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Individual and job-related determinants of bias in performance appraisal: The case of middle management in health care organizations
No full textBackground: Accountable care has changed organizational models adopted by health care organizations
profoundly and, consequently, the skill set required for doctor-managers who have becomemiddlemanagers and
must deal with the operational management of their units. Doctor-managers must carry out clinical tasks as well
as tasks related to budgeting, goal setting, and performance evaluation. The performance evaluation bias,
defined as the misalignment between a ward unit’s objective performance (as assessed by technical bodies or
agencies) and self-assessed performance by the head of the unit, may have serious consequences for individuals
and organizations.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify determinants of performance appraisal bias based on themismatch
between self-reported and official performance data. Specifically, we analyzed the role played by managerial
behavior, training, engagement, and perceived organizational support at the individual level, as well as the
particular unit’s task diversity, complexity, and predictability.
Methodology: We collected primary and secondary data referable to a population of ward unit heads in the
Italian National Health Service. A linear regression model predicting performance appraisal bias was employed.
Findings: High levels of engagement and perceived organizational support were associated with reduced
performance appraisal bias, whereas high levels of predictability and task diversity were associated with
increased degree of error. Doctor-managers attending training programs in health care management and ward
unit task complexity did not affect bias significantly
Le strutture ricettive
No full textL’attività di gestione di strutture ricettive destinate a fornire al pubblico costituisce elemento centrale nell’ambito del fenomeno turistico, tanto da essere stata per lungo tempo nel nostro ordinamento coincidente con la stessa nozione di impresa turistica. L’annullamento da parte della Corte Costituzionale praticamente dell’intero Titolo III del di cui al decreto legislativo 79 del 2011 ha determinato il fallimento del tentativo di razionalizzare il settore e colmare la mancanza di un quadro unitario che, a partire dal 2001, dopo la riforma del Titolo V della Costituzione, ha paradossalmente anche l’iniziativa regionale. Manca oggi dunque qualunque punto di riferimento omogeneo – che non sia il fatto che ancora molte leggi regionali risalgono all’attuazione della legge quadro del 1983 o, anche qualora emanate dopo la sua abrogazione,, si sono comunque nei fatti ancora ad essa ispirate - sia quanto all’identificazione delle tipologie di strutture ricettive, sia quanto alla loro classificazione, sia quanto alla relativa disciplina. Anche dal punto di vista del regime amministrativo dell’attività, sia pur nel contesto di un’ormai costante tendenza generale dell’ordinamento ad una maggiore semplificazione e liberalizzazione, le Regioni hanno allo stato campo libero nella disciplina dei procedimenti amministrativi finalizzati al controllo dell’avvio e dell’esercizio dell’attività ricettiva
Adenocarcinoma of apocrine sweat glands in a mouflon (Ovis musimon).
No full textA free-living mouflon (Ovis musimon) was presented with a mass on the left shoulder. At necropsy, multifocal, slightly protruding whitish spots were noted on the kidneys, and several lymph nodes were abnormal. Histologically, the mass was composed of epithelial cells arranged in tubular and tubulopapillary structures. The cytoplasm of the epithelial cells had numerous periodic acid-Schiff-positive and diastase-resistant granules. Ultrastructurally, the cytoplasm of the neoplastic cells contained numerous pleomorphic secretory granules and microvilli, which partially covered the luminal surface of the tumor cells. Metastatic foci were present in prescapular and mediastinal lymph nodes and kidneys. On the basis of histological and ultrastructural findings, this tumor was diagnosed as a tubulopapillary adenocarcinoma, arising from apocrine sweat glands of the skin
Parks and territory. New perspective in planning and organization
No full textPark planning not only refers to parks. In most cases, an extended territorial context influences and is influenced by policies connected to the planning and management organization of protected areas. If the park requires a territorial context to work its way out of claustrophobic, "island" visions, the territory itself has much to learn from the successes and failures of policies governing protected areas.
This volume also responds to the wide debate that developed on this theme at the international seminar "Italian protected areas reaching the 2100 vision: strategies and actions. New organizational and planning perspectives", organized in Visso in November 2009 (University of Camerino, University of Macerata and University of Sassari). The meeting included the participation of the US National Park Service, the largest and oldest organization dedicated to the planning and management of national parks.
In the first part of the book, we investigate the separation from urban planning and territorial policies that has traditionally characterized policies for parks and protected areas. We highlight: the connections between natural and cultural resources; the integration or separation between parks and cities; and the role of the landscape in planning interpretations of relationships between the parks and the territory. From the methodological point of view, park planning requires measurement with other bodies of knowledge such as ecology, geology, economics, and the closer examination of some crucial problems in the current debate on conservation/transformation, such as relationships between local and global interests, natural and cultural values, property and environmental rights, evaluation and planning, and rules and cooperation.
Some case studies looking at a landscape interpretation of areas of environmental prestige in the Carpathians and eastern Alps provide the first indications in defining a model of sustainable mobility in the fruition of tourism in mountain areas (international research project SEE - "Access2Mountain").
In the second part of the book, topics regarding the organization and management of protected areas are examined, along with their relationship to the performance of the protected areas and with global perspectives of sustainable, or even responsible, socio-economic development
Cambiamento organizzativo e identità: un'indagine empirica su prestazioni e comportamenti
No full textGli studi organizzativi hanno rivolto particolare interesse al ruolo della identità e delle modifiche che essa subisce nel corso di eventi di cambiamento quali fusioni e acquisizioni. Variazioni nella identità sono spesso legate a fenomeni di deterioramento dei comportamenti e della performance dei dipendenti. La letteratura distingue due livelli di identità, una di tipo organizzativo e una di tipo professionale. Allo stato attuale sono pochi i contributi finalizzati a dimostrare il diverso peso che la variazione nei due livelli di identità esercita sul comportamento di dipendenti coinvolti in processi di cambiamento organizzativo. Al fine di colmare questo gap conoscitivo il presente studio intende analizzare il ruolo di variabili individuali, lavorative e di identità sull’andamento della performance lavorativa di 150 dipendenti dell’azienda TUA spa coinvolti tra il 2015 e il 2016 in un processo di fusione e acquisizione. I risultati mostrano una performance deteriorata nel post fusione. Tra le cause significative di peggioramento gioca un ruolo fondamentale la variazione nella identità professionale, l’anzianità nel ruolo, la sede di lavoro, lo scarso accesso alle informazioni sul cambiamento. La variazione della identità organizzativa, seppur peggiorata nel post fusione, non impatta invece sui livelli di performance resi dai lavoratori
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