Organizations In Region Research Articles

ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫХ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ АЗИАТСКО-ТИХООКЕАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА В СФЕРЕ УЛУЧШЕНИЯ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ ИНВАЛИДОВ

The article investigates the features of regional mechanisms of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, created by intergovernmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region; analyzes the main regional human rights documents in force in this area; highlights pressing issues of protection of the rights of this category of population, typical for the countries of Asia and the Pacific. Despite the interest of legal science in the field of disability, the issue of protecting the rights of persons with disabilities remains underresearched by regional international organizations. The methodological basis of the study is the comparative legal, formal legal methods. The work analyzes the international sources of regional organizations that have not previously been the subject of scientific research on the issues raised by this article. As a result of the study, the conclusion is drawn on the programmatic nature of international instruments of regional organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, the need for States to strengthen social policy taking into account the concept of ensuring the inclusion of the interests of persons with disabilities, the important role of the UN regional commissions in promoting the principles of inclusive society, enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ КРАСНОДАРСКОГО КРАЯ С УЧЕТОМ ГОСПОДДЕРЖКИ

The article is devoted to assessing the activities of agricultural organizations in the Kuban region, in particular, the effectiveness of crop production in the region, taking into account subsidies. Based on the assessment, some problems were identified, methods for solving them were proposed.

ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ РЕГИОНА И ПУТИ ЕЕ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ

ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ РЕГИОНА И ПУТИ ЕЕ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ

Social Preconditions of Educational Communities Failure

To overcome the educational failure of students, it is necessary to identify the social preconditions of this phenomenon. The purpose of the paper is to classify and analyse various social causes of educational failure of Russian schoolchildren and students. The article is based on the materials of the interdisciplinary research «Transfer of human capital of educational communities: from failure to success», carried out in 2019–2020. In the empirical research, the following methods were used: expert interviews with representatives of educational organizations in the Sverdlovsk region, focus groups with schoolchildren and students of colleges and universities, secondary analysis of data from pedagogical, socio-psychological, and sociological studies of educational failure.

Strengthening Community-Based Health and Human Services in the Shadow of Structural Inequality: A Critical Case Study of the Collective Impact Model

Many funders of health and human service organizations require collaborative networks that work together to achieve community-wide outcomes. One such model is Collective Impact, an approach that has gained support as a way to promote collaboration and track progress. However, the limitations of Collective Impact imposed on small or community-led organizations may be crippling, given the technical and human capital needed to sustain demands for data collection and reporting. As a result, it is problematic that Collective Impact, which aims to enhance accountability and effectiveness in the decision-making process, is also creating unintended bias and inequity in funding relationships. The purpose of this research is to identify the challenges of using the Collective Impact model within an urban environment plagued by historical and on-going structural inequalities. This is accomplished through a critical case study of a large funder of health and human service organizations in an urban region of the mid-Atlantic. Analysis of primary and secondary data reveal disparate funding to large nonprofit organizations, despite organizational goals for equitable and inclusive funding across the nonprofit sector as part of the Collective Impact model. Consequently, the funding patterns represent a perpetuation of the status quo with problematic implications given the context of the region’s racial structural inequalities and organizational goals. This article concludes with recommendations for more inclusive approaches for funders working with small and community-based health and human service organizations.

A methodological approach to the assessment of agricultural organizations’ resource potential

Improving the efficiency of the resource potential use is of particular importance, since it makes it possible to significantly increase the degree of resource utilization and the efficiency of agricultural production. From this point of view, the study of theoretical, methodological and practical issues of assessing the resource potential, the effectiveness of its use allow one to substantiate the priority directions of development of the agrarian sector of the economy and are extremely important. The study was conducted to identify the level of availability and the degree of efficiency in the resource potential use of agricultural organizations in the Ulyanovsk region. To assess the availability of the resource potential, a system of indicators was used: capital supply, material supply, labor supply, profit, humus content. The conducted study allowed us to identify three groups of municipalities of the Ulyanovsk region with different levels and degrees of efficiency in the resource potential use of agricultural organizations.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ НАЛОГООБЛОЖЕНИЯ ДОХОДОВ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ РАЗНЫХ ФОРМ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (на примере Пермского края)

This article analyzes the receipt of direct taxes to the Federal budget and the regional budget of the Perm region. Methods of economic and statistical analysis, grouping and comparison were used for this purpose. Based on the study, conclusions are drawn about increased competition among small and medium-sized organizations in the Perm region. The results of the study also expand the understanding of the specifics of budget forecasting, which ensures the stability of tax revenues in the budget system of Russia and the Perm region. The conditions that help attract investors to the region are considered.

ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ СИСТЕМЫ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО МЕНЕДЖМЕНТА ISO 14000 В ЖИВОТНОВОДЧЕСКИХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯХ

An important component of the image of a modern enterprise is the quality and environmental friendliness of products. International standard ISO 14001:2015 specifies requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to improve the environmental performance of its activities. The spread of the application of ISO 14000 standards in Russian enterprises is hampered by a number of problems: improper planning of the development and implementation of the quality management system, low involvement of the company's management and personnel in the development and implementation of the quality management system. The implementation of ISO 14000 standards in livestock organizations is possible if the criteria are met: the land plot is removed from large cities and industrial zones, the livestock of farm animals meets the standards, the size of the land plot meets the standards for keeping farm animals. It is advisable to organize a quality management system department in the organizational structure of the SRO "Association of Peasant (Farm) Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of the Perm Territory" for comprehensive support and coordination of the activities of agricultural organizations in the region.

Justification of priority factors affecting the efficiency of the tractor fleet

Analysis of numerous sources shows that the following group of factors can be distinguished, which can be said to be the main ones: Qualification of machine operator, Annual load of tractors, Number of tractors per 1000 ha of arable land, Age of machinery in the tractor fleet, Agrotechnical terms of harvesting and sowing within the agro-term, General technical level of technology in the tractor fleet, The costs of maintenance and repair of agricultural machinery in the tractor fleet, Tractor technical readiness factor. Based on the methodology for calculating the coefficient of concordance for each group of factors, as a measure of the consistency of a group of experts, priority factors are identified that affect the operation of the tractor fleet. Experts of farms and workers of agricultural departments of Russia took part in the examination, namely: Kaluga region, Kostroma region, Tula region, Yaroslavl region and other organizations. In total, 30 people independently participated in the examination: farm managers, chief engineers, agronomists, etc.

Institutional Diversity in the Planning Process Yields Similar Outcomes for Vegetation in Ecological Restoration

Conservation organizations undertaking ecological restoration and the lands they manage constitute a social-ecological system (SES). We implemented SES analysis to examine the relationship between diversity in organizational structure and restoration planning processes, and vegetation outcomes on the ground. Understanding the restoration consequences of multiple approaches to planning and implementation is relevant to assessing the resilience of this SES, especially if disagreements about the effectiveness of some approaches lead to conflict in the socio-political arena. We studied 10 conservation organizations in the Chicago Wilderness region that are restoring Midwestern oak woodlands of global conservation concern. Despite the institutional diversity of these organizations, we found little relationship between restoration planning and vegetation outcomes. This result has implications for the resilience of restoration as an SES, since similar outcomes from diverse processes should increase resilience of this SES, especially when controversial restoration practices are employed, and when priorities and funding levels change.

Deep strategic mediatization: Organizational leaders’ knowledge and usage of social bots in an era of disinformation

We identified a lack of theoretical concepts and empirical knowledge about the perception and usage of social bots from the organizational and communication management perspective. Therefore, we first introduce social bots in the realm of communication and information management by using a profound literature review. Second, by building on mediatization theory and strategic communication, we introduce the concept of deep strategic mediatization. By surveying the attitudes towards and usage of social bots of leading European communication professionals (n = 2,247) from 49 European countries, we thirdly offer first indications how diverse European organizations in different European regions use social bots. Results indicate, that leading communication professionals in Central and Western Europe as well as Scandinavia perceive highly ethical challenges, while in Southern and Eastern Europe professionals are less skeptical regarding the usage of social bots. Only 11.5 percent (n = 257) declare their organization uses or are making plans to use social bots for strategic communication. They are used primarily for identifying and following social networks users. This refers specifically to the usage of digital traces for strategic communication purposes e.g., to identify topic area opinion leaders or social media influencers. However, this represents only a small minority of the sample – leading to the conclusion that only a small minority of organizations already practice deep strategic mediatization.

The effect of knowledge management on perceived software process improvement

Purpose This study aims to present insights on the relationship between perceived software process improvement (PSPI) and information technology (IT)-enabled knowledge management (KM). Moreover, the study provides an understanding of the mediating effect of critical success factors (CSFs) for effective IT-enabled KM on the previously mentioned relationship. Design/methodology/approach The respondents in the study involved employees in the software engineering (SE) organizations in national capital region in India. The structured equation modeling technique carried out through IBM.SPSS.Amos.v21-EQUiNOX was used to develop and evaluate the proposed framework. The proposed hypothesis testing has been carried out by path analysis using SPSS process macro. Findings The findings of the empirical study reveal that a significant relationship exists between the variables under investigation. Moreover, it was observed that CSFs act as a mediator between PSPI and IT-enabled KM. The identified factors are associated with various aspects as managerial, infrastructure, financial, systems and processes for IT-enabled KM. IT acts as a moderator between KM and PSPI and facilitate the various phases of KM as knowledge creation, storage and retrieval, sharing and application of knowledge. Practical implications The present study introduces a framework for identifying and applying the CSFs that influence the KM initiatives for PSPI in an SE organization. The practitioners can use the CSFs for assessing the performance (strengths and weaknesses) in process of software development and KM practices. Researchers can use the resultant framework proposed in the empirical study for PSPI, IT-enabled KM, and in academia, the framework supports to organize the study of IT-enabled KM for PSPI. Originality/value The general comprehension of the relationship between IT-enabled KM and PSPI for Indian SE organizations is scarce in the literature. Following, the analysis expands the earlier research by exploring the mediating role of the CSFs and the moderating effect of IT for KM and PSPI relationship.

Prohibited sub-state public diplomacy: the attempt to dissolve Catalonia’s DIPLOCAT

The attempt by the Spanish state to dissolve the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT) in the aftermath of the 2017 Catalonian referendum on self-determination is an interesting story in and of itself but it also has implications for understandings of public diplomacy and relationships between state and sub-state governments. This article is the result of academic and practitioner collaboration to provide a detailed critical account of the recent occurrences in Catalonia’s public diplomacy history. One part of the authorship provided an auto-ethnographic account of his experiences and a history of DIPLOCAT’s activities, providing evidence where necessary to confirm accuracy. Once this was completed it was sent to the academic party of the authorship who had control over the structure, theoretical framework and the critical analysis that is provided on these pages. The research reveals that DIPLOCAT managed the pro-independence organisations within its consortium relatively well. However, its dissolution in the aftermath of the 1st October 2017 referendum appears to be case of guilt by association with a group of organisations that Spanish central power sought to punish and dissolve. This is despite DIPLOCAT following a similar strategic focus and structure to its predecessor organisations, which were tolerated by Madrid, and the Rajoy administration not seeking the closure of public diplomacy organisations in other Spanish regions with similar structures. To this end, DIPLOCAT was targeted by Madrid for two reasons. First: its work, and its foundation under the acronym DIPLOCAT in 2012 amidst other pro-referendum and pro-independence pivots in Catalan politics, led to a (not unreasonable) perception of its preference for Catalan statehood; and second, the very fact that it gained traction with distinguished international audiences and was perceived as being successful at raising Catalonia’s profile and foreign awareness of issues surrounding the province at a time when Madrid would have preferred a greater amount of control over the political narrative. As such, Madrid’s hard-fisted actions reveal their own tacit awareness of their communications weaknesses and fears over the power of DIPLOCAT.

Преодоление дискриминации талантов как фактора снижения конкурентоспособности современных организаций

The article deals with the problem of discrimination of talents in an organization from the position of reducing the potential of an organization in the competitive struggle in the market of goods and services and the labor market. In the conditions of economic instability, the leadership of various states and organizations is looking for additional opportunities to increase competitiveness. The most important of these is human potential. However, its implementation, especially among talented employees, is hampered for a number of objective and subjective reasons. Identifying the causes and identifying ways to overcome discrimination of talent is a pressing issue for both Russia and the entire world community, which was the goal of this work. Discrimination of talents is investigated for various reasons: by gender, age, national and racial characteristics, religious motives, belonging to a political party or to a social movement and other reasons. The article presents a comparative analysis of discrimination of talents of the population of the Moscow region of Russia and a number of countries of the European Union, the South Asian region, the United States based on data obtained using such methods as a questionnaire using Google Form online service, a secondary analysis of data from sociological research, focus groups, interviewing, etc. In the course of the study, it was possible to establish that there is discrimination in organizations in the Moscow region on various grounds. So says 40% of respondents. The management of organizations is doing some work, but due to insufficient training, it has not managed to achieve the elimination of talent discrimination in organizations. 76% of the respondents consider gender discrimination of talents as a fact, while women with children are worse off. Age discrimination is most acute among employees of retirement age. Their potential in the future is really considered only in 6% of cases, while young people — in 52%. Discrimination on ethnic, racial or religious grounds reaches 34%. For belonging to political parties and (or) social movement, they are constantly subjected to persecution in no more than 4% of cases. In general, the statistics obtained is correlated with foreign experience and shows that discrimination of talents is limited. However, it should be remembered that the number of talented employees is usually not large, and each of them can significantly improve the efficiency of the organization. The article suggests ways to overcome discrimination of talents. The research results can be applied in the public sector and business structures in Russia and abroad.

Some results of comparative analysis of quality of life of doctors in the Russian province

Introduction . The author consideres quality of life as an evaluation category, which is determined both by objective indicators as well as subjective ones, which are determined by sociological research. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the quality of life of doctors of medical organizations in the Saratov region. Materials and methods . The study of the quality of life of doctors in the region was conducted in 2016–2018 using the WHO QOL100 Questionnaire. 594 doctors were included into the study. The statistical significance of the difference in the average indexes of quality of life of the respondents was defined by the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. The difference was considered statistically significant at p < 0,05. Results . While conducting a comparative analysis, significant differences in the average indicators of the quality of life of the respondents were established with a decrease in indicators in the 3rd age group. While studying financial deprivations on the quality of life of doctors, the indicators of the quality of life increase significantly when moving from a group of respondents with the 4th degree of deprivation to a group with the 1st degree. The greatest decline in quality of life indicators is noted among respondents with 2–4 degrees of deprivation. Conclusion . The decline in the quality of life of doctors working in medical organizations of various levels in the Saratov region is socially determined and is mainly due to the age characteristics of the respondents and financial deprivations.

Labor market of the Sverdlovsk region: current state and prospects

The article is devoted to assessing the current state of the labor market in the Sverdlovsk region and its development prospects with the account of the situation in the regional economy. It provides analysis of the regional labor market from 2009 to the present and evaluation of the probable changes in its separate characteristics until 2023. The current problems of the labor market are highlighted. There are outlined the primary tasks that should be solved by the state authorities, municipalities, educational organizations and employers to ensure adequate conditions for effective functioning of the labor market. In order to assess the situation on the labor market a SWOT analysis was carried out, which was based on the results of rapid foresight “Employment in the Urals region”. The analysis showed that in the region there is still a shortage of qualified personnel in more than 70 occupations and specialties, the existing system of vocational education does not fully meet the needs of enterprises for skilled workers and specialists, that aggravates the problems of employment of graduates of educational institutions. Personnel provision of the economy of the Sverdlovsk region is worsened by the territorial imbalance of labor resources and the concentration of demand and supply of labor in certain localities. The directions for minimizing the problems in the region’s labor market in the medium term are proposed. They are related to bringing the educational services market in line with the current and future needs of the regional labor market, developing the materal and technical base of professional educational organizations in the Sverdlovsk region, and raising the efficiency of vocational guidance for young people. There are also formulated recommendations for development of dual education in the region, which will increase the efficiency of training on the order of employers.

Problems and Prospects of Marketing Activity Intensification of Healthcare Organizations in Rostov Region

The article focuses on the scientific and practical problem associated with raising and maintaining the competitiveness of healthcare organizations at a high level. The solution of this problem implies creating marketing relations in the sphere of public health and activating marketing of organizations working in this field. This article aims to identify key problems, determine and substantiate prospects for activating marketing activity of healthcare organizations in Rostov region. As a result of the research the author made the conclusion that the key problems of activating marketing activities of healthcare organizations in Rostov region are reduced to the imbalance in the market structure because of which the healthcare market in Rostov region is dominated by public health organizations which do not actually compete in the market and therefore are not interested in the marketing activity. Another problem in this field is one channel financing of healthcare organizations of Rostov region which determines the only source of financial resources and it is the system of compulsory health insurance. Another problem is limited business opportunities of healthcare organizations in Rostov region which do not have sufficient opportunities to optimize and diversify their activities according to the principles of marketing. For an integrated solution of these problems, the author presents a promising model for encouraging marketing activities of healthcare organizations in Rostov Region.

Lifehacks for Career Guidance within the Boundaries of Zabaikalkskaya Railway

The success of modern transport enterprises depends largely on availability of highly qualified employees, motivated for effective work. The formation of a competent team of employees is impossible without involvement of new young personnel who make an informed choice in favor of working in transport field. The most important tool for this is organization of career guidance in secondary schools, which allows schoolchildren to make a right choice for their future, and permits enterprises to get a well-informed and involved employee.There are many known methods of conducting career guidance work, however, taking into account the peculiarities of development of new generations of schoolchildren, it is necessary to offer innovative programs and change approaches to implementation of existing ones.The article discusses the experience of joint career guidance activities of branches of JSC Russian Railways and educational organizations in Zabaikalsky region.

How friendly destination websites are for mobiles? A study of destination marketing organizations in the Asia Pacific region

ABSTRACTThe core objectives of this exploratory study are (1) to examine the friendliness of destination websites for mobiles and (2) to profile the features available in different versions of mobile destination websites. Through employing the device emulator testing approach to analyze websites of top destinations in the Asia Pacific region, this study finds that destination marketing organizations in the Asia Pacific region have been optimizing their official websites for mobiles over the past few years. A responsive web design approach is predominantly used by the analyzed destination, and more features are founded to be available in “fully mobile-friendly websites.”

FORMATS, FEATURES AND PROSPECTS OF RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

The study of the formats of the international activities of the Russian parliament in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) is relevant as Russia is currently looking for ways to increase its international influence and expand the channels of interstate communications. The article evaluates bilateral inter-parliamentary ties between Russia and the leading regional powers — China and Japan. It concludes that Russia’s inter-parliamentary ties with these countries follow the foreign policy implemented by the executive. The article also analyzes Russia’s participation in regional inter-parliamentary institutions — the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. Regular participation of Russian parliamentarians in inter-parliamentary organizations in the Asia-Pacific region expands country’s international political influence. However, organizations whose decisions are not binding, and the structure lacks permanent coordinating bodies, are less effective in addressing problems of global and regional development.