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The knowledge localization factors in light of the Saudi’s Vision2030King Abdullah Economic City as a model
Get PDFThis research aims to reach the important factors for the localization of knowledge in the light of the Saudi's Vision 2030, through polling a number of experts in different magazines, using Delphi Technique method as a methodology for the study, and King Abdullah Economic City KAEC was chosen as a model for modern cities to apply this study.The study reached to define the factors of localization of knowledge in the light of the Vision2030, and it was divided into two groups according to the approval ratios of the experts, the main group of factors, which are the factors that obtained an approval rate higher than 80%, and the group of supporting factors, which obtained the ratios between Approval between 75% and 50%, and only one secondary factor, with approval of less than 50%.The study also came out with a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: Calling for workers to send abroad to receive training programs in the administrative and technical aspects, acquiring modern knowledge to settle them within the organization and transferring them to other workers, and calling for building databases of lessons learned from experiences and procedures practiced by foreign companies to solve Problems during project implementation, and it was also recommended to raise awareness about the benefits of social networks in the business sector because of their importance in capturing and localizing knowledge
Teachers Bullied by Their Superiors in Schools in Lebanon: An Exploratory Study
Get PDFBullying is a dangerous phenomenon because it is a continuous act that causes problems at school, university and even at work. Bullying comes in different forms; and one way of addressing this phenomenon has been through mediation programs that aim for student-peer mediation and that create a safe environments at schools. This present study investigated teachers’ perceptions of teachers being bullied by their superiors or having witnessing other teachers being bullied. It also investigates whether teachers believed measures against bullying were taken on the part of management. 154 professionals participated in the study. According to the surveyed teachers, their superiors don’t bully them. The data gathered indicated that these superiors do not humiliate them in public nor in private. Very few teachers admitted to being humiliated by their superiors (between 6% and 24%). Moreover, some teachers in Lebanon experience bullying and that female superiors were more prone to be the bullies and not much is being done regarding addressing the issue of bullying. An alarming finding is the fact that one teacher admitted to solving bullying incidents through beating the bully. The study reveals that mediation should be implemented in Lebanese schools to teachers as well
Haematological Characteristics of Clarias gariepinus Exposed to Graded Levels of Dexamethasone
Get PDFA feeding trial was conducted for seventy days in order to evaluate the effect of dexamethasone on the haematological parameters of Clarias gariepinus juveniles. The fish were fed with diets containing four different levels of inclusion of dexamethasone which were: 3mg/kg, 6mg/kg, 9mg/kg and 12mg/kg. However, the diet fed to the fish as the control had no inclusion of the additive. At the end of the experiment, blood samples were obtained from all the treatments and were analyzed to determine their haematological parameters and electrolyte composition. The study revealed that Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and packed cell volume (PCV) were not significantly different from those of the control except in the treatment fed with diet containing 6mg/kg of dexamethasone (p˂0.005). Also, red blood cell counts (RBC) in all treatments differed significantly from the control except in the one fed with a diet containing 12mg/kg of the additive (p˂0.005). The white blood cell counts (WBC) in all treatments differed significantly (p˂0.005) from and were higher than that of the control except in the one fed with a diet containing 9mg/kg of the additive. Haemoglobin concentrations were also not significantly different (p˂0.005) from that of the control in all the treatments. In addition to that, blood sodium levels in all treatments were significantly different from that of the control, while calcium concentrations only differed significantly from the control in fish fed with diets having 3mg/kg, 6mg/kg and 12mg/kg inclusions of dexamethasone respectively (p˂0.005). Moreover, blood magnesium and potassium levels in all treatments were not significantly different from that of the control (p˂0.005). This study has therefore shown that the doses of dexamethasone included in the diets of C. gariepinus juveniles induced some changes in the haematological characteristics and ionic composition of their blood and could consequently induce negative changes in their physiology and health status.  
The effect of implementing training and development programs on employee performance at King Saud University
Get PDFThis study aims to explore the relationship between employee training and employees’ job performance. The constantly changing business environment demands organizations to embrace and accept change based on changing trends, technologies and consumer tastes and preferences. The human element is among the most significant aspects in ensuring that firms achieve their goals. Therefore, the potential and capability of human resources in improving and maximizing the performance of an organization. This paper assesses the impact of training, which is among the most significant human resource functions, on employee performance. Data was collected from King Saud University’s staff using survey questionnaires and the results were such that there is a substantial positive correlation between training and employees’ performance
The role of material and moral incentives in organizational commitment
Get PDFThe issue of organizational commitment led to the concerns of managers and those interested in matters of organizing the relationship between the organization and the individuals working in it, and its consolidation through defining its concepts, dimensions and effects, as this led to an increase in interest in the concept of organizational commitment by researchers in the field of organizational behavior and determining its causes and the consequent behavioral consequences that may affect On the future of the organization and its workers, because of this has a great impact on achieving the planned goals efficiently and effectively, and the material and moral rewards have a role in increasing the organizational commitment of the workers, as organizations have become in dire need of an effective incentive system that pushes workers towards achievement and strengthens their association and commitment to the organization. The study aimed to know the reality of the material and moral incentives and organizational commitment in managing security patrols in the Holy Capital and the effect of material and moral incentives on organizational commitment. The results confirmed the existence of a positive relationship between the material and moral incentives and the organizational commitment of the workers. The material and moral incentives improve the performance of workers, increase their productivity and enhance their organizational commitment. The study recommended the need for an effective system for material and moral incentives and for familiarizing employees with it, for incentives to be in the unsatisfied needs of workers, and for measuring and strengthening the organizational commitment of workers
The impact of the application of essential safety requirement (ESR) on the performance of health organizations: Study at the Tamir General Hospital - 50 beds capacity
Get PDFThe occupational safety and health standards represent a set of local and global rules and guidelines that must be found at health institutions. These standards were set to reduce risks and preserve human safety and health by providing safe working environments and free of causes of accidents, injuries or occupational diseases. And in actual fact, this aspect is also a matter of concern to the Saudi government for the quality of healthcare services in public and private hospitals. This study is aimed to identify the impact of the application of essential safety requirement (ESR) on the performance of health organizations. The descriptive analytical approach was used, due to its compatibility with the objectives of the study and its procedures; and the population and sample was obtained from the administrative and medical staff at the Tamir General Hospital. The questionnaires were reviewed, coded and analyzed by the Statistical Analysis Program (SPSS), and the arithmetic means and standard deviations were used to describe the study sample opinions and trends on the effect of applying ESR on the performance of health organizations. As well, the Pearson correlation and Alpha Cronbach coefficient were used to test the validity of the tool and the stability of the tool, respectively. The results of this study revealed that the application of ESR providing a feeling of safety and confidence in the hospital, along with its contribution in motivating the employees to develop and improve. Furthermore, the adherence to the ESR leads to raising the level of hospital personnel and boosting the focus on providing an appropriate environment for its employees. The study also showed that (CBAHI) helps hospitals to implement basic safety standards within the hospital. Finally, the researcher recommends in the necessity of providing healthcare services according to the ESR at an intermediate level, together with an appropriate hospital design which helps to achieve ESR. In addition to that, it recommends to conduct courses for qualifying the employees on how to benefit from the CBAHI standards in work field.  
Analysis of the influence of economic factors on the dynamics of interest rates of banks on loans
Get PDFThe banking system as a component of the financial system of any country plays a decisive role in its economic development. The main functions of banks are the mobilization of temporarily free funds and their placement on their own behalf and at their own expense on the basis of repayment, urgency and payment in the form of lending to the state, legal entities and individuals, in conducting financial calculations and the formation of the payment system of the state, the implementation of monetary issues in bank and deposit forms, etc. As you know, banking institutions are intermediaries between the owners of funds and their users. At the same time, the status of the bank serves as a kind of guarantee of the preservation and return of funds to the owners for a specified period of time. Banking activity is characterized by multiple excess of borrowed funds in comparison with own capital, therefore operations are carried out mainly due to attraction of funds, and not of own capital of banks. Therefore, banking activity primarily involves control activities aimed at forming interest rates on credit and deposit transactions. However, today's instability of the political situation, as well as the rather rapid growth of the market of credit and deposit services, form the environment for the emergence of interest risk. In this regard, the differentiation of interest rates among the most urgent issues of the banking sector of Ukraine, which needs to be studied in more detail, is now. It is the dynamics of changes in interest rates on loans and deposits of Ukrainian banks and is the subject of study of this work. The purpose of the study of the subject of this course work is to identify the real factors that influence the dynamics of the level of interest rates on credit and deposit operations of commercial banks of Ukraine, as well as the identification of possible interest risks and finding ways to protect them. The tasks of the work are: - study of theoretical materials, in which the content of this topic is revealed; - analysis of the dynamics of the level of interest rates of commercial banks; - research on the factors influencing the differentiation of interest rates; - research of risk aspects arising in the process of differentiation; - finding ways to overcome interest rates. The topic of differentiation of the interest rate has not been considered by such domestic scientists as Kovalenko VV, Lagutin VD, Stoyko O.Ya., Butinets F.F., Gerasimovich AM, Alekseenko M.D., Parasi- Vergulenko IM, Moroz A. M., Savluk M. I., Pukhovkina M. F. The study of the differentiation of interest rates are very important in the process of forming interest in both credit and deposit operations. It is these studies that help to identify the risk factor and problems that already exist and adversely affect banking, find effective ways to overcome all negative aspects. What will further enable employees of banking institutions to respond promptly to the occurrence of certain complications in the process of work and eliminate them
Knowing your customer: does it enhance marketing innovation and marketing performance?
Get PDFThe paper assesses marketing practice of customer knowledge management and marketing innovation. The study focused on whether there is a link to the organisation’s marketing performance. Also, the relationship between customer knowledge management and marketing innovation was examined. The study was conducted by a survey to examine these concepts and their relationships. The results showed here support the existence of such relationships, and researcher invites more interest in the topic to place more emphasis on marketing within the general knowledge management literature
TRENDS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION TOWARDS ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY
Get PDFThe study aims to identify the current state of the Electronic ManagementProject in the Ministry of Culture and Information, the attitudes of employees in theMinistry of Culture and Information towards electronic management through the positivesof electronic management, its obstacles and the requirements of its development. Also, toidentify the statistical differences of attitudes of employees in the Ministry of Informationtowards electronic management according to the following variables: age, scientificqualification, job rank. The problem of the study is the weak participation of the humanfactor and the poor utilization of his experience and views in the application of electronicmanagement in order to find solutions to the problems encountered by the ministry. Theresearcher used the descriptive analytical approach for the study. Questionnaires were usedas a tool for collecting information. The study sample consisted of (113) questionnaires outof (140) questionnaires. The study concluded a number of results, the most important ofwhich are: E-management leads to the following advantages: Achieving more work andaccuracy of documenting work procedures. Providing services electronically help tosimplify work procedures and develop the capabilities of the employees to provide betterservices. The constraints of electronic management are also highlighted by inadequatetraining programs, lack of specialized human resources, insufficient opportunities providedfor employees by their employers to make decisions and weak incentives that encourageemployees to shift to electronic management. The most significant results for therequirements for the development process were the development of infrastructure, provisionof the necessary support and encouragement from senior management, provision ofadequate budget for the expansion and development in electronic management and theexistence of legislation and regulations appropriate for electronic management. The resultsof the study showed that there were no differences in the responses of the sample memberstowards the electronic management according to the age, the scientific qualification and thejob rank variables. The study concluded a number of recommendations, the most importantof which are the investment of the human mind through the use of the knowledge andexperiences of the employees in the field of electronic management, the need to spread the culture of the use of electronic transactions among employees and encourage them toelectronic management work by the senior management through the provision ofincentives, the development of plans and strategies for the expansion of the application ofelectronic management in all different branches of the ministry and utilization of the uniqueexperience in other sectors in the field of electronic management
DETERMINATION OF ACTIVE SWEETENING AGENT IN SOME NATURAL SWEETNERS USED AS SUBSTITUTE TO PROCESSED SUGAR.
Get PDFNatural sweeteners are preferable over artificial sweeteners because of its nutritional benefits, it Is of a great interest to research on replacement of artificial sweeteners with natural sweeteners. The self produced natural sweeteners was extracted from there various plant sources and they are date syrup, grape sugar alcohol,honey, coconut sugar and Jaggery. Further analysis were carried out on some of these natural sweeteners such as total sugar content determination using refractometer, reducing sugar determination using Benedict reagents and sensory evaluation test. The results of these analysis that was carried out on some of these natural sweeteners are as follows, for total sugar content determination, the results of date syrup, coconut sugar, honey, grape sugar alcohol and Jaggery are 83.17,84.83,81.85, 8.12 and 17.90 respectively. Benedict test that was carried out were determined by there colour change during heating process, were the colourchanges from colourless solution to either blue, orange, red PPT, and greenish yellow PPT, the results on the sweeteners shows blue, brick red PPT, green yellow PPT, orange and blue for coconut sugar, date sugar, Jaggery sugar, honey and grape sugar alcohol respectively while the sensory evaluation test that was carried out by volunteered persons results at 10%,1%,0.1% and 0.01% only grape sugar alcohols that maintain it's baseline test at 0.01%% while other samples are tasteless at 0.01%.natural sweeteners are highly nutritive and maintains it's vitamins even after processing.