Self-assessment Model Research Articles

The Effect of Implementing Internal Control Systems According to the COSO Committee in Reducing Money Laundering in Jordanian Commercial Banks

This study sought to determine the effects of an internal control system implementation for banks according to the COSO Committee and its role in reducing money laundering in Jordanian commercial banks, a questionnaire was designed distributed, and analyzed by 45 participants working as external auditors (chartered accountants) for Jordanian commercial banks, and the analytical and descriptive methods were applied, with one sample using the T-test. The study showed several results, including the impact of internal control systems with their eight components in reducing money laundering, as well as the existence of interest and awareness by the departments of Jordanian commercial banks of the importance and role of internal control systems according to the COSO Committee, and the importance of the availability of the elements of the internal control system from a controlled environment, the existence of an information and communication system, monitoring and follow-up to contribute to reducing money laundering. The study recommended adopting a self-assessment model for regulatory risks in banks because of its advantages in explaining the types of risks surrounding the banks related to the concepts, operations, and stages of money laundering.

A self-feedback model (SEFEMO): secondary and higher education students’ self-assessment profiles

ABSTRACT While self-assessment is a widely explored area in educational research, our understanding of how students assess themselves, or in other words, generate self-feedback, is quite limited. Self-assessment process has been a black box that recent research is trying to open. This study explored and integrated two data collections (secondary and higher education) that investigated students’ real actions while self-assessing, aiming to disentangle self-assessment into more precise actions. Our goal was to identify self-assessment processes and profiles to better understand what happens when students self-assess and to design and implement better interventions. By combining such data, we were able to explore the differences between secondary and higher education students, the effects of external feedback on self-assessment, and to propose a model of ideal self-assessment (SEFEMO). Using think-aloud protocols, direct observation and self-reported data, we identified six main actions (read, recall, compare, rate, assess, and redo) and four self-assessment profiles. In general, secondary and higher education students showed the same actions and very similar profiles. External feedback had a negative effect on the self-assessment actions except for the less advanced self-assessors. Based on data from more than 500 self-assessment performances, we propose a model of self-feedback.

Principais fatores da avaliação da qualidade acadêmica para programas de pós-graduação: uma análise comparativa

Objective. This article derives from a research study that aims to identify the primary factors in assessing the academic quality of postgraduate programs, as applied by various self-assessment models in the Ibero-American region. Methodology. A qualitative investigation was conducted using comparative education methods to analyze seven existing self-assessment models in Chile, Ecuador, Central America, Colombia, and Spain. Units of analysis were established to compare the criteria and evidence of each model, utilizing individual and unified matrices to systematize all studied elements. Results. The findings identified levels of relevance between the factors and their corresponding evidence in determining the quality of a graduate program. Conclusion. Among all the proposed categories for analysis, the three most important are pedagogical factors, administrative factors, and impact assessment.

Fostering a Whole-Institution Approach to Sustainability through Systems Thinking: An Analysis of the State-of-the-Art in Sustainability Integration in Higher Education Institutions

Policy initiatives from the United Nations and EU institutions have emphasized the need for higher education institutions (HEIs) to fulfil a significant role in green transitioning. However, they tend to fall short of the achievement of this objective. Multiple studies indicate that HEIs assign high importance to the integration of environmental sustainability on a strategic level but generally lack dedicated policies of integration in operational aspects. This paper’s research aim is to provide a meta-study that reviews, analyzes, and assesses the state of the art on research on HEI sustainability. The paper also contributes to the state-of-the-art by mapping institutional sustainability self-assessment models, tools, and guidelines in four prominent research areas: (1) sustainability integration in educational activities, pedagogical perspectives, and systemic transformations; (2) benchmarking sustainability of organizational transformation and operational optimization, and links between developmental priorities and educational settings; (3) whole-system approaches focusing on the design and implementation of whole-institution sustainability plans; and (4) HEI sustainability culture and operations. The paper’s final contribution is the presentation of best practices and emerging trends in the literature. These practices were selected on the following qualitative methodological criteria based on the systems-thinking approach to whole-institution assessment: (1) the effectiveness of self-assessment models, tools, and guidelines in each respective research area; (2) the degree of integration of systems thinking and/or modeling; and (3) the incorporation of qualitative indicators for stakeholder engagement.

Autoavaliação do aluno do curso de pós-graduação: uma proposta de modelo multidimensional

Abstract The objective of this work is to develop a self-assessment model by students and alumni of Graduate Courses. A survey was carried out with students and alumni at a Higher Education institution in southern Brazil, and a valid sample of 2037 respondents was obtained. A model was proposed considering the perceptions of students and alumni regarding the institution’s infrastructure, the course subjects, the course professors, the advisor’s and the administrative supports as antecedents and satisfaction as a result of the course assessment. The results showed that the student’s perception of the subjects and the professors are the dimensions that most impact the assessment of the course. Furthermore, student satisfaction with the course is positively influenced by their self-assessment.

Benefits and limitations of implementing the ISO 9004:2018 standard

Purpose: The paper's main objective is to indicate the current state of knowledge regarding the results of implementing the ISO 9004:2018 standard, with a particular focus on identifying the potential benefits and limitations of its implementation. The study is in line with the research stream on improving quality management systems and striving for sustainable market success. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a narrative literature review through analysis of the publications available in scientific databases. It was then combined with the method of scientific reflection. Findings: The paper highlights the opportunities that the implementation of the ISO 9004:2018 standard and its integrated self-assessment model offer to organisations. The analysis also revealed limitations associated with the implementation of the standard's recommendations. Practical implications: The research contributes to the development of knowledge in the practical application of the standard and the self-assessment model. It can serve as a reference point for practitioners and scholars interested in the aforementioned subject matter. Originality/value: The originality of the paper lies in its comprehensive analysis of the requirements of the ISO 9004:2018 standard, addressing significant issues both for the academic environment and practitioners in the field of quality management. The study highlights the benefits of applying the self-assessment model, and outlines the challenges associated with its implementation. Keywords: ISO 9004:2018 standard, self-assessment model, quality improvement, sustainable success. Category of the paper: Literature review.

Ethics management in the Horizon Europe projects

Ethical considerations of our actions, behaviour and future touch each of us every day at some level. As we may not be aware of these issues explicitly, we still make our everyday decisions based on our inner ethical compass. Research and innovation (R&I) actions make no exception in this matter. Naturally, in R&I researchers and other stakeholders need to follow explicit laws, regulations and recommendations that are embedded in the professional code of conduct and are usually required by the funders of R&I actions. In this paper, the current model of ethics self-assessment and management by European Commission is presented, but also the development of the ethics management from the broader, responsibility related perspective.

Assessing NAAC Readiness: A Comprehensive Self-Assessment Model for Higher Educational Institutions

Assessing NAAC Readiness: A Comprehensive Self-Assessment Model for Higher Educational Institutions

Assessing the health risks of chemicals in a company supplying chemicals to drilling rigs in Southern Iran using COSHH, SHEM-SAM, and SQRA methods.

Chemical industries are among the process industries and cause many risks. The present research aimed to analyze the health risks of a chemical warehouse of drilling rigs chemical Supply Company based on COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health), CHEM-SAM (Chemical Risk Management Self-Assessment Model), and SQRA (Subjective Quantified Risk Assessment) methods in 2021. The information was collected based on document review, MSDS of chemicals, processes, employees, and chemical exposure. Flammability, toxicity, allergy-causing, corrosivity, reactivity, LD50, and permissible thresholds of chemicals were also collected. The present research results showed that out of 59 main chemicals in the operational processes of the chemical warehouse of drilling rigs, 14 chemicals are flammable, 22 cause allergy responses, and three can cause death if inhaled. According to the results of the CHEM-SAM method, the employees and people outside the organization are at medium and low chemical risk based on the current management of the chemical warehouse, respectively. The results of the COSHH health assessment showed that chemicals had low, medium, high, and very high risk in 31, 13, 12, and 3 cases, respectively. The high-risk cases consisted of Ammonium Nitrate، Caustic Soda, and Poly.Aluminum.Chloride. Health risk assessment was also performed using the SQRA method, and results showed that chemicals have a very low, low, medium, high, and very high risk in 27, 12, 8, 9, and 3 cases, respectively. The results showed that the adverse health effects of chemical exposure in the drilling industry are alarming. Employees of different sectors of oil and gas industries are exposed to chemicals.

Public Expectation on Strengthening Municipal Governance through Government Preparedness in the Public Service Delivery

With the introduction of the federal government system in Nepal, two local level elections were held which increased the public expectations of citizens although the power sharing and decentralization system at federal state and local level and local level is relatively difficult. The Ministry of Federal Affair and General Administration (MOFAGA) under the Local Government Operation Act has developed a Local Government Institutional Self-Assessment (LISA) model to assess municipal governance. This study examined the preparedness of Pokhara Metropolitan City for addressing the expectations of the people in public service delivery especially with the application of the LISA model and identified the measures of preparedness for the responsive and accountable municipal government. The sample size was 149 individuals selected from three wards (ward 8 in urban, ward 27 is in semi-urban and ward 24 in the rural/periphery area) of PMC where the sample was collected at the 5% level of significance and 8% margin of error. The findings of the study suggested that the assessment of the expectation is the first step and government preparedness should be according to the public service delivery mechanisms so as to strengthen municipal governance in the municipality. The LISA model in municipalities is the baseline for strengthening the municipal governance. The study has been a useful assessment for the capacity development and technical backstopping at the one hand the public expectations at the other.

An Integrated System for Learning Quality Management Based on the Tridharma of Higher Education

The quality of learning is a crucial aspect that requires effective and efficient management. Often, learning quality management is seen as separate from the learning process, in fact, both are integrated. This study aims to describe the quality management of learning in an integrated system-based tertiary institution at STIT Al-Ittihadiyah Labuhanbatu Utara. This type of research includes qualitative with descriptive study method. Collecting data using interviews, observation, and document study. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using reduction techniques, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of this study obtained (1) the leadership of STIT Al-Ittihadiyah Labuhanbatu Utara designed an integrated system through a clear vision, mission and goals based on the tridharma of higher education, (2) development of materials and lecture materials based on assessment and certification (institutional accreditation); and (3) the campus quality assurance system establishes a self-assessment model. Thus, it is concluded that integrated system-based learning quality management at STIT Al-Ittihadiyah Labuhanbatu Utara is implemented effectively and efficiently.

Self-Assessment by Self-Questioning in the Instructional and Practical Phases of Mathematics Learning

In this paper, we present a study in which we developed a self-assessment model based on students’ self-questioning, and investigated its impact on improving the accuracy of students’ self-assessment. The impact of the model was determined on a sample of 164 Grade 7 students in the instructional and practical phases of mathematics learning. It was found that the use of the model resulted in improved accuracy in students’ self-assessment in both phases and, for low- and high- achievers.

Digital maturity assessment model for pharmaceutical supply chain: a patient and hospital-centred development

ABSTRACT This paper presents a digital transformation maturity self-assessment model. The main objective of this model is the diagnosis and the evaluation of the digital maturity of a hospital as a key main in the Moroccan pharmaceutical supply chain. A literature review was conducted for investigating digital maturity models and tools used. A total of 49 relevant works were retrieved, representing 49 distinct maturity models and tools in various domains. The works were inductively analysed, and the maturity model dimensions were extracted and consolidated into a Digital Maturity Assessment Model (DMAM). The resulting DMAM consisted of 4 dimensions: IT & Digital Technologies, Strategy & Processes Management, Human Resources & Culture, and Supply Chain & Patient Journeys Management. Each dimension is further divided into several sub-dimensions, totally 65 sub-dimensions are identified, that can be assessed by the 4 digital maturity levels proposed. The comparison of the proposed digital maturity dimensions and sub-dimensions with the existing models/tools shows a clear and important contribution in the field of digital transformation assessment: the introduction of a new dimension ‘Supply Chain and Patient Management’, that was developed in response to practitioner needs and organizational factors in pharmaceutical supply chain.

The Effectiveness of Self-Assessment to Improve Metacognitive Ability in Islamic Religious Education

The weakening of the metacognitive ability of adolescent students, especially at the junior high school level is very important to note. Because metacognition ability has implications for students' ability to solve problems in the end on their learning outcomes. Improved metacognition skills can be done through models, learning strategies, and assessments of learning PAI subjects. Increasing students' metacognitive abilities can be done through a complete self-assessment so that they can assess all aspects of competence to improve students' metacognitive abilities. This study aims to elaborate on how the effectiveness of the self-assessment model in PAI learning in junior high schools can improve students' cognitive abilities. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Ponorogo using a qualitative approach. Data collection through interviews and documentation. Data analysis was carried out interactively and continuously until it was completed using the Miles & Huberman model, including condensation data, data display, and conclusion drawing. This study revealed that the students of SMPN 2 Ponorogo who conducted an effective self-assessment showed an increase in their metacognitive ability. They succeeded in increasing their metacognition ability by conducting self-regulation through reflection during the self-assessment. In addition, students can understand the PAI material in-depth, marked by a critical attitude to ask questions, provide feedback to the teacher, and solve problems so that PAI learning leads to student-centeredness.

Assessing normative integration in Goal-oriented care through the Scirocco Exchange self-assessment model

The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021.

Validation of the Cultural Intelligence Self-Assessment Scale in the context of DR Congo-Kinshasa

The purpose of this study was to validate a Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Self-Assessment Scale in DR Congo. The questionnaire was self-administered to 430 workers in enterprises from both the public and private sector, as well as representing all linguistic groups. When the Principal Component Analysis and orthogonal varimax rotation extraction method were employed to group items in the data set, five factors were extracted but two were removed for poor internal consistency at the exploratory stage. The three factors retained were renamed with regard to the considered CQ aspects, constant awareness (CAW), cultural understanding (CU) and CQ skills (CQS), and estimation of their individual assessment scales at confirmatory factor level led to the deletion of four more items. The final CQ Self-Assessment model fitted well with the data after the errors’ correlation technique was applied to modify the initial model that showed poor fitting statistics. The contextualised CQ Self-Assessment Scale will be an asset in determining workers’ level of CQ and its related aspects in DR Congo. All three underlying dimensions of CQ correlate significantly and positively with each other, with medium size effect, except for CU and CQS that showed small size effect. Recommendations are made to replicate this study beyond Kinshasa Province and preferably integrate the Meta-cognitive component that the study’s instrument did not consider, as well as to administer the questionnaire to workers in the informal sector.

Applying an improved three-stage DEA model to evaluate the innovation resource allocation efficiency in industrial enterprises

PurposeThe existing three-stage network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models with shared input are self-assessment model that are prone to extreme efficiency scores in pursuit of decision-making units (DMUs) efficiency maximization. This study aims to solve the sorting failure problem of the three-stage network DEA model with shared input and applies the proposed model to evaluate innovation resource allocation efficiency of Chinese industrial enterprises.Design/methodology/approachA three-stage network cross-DEA model considering shared input is proposed by incorporating the cross-efficiency model into the three-stage network DEA model. An application of the proposed model in the innovation resource allocation of industrial enterprise is implemented in 30 provinces of China during 2015–2019.FindingsThe efficiency of DMU would be overestimated if the decision-maker preference is overlooked. Moreover, the innovation resource allocation performance of Chinese industrial enterprises had a different spatial distribution, with high in eastern and central China and low in western China. Eastern China was good at knowledge production and technology development but not good at commercial transformation. Northeast China performed well in technology development and commercial conversion but not in knowledge production. The central China did not perform well in terms of technology development.Originality/valueA three-stage network DEA model with shared input is proposed for the first time, which makes up for the problem of sorting failure of the general three-stage network model.

Development of A Self-Assessment Model for A Critically Constructivist Classroom in School: A Promise Envisaged in a Democratic Society

The purpose of school education needs to be emphasized in context to the society and culture. It should certainly go beyond developing reading, writing and numeracy skills. This has initiated a paradigm shift in pedagogy; pedagogy of freedom, through the lens of critical constructivism. A self-assessment model is developed to enable the practitioners (1) identify the Quality Criteria for establishing a critically constructivist classroom, (2) nurture their hidden potential to establish a critical constructivist classroom for excellence in learning teaching, (3) address the global challenges of a democratic society through critical evaluation of the identified quality indicators.The model identifies two Quality Criteria for evaluating a critical constructivist classroom; (1) Ethical Learning Environment in Classrooms and (2) Engaging Learning Behaviour in Classrooms. These are further divided into nine quality indicators. The quality indicators under each of the two Quality Criteria are well defined in terms of quality process, operational definition, relevance, data & information, quality assessment. The action-oriented cycle of assessment takes place via feedback between the process and the result, involving four clearly defined stages, Zero phase, Initial phase, Developing phase and Advanced phase. The developed self- assessment model gives the schools a new vision to see their efforts on the backdrop of a process orientation. Keywords: critical constructivism, critical pedagogy, quality indicators, excellence in learning teaching, quality assessment, school education DOI: 10.7176/JESD/13-17-01 Publication date: September 30 th 2022

Defining integration capability dimensions and creating a corresponding self-assessment model for inter-organizational projects

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to define the integration capability dimensions and create a model for self-assessing the integration capability in inter-organizational projects.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical construct of, referred in this study as integration capability framework is elaborated following a systematic literature review. Thereafter, an integration capability self-assessment model, based on maturity thinking, is derived from the theoretical framework. The self-assessment model is further developed and tested for validity within five inter-organizational project networks in cooperation with industry practitioners, representing construction, industrial engineering, and mining sectors.FindingsThe results show that inter-organizational projects can use the developed model in self-assessing the maturity levels of various integration mechanisms, thus the state of integration capability at any point in time during inter-organizational projects.Originality/valueThis study is an attempt to identify how the integration capability dimensions can be self-assessed in inter-organizational projects, through the maturity levels of various integration mechanisms. The results offer insights for both academics and project management practitioners.

Evaluation of MyRelief Serious Game for Better Self-Management of Health Behaviour Strategies on Chronic Low-Back Pain

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, putting a significant strain on individual sufferers, their families, and the economy as a whole. It has a significant economic impact on the global economy because of the costs associated with healthcare, lost productivity, activity limitation, and work absence. Self-management, education, and adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as increasing physical activity, are all widely recommended treatments. Access to services provided by healthcare professionals who provide these treatments can be limited and costly. This evaluation study focuses on the application of the MyRelief serious game, with the goal of addressing such challenges by providing an accessible, interactive, and fun platform that incorporates self-management, behavior change strategies, and educational information consistent with recommendations for managing low-back pain, based on self-assessment models implemented through ontology-based mechanics. Functional disability measured using the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire showed the statistically significant (p < 0.001) improvement in subjects’ self-evaluation of their health status. System Usability Scale (SUS) test score of 77.6 also suggests that the MyRelief serious game can potentially influence patient enablement.