Transactional Function Research Articles

The rise of intelligent procurement: Embracing AI and data analytics for crossfunctional synergy

This paper delves into the transformative role of procurement in modern corporate structures, especially in North American businesses, highlighting its evolution from a transactional function to a strategic asset within organisations. The core aim is to explore how technological advancements, particularly in data analytics and cognitive artificial intelligence (AI), are redefining procurement’s role, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and driving innovative practices. The scope of this paper encompasses the historical perspective of procurement’s underestimated strategic potential, its current integration into various organisational facets and the profound impact of AI and data analytics in enhancing procurement’s efficacy and strategic value. Readers can expect to gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategic transformation of procurement, particularly how it has moved beyond traditional cost management to become a central player in innovation, risk management and sustainability efforts. The paper provides insights into the practical applications of data analytics and AI in procurement, showcasing how these technologies enable predictive decision making, enhance supplier relationship management and contribute to effective risk assessments and budget forecasting. The paper also underscores procurement’s growing influence in strategic decision making and its critical role in fostering cross-functional partnerships. Readers will also learn about the increasing importance of trust and ethical practices in procurement, reinforcing their position as a vital component of organisational success. Ultimately, the reader will be equipped with the essential knowledge to understand the evolving landscape of procurement, its strategic implications and the potential of AI and data analytics in shaping future procurement practices.

An analysis of the English textbook “think” to the curriculum 2013

The study aimed to evaluate the relevance of materials in the textbook "Think" with basic competencies of the English curriculum 2013. The analysis has been done in interpersonal, transactional, and special function text genres. The instrument of the research was the checklist evaluation. The textbook was analyzed using a qualitative research method with a content analysis design. The data collection procedures started from perusing, highlighting, eliciting, grouping, coding, and tabulating. Then, the data was analyzed by adapting the procedures from Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña (2014) using data selecting, data display, data interpreting, and conclusion. The data was evaluated using the categories of complete, slightly complete, slightly incomplete, and null. In the textbook, 12 materials were checked for relevance to the English curriculum 2013. The result of the study showed that the textbook only meets ten materials out of 22 materials suggested in basic competence 3 and 4 of English curriculum 2013. The interpersonal genre text does not have any related material out of three materials from one indicator. for the transactional genre text, the book has two complete indicators that suit the textbook and syllabus of curriculum 2013. It has one slightly complete and one slightly incomplete indicator. For the special text, the book does not meet any of the material suggested by the syllabus of curriculum 2013. The result found that the level of conformity of the "Think" textbook is slightly incomplete because the textbook contains materials that are not suggested by the syllabus. To sum up, the textbook "Think" is better to be used as a supplementary book in school with curriculum 2013. The book has various activities inside to support the teaching and learning process.

Stochastic models of the dynamics of the maximum and optimal profit of a manufacturing enterprise introducing technological innovations

The published article presents new stochastic models that describe the dynamics of profit formation in manufacturing enterprises using innovative technologies. The dependence of the enterprise's profit not only on the level of production (transformation) costs, but also on the level of non-production (transactional) costs resulting from the search and processing of economic information, financing of negotiation procedures, conclusion of contracts with partners, protection of property rights and payment for opportunistic behavior has been studied. employees and management of the company. It has been established that in order to find the optimal values of profit, it is necessary to maximize not only the profit function, but also the target transactional utility function that redistributes the profit of the enterprise, both in the interests of management and for the implementation of socially oriented programs. It is shown that the presence of transaction costs makes it unattainable for an enterprise to obtain the maximum possible value of profit, instead of which it is necessary to limit itself to its lower optimal value. For indicators of innovative transformations in the production of an enterprise that affect the increase in output and reduce costs, stochastic differential equations are established, random solutions of which describe the stochastic diffusion process of introducing technological innovations. Algorithms for the numerical solution of the stochastic differential equations of the model are constructed using the EulerMaruyama method, according to which each of their implementations is a stochastic trajectory of random functions of indicators of the dynamics of the development of manufacturing enterprises. For the mathematical expectations of the considered random functions, the corresponding differential equations are obtained. Numerical analysis of the developed model showed that taking into account the external random perturbing factor in the stochastic model leads to significant deviations from the deterministic model of the profit formation dynamics of manufacturing enterprises.

Models of the dynamics of maximal and optimal profits of a manufacturing enterprise implementing technological innovations

The published article presents new mathematical models that describe the dynamics of the development of manufacturing enterprises using innovative technologies. It is shown that the level of use of innovative technologies in an enterprise depends on dimensionless coefficients that describe the diffusion process of introducing technological innovations and affect the increase in output and cost reduction. The dependence of the enterprise's profit on the levels of production and transaction costs has been studied. It has been established that the formation of transaction costs arising from the search and processing of economic information, financing of negotiation procedures, conclusion of contracts with partners, protection of property rights and payment for the opportunistic behavior of employees and management of the enterprise, force the management of the enterprise to maximize not only the profit function, but also the target a transactional utility function that takes into account the redistribution of profits in the interests of the enterprise's management and for the implementation of socially-oriented programs. Dimensionless redistribution coefficients are calculated, which determine the size of the part of the profit that is used for non-production purposes. It is shown that in the presence of transaction costs, the limiting value of the enterprise's profit is not its maximum possible value, but its lower optimal value.

The future of work and human resources: A review of emerging trends and HR's evolving role

In the dynamic landscape of the 21st century, the intersection of technology, globalization, and shifting societal expectations is reshaping the future of work. This paper delves into the multifaceted dimensions of this transformation, offering a comprehensive review of emerging trends and the evolving role of Human Resources (HR) in navigating this new era. The rise of automation, artificial intelligence, and remote work has led to a paradigm shift in organizational structures and employee expectations. As organizations strive to remain competitive, the integration of advanced technologies necessitates a reevaluation of traditional HR practices. This paper explores the impact of technological advancements on job roles, skill requirements, and the overall employee experience. Globalization has blurred geographical boundaries, fostering diverse and multicultural workplaces. HR professionals are confronted with the challenge of managing a workforce that spans across different time zones and cultural contexts. The paper examines the strategies HR departments employ to foster inclusivity, cross-cultural collaboration, and effective communication in this globalized work environment. The evolving nature of work also brings forth the importance of employee well-being and mental health. As organizations recognize the link between employee satisfaction and productivity, HR plays a pivotal role in implementing initiatives that prioritize the holistic well-being of the workforce. Furthermore, the paper explores HR's shifting role from a transactional function to a strategic partner in organizational decision-making. HR leaders are increasingly called upon to contribute to business strategy, aligning human capital with overall corporate goals. This paper provides a forward-looking perspective on the future of work and the evolving role of HR. By dissecting emerging trends, technological influences, and the changing expectations of the workforce, it offers valuable insights for HR professionals, organizational leaders, and researchers navigating the transformative landscape of work in the 21st century.

Portraying Teacher Education for Inclusion: An Analysis of the Institutional Discourse of Dual Certification Programs

Dual certification programs are proliferating as the principal means of preparing teachers for inclusive practice. Drawing on the 1,408 university-based teacher education programs on the 2019 Title II database, we examined the institutional website discourse for every program offering prospective teachers the opportunity to earn a general and special education license. One-quarter of these websites reflected discourse conveying inclusion as a reform, transformational, and equity strategy for teaching; three-quarters limited discourse to the practical benefit of earning two licenses, absent any elaboration regarding inclusive teaching. This raises questions regarding whether these programs serve a robust reform function in orienting prospective teachers to inclusive practice or instead a transactional function that maintains the traditional binary relationship between general and special education.

인공지능시대의 창의성 함양과 영어교육

In the age of AI, creativity is a key concept in education. English education requires to improve a student’s communicative capabilities through AI tools, without ignoring ambiguous, complex communicative situations that are difficult to handle with AI information systems. It is necessary to explore and express a student’s experience that cannot be easily handled through explicit rules and regulations of information systems including systematic coding. Narrative in English education encourages a creative imagination that frees students from communicative stereotypes, and promotes creative destruction for possible innovations. This paper suggests to nurture a student’s creativity by fully utilizing the narrative in English education classes. Students actively engage in narrative inquiries, recreating and recontextualizing languages instead of simply reproducing them. Foreign language learners should not be obsessed with survival need and confined the transactional language function of transmitting information. Narrative inspires them to develop their social and cultural selves through creative language use in new contexts. Narrative is an effective means to promote English communication skills and to forster creativity.

Payment Features and Incentives as Drivers for Non-Cash Payments Usage – the Evidence from Poland

Theoretical background: There is evidence that sustainable economic growth is strictly connected with non-cash payments development. Nevertheless, in many countries, cash still remains the dominant means of payment. Cash can be treated as a store of value and a means of payment. The paper focuses on its transactional function and addresses the need to recognise drivers that can shift consumers away from cash. Purpose of the article: The paper aims to analyse what features of payment instruments and what kind of incentives could convince consumers to switch from cash to non-cash payments. Research methods: The data analysed were collected during the first survey on this topic conducted in 2018 on a representative sample of Polish consumers. The selected statistical methods were applied to analyse research data. Among them are correlation analysis and Thurstone’s method of paired comparisons to analyse preferences and association (co-occurrence) for exploring consumers’ preferences related to their payment choices. Main findings: The results show that in Poland consumers’ payment choices are driven rather by the cost than other payment instrument features such as speed, convenience or security. These results are consistent with the greater sensitivity of Polish consumers to financial incentives than material bonuses or tax benefits. The analysis has also shown a statistically significant correlation between the kind of incentive and the consumer’s characteristics.

Optimal profit and transaction costs for a production function with variable elasticity of output with resources

The published article examines the influence of non-production (transactional) costs of a multifactorial manufacturing enterprise on the formation of its profit. An economic-mathematical model for calculating the profit of an enterprise is proposed, the production function of which takes into account changes in the values of elasticity for each resource, and production (transformation) and non-production (transactional) costs are also described by an exponential function. The features of the formation of profit volumes in the short-term and long-term periods of the enterprise's work are studied. A variant of the calculation model of the maximum possible profit, ignoring the role of transaction costs, and a variant of the calculation model of optimal profit, taking into account the influence of transaction costs, are obtained. The source of transaction costs is the costs of market transactions, for the implementation of which it is necessary to find a subject interested in concluding a transaction, conduct preliminary negotiations with him, prepare a contract and conditions for its implementation, etc. The resources and costs required for all this are the essence of the transaction costs of concluding a deal. It is shown that when calculating the volume of emerging profit, it is necessary to maximize not only the profit function itself, but also the transaction utility function. Numerical analysis of the results of calculations shows the unattainability of the maximum possible values of profit, since in practice the management of the enterprise maximizes not the profit itself, but its utility, expressed as the corresponding transactional function.

Automated data function extraction from textual requirements by leveraging semi-supervised CRF and language model

Function Point Analysis (FPA) provides an objective, comparative measure for size estimation in the early stage of software development. When practicing FPA, analysts typically abide by the following steps: data function (DF) extraction, transactional function extraction, function type classification and adjustment factor determination. However, due to lack of approach and tool support, these steps are usually conduct by human efforts in practice. Related approaches can hardly be applied in the FPA due to the following three challenges, i.e., FPA rule-driven extraction, domain-specific parsing, and expensive labeled resources.

ОБЗОР РЕЗУЛЬТАТОВ ПРЕМИИ «WOW! HR» ЗА 2016 – 2019 ГОДЫ

The transition to “smart manufacturing”, the formation of a new consumer ethics, the development of a network society, the entry into the generation Z market, the “era” of the silver economy and, finally, force majeure circumstances (the declared pandemic) are external factors that pose a serious challenge to HR management of companies. Changes are also taking place in the change of managerial paradigms – from classical management with a rigid hierarchy to partnership and cross – functional interaction.In the Vuca world, the transformation of HR management is taking place: from a transactional function to a business support function.Benchmarking is an excellent tool for studying experience and generating ideas in the field of HR technologies. Openness of companies – the presentation of their unique projects to a wide audience is a great opportunity for small companies to learn from experience and adapt HR solutions to their tasks. Project Overview of the «WOW! HR» is represented by 9 unique nominations: Action! Digital Solutions, HR Hero, Play Hard, Save, Work Place, Level Up, Make Team, Be Cool. The statistics of projects from 2016 to 2019 allows you to track trends in HR solutions, deeply study projects and use the ideas of experts to adapt in your company.

Transformational IR for Student Success

AbstractInstitutional Research (IR) has historically been tasked with fulfilling reporting requirements and information requests that are often transactional. This has changed more recently in light of the ongoing analytics revolution, which has highlighted the need for a more intentional approach to producing and using rigorous evidence to support student success, equity and institutional effectiveness. Due to these developments, IR is being asked to shift from a transactional function to a transformational one. Using lessons learned from previous chapters in this edition of NDIR, this chapter unpacks how IR functions have managed their new, more global role with a focus on change leadership, strategy, and actions at the intersection of student success and sustainability.

The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Strategy through English Village for Teaching Speaking Skill

This study has five main purposes (1) to investigate the effectiveness of Cooperative Learning (CL) strategy through English Village (EC) for teaching speaking in communicative language function (2) to investigate the effectiveness of teaching speaking in transactional language function (3) to know the significance change on self confidence after being taught through English Village EV using CL strategy. (4) to know the significance change on self interest (5) to know the significance change on self regulation. The study was experimental by using one-group pretest-posttest design. The target population of this study was, in fact, is all students of English education department of private university or colleges in Indonesia. However, while the accessible population was only students of English department at the Islamic university of Kalimantan. The result of dependent t-test turned out to confirm that CL strategy through EV is effective to teach speaking skill for both, communicative and academic language function. The result of Wilcoxon test turn out to confirm that CL strategy through English is in significance change of the students’ internal factors.

Problemy z rozumieniem współczesnego pieniądza

Trudno o bardziej podstawową kategorię w ekonomii niż pieniądz. Jak to często bywa z pojęciami kluczowymi trudno o ich precyzyjną definicję; przyjmuje się je jako oczywiste, np. sformułowanie w podręczniku Samuelsona i Nordhausa (1995): „pieniądz to w końcu wszystko, czym możemy płacić…”. Definicja pieniądza, jeszcze 40 lat temu oczywista, stała się niewygodna dla sektora finansowego po ostatecznej dominacji pieniądza papierowego bez pokrycia (Fiat Money). Kryzys finansowy i arbitralna polityka władz monetarnych spowodowały powrót do dyskusji na temat: czym jest współczesny pieniądz? Dyskusja taka toczy się w krajach anglosaskich, pokazując zasadnicze różnice poglądów. Środowiska w Europie wydają się pochłonięte dyskusją nad obroną i przetrwaniem euro. W Polsce fakt, że w toczącej się dyskusji zostało zakwestionowane dotychczasowe rozumienie pieniądza, nie został dotąd odnotowany; jak zwykle doganiamy świat, uważając że przyszłość pieniądza koncentruje się na euro. Poniższy artykuł sygnalizuje, na przykładowo dobranej literaturze, zasadnicze spory odnośnie istoty pieniądza.

ANALISIS BILINGUALISME PADA NOVEL SUPERNOVA AKAR KARYA DEWI LESTARI

This study aims to find out, how the analysis of bilingualism on Supernova novel Akar by Dewi Lestari specifically examine 1) How is the form of switch code on Novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari 2) How is the form of mixed code on Novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari 3) How the function context of switch code on Novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari 4) How the function context of mixing code on Novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari. The research data in the form of words in the novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari and the source data used in this study is novel literary work entitled Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari. The method used in this research is descriptive method. Data collection techniques used are documentation and recording techniques. The products of this research isthe use of bilingualism in Novel Supernova Akar by Dewi Lestari, formof switch codethat is used by a speaker and two speakers, mixed forms are used in order to cool the code, follow the trend, educational exhibit, showing the position and function of the context of the use of switch code and mixed code that is a) transactional function, namely the function of language to tell something to the listener ( to do something), and b) interactional function is linguistic function to maintenance social relathionship, example to negociate role relations, people with the same age solidarity, ship exchange on conversation, saving face to speaker or listener.

HOW DO THEY BEHAVE ON THE WEB? AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF MINING THE WEB FOR ANALYTICAL CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Web Mining (WM) remains a relatively unknown technology. However, if used appropriately, it can be of great value to the identification of existing customers’ behaviours online. The recent technical advances in the field of WM enhance tremendously the analytical Customer Relationship Management (aCRM), still usually related to a simple transactional function. This study follows an exploratory approach to assess whether WM fulfills, alone, all three objectives of the second theme of Xu and Walton’s1 adapted aCRM framework for customer knowledge acquisition, namely the identification of existing web customers’ behaviour. It also investigates to what extent WM should be used in conjunction with traditional marketing research to optimize CRM, and hence marketing, in a web context. In-depth, semi-structured interviews reveal that WM is very well suited to understand existing web customers’ transactional web behaviour(s) (i.e. navigation patterns; amount of purchases by week, month, and region; and cross-selling and up-selling opportunities). Nevertheless, WM does not do well in understanding less obvious, underlying dimensions of customer behaviour, including how existing customers develop satisfaction, loyalty, defection and attachment on the web. WM still needs to be complemented with traditional marketing research in order to reach these more difficult but essential aCRM objectives. To cite this document: Myriam Ertz and Raoul Graf, How do they behave on the web? An exploratory study of mining the web for analytical customer relationship management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Vol.6, No.2, pp.289-304, 2015. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/ijecs.1398 Â

Typographic Alteration in Formal Computer-mediated Communication

Computer-mediated communication (CMC henceforth) is a typical example of multimodal communication inasmuch as it usually makes use of the textual channel in combination with the visual one –e.g. layout, colour, emoticons, typographic alterations of the textual code, etc. These multimodal elements have traditionally been linked to more informal computer-mediated exchanges and hence studied in genres such as informal emails, chats, social networking sites, etc. The question rises whether more formal exchanges make a similar use of typographic alterations or whether it is indeed limited to informal CMC. In order to answer this question, the present study focuses on analysing these multimodal elements in a corpus of pedagogical e-forums, where the transactional function surpasses the interactional one (Brown and Yule, 1983) and formality seems to be expected.

Quality in vocational education and training: an essentially contested concept

Quality’s appeal resides in the genetics of Australia’s national training system and its early 1990s development. Deploying Bacchi’s application of contested concepts, problem representation and their place in public policy development and implementation, it is argued that quality plays an important systemic transactional function. In addition to serving as a more traditional warranty of skills transfer and acquisition, quality facilitates the operation of a highly complex system by providing a field of contestation, allowing a variety of national organisations to manoeuvre, exert influence and seek control over vocational education and training. This discourse analysis of the contents of key 2013 documents, authorised by four national training system institutions, produced two results. One demonstrates the contested nature of quality – something claiming a singular fixed meaning, but actually showing multiple realities. Secondly, the problems created and promulgated are scrutinised for the related resolution mechanisms that give form to political aspirations.

Self as oeuvre/other: Parisian fashion bloggers and the new "culte du Moi"

Author's note: This article was written in early 2010—hardly the first days of the fashion blog, but before it had become as omnipresent as it is today. And before its commercial, transactional function had been perfected by a few particular technological developments, which quickly normalized the ethos of the fashion blogger's culte du moi into the everyday life of even the least fashion-obsessed, and which continued the dogged cultural march towards obscuring the distinction between editorial content and advertising. In other words: before Instagram and before the smart phone's self- facing camera. Car la Photographie, c'est l'avenement de moi-meme comme autre. Roland Barthes, La Chambre claire In his preface to Lamartine's Meditations poetiques, Baudelaire expresses what would come to be known as the ethos of the culte du Moi of the nineteenth century Romantic French writers: Je n'imitais plus personne, je m'exprimais moi-meme pour moi-meme. Insisting at once on the originality of the author's essence and the pure expression of his person, Baudelaire's remark gives way to a conception of the liberated poet as he who turns inward to reflect the true nature of man through his artistic production. Given the weight of such a task, it is no surprise that Baudelaire both feared and scorned the emergence of photography as an art form. Though the camera threatened to usurp the status of the painter rather than that of the author, Baudelaire's description of photography as art's most mortal enemy is especially prescient in light of a particularly noxious fusion of literary and artistic production: the fashion blog. In what can be seen as a marriage between Baudelaire's Romantic doctrine and his mechanical adversary, the persistent craze of the fashion blog adopts photography as the very means of devoting oneself to a new and redefined culte du Moi. 1 Replacing the poet's introspection with flagrant exhibitionism, the fashion blogger's oeuvre consists of daily or near-daily

A Tool Design of Cobit Roadmap Implementation

Over the last two decades, the role of information technology in organizations has changed from primarily a supportive and transactional function to being an essential prerequisite for strategic value generation. The organizations based their operational services through its Information Systems (IS) that need to be managed, controlled and monitored constantly. IT governance (ITG), i.e. the way organizations manage IT resources, has became a key factor for enterprise success due to the increasing enterprise dependency on IT solutions. There are several approaches available to deal with ITG. These methods are diverse, and in some cases, long and complicated to implement. One well-accepted ITG framework is COBIT, designed for a global approach. This paper describes a design of a tool for COBIT roadmap implementation. The model is being developed in the course of ongoing PhD research.