Management Society Research Articles

Estimating The Health of Helicopter Turbine Engines by Means of Regression and Classification Using a Probabilistic Neural Network

This paper presents team Mad SoftMax’s approach to competing in the Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2024 Data Challenge. The competition tasked participants with estimating the health of helicopter turbine engines by means of regression and classification. Classification was used to categorize each observation within the dataset as belonging to a healthy or faulty engine while probabilistic regression was employed to estimate the torque margin at each measurement. Additionally, teams were challenged to provide a confidence metric to each of their estimations. These metrics reflected the trustworthiness of solutions and added a risk versus reward element to the competition. While the complete dataset for the challenge contained seven engines, four were provided in a training set to encourage robustness of solutions to handle the three withheld engines’ data during the testing and validation phase. The data was scrambled and identifiers to specific engines were removed to not give away patterns specific to a given engine. Open-source libraries such as TensorFlow were utilized to develop classification and regression models and the following paper opines on the process of understanding the data, data cleaning and model evaluation.

Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self- Report: Clinical Practice Recommendations in Support of the ASPMN 2024 Position Statement

Recognizing and managing pain is especially challenging for vulnerable populations who cannot communicate their discomfort. Because there is no valid and reliable objective measure of pain, the American Society for Pain Management Nursing advocates for comprehensive assessment practices articulated in a Hierarchy of Pain Assessment. These practices must gather relevant information to infer the presence of pain and evaluate a patient's response to treatment. Nurses and other healthcare providers must be advocates for those who cannot communicate their pain experience.

Central nervous system tumors in adolescents and young adults: A Society for Neuro-Oncology consensus review on diagnosis, management, and future directions.

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs; ages 15-39 years) are a vulnerable population facing challenges in oncological care, including access to specialized care, transition of care, unique tumor biology, and poor representation in clinical trials. Brain tumors are the second most common tumor type in AYA, with malignant brain tumors being the most common cause of cancer-related death. The 2021 WHO Classification for central nervous system (CNS) Tumors highlights the importance of integrated molecular characterization with histologic diagnosis in several tumors relevant to the AYA population. In this position paper from the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), the diagnosis and management of CNS tumors in AYA is reviewed, focusing on the most common tumor types in this population, namely glioma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and CNS germ cell tumor. Current challenges and future directions specific to AYA are also highlighted. Finally, possible solutions to address barriers in the care of AYA patients are discussed, emphasizing the need for multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches that span the pediatric and adult paradigms of care, and incorporating advanced molecular testing, targeted therapy, and AYA-centered care.

An innovative framework to advance workplace equity

Reliance on traditional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion approaches, such as implicit bias and anti-harassment trainings, have failed to address systemic inequities embedded within organizations. In response, we first interviewed business leaders/practicing managers and then fielded a nationally representative survey of 1,062 businesses in the United States (in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management). Based on our findings, we developed an innovative, two-dimensional framework, the Equity of Employment Systems Framework, that addresses root causes of workplace inequity. Rather than focusing solely on an overall measure of equity for an organization, this Framework focuses on 7 systemic components (“Levers for Change”) that measure and impact equity in an organization’s 10 Employment Systems. Levels of equity vary greatly among the 10 Employment Systems within organizations: Recruitment & Hiring, Compensation & Benefits, and Orientation & Onboarding representing the strongest measures of equity and Supervision & Mentoring, Job Structures, and Resources & Supports as the least equitable. To help practicing managers strengthen the equity of their Employment Systems, we outline a 5-step process based on our innovating Equity of Employment Systems framework. Our 5-step process can help practicing managers to advance equity within their organizations, creating more inclusive, agile, and innovative businesses.

Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols and Return to Intended Oncologic Therapy: Where We Were and Where We are Going?

Objective: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) utilizes a multimodal, evidence-based approach to improvepatient postoperative recovery and return to functional baseline. Among gynecologic oncology patients, ERAS protocols are associated with a decrease in complication rate and shorter hospital stays. With the improved return to baseline function recovery times, oncology patients are able to begin adjuvant therapy within the recommended timeframe as to not impact overall survival. We performed a cohort study at the initiation of our gynecologic Oncology ERAD program to determine if this decreased time to planned adjuvant therapy among gynecologic oncology patients after laparotomy. Secondary endpoints included protocol adherence, length of stay, complication rates, and readmission. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 137 pre-ERAS and 73 post-ERAS patients diagnosed at a NCI-designated comprehensive care center in NJ to compare gynecologic oncologic and peri-operative outcomes before and after implementation of ERAS protocols. The protocols were based on recommendations from the ERAS society for management of gynecologic and gynecologic oncologic patients. Twenty-five interventions were analyzed and 12 were included in the final analysis. Pre-ERAS patients were identified by ICD-10 diagnosis code and CPT laparotomy codes. Patient characteristics, length of hospital stay, and complications rates were recorded. Institutional review board approval was obtained from Rutgers University and the Scientific Review Board approval from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Results: Twenty-five protocol elements were investigated, with an overall decrease in readmission rate and complication rate between the pre- and postERAS cohorts. There was no difference in length of hospital stay (median, interquartile range of 5 [4-7] and 5 [3-7] in the pre-ERAS and post-ERAS groups, respectively (P=0.91). Similarly, the two groups did not differ based on time to intended oncologic therapy (38 [29-55] versus 37 [29-53]; P=0.94). Conclusions: This study highlights the need for further research on ERAS protocol on return to intended oncologic therapy which is known to improve overall oncologic outcomes

Global perspectives on organizational information systems issues: An enigma in search of a theoretical framework

Information Systems (IS) research paradigms, models and findings are largely developed in the context of the United States and Western Europe and thus are largely applicable to the Western world and have limited relevance elsewhere. One area of IS research interest to both practitioners and academics is the elicitation of organizational/management issues related to the use of information technology (IT). The US-based Society for Information Management conducts an annual survey on these issues, but its findings are limited to the US. Given the current ethnocentric approach, the World IT Project, among other topics, examined the organizational IS issues in 37 countries and found that, as expected, the organizational IS issues varied widely from one organization to another and from one country to another. To better understand the nature of these issues and their driving factors, we have developed a multitiered theoretical framework to unravel these factors. This framework comprises three layers: an outer layer with three national-level factors, a middle layer with two macro-IT factors, and an inner layer with three organizational-level factors. Furthermore, 17 propositions are supported by the World IT Project data and secondary data. Such a framework has been long overdue and offers both practitioners and researchers value in understanding the global IS landscape.

The impact of professional networking and burnout on the organizational and professional commitment of human resources professionals

Abstract Research on burnout has not focused much attention on human resource (HR) professionals, who are often the link between managers and employees. HR professionals have become more integral in organizations’ strategies, processes and protocols. Burnout and lack of both professional and organizational commitment from this group of employees could be detrimental to organizations. This study examines the effects of professional networking and burnout on the organizational and professional commitment of HR professionals, as well as the potential moderating relationship of professional networking on the relationships between job burnout and organizational and professional commitment through professional networking channels such as LinkedIn forums, professional memberships in organizations like the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), or other HR support work groups. A positivist approach using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) was utilized to examine these relationships, and burnout was significantly and negatively related to both professional and organizational commitment. Further, professional networking had a significant positive influence on the relationship between burnout and commitment, meaning that burnout had a less negative impact on commitment when networking was higher. The results provide insight into factors that assist HR professionals in lessening the effects of burnout, while also increasing organizational and professional commitment.

Networking Frictions and Entrepreneurial Learning in Developing Economies

Relationships with peers help entrepreneurs learn and improve firm performance. Recent scholarship confirms that events—social gatherings such as mixers, conferences, or training programs—can help entrepreneurs build valuable social connections. Yet, for entrepreneurs in developing economies, networking frictions may make connecting with peers challenging and undermine the benefits of events. We argue that when networking frictions are high, the value of events will lie more in connecting neighbors rather than bringing together distant peers. In the presence of networking frictions, neighbors are both less likely to be someone the entrepreneur has already learned from and easier to sustain a relationship with. To test this argument, we use data from a series of networking events in Togo during which entrepreneurs were randomly assigned to meet with peers from across the city of Lomé. We find that entrepreneurs who were assigned to neighboring peers were much more likely to sustain a relationship, learn from their peer’s management knowledge, and in turn benefit more: Profits increase by 10% when entrepreneurs get to know peers who are located on average 1 km closer to them. Our results highlight the central role that networking frictions play in shaping who entrepreneurs in developing economies can successfully learn from. This paper was accepted by Lamar Pierce, organizations. Funding: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation [Dissertation Fellowship] and the Strategic Management Society [SRF Dissertation Fellowship]. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.00281 .

FUNCTIONALITY OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT MAP IN THE CONTEXT OF PARTICIPATORY SECURITY MANAGEMENT

The National Security Threat Map is a technological tool that enables citizens to become active inthe identification of contemporary threats. The functionality of this tool allows implementing theassumptions of participatory management related to the participation of the entire society in thesecurity management process.The research carried in the period of 2020–2022 was aimed at obtaining public opinion on thefunctionality of the National Security Threat Map in order to propose areas for modification on thisbasis. The study was conducted using the diagnostic survey method in a group of 206 respondents.An electronic questionnaire was used for this purpose, which was sent to the respondents viasocial networking sites. The document analysing method, including available literature, normativeacts and statistical data, on the basis of which the National Security Threat Map is functioning, wasalso of key importance in the preparation of research tools.Thanks to the conducted research, it was possible to answer the adopted research questions. Ananalysis of the obtained data allowed for formulating conclusions that may contribute to a broaderconsideration of the assumptions of participatory safety management during the application of theNational Security Threat, and, consequently to the design of more effective actions in the field ofsafety prevention.A participatory approach to security management allows increased activity and involvement ofcitizens in implementing set goals. Through social activism, existing technologies can be improvedto make them more efficient. Taking into account the assumptions of participatory managementthrough the National Security Threat Map allows increasing the motivation of the society to takeactions aimed at the own safety of other people.

Internships in Clinical Data Science: A Brief Report

Field-based learning opportunities are considered to be an important and increasingly relevant part of professional learning in the biomedical sciences. The purpose of this study was to document internship opportunities in the combined fields of clinical data management and clinical data science among those attending the Society for Clinical Data Management 2022 annual conference. At the time of the survey there were 276 internship positions staffed across 47 organizations representing pharmaceutical, academic, clinical research, software development, and medical device companies, suggesting ample opportunities for those who wished to gain experience in such organizations. The greatest percentage of internships reported were in the United States, but with a wide range of opportunities worldwide.

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society TEMS Board of Governors/Executive Committee

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society TEMS Board of Governors/Executive Committee

The SCOPE framework - implementing ideals of responsible research assessment.

Research and researchers are heavily evaluated, and over the past decade it has become widely acknowledged that the consequences of evaluating the research enterprise and particularly individual researchers are considerable. This has resulted in the publishing of several guidelines and principles to support moving towards more responsible research assessment (RRA). To ensure that research evaluation is meaningful, responsible, and effective the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group created the SCOPE framework enabling evaluators to deliver on existing principles of RRA. SCOPE bridges the gap between principles and their implementation by providing a structured five-stage framework by which evaluations can be designed and implemented, as well as evaluated. SCOPE is a step-by-step process designed to help plan, design, and conduct research evaluations as well as check effectiveness of existing evaluations. In this article, four case studies are presented to show how SCOPE has been used in practice to provide value-based research evaluation. This article situates SCOPE within the international work towards more meaningful and robust research evaluation practices and shows through the four case studies how it can be used by different organisations to develop evaluations at different levels of granularity and in different settings. The article demonstrates that the SCOPE framework is rooted firmly in the existing literature. In addition, it is argued that it does not simply translate existing principles of RRA into practice, but provides additional considerations not always addressed in existing RRA principles and practices thus playing a specific role in the delivery of RRA. Furthermore, the use cases show the value of SCOPE across a range of settings, including different institutional types, sizes, and missions.

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

Формування соціальної відповідальності місцевого самоврядування: Європейські принципи

The article defines the influence of European principles on the formation of social responsibility of local self-government. In accordance with international documents, seven basic principles of social responsibility of local self-government bodies have been developed, namely: 1) transparent provision of quality services that meet the demands of the territorial community as much as possible; 2) compliance with the norms of national legislation and international principles that ensure sustainable development and well-being of the territorial community; 3) active participation in the development of civil society through the implementation of "community-government-business" partnership programs, social and charitable projects; 4) development of comprehensive and accountable interaction with all stakeholders; 5) implementation of proactive leadership in solving environmental problems, formation of environmental responsibility; 6) creation of jobs with appropriate remuneration, appropriate level of occupational safety, social benefits, promotion of comprehensive development and improvement of competence of employees; 7) effective counteraction to any forms of corruption. It is proven that the effective activity of local self-government should be based on those values that guarantee the development of a democratic, legal and social state, and at the same time ensure the maximum involvement of society in state management, foreseeing potential conflicts of personal and public interests and requests. Such basic factors in the implementation of local self-government should be: 1) the principle of the rule of law; 2) priority of human rights (maximum guarantee of their observance and protection); 3) development of human potential. They are able to serve as the basis of harmonious relations between the state and people. In order to introduce a management model based on the principles of the rule of law and the modern concept of New Public Management, a single paradigm for guaranteeing the observance and protection of human rights at the local level should be introduced. Implementation of the concept of social responsibility in the system of local self-government is an urgent need of modern society, compliance with which will solve the problems of modernization of local self-government in accordance with European values, guaranteeing every person protection from violation of his rights by the state.

Teaching airway teachers: a post-course quantitative and qualitative survey

BackgroundAirway management is a crucial skill for many clinicians. Besides mastering the technical skills of establishing a patent airway, human factors including leadership and team collaboration are essential. Teaching these human factors is often challenging for instructors who lack dedicated training. Therefore, the European Airway Management Society (EAMS) developed the Teach-the-Airway-Teacher (TAT) course.MethodsThis online post-course survey of TAT-course participants 2013–2021 investigated the impact of the TAT-course and the status of airway management teaching in Europe. Twenty-eight questions e-mailed to participants (using SurveyMonkey) assessed the courses’ strengths and possible improvements. It covered participants’ and workplace details; after TAT-course considerations; and specifics of local airway teaching. Data were assessed using Excel and R.ResultsFifty-six percent (119/213) of TAT-participants answered the survey. Most were anaesthetists (84%), working in university level hospitals (76%). Seventy-five percent changed their airway teaching in some way, but 20% changed it entirely. The major identified limitation to airway teaching in their departments was “lack of dedicated resources” (63%), and the most important educational topic was “Teaching non-technical skills” (70%). “Lecturing “ was considered less important (37%). Most surveyed anaesthesia departments lack a standardized airway teaching rotation. Twenty-one percent of TAT-participants rated their departmental level of airway teaching overall as inadequate.ConclusionsThis survey shows that the TAT-course purpose was successfully fulfilled, as most TAT-course participants changed their airway teaching approach and did obtain the EAMS-certificate. The feedback provided will guide future TAT-course improvements to advance and promote a comprehensive approach to teaching airway management.

APA names Guillermo Corea first chief business innovation and growth officer

The American Psychological Association (APA) has named Guillermo Corea as its first chief business innovation and growth officer, responsible for developing and leading new revenue generation strategies for the association and its affiliated APA Services Inc. Corea has more than 25 years of experience in business development, marketing, partnerships and strategic management. “APA welcomes Guillermo to this critical new position, which will involve identifying and diversifying revenue for the association, alliance building and business development,” APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., Ph.D., said in announcing the appointment. “He brings a stellar record that includes launching new operations and expanding revenue streams in his prior positions.” Corea most recently served nine years with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), first as director of digital media and business devel‐opment and later as managing di‐rector, workplace innovation lab and venture capital. While there he launched an impact investment vehicle, new business lines and products, and he expanded SHRM's e‐commerce revenue.

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

Determinants of Operations Management Faculty Salary: Is Publishing in “A” Journals the “Bottom Line”?

This study investigates the determinants of salary for operations management scholars. Is it as some opine that the only thing that matters is the publication count in “A” journals? How do the full range of activities: research, teaching, service, and administration, affect salary? The present research seeks to shed light on these questions and is predicated on a data set that consists of the research, teaching, and service outcomes, along with salary, for a full census of operations management faculty at 22 public universities (227 faculty) for base, 9-month salary and a subset of 15 universities (150 faculty) for total annual compensation. The results demonstrate partial support for the hypotheses that only “A” publications are financially rewarded, with publications in Production and Operations Management having the highest correlation with salary. The salary reward for publishing in “A” journals is unaffected by number of coauthors. Publications in other academic journals, top-tier practitioner journals, and top journals in sister-fields, and measures of impact, such as citations, H-index, and research awards provide no additional explanatory value of salary. Likewise, service and teaching awards do not add explanatory value. Female Full Professors are paid roughly $23,000 less in base salary than their male counterparts. Non-publishing factors that significantly contribute to salary include changing university affiliations (only for Associate and Full Professors), taking on administrative duties, as well as certain qualitative measures such as achieving Fellow status at the Production and Operations Management Society.

Natural Resource Optimization and Sustainability in Society 5.0: A Comprehensive Review

In this study, we examine Society 5.0, defined as a future framework where advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and other digital innovations are integrated into society for sustainable resource management. Society 5.0 represents an evolution from the industrial focus of Industry 4.0, aiming for a harmonious balance between technological progress and human-centric values, consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our methodology involves a detailed literature review, focusing on identifying and evaluating the roles of AI, IoT, and other emerging technologies in enhancing resource efficiency, particularly in the water and energy sectors, to minimize environmental impact. This approach allows us to present a comprehensive overview of current technological advancements and their potential applications in Society 5.0. Our study’s added value lies in its synthesis of diverse technological strategies, emphasizing the synergy between circular economy practices and sustainable economic development. We highlight the necessity for resilience and adaptability to ecological challenges and advocate for a collaborative, data-informed decision-making framework. Our findings portray Society 5.0 as a holistic model for addressing contemporary global challenges in resource management and conservation, projecting a future where technology aligns with sustainable, equitable, and human-centered development.

Technology and Disintermediation in Online Marketplaces

With the development of communication technology that makes online transactions easier, there is also an increased risk of disintermediation—sellers and buyers circumventing a platform to transact directly—in online two-sided marketplaces. Such disintermediation may lead to significant revenue loss for online platforms. However, it remains unclear how the characteristics of platforms affect their vulnerability to disintermediation. Using the blockade of Skype in mainland China as a natural experiment, this study examines how online communication technologies affect disintermediation and transaction outcomes in a large U.S. online freelance marketplace. The results show that restricting this alternative communication technology, which platforms struggle to monitor, reduces disintermediation by around 18%. This effect is potentially due to economic frictions in transactions, as the reduction in disintermediation is greater for high-transaction-cost jobs, such as time-sensitive jobs, communication-intensive jobs, and high-skilled jobs, as well as for cost-sensitive users, such as experienced users and personal users as opposed to enterprise users. With these results, platforms can reduce disintermediation risks when making investment and market entry decisions. This paper was accepted by D. J. Wu, information systems. Funding: This work was supported by the Strategic Management Society [SRF Dissertation Research Grant]. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.02736 .