Low-level Performance Research Articles

Detecting Preanalytical Errors Using Quality Indicators in a Hematology Laboratory.

Background and Objectives:Monitoring laboratory performance continuously is crucial for recognizing errors and fostering further improvements in laboratory medicine. This study aimed to review the quality indicators (QIs) and describe the laboratory errors in the preanalytical phase of hematology testing in a clinical laboratory.Methods:All samples received in the Hematology Laboratory of the Maternity and Pediatric Hospital in Hail for 3 years were retrospectively reviewed and evaluated for preanalytical issues using a set of QIs. The rate of each QI was compared to the quality specifications cited in the literature.Results:A total of 95002 blood samples were collected for analysis in the hematology laboratory from January 2017 through December 2019. Overall, 8852 (9.3%) were considered to show preanalytical errors. The most common were “clotted specimen” (3.6%) and “samples not received” (3.5%). Based on the quality specifications, the preanalytical QIs were classified generally as low and medium level of performance. In contrast, the sigma-based performance level indicates acceptable performance on all the key processes. Further analysis of the study showed a decreasing rate of preanalytical errors from 11.6% to 6.5%.Conclusions:Preanalytical errors remain a challenge to hematology laboratories. The errors in this case were predominantly related to specimen collection procedures that compromised the specimen quality. Quality indicators are a valuable instrument in the preanalytical phase that allows an opportunity to improve and explore clinical laboratory process performance and progress. Continual monitoring and management of QI data are critical to ensure ongoing satisfactory performance and to enhance the quality in the preanalytical phase.

COVID-19 Pandemic – Do our Indian Nursing Students Have Knowledge about it and Do they Follow Preventive Practices Against It?

Introduction: COVID-19 stands for Coronavirus Disease 2019 which is a disease declared as global pandemicon 11th of March, 2020 by the World Health Organization, caused by the newly identified Coronavirus(SARS CoV-2 virus). There is a report of more than 213.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 andmore than 4.4 million associated deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.(25.08.2021).Thepresent study has the objectives to assess the prevailing knowledge and known information amongst studentnurses about the COVID-19 pandemic, the known preventive practices against acquiring and spread of thedisease and to learn the preventive practices being used amongst student nurses amidst the pandemic.Thesetting selected for the study was AIIMS, New Delhi, Nurses Hostel through online mode. A convenientnon-probability sampling was adopted for data collection using a structured questionnaire for 2nd year BSc.(Hons) Nursing Students (n=75).The data were obtained and analysis was done in terms of descriptive andinferential statistics. Results showed that 64%, 33.3% ,2.7% nursing students had high, moderate and lowlevel of knowledge (with a score of 18 or more,12-17 and ,lower than 11)respectively. The mean knowledgescore was 17.82 for a total score of 24 (74.25%). 57.3%, 40% and 2.7% had high, moderate and low level ofperformance of preventive practice respectively with a score of 52 or more, 35-51 and lower than 35, and amean of 51.90 for a total score of 70(74.1%). CONCLUSION: A majority of the study population of nursingstudents had adequate knowledge who followed adequate preventive practices against the COVID-19pandemic, however quite a large percentage still had below average knowledge about the disease and aneven lower percentage implemented practices for the prevention of acquiring the disease in their daily lives.

THE IMPACT OF GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON THE SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN THE UAE

Green development across the world has brought forth the idea of Green Human Resource Management (green HRM), which helps sustainability. Companies can get benefits from green HRM by increasing brand awareness by customers through implementing the right practices. The purpose of the current investigation was further to extend the research on the effects of green HRM. This research focuses on the impact of green HRM on the sustainable performance of the manufacturing industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Social, environmental, and economic performance indicators were identified. A survey was used, where the number of respondents was 111 manufacturing employees in the UAE. The data gained was analyzed using different statistical methods such as t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation. Results showed a generally accepted level of green practices and sustainable performance. However, about 16% of the respondents reported low performance and application levels in their companies. Results also showed a positive impact of the green HRM on environmental, economic, and social performance indicators. The value of this paper comes from being the first study that investigates the effect of green HRM on performance in the UAE.

Measuring Regional Performance in the Italian NHS: Are Disparities Decreasing?

Given the regional disparities that historically characterize the Italian context, in this paper we propose a framework to evaluate the regional health care systems’ performance in order to contribute to the debate on the relationship between decentralisation of health care and equity. To investigate the regional health systems performance, we refer to the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators project to construct of a set of five composite indexes. The composite indexes are built on the basis of the non-compensatory Adjusted Mazziotta-Pareto Index, that allows comparability of the data across units and over time. We propose three indexes of health system performance, namely Quality Index, Accessibility Index and Cost-Expenditure Index, along with a Health Status Index and a Lifestyles Index. Our framework highlights that regional disparities still persist. Consistently with the evidence at the institutional level, there are regions, particularly in Southern Italy, which record lower levels of performance with high levels of expenditure. Continuous research is needed to provide policy makers with appropriate data and tools to build a cohesive health care system for the benefit of the whole population. Even if future research is needed to integrate our framework with new indicators for the calculation of the indexes and with the identification of new indexes, the study shows that a scientific reflection on decentralisation of health systems is necessary in order to reduce inequalities.

Motivational and emotional effects of social comparison in sports

The comparison to other athletes and the resulting effects on emotion, motivation and effort investment are a natural and integral part of sports performance. The current study tested a bias toward upward comparison in athletes. Further it tested how comparison processes influence motivation (i.e., self-improvement motivation, coasting, disengagement), emotion (e.g. happiness and shame) and performance improvement as a behavioral measure of effort. Freshmen from an elite sport university volunteered to participate in an experience sampling study conducted over one semester (6 months). Contrary to our predictions, athletes did not generally compare more upward than downward, and only few subscales of the two sport-specific dispositional measures (sport-specific achievement motivation and sport orientation) predicted upward comparison. As hypothesized, upward comparison to moderately better standards was associated with greater motivation while extreme upward comparison was related to a drop in motivation and increased disengagement. Still, upward comparison during the semester significantly predicted performance at the end of the semester. Downward comparison was related to coasting motivation and lower levels of performance. Happiness decreased with upward and increased with downward comparison. The opposite was true for feelings of shame. This research emphasizes the role of the social environment in sports and how training partners depending on their inferiority or superiority can boost or hinder motivation and performance in athletes.

The service triad: an empirical study of service robots, customers and frontline employees

PurposeRecent service studies suggest focusing on the service triad consisting of technology-customer-frontline employee (FLE). This study empirically investigates the role of service robots in this service triad, with the aim to understand the augmentation or substitution role of service robots in driving utilitarian and hedonic value and ultimately customer repatronage.Design/methodology/approachIn study 1, field data are collected from customers (n = 108) who interacted with a service robot and FLE in a fast casual dining restaurant. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to test hypotheses about the impact of service robots' anthropomorphism, social presence, value perceptions and augmentation opportunities in the service triad. In study 2, empirical data from a scenario-based experimental design (n = 361) complement the field study by further scrutinizing the interplay between the service robot and FLEs within the service triad.FindingsThe study provides three important contributions. First, the authors provide empirical evidence for the interplay between different actors in the “customer-FLE-technology” service triad resulting in customer repatronage. Second, the empirical findings advance the service management literature by unraveling the relationship between anthropomorphism and social presence and their effect on perceived value in the service triad. And third, the study identifies utilitarian value of service robots as a driver of customer repatronage in fast casual dining restaurants.Practical implicationsThe results help service managers, service robot engineers and designers, and policy makers to better understand the implications of anthropomorphism, and how the utilitarian value of service robots can offer the potential for augmentation or substitution roles in the service triad.Originality/valueBuilding on existing conceptual and laboratory studies on service robots, this is one of the first field studies on the service triad consisting of service robots – customers – frontline employees. The empirical study on service triads provides evidence for the potential of FLEs to augment service robots that exhibit lower levels of functional performance to achieve customer repatronage. FLEs can do this by demonstrating a high willingness to help and having excellent interactions with customers. This finding advocates the joint service delivery by FLE – service robot teams in situations where service robot technology is not fully optimized.

An Efficient Distributed Elliptic Positioning for Underground Remote Sensing

Remote surveying of unknown bound geometries, such as the mapping of underground water supplies and tunnels, remains a challenging task. The obstacles and absorption in media make the long-distance telecommunication and localization process inefficient due to mobile sensors’ power limitations. This work develops a new short-range sequential localization approach to reduce the required amount of signal transmission power. The developed algorithm is based on a sequential localization process that can utilize a multitude of randomly distributed wireless sensors while only employing several anchors in the process. Time delay elliptic and frequency range techniques are employed in developing the proposed algebraic closed-form solution. The proposed method is highly effective as it reaches the Cramer–Rao Lower Bound performance level. The estimated positions can act as initializations for the iterative Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) via the Taylor series linearization to acquire even higher positioning accuracy as needed. By reducing the need for high power at the transmit modules in the sensors, the developed localization approach can be used to design a compact sensor with low power consumption and greater longevity that can be utilized to explore unknown bounded geometries for life-long efficient observation mapping.

Improvement of matching fields using coplanar field border method in postmastectomy radiotherapy

Abstract Aim: To propose a new matching method for the supraclavicular (SC) and tangential fields on three-dimensional radiotherapy (3DRT) for postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT). Methods: A method of matching coplanar field borders (CFB) between the tangential and SC fields was created in 3DRT. The collimator angle of the medial tangential field was calculated to coplanar the SC field. The proposed method performance was ultimately benchmarked using the half beam block (HBB) and traditional three-field monoisocenter (TTM) methods by dosimetric comparison. The decision score was then employed to clarify the performance among these methods. Results: The results show that the TTM method exhibited not only low doses on the organs at risk (OAR) but also on the matching fields. The CFB and HBB produced comparable results, but the ipsilateral lung yielded lesser amounts than the HBB. The decision score indicated a low performance level when using the TTM method, whereas the CBF method exhibited a slightly higher performance score than the HBB. Findings: The CFB exhibited good performance in terms of the dose on OARs and at the matching fields. This method offers a comparable level of performance to the HBB. Thus, the CFB offers an alternative method of significant interest in PMRT.

Planning and optimising a digital intervention to protect older adults\u2019 cognitive health

BackgroundBy 2050, worldwide dementia prevalence is expected to triple. Affordable, scalable interventions are required to support protective behaviours such as physical activity, cognitive training and healthy eating. This paper outlines the theory-, evidence- and person-based development of ‘Active Brains’: a multi-domain digital behaviour change intervention to reduce cognitive decline amongst older adults.MethodsDuring the initial planning phase, scoping reviews, consultation with PPI contributors and expert co-investigators and behavioural analysis collated and recorded evidence that was triangulated to inform provisional ‘guiding principles’ and an intervention logic model. The following optimisation phase involved qualitative think aloud and semi-structured interviews with 52 older adults with higher and lower cognitive performance scores. Data were analysed thematically and informed changes and additions to guiding principles, the behavioural analysis and the logic model which, in turn, informed changes to intervention content.ResultsScoping reviews and qualitative interviews suggested that the same intervention content may be suitable for individuals with higher and lower cognitive performance. Qualitative findings revealed that maintaining independence and enjoyment motivated engagement in intervention-targeted behaviours, whereas managing ill health was a potential barrier. Social support for engaging in such activities could provide motivation, but was not desirable for all. These findings informed development of intervention content and functionality that appeared highly acceptable amongst a sample of target users.ConclusionsA digitally delivered intervention with minimal support appears acceptable and potentially engaging to older adults with higher and lower levels of cognitive performance. As well as informing our own intervention development, insights obtained through this process may be useful for others working with, and developing interventions for, older adults and/or those with cognitive impairment.

Association Between Season of Birth and Cognitive Aging in Older Adults: Pan-European Population-Based Study on 70,000 Individuals.

Several early-life factors have been associated with higher risk of developing dementia. It is unclear whether season of birth (SOB) can affect cognitive aging in older adults or not. We aimed to study the association of SOB with the level of cognitive performance as well as with the rate of cognitive decline. We studied 70,203 individuals who participated in the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. Cognition was measured with tests on verbal fluency and immediate and delayed recall. We assessed the association of SOB with the level of cognitive performance using multiple linear regression and with the rate of cognitive decline using linear mixed-effects models. When compared to individuals born in winter and adjusted for sociodemographic and health-related characteristics, being born in summer was associated with a higher level of delayed recall (B 0.05; 95%CI 0.01 to 0.09) and verbal fluency (B 0.15; 95%CI 0.00 to 0.29) and being born in fall with a higher level of immediate recall (B 0.04; 95%CI 0.01 to 0.08) and verbal fluency (B 0.15; 95%CI 0.01 to 0.29). Individuals born in summer had a higher yearly decline in delayed recall (B -0.005; 95%CI -0.009 to 0.000), while the scores in delayed recall in participants born in spring showed an inverse trend (B 0.005; 95%CI 0.000 to 0.010). Individuals born in winter seem to carry a life-long disadvantage in a lower level of cognitive performance; however, being born in winter does not seem to affect the rate of cognitive decline.

Influence of Mindset on Intellectual Performance

One of the priorities of education institutional existence is to empower student’s academic performance. Understanding their perception towards themselves and their mindset able to help students in their development. This study aims to identify the influence of mindset on intellectual performance. The population of this study sample covers 108 high school students ages 15 to 18 years old across Johor. The respondents of this research were selected through purposive sampling. In this research, student mindset had been measure using the growth mindset scale, and intellectual performance had been measured using 10 items of the psychometric and intellectual test. The data collected were analysed by using SPSS version 26. The results of this research showed that majority of the students has a growth mindset and majority of the students only able to achieve low intellectual performance level. In addition, the findings indicate that type of mindset did not influence intellectual performance.

Relationship between cognitive functioning and frailty in older breast cancer survivors

IntroductionThe relationship between cognitive function and frailty in older, long-term breast cancer survivors was examined. Materials and methodsBreast cancer survivors who were diagnosed and treated at 60 years of age or above and were 5–15 year disease-free survivors and non-cancer controls matched on age and education were evaluated with neuropsychological tests and the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment which was used to assess frailty based on a deficit accumulation frailty index (DAFI). ResultsUnadjusted regression analyses revealed that cancer survivors scored significantly lower on the Language (P = 0.015), Attention, Processing Speed, Executive Function (APE) (P = 0.015), and Learning and Memory (LM) (P = 0.023) domains compared to controls. However, only the LM domain remained significantly different (P = 0.002) in the adjusted analysis. Survivors had significantly higher DAFI scores compared to controls (p = 0.006) and significantly more survivors were categorized as pre-frail or frail (35%) compared to controls (23%, P = 0.009). Increasing frailty scores were associated with worse cognitive performance across all domains (all Ps ≤ 0.004). For the LM domain, there was a significant interaction (P = 0.019) between DAFI score and survivorship vs control status. Survivors demonstrated a significant linear decline in LM scores as DAFI scores increased, whereas controls demonstrated comparable scores between the robust and pre-frail DAFI groups, demonstrating decline in the frailty group only. ConclusionOlder, long-term breast cancer survivors had lower cognitive performance and higher levels of frailty compared to controls. For the Learning and Memory domain, the decline in performance began in the pre-frail range for survivors, but not controls.

Analysis of The Competitive Performance of Egyptian Dates in Global Markets in Light of An Extension Strategy to Develop Agricultural Extension Performance for The Production And Circulation of Egyptian Dates (A Case Study in The New Valley Governorate)

The datepalm is one of the fruit trees that can be benefited from economically and has the possibility of exporting, manufacturing and increasing family income in its production areas in Egypt. The research aims to analyze the productive, competitive and indicative performance of Egyptian dates. To find out the strengths, maintain and develop them, A review of the most important indicators of the competitiveness of Egyptian dates showed that the apparent comparative advantage index increased in value from the correct one in the average period (2015-2020) estimated at about 5.55%, which means that Egyptian date exports enjoy a comparative advantage in global markets. The export efficiency of Egyptian dates during the period (2015-2020) was greater than 100%, as the annual average of export efficiency amounted to about 384.3%, which indicates the presence of export efficiency for Egyptian dates, and the results indicated that Egypt’s share in the Indonesian market amounted to about 40.63%, While it amounted to about 0.02% in the Moroccan market, and about 12.22% in the Malaysian market, during the average period (2015-2020). Date producer.The results were shown the total performance level of the agricultural extension workers surveyed for the extension activities related to them in promoting the production and circulation of Egyptian dates, that (26.7%) of the respondents had a low level of performance for extension activities related to this item, while (40%) of them had a medium level of performance, and it was found that (33.3%) of the respondents had a high level of performance.

Supportive Care and Unmet Needs in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients: Screening and Related Factors.

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer treatment can cause physical and psychological distress and may result in unmet needs. The purposes of this study were to (1) examine the levels of gastrointestinal (GI) symptom distress, social support, and supportive care needs; (2) screen the priorities of unmet supportive care needs; and (3) identify the factors associated with supportive care needs among UGI cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. This cross-sectional study examined UGI cancer patients who received treatment from the outpatient chemotherapy department of a single cancer center in northern Taiwan. Questionnaires were used to collect data regarding GI symptom distress, social support, unmet needs, and supportive care needs. The top three unmet needs were “fears about the cancer spreading”, “uncertainty about the future”, and “being informed about things you can do to help yourself to get well”. Descriptive statistics examined the levels of GI symptom distress, social support, supportive care needs, and priorities of unmet supportive care needs. Stepwise regression was conducted to determine significant factors related to supportive care needs. Greater supportive care needs were found to be associated with higher levels of disease-related worries, increased treatment-related symptoms, and a lower level of physical performance. These factors explained 48.0% of the variance in supportive care needs. Disease-related worries and treatment-related symptoms strongly influence overall supportive care needs and each domain of supportive care needs. Symptom management and psychological support for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy may help patients meet needs.

A nonlinear relationship between the team composition and performance in university spin-offs

University spin-offs are a peculiar type of venture that encapsulate a core technology or key scientific knowledge stemming from academic research activities and that are founded by university personnel, professors, or researchers. The high level of scientific knowledge of the team is a critical factor for the new academic venture, but previous research shows that the low cognitive variety of the team members, and in particular, the absence of market-based knowledge, may hinder subsequent performance rates. The aim of the paper is to understand how the degree of composition variety of the founding team affects the growth performance of the university spin-offs, given the founders’ roles in shaping the future development path of the new ventures and their origin within the scientific and academic domain. Based on a new hand-picked database of Italian university spin-offs, we evaluate the nonlinear relationship between founding teams with low, moderate, and high levels of composition variety and subsequent growth performance by studying also the role of external backers as moderating variables. Results show a higher performance with high or low levels of founding team variety and a lower performance with moderate levels of variety. In addition, venture capitalist funds play a positive moderating role.

Identifying the Affecting Functions the Cognitive Performance of Strategic Managers

Background & Purpose: Cognitive performance includes a set of capacities that enable the individuals to recognize, process, and respond to information. Cognitive performance, mental structures, and cognitive functions of strategic organizations’ managers are very critical factors in the success of organizations and achieving their strategic goals. Therefore, this study aims to identify and prioritize the cognitive functions affecting the cognitive performance of strategic managers. Methodology: The method used in this research is a qualitative-quantitative sequential mixed research method in which a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods is used sequentially. In this research, first using qualitative methods, the cognitive functions affecting managers' cognitive performance are identified and then in a quantitative phase, using statistical analysis, a novel methods of multi-criteria decision making the identified factors are prioritized. Findings: In the qualitative section, after reviewing the literature, 14 cognitive functions affecting the cognitive performance of managers were extracted and the conceptual model of the research is presented. In the quantitative part, using the implementation of statistical methods and a multi-criteria decision making method, cognitive functions were prioritized and the weight of each of these functions is calculated. Planning function and performing several tasks simultaneously have been selected as the most important functions among the prioritized cognitive functions, which have obtained the highest average final weight. Conclusion: It is concluded that avoiding managerial errors due to low levels of managerial performance in any of the cognitive functions can cause irreparable problems that subconsciously reduce the efficiency of relevant organizations. In this research, by identifying and prioritizing cognitive functions affecting the cognitive performance of strategic managers, it is possible to prevent cognitive errors, reduce the accuracy factor, and increase the accuracy of decisions.

Geostrategic Border Territories of Russia: Small and Medium Business

Potentially, the participation of small and medium-sized businesses in cross-border cooperation in the border regions of the country should intensify its development, bring specificity to it. However, the analysis showed that there is no noticeable specificity in the dynamics of employment in the field of small and medium-sized businesses in non-priority geostrategic border areas in comparison with other regions of Russia, incl. the crisis year 2020. As in the country as a whole, the development of small and medium-sized businesses in these border areas is difficult, unstable, multidirectional, moreover, in line with the longterm tendency towards its curtailment. Against the background of a generally unfavorable economic, including entrepreneurial, climate, the specifics of the functioning of small and medium-sized businesses in the border areas are hardly distinguishable. This lack of distinction confirms the low estimates of the degree of openness of the Russian economy, the fact that a significant part of the border regions are depressed. With a low level of openness, the potential opportunities from cross-border and other economic cooperation with foreign countries in such Russian territories are poorly realized and play a secondary role. Nonpriority border regions to a greater extent perform “barrier functions” due to geostrategic reasons, rather than the functions of economic growth points.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНОГО СОСТОЯНИЯ СЕРДЕЧНО-СОСУДИСТОЙ СИСТЕМЫ И ЕЕ АДАПТАЦИИ К ФИЗИЧЕСКИМ НАГРУЗКАМ У ДЕТЕЙ С НАРУШЕНИЕМ ЗРЕНИЯ

Aim. The aim of the paper was to study the features of hemodynamics in visually impaired children at rest, after limited physical activity, and in different modes of physical activity. Materials and methods. The study involved visually impaired girls aged 7-8 and engaged in physical activity according to the program of a special school (n = 32) and visually impaired girls involved in adaptive swimming (n = 14). Children of the same age without visual impairment (n = 30) were examined as a control group. The functional state of the cardiovascular system was assessed according to the indicators of the pumping function of the heart, total peripheral vascular resistance and blood pressure using the REACARD automated device and the Omron M2 Basic tonometer. The Martinet – Kushelevsky test (20 squats per 30 seconds) was used as limited phy­sical activity. Results. It was found that compared with the control group, girls with visual impairment at rest demonstrated lower blood pressure and stroke volume accompanied by an increase in heart rate. Limited physical activity in visually impaired girls resulted in a greater decrease in blood pressure in the absence of changes in stroke volume and a sharp increase in heart rate. At the same time, children involved in swimming were characterized by a more favorable response to physical activity accompanied by an increase in stroke volume against a moderate increase in heart rate and blood pressure and a decrease in total peripheral vascular resistance. Conclusion. Visually impaired girls are characterized by a lower level of hemodynamic performance at rest and the lack of formation of urgent adaptation to dynamic physical activity compared with the control group. Special classes that include adaptive swimming have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system and increase its adaptive capabilities.

COMMERCIAL BANKING PERFORMANCE AS PREREQUISITE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract. The article substantiates the need to improve the performance of banks as one of the prerequisites for the economic development of business entities. To assess the performance of banks, the methodological approaches to such an assessment are generalized and their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. The ease of use and interpretation of the results obtained has been proved when using the coefficient approach as a tool for assessing the performance of Ukrainian banks. However, in order to mitigate the main drawback of the coefficient methodological approach, which is expressed in the impossibility of obtaining an unambiguous assessment of the banking performance, it is proposed to apply a methodological approach that provides for the determination of an integral indicator of the banking performance using taxonomy methods. The use of the method of taxonomic analysis made it possible to generalize eleven relative coefficients that comprehensively characterize the banking performance: the overall efficiency of the bank, the efficiency of resource use, the structure of revenues and expenses and the efficiency of personnel use, as well as obtain an integral indicator of development. The proposed methodology for assessing the level of banking performance was tested on the example of state banks of Ukraine with their subsequent ranking. In particular, the authors found that JSC «Oschadbank» was the leader in terms of performance in 2017. However, during 2018—2019, the leadership passed to JSC CB «PrivatBank». The need to improve the performance of JSC «Ukreximbank» and JSB «Ukrgasbank» was proved, since JSC «Ukreximbank» was characterized by a decrease in business performance, and the lowest level of performance was found in JSB «Ukrgasbank». We believe that research on the main reasons for the decline in the banking performance and the impact of such trends on economic growth, including the development of entrepreneurship, is promising and practically significant.
 Keywords: efficiency, assessment, bank, taxonomy, integrated indicator, economic growth, entrepreneurship.
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Policies for the Development of Civil Servant Performance in the Regional Government of Bone Regency

Globalization poses positive impacts such as advances in science and technology, facilitating the flow of information, communication, and distribution of goods and services. The negative impact of globalization is in the form of a threat to the nation's culture, the fading national identity, the dissolution of national borders, and the threat of other organizations. The impact of globalization is becoming an increasingly big and serious threat, especially when the organization lacks strong discipline. The purpose of this study is to find out how the performance of State Civil Apparatus, organizational culture concept framework, and efforts to improve the performance of Civil State Apparatus. The issue of Civil Servant performance will be accomplished and fulfilled if several factors influence it. One of the factors in question is organizational culture. Organizational culture is a philosophy, ideology, values, assumptions, beliefs, expectations, attitudes, and norms that are shared and binding in a particular community. Specifically in the culture within the organization will be determined by the conditions of the teamwork, leaders, and characteristics of the organization and the applicable administration process. Efforts to maintain the positive atmosphere of organizational culture will be able to improve employee performance, in other words, the better the organizational culture the higher the high level of performance, otherwise the worse the existing organizational culture the lower level of employee performance becomes low