Industry Council Research Articles

The good manager in TV: tales for the Twenty-first century

The UK Creative Industries provide meaningful employment to more than two million people (Creative Industries Council, 2022) with opportunities for self-actualisation and satisfaction beyond what many jobs can provide. This is so particularly within the television industry where, since 2015, new streaming services have massively expanded demand for content and consequently employment. Such opportunities, however, have been heavily dependent upon a freelance workforce, whose experience is often characterised by financial insecurity, poor work-life balance, and lack of coherent career structure or support, within a system that predicates against diversity. This article sets out to address some of these issues and their solutions by offering, and problematising, the concept of ‘The Good Manager in TV’. In 2021 the authors followed-up an earlier survey of management practices in unscripted TV production across the UK with a series of in-depth interviews with individuals who, in another context, would be characterised as ‘middle managers’. Our data suggests that the challenges faced by the would-be good manager in TV can seem overwhelming, evoking the predicament of Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan. Yet it also points to solutions to those challenges. This article reviews our findings in order to answer the following questions: What does it mean to be a good manager in the volatile, project-based, context of TV production? What are the challenges faced by those who aspire to fill the role? How can such challenges be addressed across this evolving creative industry?

БАҚ-ТАҒЫ КРЕАТИВТІ ИНДУСТРИЯ МӘСЕЛЕСІ: КРЕАТИВТІ ЭКОНОМИКА ЖӘНЕ ӘЛЕМДІК ТӘЖІРИБЕ

The article analyzes the problems of the creative industry in the media and the directions of development of the knowledge economy based on the world experience. The emergence of the creative industry coincided with periods of crisis in countries around the world in the 2000s. Therefore, it was necessary to use it as an antidote to the crisis. The rapid development of this industry has influenced the growth of spending in the economic and cultural spheres. By improving the creative industry, new jobs were created and the preconditions for a “creative economy” emerged. Innovative educational programs were created and effective cultural events were held. The purpose of the scientific article is to contribute to expanding the scope of its application in improving the economic policy and foreign economic relations of Kazakhstan through in-depth consideration of models of global experience of the creative industry in the media. Social and statistical data were presented based on materials published in the media, as well as the works of domestic and foreign scientists. Research on creative ideas has been conducted in Kazakhstan since 2021. The Atlas of New Professions has appeared, and opportunities have emerged to predict the various needs of the economy. The Atlas shows the main directions changing the labor market. It includes production facilities such as mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, agriculture, transport and logistics, energy, tourism, mechanical engineering and construction. The study found that exports and imports of creative goods worldwide have doubled since 2002. The creative industry is rapidly growing in the US, UK, Germany, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The value of the research article is determined by in-depth coverage of the problems of the creative industry in the Kazakhstani media. The article also draws attention to research conducted by the British Creative Industries Council in Kazakhstan. Important data, such as registration of legal entities, employment, salary, are demonstated. As a result of the study, it became known that there are seventeen thousand creative industry enterprises in Kazakhstan.

Enhancing South Korea’s Vocational Counselling Certification System: A comparative analysis with Australia

This study examines strategies to enhance South Korea’s vocational counselling certification system, drawing on the Career Development Practitioner scheme in Australia. An analysis is provided of Australia’s model, which involves practice-oriented competencies defined and updated by the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). This research recommends several key initiatives to improve provision in South Korea, including enhancing eligibility criteria, implementing maintenance and revocation mechanisms, instituting a centralised governing authority akin to the CICA, and introducing specialised undergraduate and graduate programmes focused on career counselling. These insights contribute to the advancement of South Korea’s vocational counselling certification system.

Pengaruh Entertainment dan Informativeness terhadap Keputusan Berpartisipasi dalam Mengikuti Event Talks

Indonesia Event Industry Council (IVENDO) in 2020 showed that 43% of events were canceled and 48% were postponed during the pandemic. One of the innovations that are considered to be able to provide solutions for the current event industry is virtual events. One that adapts the implementation of virtual events is the convention and event management study program from the Bandung NHI Tourism Polytechnic which applies practical activities by implementing virtual events. The event held is a webinar series with the name event talks. This study aims to examine the effect of the entertainment variable and informativeness variable on the decision to participate in event talks. This research was conducted with a quantitative approach by distributing questionnaires to 165 respondents from year 2022 who had participated in event talks using a purposive sampling technique. The theory used is the entertainment theory of Horner (2005), the theory of informativeness from Suyanto (2000), and the theory of participating decisions from Allen (2011). The results of the study explain that entertainment and informatics significantly influence the decision to participate in event talks by 37.6% while the remaining 62.4% is influenced by other variables not examined in this study. Thus, in the future, the organizers can pay attention to aspects of other variables that can be an attraction for potential participants.

Compositional Properties of Flours and Starches from the Philippine National Seed and Industry Council-registered Root Crops

Based in the Visayas State University, Philippines, the germplasm collection of the Philippine Root Crops Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) is home to several varieties that have not been fully characterized for their potential use in the production of functional foods. This study evaluated the compositional properties, amylose/amylopectin ratio, and glycemic index of flour and starches of 10 varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)), and taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott); 8 varieties of yam (Dioscorea alata L.); and 5 varieties of arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea L.), which was the recommended varieties of the National Seed and Industry Council (NSIC). The total starch as well as the amylose/amylopectin ratio of the starch component was determined using Megazyme assay kits, and the glycemic indices were predicted through enzymatic in vitro starch hydrolysis. Results revealed significant (p < 0.05) varietal variations on flour and starch yield, dry matter, crude protein, crude fiber, amylose/amylopectin ratio, and glycemic index. Among these crops, sweet potato was found to have the highest amylose contents, while taro and arrowroot showed lower glycemic indices. These profiles can serve as fundamental information for processors to develop new products that capitalize on these unique properties.

The role of online tourism education and its impact on student wellbeing during a ‘COVID-pause’

The COVID-19 pandemic created an extremely challenging landscape for the tourism and hospitality industry, particularly in terms of the wellbeing of those employed in the sector. In mid-2020, in response to the pandemic, the University of Tasmania, in conjunction with the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania, designed a fee-free Graduate Certificate of Tourism, Environmental and Cultural Heritage for Tasmanian residents employed in the tourism sector who were impacted by COVID-19. The course was designed to upskill participants, but as the course progressed, anecdotal evidence emerged about the wellbeing side-benefits of this online educational offering. As a result, an empirical study was conducted as it was not clear from previous research whether online education could contribute towards psychological wellbeing during a pandemic. A web-based survey and focus groups were designed to collect data. The findings revealed the extent that online delivery in tourism higher education can contribute towards wellbeing during a prolonged crisis event. It revealed that the free education attracted students who would not normally attend university. As a result, they felt a great sense of achievement and, ultimately, wellbeing during and following the completion of the course. The findings also revealed that the hybrid online model employed for this teaching model generated a sense of community and wellbeing.

Morphological, Phytochemical and Molecular Characteristics of NSIC-Registered Varieties of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) in the Philippines

Background: Garlic belongs to the largest monocot genus, Allium, comprising different species known for their use as spices and medicinal plants. It ranks second in volume and area of production among the Allium species, next to onoin. The Philippines is renowned for garlic varieties with a strong and pungent odour observed in the seven accessions registered at the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC), Department of Agriculture, Philippines. Morphological, phytochemical and molecular characterization of the different garlic varieties would provide baseline information important to the identification of the registered varieties, their conservation and improvement. Methods: Physiologically mature and disease-free NSIC-registered garlic accessions were characterized and evaluated at the Institute of Crop Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños. The bulbs were separated from each other and planted in a homogenous field. Morphological characterization was done from the vegetative stage until bulb harvesting using an Allium spp. descriptor list. The mature bulbs of each accession were screened for phytochemicals and alliin content. SSR markers were used to fingerprint the eight garlic accessions. Result: Qualitative characters showed low diversity (H’ = 0.22), while quantitative characters had intermediate diversity (H’= 0.51). Identical phytochemicals, flavonoids and phenols, were detected across all the garlic accessions. Despite this, alliin content varied considerably with Bang-ar and Mindoro having the highest (37.70±0.70 mg/g) and lowest (17.22±0.68 mg/g) alliin contents, respectively. Only one SSR primer, ASA-24, showed polymorphic bands that can discriminate Batanes White and MMSU Gem from the other NSIC-registered garlic varieties.

M. ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ – New Varieties of Mussaenda [RESEARCH NOTE

An outstanding selections of Mussaenda developed in the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) were registered to the National Seed Industry Council as new varieties. These are Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ and Mussaenda ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’, named after an ornamental plant breeder and a National Scientist, respectively, in recognition to their significant contributions in the fields of genetics and plant breeding. Mussaenda ‘Teresita Lantin-Rosario’ is a hybrid and a progeny from a cross between M. ‘Maria Makiling’ and M. ‘Diwata’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, numerous, and hairy. Petaloids are creamy white (157C) with visible midrib and pale yellow-green veins underneath, are ovate to suborbicular in shape, and are 5.0 - 9.3 x 3.7 - 7.5 cm in size. M. ‘Dolores A. Ramirez’ is also a hybrid from the cross M. ‘Maria Makiling x M. ‘Doña Trining’. The calyx lobes are all petaloid, two to three of which are more enlarged while the rest are partially expanded in a cluster, are elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-orbicular in shape, 4.5 - 9.0 x 0.3 - 6.2 cm in size, and are empire rose (48A) with prominent pinkish white veins above and orient pink (36D) below with a tinge of yellow-green (145A) towards the apex.

ОСНОВИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ГАЛУЗЕВИХ РАМОК КВАЛІФІКАЦІЙ

The article is devoted to the problems of the development of the national system of qualifications in Ukraine. The European vector of Ukraine's development necessitated the development and approval of the National Framework of Qualifications based on the European meta-frameworks. The universal nature of the latter does not allow taking into account the branch specifics of human activity and, as a result, the problem of developing branch frameworks of qualifications, characterized by common features of professional activity and necessary for modern specialists to work in a certain field, is actualized. The article compares the levels and descriptors of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning, the Qualifications Framework for the European Area of Higher Education and the National Qualifications Framework of Ukraine, which made it possible to state that our country has chosen its own path in the development of the qualification system, taking into account the experience of the countries of the European Union. It is noted that in European countries, the development of sectoral frameworks of qualifications can be carried out on the basis of two approaches: for the fields of education and the fields of the labor market. For Ukraine, the main problem at the moment is the criteria by which the types of the sectoral frameworks of qualifications should be determined, in particular, by the fields of higher education or types of economic activity. The article presents the author's vision of the sectoral framework of qualifications in relation to the 7th level of qualifications for the field of knowledge "Social and behavioral sciences", the characteristic feature of which are additional dimensions that reveal the specific characteristics of the field. It has been established that representatives of relevant central bodies of executive power, industry councils, professional associations and the education system, employers, and the population should participate in the development of sectoral frameworks of qualifications. All of them will determine the framework requirements for specialists in certain fields of activity, which will become one of the means of increasing the efficiency of the use of labor potential at all levels of the national economy. Prospects for further research into the sectoral framework of qualifications are related to their content, definition of criteria for their quantitative determination, and institutional support.

Collective transitioning of a heavy industrial area towards ‘Net Zero Carbon’: the critical role of Governance in delivering Enterprise action

Industrial enterprises around the world are grappling with greenhouse gas emission reduction expectations, whether being driven by respective government policy for climate change or by shareholders to drive corporate sustainability through maintaining access to their ‘net zero’-demanding markets. In some instances, the enterprises co-located within complex industrial areas are coming together to face the common carbon reduction challenge as a collective. The Kwinana Industrial Area in Perth, Western Australia is well regarded on the world's stage as a successful integrated heavy industrial precinct, presenting as an extensive, complex, and broad-based example of Industrial Symbiosis. In earlier papers, the authors have posited a novel four-dimensional framework to expand the definition of Industrial Symbiosis to be used to understand why one industrial precinct may be more successful for its resident industries to operate within than another, and for application in the design of new industrial areas. The four dimensions are described as Materials Exchange, Skilled Workforce, Support Industry, and Governance. Through the lens of climate change literature and policy frameworks, we investigate the governance dimension and industry's response to the contemporary climate challenge. The outputs of the paper include a literature review of the governance dimension, and a description of the cascading nature of climate change policy from global through to the enterprise level. We illustrate how climate change governance is enhanced in practice by detailing how the enterprises in Kwinana collectively responded to the global requirement for carbon reduction, achieved through the facilitative governance-based intervention of their industry association, the Kwinana Industries Council. Exploring this in-practice example helped to consolidate the hypothesis that successful industrial symbiosis is about positive relationships across several dimensions building towards improved Circular Economy outcomes.

Methodology for the Surveillance the Voltage Supply in Public Buildings Using the ITIC Curve and Python Programming

This paper proposes an easy-to-implement method for detecting and assessing two of the most frequent PQ (Power Quality) problems: voltage sags and swells. These can affect sensitive equipment such as computers, programmable logic controllers, contactors, etc. Therefore, it is of great interest to implement it in any laboratory, not only for protection reasons but also as a safeguard for claims against the supply company. Thanks to the actual context, in which it is possible to manage big volumes of data, connect multiple devices with IoT (Internet of Things), etc., it is feasible and of great interest to monitor the voltage at specific points of the network. This makes it possible to detect voltage sags and swells and diagnose which points are more prone to this type of problems. For the detection of sags and swells, a program written in Python is in charge of crawling all the files in the database and target those RMS values that fall outside the established limits. Compared to LabVIEW, which might have been the most logical alternative, being the acquisition hardware from the same company (National Instruments), Python has a higher computational performance and is also free of charge, unlike LabVIEW. Thanks to the libraries available in Python, it allows a hardware control close to what is possible using LabVIEW. Implemented in MATLAB, the ITIC (Information Technology Industry Council) power acceptability curve reflects the impact of these power quality disturbances in electrical power systems. The results showed that the combined action of Python and MATLAB performed well on a conventional desktop computer.

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Starving the golden goose? Access to finance for innovators in the creative industries

This paper extends research on innovating firms’ access to finance in the creative industries. While we know that entrepreneurial firms experience barriers to applying for funding and difficulties in securing positive outcomes, prior studies have shown that firms may use patents to signal innovative quality to potential investors. Yet these studies typically focus on R&D-oriented innovation in ‘traditional’ technological sectors. Creative industries firms have different innovation characteristics that may influence the funding process, including the uncertainty of content-based product markets, the highly-imbalanced information asymmetries between creative entrepreneurs and conservative investors, and the symbolic and intangible nature of their innovations. Using the UK‘s Creative Industries Council‘s unique cross-sectional survey data of 575 firms we analyse the extent to which innovating firms seek to apply to and achieve funding from a wide range of potential sources. We find little evidence that prior innovative activities provide a meaningful signal, positive or negative, to potential funders for creative industries firms. This suggests that the highly intangible and symbolic nature of innovation in creative industries businesses is unreliable as an indicator of quality. The reliance of owners on personal capital is congruent with recent literature on the high levels of social and personal capital among workers in the creative industries. We suggest that the specific challenges creative firms face may be addressed through new financial and policy instruments to feed and sustain these high-growth, innovating industries.

Power quality improvement using ultra capacitor based dynamic voltage restorer with real twisting sliding mode control

Introduction. Power quality is a major problem in today's power system, since it may have an impact on customers and utilities. Problem. Power quality is important issue of financial consequences for utilities, their consumers and load apparatus vendors. Voltage sag/swell are the most significant and usually occurring power quality issues in a secondary distribution system for sensitive loads. Goal. Dynamic voltage restorer is a fast, flexible, effective and dynamic custom power device can be used to compensate voltage sag/swell with integration of energy storage. Ultra capacitors have ideal properties of great power density and low energy density for elimination of voltage sag/swell. Their performance is mostly determined by the control strategy established for switching of voltage source converters. Originality. In this research, a strategy for the voltage source converter of dynamic voltage restorer based on the real twisting sliding mode control and ultra capacitor is developed to correct the fault that successfully eliminates the impacts of voltage sag/swell. Methodology. Ultra capacitor along with real twisting sliding mode control gives the more robustness and faster response, with also increasing the compensation time of the dynamic voltage restorer. Testing environment. To evaluate the performance of the proposed control approach, the MATLAB / Simulink SimPower System tool box is employed. Practical values. According to Simulation results clearly shows that the ultra capacitor along with real twisting sliding mode control effectively eliminate the voltage sag/swell in a very short time of 2 ms as compared to IEEE standards that is 20 ms, with less than 5 % total harmonic distortion for sensitive loads as per Information Technology Industry Council Curve and SEMI-F-47 Standards.

New Rainfed-Drought Rice Variety developed through In Vitro Mutagenesis

In vitro mutagenesis (IVM), a technique combining tissue culture and gamma irradiation (30 Gy 60Co), was performed with a modern upland rice variety NSIC 2001 Rc 9 (NSIC Rc9), locally known as Apo. The breeding strategy was implemented to improve the variety’s grain quality, specifically its grain size and shape, and amylose content. The induced mutation strategy regenerated 55 IVM1 families from which the IVM2 population was generated comprising of 206 segregating plants. Phenotypic variability assessment conducted in 2009 wet season resulted in the selection of 150 plants with acceptable phenotypes. After a series of evaluations and selection for grain quality, drought stress tolerance and grain yield, seven elite lines were selected for multi-environment trial (MET) in four rainfed locations. The MET identified four lines ready for nomination to the National Cooperative Testing (NCT) for further evaluation and recommendation to the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) as a new variety for release. In 2015, the line PR41395-NSICRc9-IVM2009DS 50-1-4 (IVM-032) was entered into NCT as one of the breeding lines evaluated under the rainfed-drought prone rice ecosystem. In 2019, the line was released as a new variety recommended for cultivation and consumption. The IVM-032 was officially registered as NSIC 2019 Rc572 and with the variety name of Sahod Ulan 28.

Transnational Entrepreneurs: Economic Livelihood Diversification

AbstractThis article examines transnational entrepreneurs’ decision-making and the selection process of economic livelihood diversification strategies in the special economic zone, Mukdahan, Thailand. The study utilizes qualitative research methods, namely, documentation, field study data collection, interviews, and both participative and non-participative observations. Significant participants include four officials and numbers of staff from the government and private sector, such as officials from the Provincial Administrative Organization, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Provincial Industry Council; staff from the business world, such as the hospitality industry; and fourteen transnational immigrant entrepreneurs working in the commerce, production, and/or service sectors. The results show that Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese–Thai, and Laotian transnational immigrant entrepreneurs have applied different economic livelihood strategies, predominantly by exploiting opportunities in Mukdahan, offered by the Greater Mekong Subregion’s (GMS) economic policies. Nevertheless, as immigrants, access to political and social privileges and citizenship rights are limited. In these circumstances, transnational entrepreneurs struggle to secure their livelihoods in order to negotiate politically and be socially accepted. This study found that immigrant entrepreneurs apply four strategies to overcome the aforementioned limitations: (1) having different types of businesses, (2) building up business advantages, (3) offering various sales channels, and (4) establishing diverse social networks.

Expanding Department Visibility by Starting an Industry Council

Today’s managers seek employees with strong communication skills who can apply knowledge in a business setting, while academic business departments seek exposure in their communities. Industry councils can be an effective tool for bridging this gap. As the business world adapts to technological change, education based on information will cede to education based on the generation of ideas. The creation of an industry council creates a repository of relevant knowledge combined with a cadre of seasoned professionals to foster an environment that frames the challenges of an industry in a manner that is useful to professional and instructive to students. Accordingly, council led competitions aid students in identifying problems and synthesizing information from multiple sources into solutions that simulate real business situations. This document outlines steps to start an industry council. While every experience will be different, this paper offers guidelines to help form a council. The authors share their experience and suggest a process to lessen the learning curve for others who may benefit from establishing an industry council.

Appraisal of the human health related toxicological information available on dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) in view of assessing the substance's potential to cause endocrine disruption

Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) is an olefinic hydrocarbon which is manufactured and imported into the European Union (EU) at greater than 1000 tons per year. Concerns related to fetotoxic effects observed in reproductive toxicity studies at high doses led the REACH registrants to self-classify DCPD as a Category 2 reproductive toxicant under the EU CLP Regulation. DCPD was also reviewed in the European Union in the frame of an ongoing European Chemical Agency (ECHA) Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) procedure and under the French National Strategy on Endocrine Disruptors (SNPE). To elucidate whether the developmental effects may be triggered by an endocrine mode of action, the Lower Olefins Sector Group (LOSG) of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) formed an ad hoc expert team to review the available scientific information pertaining to the potential endocrine activity and adversity of DCPD. Existing experimental data was complemented with structure activity modelling using ECHA-recommended (Q)SAR tools. Overall, considering the available information from (Q)SAR, mechanistic in vitro and in vivo studies, no indication of endocrine-mediated adversity was found. Hence, the available evidence supports the conclusion that DCPD does not cause developmental toxicity via an endocrine mode of action. Further work is ongoing to support this conclusion.

Adapting standard forms of contract to facilitate building information modelling

The potential benefits of building information modelling (BIM) meant that its adoption rates had increased considerably. However, the adoption rates of BIM have slowed across the construction industry due to the many challenges that prevent its successful implementation on construction projects. Contractual challenges have been identified as one of the largest challenges hindering the widespread implementation of BIM within the industry. Contract-drafting bodies within the UK have released standard forms of contract and protocols to overcome these contractual challenges. However, the use of these contracts and protocols on construction projects is limited. This research shows a contract analysis on the latest versions of the Joint Contracts Tribunal’s Standard Building Contract with Quantities and the Construction Industry Council’s BIM protocol to identify how these contracts and protocols can be used in combination to overcome contractual challenges associated with the implementation of BIM. This research also assesses the gaps within contracts and protocols to explain why their use is so limited. The authors also propose solutions to these gaps to facilitate the contractual implementation of BIM on construction projects.

Europe’s energy transition too slow

European chemical producers may not be able to meet their carbon emission reduction goals because the region is installing renewable energy capacity too slowly, according to industry leaders. “We need all the renewable electrons that we can get,” Marco Mensink, director general of the European Chemical Industry Council, or Cefic, told delegates at SolarPower Summit 2021, a virtual conference. Cefic wants European regulations for renewable energy to be streamlined so that capacity can be added more quickly. Much of Europe’s renewable energy increase will be in the form of wind energy. But its installation of wind energy is running at half the rate needed if the region is to meet its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 55% by 2030, according to WindEurope, Europe’s largest wind energy association. Earlier this year, BASF established a plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2030. As part of the plan, the