Management Board Members Research Articles

Information Technological Tools for the Formation of Organizational and Administrative Documents Of Archive of Higher Education Institution

The article describes the importance of applying the information technological tools for the effective activity of archive of higher education institution. Organizational and administrative documents make a significant part of the archives of higher education institution. Organizational and administrative documents can be of the following types: an order, resolution, decision and instruction. These documents establish and regulate the structure, tasks, functions, duties, rights and responsibilities of all the management board members. All the documents come to archive in paper form. For the convenience of storage and use there is a need for electronic storage. Development a web resource through the use of information technological tools will allow to creating a system of structured storage of electronic documents. And also to ensure the reliability, confidentiality and differentiation of access rights for a wide range of users. Converting a document from paper to an electronic form involves its digitalization. The digitalization is provided by the following stages: document scanning,recognition of its content and digital preservation. Scanning of documents from the archive is carried out using scanner. Document content recognition can be made using shareware software solutions (ABBYY FineReader, Readiris, Convertio.co, iLovePDF, Scanitto Pro ect) and free like a OCR CuneiForm, ISTIO, NAPS2, CuneiForm FreemoreOCR, FreeOCR ect. While the process of digital preservation of the document should be carried out considering the special features of its content and metadata. Therefore, the corresponding functionality was developed. Functionality has also been implemented – the creation of tasks for the permanent digitization of documents and the creation of search filters according to the attributes that were entered into the database during digital storage. The requirements to protection data from loss or modification are given.

The role of the strategic apex in shaping the disclosure strategy: A family firm in crisis

This study draws on attribution theory to examine how and by what means the firm's top management team, board members, and owner(s) (i.e., the strategic apex) shape disclosure strategies. Drawing on interviews and archival data spanning six years, we conduct a case study of a financially distressed private family-owned media group. Unique access to these data allowed us to peer into the disclosure strategy formation process that typically takes place behind closed doors in private firms. Our findings show that financial distress preceded the formation of the disclosure strategy and the voluntary disclosure practices designed to satisfy financially powerful stakeholders, and that internal whistleblowers act as a low-cost disclosure tool to inform financially weaker stakeholders. In addition, the development of the disclosure strategy is strongly influenced by the strategic apex, which forms collaborative teams, organises stakeholders and their information needs, and meticulously manages and controls the content and timing of voluntary disclosures. Our findings also suggest that a tightly knit disclosure strategy and voluntary disclosure practices are used to influence rather than inform, to manage stakeholder interactions, and to influence public opinion.

Machine learning enabled system for intelligent classification of host-based intrusion severity

Intrusion severity classification or the analysis of the impact of intrusion is a much needed solution to effectively manage intrusion events in an organization. A lot of intrusion scenarios have been carried out by systems administrators or the internal workers over the years in different organizations and the external hackers are berated for it. Many deliberate inversions have happened from the internal actors with top management board members only swinging into actions to manage the effect of it without digging into the inversion to apprehend the actors or the source of the intrusion. So, this work has been designed to assist IT firms to effectively carry out the analysis of the impact of intrusion, especially those from the internal workers. In this work, we proposed a Machine Learning Enabled System for Intelligent Classification of Host-based Intrusion Severity. The proposed model is aimed at detecting the severity of intrusion problems, carryout source analysis and give security recommendation for effective management of intrusion problems. The model is divided into three phases; the detection of intrusion severity, source analysis and security recommendation using counterfacatual reasoning.We built a system that aided us to gather user interaction over time, we captured these interaction in the activity log, our dataset was extracted from these activity log data.We used Bayesian Network to design the intrusion severity classification system, source analysis is carried out immediately, then counterfactual model is employed to give security recommendation. The accuracy of Bayesian Network in the intrusion severity classification model is 82%. An API was generated and deployed to allow scalability.

Assessment of Management Approach and the Effectiveness of Primary Health Care Systems in FCT Abuja, Nigeria

Failure of Primary Health Care Systems in meeting previously set Millennium development goals and other health targets in Nigeria has necessitated a critical look at its Primary Health Care systems to decipher challenges and requirements necessary for its effectiveness in achieving Immunization Coverage. The purpose of this study was to analyse management approaches within the context of the primary health care system in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria for effectiveness in achieving immunization coverage. A descriptive survey approach was used and entailed the collection of data from 184 Primary Health Care Management Board members in the Federal Capital Territory, using a researcher- developed instrument titled a “Primary Health Care Manager Instrument (PHCMI). Data obtained from the questionnaire was analysed using IBM SPSS version 21. T-test and Regression analysis were used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses respectively. The findings revealed that classical and neoclassical approaches were employed in promoting the effectiveness of Primary Health Care systems for achieving Immunization Coverage in the Federal Capital Territory, though strategies meant to promote immunization Coverage in Primary Health care systems were not well implemented. The test of hypothesis revealed that both Classical and Neoclassical Management Approaches have positive and significant effect on DTP3 Coverage in FCT at the conventional level. In reference to the findings and conclusion from the study, non-adaptation, low adaption, low engagement and poor implementation are factors that have mitigated the effectiveness of primary health care systems in the FCT. The management of the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care systems should be reoriented and incentivised to focus on core value delivery

Governance of Microfinance Institutions in Nairobi, Kenya

The purpose of this study was to assess the governance factors affecting microfinance institutions in Nairobi County. Applying descriptive research design, the study targeted senior managers, management and supervisory board members. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed to obtain both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results show that financial controls and staff competency, significantly impact on the performance of these firms in terms of compliance, internal audits, reporting and payment systems, ethical and integrity values, risk assessment staff experience, training and skills match, employment procedures. It is recommended that financial controls in MFIs should be sustained, while, ensuring continuous adhering to the regulations governing the operations of MFIs. There is need for continuous provide capacity building to staff to ensure that they are updated with current issues in the sub-sector for purposes of making sound decisions to the benefit of the institutions as well as the clients.

Accountability Concept of Village Fund Management through Religious Spirit

Village funds management and its accountability reports in Indonesia are very important since it relates directly to many people in villages and deals with a significant amount of funds. The accountability of village funds is also beneficial for the sustainability of the local government development. This study tries to deconstruct the accountability of the village funds using samples from eight villages in Tempel district, Sleman regency, Special Province of DI. Yogyakarta. The village heads, village secretaries, members of the village management board, and village treasurers were selected as the main informant. The validity of the data was done by several tests, namely credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability tests. Results indicate that the accountability of village fund management in the observed sample sites covers vertical accountability, horizontal accountability, social accountability and spiritual accountability. This study implies that the ongoing accountability performed by the village fund managers is accountability from the perspective of both the world and the hereafter.

Salary of Management Personnel of Joint Stock Electric and Technical Companies in Pre-Revolutionary Russia

The article provides the analysis of an insufficiently researched problem of incentives for the management personnel of joint stock electric and technical companies. The completed analysis of the board of directors reports of more than twenty capital-based and regional companies, which was more than one third of all joint stock electric and technical companies acting in Russia at the end of the XIX — beginning of the XX centuries, allowed to reveal the mechanism of salary payment for elected and appointed managers, including chairmen and members of management boards, managing directors and other employees in this industry. It was concluded that the management boards of companies consisted mostly of the founders and shareholders of these companies. An exception was made only with respect to the managing directors who were directly responsible for the current business activity and were expected to have proper knowledge and experience. This category of management could be formed either from the shareholders or from the invited specialists. While the incentives for the work of chairmen and members of companies were mostly bonuses and dividends, which were paid out of the net profit upon the results of the financial year, managing directors, as a rule, received a fixed salary, which could be paid monthly or as a result of the annual activity. At that, the amount of payments in different companies, irrespective of the scale of their activity, was more or less the same, which proved a unified approach for the making of the managerial capital in the industry.

Formación de miembros de directorios en universidades chilenas afiliadas al Sistema de Admisión

This research seeks to describe the formal knowledge of directors of private universities in Chile, which are attached to the Admission System to Chilean universities. To do this, a documentary study was carried out, with a non-experimental quantitative approach, which uses primarily primary and secondary sources, particularly active transparency information provided by the website of each university, the results are presented in tables. It was determined that there is insufficient academic training at the doctoral level (only a third of university directors have a Ph.D. degree and just over 36% of rectors have this degree), and little specialization in the field of management of organizations. Additionally, an important gender gap was found in the occupation of managerial positions; all of which shows that both situations continue to be significant challenges in Chilean universities.

INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPERVISORY BOARDS AS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF COMMERCIAL COMPANIES

Aim: The purpose of this article is an assessment of the legitimacy of introducing changes to the Commercial Companies Code regarding the effectiveness of a Board of Directors, then comparing the results of the research performed by the author of the article to the current practices of the functioning of Boards. Methodology: The research covered the practical activities of company supervisory board members. A quantitative survey was conducted from 2018 to 2021 in the form of a questionnaire distributed via email, the website www.webankieta.pl, and delivered in person in paper form. A survey was conducted on people in managerial positions (54%) where men were the majority of those polled (71%). The surveyed population was chosen based on their professional experience as managers and members of the board in the state-owned enterprises. Results: On a sample of 100 respondents, it was observed that, provided the supervisory board is committed to their duties and consists of qualified personnel, the supervisory board contributes to the improvement or good functioning of the company, and often even its development. Conclusions: The main conclusion that has been formulated is confirmation of the legitimacy of introducing legal changes aimed at increasing the effectiveness of supervision, especially in the advisory and information areas, which are of key importance in the correct diagnosis of the company’s situation and in the proper shaping of the development strategy.Due to the confidentiality that members of supervisory and management boards are subjected to, it is very difficult to obtain from them the precise answers necessary to study the functioning of supervisory boards and management boards.

Debt-Fueled Acquisitions by Non-Financial Firms Employing Bank-Associated Officers in Poland

ABSTRACT Firms employing former or incumbent members of management and supervisory boards of commercial banks exhibit higher acquisitiveness. The presence of bank-associated officers increases firms’ proclivity to engage in serial, cross-industry, and cross-border acquisitions. Firms employing bank-associated officers buy targets with lower complementarity. They are also significantly more likely to settle transactions in cash, especially their first acquisition. While all firms experience acquisition-related increases in leverage, the latter is higher in firms employing bank-associated officers, particularly those associated with state-owned banks. Acquisitions completed by banker-employing firms record lower short-term shareholder returns than the remainder of the research sample.

John Caseley 1935–2022: a Life with Weeds

Former Outlooks on Pest Management board member John Caseley is remembered for his significant contribution to weed science in a career spanning five decades which earned him the respect of his peers around the world. John passed away recently at the age of 87. John’s extensive publication list demonstrates his capacity for collaboration with scientists in the UK and around the world. His enthusiastic and extrovert character made him not only a welcome colleague but also a frequent speaker at meetings and conferences. He was a regular contributor to the annual Brighton Weed control conferences and presented at numerous international meetings including in USA, Israel, Australia and in Europe. His international reach was further enhanced by collaboration on publications that to this day remain essential sources of information including a 1994 United Nations published book on Weed Management for Developing Countries, co-edited with Ricardo Labrada and Chris Parker and a volume from 2000 on Prevention and Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Rice co-authored by Bernal Valverde and Charlie Riches. The latter has been downloaded many thousands of times in both English and Spanish versions. He was always keen to encourage others and served for many years on the editorial board of the Outlooks on Pest Management Journal and committees of the Society of Chemical Industry. John’s qualities were especially appreciated by many postdoctoral and post-graduate students from overseas who benefitted from his wise council and mentoring and who went on to become distinguished weed scientists in their own countries.

Standardization and strengthening the functionality of hospital management boards in central hospitals: Evidence of a developing economy

Zimbabwe’s public hospitals have been criticised for the declining standard of health service delivery for the past three decades with fingers pointed towards the hospital governance system. In response to the criticism, the government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Health, has begun the process of making structural changes to the entire hospital governance system (Moyo, 2016; Sikipa, Osifo-Dawodu, Kokwaro, & Rice, 2019). The aim of the study is to examine the processes of appointing hospital management board (HMB) members in central hospitals of Zimbabwe. The study sought to explore the standardization, strengthening, and performance of HMBs in central hospitals of Zimbabwe with a focus on six central hospitals which include Harare, Chitungwiza, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), Mpilo, and Ingutsheni. The study employed a mixed-method design using the questionnaire and interviews to collect data. The target population included 66 board members. The census approach was used meaning that all members of the population formed the sample size. The study revealed that 67% of hospitals had functional HMBs with a quorum despite lacking a clear policy to evaluate their performance. The gaps identified required policy review to strengthen the appointment and performance of HMBs

Summary of Task Force Team Work to Come up with Certificate System of Pancreatobiliary Endoscopist

It has been appealed to come up with the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist from summer endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography camp in 2018. All members of Policy-Quality Management Board, Educational Board, and Insurance Affaires Board had the first workshop preparing for the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist on December 8, 2018. They discussed prerequisites to the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist as well as pros and cons on the system. After trying to prepare it over half year, a task force team (TFT) set sail for the certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist. Throughout one workshop and five conferences, the TFT confirmed the official name of certificate system of pancreatobiliary endoscopist and made rules and regulations on the qualification of guidance medical specialists, training hospital qualifications, acquisition, maintenance and repair of certificate, and eligibility criteria for renewal.

2020: Looking Back on the Year of COVID.

Key TakeawaysIn a recent roundtable gathering, AWWA water industry leaders provided insights on how the COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the water industry, now and going forward.Members of AWWA's Management and Leadership Division Board of Trustees shared how organizations adapted, found silver linings, and thrived despite challenges.Lessons learned for resilient utility management include new approaches to public communications, virtual meeting adoption, changed workforce expectations, and more.

Measuring social capital of hospital management boards in European hospitals: A validation study on psychometric properties of a questionnaire for Chief Executive Officers

BackgroundThe commitment of hospital managers plays a key role in decisions regarding investments in quality improvement (QI) and the implementation of quality improvement systems (QIS). With regard to the concept of social capital, successful cooperation and coordination among hospital management board members is strongly influenced by commonly shared values and mutual trust. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reliability and validity of a survey scale designed to assess Social Capital within hospital management boards (SOCAPO-B) in European hospitals.MethodsData were collected as part of the EU funded mixed-method project “Deepening our understanding of quality improvement in Europe (DUQuE)” from 210 hospitals in 7 European countries (France, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey). The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) completed the SOCAPO-B scale (six-item survey, numeric scale, 1=‘strongly disagree’ to 4=‘strongly agree’) regarding their perceptions of social capital within the hospital management board. We investigated the factor structure of the social capital scale using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha, while construct validity was assessed through Pearson’s correlation coefficients between the scale items.ResultsA total of 188 hospitals participated in the DUQuE-study. Of these, 177 CEOs completed the questionnaire(172 observations for social capital) Hospital CEOs perceive relatively high social capital among hospital management boards (average SOCAPO-B mean of 3.2, SD = 0.61). The exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 1-factor-model with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91. Pearson’s correlation coefficients between the single scale items ranged from 0.48 to 0.68.ConclusionsThe SOCAPO-B−scale can be used to obtain reliable and valid measurements of social capital in European hospital management boards, at least from the CEO’s point of view. The brevity of the scale enables it to be a cost-effective and tool for measuring social capital in hospital management boards.Trial registrationThis validation study was not registered.

Preparedness of Schools Management Boards in Curriculum Implementation in Public Primary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya

This paper investigates Curriculum Implementation in Public Primary Schools by the Management Boards in Tongeren Sub-County, Bungoma County, Kenya. The study objective was to establish the preparedness of the school management boards in curriculum implementation. The sample size for the study was 136 where Board members were 92 while teaching staff were 44. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative research designs. Data was collected through questionnaires and interview schedules. The questionnaire was used on the education officers, the headteachers, and teachers, while the interview schedules were used on the School Management Boards. Descriptive and inferential analysis techniques were used to analyze the collected data. Cronbach Alpha’s measure of internal consistency yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.756 on the questionnaire. Qualitative data collected were analyzed thematically. Quantitative data gathered from the field survey was analyzed using regression on SPSS version 25. The study noted that 96.8% of the school management boards were not initially trained in curriculum implementation by Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI). Findings further indicate that the correlation coefficient (R-value) for the model was 0.151, indicating a low positive relationship between the variables. The Coefficient of determination (R2) was 23%, implying that the studied variables accounted for 23% variability in the curriculum implementation in public primary schools at a 95% confidence interval. This was an indication that members of the school management boards were unlikely to oversee proper curriculum implementation for lack of management skills. Sensitization and organization of regular in-service courses for school management boards on matters of curriculum implementation are recommended.

Immigrant founder chief executive officers, firm innovation, and performance: The role of cultural distance and top management team and board social capital

Drawing upon social cognitive and learning theories and social embeddedness perspective, we develop a conceptual framework for exploring the impact of immigrant founder chief executive officers on firm performance through firm innovation. We propose that immigrant founder chief executive officers are more likely to lead their firm with an innovative mentality due to their biculturalism, thus enhancing firm innovation and performance. We suggest that the impact of immigrant founder chief executive officers on firm innovation is moderated by cultural distance such that moderate cultural distance results in greater innovation, and ultimately, performance. We also indicate that top management team and board members’ local social capital, as well as immigrant founder chief executive officers’ foreign social capital, enhance the proposed relationships. A discussion of the relationships, limitations, and future research directions is provided.

Ambidextrous sustainability, organisational structure and performance in hybrid organisations

PurposeDrawing on paradox theory, this study explores how ambidextrous sustainability relates to organisational performance in hybrid organisations represented by Swedish municipal housing corporations, and how this relationship is contingent on the organisational structure of these organisations.Design/methodology/approachThe study relies on the data collected from Swedish municipal housing corporations. These data sources consist of a survey sent to the management team members in Swedish municipal housing corporations, financial and non-financial archival data on these corporations, interviews with the management team and board members, and observations of meetings involving the management team and board of directors at a Swedish municipal housing corporation. Quantitative data of the study were analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and linear multiple regression analysis. Qualitative data were analysed employing deductive thematic analysis and were used to illustrate and discuss the results of the quantitative analysis.FindingsThe quantitative findings show that ambidextrous sustainability, i.e. the alignment between an explorative orientation and an exploitative orientation towards sustainability, has a weakly positive relationship with financial performance and a positive relationship with social performance in hybrid organisations represented by Swedish municipal housing corporations. The study further shows that a high level of the structural element “connectedness” weakened the relationship between the ambidextrous sustainability and financial performance of the organisation in the study. In contrast, a lower level of connectedness reinforced and strengthened this relationship. Our qualitative material illustrates how the quantitative findings could be explained by the interaction between the board of directors and the management team of these hybrid organisations.Originality/valueThe study shows how ambidextrous sustainability, employed for conceptualisation of the sustainability strategy in hybrid organisations, represented by Swedish municipal housing corporations, can impact on facets of performance (i.e. financial, social and environmental) differently. The study further highlights the importance of organisational structures in these relationships in a hybrid context.

A Qualitative Analysis of Implementing E-Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown

The existing literature evidences the potential of the e-learning methodology, although some call it into question. Our study aimed to analyse the real scope of applying this methodology type to a lockdown situation like that caused by COVID-19. It could provide the scientific and educational community with useful novel information on e-learning and its real adequacy for schools in pre-university educational stages. This qualitative study was designed using questionnaires with open-ended questions for students and semistructured interviews for teachers, management board members, and families of students of Primary and Secondary Education. The scripts of data collection tools were made ad hoc. The thematic analysis was carried out in accordance with the study dimensions by relating the access and use of technological resources in classrooms, implementing the e-learning methodology during face-to-face teaching, and finally knowing the effects of its application during remote teaching in the lockdown situation. The results clearly show a need to adapt and adjust the implementation of this methodology by considering not only its specificities, but also a combination of e-learning and traditional teaching methodologies can help to introduce information and communication technologies (ICT) into classrooms. To conclude, including such a methodology in the educational context can be argued for, provided that specific training is received to allow the potential of both online and traditional teaching to be leveraged.

Does gender diversity in supervisory boards affect gender diversity in management boards in Germany? An empirical analysis

Social aspects like gender diversity in the boardroom are becoming increasingly relevant and are a popular topic of public debate in the context of gender equality in business. However, there is little clarity about the potential spill-over effects of gender diversity. Both theory and empirical results have led to ambiguous conclusions with respect to the effect of gender diversity in the supervisory board on gender diversity in the management board. In addition, it is not clear whether the German gender quota legislation positively affects this relationship. This study analyses whether gender diversity in the supervisory board supports the gender diversity of the management board, and whether this relationship is affected by the gender quota legislation, focusing on the unique case of Germany. To cope with endogeneity concerns, this study employs a cross-lagged panel model with fixed effects using maximum likelihood structural equation modelling. The results of the analysis of the impact of the number of female supervisory board members on the number of female management board members do not support the view of positive spill-over effects of gender diversity in the environment of the German two-tier corporate governance system. Furthermore, this study finds no evidence of an effect of the German gender quota on this relationship. JEL Codes G38, M12, M14, M51