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Un feudiste de province au travail à la fin de l’Ancien Régime
Authors: Maillard Brigitte
Published: March 2019

Dans plusieurs provinces, les rénovations de
papiers terriers semblent se multiplier au cours des dernières
décennies de l’Ancien Régime ; elles peuvent être le signe d’une
réactivation du système féodal et seigneurial mais aussi la réponse à
des besoins d’ordre et de clarté dans la gestion des seigneuries. Le
nombre des feudistes a augmenté mais leurs effectifs restent inconnus.
Les archives d’un feudiste qui a travaillé à Angers entre 1770 au
moins et 1789 permettent d’analyser ses méthodes de travail, de
mesurer l’importance et la nature de sa clientèle, d’évaluer le coût
de la rénovation d’un papier terrier. Cette opération passe par
différentes étapes bien précises : tri et classement des titres qui
constitue une tâche préliminaire indispensable, levée de plans qui
bénéficie des progrès des méthodes de cartographie, recueil des
déclarations des vassaux et censitaires dans le cadre, en Anjou, des
assises seigneuriales, rédaction du papier terrier. Ces travaux,
coûteux pour les seigneurs, demandent, même pour une petite
seigneurie, beaucoup de travail de la part du feudiste, de ses clercs
et de différents collaborateurs comme les géomètres ; un feudiste ne
peut donc pas mener plusieurs gros chantiers en parallèle. Même à la
fin de l’Ancien Régime où elle semble avoir été plus fréquente, la
rénovation des terriers n’a pu concerner, sans doute, qu’une minorité
de seigneuries.
Expérience carcérale et exercice de la paternité : le point de vue de pères détenus
Authors: Quennehen Marine
Published: March 2019

Comment l’incarcération affecte-t-elle le rôle paternel ? La prison ne peut être considérée comme un isolat social. Sans modifier complètement la manière dont les individus vivent et se représentent leur paternité, sans que le contexte carcéral la conditionne de façon déterministe, elle y subit nécessairement des transformations : ce milieu produit des conditions spécifiques d’actualisation de ce rôle et des caractéristiques nouvelles. La notion de « filet » proposée par Norbert Elias (1997) nous permet de concevoir la paternité comme un filet tissé de multiples fils reliés entre eux. Dès lors, plutôt que d’expliquer la paternité à partir d’un seul fil (le lien père-enfant), c’est à partir de tous ces fils (histoire familiale, conjugale, facteurs socioculturels, etc.) et de leurs connexions que nous en proposons une approche pluridimensionnelle.Pour appréhender de façon cohérente ces différentes dimensions de la paternité, nous distinguons et lions trois niveaux : une analyse relationnelle de la paternité en contexte d’incarcération saisie par les pratiques concrètes des pères détenus et de leur entourage, une approche biographique replaçant le présent dans l’histoire familiale des pères rencontrés et enfin par une analyse « compréhensive » des normes (au sens de Max Weber), s’efforçant de saisir comment ces hommes pensent et analysent leur rôle de père. Cette analyse repose sur des entretiens répétés menés avec 70 détenus, qui nous ont permis de proposer une typologie des paternités en prison se déclinant en quatre types : « marginale », « suspendue », « brisée » et « ressource ».
An Analysis of Cryptographic Algorithms in IoT
Authors: Bajrić Samed
Published: March 2019

The underlying vision of the internet of things (IoT) is to create a world where the real and the virtual realms are converging to create smart environments that makes energy, transport, cities, and many other areas more intelligent. With the IoT, the physical world is being interfaced through the things to the virtual world in heterogeneous environment. In heterogeneous environment, privacy and security are the major challenges. The secure information exchange is most critical pitfall to ensure the system security. This chapter gives a detailed analysis of cryptographic algorithms in IoT. A comparison of lightweight cryptography algorithms on basis of block size, key size, gate equivalents, and throughput is given. Moreover, the various security issues in IoT are discussed along with possible solution.
Relevance of Technologies for Smart Cities
Authors: Mora Olga Berenice , Cedillo-Elias Elsa Julieta , Aceves Emmanuel , Larios Victor M.
Published: March 2019

Most of the work to develop a smart city is how to connect physical urban infrastructure to the digital world to use it as a solution space for citizens and authorities to make best decisions to reach the best quality of life every day. Every city as a complex system needs to adequately manage their different dimensions. This chapter proposes the second approach with a top-down architecture identifying a set of information technologies linked in processes that every city service needs as part of their digital transformation process in their urban space. Hence, this chapter introduces six technological layers in a workflow pipeline that are explained as an approach to develop every smart system of a city. However, in the proposed workflow of technologies to implement, the authors give a central focus to the IoT infrastructure as the base to build information of quality, to have reliable services even after getting insights from analytics to come back to the IoT with their connected actuators to take actions.
Radio Frequency Identification Systems Security Challenges in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Pal Kamalendu
Published: March 2019

The radio frequency idtentification (RFID) is a wireless technology that enable automatic identification and extraction of stored information from any tagged object within a supply chain environment. A simple RFID system uses radio waves to collect and transfer data from a tag attached to an object linked to an RFID reader for identifying, tracking, and data capturing. However, RFID-based systems have numerous security- and privacy-related threats for the deployment of such technology in supply chain automation purpose. This chapter explains the technical fundamentals of RFID systems and its security threats. It also classifies the existing security and privacy threats into those which target the RFID components such as the tag, the communication channel, and the overall system threats. Finally, the chapter discusses the open research challenges that need further investigation, especially with the rapid introduction of diverse RFID applications in supply chain management (SCM).
Common Mistakes in Delivering Cybersecurity Awareness
Authors: Crumbaugh Joshua
Published: March 2019

Human error is the cause of over 95% of data breaches and the weakest aspect of cybersecurity in nearly all organizations. These errors guarantee that hackers can easily gain access to almost any network in the world and take complete control of systems, data, and more. This chapter outlines the top mistakes organizations make in security awareness and why most companies are failing to properly prepare their users for cyber-attacks. Each point is accompanied by actionable data derived from real-world training program successes and failures.
Promoting Cybersecurity Compliance
Authors: Harris Mark A. , Martin Ronald
Published: March 2019

In a global online economy, organizations are tasked with protecting their cybersecurity assets. Penalties from failing to protect assets, such as customer data, can severely harm an organization and even lead to bankruptcy. Cybersecurity governance programs need to be aware of the laws and regulations affecting their organizations and use applicable standards or frameworks to develop appropriate cybersecurity polices and controls. Compliance programs then need to monitor policy compliance on a continuing basis. This chapter discusses the laws, regulations, and standards that are used to create cybersecurity polices and the typical tools used to measure compliance. In addition, theoretical cybersecurity compliance research is reviewed to highlight supplementary techniques to improve compliance.
Achieving a Security Culture
Authors: Da Veiga Adéle
Published: March 2019

A security culture can be a competitive advantage when employees uphold strong values for the protection of information and exhibit behavior that is in compliance with policies, thereby introducing minimal incidents and breaches. The security culture in an organization might, though, not be similar among departments, job levels, or even generation groups. It can pose a risk when it is not conducive to the protection of information and when security incidents and breaches occur due to employee error or negligence. This chapter aims to give organizations an overview of the concept of security culture, the factors that could influence it, an approach to assess the security culture, and to prioritize and tailor interventions for high-risk areas. The outcome of the security culture assessment can be used as input to define security awareness, training, and education programs aiding employees to exhibit behavior that is in compliance with security policies.
Techniques and Tools for Trainers and Practitioners
Authors: Oldham Melanie , McAlpine Abigail
Published: March 2019

If the material is to be delivered effectively, organizations need to understand the human side of cyber security training. In this chapter, the authors draw upon over a decade of experience in creating and adapting training and resources with the help of industry professionals and feedback from clients, which has led to a successful and highly acclaimed approach to cybersecurity education. The resulting discussion considers how to adopt the right approach to cybersecurity training for organizations, with training modules that cater to end users, and which are designed to ensure maximum retention of information by presenting short, humorous, animated scenarios that are relatable for the target audience.
Amelioration Technology for Agricultural Efficiency
Authors: Rathoure Kanchan P.
Published: March 2019

The sustainable concepts for increased crop production are immediately needed to lower pressure on soils in order to reduce or prevent the negative environmental impacts of rigorous agriculture. One efficient way to increase organic matter in soil is amelioration in soil like compost, biochar, fly ash, red mud, phosphate rock, and other rock minerals. On the one hand, growth of livestock breeding and intensification of crop production has occurred while an increasing shortage of resources can be recognized. On the other hand, urbanization and growing population interconnected with an increased amount of waste output is responsible for environmental hazards and pollution. Therefore, soil amelioration became an efficient means of agricultural crop improvement.
Soil Sampling, Analysis, and Rock Phosphate Amendments
Authors: Rathoure Ashok Kumar
Published: March 2019

Soil plays a vital role in supporting the growth of crops and other vegetation, maintaining the environment, and acting as source and sink for atmospheric gases. Soils are natural bodies on which plants grow. The increasing population, industrialization, and changing lifestyle have negative effect on soil and are responsible for soil pollution. Good soil and climate for more crop production are valuable things for any nation. Soil amendments can be used to cost-effectively reduce the bio-availability and mobility of toxic metals in contaminated soils. Organic amendments considerably affect nutrient balance and interaction mobility of nutrients by influencing the chemical, physical, and biological environment in soils. Here in this chapter, the author has discussed the soil, its profile and type, analysis, and benefits on rock phosphate amendments.
Soil Quality and Soil Sustainability
Authors: Rathoure Ashok Kumar
Published: March 2019

Soil is an important and complex part of our environment. The agro-ecosystem is made up of many interacting components with multiple goals. Soil quality is one important part of sustainable agro-ecosystem management, analogous to water and air quality. Assessing soil quality may help managers identify practices that could be adapted to become more sustainable. Soil quality is the ability of a soil to perform functions that are essential to people and the environment. Soil quality is not limited to agricultural soils, although most soil quality work has been done in agricultural systems. Soil quality definitions emphasize several features. Dynamic properties include organic matter, soil structure, infiltration rate, bulk density, and water and nutrient holding capacity. Changes in dynamic properties depend both on land management practices and the inherent properties of the soil. Here, the author has presented for intrinsic and vigorous properties, soil structures and macrophores, soil quality management, etc.
Soil Quality Near Indian Oil Corporation Limited Pol Depot Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, State of India
Authors: Rathoure Kanchan P.
Published: March 2019

The area in question has diversified relief and amount of rainfall and soil types. It is dry region lies in east, irrigated region in north and tribal-dominant population dominant in the west. Ahmednagar district is situated partly in the upper Godavari basin and partly in the Bhīma basin occupying a somewhat central position in Maharashtra state. The climate of the district is characterized by a hot summer and general dryness throughout the year except during the southwest monsoon season (i.e., June to September). Physiographically the district forms part of Deccan Plateau. Part of Sahayadri hill ranges fall in the district. Here in this chapter, the author has elaborated about soil quality and ground water quality near IOCL Terminal Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
Soil Quality Assessment at Nganglam, Bhutan
Authors: Bharti Pawan Kumar
Published: March 2019

The study area considered for environment impact assessment (EIA) studies is an area covering 5 kms radial distance from proposed plant site in the foothills of Himalaya at Nganglam, Pemagatshel, Bhutan. Analyzing the soil samples collected from six locations in the study area has assessed the soil characteristics in the study area, especially the extent of pollution undergone by the soils due to various sources and reasons. Sampling locations were chosen to represent the soil quality of the study area. A preliminary reconnaissance survey was made to get a general picture of the area's land use. The activities around the sampling sites were also taken into consideration to learn the sources of pollution if any or factors governing the physico-chemical properties of the soil. To analyze the soil quality of the area and to assess the impact of industrial or urban activities on land environment with respect to any specific contamination, soil quality studies were carried out under EIA study.
Soil Quality of Tripura State of India
Authors: Rathoure Ashok Kumar
Published: March 2019

Soil quality can be defined as the fitness of a specific kind of soil to function within its capacity and within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation. Soil is one of the common factors that bring all agriculture together. It can also be used to describe more complex soil characteristics such as soil organic matter, nutrient amounts, soil structure, etc. The soil quality of Tripura state where ONGC has established numerous exploratory and development wells for exploration of natural gas has been studied and presented in this chapter.
Considerations for Setting Up Play Therapy Training Clinics
Authors: Hughes-Brand Nicola Shea , Clifton Julie A. , Brand Columbus Edward
Published: March 2019

When setting up a play therapy training clinic, there are many considerations to explore regarding designing a therapeutic space, selecting toys and other materials, exploring the rationale for the toy selection and examining the cultural considerations in play therapy settings. This chapter will review the different types of play therapy clinics and the specific toys recommended based on the fourteen primary play therapy theoretical orientations. General considerations will be reviewed when utilizing art media and other materials, books and bibliotherapy, puppets and puppet theaters, sandtrays and miniatures, and psychotherapeutic games. Recommendations will be made for establishing community and university-based play therapy training sites offering clinical and mock play therapy services. Suggestions will be made regarding the importance of establishing play therapy laboratories in the classroom setting when providing graduate play therapy instruction. Additional recommendations will be made for the 2019 Play Therapy Best Practices published by the Association for Play Therapy.
Valuing Your Play Therapy Practice
Authors: Taheri Karen
Published: March 2019

Developing, growing, and maintaining a sustainable play therapy training clinic involves creating meaningful contact within the clinic's targeted community. How the play therapist developing the training clinic goes about creating contact within a community reflects that clinic's overall identity or brand. Counselors are often not trained regarding business practices, brand development, or marketing in their graduate programs. This chapter focuses on providing play therapists with information regarding branding a business and tools for promoting that brand in a manner that aids in the development, growth, and maintenance of a play therapy training clinic. Ethical considerations, as well as thought-provoking questions specific for the development and promotion of a play therapy training clinic are included.
The Evolution of a University-Based Center of Play Therapy Education
Authors: McNary Tiffany , Tobin Galina Kadosh , Stauffer Sarah D.
Published: March 2019

More beginning graduate students and new mental health professionals are seeing children and families in their therapeutic work, creating a growing need for play therapy-specific training and supervision. Training students and professionals in the art of play therapy is critical to the wellbeing of children, families, and the future profession. A university-based approved center of play therapy education aims to fulfill this growing need while undertaking a momentous amount of responsibility. Training skilled play therapists is a complex endeavor requiring a combination of foundational knowledge, advanced clinical and conceptual skills, and supervision that surpasses classroom coursework requirements. The authors describe the evolution of Georgia State University's Center of Play Therapy Education and Play Therapy Training Institute to provide readers with a comprehensive model for play therapy training and supervision.
Role of University-Based Training Clinics
Authors: LaFleur Latifey B. , Esters Irvin G.
Published: March 2019

This chapter will focus on the formation and operation of a university-based play therapy clinic. Attention to the role of the clinic in experiential training, which is an important part of counselor and play therapy preparation will be addressed as well. The mission, functions, and benefits of a university-based play therapy training clinic will be explored in depth and suggestions for forming and administering the clinic will be made. Further, the authors will discuss the effect of a play therapy clinic on training, credentialing, and the promotion of play therapy along with the influence of accrediting entities such as CACREP. Finally, to assist interested programs in the development of a play therapy training clinic, components such as funding, space, design, equipment/materials, administration, and ethical considerations are discussed.
University/District Collaboration Play Therapy Clinics
Authors: Holliman Ryan P. , Blanco Pedro
Published: March 2019

Many elementary schools must make due with a single school counselor, leaving many children in need of services. The authors of this chapter propose a unique partnership to create sustainable school-based play therapy clinics. The proposed clinics provide free services to children in schools and also allow for the collection of data by university professors hoping to examine and advocate for effectiveness of play therapy. The chapter will discuss how to select appropriate partners, how to build relationships with school professionals, how to establish research and clinics in the schools, training concerns, and ethical issues.
Memory as a Security Policy
Authors: Bartoszewicz Monika Gabriela
Published: March 2019

The intersectionality of nationalism, memory, and securitized identity narrative rendered the politics of memory and the history politics with particular importance. The following chapter tackles the issue of memory and history politics through the lenses of the ontological security theory used as a framework for understanding state policies in the sphere of security perception and behaviors. For the purposes of this chapter, the history politics is understood as a construction of a binding historical memory by organizing history in a particular narrative constructs that help to develop and/or maintain a salient group self-identity. After having delineated the theoretical foundation, the interaction between security and managed historical memory is in its political, institutional, and discursive aspect will be explored. The three interrelated factors important in ontological security behavior—1) discourse frames, 2) institutional arrangement, and 3) policies—will be analyzed in the Polish context.
Where Does Europe End?
Authors: Apryshchenko Victor
Published: March 2019

Modernization that resulted in contemporary European society has been an attractive goal for Russian officials who proclaimed European values as an important part of Russian identity. But the North Caucasus, which is a specific part of Russia, does not correspond these “European standards.” The patron-client system of governance for the North Caucasus, and the disconnection that it creates between the people who live in the region and Moscow, represents the wider attitude of Russian elites, cultural commentators, and policymakers toward the region. “The Caucasian archaism” has been common discourse for characteristic of the North Caucasus among central and regional elites. This “applied archaic” and military rhetoric has to explain political particularism and ineffectiveness of reforms in the North Caucasus. In fact, dealing with Moscow, post-modern Europe deals with Russian modern society which consists of pre-modern subjects and mechanisms of political communication that complicates both international communication and effective collaboration.
Border Commemoration in Contemporary Armenia
Authors: Arkhipova Ekaterina
Published: March 2019

By the end of 20th century, history manipulation had become the main tool for mobilizing masses. To create a societal identity, a nation-state uses collective memory and creates an idea of the past as the purpose of self-existence. In addition to the chronological pattern, collective memory describes the geographical framework of society by creating them. The chapter analyzes the practice of determining geographical boundaries of Armenia in the collective memory of Armenians. Using the concept of “places of memory” coined by P. Nora, this chapter determines markers and geographical points as defined in the collective memory of Armenia residents as their own. The chapter presents the results of observations carried out by the author during the research made in 2014, as well as discursive analysis of memorial places from Armenian travel site as data that represent collective memory to the outsiders as informational messages. In conclusion, the author raises the question of the effective model of collective memory adopted in the name of societal development.
Alternative and Indigenous Dispute Resolution
Authors: Gul Saleem
Published: March 2019

This chapter provides a detailed discussion on the concepts surrounding the terms conflict and dispute. After establishing the necessary grounding, the chapter then moves into exploring (in significant detail) the concepts framing the idea of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The chapter provides a detailed discussion, based on contemporary literature, to differentiate between disputes and conflicts. Then the discussion will focus on removing commonly found confusions related to the vocabulary of conflict and ADR. Following this, various key government acts and reports that shape the state of ADR are discussed. In an effort to ensure brevity, only those concerns that relate directly to ADR or directly address ADR are discussed. This follows with a discussion on dispute resolution in tribal and indigenous societies and what locally derived methods are practiced.
The Case for Effectively Using Existing Business Improvement Models in Australian Schools
Authors: Fernandes Venesser
Published: March 2019

There is a significant lack of documented research on Australian school improvement that is contextualized within business improvement model settings. This is the case even though Australian schools have been operating within a business environment for a while now. This chapter aims at addressing this gap by discussing what educational quality is within schools. It will present an adapted version for continuous school improvement within school systems in Australia. This adapted version of continuous school improvement provides a theoretical framework on how schools operating as self-managed business systems can ensure that the delivery of educational quality is strategically sustained at the organizational level and that focus remains on the important core business of student learning. This adapted version has been described as strategic TQM and a case is made for its use in Australian schools through five transformations that are brought about through the SCOPE cycle for school improvement.
The Role of Leadership and Communication
Authors: Rintoul Heather M.
Published: March 2019

This chapter explores concerns and challenges associated with the transition to online graduate instruction from the traditional face-to-face format. The author discusses several catalysts for the transition to virtual teaching, the ethics of being present, impediments to learning and communication online, and participant concerns. The chapter also considers online knowledge and meaning-making, online communities, and associated uncertainties. Finally, new financial decisions and considerations leading to hardships for faculty and their families as well as trends for leadership and communication moving forward are addressed.
Leading Teacher Professional Learning
Authors: Zinger Doron , Krishnan Jenell , Gilbertson Nicole , Harris Kate
Published: March 2019

Teacher professional development is a critical component of teacher learning and improving classroom instruction. Effective communication is key in facilitating professional development. In this chapter, the authors present one aspect of communication in teacher professional development, building shared understanding of key terminology and ideas. they present three case studies of professional development program from across English, history, and science. These cases highlight professional development design and implementation approaches that produced varying degrees of success. The potential pitfalls and effective approaches to facilitating the development of shared language about key ideas are presented. Lessons learned and implications for those who work with diverse groups and conduct professional development are discussed.
Finding Star Performer Leaders
Authors: Bar-On Reuven
Published: March 2019

This chapter describes an innovative and valuable method for creating predictive models designed to assist in hiring high performing leaders—“star performers”—as well as to continue to enhance their ability to perform on an even higher level. This approach—“Star Performance Modelling”—is described in detail including the process involved and how best to apply the star performer models that are created. The author also demonstrates that the application of these models has a significant impact on organizational effectiveness and profitability. Moreover, it will be explained how star performance modelling is based on analyzing and applying results generated by multifactor assessment instruments such as version 3.0 of the “Bar-On Multifactor Measure of Performance” (MMP3). The author additionally presents a number of examples showing how star performance models have been applied to help organizations save and/or earn hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mobile Communication in Hospitals
Authors: Solvoll Terje
Published: March 2019

Mobile communication for healthcare workers is a critical part of hospitals infrastructure. Many of these systems do not work well together, leading to difficulties regarding multiple communication devices with different usage area, unavailable or missing equipment, and alarm fatigue. Physicians and nurses often need information fast, and any delay between the decision and the action taken could cause medical errors. One suggested solution for this problem is to implement wireless phone systems. However, psychological theory and empirical evidence, both suggest that wireless phones have the potential of creating additional problems related to interruptions. The fact that hospital workers prefer interruptive communication methods before non-interruptive methods, amplifies the risk of overloading staff. The key is how to handle the balance between increased availability and increased interruptions. In this chapter, the authors present solutions and possibilities based on context aware communication systems that aim to reduce interruptions and thereby also alarm fatigue.
Strategic Communication in Crisis
Authors: Keil Lauren J. , Jerome Angela M.
Published: March 2019

When faced with crises, organizational leaders must identify, prioritize, and communicate with organizational stakeholders. Increasingly, organizational leaders find themselves responding to crises made by persons that represent or are associated with the organization in some way. However, most case studies of image repair campaigns focus on the individual that has transgressed rather than on the often-simultaneous campaigns undertaken by the organizations with which they are associated. To study these issues more closely, this chapter uses The Ohio State University's (OSU's) tattoos for memorabilia scandal as exemplar and offers meaningful insight and pragmatic considerations for practitioners dealing with similar situational constraints.
Improving Virtual Team Effectiveness
Authors: Chen Edward T.
Published: March 2019

Virtual teams are vastly more effective now than they were in the past. This chapter explores published articles and cases that highlight the usage of virtual teams on virtual projects. The authors will analyze a successful case with a struggle at the beginning and then an unsuccessful case with a strong start. The chapter will address the virtual workplace and then move on to the topic of teleworking. They authors will introduce the communication systems that are on the rise to make virtual teams more effective. Performance of virtual teams will be explained, followed by how to enhance the virtual team effectiveness.
Collaborative Learning Strategies in Organizations
Authors: Sanz Martos Sandra , Pérez-Montoro Mario
Published: March 2019

Among the different types of innovative learning initiatives, organizations have been implementing communities of practice as a collaborative learning strategy. However, in many cases, one finds the term community of practice attributed to other types of communities or work groups. This chapter aims to define, identify, and characterize communities of practice and differentiate them from other organizational structures which are not such communities. It establishes a comparison among them and observes the benefits obtained from each structure, indicating which strategy to apply depending on the goal or challenge. Finally, a number of conclusions and guidelines on the future development of communities of practice are presented.
Social Entrepreneurship and Its Competences
Authors: Rossano Sue , Baaken Thomas , Orazbayeva Balzhan , Baaken Marieke C. , Kiel Bert , Maas Gideon Johannes Pieter
Published: March 2019

Entrepreneurship needs a vision and leadership skills to accomplish it and a motivation to build something new, which will develop and sustain it. And society needs social entrepreneurs, contributing to a new organization of the welfare system, while making a difference and helping each other. The central theme in the existing social entrepreneurship literature is the pursuit of a social mission or objective. Thus, social entrepreneurs play a role as reformers and revolutionaries, who are intending to solve social problems, and not being answered by governmental policies. Entrepreneurial thinking and acting as well as innovation driving managers is a need for society. However, it is not the organization but the people, united by a proactive and market-driven culture, that are innovative and which combine to populate and to equip the organization with the required competencies. The chapter proposes a methodology to analyze the competencies that should be fostered by higher education programs to provide graduates with the desired competencies for entrepreneurship and driving innovation.
The Use of Geolocalized Social Networks Information to Guide and Enhance the Design of Local Cultural and Tourist Policies
Authors: Temprano-García Víctor , San José-Cabezudo Rebeca
Published: March 2019

In recent years we have witnessed the upsurge in the use of social networks by companies and individuals, the latter being the real protagonists of its development. The diverse execution formats and the multiplicative effects on the reach and influence on equals have changed how organizations communicate with their users, but they have also become a valuable source of information. This chapter aims to understand the behavior of residents and tourists of a city to provide local decision makers insights and pioneer tools to help them design more effective action policies, which may have a positive impact on their cities. The methodological design used is based on the observation and collection of geolocalized data, provided spontaneously by residents and visitors to a town in a real context. Based on the analysis of the photographs that the subjects share about the city and the interactions that take place between the members of the social networks under study, the authors reach the main implications for decision makers to successfully design their policies.
Governance as a Bridge to Sustainability
Authors: Akkucuk Ulas , Seckin-Celik Tutku
Published: March 2019

Governance has evolved to be an extremely critical notion for the developed world as well as for the developing countries. For the developing world, novel concepts required for good governance practice may not be easily understood or widely practiced by the stakeholders of private or public corporations. Good governance is needed for numerous institutions both public and private. For public entities, good governance results in scientifically motivated policy development, an increase in accountability and transparency and finally the involvement of all stakeholders in the decision-making process. For non-governmental organizations, governance results in better allocation of resources, finding new opportunities for collaboration, and better cooperation with governmental bodies. For the private sector, governance increases the reliability of the organizations and contributes to sustainability, and a climate of trust to be established among the stakeholders. This chapter will include an extant review of the literature on how good governance and sustainable value creation come hand in hand.
Sustainable Development of Islands Using European Funds
Authors: Favro Srecko
Published: March 2019

The Island of Hvar is part of Split-Dalmatia County and it is surrounded with a group of islands in Central Dalmatia. The island's dependence on the rest of Croatian mainland is inevitable and islanders' lives are still connected with the mainland. The trend of emigrating and abandoning the island is visible. Transport connections and infrastructure between the Island of Hvar and the mainland are unsatisfactory. At the moment, there is not an adequate pier for catamarans intended for a fast island-mainland travel in the area of Hvar Port. Therefore, the topic of this project and research is to present the importance of building infrastructure and the importance of a quality work of fast shipping lines between the town of Hvar and the mainland in order to enhance life quality of people who live on islands.
Current Use and Attitude Towards Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Turkish Universities
Authors: Akkucuk Ulas , Balkaya Selen
Published: March 2019

Nowadays, online learning has become a phenomenon and many believe that e-learning can be the next revolutionary change in education. E-learning is a way of learning supported by information communication technologies (ICT) that makes it possible to deliver education and training to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Learning management system (LMS) applications are software applications for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning courses and programs. With the advancement of technology in general, LMS applications are increasingly becoming the preferred method for learning among students, teachers and others. LMS applications enable university students and teachers to benefit from today's technology in their learning process. LMS applications will play a major role in education, and technology will get stronger with effective usage of LMS applications. Therefore, defining the current situation in Turkey about LMS applications usage and factors affecting adoption of LMS applications are important for future LMS design and management.
Clustering Tourists Based on Reason for Destination Choice
Authors: Akkucuk Ulas , Ata Serhat
Published: March 2019

This study aims to explore the factors affecting destination choice for tourism travelers. For this purpose, a survey conducted in the İzmir province has been used to collect data as to what factors drive travelers to choose the İzmir destination. The survey contains demographic questions in addition to questions concerning the reasons for visiting İzmir. 10 multiple choice questions are used in the demographic and descriptive profile. Previous literature has been consulted in order to form 16 questions for the intent to visit İzmir. The questions on the reasons for visiting Izmir have been scaled as (1) does not influence my decision and (5) influence(s) my decision very much. Finally using cluster analysis technique, the visitors are separated into five clusters. A K-means clustering technique is applied by varying k from 2 to 10. The interpretations of the clusters are provided and shed light on the main intentions for the travelers. The cluster interpretations could be used in the area of tourism marketing. The chapter highlights the area of choosing the optimal number of clusters.
Lean Principles and Optimizing Flow
Authors: Smith Alan D.
Published: March 2019

This chapter aims to provide an elementary background on lean methodologies from its beginnings at Toyota through current applications of lean processes at local companies. Via case studies, a greater understanding of the advantages of lean systems will be attempted along with a discussion of the future of lean practices. Notable improvements to the lean philosophy, such as successful implementation of six-sigma techniques, are addressed through interdisciplinary case studies of successful best business practices. Therefore, we need a cluster of metrics, certainly more than just cost. If we cannot adequately measure customer satisfaction and utility, we need to have more subjective ways to measure it in order to understand its complexities. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that there is a one-size-fits-all solution, as many managers are more prone to try something that has worked elsewhere in times of crisis, but has limited applications to other dissimilar problems.
A Multimodal Approach to Enhancing Automobile Security
Authors: Okegbile Samuel Dayo , Aina Segun , Akinmodun Sanmi , Oluwaranti Adeniran Ishola , Lawal Aderonke Rasheedat
Published: March 2019

The continuous increase in use of the automobiles has resulted in increase in vehicular traffic and social vices such as theft, thus necessitating efforts for improving automobile security. As a result of this, various solutions such as satellite monitoring and General Packet Radio Services have been adopted to track vehicle locations over time. This article combines the uniqueness of an automobile plate number and the face(s) of an authorized vehicle driver to enhance the automobile security system, hence eliminating the inefficiency of the existing tag system while reducing the cases of unauthorized automobile use and outright theft. A weighted score approach was used in evaluating the efficiency of the character recognition subsystem with an accuracy of 89.3% recorded. The face recognition subsystem also achieved reliable genuine and an imposter attempt at 0.0 confidence level. The designed system ensured security of an automobile through the combination of a plate number and image recognition, thereby preventing an unauthorized driver from taking a vehicle out of a controlled area.
Grey Based Decision Making for Evaluating Sustainable Performance of Indian Marble Industries
Authors: Shukla Om Ji , Jangid Vishnu , Soni Gunjan , Kumar Rajesh
Published: March 2019

This article focuses on the environmental, economic and social impact of marble industries in the north-western region of India. It presents a grey-based decision-making model for evaluating the extent of sustainability in three marble processing industries. The goal of this article is twofold. First, to identify the important criteria of sustainable performance in marble sector and second to compare three marble processing firms on the basis of sustainability criteria using grey based decision-making approach. A detailed questionnaire was sent to three marble processing firms and the analysis is done on the basis of the received responses.
Uncertainty Avoidance and Consumer Cognitive Innovativeness in E-Commerce
Authors: Sohaib Osama , Kang Kyeong , Miliszewska Iwona
Published: March 2019

This article describes how despite the extensive academic interest in e-commerce, an investigation of consumer cognitive innovativeness towards new product purchase intention has been neglected. Based on the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) model, this study investigates the consumer cognitive innovativeness and the moderating role of the individual consumer-level uncertainty avoidance cultural value towards new product purchase intention in business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce. Structural equation modelling, such as partial least squares (PLS) path modelling was used to test the model, using a sample of 255 participants in Australia who have had prior online shopping experience. The findings show that the online store web atmosphere influences consumers' cognitive innovativeness to purchase new products in countries with diverse degrees of uncertainty avoidance such as Australia. The results provide some guidance for a B2C website design based on how individual's uncertainty avoidance and cognitive innovativeness can aid the online consumer purchasing decision-making process.
SETA and Security Behavior
Authors: Yaokumah Winfred , Walker Daniel Okyere , Kumah Peace
Published: March 2019

This article contends that information security education, training and awareness programs can improve employee security behavior. Empirical studies have analyzed the direct effects of employee security training on security behavior without taking into account the mediating role of employee relations, monitoring, and accountability. Based on employee relations and accountability theories, this study proposes and tests a causal model that estimates the direct effect of employee security training on security behavior as well as its indirect effects as mediated by employee relations, monitoring, and accountability. The empirical analysis relies on a survey data from a cross section of employees from five major industry sectors and a structural equation modeling approach via SmartPLS 3.0. The results show that employee security training has indirect and significant effects on security behavior through its influence on employee relations, monitoring, and accountability. However, the result does not indicate direct and significant effect of security training on employee security behavior.
Can E-Government Serve as a Tool for Public Authorities to Manage Public Resources More Efficiently?
Authors: Moreno-Enguix María Del Rocío , Lorente-Bayona Laura Vanesa , Gras-Gil Ester
Published: March 2019

Innovations in the field of telecommunications and technological development in information processing affect the provision of public services. One of the main priorities of governments is to achieve greater efficiency in the provision of public services and e-government is one of several measures implemented. Our study aims to determine how e-government and efficiency affects the provision of public services in general, and also by functions. We apply a different model to calculate efficiency of the provision of public services and by function. Our empirical analysis, which included correlation and multiple linear regressions, was applied in 2012-2014 for a single cross-section of 35 economies. The results show a significant relationship between e-government and efficiency. Furthermore, we obtain a significant relation between Online Services, Telecommunication Infrastructure and Human Capital with efficiency in the provision of public services.
Continuous Intention of Entry-Level MIS Professionals to Stay Working in the MIS Field
Authors: Rouibah Kamel , Al-Hassan Abeer A.
Published: March 2019

While many studies focused on what is management information system (MIS) major, how it attracts potential students, and describes needed skills, the perceptions of fresh MIS graduates' continuous intention to stay working in the field, especially in developing countries has not yet been studied empirically. In addition, there seems to be minimal effort investigating the issue from the Arab perspective. This article is the first that develops a continuous model and is built upon the expectation confirmation model and other subsequent efforts. This model links three external variables, among them two new ones: skill-job fit, Wasta, and computer self-efficacy. This model was validated using a sample of 105 graduates in Kuwait. Results reveal that the new cultural variable “Wasta” has impact on continuous intention through the mediation of satisfaction, while skill job and computer self-efficacy affect continuous intention through the mediation of expectation and confirmation, and the skill-job fit exert the strongest impact on intention. This research is expected to advance both theory and practice.
Influence of the apparent density on the shrinkage of 43 tropical wood species
Authors: Dias Fabrício Moura , Almeida Tiago Hendrigo de , Araújo Victor Almeida De , Panzera Tulio Hallak , Christoforo André Luis , Lahr Francsico Antonio Rocco
Published: March 2019

Recently, more wood species are gaining space in market. Hence, it is important to enlarge the utilization of non-traditional woods, which shall be able to replace the most popular species, provided that similar performances are respected. In contrast, the sustainable exploitations of natural resources by timber producers demand alternatives to exchange the use of restricted or blocked tropical wood species (e.g. Araucaria angustifolia) by other timbers, which are liable for commercial certification. This research, based on the test results obtained according to the Brazilian Standard prescriptions (NBR-7190 - Annex B), aimed at evaluating the influence of the apparent density on radial and tangential shrinkages, considering the results for forty-three Brazilian tropical wood species. Usually, this parameter is regarded as necessary to define the timber species to different applications. The results showed low dependence among those variables, considering the information from the literature.