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PENGEMBANGAN CORPORATE UNIVERSITY DALAM MANAJEMEN TALENTA (STUDI KASUS KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN)
Authors: Agustina Srie
Published: September 2022

Menurut Permenpan RB Nomor 03 Tahun 2020 tentang Manajemen Talenta ASN, manajemen ASN harus didukung oleh infrastruktur melalui program pengembangan talenta, yaitu salah satunya dengan ASN Corporate University. Dengan mencermati kondisi model pembelajaran yang masih fragmented, serta belum mengintegrasikan model pembelajaran yang komprehensif, maka pembentukan Corporate University (CorpU) di Kementerian Perdagangan semakin penting diwujudkan. Urgensi pembentukan CorpU di Kementerian Perdagangan bukan saja didasarkan pada pengembangan talenta yang saat ini belum sepenuhnya sejalan dengan strategic planning organisasi, namun peningkatan kompetensi tersebut perlu lebih fokus kepada pencapaian target kinerja organisasi. Oleh karenanya, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1)menganalisis kebutuhan pengembangan CorpU Kementerian Perdagangan; (2)menganalisis faktor-faktor yang menjadi potensi kendala bagi pengembangan CorpU Kementerian Perdagangan; dan (3) merumuskan bentuk pengembangan melalui strategi pembelajaran (learning strategy) yang tepat untuk mengatasi permasalahannya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif dan Importance and Performance Analysis (IPA). Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa Kementerian Perdagangan telah menerapkan manajemen talenta, dan untuk itu perlu menerapkan CorpU untuk mendukung pengembangan talenta sebagai salah satu tahapan manajemen talenta. Dari sisi kesiapan organisasi, Kementerian Perdagangan sudah siap untuk menerapkan CorpU. Namun, Kementerian Perdagangan perlu melakukan penguatan pada elemen Learning Strategy, yang didukung dengan perbaikan elemen Governance dan System Alignment. Penguatan elemen Learning Strategy dilakukan dengan metode pembelajaran klasikal (formal learning) dan utamanya memprioritaskan metode pembelajaran non klasikal (informal learning). Diperlukan inovasi pembelajaran dalam mendukung pengembangan CorpU di Kementerian Perdagangan yang akan memberikan dampak positif terhadap pelaksanaan manajemen talenta, antara lain dengan memprogramkan pelatihan tematik (tematic development programme – TDP) dan pelatihan individual (individual development programme - IDP) sebagai program Learning Journey dari individu yang bersangkutan.
Pendidikan Sadar Bencana Melalui Sosialisasi Kebencanaan untuk Meningkatkan Kesiapsiagaan Siswa MI Muhammadiyah Bulakrejo
Authors: Destya Dwi M.  , D. S Usmaningtyas Ayu , Hermawan Roby , S. Armita Ayu , Utami Ratnasari Diah
Published: September 2022

Bencana merupakan suatu hal yang sulit untuk diprediksi kapan datangnya. Di Indonesia, khususnya di Kecamatan Sukoharjo sering terjadi berbagai macam bencana, oleh karena itu pendidikan tentang mitigasi kebencanaan atau sadar bencana sangatlah perlu diberikan kepada masyarakat khususnya pada siswa sedini mungkin agar meminimalisir adanya korban jiwa. Tujuan dalam pelaksanaan program pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah memberikan pengetahuan apa saja yang harus dilakukan ketika disuatu wilayah terdampak bencana atau mitigasi bencana, agar sasaran sosialisasi juga selalu siap siaga. Media yang digunakan dalam pelaksanaan program menggunakan video. Kegiatan ini merupakan salah satu bentuk pengabdian masyarakat melalui sosialisasi dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Sasaran program ini adalah siswa-siswi MI Muhammadiyah Bulakrejo. Hasil dari program yang telah dilaksanakan yakni siswa dapat mengantisipasi terjadinya bencana, bagaimana harus bersikap saat terjadi bencana atau cara menanggulangi bencana. Pendidikan mitigasi bencana ini merupakan hal yang penting untuk diberikan kepada masyarakat di Indonesia mengingat negara kita memiliki beragam bencana yang dapat terjadi sewaktu-waktu.
Implementasi Pembelajaran BTA Melalui Metode Iqro’ pada Anak SD Dukuh Tebon Gede
Authors: Rachma Asna Nur , Sasanti Afifah Endah
Published: September 2022

Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pembelajaran baca tulis Al-Qur’an (BTA) dan menganalisis implementasi pembelajaran baca tulis Al-Qur’an (BTA) melalui metode Iqro’ di Dukuh Tebon Gede RW 08, Tambongwetan, Kalikotes, Klaten. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif, yang meneliti kualitas data (konsep, pemikiran, dan perilaku) dan mendeskripsikannya sebagaimana adanya. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi dan wawancara. Metode observasi dilakukan dengan mengamati kegiatan baca tulis Al-Qur’an (BTA). Metode wawancara dengan narasumber anggota Grup PRIMBON di Dukuh Tebon Gede RW 08, Tambongwetan, Kalikotes, Klaten. Hasil dari pengabdian ini, pembelajaran BTA melalui metode Iqro’ dari jilid 1 sampai dengan jilid 6 pada anak SD Dukuh Tebon Gede menyajikan keringanan pada anak-anak secara perlahan dalam belajar Baca Tulis Al-Qur’an (BTA). Sehingga anak dapat meningkatkan kemampuannya dalam membaca Al-Qur’an.
Perbandingan Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran pada Hafalan Doaharian Anak di Masa Pandemi
Authors: Sholihah Alvia Quronita Ayunisai , Octaviani Fitri Rahma , Anif Sofyan , Sutopo Anam
Published: September 2022

Pendidikan merupakan kebutuhan setiap orang yang harus dipenuhi baik secara formal maupun informal. Namun dalam masa pandemic COVID– 19 yang melanda menjadikan pendidikan harus terlaksana dengan sistem daring. Dalam sistem daring tersebut terdapat berbagai macam problematika pembelajaran yang hanya dapat terselesaikan dengan pembelajaran tatap muka. Problematika tersebut tidak hanya terjadi pada sekolah formal melainkan juga pada sekolah berbasis pendidikan al qur’an seperti RA dan TPQ, sehingga pendidikan al qur’an tidak dapat terlaksana secara efisien. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini ialah menghadirkan pendidikan qur’an dan inovasi media penunjang pendidikan al qur'an. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dilaksanakan di RA Al-Hikmah RT 004/004 Desa Pabuaran Kota Serang, Banten dan anak anak RT 004/001 Dusun Jajar Desa Tanjung Kecamatan Bulukerto Kabupaten Wonogiri. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini ialah metode pendidikan masyarakat. Hasil pengabdian berupa sarana dan media pendidikan qur’an yang menunjang pembelajaran.
EDITORIAL
Authors: Sentosa Ilham
Published: September 2022

Editorial

Journal of Digitainability, Realism & Mastery (DREAM) is a novel multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal devoted to Management Science and Social Sciences fields. The journal is wholly owned by Fayrel Management Services (IP0570933-M). The journal publishes and circulates high-quality academic articles and industry reports that promote the better understanding of the Business Administration, Management of Technology and Innovation, Tourism Management, e-Society, Education Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Economic & Financial Perspectives, Behavioral Sciences, Humanities & Arts, Transportation, Sociology etc. DREAM Journal welcomes the various types of author contribution i.e., Theoretical Articles, Conceptual Articles, Empirical Articles, Systematic Literature Reviews, Perspectives, Research Notes, Book Reviews, and White Paper (Industry).

The Thematic areas of journal are listed below:

Digital Transformation: implemetation of technology, usability  and adoption of digital tools in every sector.

Eco-Tourism: Involving responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

Sustainability: The process of living within the limits of available physical, natural and social resources in ways that allow the living systems in which humans are embedded to thrive in perpetuity.

Management Science & Informatics: The study of the structure, behaviour, and interactions of natural and engineered computational systems.

Social Capital: The networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society, enabling that society to function effectively.

Smart Cities: A smart city is a technologically modern urban area that uses different types of electronic methods, voice activation methods and sensors to collect specific data.

Big Data Analytics: Big data analytics is the use of advanced analytic techniques against very large, diverse big data sets that include structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, from different sources, and in different sizes from terabytes to zettabytes.

DREAM journal is projected to index in Google Scholar, MyCITE, CrossRef and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journal). All published articles will be assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for citation, indexing and higher visibility.

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilham Sentosa

Editor-in-Chiefeditor@dreamjournal.my
Online Retail Service Quality, Who Satisfy? - Customer Satisfaction
Authors: Ming Gao
Published: September 2022

For the past few years, e-commerce has grown rapidly. Many companies or entrepreneurs choose this platform to sell their product through websites or applications. However, although e-commerce has grown and many customers enjoy using it, still profit gained from online platforms depend on quality of service as if the quality of service was bad it might affect the dissatisfaction of customers, and it might as well affect the business to fail. The purpose of this study to examine the connection between the e-quality service (e-SQ) of online service and customer satisfaction. The variables such as website design, reliability, responsiveness, and trust used to be measured to determine the level of dissatisfaction. There were about 162 respondents who participated in this study by answering the questionnaire that has been distributed via online platforms around China. Both primary and secondary data has been used for the data collection and this research was conducted as a quantitative method. SPSS and Smart PLS software were used for this study to analyze the data.
Green Supply Chain Management
Authors: Zhu Liu
Published: September 2022

This study had shown that green training practices in firms play the most important roles and provided some advantages to the green supply chain management in an organization. This study need to solve the problem because the problem will make the firm not effective in the production level.  This problems need to be solve because to ensure that the supply chain management on that cover area of green purchasing are doing well according to the departments in firms. Besides that, implementation of effective green training will make a good sustainable in green supply chain that will impact on the overall well-being of society and environment. In this study, (Adriano Alves Teixeira, 2016) also shown that, the green training very important on having effective relationship with customers that cover on the collaboration with customers. Other than that, this problem need to be counter on the lack green training practices in order to increase the satisfactions for the customers related to the products.
E-Wallet, Convenient or Complicated?
Authors: Dongsen Si
Published: September 2022

Coronavirus or also known as COVID-19 has forced and encouraged the public throughout the world to avoid any activities related to physical touch that may include the payment activities. In view of the fact that during COVID-19 pandemic, the usage of e-payment activities has increased due to people worried that making direct traditional payment methods could transmit the virus through physical form of currency and ease consumers from carrying cash. The purpose of this research is to find out factors affecting the implementation of cashless payment in Chinese students by using a well-established unified theory of adoption and use of technology. The current research attaches to the body of knowledge by examining the impact of perceived risk, perceived usefulness, perceived technology security, hedonic motivation, and government support on adoption of e-wallet during the COVID-19 outbreak. Online questionnaires have been distributed to university respondents under convenience sampling method. As a consequence, the research found the effectiveness of e-wallet and e-payment among university students and the relationship between social influence and innovativeness are positively related to the adaptation of cashless payments.
The Influence of Price and Promotion to Trust and Purchasing Decision: A Case Study at Aportil IP, Timor-Leste
Authors: Amaral Ambrosio M.B. , Dewi Luh Komang Candra , Ximenes Lucio
Published: September 2022

This study aims to analyses the influence of price and promotion to trust and purchasing decision, a case study at Aportil IP, Timor-Leste. The study sample utilizes “Purposive Sampling” which aims to collect sample from selective people that fulfil the criteria. Researcher distributed questioner to service users of Berlin Nakroman ferry cruise voyage. The result reveals that 1) Price influences positively and significantly to the trust in APortil IP, Dili Timor-Leste will not be accepted or rejected. 2) Promotion positively and significantly influences to the trust at Aportil IP, Dili Timor-Leste can be accepted. 3) The price positively and significantly influence to purchasing decision in APORTIL IP, Dili Timor-Leste can be accepted. 4) Promotion influences positively and significantly to purchasing decision in APORTIL IP, Dili Timor-Leste cannot be accepted or refused. 5) Trust influences positively and significantly purchasing decision at APORTIL IP, Dili Timor-Leste cannot be accepted or rejected. 6) Price influences positively and significantly through trust in APORTIL IP, Dili Timor-Leste cannot be accepted nor rejected. 7) Promotion impacts positively and significantly influences to purchasing decision through trust at APORTIL IP, Dili Timor-Leste cannot be accepted or rejected.
From Editor-in-Chief’s Keyboard
Authors: Sentosa Ilham
Published: September 2022

From Editor-in-Chief’s Keyboard

The success of any effort to effect a change depends on there being clearly defined milestones and appropriate commitment from management. Business organisation must contend with a volatile economy, innovative new technologies, and internal problems. The tried-and-true strategies of gaining an edge in the market no longer cut it. This makes it more critical than ever for companies to adapt to shifting market conditions, grow as they do, and implement meaningful change in order to maintain and improve their competitive edge.

In honour of great finds and acquisitions, this month's issue contemplates the numerous topics of management sciences focuses more on how important it is for business organisation to maximise their organisational value in order to stay in business. Policy development, investment, marketing, financing, and hedging decisions are all evaluated through the lens of value maximisation and optimisation, with the goal of increasing the company's bottom line.

You can grab many crucial and trendy issues such as how to become an agile organisation (Article by Rivelino & Mustiari, page 1-20), the convergence of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and tourist villages, and strategy to improve SMEs' ability to save resources, mitigate risks, generate positive economic returns for the local community, and persist for the long haul (Article by Dewi et al, Page 21-29).

But let's get back to basics. Never forget that you, as the leader out there, are ultimately responsible for determining the worth of the organisation. To that end, we hope you lose yourself in these articles and allow them to take you on an incredible adventure through time.

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilham Sentosa

Editor-in-Chief

editor@dreamjournal.my
Efficient Micro-Behaviors in Pari-mutuel Betting System and FL Bias
Authors: Kurihara Kazutaka , Tutiya Yohei
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we propose a model which simulates odds distributions of pari-mutuel betting system under two hypotheses on the behavior of bettors: 1. The amount of bets increases very rapidly as the deadline for betting comes near. 2. Each bettor bets on a horse which gives the largest expectation value of the benefit. The results can be interpreted as such efficient behaviors do not serve to extinguish the FL bias but even produce stronger FL bias.
Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Las Vegas Strip Gaming Revenue
Authors: Singh Ashok K.
Published: September 2022

The coronavirus epidemic or Covid-19 started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has severely impacted all aspects of life worldwide. It has resulted in 216 million infections and 4.5 million deaths so far globally, and  In the present article, the impact of coronavirus on gaming revenue of the state of Nevada will be investigated. Gaming revenue time series data for the period January 1988 – November 2020 was obtained from the Gaming Control Board of Nevada. In addition to the trend and seasonality components, the terrorist attack of September 2011, the recession of 2008, and the coronavirus pandemic are also included in the Machine Learning (ML) prediction models for gaming revenues. The goals of this study are to estimate the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on gaming revenue of the Las Vegas Strip casinos, and to forecast gaming revenue and predict time to recovery. The results of this analysis show that the impact of coronavirus has been drastic, but the economic recovery has been rather fast.
Preparing Professionals for 45 Years of Learning and Teaching
Authors: Coates Max
Published: September 2022

Editorial
Understanding the Professional Learning of Beginning Teachers
Authors: Marsh Brian
Published: September 2022

This article considers the processes involved in the professional learning of beginning teachers in England. In discussing the processes involved, this article considers the nature of professional knowledge needed to be learned by beginning teachers and the processes by which they may learn. Representing beginning teacher learning is framed in terms of a learning trajectory in contrast to the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2011) which describe a restrictive and technicist perspective. This draws from the novice / expert discourse but with the understanding that while there are a number of typical features in a beginning teacher’s development (Burn, Hagger, & Mutton, 2014) there is variation between individuals. Finally, implications are drawn for those involved in the training of beginning teachers.
Gênero e gênero em Saramago
Authors: Leite Júnior José
Published: September 2022

Este trabalho explora dois sentidos da palavra gênero: o de gênero do discurso e gênero refente sexualidade feminina. O corpus são trechos da obra de José Saramago, autor reconhecido pela valorização do gênero feminino em todos os gêneros literários que ele produziu. O estudo segue a proposta teórico-metodológica proposta de Algirdas Julien Greimas. Sem pretensão de exaustividade, o trabalho tem como objetivo identificar invariantes de sentido do gênero feminino na poesia e na prosa de José Saramago. A análise dos trechos permite deduzir que as variantes figurativas femininas reiteram a invariante actancial adjuvante, já que a mulher ajuda o sujeito (individual ou coletivo) a adquirir as competências cognitivas e pragmáticas sem as quais seria frustrada a realização do contrato narrativo. A análise confirma o valor transgressivo do gênero feminino, a quem é reservado o poder de desmascarar a dissimulação ideológica, um gesto de amor à humanidade.
Em defesa de uma História total:
Authors: Silva Mateus Roque da
Published: September 2022

José Saramago é um autor eminentemente histórico. Suas obras são urdidas e (re)significadas a partir desse elemento essencial que, por meio de suas lentes criativas, é capaz de se desdobrar poeticamente em diversas formas alegóricas e representativas do mundo concreto, passado e presente. Diante desse inevitável diálogo entre o literário e o histórico em sua obra, grande parte da crítica tem se dedicado, em múltiplas perspectivas analíticas, à compreensão de sua face leitora dos historiadores (VECCHIO, 2017; CERDEIRA, 2018; SILVA, 2022a), evidenciando, em especial, sua aproximação com os paradigmas marxista e da escola francesa dos Annales. O elo entre as duas correntes epistemológicas encontra-se centrado na concepção de História total, isto é, aquela que almeja compreender, em um mesmo plano narrativo, todos os sujeitos históricos, ricos e pobres, clérigos e leigos, dentre outros. A vista disso, o presente artigo objetiva elucidar como José Saramago, um declarado marxista, coaduna com essa perspectiva teórica de História Total e, ao mesmo tempo, elucidar como essa concepção materializa-se em sua literatura.
Osteo-enhancement procedures in hip fracture prevention: definition and local interventions
Authors: Guido Davide , Raspanti Francesco , Gabbiani Niccolò , Innocenti Matteo , Civinini Roberto
Published: September 2022

Fragility hip fractures are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in elderly patients and place a large medical and economic burden on affected individuals, families, and healthcare systems. Furthermore, in patients with a recent hip fracture, the risk of a second contralateral hip fracture is doubled at 1 year, and increases to 9–20% after 5 years. Mortality can be up to three times higher following a contralateral hip fracture. Currently available pharmaceutical treatments to improve bone mineral density in fragility fracture of the proximal femur can take up to 18 months to significantly reduce the risk of fracture, and have patient compliance issues. Thus, given the limitations of existing methods, there is a significant need for new approaches to reduce hip fractures through so-called surgical osteo-enhancement. “Osteo-enhancement” might be defined as any procedure in which a new material is surgically introduced with the aim of strengthening the proximal femur, increasing the resistance of the femoral neck to compression and distraction forces acting on it, and thereby preventing fall-related fractures. In the past decade, several groups have presented various prophylactic augmentation approaches for the osteoporotic proximal femur and evaluated them by means of experimental biomechanical testing; however, none of them met the ideal requirements for in vivo application. Ideally, a surgical procedure should be minimally invasive and safe. The intervention must not increase the immediate risk of hip fracture, must provide long-term fracture risk reduction, and, if a subsequent fracture does occur, the intervention should not interfere with a standard approach for fracture repair. More recently, to address local osteoporotic bone loss, a resorbable implant material named AGN1 was introduced as a new device for strengthening the proximal femur. The implant material sets in situ and is designed to be resorbed and replaced with new bone to improve femoral strength and reduce hip fracture risk in osteoporotic patients.
Effects of physical activity/exercise on bone metabolism, bone mineral density and fragility fractures
Authors: Haxhi Jonida , Mattia Lorenza , Vitale Martina , Pisarro Morena , Conti Francesco , Pugliese Giuseppe
Published: September 2022

Bone adapts its mass to mechanical stress from muscle contraction and ground reaction forces, with osteocytes playing a central role in transducing mechanical stimuli into biochemical signals that orchestrate bone modeling and remodeling. This suggests that there is a potential benefit to be derived from physical activity (PA)/exercise for preservation of bone mass. This article briefly reviews the existing literature on the effects of PA/exercise on bone metabolism, bone mineral density (BMD), and fragility fractures. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between PA level and fracture risk and its determinants, such as low BMD and falls. Conversely, prolonged disuse or unloading are associated with bone loss. Intervention studies have shown that PA/exercise is effective in increasing BMD and reducing fracture risk, with resistance, weight-bearing and high-impact exercise and high-intensity and high-frequency and intermittent training protocols found to provide the most marked effect. These findings support a role for exercise as a non-pharmacological, safe, and low-cost tool against bone loss associated with age and other conditions. However, high-quality studies are needed to establish the optimal exercise prescription. Furthermore, PA/exercise is effective in mitigating weight loss-induced bone loss and has the potential for reducing the increased fracture risk associated with preserved BMD that characterizes individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Media use and protest participation – but what is in-between? The role of different sources of information, media-related perceptions, and political efficacy for protest behavior
Authors: Schaaf Marlene , Viehmann Christina
Published: September 2022

Many studies show a positive relationship between media use and protest participation. Yet, the picture becomes less clear-cut for different types of media (traditional vs. social media). Thus, the mechanisms underlying these mobilizing media effects remain vague. This paper attempts to address this research gap by looking more closely at media-related factors (evaluation of media coverage about one’s protest group) and relating them to participatory predictors (political efficacy). Based on a survey of activists (N = 132) from randomly selected protest groups in Germany, we analyze both media perceptions and political efficacy as mediators between the use of different information sources and protest behavior. Path analyses showed that using traditional news media and social media was differently related to collective action: In contrast to social media, using traditional news media were related to a positive impression how the media covered one’s own group. This perception of the media coverage was linked to greater political efficacy and, ultimately more protest behavior offline. Yet, the model paths differed for activists from different groups, e.g. environmental groups vs. so-called “concerned citizens” who protested against the governmental measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
“Alexa, Siri, Google, what do you know about corona?” A quantitative survey of voice assistants and content analysis of their answers on questions about the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Frehmann Katharina , Ziegele Marc , Rosar Ulrich
Published: September 2022

The global corona crisis has increased people’s information seeking and their use of voice assistants as providers of current information on the pandemic. However, little is known regarding the kind and quality of information that different voice assistants provide on corona-related topics. Adapting previous studies in the domain of medical research for communication research, the current study presents the results of a quantitative content analysis of the responses of smartphone-based versions of the voice assistants Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Google Assistant to 25 corona-related questions between March and May 2020 (N = 603 question-answer-sets). The findings reveal that the assistants were able to provide fitting answers to most of the questions, but that they struggled with questions requiring background information. Interestingly, instead of providing spoken answers to the questions, Google Assistant and Siri mainly displayed lists of search results, essentially making them voice-controlled search engines. Regarding the quality of fully spoken responses of the voice assistants, we found that, overall, the assistants relied on trustworthy sources. Still, the accuracy and correctness of Alexa’s spoken responses were superior to the responses that the other voice assistants provided. Generally, there were significant differences between the kind and quality of the answers of the different voice assistants. The findings provide genuine insights into the abilities of different voice assistants to serve as reliable and trustworthy information intermediaries in a pandemic.
What can science do in the face of pandemics?
Authors: Bogner Alexander
Published: September 2022

In 2020, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) publicly announced a prize question: “What can science do in the face of pandemics?” (2021). For this journal article the prize-winning essay submitted by the author was translated, updated and - thanks to helpful reviewer comments - revised. Science, it is argued, has different roles in times of crisis: First of all, it must educate about the (changing) crisis situation and provide as robust data, studies and facts as possible. In order to stabilize public trust in science, it is also necessary to provide the public an insight into the logic of scientific knowledge production and related uncertainties and insufficiencies. Last but not least, science has to educate about the limits of its own responsibility and authority. This means that the basic difference between science and politics should not be blurred. Especially in times of crisis, when the political value of science is particularly evident, science should avoid the impression that it can replace political decision-making thanks to its findings.
How do state authorities act under existential uncertainty? Hypotheses on the social logic of political decision-making processes during the Coronavirus pandemic
Authors: Kraemer Klaus
Published: September 2022

After a critical examination of the rational model of politics, this article discusses an alternative explanatory model in order to better understand and explain state response patterns and decision-making processes for containing the Coronavirus pandemic in its various phases from a sociological perspective. In doing so, I draw on central considerations of political sociology and organisational studies in order to reconstruct the social logic of the (non-)action of state authorities with special regard to the case examples of Germany and Austria (action under radical uncertainty, expert delegation, isomorphism of state action, path dependency of decisions, promissory legitimacy, collective morality of the “anxiety community” as a social driver of pandemic management). The article concludes with some general considerations on the vaccination exit strategy as well as on the problem of strategic ignorance and the logic of performative-symbolic action by state decision-makers.
Organisational support to overcome the challenges of extended absences of officers in the SANDF
Authors: Harmse Adele , O'Neil Sumari , Strasheim Arien
Published: September 2022

Generally, military members are often required to work away from home, resulting in extended absences from their families. International studies have shown the effects of extended absences to be severe and associated with long-term social, emotional and behavioural challenges. Longer and more frequent absences negatively affect member morale and could result in military members terminating their employment sooner than planned to maintain their personal relationships and to ensure the wellbeing of their families. The aim of the study on which this article reports was to explore and describe the experiences of extended absences on members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) with specific reference to organisational support to aid both the member and his or her family to cope with the challenges experienced before, during and after absences. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 senior officers of the SANDF during 2019 and 2020, before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The interviews focused on officers’ lived experiences of extended absences due to deployment or military training. The findings indicated that absence generally has an adverse influence on military members, not only due to the challenges they face during the absence, but mostly due to the effect it has on their families. Organisational support is not only required in terms of preparing the military member, but should be extended to include preparation prior to their absence, care for the military members and their families during the period of absence, as well as support with reintegration after the absence. The results of this study show that little support is provided by the organisation, especially during reintegration after deployment, and especially in the case of absences due to training. Organisational support during the preparation phase, during absence and with reintegration could mitigate the stress and negative experience associated with extended absences. With the aim of strengthening the capacity of the armed forces, we propose various initiatives that could assist military members and their families to cope with the additional strain of prolonged separation.
Comparing deployment experiences of South African National Defence Force personnel during peace support missions: Sudan vs Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: Visagie Nicolette , du Toit Renier Armand , Zungu Didi , Schoeman David , Joubert Stephanie
Published: September 2022

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has operational responsibilities in Africa regarding peace support operations. These deployments are the bread and butter of the SANDF and members are therefore frequently deployed for extended periods. These deployments are unique environments with taxing circumstances, which place various psychological demands on the soldier. The psychological impact of these demands originates not only from combat and the consequent clinical effect thereof, but also from organisational factors and the contribution of family stressors. The study reported here endeavoured to examine the positive and negative subjective deployment experiences of soldiers in two different mission areas. The data compared and further utilised to provide a framework of two proposed matrices, namely booster and stressor matrices, which may affect the optimal psychological functioning of soldiers. The study adopted a survey design utilising qualitative data focusing on retrospective data. The data stems from the Psychological Demobilisation Questionnaire developed by psychologists in the SANDF and amended by the authors. Data were collected from both combat service support and combat forces, from two different missions in different countries, both missions were one year in duration. Data revealed both positive and negative experiences correlating with the context of operations. These themes were categorised in terms of the sphere of functioning (organisational, family and clinical) from the deployment experience. The booster and stressor matrices provide a practical and accessible framework to military commanders on how to ‘boost’ or mitigate some of the experiences of their deployed force, as the commanders play a key role in the deployed soldier’s experience and the impact of such experiences in the theatre of operation.
Diagnostic Approach to Developing Asymmetry in Opportunist Screening Mammography; Correlation of Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Histopathologic Findings with Developing Asymmetry: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Sadighi Nahid , Ghassed Morteza , Hosseini Zahra , Alikhassi Afsaneh
Published: September 2022

Background: Developing asymmetries are uncommon mammographic findings with a chance of being associated with malignancy. Objectives: The current study aimed at correlating ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and histopathology of patients with developing focal asymmetry in opportunist screening mammograms setting, and presents a diagnostic approach to developing asymmetry. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on a database of opportunist screening mammography at the Breast Clinic, Cancer Center, at Tehran University of Medical Sciences from January 2017 to December 2018. Mammogram screenings (n = 12,169) were evaluated for developing asymmetry. Findings of mammography, ultrasound, MRI findings, and histopathology of patients with developing asymmetry were collected and analyzed. Results: Fifty-four cases (0.44%) had developed asymmetry in screening mammograms. After excluding 18 patients with considering exclusion criteria, the data of 36 patients were analyzed. The summation artifact was the etiology of developing asymmetry in 11 (30.5%) patients. Ultrasound was performed in 26 patients, and 14 (38.8%) patients had no correlated findings. All 3 malignant cases had ultrasound correlates, and a significant association existed between sonography and the risk of malignancy in patients having developing asymmetry (P = 0.003). Three malignant cases of the study underwent MRI, 1 with segmental clumped non-mass enhancement, and 2 showed a mass with rim enhancement. A significant association was revealed between a family history of breast cancer (P = 0.04) and developing asymmetry. The positive predictive value of developing asymmetry for malignancy was 8.3%. Conclusions: Patients having developing asymmetry should be evaluated for malignancy, using supplementary techniques, such as additional mammographic views, ultrasound primarily, or MRI. A biopsy is required for indeterminate findings.
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Authors: Stroshane Eric
Published: September 2022

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Running to Stand Still: The Challenge of Keeping Up with Library Trends
Authors: Bartlett Jennifer
Published: September 2022

New and Noteworthy review column focusing on keeping up with library and information science news and trends.
Bringing Back "Innovation"
Authors: Mosley Pixey Anne
Published: September 2022

Attending conferences and other development opportunities offer many benefits. They spark creativity and challenge attendees to reconsider how they currently do things back at their library. But the experience also presents a leadership risk. Bringing back too many new ideas or changes that do not work out well can damage one's credibility in leading future changes.
Hiring Non-MLS Librarians: Trends and Training Implications
Authors: Simpson Betsy
Published: September 2022

Non-MLS librarian hires may be anathema to some, but survey data indicate significant level of acceptance among academic and public library directors. Primary reasons for not requiring the degree include the need to expand applicant pools and the nature of the work for academic libraries and budget constraints for public libraries. The types of positions least likely to forgo the degree requirement for both types of libraries include Administration/Management, Cataloging/Bibliographic Control, Collection Development/Management, and Reference. Distinctions made between librarians and library professionals are tenuous and not consistent across libraries.
Consolidation: A Tale of Two Libraries
Authors: Heck Jeffrey J. , Davies Kathy J. , Verburg Fay L. , Brown Marianne , Loveless Virginia L. , Bandy Sandra L. , Seago Brenda L.
Published: September 2022

This paper describes the initiating action, planning, adaptations, and official conclusion of a one-year consolidation of a professional health-sciences library with a largely commuter-student undergraduate liberal arts library, during the consolidation of their corresponding universities. Ties existed between some university programs, such as nursing, but the cultures of the two universities differed. The structure established to handle the consolidation allowed effective communication and cooperative development of policies and processes. Reaccreditation efforts also required extensive work to reflect the new university. Crucial lessons were learned from the intensive effort.
New and Noteworthy: Back to the Classics: A Library Leader’s Basic Management Bookshelf
Authors: Bartlett Jennifer
Published: September 2022

This New and Noteworthy book review column summarizes four general "classic" management titles which may be useful to library leaders and managers.
Leading Change in Libraries: A case study
Authors: Soehner Catherine B
Published: September 2022

Libraries are experiencing unprecedented change. Some of our more traditional services are used less and others must be rearranged so that the library remains a vital component of the campus. Reorganization of personnel often takes place to accommodate these changes. Therefore, excellent skills in change management are imperative for our current leadership in libraries. A process pulled from established literature on change management was used in a reorganization of IT personnel at a university library.
Co-Mentoring: A Block Approach
Authors: Deiss Kathryn J , Totleben Kristen
Published: September 2022

This article discusses a unique approach to a mentoring relationship. Beginning as a traditional mentoring relationship in late 2012, the authors later changed it to a co-mentoring relationship. During the ALA Midwinter Conference’s 2013 President’s Program in which Peter Block was a speaker, the author who was the mentor became re-inspired by his ideas about abundance, leadership, and community and could see powerful applications to the already formed mentoring relationship she had with the author in the mentee role. This article highlights the evolution of a mentoring relationship, transforming it from a traditional hierarchical nature to one of a “commitment to equality, deep self-awareness and intentionality” (Block’s ALA presentation). The authors explore how and why a co-mentoring relationship works for them and how it may be applicable to others interested in sustaining a mentoring relationship. Other discussion includes how this relationship affects careers and lives, with benefits that carry over to the organizations in which they work.
Reorganizing for Transformational Change: The 21st Century Research Library at a Flagship Public University
Authors: Maness Jack M. , Culshaw John
Published: September 2022

Beginning in November 2010 and culminating in February 2012, the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries began planning a significant structural reorganization. Local, pragmatic drivers for the change included retirements at the executive level and the loss of professional librarian lines due to the Great Recession of 2008. But other, more important catalysts existed and are driving similar reorganization efforts in research libraries across the country. The increasingly interdisciplinary, digital, and inter-institutional nature of scholarship, research and teaching requires a more flexible, team-managed research library. Dramatic shifts in how institutions of higher education are funded are also fueling the need to reevaluate organizational structures. This article will explore the process, strategy, and on-going efforts to recreate the research library at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Building Cathedrals: Mission Statements in Academic Libraries
Authors: Nous Rebecca
Published: September 2022

Articulating an organization’s mission using a mission statement is a common method of communicating purpose, attitude, and priorities with stakeholders. While mission statements have been widely studied and written about in business literature, mission statements in libraries have not been studied as deeply. A survey of Association of Research Libraries library directors was conducted in 2014 to determine the current state of academic library mission statements, how they are being created, how they are informing the work of the library, and library directors’ satisfaction with their library’s mission statement.
Stacks after Dark: What Happens in the Library After the Boss Leaves
Authors: Parsons Kathy A.
Published: September 2022

A longitudinal study of a large Midwestern academic library’s incidents reports from 2000-2011. The data presented represent incidents the building proctors handled during hours in which permanent staff are not normally present or at a greatly reduced coverage. This article will describe the types, locations, and frequencies of incident reports.
Library Leadership and Esprit de Corps
Authors: Raab Christopher
Published: September 2022

Harness the power of esprit de corps by aligning library personnel with four critical elements of ‘organizational esprit’ – planning, place, provenance and personnel.
New and Noteworthy: The Value-Added Organization: Beyond Business as Usual
Authors: Bartlett Jennifer Ann
Published: September 2022

Value-added services are essential in today's libraries to ensure that they remain important and relevant to our users. Recent literature highlights how libraries can and should explore value-added initiatives, including enhanced catalogs, makerspaces, tagging, and more.
Pilot Implementation of a Leadership Framework in the National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program
Authors: Dunn Kathel
Published: September 2022

The National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program is a nearly fifty year-old fellowship program for recent library science graduates interested in developing a leadership role in health sciences libraries. The program has used a number of informal methods of leadership development including the use of behavioral assessments, mentoring, and meeting with senior leadership. In 2015, the Associate Fellowship Program Coordinator introduced the “Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders” leadership model developed by Kouzes and Posner (2007) and began a pilot program of a series of leadership exercises to formally reinforce the leadership development aspect of the program. The model was selected after reviewing a number of leadership models because of its clarity, and the presumed adaptability of the practices to professionals early in their careers. The model uses the practices: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart. The program used the participating cohort members to explore the effectiveness of the leadership exercises and to shape the program going forward. The leadership framework and exercises were successfully revised based on comments from the cohort.
New and Noteworthy - Workplace Bullying: A Silent Epidemic
Authors: Bartlett Jennifer Ann
Published: September 2022

Although current books and news articles on workplace bullying are generally available, those dealing with bullying in a library setting are not as widespread. This New and Noteworthy column reviews recent library-specific materials on issues unique to workplace bullying and mobbing in libraries.
Leading Change in Action: Reorganizing an Academic Library Department Using Kotter’s Eight Stage Change Model
Authors: Hackman Timothy
Published: September 2022

This article presents a management case study of a project to reorganize the Resource Sharing and Access Services department in the main library at the University of Maryland in 2015. The case study uses John Kotter’s eight-stage change process, articulated in his 1996 book, Leading Change, as the framework for successfully managing a complex change of this type. The article explains the ways in which Kotter’s model was adapted for the reorganization process, as well as the limitations of the model for the academic library environment in general and the department reorganization in particular. It concludes by presenting suggestions for further research in change management in library settings.
Getting Started with Organizational Design at Your Library
Authors: Burns Douglas , Brannon Sian
Published: September 2022

Is your library a business? Or is this even the correct question to ask? Maybe a better question is: What can libraries learn from the business world to become more successful? One such mechanism is the concept of organizational design. This means taking a hard look at an organization’s structure, culture, procedures, and systems, then assessing how things need to change (Office of Personnel Management, 2018). Thinking about your organization’s design is a foundation for strategic planning. The following section poses a conceptual framework, followed by contemplative questions to encourage your library to start or continue conversations related to organizational design in order to facilitate planning and change.