104 research outputs found
Value Adding Management (VAM) of buildings and facility services in four steps
No full textThis paper presents a new Value Adding Management (VAM) model that aims to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions in buildings, other facilities and services that add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. The paper builds on value adding management theories and models that use the triplet input-throughput-output, a distinction between output, outcome and added value, and concepts, theories and data on the impact of interventions in corporate real estate and facility services, change management and performance measurement. Furthermore, input has been used from a cross-chapter analysis of a new book in which 23 authors from five different European countries present a state of the art of theory and research on 12 value parameters: satisfaction, image, culture, health and safety, productivity, adaptability, innovation, risk, cost, value of assets, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. The new VAM model follows the steps from the well-known Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, which are supported by various tools that were found in the literature or came to the fore in the state-of-the-art sections. In order to be able to select appropriate interventions in the Plan-phase, this paper includes a typology of typical interventions in corporate real estate and facility services that may add value to the organisation. The Check-phase is supported by an overview of ways to measure the 12 value parameters and related Key Performance Indicators. The new Value Adding Management model connects Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facilities Management (FM) with general business management in order to align CREM/FM interventions to the organizational context and organizational objectives. The VAM model opens the black box of input-throughput-output-outcome and is action oriented due to the connection to various management and measurement tools.Real Estate Managemen
Marketing strategy and its development on the example of the NGO "Robymo vam nervy"
No full textУ роботі розглядаються теоретичні аспекти маркетингових стратегій та розробки маркетингових стратегій підприємств, класифікація маркетингових стратегій.
Проаналізовано маркетингова діяльність ГО «Робимо вам нерви».
Запропоновано комплекс заходів щодо покращення процесу розробки маркетингової стратегії та рекомендації щодо покращення маркетингової стратегії.The work deals with the theoretical aspects of marketing strategies and development of marketing strategies of enterprises, classification of marketing strategies.
Author analysis marketing activity of the NGO "Robymo vam nervy".
The qualification work provides proposals for set of measures to streamline the marketing strategy development process and recommendations for improving the marketing strategy
Comparisons between P-fertilized and mycorrhizal plants
No full textIn experimentation with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi, the availability of non-VAM control plants of equal size to VAM plants is a fundamental requirement. The purpose of this work was to determine nutrient regimes needed to achieve growth equivalence between VAM and non-VAM plants. Soybean [Glycine max (L.)Merr.] cv. Amsoy 71 and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cv. Bok 8 plants were grown under controlled conditions in a soil (Josephine silty clay loam, mesic Typic Haploxerult) low in plant-available P. Soybeans were inoculated with one of four species and sorghum with one of two species of VAM fungi. Non-inoculated control plants received nutrient solutions that contained 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, or 1.0 mM P. while the growth of P-supplemented controls may be equivalent to VAM plants, an important question remains: Are these plants also equivalent in terms of such functional parameters as leaf development, dry matter partitioning, and nutrient assimilation? The objective of this experiment was to answer these questions. The response to VAM colonization was similar in both hosts, although less extensive colonization was observed in sorghum. Dry weight, leaf area, and P content increased exponentially with nutrient solution P level. Plants colonized with VAM fungi grew 3 to 6 times larger than the P-free controls but attained only 35 to 65% of maximum growth possible with high fertilizer P input. Host response to VAM colonization was equivalent to that of plants receiving between 0.12 and 0.22 mM P for phytomass, leaf area, and N content. Mycorrhizal plants contained less P, Mn, and root Fe but more Zn and Cu than comparable plants fertilized with P. It was concluded that P-treated, non-VAM plants differed physiologically and anatomically from VAM plants of equivalent size grown under P stress. It may therefore be necessary to establish the comparability of VAM plants and of "VAM-equivalent controls" separately for each plant parameter of interest. Even then, differential growth responses in VAM-host associations may prevent complete comparability between VAM and P-fertilized plants
Policy transfer into flood management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: a North Vam Nao study
No full textWater-management practices in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta have predominantly focused on structural development (e.g., dykes) to support rice-based agricultural production. Given the existing conventional approach, however, many of these efforts have been rendered ineffective . This study adopts the policy transfer concept to investigate how the participatory approach is introduced into the local institutional system, and how it shapes the construction, operation and management of the North Vam Nao scheme. Results suggest that this allowed stakeholders to engage collaboratively in these processes. The study contributes an empirical understanding of how policy transfer enhances institutional capacity for water resources management in the delta.Work undertaken for the analysis by the first author was partially funded by the project
‘Sustainable Governance of Transboundary Environmental Commons in Southeast Asia’, Asia
Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Privacy en sociaal contact
No full textRichtlijnen voor het ontwerpen en beheren van woonzorgvoorzieningen voor ouderen die voorzien in de behoefte aan privacy en contact. [Guidelines to incorporate the needs for privacy and social interaction in facilities for assisted living for the elderly]Accepted manuscriptReal Estate Managemen
Mycorrhizal status of Gunnera petaloidea in Hawai\u27i
No full textEight collections of the endemic Hawaiian angiosperm Gunnera petaloidea ssp. kauaiensis were examined for mycorrhizae. Soil-inhabiting roots of all specimens possessed extensive vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM). Aerial roots lacked mycorrhizae. Soil from the root zones of the plants contained propagules of VAM fungi, and spores of two species of VAM fungi were found in the soil. -from Author
Sociale veiligheid
No full textRichtlijnen voor sociaal veilig ontwerpen en beheren van woonzorgvoorzieningen voor ouderenAccepted manuscriptReal Estate Managemen
Brief Note: Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Status of Spring Ephemerals in Two Ohio Forests
No full textAuthor Institution: Biology Department, Lakeland Community CollegeNineteen spring ephemerals (7 monocots and 12 dicots) were surveyed for vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) in two Ohio forests during spring 1993 and 1994. Eleven of the nineteen species sampled displayed VAM development which was consistent between years and sites, except for Cardamine concatenata (Brassicaceae). Patterns of VAM occurrence primarily reflected the taxonomic classification of the sampled species. In this study, all monocots sampled were mycorrhizal, while only 25% of the dicots developed VAM relationships. The occurrence of VAM in the dicots primarily reflected their taxonomy as well. All Ranunculaceae species were mycorrhizal while those in the other five dicot families were not
Response of mycorrhizal and P-fertilized soybeans to nodulation by Bradyrhizobium or ammonium nitrate
No full textManagement of N2-fixing bacteria or P-scavenging endomycorrhizae may lead to decreased fertilizer use on extensively cropped lands. To measure the effectiveness of these microsymbionts, soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. cv. Amsoy 71] plants were grown in a growth chamber in a soil [Josephine silty clay loam (mesic Typic Haploxerult)] low in plant-available N and P. Plants were inoculated with different Bradyrhizobium strains or received nutrient solutions of different N concentrations (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 mM N) and P adequate for maximum plant growth under these conditions. Other plants were infected with a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus and a Bradyrhizobium strain and received no N or P in the nutrient solution. The purpose of this study was to determine the growth response of soybean to N fertilization or nodulation by B. japonicum under conditions of high P availability or V AM-assisted P uptake. Nodulated non-VAM soybean plants had dry weights and development similar to that of the 4.0 mM N fertilizer treatment. Total N and Mn, leaf area, and leaf P of nodulated plants were higher than in the comparable N-fertilized plants in the absence of P stress. Soybeans infected with both the VAM fungus and Bradyrhizobium were similar in total dry weight, leaf area, and development to plants that received 1.0 or 2.0 mM N. They, however, contained more leaf N, more root Cu and Zn, and less Mn and P than the 2.0 mM N treatment. It is concluded that a number of host characteristics of nodulated plants are due to the altered functional aspects of the symbiosis and not N input alone. The presence of the VAM fungus can decrease nutrient stress in environments limited in P, Zn and Cu, elements essential in N2 fixation
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