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Integrated performance management and transformational change: a multilevel evolutionary perspective
No full textDesign, implementation, and use of an effective strategic performance management framework for defence organisations
No full textAbstract: Introduction: Defence organisations face increasing challenges in adapting to geopolitical shifts and to the turbulent environment. Currently, hybrid threats demand the integration of civilian and military resources and efforts to enhance resilience, requiring collaboration across diverse stakeholders. Despite this need to engage with - and demonstrate performance towards - a wide array of stakeholders, existing performance management (PM) systems within defence fail to align with strategic objectives and address stakeholder complexity effectively. Notably, frameworks like the Balanced Scorecard prioritize internal efficiency, thereby neglecting the multidimensional nature of defence activities and the need for multi-stakeholder integration. Research question: Given the performance and stakeholder-related gaps, the critical question addressed within this manuscript is: How can defence organisations demonstrate performance towards the complex set of stakeholders within an increasingly demanding environment? Methodology: In the first phase of this research, a readily available systematic literature review (SLR) was utilized to contextualize challenges in defence performance management. Subsequently, a defence-specific strategic-level performance management framework was designed using thematic analysis of qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews and strategy-related documents from twelve NATO nations. Building on this foundation, the second phase focused on illuminating stakeholder management and network complexity. This involved conducting an SLR and bibliometric analysis, which led to the extraction, synthesis, and integration of insights from a final set of 206 highly influential studies. Following this, a meta-synthesis was performed, analysing 2,113 relationships across parameters such as resources, processes, and outcomes within the study set. Findings: First, the new Defence Performance Management Framework (DPMF) addresses gaps in existing systems by aligning strategic objectives with processes and resources, thereby facilitating discussions between stakeholders about commitments versus constraints. Additionally, insights on defence strategy within NATO Member States highlighted trade-offs in addressing organisational challenges, offering guidance for redesigning national defence strategies. Furthermore, the SLR revealed fragmentation in stakeholder management research, emphasizing the need for holistic approaches for both scholars and practitioners. Finally, the meta-synthesis identified misalignments between stakeholder agendas and defence priorities, highlighting changes influenced by varying risk levels as well as differences between large and small countries\u2019 strategies. Overall, these findings underscore the importance of adaptive and inclusive management practices in defence, particularly in navigating complex stakeholder environments
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Evolutionary approach to performance management: a case study in a public sector IT support unit
No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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