Conceptual Process Research Articles

ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ (НАДЗОРА) ПО ТРУДУ

Purpose of the article: consideration of the theoretical foundations of the implementation of state control (supervision) in labor matters. Objectives: to analyze the role, principles, functions, stakeholders and processes of state control (supervision) on labor. The author confirmed the hypothesis about the need to balance the requirements of stakeholders for the development of standards in the field of labor relations, as the basis for control activities in labor. The research was based on general scientific and special methods of cognition. Results: the theoretical foundations for the implementation of state control (supervision) in labor are considered, including the formation of a conceptual process model of state control (supervision) in labor, which allows improving the activities of state labor inspectorates.

A Grounded Theory on the Research Conceptualization Process of Mechanical Engineering Research Students

Research conceptualization refers to the entire process of developing a research proposal. Although there is ample research on students' experiences and outcomes in undergraduate engineering research, little is known about the specific processes that students undertake when conceptualizing their research. This study aimed to explore the unique processes involved in research conceptualization among mechanical engineering students. Understanding these processes can facilitate the development of effective interventions to enhance undergraduate research experiences. The researchers analyzed data obtained from interviews with eight undergraduate mechanical engineering research students regarding their experiences with research conceptualization. A constructivist grounded theory approach was employed to identify and analyse statements from the interviews and develop a conceptual model of research conceptualization. Three major categories emerged in the analysis of the data: encountering barriers, expressing influencers, and employing strategies throughout the process. The barriers encountered by the students include personal challenges, technical challenges, and research management challenges. The following strategies are being employed: Establishing Criteria for Decision-Making, Developing Concept and Design, Identifying and Validating Problems, Literature Review, Utilizing Technology, Managing Tasks, Consulting People, and Modification of Existing Technology. Influencers can be classified as internal influencers and external influencers. The grounded theory of the conceptual model of research conceptualization offers a comprehensive understanding of the research process among engineering students. It emphasizes the dynamic and cyclical nature of research conceptualization, emphasizing the interplay between barriers, influencers, and strategies. Further research is required to explore the limitations and expand the applicability of this model.

DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEM OF VALUE-BASED MANAGEMENT IN A HIGH-TECH COMPANY

The purpose of the article is to formulate directions for improving the organisational system of value-based management in a high-tech company. Methodology. The methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison and grouping, conceptualisation, strategic analysis and business process reengineering were the methodological basis of the research. Results. The conditions under which it is possible for Ukrainian high-tech enterprises to withstand competition, to survive, to develop, to be in the process of self-improvement, in a state of constant search for new organisational forms of functioning and technologies, new strategies of functioning, new types of products and new areas of application of products are defined. The methods of existence of high-tech companies are determined – the concept of survival and the concept of breakthrough. Within the framework of creation of modern organisational and technological systems three basic types of general business strategies are proposed – leadership, differentiation, focusing. For the modern practice of value-oriented management of innovative production from the point of view of intra-company management, the main characteristics are defined – functional, process, system, elemental. The organisational management of a high-tech enterprise when creating modern organisational and technological systems must take into account the following types of modernisation: technological, social, institutional, cultural. At the same time, possible ways of restructuring the enterprise are determined. The life activity of a high-tech enterprise is analysed in relation to its business processes and business functions. In general, the change in the goals and orientation of high-tech production is reflected in the content of the management concept and management structures, as the scope of cost analysis tasks related to the search for optimal conditions for the production and sale of goods, economic risk assessment and forecasting the behaviour of competitors is expanding. There is a need for infrastructural changes determined by the organisation and functioning of special units focused on the system of strategic planning and organisational support of decisions. Value/originality. A model of the organisation of intra-firm management in a high-tech enterprise is proposed by optimising the value-oriented management system of a high-tech enterprise, taking into account the complexity of the modern production system, its heterogeneity, the changeability of its elements, the structural diversity and the variety of links between them.

漢語史를 기반으로 한 ‘角’의 인지언어학적 분석

This article is based on the history of the Chinese language and discloses the characteristics of the meaning derivation and main mechanism of Jiao(horns) at the individual level. The main contents of this article are as follows:First, from the point of view of the history of the Chinese language, this article re-establishes the order of the semantic clauses and derivations in the meaning of Shuowen Jiezi, Ancient Chinese Dictionary, The capitalist age Dictionary, Modern Chinese Dictionary, Chinese Dictionary and Chinese Origin Dictionary to construct a semantic map of Jiao(horns)Next, this article discusses the meaning derivation tendency and interpretation of Jiao(horns) from a cognitive semantic point of view based on the semantic map of the history of the Chinese language:First, referring to the derive-in-meaning process of Jiao(horns), it was classified into macroscopic and microscopic categories. Macroscopically, it was revealed that there are tendencies of people, things, activities, space, and cultural elements. Microscopically, the conceptual hierarchy of terms of meaning belonging to each category and the conceptualization process of metaphor, metonymy, and metaphtonymy were discussed. Second, the N-V conversion of Jiao(horns’, its meaning derivation, and metaphtonymy were revealed. Third, the case where the semantic term corresponds to two or more concepts was confirmed through the diagram, and it was revealed that it was conceptualized as metaphtonymy. Fourth, the process of derive the meaning of Jiao(horns) due to cultural factors was discussed together in the pragmatic aspect of connotation. Fifth, the grammaticalization process in which Jiao(horns) diverges into a measure word was analyzed, and it was confirmed that it was in the hierarchy of the most abstract concept.

Getting to the heart of the matter: a research partnership with Aboriginal women in South and Central Australia

ABSTRACT Within the vast majority of qualitative health research involving Indigenous populations, Indigenous people have been marginalised from research conceptualisation and conduct. This reflects a lack of regard for Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing, has served to perpetuate deficit narratives of Indigenous peoples’ health and wellbeing, and contributes to failure in addressing inequities as a result of ongoing colonisation and institutionalised oppression and racism. There is a need to place Indigenous voices and ways of doing at the centre of research by working in intercultural partnership, bringing together Indigenous and Western knowledges. This paper explores how such an approach can be applied, demonstrating a reflective process of conceptualisation and conduct that brings together Indigenous ways of working with grounded theory with Aboriginal communities in Australia. Furthermore, it supported a non-Indigenous researcher to learn ways of working respectfully, guided by community protocols. A six-stage research process was developed, overseen by an Aboriginal Women’s Advisory Group. Research conceptualisation and conduct centred on three principles: bringing together Aboriginal ways of working with Western research methodology; using women’s own voices to develop a narrative of cardiovascular health and wellbeing; and ensuring that tangible outcomes were delivered to women and communities in the spirit of partnership and reciprocity. This approach, guided at all steps by Indigenous women, demonstrates a way of adapting qualitative Western methodology to ensure values and principles of ethical guidelines of conduct are upheld to unravel constructs of colonisation, redress past wrongdoing, and reverse deficit narratives.

Closing the loop of textile: Circular building renovation with novel recycled insulations from wasted clothes

The implementation of new energy policies and standards for NZEB is expected to lead to a significant reduction of GHG emissions from building use in Europe in the next decades. On the other side, the growing pressure on insulation materials risks to significantly contribute to the exhaustion of the remaining carbon budget due to the high carbon intensity of conventional insulation for material processing. Consequently, storing carbon in construction products and promoting circular economies able to generate up-cycling processes from industrial or post-consumption waste are the key strategies to promote an effective transition toward a carbon-neutral society. Fashion & clothing is one of the manufacturing sectors which mostly contributes to waste generation and fossil GHG emission. This paper presents the main outcomes achieved from RECYdress project, which focuses on the valorisation of wasted textile collected by municipal districts to develop novel thermal insulations for building applications. Three alternative conceptual manufacturing processes were defined at lab scale based on different treatment of textile fibres, with produced specimens tested for thermal characterization. Finally, the LCA results of an ETICS application for façade renovation were compared considering as functional unit 1m2 of façade with similar thermal resistance.

Developing a Design Framework to Methodize the Architecture Thesis Projects with Emphasis on Programming and Conceptualization Processes

The research develops a design framework as an applied tool to structure the necessary stages throughout architectural design programs, in particular thesis projects. The architecture thesis students apply programming and conceptualization in several different ways, and a significant proportion of them prefers to use precedents instead. Architecture thesis projects tend to focus mainly on the studies, methods, and analysis, however, the relationship between the programming-conceptualization and the rest of the thesis project seems to have attracted less attention. To cover this gap, a design framework was developed to link the architecture findings to the design objective and strategies. The research employed qualitative methods, including structured observation, and content and graphical analysis. The data were also derived from thesis students’ drawings offered in the final exam. The findings revealed the potential capacity of the design framework to connect the analytical outputs with the architectural design decisions through a specific concentration on the processes of programming and conceptualization. In conclusion, the design framework could enable architecture thesis students to create a range of alternatives with regard to programming and concepts, whereas these options are still well-connected to design decisions. This will undoubtedly help students and lecturers with the creation of a systematic process of inputs, activities, outputs, and possible impacts.

A review of the evolving conceptualization of internationalization from a global value chain perspective

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the assumptive concept of internationalization because it is discussed and understood in the international business (IB) literature. This paper develops a framework to reconceptualize internationalization in the context of global value chain (GVC) and sustainability. Based on this conceptual framework, this paper aims to formulate interrelated propositions to define internationalization.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews the assumptive conceptualization process based on empirical evidence obtained through qualitative, illustrative and descriptive content analysis methods. Through the collection and qualitative content analysis of milestone papers, this paper demonstrates the fragmentation of the concept of internationalization. This paper reviews the evolving nature of the concept of internationalization, analyzing the accumulative issues associated with defining internationalization, as well as its potential future development.FindingsThis paper introduces a dynamic perspective on the evolving nature of the concept of internationalization and argue there is a need to reconceptualize internationalization in the context of the GVC and sustainability.Originality/valueAfter reviewing the context in which the term “internationalization” has been applied and taking into consideration the current trends in the IB, this paper formulates an updated definition of the term internationalization. This paper offers a viewpoint on the future direction of the concept of internationalization in light of the growing importance of sustainability within IB.

Automation of the conceptual design in engineering project management based on morphological approach

The article discusses the formalization and automation of the search for new engineering and technological solutions. Attention is drawn to some issues associated with approaches relying purely on human estimations and experience for the purpose of solving structural problems. In order to reduce these, the prospect of software tool introduction for the automation of the conceptual design process is presented. Particularly, global requirements for Computer-Aided Innovation tools are outlined and positioned within the classification of such software. The main challenges include the creation of approaches that allow early processing of information flows and produce some set of possible solutions. The focus lies in improving the efficiency of design studies and reducing the time spent on the entire process creation cycle. The Advanced Morphological Approach is presented as a successful example of addressing some of the mentioned challenges. The future implementation of the proposed software would allow to create a space of feasible design problem solutions, ideally resistant to changes of the external environment.

SystemXF: a novel approach for holistic system modeling in aircraft conceptual design

In aircraft conceptual design, systems are typically represented by historical regressions without considering system architecture. For novel technologies, this is no longer possible. Alternative approaches are either hard coded solutions for special system architectures or lack the analysis capabilities necessary for conceptual aircraft design. The novel SystemXF approach intends to close this gap by providing a framework for system modeling that is not technology specific and allows for the integration of different analysis disciplines within a single model. A central XML file is used for system specification which can be edited using a SysML interface. A mass estimation and a safety analysis tool are available. An example system which is inspired by a real pitch control system is used to illustrate the method and to show the applicability. This modeling example shows that the proposed model is capable to represent and analyze realistic systems in conceptual aircraft design. The analysis tools can be used for system studies and to provide inputs for a conceptual aircraft design process.

The role of start-ups as knowledge brokers: a supply chain ecosystem perspective

PurposeExisting literature is limited in its ability to consider start-ups as a knowledge broker to trigger innovation in a supply chain ecosystem (SCE). In a traditional SCE, start-ups are relatively isolated, leading to structural holes that limit knowledge sharing among members. This paper aims to overcome that limitation and to build frameworks that help to illustrate the interaction between knowledge management and sharing, start-up innovation and an ecosystem from a supply chain perspective.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a qualitative approach, this study theorizes about the role of start-ups as knowledge brokers and the implications of knowledge management and sharing with members in an SCE concerning innovation. Conceptual analysis is used for examination, and this study uses a set of qualitative tactics to interpret and generate meaning from the existing literature.FindingsThis study develops two frameworks to provide insight into how start-ups can trigger innovation as knowledge brokers in an SCE. The first framework shows how start-ups, and their knowledge base, influence supply chain members and the overall ecosystem, highlighting the isolated function of start-ups and the issue of structural holes in a traditional SCE. The authors propose a model that illustrates how structural holes can be bridged within an SCE, thereby demonstrating how start-ups redefine the ecosystem architecture according to their knowledge broker position in the SCE.Originality/valueBy expanding insight into the concepts of how start-ups can trigger innovation as knowledge brokers in an SCE, this paper extends the so-far neglected area of start-ups and knowledge brokers. This study clarifies the conceptual and theoretical components and processes in an SCE and links the different roles of start-ups as knowledge brokers to the respective supply chain members to better understand the implications on the entire SCE.

Groupitizing reflects conceptual developments in math cognition and inequities in math achievement from childhood through adolescence.

Understanding the cognitive processes central to mathematical development is crucial to addressing systemic inequities in math achievement. We investigate the "Groupitizing" ability in 1209 third to eighth graders (mean age at first timepoint=10.48, 586 girls, 39.16% Asian, 28.88% Hispanic/Latino, 18.51% White), a process that captures the ability to use grouping cues to access the exact value of a set. Groupitizing improves each year from late childhood to early adolescence (d=3.29), is a central predictor of math achievement (beta weight=.30), is linked to conceptual processes in mathematics (minimum d=0.69), and helps explain the dynamic between the ongoing development of non-symbolic number concepts, systemic educational inequities in school associated with SES, and mathematics achievement (minimum beta weight=.11) in ways that explicit symbolic measures may miss.

Boosting autonomous process design and intensification with formalized domain knowledge

Conceptual process design deals with searching for optimal process flowsheets in a large design space. Effective approaches benefit from sensible search space restrictions, commonly carried out by a knowledgeable expert in the form of a superstructure optimization or heuristic rules. To achieve the goal of autonomous process design, knowledge has to be formalized in a machine-readable format. This contribution aims to incorporate an ontological representation of fundamental process knowledge to empower general-purpose design procedures while respecting problem-specific variability. Specifically, the presented framework leverages an ontology to express declarative knowledge (what-is) of processes, phenomena and design tasks to set up the search space and boost a hierarchical reinforcement learning agent which learns the required procedural knowledge (how-to) in order to find an optimal solution. The work is applied in a case study of an intensified steam methane reforming process. Results show that the automated treatment of domain knowledge allows for dynamic search space reduction and achieves better computational efficiency and solution quality, highlighting its potential in autonomous process design approaches.

Research on resource analysis method based on attribute similarity and position weight for conceptual design

Resource analysis is one of the important methods and tools to solve inventive problems in TRIZ. Effective use of resources is the key to form product functional principle innovations and generate technical solutions. In view of the problems that the conceptual design process requires too much experience of designers and is not systematic, the conceptual design is combined with resource analysis method in this paper. Considering the influence of attribute similarity and position weight between components in technical system, an innovative resource analysis method is proposed to accurately exploit available resources in system and super-system to assist the process of conceptual design. The abstract process of resource exploiting in conventional resource analysis methods can be transformed into a specific process of calculating resource similarity by this method. It has the advantages of high computability, strong standardisation and systematisation. The method can not only effectively improve the efficiency and quality of conceptual design, but also lay a theoretical research foundation for the development of computer aided innovation (CAI) software in the future.

SA13 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Collaboration and Innovation in Antiviral Drug Development: A Multi-Stakeholder Systems Dynamics Analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shock waves through our health systems and will potentially leave a long-lasting impact on the drug development process. The emergency pressure has encouraged unprecedented speed, innovation, and collaboration in antiviral drug development, and highlighted the shortcomings of traditional development. This research aims to: (1) explore qualitative stakeholder perspectives, in the context of IMI CARE (a European public-private antiviral drug development consortium) on how the drug development process is impacted by the time pressure caused by COVID-19 and by the steep learning curve that comes with a new disease, (2) translate these insights into a qualitative model, and (3) generate learnings from this model to improve future drug development. Conceptual model building workshops and semi-structured interviews have been conducted with stakeholders across the drug life cycle, including developers, regulators, HTA bodies/payers, HCPs and patients, to build an end-to-end conceptual model of the health system. The systems model represents the combined mental models of stakeholders across the drug life cycle and shows the overall perceived impact of the pandemic on collaboration, governance and patient-centredness of drug development, in a public-private-academic consortium. The conceptual modeling process confirmed that pandemic pressure promoted successful collaboration and positive momentum in drug development. The model has identified important variables and mechanisms that facilitated collaboration and innovation during the pandemic such as; an influx in availability of budget, more willingness to share information and resources the establishment of parallel validation tracks in development. Challenges were identified related to the uncertainty of project planning and intermediate results with effect on the progress and allocation of work packages to consortium partners. This model can be used to facilitate better informed and strategic decision making throughout the drug life cycle, contributing to more sustained responsiveness to emergencies in drug development going forward.

Selective separation and immobilization process of 137Cs from high-level liquid waste based on silicon-based heteropoly salt and natural minerals

• Silicon-based composite adsorbent was effective for 137 Cs removal. • The interaction mechanism of Cs was studied at the molecular level by density functional theory. • A conceptual process for separation and long-term safe disposal of Cs was proposed. A macro porous silica-based ammonium phosphomolybdate (AMP/SiO 2 ) adsorbent was synthesized and tested for separation and recovery of 137 Cs from real radioactive liquid waste. The excellent adsorption ability and high selectivity of AMP/SiO 2 for 137 Cs were confirmed. AMP/SiO 2 had relatively large decontamination efficiency of 137 Cs exceeding 99% in radioactive wastes, and the decontamination factors of 137 Cs were estimated to be 688 and 270 after adsorption in radioactive waste at 1 and 3 mol/L HNO 3 , respectively. In column operation, the separation and recovery of Cs(I) and coexisting ions could be realized using different eluents, and the recovery rate of Cs(I) was more than 90%. The Cs 3d and Mo 3d X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic spectra of AMP/SiO 2 before and after Cs(I) adsorption, suggesting that the ion exchange process of cesium with crystal lattice cations was the governing mechanism, and cesium ions could spontaneously react with approximately two ammonium ions in each AMP lattice by density functional theory simulation. Further, the crystal binding energy of each revised model showed an upward trend with the progress of the adsorption. After sintering at 1200 °C, CsAlSiO 4 , which could stably solidify eluted cesium, was formed in the allophane-based solidified product. The crystalline properties and volume reduction effect of the sintered products were enhanced with the increase in the allophane content. Ba(II) hardly entered the lattice of CsAlSiO 4 and occupied the Cs(I) site, resulting in minor changes in the crystal structure with substitution of Ba(II) for Cs(I).

Фразеологизмы с компонентами «время» / “time” / “temps” как отражение особенностей концептуализации действительности средствами языка

The research aims to describe the specifics of conceptualisation of the notion of “time” by means of phraseological units of the Russian, English and French languages with the components «время» / “time” / “temps”. The paper attempts to classify and analyse these linguistic means from the viewpoint of the peculiarities of native speakers’ mentality reflected in them at the level of reality comprehension. The research is the first to conduct a comprehensive study of phraseosemantic fields of the Russian, English and French languages through the lens of national and cultural specifics while focusing on the semantics of individual lexemes within these phraseological units during the comparative analysis. It has been found that the notion of “time” is understood by native speakers taking into account different aspects: time can be thought of as a subject and an object of action, can have temporal properties. The identified structural and semantic connections of the components «время» / “time” / “temps” with other components of phraseological units make it possible to determine the meanings significant for the representatives of each language culture contained in the studied phraseological units. As a result, it has been proved that, on the one hand, the components «время» / “time” / “temps” have universal characteristics in various languages, on the other hand, they demonstrate the national originality of the reality conceptualisation process recorded by the phraseological stocks of these languages.

진정성 리더십 개념에 대한 비판적 고찰

Authentic leadership has been one of the most widely researched theories in the study of leadership over the past 20 years, and many scholars have derived a variety of notable results through research. However, many other scholars have pointed out several problems in the existing research that the concept of authentic leadership is not theoretically clear and measurement does not accurately reflect reality. In this situation, in order to find out why authentic leadership cannot be free from these criticisms, this study conducted a critical review of widely distributed authentic leadership studies. First, 184 authentic leadership studies listed in SSCI and SCOPS were reviewed for critical analysis, and the evolution of authentic leadership was examined based on Reichers & Schneider’s three-stage model for the evolution of constructs( 1990) as a theoretical framework. As a result of the analysis, it was found that authentic leadership’s definition was accepted without a conceptual consensus process, and the definition of authentic leadership presented from another perspective was not theoretically integrated. In addition, applying the authentic person mainly used in psychology to leadership mechanically did not properly reflect the context in which leaders operate, and some unrealistic factors were incorporated into the definition. Based on these potential problems, we presented to integrate a more comprehensive perspective based on theories in various fields, and qualitative studies to understand the realistic concept of authentic leadership recognized by followers. We also presented the development of new measurement tools after the concept of more realistic authentic leadership was established.

Don't overthink it: The paradoxical nature of expertise for the detection of errors in conceptual business process models.

Business process models are widely used artifacts in design activities to facilitate communication about business domains and processes. Despite being an extensively researched topic, some aspects of conceptual business modeling are yet to be fully explored and understood by academicians and practitioners alike. We study the attentional characteristics specific to experts and novices in a semantic and syntactic error detection task across 75 Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) models. We find several intriguing results. Experts correctly identify more error-free models than novices, but also tend to find more false positive defects. Syntactic errors are diagnosed faster than semantic errors by both groups. Both groups spend more time on error-free models. Our findings regarding the ambiguous differences between experts and novices highlight the paradoxical nature of expertise and the need to further study how best to train business analysts to design and evaluate conceptual models.

Linguistic Bootstrapping Allows More Real-world Object Concepts to Be Held in Mind

The linguistic-simulation approach to cognition predicts that language can enable more efficient conceptual processing than purely sensorimotor-affective simulations of concepts. We tested the implications of this approach in memory for sequences of real-world objects, where use of linguistic labels (i.e., words and phrases) could enable more efficient representation of object concepts than representation via full sensorimotor simulation; a proposal called linguistic bootstrapping. In three pre-registered experiments using a nonverbal paradigm, we asked participants to remember sequences of contextually-situated, real-world objects (e.g., the ingredients for a recipe), and later asked them to select the correct objects from arrays of distractors. Critically, we used articulatory suppression to selectively suppress implicit activation of linguistic labels, which we predicted would impair performance by reducing the number of objects that could be held in mind simultaneously. We found that suppressing access to language when learning the sequences impaired accuracy of object recognition, though not latency, and that this impairment was not simply dual-task load. Results show that a sequence of up to 10 contextually-situated object concepts can be held in mind when language is inhibited, but this increases to 12 objects when language is available. The findings support the linguistic bootstrapping hypothesis that representing familiar object concepts normally relies on language, and that implicitly-retrieved object labels, used as linguistic placeholders, can increase the number of objects that can be simultaneously represented beyond what sensorimotor information alone can accomplish.