Chief Managers Research Articles

Analysis of ICT Adoption on the Financial Performance of Kitui Teachers Sacco

ICT adoption refers to the utilization of technology in gathering, processing and using knowledge within the organization. The financial performance of SACCOs largely depends on the strategic actions undertaken by the management. Despite this, the performance of SACCOs has always been fraught with numerous management challenges as evidenced by the chaotic scenes at most annual general meetings. Maintaining a sustainable growth of earnings for SACCOs has become a universal challenge. This study seeks to analyze how ICT adoption affects the financial performance of KTS. The study employed a mixed methodology combining quantitative and qualitative approach. The target population comprised 12 Board of directors, 5 chief managers, 9 departmental heads, 8 branch managers and 12 assistant managers. Primary data was collected using questionnaires. Their validity and reliability was achieved through the use of pilot test. The data of the pilot test were not incorporated in the analyses. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented through the use frequencies and percentages. SPPS version 24 was used to carry out inferential statistics through the Pearson‘s Correlation analysis. The results of the descriptive statistics have been presented using frequency tables. The results of the analysis indicate ICT adoption had a positive and statistically significant influence on the financial performance of KTS (β=.0.287, P=0.05). The descriptive statistics had an overall average mean and SD of 3.72 and 0.495 respectively. The finding indicated that ICT adoption had a significant influence on the financial performance of KTS. The study concluded that ICT adoption play a vital role in the financial performance of organizations

Medium-term budget planning in the united territorial communities

Subject. The process of medium-term budget planning using the «Local Budget» software in Territorial Communities (TCs) to ensure rational planning and use of local budget funds. Purpose. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the importance of medium-term budget planning to ensure sustainable economic and social development of the TC in the conditions of intensification of automation processes using special software. Methodology. During the study, evolutionary (while studying the evolution of medium-term budget planning implementation) and systemic (in the process of studying the medium-term budget planning algorithm at the local level) approaches were used, as well as the main methods of visualization of research results. The «Local Budget» software package was used. Results. The study is devoted to consideration of the medium-term budget planning algorithm in united territorial communities. A clear sequence of actions during the justification of the expediency of using the financial resources of the community budgets determines the accelerated development of TC. Planning income and expenses for the medium-term period makes it possible to study potential directions for increasing income part and more effective directions for using financial resources. Annual adjustment allows for reducing or making it impossible to spend ineffectively financial resources. Automation of medium-term budget planning is an important step towards compliance with the European principles of financial provision of the needs and interests of citizens. Practical implications. The results of the research can be used in such areas of scientific knowledge as finance, money and credit, pedagogy, and the economic and social sphere, which allows us to identify the priority directions of financial support for the population's standard of living in TC. Conclusions. Medium-term budget planning at the level of the local community is an important and necessary process that allows for a comprehensive approach during the rational use of limited financial resources for the medium-term period to meet the needs and interests of every member of the community. The chief managers of funds, thanks to local target development programs, control the process of performance indicators, which are an integral part of the budget process. Medium-term planning is carried out for the planned and two following budget periods. We remember that in the process of implementing medium-term budget planning, an annual cut of all local target programs of social and economic development of the TC is carried out to control the level of reasonableness of the calculation of budget resources for the medium-term perspective. High-quality medium-term budget planning ensures the fact of using the IPC «Local Budget» at the level of local financial institutions.

ГАЗЕТА «НАШ КРАЙ»: ОСОБЛИВОСТІ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ І ПРАКТИЧНИЙ АНАЛІЗ

The research focuses on the newspaper «Nash Kray» and examines the peculiarities of management in the media industry, as well as conducts a practical analysis of the work of the editors of this publication. The study shows that modern media editors act as chief managers and are responsible for leading and organizing the work of the editorial team. The study emphasizes the importance of basic management knowledge for the successful functioning of the editorial office. Taking into account the economic aspect of their activity, managing editors are engaged in budget management, planning of financial resources, attraction of advertisers, and strategic planning. The application of management principles helps to achieve the set goals and ensure the stability of the publication. This study has practical significance for media editors and emphasizes the need to develop managerial skills to effectively manage editorial processes and achieve success in the media field. Also, this article focuses on the media space and the importance of effective management in this area. It examines different definitions of management and its role in the media industry. Special emphasis is placed on the concept of modern media management, which covers socio-economic, informational, and organizational-technological aspects. The publication discusses the basic functions of management, including planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling. The article emphasizes the importance of taking into account economic principles in the work of editorial offices, in particular profitability, competitiveness, and economic sufficiency. It is noted that the media industry has specific features, as it is both a market for goods and services, and the content market is a key aspect of media management. The study provides practical value for editors and managers of media enterprises, contributing to the understanding of the peculiarities of management in the media sphere. Keywords: newspaper, media management, editorial office, market, media

중대재해에 따른 법제 개선을 위한 고찰

Paragraph 6 in Article 34 of the Constitution is prescribing that “The state shall endeavor to prevent disasters and to protect its people from the dangers.” Hence, the role of the nation is being presented concerning the prevention of industrial accidents and the protection from danger. Accordingly, it may be mentioned that workers have the right to be safe from danger and that the state has an obligation to ensure the safety of workers from social risks. The total revision in ｢Occupational Safety and Health Act｣ on January 15, 2019 led to having appointed a person in charge and a responsible person to manage the safety and health of workers and to having been taken measures such as the organization and operation of the safety and health management regulations and of the safety and health consultative group. With regard to the enforcement in ｢The Serious Accident Punishment Act｣ that was enacted on January 26, 2021 and was implemented on January 27, 2022, the punishment, etc. for business owners, chief executives, public officials, and corporations were stipulated. It led to having come to prevent serious accidents and protect the lives and bodies of citizens and workers. The objective of ｢The Serious Accident Punishment Act｣ is not to punish the chief executive by holding him or her accountable for that, but to have a large preventive aspect to block severe accidents from occurring. In 2022, the fatalities in severe industrial accidents stood at 303 cases(320 deaths), thereby having diminished by 31 cases and by 20 fatalities compared to 334 cases(340 deaths) in the same period of the previous year. The violation of the safety measures that caused the death accident appeared to be in order of the failure to establish the work procedures and standards such as the designation of a work conductor with 108 cases(24.4%), the failure to take action to prevent the risk of falling such as the installation of safety handrails with 70 cases(15.8%), and the failure to take safety measures for dangerous machinery and equipment such as conveyors with 53 cases(12.0%). This implies the real situation that severe accidents are only decreased but not eradicated despite the enforcement in ｢The Serious Accident Punishment Act｣. There are problems about the exemption even from the punishment because the application scope of ｢The Serious Accident Punishment Act｣ leads to being not adopted the regulations for serious industrial accidents to a business owner or a chief manager of a business or workplace with less than five full-time workers, about the extensive law application subjects, and about the ambiguous criteria for punishment in the event of an accident. Consequently, the law application subjects need to be clarified through revising the Serious Accident Punishment Act. Thus, the range of business owners, chief managers, etc must be established. Also, there is a need to be fulfilled the obligation to secure safety and health under the Serious Accidents Act aiming to assure workers' right to safety, and to be also reviewed the safety & health education. And to obstruct industrial accidents, the opinions of the field workers should be heard. Thus, it is necessary to arrange a procedure of listening to and reflecting the opinions on risks or improvements from field workers. In relation to the scope of workers, an expanded implementation plan must be sought by adding vocational education trainees who have signed a field training contract in accordance with ｢Vocational Education and Training Promotion Act｣. This improvement in the Serious Accident Legislation should lead to being secured workers' right to safety and to being realized their welfare.

A scenario-based mathematical approach to a robust project portfolio selection problem under fuzzy uncertainty

As a major concern of chief managers in each organization, project portfolio selection has a special place in their responsibilities. To assist managers in making decisions, applicable optimization models play an essential role in such processes. In this regard, this paper provides a stochastic optimization model for a project portfolio selection problem under different scenarios. Providing the novelty in the model along with making it closer to reality, the interdependency between revenue and cost of projects is considered. Due to the inherent uncertainty of parameters, the revenue and cost of each project, as well as contributed capital, follow triangular fuzzy parameters. Contrary to the previous model, the appreciation of assets is considered in the proposed model as the other novelty of the proposed model. To tackle the uncertainty of parameters, a robust possibilistic approach is used, which has been first-ever devised in such problems. Being both optimistic and pessimistic approaches available for decision-makers, a new measure is introduced to make the model inclusive. Moreover, by considering the confidence level as both parameter and decision variables, the robust possibilistic programming approach is adopted to solve the proposed model. Using the new proposed measure, the optimal average value of robust model are obtained under different confidence level. Finally, solving the optimization model, the results are provided by implementing the realization for uncertain parameters, and regarding the obtained results, discussions are made to provide some insights to the managers.

Practice of submitting budget requests in the information and software complex «local budget»

Introduction. Budget planning in Ukraine takes place according to the program-target method of budgeting. Prior to the drafting of budget requests, the chief manager of funds outlines the priority directions for the use of budget resources, the goals of state policy, which are determined in accordance with the budget declaration, as well as the performance indicators that characterize the budget program. The purpose of the article is to illustrate the process of submitting budget requests using the "Local Budget" information and software complex. Method (methodology). Methodology for the development of the software of the IPC "Local budget" for the implementation of the budget process, in particular, the study of the practice of submitting budget requests. Use of the program-target method in the budgeting process. The results. Budget programs are an integral part of implementing the budget process, using the program-target method of budget planning. Chief managers of budget funds develop budget requests for submission to the local financial body within the time limits set by it, based on the instructions for preparing budget requests for the planned and the two following budget periods. Conclusions. IPC "Local Budget" ensures the timeliness and transparency of the process of submitting budget requests, which allows timely and high-quality execution of all subsequent stages of the budget process. The interdependence of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and local financial bodies in the process of submitting budget requests consists in the mandatory transfer of the marginal indicators contained in the budget request to the LOGICA information and analytical system (IAS).

Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788-1875, by Hilary Carey

Reviewed by: Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788–1875 by Hilary Carey Ann Curthoys (bio) Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788–1875, by Hilary Carey; pp. xii + 359. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019, $99.99, $34.99 paper, £75.00, £26.99 paper. Hilary Carey’s Empire of Hell: Religion and the Campaign to End Convict Transportation in the British Empire, 1788–1875 provides a fresh, detailed perspective on British and colonial [End Page 458] debates over convict transportation. The notion of Britain’s transportation system and its penal colonies as a hell on earth was a powerful one in the period and retains considerable hold today. In tracing the political, religious, and cultural contexts of the system’s creation and dissemination, Carey unsettles a good deal of popular understanding and academic scholarship. The 1780s to the 1870s saw intense, troubled debates in Britain and its penal colonies over how lawbreakers should be punished, with varying views on the role and effectiveness of physical punishment, the penitentiary, and transportation. Entwined with debates over the advantages of one system or another was the question of what purposes punishment should serve. Should it be designed primarily to deter further crime? Was it best seen as a necessary form of retribution and justice? Or should it aim to reform the offender? Supporters and opponents of transportation could emphasize its horrors: the former so that fear of transportation would deter further crime, and the latter to secure reform or, increasingly, abolition of the system altogether. With religious figures and ideas prominent among both the architects and opponents of transportation, religion becomes in Carey’s hands an excellent lens through which to rethink the history of British convict transportation. Carey’s detailed study begins with Anglican Evangelicals who thought imprisonment should aim to reform the offender. These Evangelicals could be found among both opponents and supporters of transportation. Evangelical members of Parliament joined with Whig and Liberal reformers to form the Prison Discipline Society in 1816, which campaigned against transportation and for improved prison discipline. Yet one of the chief managers and defenders of transportation, George Arthur, was also an Anglican Evangelical. As governor of Van Diemen’s Land from 1823 to 1837, he firmly believed that transportation could achieve reform and, under his regime, clergy participated in the reforming project. As a penal administrator, Carey writes, Arthur was “scrupulous and fair-minded” (57) and much admired by two visiting Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were “travelling under concern” in the Australian penal colonies (80). Quakers figured variously in the debates over punishment; while those who had visited the colonies generally supported transportation, those campaigning in Britain, such as Elizabeth Fry, sought and to some degree achieved prison reform at home. In the early 1830s, Governor Arthur engaged in a major dispute over transportation with the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Whateley, a dispute that Carey characterizes as “the intellectual high point in religious debate” on transportation (71). Whateley strongly disagreed with Arthur’s view that religion had a role to play in reform of the convict through transportation and wanted the system abolished entirely. Transportation’s chief purpose, deterrence against further crime, was undermined, he argued, by the uncertainty and slowness of the system and the fact that, for the poor, it was less something to be feared than a chance for a new life. Another important figure, Reverend William Ullathorne, Roman Catholic Vicar General of New South Wales, originated the term the “horrors of transportation” after a visit to a Norfolk Island penal settlement in 1834 (148). Appalled by what he witnessed, Ullathorne became an eloquent opponent of the system, characterizing convicts as slaves without earnings and magistrates as having far too much power over convict lives. He was, in Carey’s view, exceptional [End Page 459] for his absence of contempt for the culprit; he asked that the convict be “imagined not as a social outcast but as a penitent whose physical torments recalled the suffering body of Christ” (142–43). One valuable chapter in Empire...

SKILLS SHIFT AND ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK

Organisationalsustainability in the 21st century has aroused great concern in the world of business and in academia. Studies have shown that insurance industry sustainability is beleaguered with low performance of business process, absence of lean structure, poor organisational creativity and excessive talent poaching. In Nigeria, insurancesustainability has not been sufficiently investigated in literature with regards to the effect of skills shift, organisational values on organisational sustainability. Hence, the article addresses this gap by investigating the effect of skills shift on organisational sustainability of selected insurance companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. Methodologically, cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The findings showed that skills shift had positive significant effect on organisational sustainability (Adj R2 = 0.704, F(2, 337) = 404.206, p < 0.05). The research concludes that skills shift affects organisational sustainability of the selected Insurance companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. The research highlights the need for insurance business to move towards investing in capabilities, knowledge improvement, enhancing critical thinking skill, problem-solving skill, and analytical skill which are valuable enablers of organisational sustainability. These findings suggest unique implications for chief executives, managers, regulators and policy makers.

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES

This article discusses the problems of introducing an effective business, as well as optimizing business processes. Various approaches to managing and optimizing business processes are analyzed. The reasons for which it is necessary to improve the process and each component of this process are identified and described. Two main approaches to improving business processes are considered: functional and approach, the main differences between them, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each of them are demonstrated. Any process has a life cycle, thanks to which it follows the article considers the life cycle of six sigma. Based on the material studied, methods for improving business processes are proposed, and the role of the leader is examined, and concepts such as creative management and a creative manager are examined and what their role is in modern business. Any life cycle needs modeling, timely improvement, so that the company can get good results, so managers and chief managers must follow the simple rules discussed in the article in order to simulate the business process as is and as it should be , you can use the Business Process Management Notation and special software designed for this. The general conclusion of the article is that each company should choose its own approach and method of optimizing business processes based on general principles. Key words: business processes, processes, process management, optimization.

ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЕ СУБЪЕКТОВ ВНУТРЕННЕГО ФИНАНСОВОГО КОНТРОЛЯ ПРИ ПРОВЕДЕНИИ ФИНАНСОВОГО АУДИТА ГЛАВНЫХ РАСПОРЯДИТЕЛЕЙ (РАСПОРЯДИТЕЛЕЙ), ГЛАВНЫХ АДМИНИСТРАТОРОВ И АДМИНИСТРАТОРОВ БЮДЖЕТНЫХ СРЕДСТВ

The subject of this study is the organization and interaction of internal financial audit units of chief managers (managers), chief administrators and administrators of budget funds that are subjects of financial control, and their powers in relation to the organization and functioning of internal financial audit units in order to assess the effectiveness of internal financial control over the use of budget funds.

Exporting China’s Scholarly Books: Current Conditions for Chinese Publishers

The purpose of this article is twofold: a) to analyse the current situation of Chinese academic book exports from a publisher’s perspective, including models, channels, motivation, and performance; b) to identify the challenges that Chinese scholarly publishers are facing and explain their causes. In all, fifteen publishers from state presses, local presses, and university presses were interviewed. Desk research supplemented the interview data. We found that co-publishing, copyright transfer, and physical book export are the main models and that publishers prefer co-publishing and copyright transfer to exporting actual books. Book fairs and copyright agents are still important channels for negotiating export deals. Applying for funding programs and achieving evaluative benchmarks are the principal motivators for publishers. Surprisingly, over half the publishers interviewed do not profit much from exportation. Nevertheless, supervising departments and chief managers still attach much importance to it. At present, Chinese scholarly publishers are confronted with the challenges of a quality gap, state subsidy substituting for a real market, and information asymmetry. Unreasonable systems of academic evaluation and quality control, state-owned property rights, limited qualified manpower, and rare cooperation are key causes of these challenges.

Social responsibility in Miraflores restaurants, Lima

To stablish the main strengths and weaknesses of the company with the aim of building a clear vision of its current situation, from the perspective of the Chief Executive officers and managers of restaurants located in the district of Miraflores, Lima- Peru a survey was performed during july and august 2015.80 persons were interviewed and the results showed mainly that almost always they had actions to improve the quality of life, and of commitment with society, the environment and the stakeholders. In addition, significant relationship between quality of life and the commitment with environment and stakeholders but not with stakeholders.On the other hand, there is independence between commitment with society and environment and commitment with stakeholders

Development of objective method for wage correction of the chief engineers at mining stations of coal mines

Type of the needs of workers and managers and ranking of the types in different categories of workers at the mines of Donetsk coal basin weren’t identified and accounted. So, it wasn’t used another means of increasing productivity.A survey of 64 main managers of Donbas mines was defined a list of the needs of the mine workers. The ranking values of these needs were defined. 342 workers of Western Donbas mines, who also gave a similar reply to the questionnaire, were interviewed. Comparing of ratings for managers and workers showed that they are differed.It was hypothesized that the more accurately chief engineers of mining stations know the needs of their workers, the more effective the work of this station.Formula for calculating decrease of bonus payment for chief engineers depending on the measure of non-concurrence in chief manager assessments of the needs of their workers and the workers themselves was proposed in order to encourage chief engineers.The calculation showed that the value of the discount may be small, but should encourage the chief managers of stations is better analyzing the needs of their employees, which will increase production or reduce the wage fund.

Employee’s perspective towards strategy execution in facility management in Thailand

Purpose There is limited empirical research that investigates issues related to strategy and its execution in facility management (FM) business especially in Thailand. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing the execution of the strategy of FM companies located in Thailand from employees’ perspective. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative research approach. Five FM companies, both foreign and Thai firms, were selected as case studies in this research because of information accessibility and their leading position and reputation in the FM industry in Thailand. The interviews were conducted with the companies’ Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), directors, managers, officers, engineers, technicians and administrators. Findings The findings indicate that communication, training and development, as well as reward and recognition, are the three main and critical factors in executing the company’s strategy from the employees’ perspective in the FM business. Social implications This study suggests that strategy execution should be built upon a long-term relationship with employees, and company management should recognize the employees’ contribution to the company. Management should also raise employees’ knowledge and understanding of the execution of the company strategy. Originality/value This paper provides an enhanced understanding of employees’ perspective toward strategy execution in the FM business. It offers a basis for further study of human resources practices in the context of the FM business.

Patients and Public Involvement in Patient Safety and Treatment Process in Hospitals Affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 2013.

Background:In the recent decades, healthcare providers had a perspective of benevolent paternalism. Nowadays, the patients’ role has changed and they have a significant obligation to participate in their caring decisions.Objectives:The current study aimed to investigate the involvement of patients and public in the patient safety and treatment process in hospitals affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran, 2013.Patients and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in the hospitals affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2013. Subjects included all of the 18 chief managers, 10% of nurses in each hospital, and 375 patients. Data collection instruments included a questionnaire and a checklist designed according to the research objectives. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS ver. 13. Descriptive statistics, percentage and frequencies, were calculated for all variables and analyzed by Chi-square test.Results:In the treatment process, 81 patients (21.61%), 50 nurses (80.6%) and 15 chief managers (83.3%) had awareness about Patient Bill of Rights. In patient Safety, 19.73% of the patients stated that hospitals received their feedbacks. Management activities were weak in evaluation. All of the six hospitals (100%) had a defined process to perform satisfaction surveys’ quality improvement and patient authentication policy.Conclusions:Patient and public participation in Kashan hospitals are not adhered well. As the patient has an important role in improving the quality of services, more use of mass media especially local newspapers, hospital websites, and training programs are suggested to inform both the patients and public on their rights and roles in improving the healthcare services.

The advantages of a transorganisational approach for developing senior executives

Purpose– Developing capable and competent executives remains a critical and ongoing challenge for many organisations due to the ever changing landscape of the global business environment. Traditional executive development methods in artificial, once removed “classroom” type environments do not prepare executives sufficiently with the experience and insights needed to handle the complexities and uncertainties that befall them in the current volatile business environment. The purpose of this paper is to study the development of senior executives in a more real-world and authentic manner, that a leading Asia-based conglomerate has developed a senior executive “peer-to-peer” learning approach that brings together chief executives and senior managers from a number of businesses so they can share and learn from each other.Design/methodology/approach– This paper presents by way of a narrative description an alternative approach to classroom-based executive development. The paper looks at some of the limitations of more traditional executive development methods by contrasting these with a peer-to-peer learning framework that has been used successfully over the last 12 years. It outlines the why, what and how to implement a peer-to-peer learning practice based on transorganisational development (TD) practices to facilitate individual and organisational change.Findings– Getting senior executives out of the “classroom” and in front of executives from other businesses and organisations in a real-world peer-to-peer learning environment, exposes “participants” to a more credible, grounded and authentic development opportunity, that is difficult to replicate with more traditional methods. The diversity of delegates and companies that engage in this approach enable “participants” to explore new ideas and to confront, in very direct ways, their predispositions to repeat well-learned institutional responses which may have helped them succeed in the past.Originality/value– Although much of the literature on TD focuses predominately on the initiation, planning and implementation of system or organisation wide change, little has been written to emphasise how TD makes a viable contribution to the understanding of the processes of change at an individual level. By highlighting this the authors intend to make the relationship more explicit, thereby opening up prospects for TD’s wider use in the field senior executive development.

The Role of the Quality Production Process of the Business Entitles in Volatile Environment

The purpose of the article is to develop the conditions to improve innovation activity of the business entities and find the source of the macroeconomic dynamics. The presented article determines coordination between the positions of general and strategic management in the field of total quality management of a business entity to achieve continuous improvement in all areas of business. The foundation of the submitted work serves the idea of total quality management spread over the strategic planning inside a business structure in terms of institutional transformation of the national economy. This article describes the effects of the company’s financial improvement resulting from implementation of the quality tools into the strategic planning system of the industrial business structures. The article is intended for chief managers, executives, researchers dealing with quality management and strategic planning of the business structures.

The impact of new product & operations technological practices on organization structure

This study chooses two product technological elements (customized design and modular design) and two operations technological elements (process automation and process flexibility) from among a number of best practices to study their impact on organization structure, including centralization, specialization, formalization, managerial level and span of control. The aim is to understand more about the interaction between new technology practices (as mass customization enablers) and organization structure, and how culture affects them.We distributed a questionnaire and received 548 usable responses from MBA and Executive MBA alumni in China. This study found that the introduction of new technological practices can lead to decentralization, less specialization, less formalization and lower span of chief managers at the early stages of implementation. Following a U-shaped curve, the impact of new technological practices would reverse course. The Idealist perspective is supported at the prophase and the Marxist perspective is supported at the anaphase of implementation. This study provides empirical evidence for both Technical Determinism and Social Shaping of Technology (SST).

Medication Error Management Climate and Perception for System Use according to Construction of Medication Error Prevention System

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine current status of IT-based medication error prevention system construction and the relationships among system construction, medication error management climate and perception for system use. The participants were 124 patient safety chief managers working for 124 hospitals with over 300 beds in Korea. The characteristics of the participants, construction status and perception of systems (electric pharmacopoeia, electric drug dosage calculation system, computer-based patient safety reporting and bar-code system) and medication error management climate were measured in this study. The data were collected between June and August 2011. Descriptive statistics, partial Pearson correlation and MANCOVA were used for data analysis. Electric pharmacopoeia were constructed in 67.7% of participating hospitals, computer-based patient safety reporting systems were constructed in 50.8%, electric drug dosage calculation systems were in use in 32.3%. Bar-code systems showed up the lowest construction rate at 16.1% of Korean hospitals. Higher rates of construction of IT-based medication error prevention systems resulted in greater safety and a more positive error management climate prevailed. The supportive strategies for improving perception for use of IT-based systems would add to system construction, and positive error management climate would be more easily promoted.

Exploring an Integrated Model of Governmental Agency Evaluation Utilization in Korea: Focusing on Executive Agency Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the causal structure of governmental agency evaluation utilization in Korea by drawing an evaluation utilization model integrated with the existing theoretical viewpoints, and testing the model empirically. The proposed model was based on the “analytical framework of the institutional elements of evaluation success” suggested by Kim (2006). To test the plausibility of this model, this study conducted a survey of the heads, chief managers and staff members of supporting divisions (management/planning/evaluation), and chief managers of executing divisions (business/ implementation/research) in 44 executive agencies, and structural equation modeling was implemented. These agencies were subject to the Executive Agency evaluation in 2007. The results showed that the model was fitted by the data and, in particular, evaluatee cooperation and evaluation resources strongly influenced process use and results use.