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Capturing construction client values
No full textTo improve the delivery of construction services, it is important to understand client values. The research aims to capture construction client values. To help achieve this, a systematic literature review was used. The research identifies a knowledge gap in current construction literature and provides a research direction to address the identified gap. As a theoretical contribution to the existing body of knowledge in the construction management domain, this paper focuses on a concept that can help in managing the relationships and the service transactions between clients and service providers. This theoretical work provides an essential basis for satisfying client value
Psalm
No full textINTRODUCTION
Psalm was the title of an exhibition in 2019, of sculptures by Bronwynne Cornish and paintings by Hamish Foote. Both artists reference the native biota of Aotearoa New Zealand, and aim to draw attention to the transformation of landscape, in particular habitat loss and a shrinking gene pool. This paper, which concentrates on Foote’s paintings, discusses the relationship of art and science, the role of art as means of communication and, finally, the underpinning content of the images: the topical and critical issue of genetic bottlenecks within the endemic avian community. These collected works are a psalm, of sorts, that speaks of this perilous situation in the hope of raising awareness
Architecture as a tool for inclusion and community building : Women in Fabrication at Zayed College for Girls
No full textWomen in Fabrication is a collaborative platform that empowers female high-school students, architecture students and young architects through design and construction. The project partnered with Zayed College for Girls to improve its built environment and interface with the community, by constructing a pavilion near the school entrance where students can wait for their parents after school. To ensure the users of the space had an active voice in the project, workshops were held at the college, where students learnt about basic principles of design and technology, provided input on the most suitable location for the pavilion and developed concept designs for this structure. They were mentored by female architecture students and young architects, as well as their everyday teachers. The design process celebrated the rich cultural diversity that is part of this community, including the application of Te Aranga Māori Design Principles, which honour New Zealand’s indigenous culture, as well as the integration of Islamic traditions that are an integral part of the school’s philosophy. The discussions, concepts and ideas from the workshops informed the final design of the pavilion. The design was then refined by a group of female architecture students and professionals, and constructed by them using digital fabrication technology to maximise efficiency and minimise waste of resources. Both stages of the project aimed to strengthen teamwork and leadership skills for women architects and students, and to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the design process
Project managers in Scrum Teams: Software development conditions influencing the relative presence of a project manager within Agile Scrum Teams in Oceania and Southeast Asia
No full textSoftware development and design are known to be the workhorse of a growing ICT industry. There are many software development project management models that have risen over the past 50 years. These were initially controlled by a Project Manager, who is the central figure for software development using earlier delivery models. Currently, none of these software delivery approaches are more popular than Agile delivery, specifically the Scrum Framework.
The Scrum Framework prescribes that management is owned by the entire team and has done away with the Project Manager role. However, Project Managers still exist within Scrum in industry practice. As such, it is in the interest of this study to explore actual project conditions that would influence the need for a Project Manager in a framework that was designed to do without one. Secondly, this study intends to find out if the perception of success is affected by the presence of a Project Manager in the Scrum Team. At the time of this writing, no such empirical investigation has been done world-wide.
There have been many studies looking at Agile practice and Scrum environments around the world, however, none has done so with a high focus on the Asia-Pacific Region. Therefore, this study will focus on this region, specifically within Oceania and Southeast Asia. A quantitative approach was selected, participant criterion was set, and a database search of LinkedIn was conducted. Among over 9000 results, 1500 randomised samples were determined and contacted to participate in an online survey. Of these, 938 users responded and expressed their interest to participate. Ultimately, 584 survey samples were collected and underwent analysis.
The study confirmed that a significant number of Scrum Teams (almost half of the survey population) still had Project Managers. It was found that a team members’ Scrum experience, mixing Scrum with a traditional project management approach, and projects that work on existing software are conditions that statistically affected the presence of a Project Manager in the Scrum Team. On the other hand, the length of the project, team size, the geographical distribution of the team members, and even having multiple Scrum Teams collaborate on a single project had no influence whatsoever on the Project Manager's presence in the team. Furthermore, the study found that a Project Manager’s presence negatively influenced a Scrum Team member’s perception of success.
The study was restricted to an online environment due to its scope and border closures because of a global pandemic. Furthermore, the purely quantitative approach limited contextual insight from the findings. It is recommended that further study be carried out to build on the exploratory data found, such as why a significant portion of the respondents are reporting large Scrum Team sizes, and the significant findings of the study, as discussed above. It also merits further investigation to determine why a Scrum Team member’s perception of success is lower when a Project Manager is present, ideally using a systematic metric for success and failure
Effects of gamification in the banking industry: A comparison analysis between gamified and non-gamified training
No full textRESEARCH QUESTIONS:
1. Identify if there is a significant difference between the motivation perceived by the bank employee who participated in gamified training in the work environment of the one who did not.
2. To assess the difference in bank employees' level of engagement after gamified training of those who had non-gamified training.
3 To assess the difference in bank employees' level of engagement after gamified training of those who had non-gamified training.
ABSTRACT:
in the banking sector increases, banks strive to maintain professionals in their workforce who can make a difference in this scenario. While gamification has emerged as a solution to increase employee motivation and engagement, many companies still view it with fear, due to the lack of scientific proof of its results and standardisation. This research seeks to discover gamified training outcomes in the banking sector, comparing them with traditional training outcomes. The outcomes analysed were competence, autonomy, relatedness, engagement, and job satisfaction. The fuzzy-set analysis provided an in-depth investigation since it also considers non-linear and asymmetric results. The findings support that gamification applied in banking training results in job satisfaction at levels higher than traditional training. However, it was not supported that there is a significant difference in relation to competence, relatedness and engagement. Autonomy, on the other hand, was not found as an outcome in both gamified and non-gamified training. This work contributes to the field of research on gamification, for companies in the banking industry and those that can benefit from gamified training, such as training and service companies
Māori theology and syncretism
Get PDFSyncretism will never be a word used at the dinner tables of whānau (family) or at the marae (Māori communal gathering places) for it is ingrained in a specifically theological world. However, the concept behind the word is something with which Māori are very familiar because we do it automatically. We walk in Māori and Pākehā (New Zealanders of predominantly European ancestry) worlds and our spirituality comes with us. We navigate, negotiate and traverse the syncretistic terrain every day
Reflections on the global most recent e-government development indicators results
No full text▪Overview of e-government
▪E-government readiness and its indicators
▪Study aim and objectives
▪Research methods, results & conclusion
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Threatening sign during pregnancy: Thin and thick corpus callosum, an ultrasonographic morphometric analysis
No full textINTRODUCTION
Corpus callosum is the largest and mostimportant of the forebrain commissural tracts connecting the two cerebral hemispheres.This white matter tract plays essential role in sensory, motor,and cognitive signal transmission across the right and left cerebral hemispheres.
Anatomically, the corpus callosum comprises five parts–rostrum, genu, body,i sthmus,and splenium.Genu is the most anterior region connecting the lateral and medial frontal lobes,while the splenium is the most posterior region.Body is the longest segment of corpus callosum,while isthmus is shorter and narrower area that lies between the posterior body and splenium