Examples Of Good Practice Research Articles

Planning in Poland and Slovenia – Introduction to Comparative Analysis of Spatial Planning Systems at the Local Level

The paper aims to compare the existing spatial planning system in both countries, their spatial planning laws, documents and planning approaches. It focuses on the level of land use and urban planning instruments at the local level. It addresses the administrative and procedural characteristics of the two countries as well as experiences and examples of best practices that can be shared in the future. The results presented show that the countries are quite similar in terms of both the planning system and the typology of spatial planning acts. There are clearer differences in the planning approaches at the local level and in the current challenges regarding the stakeholders' participation in the planning processes.

Transforming public sector operations with enterprise resource planning: Opportunities, challenges, and best practices.

The public sector has long been criticized because the private sector is often considered more advanced and efficient in achieving its goals. Technological improvements in the public sector are needed to provide benefits to the wider community, one of which is by adopting systems used by advanced companies such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The purpose of this research is to provide insight into how ERP systems can be used to provide improvements in the public sector. This article uses a systematic literature review to synthesize the benefits and challenges and provides examples of best practices for implementing an ERP system in the public sector. The results show that ERP stands as an essential technical solution to achieve accountability and transparency in the public sector. The public and private sectors differ in the accessibility and disposal possibilities of resources, thus to overcome these challenges, the public sector needs to be guided by the implementation of best practices. The relatively low number of available Scopus-indexed research articles that focus on ERP in the public sector shows that the ERP literature has not developed well in the public sector.

Eco-innovations in the digital transformation of enterprises: Sustainability and competitiveness

This article explores the impact of eco-innovations on the digital transformation of enterprises, with a focus on sustainability and competitiveness. In the context of the modern digital economy, environmental innovations are becoming increasingly important for ensuring the sustainable development of enterprises. The article investigates various aspects of integrating environmental innovations into digital processes, such as resource optimization, energy consumption reduction, waste management improvement, and reducing the environmental footprint of production. Drawing on examples of best practices from various industrial sectors, the article analyzes how eco-innovations contribute to creating more sustainable and competitive enterprises in the digital era.

Transformation of the Team Role Model of Scientific Schools Into a Markov Chain

The modern paradigm of performing scientific research is steadily improving. One of the directions of its development is the substantiation and organization of team interaction of scientists working on solving a certain scientific problem. The complexity of the tasks to be solved, the need to ensure continuity in scientific research, and the complexity of projects require the introduction of new project management approaches, even in the organization of scientific teams aimed at obtaining unique results.The provisions considered in the study are relevant for the development and organization of scientific research. Moreover, examples of best practices for the success of project teams, considering the types of roles of participants, can be transferred from the field of project management to the field of organization of scientific research. The presented tools will make it possible to move from qualitative ideas about the activities of scientific teams to quantitative assessments of the effectiveness of the researchers work. The use of modeling tools to demonstrate the necessity of each role listed in the scientific school's organizational structure as a "Belbin's team," emphasizing the most crucial ones that influence its growth, and the potential to combine specific project roles without sacrificing project quality are what make this research innovative from a scientific standpoint.

Construction Waste Management in Croatia

This article discusses construction waste and its management in the territory of Croatia. In order to better understand the concept of waste, the first part of this paper discusses its origin, characteristics, and categorisation. In addition, it mentions special categories of waste defined within Croatian borders. All members of the European Union are encouraged to adopt a circular economy approach to manage these various types of waste. Furthermore, the article emphasises the necessity to construct legal landfills in addition to building management centres, recycling yards, and transfer stations, in order to reduce the formation of wild landfills, which result from irresponsible waste disposal. The second part of the article provides a detailed description of construction and demolition waste. In addition to the types of occurrences and the associated degree of hazard, a categorisation system is used. This system includes records and key numbers, and allows finding the appropriate species in the database with the corresponding key number. Modern technology has made it possible to recycle all types of waste, including construction waste, into secondary raw materials. Proper management is essential to achieve this goal. The first step involves prevention, diversion or conversion of waste into a resource. When these options are not possible, one of the recovery processes should be employed. Managing Construction Waste also provides a comprehensive explanation of recycling, which is given significant attention. The article concludes with an overview of the Republic of Croatia’s system for managing construction waste, which lags behind more developed countries, as well as offers examples of best practices and possible improvements.

Structure and Organization of Sport for People With Intellectual Disabilities Across Europe.

Opportunities to participate and compete in sports for athletes with intellectual disability (ID) have increased; however, this group still encounters limitations in accessing a comprehensive range of sports. This study addressed the current knowledge on how sport for people with ID is organized and the relationships between the major sport organizations for people with ID across 10 European countries. The participants were 29 national sport organizations for people with ID. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with representatives from the key organizations and analyzed thematically. From the results, two major themes emerged: (a)connection and networking between sport organizations and (b)organizational landscape of each nation (i.e.,ID, multidisability, or mainstream). The results of this study contribute to understanding how sport for people with ID is organized across the participating nations, demonstrating different models of development and examples of good practice.

The impact of the closure of mining plants on the local environment in the perspective of demographic change and public health

Purpose: in the cognitive space of the article, an important and significant challenge arises, which is - in the perspective of the megatrends indicated in the article, demographic change and public health - the need to prepare a package of socio-economic activities dedicated primarily to the inhabitants of the areas where the process of closing down mining plants will take place. In this context, the issues of demographic change and health should be given priority in these areas in activities promoting social and economic activity in the transformation process. Methodology: the theses presented in the article were verified using the following methods: literature review, critical analysis of literature, analysis and comparison of documents and an example of good practices. Resultat: in the perspective of the next decades, numerous social and economic challenges and effects related to the transformation of mining plants in the space of local communities (commune, district) can be pointed out. While maintaining the hierarchy of objectives described in the European Green Deal Plan and clearly related to the plan for the transformation of mining plants, lasting cooperation of the three key stakeholders in this process, i.e., local communities (representation of local and territorial self-government), employers and representation of state policies, should be expected in their environment. Originality: the conclusions and recommendations from the article may be important for researchers and practitioners involved in the implementation of activities aimed at limiting the marginalization, differentiation and social and economic exclusion of residents of areas where the process of closing mining plants will take place. Keywords: mining, demographic change, public health.

Digitalni samit Zapadnog Balkana - ka delotvornom upravljanju procesom digitalizacije u regionu

The digital revolution is leading to structural changes in the system of global relations and shaping a new and different environment in which diplomacy unfolds. Technological innovations have opened up new possibilities that point to one of the fundamental roles of diplomacy in the digital age: "the creation of networks, embracing a range of state and non-state actors focusing on the management of issues that demand resources over which no single participant possesses a monopoly" (Hocking 2006). The changed constellation of global relations promised to present an opportunity to initiate positive economic, political, and social changes in the world. Nevertheless, the digitalization process is characterized by unevenness because it is influenced by broader economic and socio-political factors. That explains why not all regions possess the potential for digital transformation. The global challenge of the digital divide is a reality in many parts of the world. The same applies in the Western Balkans. However, the Western Balkans are trying to reduce the digital gap through regional cooperation in digitalization. This multilateral process was initiated in 2017 through the Berlin process. This led to the establishment of a Digital Summit framework for consultations, negotiations, and deliberation on challenges and perspectives of digitalization and digital transformation. From 2018 to 2023, the Western Balkans Digital Summit was held six times in the capitals of the Western Balkan Six. Within this research, Digital Summit is thoroughly analyzed as a specific case of "multistakeholder summitry" (West 2006) reflecting the crucial role of diplomacy as an activity of the creation of networks that Hocking pointed out. The research question is whether the Western Balkans Digital Summit, as a new dimension of regional cooperation, contributed to a more effective digitization process of regional governance. The empirical research showed positive results. Although the digital gap is still a reality, not only in the Western Balkans but also in all parts of the world, it is smaller compared to the period before the start of the Digital Summit. This is shown by the abolition of roaming charges in the region and the initiation of price reductions in comparison with equivalent services in the European Union. The process of digitalization is accelerated, not only as a result of the Digital Summit process but also a combination of various circumstances. Nevertheless, the regional approach of the multistakeholder summit is a significant contribution to global digitalization governance. The Western Balkans Digital Summit contributed to more effective regional digitalization governance. Consequently, it represents an example of good practice of regional cooperation in global issues, as well as one that preserves continuity and highlights the importance of digital transformation, including each region into global flows.

Main objectives of the strategy, as well as motivations for the transformation of hard coal mining in Poland

Purpose: in the cognitive space, the article focuses on the issue of dynamically growing social awareness of the impact of hard coal on climate change - which determines the need to implement a strategy to abandon this raw material. The authors of the article also point out that in connection with this process - as the world strives for sustainable and more ecological development - the transformation of the hard coal mining sector becomes an inevitable challenge. Methodology: the theses presented in the article were verified using the following methods: literature review, critical analysis of literature, analysis and comparison of documents and an example of good practices. Resultat: properly managing the transformation of the hard coal mining sector is key to ensuring that it delivers long-term social and economic benefits - while minimizing the negative impact of the transformation on mining communities and workers in the hard coal mining sector. Therefore, a holistic approach is important in this space, taking into account the ecological, economic, political and social context of transformation. Originality: the transformation of mining is necessary due to the sustainable development goals, environmental protection and the fight against climate change. It is also a political challenge that requires well-thought-out investments, policies and regulations to minimize the negative socio-economic effects of the transformation and to use the development potential of the transformed areas in all their dimensions. Keywords: mining, strategy, transforming.

Protection of post-industrial cultural heritage. A task for smart societies

Purpose: In the cognitive space of the article, an important and significant social challenge arises, which is the preservation of cultural heritage in transformed post-industrial areas. Methodology: the theses presented in the article were verified using the following methods: literature review, critical analysis of literature, analysis and comparison of documents and an example of good practices. Result: the literature research confirms that the protection of cultural heritage is an important factor in socio-economic development. By preserving and using cultural heritage, the economic, cultural and social value of transformed post-industrial areas can be increased. Originality: The literature research confirms that the protection of cultural heritage is an important factor in socio-economic development. By preserving and using cultural heritage, the economic, cultural and social value of transformed post-industrial areas can be increased. Keywords: heritage, industry, society.

Savremeni izazovi kompanija da svoje poslovanje usklađuju sa CBAM regulativom

Climate changes affect all aspects of life and society with wide repercussions on human beings. Ambitious sustainability objectives primarily defined by the Paris Agreement from 2015, via European Green Deal in 2019 get its materialization in various initiatives. One of the main goals set in environmental area in previous period is reflected in significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Simultaneously with the EU intentions that Europe become the first climate-neutral continent till 2050, in May 2023 was adopted Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which should prevent so-called "carbon leakage", the behavior of EU-based companies which could move carbon-intensive production abroad to comply with lighter standards. Such behaviour could seriously undermine EU efforts, as well as efforts at the global level to realize sustainable goals. This paper deals with major features, scope and consequences of CBAM regulations, and through case study analysis of domestic company Elixir Group, as an example of good business practice, gave the recommendations for all stakeholders in the Republic of Serbia.

Circular material use in landscape design

The aim of the article is to highlight trends in landscape and environmental improvement by including new environmental and landscape elements made from recycled materials. To achieve this objective, a number of objectives have been defined: to present a recycled tyre pellet material for use in outdoor landscaping, to look at the tyre recycling process and how this material is obtained, to look at and analyse market trends and products for this material, how this material fits into the circular economy, to propose new ways of using this material in environmental and landscape landscaping. The methods used in the research are literature analysis, research of examples of good practice in Europe, constructive criticism and analysis, public surveys and grapho-analytical compilation of the obtained data. An essential part of the research is the conducted experiment, as the result of that recycled tire granules were used in outdoor furniture collection. The selected research topic is actual because it is necessary to think about the wider use of recycled tire materials, to increase the use of recycled material in various outdoor environmental products, to create demand in this sector; as well as introduce more people to this material - in a different way than usual.

Training in medical communication competence through video-based e-learning: How effective are video modeling and video reflection?

ObjectiveThe present study investigated the efficacy of the didactic approaches of video modeling (VM, best-practice examples), video reflection (VR, problem-based approach), and the combination of both (VMR) in fostering medical communication competence in a video-based digital learning environment. MethodsN = 126 third-year medical students who participated in the pre-post study were assigned to either the intervention groups (VM, VR, and VMR) or the wait-list control group. The efficacy of the three approaches was assessed by means of a situational judgment test (SJT) of medical communication competence. To investigate the differences between the wait-list control and the intervention groups (H1), between the single-mode and combined conditions (H2), and between VM and VR (H3), we applied planned contrast analyses. ResultsThe planned contrasts showed that the VR condition significantly improved learning outcomes in comparison to the VM condition (H3). The decreased mean scores of the VM condition offset the increased mean scores of VR, and thus no significant differences could be found in H1 and H2. ConclusionsOur study provides promising evidence that VR fosters medical communication competence more effectively than VM. Practical implicationsMedical students’ learning in video-based digital environments can be facilitated by the use of interactive VR.

Implementation and Evaluation of Innovation in Integrated Care: Strategies to Overcome the Challenge of Work as Imagined

Health system learning is an iterative process. The six phases of a learning health system (LHS) are problem identification, design, implementation, evaluation, modification, and dissemination. In theory, evaluation is supposed to inform design and implementation and in turn implementation process and modification as the direct result of the evaluation endeavour set the direction for future evaluation. In other words, evaluation and implementation go hand-in-hand. In practice, however, when designing an integrated model of care, more often than not in the fast-paced environment of the healthcare where lives are literally at stake, both evaluation and implementation planning are sacrificed. This happens for many reasons, from lack of resources to lack of expertise. One main reason that work as imagined is perceived as work as done is that those who run the program are smart and dedicated people who are well aware of the needs of their communities and clients, and have their best interest at heart. 
 East Toronto Health Partners (ETHP) has invested in evaluations since 2018 to create a learning health system by embedding rapid cycles of evaluation to support learning, knowledge transfer, and decision making for scale and spread of their new models of care. One of the main findings of our evaluation work was that implementation planning and monitoring the implementation process raised the likelihood of a successful evaluation which in turn resulted in tangible improvement in the program. 
 In our poster presentation, we will focus on both implementation and evaluation. We showcase the link between the logic model/evaluation plan and the implementation plan. We will cover the following questions:
 
 Why having an implementation plan is necessary to bring an idea for an intervention to a reality?
 How an implementation plan helps you to carry out your evaluation plan more successfully?
 What questions you should be thinking about when you are developing your implementation plan?
 
 We will share examples of best practices. The poster will also provide practical implementation templates that can be used in different setting.

East Toronto Health Partners: Collaborating on Quality Improvement

Developing a shared quality agenda has led to a new focus on population health within our community in East Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Amidst pandemic recovery, community members often struggle to access care. Health care organizations are challenged to support patient flow and mental health needs, and to catch up on preventative care and chronic disease management that was delayed due to reduced in-person care. One might think that these pressures would sideline quality improvement (QI) work, however we’ve seen new energy generated by QI capacity-building and application of rapid learning cycles to address our shared challenges. 
 Ontario Health Team context
 An Ontario Health Team is “a group of collaborative partners (organizations and individuals who offer health services, social services, and other health-relevant activities) brought together under a collaborative governance framework… to work with, and be accountable for, the health and wellbeing of a well-defined Attributed Population.” This context generates motivation for organizations and stakeholders to work closely on quality initiatives. Quality improvement activities form part of a larger rapid-learning health system strategy that includes program evaluation, evidence-based best practices in frontline care, and business intelligence efforts.
 Approaches within our QI Collaboration
 -Collecting and sharing patient experience measures as part of Best Practice Guideline implementation for Person & Family-Centred Care;
 -Strengthening involvement of community members; co-creating our 2022 collaborative Quality Improvement Plan with diverse partners;
 -Accessing and reflecting on baseline data for our defined population, and building capacity for local analytics. Together with other Ontario Health Teams, we have outlined requirements for data and tools to support population health management;
 -Focusing on priority neighbourhoods to improve health equity; and building QI capacity with teams of Community Health Ambassadors within those neighbourhoods.
 Key Learnings
 Patient Experience: We grounded our work in person- and family-centred care; respecting the voices of patients and caregivers in reporting their level of involvement in care plans and treatment. Collaboration among partners uncovered examples of best practice in patient experience data collection and moved us toward data collection as an integrated system of care (beyond surveys conducted within individual organizations). 
 Patient Flow: Our collaboration led us to focus “upstream,” and to strengthen our ability to identify unmet needs for clients in community settings. A strengths-based assessment across collaborating organizations helped to increase awareness of diverse assets within our community and examples of leadership in Seniors-Friendly Care. We are launching transdisciplinary teams dedicated to responsive support for transitions in care. 
 Preventative Care: An equity approach was key. In addition to primary care practice-based improvement initiatives (e.g. cancer screening) we prioritized efforts to reach vulnerable groups, such as individuals without a family doctor, and those with barriers to navigating health services in English. Rapid-cycle improvement and evaluation plans (co-designed with community members) are helping to ensure that service offerings are addressing the needs of the community.
 RESULT: The East Toronto Health Partners’ collaborative Quality Improvement work has helped our Ontario Health Team to align and integrate work across multiple organizations – building our capabilities for proactive population health management.

Cocreative care quality management in community mental health care centers.

De MaRe en De Bolster innovated the view on care quality management by rethinking their framework starting from a client-centered perspective. In order to be succesfull in the Qualicor external care audit proces these organisations made the organisational shift to cocreative practice in quality care management. Clients and those involved in their lives are a fundamental partners in this proces. These organisations created numerous examples of good practice, such as cocreative quality panels, client-councils, advisory boards, involvement of clients in recruitment and selection of staffmembers, etc.

Monitoring the governance maturity of network organizations.   A session for policymakers.

In 2020 Flanders has installed care councils as a network organization at meso level. The care council aims to install integrated, goal-oriented care within the local network of medical care providers, social and welfare providers and local authorities, in cooperation with the patient and his or her caregiver. Together with all these partners, the care council takes care of a population of at least 75,000 people.
 In this way, the Flemish government wants to move from a fragmented care system towards integration in which goal-oriented care, based on the life goals of citizens, is central.
 Care councils were established during the covid years. Within the Flemish healthcare landscape, the fight against the covid-19-pandemic created a great connection between the different partners. This collaboration was enhanced by the work of the brand new care councils. Now that the pandemic is coming under control, new and complex challenges are piling up for these new network organizations:
 
 How can the local network be engaged to provide quality, integrated care within their network organizations?
 Within a decentralized care policy, how can priority-setting be done without compromising global and local policy objectives?
 How do these young organizations plan to face future crises, together with their networks? How do they increase their resilience?
 
 In this workshop, we want to bring policymakers and network organizations from different regions around the table to reflect on how organizations can be followed up in their growth towards managerial maturity. Both the core objective (implementation of integrated, goal-oriented care within the network) and increasing resilience in crisis situations are guiding this. What systems exist for this purpose? What good practice examples are available? Which indicators are suitable? This session mainly aims to explore and take inventory.
 The workshop will be made up of:
 
 15-minute introduction and context
 3 x 15 minutes of work around 3 different themes (exchanging experiences and good practices):
 a) Measuring and monitoring managerial maturity and good governance of network organizations to achieve integrated, goal-oriented care
 b) Monitoring and measuring priority setting as a function of different policy objectives from different levels
 c) Follow up on how organizations increase their resilience in function of various crisis situations.
 3 x 5-minute to bundle the results

Putting Indigenous Cultures and Indigenous Knowledges Front and Centre to Clinical Practice: Katherine Hospital Case Example.

The inclusion of Indigenous cultures, known as the cultural determinants of health, in healthcare policy and health professional education accreditation and registration requirements, is increasingly being recognised as imperative for improving the appalling health and well-being of Indigenous Australians. These inclusions are a strengths-based response to tackling the inequities in Indigenous Australians' health relative to the general population. However, conceptualising the cultural determinants of health in healthcare practice has its contextual challenges, and gaps in implementation evidence are apparent. In this paper, we provide a case example, namely the Katherine Hospital, of how healthcare services can implement the cultural determinants of health into clinical practice. However, to be effective, health professionals must concede that Australia's Indigenous peoples' knowledges involving cultural ways of being, knowing and doing must co-exist with western and biomedical knowledges of health practice. We use the Katherine Hospital ABC Radio National Background Briefing interview, which was mentioned by two research participants in a 2020 study, as an example of good practice that we can learn from. Additionally, the six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health actions contained in the 2nd Edition of the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards provide governance and accountability examples of how to enable Indigenous people's cultures and their knowledges in the provision of services. The role of non-Indigenous clinical allies and accomplices is imperative when embedding and enacting Indigenous Australians' cultures in service systems of health. When Indigenous Peoples access mainstream hospitals, deep self-reflection by allies and accomplices is necessary to enable safe, quality care, and treatment that is culturally safe and free from racism. Doing so can increase cultural responsiveness free of racism, thereby reducing the inherent power imbalances embedded within mainstream health services.

A corpus-based approach to corporate communication research

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a decisive reputation tool for companies and as such, a key concept in corporate communication as a phenomenon of intercultural and global significance. This has warranted a comprehensive examination of the language of CSR reports reflecting the principles of the corporate culture. Studies exploring the narratives of CSR reporting currently lack insights into the distribution of meaningful priorities evidenced in language use. This study sets out to explore the linguistic environment of the most frequently occurring language tokens to identify recurrent language patterns used to ensure efficient CSR reporting, and to further establish priority directions in CSR narrative composition evidenced in language use. A corpus-based approach and contextual analysis were adopted to examine CSR reports issued by Microsoft over the last seven years and recognised as an example of best practices in the corporate field. The corpus was compiled using the Prime Machine corpus concordancer tool and comprised 99,176 tokens. Following the study results, the study makes a number of inferences regarding the use of pronouns, “Microsoft + a verb denoting positive action”, “more + than,” “more + adjective”, “Corporate” as part of compound terminological units, as well as a set of key tokens encountered within a descriptive linguistic environment with positive connotation. This, in turn, proved helpful in identifying the hierarchy of priorities distribution revealed in the course of material analysis. The results contribute to a systemic appreciation of corporate language policies facilitating efficient stakeholder communication and can be used in further research investigating related matters of scientific interest.

Adapting Plant Protection Strategies to Meet the Challenges Posed by Climate Change on Plant Diseases: A review

Climate change poses a significant challenge to global agriculture, with profound implications for plant disease dynamics and plant protection strategies. This review aims to synthesize current research on the impact of climate change on plant diseases, particularly focusing on how these changes affect pathogen life cycles, host resistance, and disease distribution. Emphasizing the Indian context, this paper explores the adaptation of plant protection strategies in response to these challenges, including the integration of traditional methods and advanced scientific approaches. It provides a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of climate change relevant to agriculture, including changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and atmospheric CO2 levels. It delves into the direct and indirect impacts of these climatic changes on plant diseases, highlighting how altered environmental conditions influence pathogen virulence and the susceptibility of host plants. This section also discusses the shifted patterns in pest and disease distribution due to climate change, with a focus on the Indian agricultural scenario. Then it examines the current challenges in plant protection, assessing the limitations of traditional methods like chemical, biological, and cultural control in the context of a changing climate. It identifies critical areas such as increased disease incidence, pathogen resistance development, and the necessity for sustainable and adaptable plant protection strategies. Further it explores various adaptive strategies, including Integrated Disease Management (IDM), advances in breeding for disease resistance, biotechnological approaches, and climate-smart agricultural practices. It outlines how IDM principles and practices are being adapted to new climate scenarios, the role of genetic engineering and traditional breeding in developing disease-resistant varieties, the development of biopesticides and biocontrol agents, and the application of climate forecasts in disease management. Case studies and practical applications from different regions of India provide real-world examples of effective adaptation strategies, drawing lessons and best practices. The review concludes by identifying research gaps, advocating for multidisciplinary collaborations between plant pathology, climatology, and agronomy, and emphasizing the critical role of policy in supporting adaptive strategies. This comprehensive synthesis and analysis aim to contribute to the broader understanding of plant protection in the era of climate change and guide future research and policy-making in this vital field.