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Carriere in rosa: il diversity management nelle aziende sanitarie
No full textLo scopo della ricerca è stato quello di analizzare uno dei temi del cambiamento organizzativo, ossia
le differenze che sussistono quando un ruolo apicale è ricoperto da una figura femminile piuttosto che
maschile. È stata data particolare attenzione al settore sanitario, in cui la presenza femminile è crescente
e quella nei ruoli dirigenziali è ormai paritetica. Attraverso un’intervista face-to-face con alcune figure
manageriali di strutture sanitarie, si sono analizzate le conoscenze che possiedono le donne manager sul
tema, quanto e come si affronti il problema all’interno delle organizzazioni sanitarie e se sia presente
l’attenzione per adottare strumenti volti a gestirlo
Culture shock in the post COVID-19 era: toward a new normal academic life
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has had profound consequences on the behaviour and habits of people in organisations. The objective of this study is to analyse the level of culture shock (CS) that university students have manifested after the period of distance learning (DL) and their physical return to university facilities. The Mumford (1998) questionnaire for the measurement of culture shock (CSQ) was implemented. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 341 questionnaires. The survey sample consists of university students from five different Italian universities. The study offers an innovative application to CSQ questionnaire (1998). Results show that university students suffer from culture shock when they return to university facilities after distance learning. Women with an average age above 30, in large universities, is the category most affected by culture shock. The results can help universities introduce actions to aid students’ psychological and emotional well-being
Decision making in adverse events: a selected literature review
No full textIn the 21st century organizations have to face pressing "big challenges" (George et al., 2016). It includes adverse events such as global pandemics and climate change. The impacts of these adverse events lead organizations and decision makers to adopt new behaviours. Although these adverse events are inevitable, organizations do not respond in the same way. Some organizations are better able to withstand and recover from such shocks than others (Van der Vegt et.al, 2015). High-risk events that at first appear to cause only local and isolated effects can now increase in intensity and damage vital infrastructure affecting events on a national and global scale. McFarlane and Norris' (2006, p. 4) defined an adverse event as "a potentially traumatic event that is experienced collectively, has an acute onset, and is limited in time; it can be attributed to natural, technological or human causes" adverse event is caused by factors external to the system, unforeseen and requiring immediate action (examples include hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, pandemics). The traditional way of dealing with adverse events is to develop approaches and systems to identify risks as such, in this way scholars have shifted their attention from identifying and mitigating risk to attempting to increase resilience (Sutcliffe & Vogus, 2003). The term resilience almost always has the positive connotation of flexibility and strengthening
First (latent) generation and family business: a perspective article
No full textPurpose – Family businesses are characterized by the simultaneous presence of the family and the business
system. The literature analyses sporadically the family support during the creation of a new family business.
For this reason, the aim of this article is to offer new reflections and theoretical approaches in the field of family
business studies. In fact, the study focuses on the first generation and the relationship and support with the
previous generation (latent generation).
Design/methodology/approach – This perspective paper is based on a concise review of the literature.
Findings – The results of this offer a state of the art, synthesized and integrated, on the first generation to
proposal the reader new knowledge on the first generation and relationships with family members.
Originality/value –This perspective paper distinguishes between the first generation formally engaged in
the family business and the latent generation. The authors identify latent generation as a generation coeval
with the first that supports the entrepreneur without being formally engaged in the family business. This
study summarizes existing research on the first generation, highlighting the crucial role of the latent
generation. Considering the latent generation determines an implicit and tacit generational transition not
yet considered in the literature on the topic This study provides new research directions for scholars
and managers to understand the entrepreneurial behaviors of families, family members and family
businesses
Corporate Social Responsibility in Healthcare
No full textContemporary society requires every organization to operate with a sense of social responsibility. Many organizations, including those in the healthcare sector, now include corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in their work programs.
Today, healthcare organizations have different choices and tools to communicate their CSR activities. The use of traditional means of communication of CSR (social, sustainability and integrated reports, codes of ethics, certification standards, etc.) is often integrated with the implementation of interactive communication technologies (internet, websites, social media, social networks, mobile apps) that have gained ground year after year. This paper analyzes how new technologies support the
development and attention of CSR in the healthcare secto
Measuring Healthcare Performance in Digitalization Era an Empirical Analysis
No full textThe field of performance has grown so much over the years that in the various organizational contexts the awareness, and use of performance measurement (PM) systems has increased. This change occurs also in health care. Performance measurement emerged in healthcare organizations to better quantify the achievement of objectives, to evaluate overall performance and promote excellence. Meanwhile, organizations have increasingly refined ICT technologies and data collection and flows, in order to better configure performance measurement systems for the organizational units and processes. The focus of this research is to understand how technology can facilitate the monitoring of the indicators used in the measurement of health services, through an exploratory study on one specific hospital ward. In this case, the focus was on Academic Hospital of Catanzaro, where the performance measurement system was implemented in order to improve the quality of the offered services
Telling a Story to Share Knowledge: A Case Study of Agrifood Corporate Museum
No full textTo respond to changes in the global competitive context, organizations must base their competitive advantage on the enhancement of new knowledge within production and decision-making processes. At the same time, the continuous processes of innovation and technological advancement define a higher rate of knowledge obsolescence. With these premises, organizations find themselves constantly introducing new knowledge into their processes and, at the same time, setting aside knowledge that has now become obsolete. Corporate museums represent organizations that collect organizational artifacts of a parent organization. The main theoretical contributions on the phenomenon of corporate museums have offered a focused contribution on the marketing and corporate communication perspective. In fact, there are few studies on corporate museums in knowledge management studies. From the theoretical perspective of knowledge management, corporate museums represent a place where the knowledge of a parent organization is collected and narrated through its organizational artefacts. This study aims to analyze corporate museums as a place for collecting, exploitation and transferring the organizational memory of a parent organisation. The study is based on the analysis of a case study. A corporate museum connected to the agrifood sector was analysed, through interviews and analysis of company documents. The findings of this study can be traced back to theoretical contributions and practical implications. From the perspective of theoretical contribution, this study analyzes the corporate museum as “ba”, or as a place for collecting and sharing knowledge. From the perspective of managerial implications, the results highlight that the corporate museum can take on a strategic role in the valorisation and diffusion of organizational memory. It follows that the museum can be considered as a BA capable of generating new knowledge and innovation to be transferred within the parent organization. The results of this study offer new theoretical and empirical contributions to studies on knowledge management, on the phenomenon of corporate museums linked to the agrifood sector. The agrifood sector has demonstrated a greater need to enhance and implement knowledge in its organizational processes, through mechanisms that take into consideration the peculiarities of the secto
GAMIFIED LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE: A CORPORATE TRAINING CASE STUDY
No full textThis paper explores the role of business games (BG) in fostering knowledge sharing within organizational training programs. The study highlights the potential of BG to enhance employee engagement and knowledge retention, addressing limitations of traditional training methods. The research focuses on organizations in Southern Italy and demonstrates the valuable opportunities for strategic leaders to manage training and knowledge sharing. The first results show that game-based training positively influenced employee engagement, boosting the ability to retain and apply knowledge
effectively at work. The study contributes to the fields of knowledge management and organizational learning. Future research will extend the study to the national level, exploring how cultural and organizational characteristics specific to the Italian context may influence the effectiveness of professional training. This will enhance the contribution of the research and provide insights for strategic leaders
ORGANIZING KNOWLEDGE VISUALISATION IN EMERGENCY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
Get PDFThis study aims to analyse and understand the use of Knowledge Visualisation (KV) in universities. Specifically, we want to understand how KV can support decision-making in universities and which KV formats are used in emergency management. This study uses a dual methodological approach: qualitative and exploratory. The collection of data and information is based on the analysis of two case studies, semi-structured interviews and observed participation. To understand the role of KV during the emergency, the two European countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis (Italy and Spain) have been identified. Two teams of researchers (one Italian and one Spanish) carried out interviews with the universities’ communication managers. The results of this research offer food for thought for the academic debate on knowledge management in universities through a comparative analysis between two countries–Italy and Spain. The results highlight the flexibility of Knowledge Visualization formats and their ability to support decision-making in the emergency phase. This study is not without limitations. The results focus only on the role of Knowledge Visualization in the decision-making process during an emergency phase. Further insights are needed to understand the impact of KV in no-emergency phase. In addition, to understand its real impacts, it is necessary to explore how people in organisations act regarding KV by building sufficient awareness and also acquiring more knowledge, which we hope can be the next step of the investigation
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