Today's Fast-changing World Research Articles

Drivers of exploitative and explorative innovation efficiency

In today's fast-changing world, it is essential not only to be innovative but also to innovate efficiently. The latter can be measured through the multi-faceted construct of innovation efficiency. While researchers recently have started investigating factors and practices fostering innovation efficiency, the fact that radical and incremental innovations require different structures and approaches has not been considered yet. This study, therefore, merges the innovation efficiency literature with the ambidexterity literature and divides innovation efficiency into exploitative and explorative innovation activities. As competition is an essential variable affecting innovation, this study explores its influence on explorative as well as exploitative innovation processes in terms of efficiency. Whereas exploitative and explorative innovation activities come together within general innovation efficiency to positively influence turnover growth, separately they have no effect on it. Data Envelopment Analysis is applied to determine the innovation efficiency, and ordinary linear and Tobit regressions are used to uncover different modes of operation of exploitative and explorative innovation activities. The results indicate that price competition hampers exploitative innovation efficiency, whereas explorative innovation efficiency might improve through outside pressure of product and quality competition. The results provide academics with a new perspective on explorative and exploitative innovation management, contribute to further detangling drivers and factors behind innovation efficiency, and help practitioners to better understand drivers of efficiency for the respective innovation processes.

Cultural Diversity on Practical Examples

This research paper drafts an overview on cultural diversity in modern World, especially focused on practical examples. The scientific article deals with the concept of culture and cultural diversity in today's fast-changing world. The article tries to outline the term cultural diversity through practical examples of culturally diverse countries.

EXPLORING INDIA'S STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER US WITHDRAWAL TO DEAL WITH THE TALIBAN

Situation in Afghanistan is changing rapidly after the intrusion and increasing dominance of Taliban and recently with the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement on February 29, 2020, which will mark a turning point in America's longest war. As a result, the majority of US troops in Afghanistan are expected to leave by the end of 2021. As a result, if this agreement is implemented properly, factions of the Taliban may have a greater foothold in Afghan politics. For a country like India, this is not ideal. So, considering all these situations and information, this paper was designed to understand the current strategies of India after America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The research identified that in Afghanistan, the Haqqani network, a prominent Taliban branch, has assaulted Indian installations. India need the presence of US-led soldiers as well as a sense of stability in order to invest in Afghanistan's future. India's stability is under jeopardy, and it has to refocus its aspirations immediately. In today's fast-changing world, this essay analyses the dangers of India's involvement in Afghanistan and offers strategies to address them. The US-Taliban agreement states that the Taliban would not allow terrorist groups to operate on Afghan soil, but it is unclear how the agreement will be monitored and carried out. The strategies currently deployed by India includes the different trade agreements or approvals to conduct business activities for economic welfare of both nations, mutual understanding for geopolitical situations, future developments etc.

Corporate Sustainability: Study of Factors that Affect Corporate Towards Organizational Sustainability in Today Fast-Changing World

Sustainability has always run through social and economic activities. As significant economies have competed for their interests in the past few years, this situation has caused a global economic depression. Additionally, this situation worsened due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The international politics, economy, and Culture are undergoing unprecedented destruction and challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused businesses in many countries and regions to close or are about to face bankruptcy. More and more employees are getting laid off every day since the COVID-19 began. Even employees who are employed are feeling unsecured. So, in the face of uncertainties and difficulties facing corporations worldwide, we need to find a better way to extend the company's life cycle in a more structured and sustainable manner. 
 
 The main research question for this study is "What are the factors that have significant effects on organizational sustainability?" In this study, twelve independent variables including Leadership (L.S.), Management (M.N.), Culture (C.T.), Structure (S.T.), Workforce diversity (W.D.), Organizational age (O.A.), Staff age (S.A.), Mindset (M.S.), Technology (T.N.), Organizational dimension (O.D.), Group structure (G.S.), Business locations (B.L.) and one dependent variable called Sustainability (SUS) is the studied. This study aims to understand the structural relationships among these potential variables that could influence corporate sustainability. The dataset utilized to test the hypothesis postulated in this study using Structural Equation Models (SEM). This study suggested that the Leadership, Management, and Staffing Age significantly affects organizations towards organizational sustainability. Considering the different politics, economy, and cultural backgrounds in countries and industries, the study also found that some irreconcilable factors affect the performance of leadership, management, and staff ages. Thus, this study identified effective leadership, management, and staff age as strategies to lead organizations further towards organizational sustainability. The results of this study provide some valuable suggestions for all companies facing the COVID-19 threats right now to bring back to life and become more sustainable in the years to come and provide some evidence for future researchers to explore this field further.

Violin Effects from the Early Nineteenth Century: the Extended Techniques of Pierre Baillot

Pierre Baillot (1771–1842), an eminent French violinist and pedagogue of the early nineteenth century, offers a surprisingly modern role model to musicians in today's fast-changing world of music. First, Baillot's career foreshadows the resilience and versatility required of entrepreneurial musicians today. Baillot lived in turbulent times through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic years, and restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. His life spanned the transition from Classical to Romantic eras of music and he combined a virtuoso performance career with that of teacher, composer, concert entrepreneur, exponent of new music and violin textbook author. Second, as in the case of contemporary creative performers, Baillot sought to extend his art by experimenting with ways to extend the range and expressiveness of the violin. This essay discusses Baillot's embrace of old and new approaches to violin music and practice. Drawing on his textbook, L'Art du Violon (1834), and research literature on music-making of the era, this essay analyses three of Baillot's innovative approaches: harmonic preluding as an improvisation method, his four-string Adagio composition using an extended bowing technique, and his empirical exploration of acoustically enhanced Tartini tones. While Baillot regarded the art of harmonic preluding, for example, as a link to improvisational traditions, he also saw it as integral to creative development and to technical mastery of harmony, the latter sometimes lacking in violinists more accustomed to playing the melodic line. Even today we find Baillot's extended violin techniques surprising.

Quantitative Literacy: A Tool for Survival

In the context of a global pandemic, the need for quantitative literacy has become more urgent. QL and QL-adjacent habits of mind, such as awareness of the limitations of data and modeling, are vital tools of survival that can help people understand today's fast-changing world and make decisions about next actions, in particular in relation to the ongoing protests supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement. QL does not provide a final answer to most human questions, but it can be an invaluable guide for each individual decision maker.

Relevantnost znanja i veština stečenih u poslovnim školama - perspektiva srpskih poslodavaca

In today's fast changing world, where knowledge relevant today can became obsolete tomorrow, higher education institutions are putting great efforts into empowering students to be able to meet demands of the employers from the start. Besides the phenomena of the fast-changing needs for new knowledge, which should be included in curricula, there is the challenge of training students to have adequate skills necessary for doing business in the 21st century. Those skills, soft and generic should allow students to be able to cope more efficiently and effectively with the changes and demands of the contemporary business environment. The research subject of this paper is the perception of the business environment, i.e. employers, on the importance of knowledge and skills in the field of business economics that students of business schools acquire during undergraduate studies. The research goal is to gain a comprehensive and detailed insight into the opinion of the employers on the knowledge and skills they consider most important for the employment of undergraduate students of business schools. In addition, the aim is to articulate the types of activities and forms of cooperation with companies that, in the opinion of employers, can contribute to greater harmonization of the content of study programs in the field of business economics with the needs of practice. The research starts from the specifics of business economics studies in business schools, since this type of study differs from academic studies primarily in terms of training students in applied knowledge.

Impact of Training & Development Programs on Working Proficiency of Employees in Rajasthan: Engaged in Technical and Professional Institutions

The quality of Human Resource of any organization is regarded as an asset as well as a success factor. So every organization must improve the quality of Human Resource by investing time as well as resources. This can be achieved through the process of training. Training positively affects the job performance of the employees. Training plays an important role in inculcating positive changes in skill, knowledge and attitudes. So in today's fast changing world regarding technology and environment, training and development programmes are very essential to improve the performance of the employees at each and every level. Training is very necessary in Education sector also. This paper aims to determine the relationship between training and its impact on the performance of the employees in the education sector of Rajasthan. This study assesses whether training has positive impact on employee performance or not. For this study, a questionnaire was designed with structured questions to collect primary data from employees of various public and private sector institutions. In this paper, the impact of training and development on the working efficiency of employees especially in technical and professional institutes of Rajasthan .We all know that Education Industry is a growing industry now, where numerous private institutes have been opened so proper development of faculty as well as students has become an indispensable part since they are the future of our country.

Modelling Design Problems by Su-Field Method – Toward a Problem Solving Approach in Architectural Design Studio

The design studio is the main central concern in architecture education. The modifications in architectural design studio are not accompanying today's fast-changing world. The TRIZ, developed by Altshuller is an organized method for problem solving. Su-Field analysis is one of the analytical tools of TRIZ. The aim of this study is to examine this method of the modelling design problems for architecture students in design studio. Three design problems were chosen and modeled with the design studio students. The results showed that accompanying systematic method with critique and collaborative methods increased the motivation of students in the design studio task.

Bringing psychology and pluralism into the teaching of welfare economics

This paper surveys lessons from psychology and behavioural economics that could readily be incorporated into the economics classroom to provide a pluralistic approach to teaching welfare economics and enhance the ability of economics graduates to make contributions to policy analysis. It focuses particularly on challenges that arise for consumers in today's fast-changing world due to their finite attentive capacities and their need to make sense of incoming stimuli by constructing their own subjective models. Rather than presenting a one-size-fits-all view of choice, the paper examines how the consumer's hard-wired inheritance and social inputs result in choices being made in different ways in different contexts. Consumers use creative thinking and experimentation to develop a sense of identity and what they should consume. The paper considers how this, and inherited basic needs, may limit willingness to make substitutions as market incentives change.

Health promotion and health systems: some unfinished business

One of the five action domains in the Ottawa Charter was Reorienting Health Services. In this paper, we reflect on why progress in this domain has been somewhat lethargic, particularly compared with some of the other action domains, and why now it is important to renew our commitment to this domain. Reorienting health services has been largely overlooked and opportunities missed, although good exceptions do exist. The occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Charter represents an important opportunity for health promotion to: (i) renew its active voice in current policy debate and action and (ii) enhance achievements made to date by improving our efforts to advocate, enable and mediate for the reorientation of health services and systems. We outline six steps to reactivate and invest more in this action domain so as to be in a better position to promote health equitably and sustainably in today's fast changing world. Though our experience is mainly based in the European context, we hope that our reflections will be of some value to countries outside of this region.