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Training effectiveness during technological changes in Dubai-based companies: perspectives from managers and employees
Authors: El Baroudi Sabrine , Abdulaal Dawood Yaseen , Rampur Mahantesh 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of training during technological changes in Dubai-based companies by focusing on training program characteristics and employees’ training motivations.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative investigation was conducted that included interviews with eight managers and seven employees.

Findings
As demonstrated by the study results, managers and employees suggest that the 70-20-10 training model is effective for preparing employees to independently implement technological changes. However, employees argue that training motivations are not stable and vary within and among individuals during any organizational change, although this consideration is not acknowledged by managers.

Originality/value
This study is the first to focus on identifying how change management can be improved in Dubai-based companies via effective training.
Using analytics to inform category management and strategic sourcing
Authors: Landale Karen A.F. , Apte Aruna , Rendon Rene G. , Salmerón Javier 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to show how data analytics can be used to identify areas of potential cost savings for category managers of installation-level services. Using integrated solid waste management (ISWM) as a test case, the authors also examine the impact of small business set-asides on price and contractor performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors use data analytics, specifically sequential regression, the Wilcoxon rank-sum test and ordered logistic regression to investigate the influence of service- and contracting-related variables on price and contractor performance.

Findings
The authors find that service- and contracting-related variables influence price. Specifically, they identify that a service-related variable, number of containers, significantly affects price, and that two contracting-related variables, one type of small business set-aside and the number of offers received, also significantly affect price. The authors quantify the price premiums paid for using various types of small business set-asides.

Research limitations/implications
Although the findings were significant, the authors believe that the robustness of the conclusions could be enhanced if the Air Force captured more data. Additional observations would increase the generalizability of the results.

Practical implications
This empirical experiment demonstrates that detailed analyses are required to gain insights into services’ price drivers to craft more appropriate category management strategies for installation-level services.

Originality/value
This empirical study shows how historical data can be used to assess price drivers of installation-level services. It is also one of the first to quantify the impact that small business set-asides have on price.
An exploration of preferred teacher characteristics and hiring tools in Belize
Authors: Ingle Kyle , Thompson Cynthia T. , Abla Zipporah W. 
Published: April 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to answer the following research questions: what characteristics do key Belizean educational leaders value in teacher applicants and why? What hiring tools do they use to ascertain whether teacher applicants have the characteristics they prefer?Design/methodology/approachThe authors utilized a mixed-methods approach drawing upon three data sources – face-to-face interviews with Belizean educational leaders, field notes, and government documents. A card sorting activity of applicant characteristics and tools was embedded into the interview.FindingsInformants preferred motivation, caring, subject matter knowledge, and teaching skills. Intelligence was perceived as a potentially negative characteristic unless coupled with other characteristics, such as strong teaching skills, motivation, and caring or the umbrella of other characteristics, such as content knowledge or university training/credentialing. Professional characteristics, such as where one went for teacher training and academic performance, were perceived as having less relative importance than personal characteristics. Least important were applicant demographics. Consistent with the extant literature, Belizean informants perceived the interview, evidence of prior experience, and certification as the most important tools in vetting and hiring applicants.Research limitations/implicationsThe exploratory study is limited by the small sample of informants, but provides insights into preferences for applicant characteristics and hiring tools in an understudied international context. This study informs future research that may seek to survey representative samples of various stakeholder groups (i.e. general managers and principals) for their preferences in applicant characteristics and hiring tools from across Belizean schools and educational providers.Originality/valueThe study adds to limited research on preferred teacher characteristics among educational leaders responsible for hiring and/or working with teachers and to the limited international educational leadership research.
Participative change toward digitalized, customer-oriented continuous improvements within a municipality
Authors: Gravesteijn Marianne , Wilderom Celeste P.M. 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a newly constructed organization behavioral lens for participative action research (PAR) may aid a public-sector organization in successfully digitalizing its internal shared services. In addition, the intervention is aimed at fostering a continuously improving type of learning culture on the workfloor of a new service unit.

Design/methodology/approach
In a large Dutch municipality, the installation of a new digitalized process of offering internal services was studied. A PAR method, the so-called Fourth Generation Evaluation, was used on seven internal actor groups. This method enables various intra-organizational actors to reflect collectively on the ongoing change progress. Their explicit views on the change were communicated to all actors and the change agents.

Findings
The study describes the attempt of establishing a continuously improving learning culture during an internal digitalization process: substantial participation of the non-managerial employees was enabled. The paper highlights the practical value of the internal digitalization approach used, and concludes with four change process lessons learnt for those wanting to initiate a continuously improving culture on the workfloor.

Research limitations/implications
Even though the findings are based on one case, they may be of interest to other public/private organizations aiming to establish a continuously improving culture within workfloor units that interact, on a daily basis, with (internal) customers.

Originality/value
The paper offers a theoretical framework and a matching practical approach to the process of creating an internal shared service unit that aims to evolve further into a customer-oriented, continuously improving culture.
Visual management for a dynamic strategic change
Authors: Eriksson Yvonne , Fundin Anders 
Published: April 2018

PurposeStrategic changes in an organization will face challenges not only related to the changes as such but also with regard to how the vision of the future is interpreted and understood by the organization. Visual management is a field of research that could contribute to change management research as a means to facilitate management of the dynamics in a change process and to facilitate the process of communication. The purpose of this paper is to problematize episodic change processes with regard to communication and to contribute with a proposed model on how to facilitate dynamic strategic change management using visual management.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses an interdisciplinary approach by linking change management literature to visual communication to be used for visual management.FindingsA proposed model presents how a dynamic episodic change process can be managed in terms of visual management, potential pitfalls to avoid, and what ambidextrous capabilities are needed throughout the complete episodic change.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed model is still yet theoretical, based on a literature review of dynamic change management and visual communication. Future research will validate the model in practice to confirm its robustness.Practical implicationsAn implementation of visual management in Kotter’s (1995) eight steps on how to strategically manage change in combination with theories on ambidexterity and episodic change is suggested.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to how visual management can support change management by combining visual communication and change management.
Emotions during executive succession in a public board
Authors: Manzoor Humera , Johnson Nancy , Rashid Mehboob ur 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to address a significant gap in the literature as it explores challenging emotions in the context of forced executive succession in a public sector board by re(conceptualizing) executive succession as a change process.

Design/methodology/approach
This study is empirical in nature and uses a combination of an ethnographic case study and narratives to understand emotions in the context.

Findings
The authors show that the emotional complexities emerged when executive succession was enforced from outside due to multiple interpretations of the emergent situations. It further shows how shame, guilt and embarrassment were produced when actors realized that they had failed to deliver responsibility; issues of trust and betrayal emerged when actors were not taken into confidence whilst taking certain actions; and the way actors manipulated situations and managed unwanted emotions by finding excuses and shifting blame.

Research limitations/implications
Future research can explore the political nature of emotions and can take into account the emotions of other stakeholders, such as staff and general public during forced succession in public sector organizations.

Originality/value
The re(conceptualizing) of executive succession as an emotive change process is an important contribution, since the current literature concentrates mainly on the changes and subsequent emotions triggered by new executive in the public sector. Through the lens of emotions, multiple interpretations of the situated emotions are revealed that influences board members relationships and interactions. This will help to create a better understanding of what happens inside public boards when executive succession is enforced from outside.
Iterative prototyping of strategy implementation workshop design
Authors: Kryger Anders 
Published: April 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a strategy implementation workshop design can be developed and tested while minimizing the time spent on developing the design.Design/methodology/approachThis multiple case study at a diesel engine company shows how iterative prototyping can be used to structure the design process of a strategy implementation workshop.FindingsStrategy implementation workshop design can be developed in resource-constrained environments through iterative prototyping of the workshop design. Each workshop iteration can generate value in its own right and at the same time the workshop design can be optimized until the final, most effective, design is found which can then be rolled out.Research limitations/implicationsIn a strategy-as-practice perspective, this study shows how scholarly attention to micro-level strategy praxis at a company can be enlightening to strategy consultants who need to conduct strategy implementation workshops.Practical implicationsBy selecting an iterative modular workshop design, the strategy consultant has at his/her disposal a strategy tool that is easily adaptable to organizational practice and one for which s/he can draw on his/her experience as well as add to his/her knowledge base.Originality/valueIntroducing iterative prototyping in an organizational context can facilitate fast yet structured development of a rigorous workshop design. Strategy consultants are provided with empirical examples of how an iterative prototyping process can be structured across multiple workshops.
A service network perspective to evaluate service matching in early design
Authors: Barravecchia Federico , Franceschini Fiorenzo , Mastrogiacomo Luca 
Published: April 2018

Purpose
Service matching is defined in this paper as the process of combining a new service with one or more existing services. A recurring problem for service designer is to match new services with existing ones. This process may be seen as the fundamental action for the development of a service network. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the consequences that may follow from service matching.

Design/methodology/approach
Through an analogy with living organisms in natural ecosystems, the service relationship deployment (SRD) allows the investigation of the possible relationships between matched services.

Findings
This paper presents a new method, named SRD, developed to support the process of service matching in the early design phases of a new service. The description of the method is supported by some practical examples.

Originality/value
The focus of the scientific community on the problem of matching new services with existing ones, is very limited. This paper proposes a new methodology to address this issue.
Clinical and prognostic significance of changes in haemoglobin concentration during 1 year of androgen‐deprivation therapy for hormone‐naïve bone‐metastatic prostate cancer
Authors: Ebbinge Maria , Berglund Anders , Varenhorst Eberhard , Hedlund Per Olov , Sandblom Gabriel ,   the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group (SPCG)‐5 Study Group
Published: April 2018

ObjectiveTo estimate the strength of change in haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations during 1 year of androgen‐deprivation therapy (ADT) as a predictor of survival in hormone‐naïve patients with bone‐metastatic (Stage M1b) prostate cancer.Patients and MethodsThe patients included in this study were taken from the randomised trial (number 5) carried out by the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group (SPCG), comparing parenteral oestrogen with total androgen blockade (TAB) in hormone‐naïve M1b prostate cancer. We identified 597 men where Hb measurements were made at enrolment, as well as at 3, 6 and 12 months of ADT. The time‐dependent impact of Hb concentration changes on overall survival (OS) was analysed using multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis. The 10‐year OS according to increase/decrease in Hb concentration for the three treatment periods was demonstrated using Kaplan–Meier curves.ResultsMultivariate analysis of changes in Hb concentration between baseline and 3 months showed better survival in patients with a decrease in Hb concentration (hazard ratio [HR] 1.42, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11–1.80) compared to those with an increase, whilst there was no difference in survival associated with a change in Hb concentration between 3 and 6 months (HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.76–1.12). Contrary to the first 3 months, poorer survival was seen in patients with a decrease in Hb concentration between 6 and 12 months (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.62–0.92) compared to those with an increase.ConclusionsIn a large cohort of Scandinavian men with hormone‐naïve M1b prostate cancer, an increase in Hb concentration between baseline and 3 months of ADT was associated with significantly poorer survival, whereas an increase between 6 and 12 months was associated with better survival. These findings provide new information about patterns of change in Hb concentrations during 12 months of ADT for M1b prostate cancer, and survival. Clinicians should be aware of the prognostic value of Hb concentration changes during ADT in M1b prostate cancer.
Maternal Behavior and Socioeconomic Status Predict Longitudinal Changes in Error‐Related Negativity in Preschoolers
Authors: Brooker Rebecca J. 
Published: April 2018

The development self‐regulation has been called a primary task of childhood. One system of self‐regulation, self‐monitoring, is indexed at the level of neural activity as early as preschool as the error‐related negativity (ERN). However, how context elicits developmental changes in neural processes of self‐monitoring like the ERN is not well understood. Here, socioeconomic status (SES) and parenting were tested as environmental influences on ERN development between ages 3 and 4 (N = 119). Results showed the expected increases in ERN between ages 3 and 4 only when both maternal sensitivity and SES were high. This work demonstrates the importance of considering the early environment in order to understand the development of a neural process supporting self‐regulation in young children.
Decreasing the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: structured communication of risk factors for premature mortality in people with epilepsy
Authors: Shankar R. , Henley W. , Boland C. , Laugharne R. , McLean B. N. , Newman C. , Hanna J. , Ashby S. , Walker M. C. , Sander J. W. 
Published: April 2018

Background and purposeGood practice guidelines highlight the importance of making people with epilepsy aware of the risk of premature mortality in epilepsy particularly due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The SUDEP and Seizure Safety Checklist (‘Checklist’) is a structured risk communication tool used in UK clinics. It is not known if sharing structured information on risk factors allows individuals to reduce SUDEP and premature mortality risks. The aim of this study was to ascertain if the introduction of the Checklist in epilepsy clinics led to individual risk reduction.MethodsThe Checklist was administered to 130 consecutive people with epilepsy attending a specialized epilepsy neurology clinic and 129 attending an epilepsy intellectual disability (ID) clinic within a 4‐month period. At baseline, no attendees at the neurology clinic had received formal risk advice, whereas all those attending the ID clinic had received formal risk advice on multiple occasions for 6 years. The Checklist was readministered 1 year later to each group and scores were compared with baseline and between groups.ResultsOf 12 risk factors considered, there was an overall reduction in mean risk score for the general (P = 0.0049) but not for the ID (P = 0.322) population. Subanalysis of the 25% of people at most risk in both populations showed that both sets had a significant reduction in risk scores (P < 0.001).ConclusionStructured discussion results in behavioural change that reduces individual risk factors. This impact seems to be higher in those who are at current higher risk. It is important that clinicians share risk information with individuals as a matter of public health and health promotion.
Macrorefugia for North American trees and songbirds: Climatic limiting factors and multi‐scale topographic influences
Authors: Stralberg Diana , Carroll Carlos , Pedlar John H. , Wilsey Chad B. , McKenney Daniel W. , Nielsen Scott E. 
Published: April 2018

AbstractAimTo inform conservation planning in the face of climate change, our objectives were to map spatial patterns of tree and songbird macrorefugia; to identify climatic limiting factors by region and taxonomic group; and to quantify multi‐scale topographic components of end‐of‐century biotic refugia.LocationUnited States and Canada outside the far north.Time periodEnd of the 21st century.Major taxa studiedTrees and songbirds.MethodsWe used species distribution models for 324 trees and 268 songbirds to develop a macrorefugia index using species‐specific climate velocity. Maps of multispecies refugia potential were developed for each taxonomic/functional group and quantile regression was used to identify climatic limiting factors and relationships with multi‐scale topographic variables.ResultsEnd‐of‐century macrorefugia for both trees and songbirds were concentrated in western mountains and, to a lesser extent, in north‐eastern coastal regions. For the highest‐value refugia, precipitation was generally most limiting in the north, and warm temperatures and moisture availability were limiting in the south. Tree refugia were more limited by precipitation and moisture, while songbird refugia were more limited by temperature. Upper‐percentile refugia, but not median values, were well explained by topographic conditions. Songbird refugia were strongly associated with elevation, while coastal proximity and landform composition (particularly headwaters) were important for both groups. There was a general lack of concordance between patterns of current species richness and future climate refugia.Main conclusionsMacrorefugia patterns are partly explained by steep elevational or latitudinal temperature gradients and/or moderate climates, such as coastal regions. However, climatic limiting factors for these refugia suggest contrasts in the ecological processes governing warm‐end range limits for different taxa in different regions. Our framework can be applied to other regions, taxa, and time periods to generate and explain biologically meaningful indices of macrorefugia for conservation planning.
Recognition of early melanoma: a monocentric dermoscopy follow‐up study comparing de novo melanoma with nevus‐associated melanoma
Authors: Alvarez Martinez David , Boehncke Wolf‐Henning , Kaya Gürkan , Merat Rastine 
Published: April 2018

AbstractBackgroundThe earlier detection of melanomas occurring within preexisting nevi is theoretically possible using sequential dermoscopy. Characterizing the early follow‐up changes of nevus‐associated melanomas (NAMs) and differentiating them from those observed in de novo melanomas (DNMs) may help the earlier recognition of NAMs.MethodsUsing descriptive dermoscopic features to detect focal changes, we blindly evaluated retrospectively the baseline and follow‐up images of 32 melanomas that were subsequently classified as histopathologically defined NAMs or DNMs.ResultsCorrelates of growth, as structureless brown‐black areas or clods, complemented each other for the identification of DNMs at baseline (structureless brown‐black areas: 66.7% DNMs, 15% NAMs, P < 0.01; combined with dots, one or the other being present: 100% DNMs, 30% NAMs, P < 0.01) and when considering their baseline presence or their appearance at follow‐up (100% DNMs, 35% NAMs, P < 0.01). Correlates of fibrosis, as white lines, when considering their baseline presence or their appearance at follow‐up, were associated with NAMs (60%, 16.7% DNMs, P = 0.027).ConclusionSignificant differences, distinguishing NAMs from DNMs, were detected particularly when considering both baseline signs and follow‐up changes. Earlier identification of NAMs and their subsequent improved histological characterization will help define the subgroup of high‐risk patients, for whom comprehensive image monitoring may be beneficial.