22 research outputs found
The Digital Dance of HRM: New Skills, Professional Debates, and Shifting Dynamics?
No full textThe increasing datafication and digitalization of organizational life are profoundly reshaping HRM as a professional field. This symposium explores how these technological transformations affect HRM practitioners' roles, expertise, and relationships with stakeholders. While data analytics presents opportunities for HRM to demonstrate business value, it also creates tensions with traditional aspects of HR work, particularly in areas requiring tacit people skills such as conflict management and cultural sensitivity. Through four complementary presentations, we examine these dynamics across various levels of social complexity. Our symposium combines multiple methodological approaches, including mixed-methods analysis of changing skill profiles, expert forecasting through a Delphi study, reviewing algorithmic HRM in frontline service work, and a conceptual paper including case studies of skill-based job matching systems. Together, these presentations reveal how HRM practitioners and professional communities negotiate technological change. The symposium contributes to broader discussions about the adaptation of managerial professions to data-driven technologies in contemporary organizations. Our findings suggest that while technological impact on HRM may be less dramatic than often portrayed, it nevertheless requires careful consideration of how to implement new tools while preserving decent working conditions and effective stakeholder relationships. From Gut Feelings to Data Dealings? The Transformation of HRM Expertise in the Age of Digitalization Author: Felix Diefenhardt; Vienna University of Economics and Business Author: Julius Ernst Lechner; Vienna University of Economics and Business Author: Marco Leander Rapp; University of Amsterdam Author: Verena Bader; The future role of HRM and leadership in the context of digital transformation ? A Delphi study Author: Liehr Jennifer; Author: Sven Hauff; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Author: Tobias Schloemer; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Author: Karen Schwien; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Algorithmic HRM in Service Work: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective and Future Research Agenda Author: James Duggan; Author: Stefan Jooss; The University of Queensland Digitization for Innovative Future HRM: A Skill-Based Approach Author: Alessandro MARGHERITA; University of SalentoThe increasing datafication and digitalization of organizational life are profoundly reshaping HRM as a professional field. This symposium explores how these technological transformations affect HRM practitioners' roles, expertise, and relationships with stakeholders. While data analytics presents opportunities for HRM to demonstrate business value, it also creates tensions with traditional aspects of HR work, particularly in areas requiring tacit people skills such as conflict management and cultural sensitivity. Through four complementary presentations, we examine these dynamics across various levels of social complexity. Our symposium combines multiple methodological approaches, including mixed-methods analysis of changing skill profiles, expert forecasting through a Delphi study, reviewing algorithmic HRM in frontline service work, and a conceptual paper including case studies of skill-based job matching systems. Together, these presentations reveal how HRM practitioners and professional communities negotiate technological change. The symposium contributes to broader discussions about the adaptation of managerial professions to data-driven technologies in contemporary organizations. Our findings suggest that while technological impact on HRM may be less dramatic than often portrayed, it nevertheless requires careful consideration of how to implement new tools while preserving decent working conditions and effective stakeholder relationships. From Gut Feelings to Data Dealings? The Transformation of HRM Expertise in the Age of Digitalization Author: Felix Diefenhardt; Vienna University of Economics and Business Author: Julius Ernst Lechner; Vienna University of Economics and Business Author: Marco Leander Rapp; University of Amsterdam Author: Verena Bader; The future role of HRM and leadership in the context of digital transformation ? A Delphi study Author: Liehr Jennifer; Author: Sven Hauff; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Author: Tobias Schloemer; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Author: Karen Schwien; Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg Algorithmic HRM in Service Work: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective and Future Research Agenda Author: James Duggan; Author: Stefan Jooss; The University of Queensland Digitization for Innovative Future HRM: A Skill-Based Approach Author: Alessandro MARGHERITA; University of Salent
Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy-A Case Report from Togo
No full textLaboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007-2010
No full textBackground: Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been reported from Togo. However, less than five percent of these were laboratory confirmed. Since 2007, the Togolese National Buruli Ulcer Control Program has been supported by the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW). Collaboration with the Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Munich, Germany, allowed IS2404 PCR analysis of diagnostic samples from patients with suspected BUD during a study period of three years. Methodology/Principal Findings: The DAHW integrated active BUD case finding in the existing network of TB/Leprosy Controllers and organized regular training and outreach activities to identify BUD cases at community level. Clinically suspected cases were referred to health facilities for diagnosis and treatment. Microscopy was carried out locally, external quality assurance (EQA) at DITM. Diagnostic samples from 202 patients with suspected BUD were shipped to DITM, 109 BUD patients (54%) were confirmed by PCR, 43 (29.9%) by microscopy. All patients originated from Maritime Region. EQA for microscopy resulted in 62% concordant results. Conclusions/Significance: This study presents a retrospective analysis of the first cohort of clinically suspected BUD cases from Togo subjected to systematic laboratory analysis over a period of three years and confirms the prevalence of BUD in Maritime Region. Intensified training in the field of case finding and sample collection increased the PCR case confirmation rate from initially less than 50% to 70%. With a PCR case confirmation rate of 54% for the entire study period the WHO standards (case confirmation rate >= 50%) have been met. EQA for microscopy suggests the need for intensified supervision and training. In January 2011 the National Hygiene Institute, Lome, has assumed the role of a National Reference Laboratory for PCR confirmation and microscopy
Scar of secondary nodule at the back of the right thigh, September 2011.
No full text<p>Scar of secondary nodule at the back of the right thigh, September 2011.</p
Diagnostic specimens and transport media.
No full text<p><a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001228#pntd-0001228-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a> describes diagnostic specimens and transport media according to diagnostic tests, type of lesion and type of treatment.</p>a<p>FNA, fine needle aspiration;</p>b<p>MIC, microscopic examination for the detection of acid fast bacilli;</p>c<p>NA, not applicable;</p>d<p>PCR, IS<i>2404</i> gel-based polymerase chain reaction;</p>e<p>CLS, cell lysis solution (Qiagen, Germany).</p
Scar of the primary nodule at the left costal arch, September 2010.
No full text<p>Scar of the primary nodule at the left costal arch, September 2010.</p
Case confirmation rates.
No full text<p><a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001228#pntd-0001228-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a> describes the case confirmation rates, i.e. the number of laboratory confirmed BUD cases divided by the total number of patients with suspected BUD (suspected cases) of whom samples were subjected to a certain diagnostic test; diagnostic samples from 202 suspected BUD cases (suspected cases) from three study sites in Togo (CHR Tsévié, CHP Sotouboua, USP Agbetiko) were collected within three years (September 2007 through August 2010);</p>a<p>Non-ulcerative lesions: FNA (fine needle aspiration) samples, punch biopsy samples and surgical biopsy samples were analyzed; ulcerative lesions: swab samples, FNA (fine needle aspiration) samples, punch biopsy samples and surgical biopsy samples were analyzed;</p>b<p>Test: MIC, microscopic examination for the detection of acid fast bacilli; swab samples and FNA samples were analyzed;</p>c<p>Test: PCR, polymerase chain reaction, gel-based IS<i>2404</i> PCR; swab samples, FNA samples, punch biopsy samples and surgical biopsy samples were analyzed;</p>d<p>NA, not available;</p
Implementation of a National Reference Laboratory for Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo
No full textBackground: In a previous study PCR analysis of clinical samples from suspected cases of Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) from Togo and external quality assurance (EQA) for local microscopy were conducted at an external reference laboratory in Germany. The relatively poor performance of local microscopy as well as effort and time associated with shipment of PCR samples necessitated the implementation of stringent EQA measures and availability of local laboratory capacity. This study describes the approach to implementation of a national BUD reference laboratory in Togo. Methodology: Large scale outreach activities accompanied by regular training programs for health care professionals were conducted in the regions "Maritime'' and "Central,'' standard operating procedures defined all processes in participating laboratories (regional, national and external reference laboratories) as well as the interaction between laboratories and partners in the field. Microscopy was conducted at regional level and slides were subjected to EQA at national and external reference laboratories. For PCR analysis, sample pairs were collected and subjected to a dry-reagent-based IS2404-PCR (DRB-PCR) at national level and standard IS2404 PCR followed by IS2404 qPCR analysis of negative samples at the external reference laboratory. Principal Findings: The inter-laboratory concordance rates for microscopy ranged from 89% to 94%; overall, microscopy confirmed 50% of all suspected BUD cases. The inter-laboratory concordance rate for PCR was 96% with an overall PCR case confirmation rate of 78%. Compared to a previous study, the rate of BUD patients with non-ulcerative lesions increased from 37% to 50%, the mean duration of disease before clinical diagnosis decreased significantly from 182.6 to 82.1 days among patients with ulcerative lesions, and the percentage of category III lesions decreased from 30.3% to 19.2%. Conclusions: High inter-laboratory concordance rates as well as case confirmation rates of 50% (microscopy), 71% (PCR at national level), and 78% (including qPCR confirmation at external reference laboratory) suggest high standards of BUD diagnostics. The increase of non-ulcerative lesions, as well as the decrease in diagnostic delay and category III lesions, prove the effect of comprehensive EQA and training measures involving also procedures outside the laboratory
Case confirmation rate per observation period.
No full text<p>The PCR case confirmation rate was 36/84 (42.86%) in the first observation period (September 2007–August 2008), 37/66 (56.06%) in the second observation period (September 2008–August 2009) and 36/52 (69.23%) in the third observation period (September 2009–August 2010). The case confirmation rate increased during the three observation periods with a definite trend (coefficient of determination, R<sup>2</sup> = 1).</p
Positivity rates.
No full text<p><a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001228#pntd-0001228-t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a> describes the positivity rates, i.e. the number of positive samples divided by the total number of samples tested, of microscopy and IS<i>2404</i> gel-based polymerase chain reaction per type of lesion and type of sample; diagnostic samples from 202 patients with suspected BUD from three study sites in Togo (CHR Tsévié, CHP Sotouboua, USP Agbetiko) were collected within three years (September 2007 through August 2010);</p>a<p>FNA, fine needle aspiration;</p>b<p>MIC, microscopic examination for the detection of acid fast bacilli;</p>c<p>PCR, IS<i>2404</i>, gel-based polymerase chain reaction;</p>d<p>ND, not done;</p>e<p>NA, not available;</p
