Strategic Competence Research Articles

From self-regulated learning to computer-delivered integrated speaking testing: Does monitoring always monitor?

Despite the salience of monitoring in self-regulated learning (SRL) and foreign and/or second language (L2) speech production in non-testing conditions, little is known about the metacognitive construct in testing contexts and its effects on learner performance. Given the reciprocal effects between L2 testing and L2 learning, a research effort in monitoring working in speaking tests, in particular computer-delivered integrated speaking tests, a testing format that has been advocated as an internal part of L2 classroom instruction and represents the future direction of L2 testing, is warranted. This study, therefore, serves as such an effort through investigating the use of monitoring by 95 Chinese English as foreign language (EFL) learners on a self-reported questionnaire after they performed three computer-delivered integrated speaking test tasks. Descriptive analysis followed by Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM) testing reveals that monitoring was used in a high-frequency manner, but it exerted no substantial effects on learner performance. Primarily, the results are expected to provide pedagogical implications for SRL: while fostering self-regulating learners, especially self-monitoring L2 speakers, it is necessary for L2 teachers to purposefully reduplicate testing conditions in their classroom instructions for helping the self-regulating learners be equally self-regulating test-takers. Moreover, the results are hoped to offer some insights into L2 testing through the perspective of self-monitoring, one proposed component of strategic competence, a construct that has been extensively acknowledged to reflect the essence of L2 testing.

IT vendor integration as catalyst of IT outsourcing success

PurposeThis paper aims to explain how small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) create information technology (IT) business value through blended IT outsourcing (ITO). The explanatory framework it proposes enables SMEs to replicate IT capability outcomes (i.e. enhance their economic, strategic and technological competences, namely, ITO success) by endorsing an ITO strategy catalyzed by IT vendor integration.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses covariance-based structural equation modeling to test the proposed research model. Data are collected from 251 knowledge-intensive business SMEs located in Science and Technology Parks in Spain.FindingsThe results demonstrate empirically that SMEs can replicate IT capability benefits (i.e. enhance their non-IT competences) through blended ITO in which IT, conceptualized as a transversal supporting activity, is outsourced to an IT vendor while the value creation process remains with the buyer. The integration (i.e. process integration and information sharing) of an IT-proficient vendor catalyzes ITO success. More specifically, the results show that, although process integration is not directly related to competence enhancement, fosters information sharing, which directly facilitates ITO success. The results also show that IT vendor proficiency accounts for ex ante trust.Practical implicationsManagers should think of transformational ITO as a strategy to enhance firm competences. For blended ITO strategies to succeed, managers must have a comprehensive understanding of the business they run, as it is important to create conditions that foster inter-firm information sharing. To achieve these conditions, managers should take special care in selecting boundary spanners, who are the pivotal links in competence enhancement.Originality/valueWhile most research focuses on ongoing trust (i.e. trust develops as ITO evolves), this study focuses on initial (i.e. ex ante) trust and analyzes IT vendor proficiency (expert, experienced and reputed) to examine trust as an antecedent of ITO. This study also draws on previous conceptualizations of vendor integration to develop and analyze a two-step integration model to explain how IT vendor integration (i.e. process integration and information sharing) catalyzes enhancement of the buyer’s non-IT competences. This study focuses on SMEs, which are often neglected in ITO studies.

Communicative Competence and Oral Language Usage of Filipino Learners in English

Communicative competence is heavily emphasized under the K-12 Basic Education Curriculum as language is the primary instrument of thought. Hence, the goal of this study is to create speaking activities to reinforce communicative competence and oral language usage with a total of 154 Grade 9 learners using stratified random sampling. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to assess the student respondents’ perceived communicative competence and oral language usage. Results showed that students were “advanced” in communicative competencies such as grammar competence, discourse competence, sociolinguistic competence, and strategic competence. The English language, on the other hand, is “often” used at home, on different platforms, and in the community. This demonstrated that the student respondents’ communicative competence was significantly related to their use of oral language. In this regard, the findings imply that speaking activities will strengthen students’ communicative competence toward oral language used to ensure maximum participation and use of the target language shortly, where students can approach speaking as a way to negotiate to mean and establish social relations with others.

РОЗВИТОК СТРАТЕГІЧНИХ КОМПЕТЕНЦІЙ В ІТ КОРПОРАЦІЯХ

The article specifies the essential attributes of strategic competencies, defines their role as an effective tool for the post-war recovery and transformation of domestic IT corporations. It is emphasized that the strategic competencies of the IT corporation are a derived component of corporate management. A set of strategic competencies of an IT corporation is considered important and in demand for a specific company with its unique corporate governance, and will not always be effective for another corporation. Therefore, each corporation should form its own set of strategic competencies. The expediency of increasing the flexibility of strategic competencies in IT corporations, and the dominant expansion of their strategic horizons of activity based on modern technologies in the context of the formation of new business values, which take into account the challenges of the martial law and the specifics of domestic IT corporations regarding the project-team profile of their functioning and behavioral models of interactions with contact audiences. In particular, it is stated that in the context of intensifying competitive struggle and strengthening of destructive transformational changes in the business environment, an urgent question arises regarding increasing the flexibility of strategic competencies in IT corporations. This problem is actualized also by the need to expand the range of alternative solutions regarding the choice of forms, means, mechanisms of response to the transformation of the economic environment. The flexibility of strategic competencies in the IT corporation is the ability of the corporation to successfully carry out its activities in the transformative conditions of the business environment with a large amplitude. The importance of expanding the existing level of flexibility and differentiation of strategic competences in IT corporations, determining expediency according to the criterion of functionality, implementing resource costs, reserving assets, accumulating financial reserves and working out organizational measures related to the support of adaptive flexible abilities and capabilities of the corporation are closely intertwined, first of all with the strengthening of the strategic forecasting ability regarding filtering and selection of the optimal alternative development trajectory and a harmonious variant of the configuration of the consumption of various resources.

Integrating ESG Pillars for Business Model Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

The study explores critical factors that impact the Business Model of Biopharmaceutical firms and assess how ESG pillars can aid in Business Model innovation. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted in face to face meetings with experienced industry professionals from cross-functional domains to attain diverse insights. The objective was to explore the relevance of ESG factors and their interplay, during Business Model Innovation from the perspective of experts in the Biopharmaceutical industry. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) – a structured approach is applied to understand the criticality of various factors in sustainable business models. The study revealed that special emphasis should be laid on the Business Model and Governance Pillar – for re-designing innovative and sustainable business models. Social and Environment factors, although important, were rated lower on priority as such issues are usually focused upon by organizations at a higher level of maturity, after the basic hygiene factors are met. Some of the factors which were prioritized for Business Model innovation are Patient Health and Safety, Ethical marketing and advertising, Waste/ Effluent Management, Employee Health, Safety and Wellness, Patient value propositions, Building strategic resources and competencies, Product Quality & Safety and Business ethics and competitive behavior. Integrated reporting is another value-added dimension that was stressed by the respondents, to have a seamless and transparent communication channel established with all stakeholders. Aligning business metrics with ESG metrics is the focal point of this study, and the impact of each pillar on Biopharma Business Models was evaluated by industry experts. Integration of ESG parameters for Business Model Innovation is the new mantra for forward looking companies, and this study would help frame strategies for the Biopharma industry for sustainable value creation. The impact created by Business Model Innovation at an industry level will help create value for the society at large (who are the key beneficiaries of Biopharma products and services), and such studies would help add to the knowledge base.

PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF A LOCALISER IN UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION TRAINING PROGRAMS

One of the aims of the study was to systematically record the localisers’ skills required in the linguistic service market to successfully teach them at universities. The skills considered essential for translators (localisers) and described in European Classification ESCO v.1.1 (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) were compared with those described in Ukrainian Standard Classification of Occupations. The findings of the research reveal that there is still a discrepancy between occupation conceptual systems in EU and Ukraine that prevents from using EU translators’ competences framework in Ukrainian curricula. These particular findings contributed to a systematic and analytical description of a localiser’s professional profile represented by the following set of skills required for the successful performance of work: Language and Culture (transcultural and sociolinguistic awareness and communicative skills), Translation (strategic, methodological and thematic competence), Technology (tools and applications) and Service provision skills). It should be mentioned that some of the skills (liaise with advertising agencies, adapt developed game to the market, attend gaming tests, develop the product catalogue) regarded as essential by ESCO seem to be too specific and are treated as optional in linguistic service market. Specifically, the authors examined how these competences are presented in localization syllabi of 5 Ukrainian training translators’ programs. The analysis revealed positive effects of teachers’ localization knowledge, enthusiasm for localization tools and applications, and also for transcultural and sociolinguistic awareness and communicative skills. Less attention was paid to service provision skills (following translation quality standards, employing assessment techniques to anticipate translation efforts, evaluating translation technologies etc.) presumably due to existing gap between universities and business.

Approaches to designing and didactic principles of the model of future translators’ professional intercultural strategic competency development

The article deals with the didactic approaches and principles applied when designing structure-functional model of professional intercultural strategic competency. The approaches and principles are selected according to up-to date educational and occupational standards to ensure comprehensive and all-round preparation of professionals involved in translation and interpretation services. Key didactic approaches to developing professional intercultural strategic competency include systematic, professional-competence, culturological, contextual and communicative-pragmatic ones. Quasi-professional tasks and activities are central to professional intercultural strategic competency development as they entail acquiring both hard and soft skills relevant to employability and job performance. Quasi-professional tasks suggest creating and applying the strategy of professional intercultural communication.

Механизм цифровой трансформации российских банков в современных условиях

The relevance of the problem under study is due to the active transition of banks into the digital space. The desire of banks to reduce costs, diversify the product line, increase customer loyalty, increase the profitability of operations, etc. involves the banking sector in the process of digital transformation. Digital transformations in the banking market inevitably entail a rethinking of the views of users and participants of these financial relations. The purpose of the article is to consider the mechanism of digital transformation of Russian banks in modern conditions. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to define digital transformation, identify and characterize digital technology models, analyze the factors influencing digital banking transformation, identify the stages of the digital transformation process of banks and characterize the types of banking business models after the transformation. The theoretical and methodological basis of the article was the scientific work of Russian and foreign scientists and agencies. In the course of writing the work, general scientific methods of cognition used in economics were used, adapted taking into account the emerging nature of digital technology markets. The work also uses a set of scientific approaches and methods, such as systematic and integrated approaches, methods of logical, comparative and statistical analysis. Methodological approaches are based on theoretical and methodological research of the potential of the latest digital technologies, analysis of opportunities and problems that these technologies provide. The article proposes to consider digital transformation as a process involving the introduction of various innovative technological solutions into the activities of banks, radically changing the ways and channels of providing services to customers. 4 models of digital technology transformation are identified and characterized: confederate, joint service, strategic competence centers model and operational model. It is concluded that Russian banks are striving for an operating model, but in the long term due to the prevailing growth factors and constraints. The presence of a sufficiently large number of stop factors that slow down the digital transformation in banks has been revealed: the Russian mentality, the lack of external and insufficient internal financing, the lack of qualified personnel, etc. A forecast has been made about erasing the edge of the bank as a financial institution, and turning into a way of life. Practical application is possible when creating a digital strategy of the bank, and the deepening of the study should be carried out taking into account the reduction of risks, including cyber threats.

Strategic Competence of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers in Solving Environment and Culture-Based Combinatorial Problems

Strategy is a very important part in solving mathematical problems. Pre-service mathematics teachers must master a variety of problem solving strategies. The aim of this study is to describe the strategy of the pre-service mathematics teachers in combinatorial problem solving. The instrument used is combinatorial problem-solving with maritime cultural nuances. The results of this study show that the strategies of pre-service mathematics teachers are diverse which are categorized into strategic cognitive, strategic processes, and strategic solutions. In addition, the strategic competence of pre-service mathematics teachers in solving combinatorial problems is categorized into very low strategy, low strategy, medium strategy, high strategy and un-strategy.

Exploring strategies in mathematical proficiency in social sciences research

Objective - This paper explores the mathematical proficiency espoused by Kilpatrick et al. to improve teacher and learner mathematics performance in South Africa. A mixed-method approach involving interviews and questionnaires was used. Methodology/Technique - The sample included 7 principals or deputy principals, 7 departmental heads who supervised mathematics, 1 mathematics teacher who taught mathematics in grades 10 to 12, 1 mathematics teacher who taught Mathematics, and 1 learner from each grade 8 to 12 was included in the sample. Each participant was interviewed and had to complete a questionnaire. Finding - Kilpatrick et al. (Kilpatrick, Swafford, & Findell, 2001), who viewed Mathematical Proficiency as a five-stranded process involving conceptual understanding, productive disposition, procedural fluency, strategic competence, and adaptive reasoning, were used as a lens through which this study was conducted. We discovered several systemic, societal, and pedagogical challenges that teachers and students faced, all of which had an impact on their Mathematics teaching and learning. Our findings were in line with what was found in the literature review. The researchers concluded that there were always intervention strategies that could help to reduce or eliminate the challenges that Mathematics teachers and students face. Novelty - The researchers concluded there were always intervention strategies that could assist in minimizing or eradicating the challenges faced by the teachers and learners of mathematics, thus improving their socio-economic standing. Type of Paper - Review Keywords: Conceptual Development, Mathematical Proficiency, Code-switching. JEL Classification: Z10 A14, 19. to this paper should be referred to as follows: Brijlall, D; Ivasen, S.J. (2022). Exploring strategies in mathematical proficiency in social sciences research, GATR-Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 10(4), 249–266. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2022.10.4(4)

The Applied Strategic Leadership Process: Setting Direction in a VUCA World

Strategic leadership frameworks have become more complex in response to our increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. While comprehensive strategic approaches may help leaders of large bureaucratic organizations exercise control over their staff and resources, these approaches may not be optimal for all organizations and contexts. Given the acceleration of environmental volatility, complexity, and competition, we offer leader developers and aspiring strategic leaders the Applied Strategic Leadership Process (ASLP), a focused and simplified strategic leadership approach that integrates relevant scholarship and practical tools to better enable the success of strategic leaders across cultures, situations, and leadership styles. The ASLP is organized with the themes of strategic judgment, strategic influence, and strategic resilience. Strategic judgment includes assessing the external environment, assessing the internal environment, and setting strategic direction by choosing the optimal big ideas. Strategic influence includes leading the organizational change needed to accomplish the big ideas. Strategic resilience includes developing its leaders’ strategic competencies, character, and wellness while attracting and building a pipeline of junior leaders. We conclude by sharing the 10 strategic leader competencies that several modern-day senior leaders believe will be the most important to leading successfully in the future.

A Content Analysis of the English Textbook Entitled “Bright an English 2”

Textbook plays a vital role in facilitating students’ learning. However, the content of the textbook sometimes does not meet students’ needs. From this standpoint, this study shed light on the content analysis of an English textbook used in junior high school. By focusing on the analysis of exercises in an English textbook entitled Bright an English 2, this study aimed at describing discourse competence, sociocultural competence, formulaic competence, interactional competence, linguistic competence, and strategic competence. This research applied a qualitative research design with a content analysis approach. The object of the study was Bright 2 English textbook for 8th graders of Junior High School. The research used documentation techniques for collecting the research data. Descriptive qualitative analysis was used for analyzing the data. The findings show (1) the discourse competencies found in the textbook are cohesion, coherence, deixis, and generic structure, (2) the sociocultural competencies that are existed in English skill tasks are social contextual factors, stylistic appropriateness, and cultural factors, (3) the formulaic competencies found is collocation, (4) the interactional competencies found are actional competence, conversational competence, and non-verbal communication, (5) the linguistics competencies found are syntax, morphology, lexicon, and phonology, and (6) the strategic competencies found are interacting strategy. Based on those findings, it can be concluded that the English textbook Bright an English 2 is suitable for English learners’ needs. The analysis of this textbook could help to ensure that the material presented in the textbooks is accurate and aligned with the curriculum goals and students’ needs.

Data Analysis and Domain Knowledge for Strategic Competencies Using Business Intelligence and Analytics

This research arises from the demand in business management for capabilities that put into practice—in an autonomous way—skills and knowledge in BI&A of all those who make decisions and lead organizations. To this end, this study aims to analyze the development of scientific production over the last 20 years in order to provide evidence of possible gaps, patterns and emphasis on domains of strategic leadership competencies in BI&A. The study was split into two methodological phases. Methodological Phase 1: Application of analytical techniques of informetrics. Methodological Phase 2: natural language processing and machine learning techniques. The records collected were 1231 articles from the Web of Science and Scopus databases on 16 August 2021. The results confirm, with an r2 = 96.9%, that a small group of authors published the largest number of articles on strategic leadership competencies in BI&A. There is also a strong emphasis on studies in the domain of professional capability development (92.29%), and there are few studies in the domain of enabling environment for learning (0.72%); the domain of expertise (3.01%) and strategic vision of BI&A was also rare (3.37%).

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC ENTITY IN PORTUGAL

In the past, the attempt by organizations to establish a system for evaluating their employees has shown some inconsistency. This arose, essentially, due to the lack of objectivity at the time of classification, a process that always involves strong subjectivity. In the current paradigm, more and more organizations need to implement performance evaluation models based on strategic competencies, to fulfill established objectives to cement the creation of an organization's value. In most companies and organizations, the performance appraisal process is a tool used annually, serving only to monitor the performance of employees. If a company or organization wants to go beyond the control function, it must see the performance evaluation process as a component of performance management throughout the year. This should create conditions so that the activities carried out by the employees and the results of these, effectively contribute to achieving the organization's objectives. For the same author, it is a process that seeks to identify, observe, measure, and develop the performance of individuals, having as focus the agreement with the objectives of the organization. The purpose of performance appraisal is to obtain better results in the organizations or teams and individuals within the organization, understanding and management performance within an agreement, the structure of planned goals, standards, and competence requirements. Keywords: Performance appraisal, evaluation, human resources, organization, management

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “FORWARD”

<p>Textbook has an important role in the process of teaching and learning activities. Therefore, this study aims to examine: 1) The Scientific Approach of the English textbook “<em>Forward</em>”; and 2) the Communicative Competence of the English textbook “<em>Forward</em>”. The method used in this study was a content analysis method in which it is a kind of descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study indicated that the textbook had implemented all stages of the Scientific Approach consisting of 80.77% observing activities; 58% of questioning activities, 70.77% of exploring activities, 75% of reasoning/associating activities, and 35.90% of communicating activities. Related to the Communicative Competence, the textbook consists of 23.81% elements of Discourse Competence, 23.81% elements of Linguistic Competence: 4.76% elements of Actional Competence, 14.29% elements of Sociocultural Competence, and 0% elements of Strategic Competence.</p>

Mathematical proficiency among female teachers of the first three grades in Jordan and its relationship to their mathematical thinking

AimThe present study aimed at investigating the association of the mathematical proficiency and mathematical thinking skills among female teachers of the first three grades in public schools of Amman city, Jordan.MethodThe study adopted the descriptive analytical research approach. A sample of 174 female teachers of the first three grades was recruited in the present study. To collect data, the study used a mathematical proficiency tests (39 items) covering the domains of the conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competency, adaptive reasoning, and the productive desire. In addition, the study used a mathematical thinking skills test consisted of (20) items distributed over seven mathematical thinking skills; they were: Induction skill, conclusion skill, symbolizing skill, logical thinking skill, guessing skill, demonstration skill, and modeling skill. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (v. 26).ResultsThe study findings showed that female teachers of the first three grades had a moderate level of mathematical proficiency (43.60 ± 16.04), a good level of mathematical thinking skills (6.51 ± 4.628). In addition, the study found significant statistical positive correlation between mathematical proficiency and mathematical thinking skills (r= 0.681,p≤ 0.05) among female teachers of the first three grades in Amman.ConclusionThe study concluded that mathematical proficiency is significantly associated with mathematical thinking skills in their domains. The study recommended increasing female teachers’ competencies and skills related to mathematical proficiency and mathematical thinking throughout intensive courses and workshops.

The Influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance Mediated by Knowledge Management at the TNI Satkomlek in Support Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effect of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance and the direct influence of Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance and the indirect effect of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance mediated by Knowledge Management. The model used in this study is to test the hypothesis by using the method of the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The software used for structural analysis is LISREL 8.80. Data were collected from a sample of 210 respondents who were deemed sufficient to represent the population. In taking the sample used a survey technique that is the entire population is used as a research sample. The findings of this study are that there is a direct influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance and a direct influence of Knowledge Management on Organizational Performance and an indirect influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance mediated by Knowledge Management. Of the seven hypotheses proposed, all of them proved to have a direct or indirect effect through the mediating variable. Knowledge Management as a mediating variable functions effectively to increase the influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance. The implication of the results of this study is that there is a positive and significant influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Knowledge Management and has implications for increasing Organizational Performance.

The Influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance Mediated by Knowledge Management at the TNI Satkomlek in Support Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

The Influence of Strategic Human Resources Competencies and Information Technology on Organizational Performance Mediated by Knowledge Management at the TNI Satkomlek in Support Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

Strategic Development As An Effective Tool In Building Strategic Security Competencies

Strategic Security Competence is a superior ability that relies on exploring, exploiting, and coordinating strategic resources, organizational expertise, and effective organizational practices to encourage the development of the military's work in a unique and unparalleled manner. In light of the results of the study, the study recommended the need to strengthen the Baghdad Operations Command from the development of planning as the central pillar of strategic development through systematic strategic decision-making, as well as the adoption of the following mechanisms: setting goals and objectives and drawing programs and tactics to establish security in Iraq. Also, to choose the appropriate alternatives in a way that enhances its strengths and pushes it to avoid its various challenges

Leadership in heterogeneous educational institutions

Abstract The article substantiates the need to form the strategic competence of future teachers in postgraduate education. The authors formulated the concept of “strategic leadership competence of a future teacher” and presented the components and indicators of the competence. The effectiveness of the curriculum “Pedagogical management and management in modern school” developed and implemented in the educational process in forming the competence of strategic leadership of a future teacher is proved. Confirmation is maintained by the presented results of the study, which showed positive dynamics in the level of the researched competence formation.