable healthcare that could be used for self-assessment by healthcare professionals to identify improvement actions and for sharing best practices in environmental sustainability. A design-oriented approach for maturity model development was combined with an expert panel and six case studies to develop, refine and expand the maturity model for environmentally sustainable healthcare. A maturity model was developed containing four domains: 'Governance', 'Organization Structures', 'Processes', and 'Outcomes and Control'. Applying the model in real-world environments demonstrated the model's understandability, ease of use, usefulness, practicality and ability to identify improvement actions for environmental sustainability in healthcare organizations. This study found that healthcare practitioners could apply the maturity model developed and tested in this study in several hours without training to help them gain valuable insights into the environment footprint of the healthcare setting they worked in. Systematically implementing the model developed in this study could help address the urgent need to mitigate the substantial environmental impact of healthcare. These implementations can help evaluate and improve the maturity model.

Occupational Risk Management for a Sustainable Workplace Using Simulation

Theoretical background: The article delves into the realm of occupational risk management within the context of supply chain management and enterprise logistics. It emphasizes the importance of ensuring safety and sustainable working conditions in today’s dynamic business environment, where supply chains are becoming increasingly globalized and complex. Purpose of the article: The primary objective of the article is to introduce a novel approach to occupational risk management that leverages advanced digital technologies and simulations. It aims to address the existing research gap by developing a method that considers dynamic environmental factors and individual worker needs. By analyzing the synergy of various hazards, monitoring employee workload, and employing simulations, the article seeks to enhance the accuracy of occupational risk assessment and facilitate more effective corrective actions. Research methods: The article employs a mixed-method research approach, drawing upon both theoretical analysis and practical application. It begins with a thorough literature review to establish the theoretical framework and identify research gaps. Subsequently, it discusses the proposed solution – a method for managing occupational risks using simulation – by presenting its theoretical description and implementation process. The research methodology involves the development and application of this method to a selected order picking process, followed by simulation to minimize occupational risks. The authors also utilize software tools to simulate work processes and assess health risks to workers. Main findings: The main findings of the research suggest that occupational risk assessment using simulation has a significant impact on improving work processes in terms of sustainable workplaces. By introducing elements of labor humanization and redesigning work processes, the study demonstrates a reduction in the sources of occupational risk. The innovative approach to risk assessment, based on recursion across different organizational resources, facilitates the identification of improvement action projects. Additionally, the study emphasizes the importance of digitalization and Industry 4.0 technologies in monitoring working conditions, identifying risks, and implementing preventive measures. Overall, the research contributes to shaping new standards for safe and sustainable work environments, thereby enhancing both safety and efficiency within organizations.

The Racial Health Equity Progress Report: A Data-Driven Equity Action Tool

Health care leaders in Illinois, with support from the Commonwealth Fund, expanded their statewide Racial Health Equity Progress Report (Progress Report) into a nationwide pilot. This effort aims to mobilize data-driven action to achieve health equity across four domains of health care organizational influence: people (employees), organization, patients, and community. The goal of the Progress Report is to address the complex challenges of advancing equity across health care organizations. The Progress Report is a 34-item Web-based self-assessment questionnaire that measures an organization’s performance in implementing processes to address racial health and other health inequities. The questionnaire includes open-text response options as well as a specialized 0–5 Likert scale that assesses the degree of progress of an organization’s racial health equity efforts as Not in Place (0), Internal Socialization (1), Initiation (2), Piloting (3), Implementation (4), and Best Practice (5). The initiative includes individualized data analytic reports designed to assist boards and leaders in advancing health equity strategies and initiatives across their organizations. The Progress Report is aligned with both The Joint Commission and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulatory standards for achieving health equity. The Progress Report also functions as a benchmarking mechanism, allowing health care organizations to measure progress over time, compare their performance with other organizations, and learn from others. Participants are encouraged to translate their Progress Report data into actionable strategies for improvement, including participating in 8-week virtual Improvement Action Networks. This framework highlights the importance of examining all aspects of an organization — not patient care alone — for inequities to successfully eliminate health inequities. Here, the authors describe the origins of the program, its development, and the preliminary results from the Progress Report responses submitted by 92 U.S.-based hospitals and health centers, as well as prospects for expanding and scaling the initiative.

Reducing the rust defect rate of K59 cap fuel filler products in the progressive pressing line using the DMAIC method

This research aims to find out how to apply the method to help analysed problems, identify the causes of problems in the production of Cap Fuel Filler K59 at Company defect level in production results. Determining the selected data using purposive techniques. Data collection was carried out by collecting primary and secondary data through literature studies, field studies, observations, interviews and documentation. The data analysis procedure was carried out using the DMAIC method (define, measurement, analyze, improvement and control). After data analysis, improvement efforts are carried out with the following actions: (1) making special placements for re-delivery parts; (2) changing the plastic layer to paper as a base that covers the surface of the box; (3) give skates to the parts in the box in the amount of 2 pcs/column; (4) adding a rust category to the Q-point to be posted in the production and checking area. After carrying out these improvement actions, the number of defects in the products produced decreased and this was indicated by an increase in the sigma value from 3.6% to 3.9%.

A joint economic evaluation and FP2O techno-economic resilience approach for evaluation of suspension PVC production

The production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) involves obtaining a thermoplastic polymer from vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and ethylene, primarily through the suspension method. This process is vital for manufacturing various products, such as pipes and coatings. However, its high-energy consumption necessitates economic evaluations to assess feasibility. In this work, a dual approach is proposed: a Feedstock-Processing-Product-Operation (FP2O) based techno-economic resilience analysis via sensitivity analysis alongside economic evaluation. The study evaluated a PVC production process with a capacity of 518,400 t/y of VCM over a 15-year plant lifespan. The techno-economic assessment revealed a Total Capital Investment of $609, 882, 203, a Payback Period of 4.22 years, and a Return on Investment of 14.38 %. Positive Net Present Value and a cost/benefit ratio >1 indicate the plant's installation under proposed conditions is favorable. Additionally, the technical-economic resilience analysis identified the process's response to changes in PVC price, raw material costs, and production capacity, guiding improvement actions pre- and post-plant assembly.

Genetic variability, diversity and principal component analysis in B and R lines of rabi sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Hybrid technology is exploited in kharif (rainy) sorghum while the same is not the scenario in Rabi sorghum which is still dominated by landraces and varieties which have poor yield potentiality. Considering the necessity of development of heterotic hybrids, an attempt was made to screen hybrid parents (B and R lines) to assess variability and genetic diversity, for productivity traits. The study was conducted with 32 B and R lines at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Vijayapur during 2021-22. PCV was observed to surpass GCV across all traits. The traits grain yield per plant, fodder yield per plant, grain number per plant, and harvest index exhibited notably high PCV and GCV. Plant height, panicle length, panicle harvest index, and harvest index recorded high heritability and genetic advance, suggesting their control by additive gene action and potential for improvement via selection. Cluster analysis classified the 32 genotypes into four groups. PCA condensed 14 traits into five principal components, capturing 81.50% of total variation. The genotypes remained scattered in all four quadrants in PCA- Biplot, showing large genetic variability in quantitative traits studied. Keywords: Genetic variability, heritability, diversity, clusters, PCA and rabi sorghum