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Quality management practices and their relationship to organizational performance
No full textPurpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of total quality management (TQM) practices implemented in Palestinian hospitals and their relationship to organizational performance using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria.
Design/methodology/approach
– A survey of 51 hospitals operating in the West Bank of Palestine was conducted in order to test the validity and reliability of TQM constructs and their relationship to organizational performance.
Findings
– The results showed that TQM constructs used in this study are positively related to hospital performance and for the most part the relationship was significant; they were capable of explaining a significant portion of variance in performance. Three elements were found to be strongly significant predictors of performance- people management, process management, and information and analysis.
Research limitations/implications
– Although hospitals operating in the Gaza Strip were excluded from the study, this research promotes critical management practices that help channeling organization resources into areas aimed at improving quality and performance.
Practical implications
– The study showed that there are certain areas where administrators or managers need to focus on should they aspire for better performance. The constructs used in this study can be used to assess the implementation of quality practices and highlight areas for movement.
Originality/value
– This paper provided practitioners, administrators, and academics with a fresh perspective on quality management practices and their impact on organizational performance. It also served as a foundation for future initiatives and programs aimed at improving quality in hospitals.Birzeit Universit
الانتفاضات" و" الثورات" العربية الحالية وأثرها على القضية الفلسطينية"
No full textتسعى هذه الدراسة إلى مقاربة أثر "الثورات" و"الانتفاضات" على القضية الفلسطينية. من خلال محاور قسمت إلى ثلاثة: يهتم الأول بمقاربة نظرية حول الثورات والحركات الاحتجاجية من خلال عرض بعض النماذج وتحليلها وربطها بالسياق العربي، في حين يتناول المحور الثاني الخطابات الاجتماعية التي تتداول الحياة اليومية وتغيرات الخطابات الأيديولوجية في الساحات العربية المختلفة. أما المحور الثالث فيهتم بتأثير هذه الثورات على القضية الفلسطينية وانعكاساتها المختلفة على المستويات الرسمية وعلى الحراكات الاحتجاجية الفلسطينية المختلفة من خلال القيام بتحليل سوسيولوجي للفاعلين الاجتماعين المختلفين والتركيز على خلفياتهم ومنطلقاتهم
Adopting Continuing Personal and Professional Development to Improve Quality of Teaching : Personal Experience
No full text— Quality of teaching is an essential issue in developing a significant academic quality.
Continuing personal and professional development is a procedure of improving teaching quality. It
helps the teacher to spot weaknesses and overcome them by adopting and developing individual
learning plan. This paper introduces the different teaching theories to follow in the teaching process
and how these theories affect positively personal teaching experience. The paper also recommends
the adoption of the process of continuing professional and developing program to create a new
culture of personal development through accepting observations from line manager or colleagues to
raise strengths and weaknesses of teaching and consequently improving the quality of teaching and
then improve the academic qualit
The synthesis of nanostructured WC-based hardmetals using mechanical alloying and their direct consolidation
No full textTungsten carbide- (WC-) based hardmetals or cemented carbides represent an important class of materials used in a wide range of industrial applications which primarily include cutting/drilling tools and wear resistant components. The introduction and processing of nanostructured WC-based cemented carbides and their subsequent consolidation to produce dense components have been the subject of several investigations. One of the attractive means of producing this class of materials is by mechanical alloying technique. However, one of the challenging issues in obtaining the right end-product is the possible loss of the nanocrystallite sizes due to the undesirable grain growth during powder sintering step. Many research groups have engaged in multiple projects aiming at exploring the right path of consolidating the nanostructured WC-based powders without substantially loosing the attained nanostructure. The present paper highlights some key issues related to powder synthesis and sintering of WC-based nanostructured materials using mechanical alloying. The path of directly consolidating the powders using nonconventional consolidation techniques will be addressed and some light will be shed on the advantageous use of such techniques. Cobalt-bonded hardmetals will be principally covered in this work along with an additional exposure of the use of other binders in the WC-based hardmetal
تداخل النص المقدس: قراءة في الرواية الفلسطينية
No full textInoue,Tomoo:تسعى هذه الورقة الى تبين أشكال تداخل النص المقدس في روايات فلسطينية صدرت بعد انتفاضة الأقصى ، حيث تعد ظاهرة التداخل النصي ملمحا فنيا له حضور جلي في التشكيل الصياغي للخطاب الروائي ، فلا تكاد تخلو رواية من علاقة التداخل و التفاعل مع الخطابات الأخرى بمشاربها الدينية و الأدبية و التراثية ، حيث يكتشف الماضي ويقرأ في هدي الراهن ن ويعاد بناؤه من جديد وفق أساليب تمتدح المحمولات الدلالية المختلفة، لتظهر طزاجة التجربة القصية، وخصوصية منشئها في التعبير بالمقدس عن الواقع في أبعاده الذاتية والحضارية والإنساني
