Existing Management Processes Research Articles

Alaska's emergent fisheries processes

Under climate change, shifts in distributions of commercialized marine species challenge livelihoods and management in some fisheries and create opportunities in others. Whether existing management processes can enable fishers to access emergent fisheries – efforts by fishers to commercialize species – is unclear. Thus far, the literature has largely focused on reactive management processes that lead to overharvest and conflicts over fisheries allocations under species distributional shifts. We examine the progress and outcomes of 144 emergent fisheries in the state waters of Alaska, illustrating the historical diversity of management mechanisms, regions, species, and gears in the state's unique system of permitting and data collection for emergent fisheries. We further examine 28 emergent fisheries' roles in fishing portfolios through a métier analysis, finding that most are small extensions to existing portfolio strategies instead of novel opportunities for specialization. Together, these findings underscore challenges in adapting current processes to future shifts in marine species distributions, reflecting the need for large scale reconsiderations of scale, tradeoffs and a more holistic approach.

Implementing Agile Data Workflows to Unlock Climate-Resilient Urban Planning

Cities around the world are facing the implications of a changing climate as an increasingly pressing issue. The negative effects of climate change are already being felt today. Therefore, adaptation to these changes is a mission that every city must master. Leading practices worldwide demonstrate various urban efforts on climate change adaptation (CCA) which are already underway. Above all, the integration of climate data, remote sensing, and in situ data is key to a successful and measurable adaptation strategy. Furthermore, these data can act as a timely decision support tool for municipalities to develop an adaptation strategy, decide which actions to prioritize, and gain the necessary buy-in from local policymakers. The implementation of agile data workflows can facilitate the integration of climate data into climate-resilient urban planning. Due to local specificities, (supra)national, regional, and municipal policies and (by) laws, as well as geographic and related climatic differences worldwide, there is no single path to climate-resilient urban planning. Agile data workflows can support interdepartmental collaboration and, therefore, need to be integrated into existing management processes and government structures. Agile management, which has its origins in software development, can be a way to break down traditional management practices, such as static waterfall models and sluggish stage-gate processes, and enable an increased level of flexibility and agility required when urgent. This paper presents the findings of an empirical case study conducted in cooperation with the City of Constance in southern Germany, which is pursuing a transdisciplinary and trans-sectoral co-development approach to make management processes more agile in the context of climate change adaptation. The aim is to present a possible way of integrating climate data into CCA planning by changing the management approach and implementing a toolbox for low-threshold access to climate data. The city administration, in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Constance, the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), and the University of Stuttgart, developed a co-creative and participatory project, CoKLIMAx, with the objective of integrating climate data into administrative processes in the form of a toolbox. One key element of CoKLIMAx is the involvement of the population, the city administration, and political decision-makers through targeted communication and regular feedback loops among all involved departments and stakeholder groups. Based on the results of a survey of 72 administrative staff members and a literature review on agile management in municipalities and city administrations, recommendations on a workflow and communication structure for cross-departmental strategies for resilient urban planning in the City of Constance were developed.

Study on the Behavior and Preferences of Social Media Users, after the Pandemic Era

Abstract In recent years, the virtual environment has grown, experiencing new perspectives of use and an increasing number of new users. Older studies showing that the desktop and laptop will be abandoned, and information will be produced and disseminated online via mobile telephone have proven to be relevant, and these things are happening nowadays. This paper highlights a brief analysis of existing management processes and proposes an improvement of the communication process through social media networks in industrial organizations. Social networks have developed a new side, a commercial one, which has changed simple users into real consumers, outlining a new, different nuance of the way of communication. The attitude of social media users is also influenced by other personal characteristics, such as age, gender, job, or time spent on virtual activities.

Exploring (Semi) Professionalization in Women’s Team Sport Through a Continuum of Care Lens

Professional team male-dominated sports have been built on masculine values; however, these values are challenged by the increasing number of women athletes entering this workplace. In this research, we explore the suitability and gender appropriateness of existing management processes and practices through three women’s professional and semiprofessional leagues. Drawing on a feminist perspective of continuum of care, players (n = 36) and organizational representatives (n = 28) were interviewed to gain insights into how athletes and organizations contend with their rapidly evolving workplaces. Framed around the values of affirmation, empowerment, and belonging, the continuum of care contrasts players’ everyday experiences of care with how organizations administer care. The research contributes through application of the feminist continuum of care. We present considerations for the management of female professional athletes in ways that are careful and an alternative value system that is affirmative, inclusive, and empowering.

Ecological Risk Assessment of Oil Spill Events Using a Coupled Geospatial and Weight of Evidence Data-Process Model

This research work applied geospatial and weight of evidence approach to ecological risk assessment for quantifying environmental exposure to oil pollution in the Niger Delta. Spatial data for Pipelines, Oil spills and Land Cover were used to quantify the extent of Ecological resources exposed to oil pollution using a data-process model. Regional scale risk assessment was done using the combination of geospatial and statistical approaches. Hotspot and Proximity analysis were used for geospatial analysis while weight of evidence was adopted for statistical computation. Ecological resources were identified from land cover maps and ranked according to their perceived importance. Hotspots of oil spill incidents were determined using spatial autocorrelation. Ecological resource vulnerability was determined using buffer zoning of 5 km and 10 km respectively as high and low risk zones, with sample maps made to show extents of resources at risk. Areal extent of ecological resources at risk were calculated and standardized for each of the delineated buffer zones. An aggregate of the weight of each ecological resources and area was computed to categorize the risk as either high, medium or low. This study has successfully assembled and produced relevant spatial and attribute data sets and applied integrated geostatistical analytical techniques to understand the distribution and impacts of oil spills in the Niger Delta. The procedure was seen as an alternative to existing management processes used for monitoring and management of oil spill events.

Determinisanje promena organizaciono upravljačkih procesa u sistemu upravljanja

Managing business organizations is a complex and dynamic process, aimed at effectively and efficiently directing limited resources. Based on that, the business success of the company is largely conditioned by the quality and ability of its management to create an adequate organizational structure that will respond to the challenges in the environment. In recent decades, there have been numerous and dramatic changes in the business environment, which lead to a comprehensive transformation of existing management processes and thus the dynamic development of theory and practice of modern management.

Labour Rate Setting for Transport Company’s Managers Based on the Principles of Organisation Design

Analysis and labour rate setting regarding management activities is an important tool in the modern economy, used to improve the corporate efficiency by optimising existing management processes, reducing bureaucracy, and eliminating redundant processes, and, consequently, administrative elements that do not create value, and are an obstacle to normal functioning of the management system. The application of analytical methods to the work of managers is a relevant and powerful tool for increasing productivity and efficiency of corporate management.The article describes the results of a study of tools for analysis and regulation of management activities implemented in the Russian Railways holding company based on the principles of organisation design. The subject of the study is management activity as an object of application of modern methods of analysis and labour rates.The objective of the study is to show the possibility and feasibility of using modern methods of analysis and regulation of labour on the example of a large transport company. The purposes of the study, the results of which are presented in this article, comprise identification of prerequisites for adoption of methods of analysis and regulation of management activities; assessment of possibilities of using the tools of functional analysis of organisation’s entities and divisions to increase efficiency of management activities; description of technologies for labour rate setting for management activities using the example of the Russian Railways holding company.The study is based on the use of methods of process analytics, functional analysis, labour rate setting, and organisation design.The main result of the study is development of methodological approaches to analysis and standardisation of managerial work in a transport company. These approaches will make it possible to reasonably develop labour standards and rates for managers, staffing plan, and adopt modern management practices in the Russian Railways holding company.

A Case Study in Connecting Fisheries Management Challenges With Models and Analysis to Support Ecosystem-Based Management in the California Current Ecosystem

One of the significant challenges to using information and ideas generated through ecosystem models and analyses for ecosystem-based fisheries management is the disconnect between modeling and management needs. Here we present a case study from the U.S. West Coast, the stakeholder review of NOAA’s annual ecosystem status report for the California Current Ecosystem established by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council’s Fisheries Ecosystem Plan, showcasing a process to identify management priorities that require information from ecosystem models and analyses. We then assess potential ecosystem models and analyses that could help address the identified policy concerns. We screened stakeholder comments and found 17 comments highlighting the need for ecosystem-level synthesis. Policy needs for ecosystem science included: (1) assessment of how the environment affects productivity of target species to improve forecasts of biomass and reference points required for setting harvest limits, (2) assessment of shifts in the spatial distribution of target stocks and protected species to anticipate changes in availability and the potential for interactions between target and protected species, (3) identification of trophic interactions to better assess tradeoffs in the management of forage species between the diet needs of dependent predators, the resilience of fishing communities, and maintenance of the forage species themselves, and (4) synthesis of how the environment affects efficiency and profitability in fishing communities, either directly via extreme events (e.g., storms) or indirectly via climate-driven changes in target species availability. We conclude by exemplifying an existing management process established on the U.S. West Coast that could be used to enable the structured, iterative, and interactive communication between managers, stakeholders, and modelers that is key to refining existing ecosystem models and analyses for management use.

Quality assurance processes in local government bodies: features of definition and evaluation

The article is devoted to the definition of modern approaches to the identification and evaluation of quality assurance processes in local government, as a basis for the formation of appropriate local government management systems. It is noted that quality assurance in local government should begin with an intensive study of internal relationships between existing management processes – the implementation of a process approach methodology. To outline approaches to the processes’ definition and description that ensure the local government activities and services quality, a relationships’ scheme between the basic concepts of DSTU ISO 9000:2015 in relation to processes and results of activities. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the application of ISO 18091:2019 guidelines on adapting the process approach to local government bodies’ activities is extremely important in Ukraine, given the need to form a comprehensive control system in the field of administrative services delivery and increase the civil society institutions’ participation in relevant public monitoring projects. Adaptation provides by distinguishing of: three groups of processes for integral quality management (management processes; operational processes; support processes); improvement process; processes of citizen participation through Integral Citizen Observatory that facilitate cooperation between government and the community, as well as participate in monitoring processes. The tested approach to process measurement according to the CAF model, which has criterion 5 «Processes», is characterized. It is concluded that the public management mechanisms of the international standards requirements’ (ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 18091:2019) and organizational excellence models’ (EFQM, CAF, IPMA ICB) implementation need further study as a basis for quality assurance of administrative services provided by local governments. Priority areas include the legal and organizational mechanisms’ formation through the development of a national system of administrative services’ standards and administrative regulations and their projection to the territorial communities’ level.

A Study on the Change of Manufacturing Design Process due to the Development of A.I Design and 3D Printing

The fourth industrial revolution brought about changes in various fields. The speed of the fourth industrial revolution will proceed faster than the previous ones. It is a new revolution in which new technologies are integrated. So the convergence of new technologies in the fourth industrial revolution will affect many areas. In particular, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and 3D printing technology are being used in the manufacturing industry. The fourth industrial revolution will change the manufacturing design process in the future. Predicted changes are as follows: First, existing management processes are divided into planning, design and manufacturing processes. The collection and analysis of many data are important in the planning process. This planning phase enabled data collection, processing and management through cloud computing and big data technologies. Based on these plans, artificial intelligence can produce thousands of design results. Next, based on the design plan, products can be produced in 3D printing. As such, the manufacturing process has been very simplified by 3D printing. The study can offer some solutions for social changing problems by predicting the future of manufacturing. And the results of the study can be used as a research base in the manufacturing design sector using artificial intelligence and 3D printing.

Decision triggers are a critical part of evidence-based conservation

Conservation managers face complex decisions about if, when and how to intervene in managed systems. To support these decisions, approaches are needed that utilise the best available evidence to guide actions when a system is moving into an undesirable state. Assigning some form of critical threshold that if crossed would trigger action (a decision trigger) is growing in favour in the scientific community. Likewise, there is increasing interest from the conservation management community in using decision triggers as part of evidence-based management. In this article, we reinforce calls for the use of decision triggers and highlight how they can complement many approaches for evidence-based conservation. There are many benefits to using decision triggers to link evidence to action. For management organisations, decision triggers offer a way to improve the clarity and transparency of management decisions. There has been recent progress in developing methods to set robust decision triggers that utilise rigorous biological monitoring data, such as receiver operating characteristic curves, control charts and participatory modelling. When monitoring data are not readily available, approaches that set decision triggers based on utility thresholds (i.e., value-based judgements) or expert elicitation methods, and refine trigger points over time, hold promise. Despite the many benefits, there remain challenges for both developing and implementing decision triggers. There is a pressing need for a process that can guide organisations in setting defensible decision triggers based on the best available science, and that can be used for a wide range of management contexts. We believe decision triggers can be integrated into existing management processes within organisations to improve decisions about when and how to act to protect biodiversity, and to support managers to achieve evidence-based conservation.

A Development of Staff Mobility in the System of Strategic Human Resource Management

Purpose - This work aims to study the existing management process and methods of statistical evaluation of personnel mobility management, and propose improvement measures. This is particularly relevant in today's market economy because proper organization of personnel movement affects the availability and effective utilization of human resources in enterprises. Hence, it influences the volume, timely execution of work, equipment efficiency, and consequently the volume of production, its cost, profit, and other economic indicators. Research design, data, and methodology - We investigate the indicators that measure staff mobility, and their dependent consequences. Further, it analyses the factors influencing high staff turnover, which is a main indicator of staff mobility. Results - Measures for staff mobility development and prevention of turnover are proposed. Micom Systems is a sample case that has developed special programs to reduce staff turnover. Conclusions - Staff mobility leads to additional costs, significant loss of working time, and increase in defects. However, the advantages of staff mobility outweigh these negative factors. The role of staff mobility in a market economy cannot be overestimated.

Service Innovation and Management Innovation: The Role of Service Tangibility

Although we have some knowledge about how different types of innovation can be combined together to improve firm performance, there is little research about the relationships that innovation types may have among them. In this paper, we examine how service innovation is related to organizational innovation. We posit that service innovativeness can put demands on and increase dissatisfaction with existing management processes, structures and practices and stimulate organizational changes. That, however, will be dependent on the level of service tangibility. We study three forms of service innovation: technological, customer interaction, and conceptual. We develop hypotheses based on interaction and materiality theories and test these with a sample of both manufacturing and service firms. Our findings show that for some service innovation forms, service tangibility will moderate the relationship with management innovation so that it will increase the relationship, while will decrease it for other forms.

Developing ecological indicators of visitor use of protected areas: a new integrated framework from Australia

Sustainable tourism is considered an appropriate use of many Australian protected areas. However, such use needs to be managed, and the effectiveness of management needs to be assessed as over-use can adversely affect the natural environment. Monitoring and management of visitor impacts requires integration into evaluation frameworks to enable more efficient reporting but within Australia this appears to be poorly developed. We have developed a framework that integrates visitor impact monitoring and evaluation within adaptive management cycles to improve management responses. The framework uses existing management processes, where possible, for focusing monitoring efforts and selecting appropriate ecological indicators. This focus is achieved through a process of prioritisation of natural assets used by visitors, or those likely to be impacted by visitor use. The framework follows a sequential, adaptive cycle of identifying natural asset values, their vulnerability, and use by visitors to derive appropriate indicators for monitoring. The indicators selected using the framework are linked to existing evaluation frameworks to provide baseline information for core protected area evaluation across a variety of spatial scales. We outline the functionality of the framework using a six step process and expand on the ability of the framework to be applied in other protected area management situations.

Implementing a Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management Tool in a Long-Term Care Organization

The Capital Care Group, the largest public sector continuing care organization in Canada, had no ready access to information on its own performance and therefore was limited in its pursuit of evidence-informed decision-making. To remedy this, it was decided to introduce a balanced scorecard. A literature review was conducted together with interviews with 10 other health care organizations which had implemented balanced scorecards. With this information, a workshop was held that resulted in a framework and about 120 potential indicators. Subsequently the number of indicators was reduced to 29, using pre-determined criteria. Development of a corporate balanced scorecard facilitated executive strategic thinking and clarified the organization's strategic direction. In parallel, scorecards were developed at the level of care centres. These had a common core of indicators, plus some site-specific ones. Development of the corporate scorecard took three years and an additional six months for the care centre scorecards. A formal implementation plan has been accepted by the executive team. Key to this is communicating to staff the role of scorecards for strategic management and not just performance measurement. Traditional thinking needs to change from a short-term operational focus to long-term strategy. In addition, champions need to be identified in each care centre and they need to be networked together. Finally, the scorecard is being integrated into existing operational management as a routine component together with resources to support its use. The balanced scorecard has focused on its role as a strategic management tool. The indicators and dimensions need to be customized to the organization. Senior management must be seen to be driving its introduction. It is worth spending sufficient time developing and implementing a scorecard rather than trying to rush its introduction. The scorecard needs to be integrated with existing management processes and sufficient resources must be assigned. However, success will ultimately depend on the culture of the organization being appropriate and receptive.

Identifying balance in a Balanced Scorecard system

In recent years, strategic management concepts seem to be gaining greater attention from the academicians and the practitioner's alike. Balanced Scorecard (BSC) concept is one such management concepts that has spread in worldwide business and consulting communities. The BSC translates mission and vision statements into a comprehensive set of objectives and performance measures that can be quantified and appraised. Using current literature analysis, interpretation and review of corporate practices, this paper demonstrates whether the BSC can be seen as a 'necessary good' for modern organisations or is it just an addition to the existing management processes. The paper reviews whether there exists significant difference amongst the BSCs of organisations compared with others and reviews how ideally the BSCs are formulated and the shortcomings in the current BSC concepts.

Methods for Managing Different Perspectives of Project Success

The results of an exploratory study of UK organizations into methods for meeting project key performance indicators (KPIs) are presented. The paper explores: influences on the use of methods to manage project KPIs; the need for and existence of methods; the factors that facilitate the meeting of the KPIs. It is concluded that the use of methods varies depending upon the perceived importance of the project, the type of project, the client‐team relationship and whether an organization performance management system exists. With project management capability often decreasing, in part due to a failure to meet psychosocial project KPIs, a need for methods linked to the KPIs was identified. However, the study found relatively low levels of adoption of such methods. Where psychosocial project KPIs were being met the following facilitating factors emerged: top‐level policies, organization‐wide training, integration with existing management processes, building into project management system. Situations were found where decision‐makers did not consider the psychosocial KPIs of programme and project managers. This was seen to contribute to a failure by organizations to manage necessary increases in their project management capability and to be acting as a possible barrier to long‐term, sustainable improvements in performance.