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Success factors of process digitalization projects – insights from an exploratory study
Authors: Baier Marie-Sophie , Lockl Jannik , Röglinger Maximilian , Weidlich Robin 
Published: February 2022

PurposeIn an exploratory approach, the authors conducted a structured literature review to extract candidate process digitalization project (PDP) success factors (SFs) from the literature on business process management (BPM), project management (PM) and digitalization. After that, the authors validated, refined and extended these intermediate results through interviews with 21 members of diverse PDP teams. Finally, the authors proposed the PDP success model by linking the candidate SFs with relevant success criteria.Design/methodology/approachDigitalization substantially impacts organizations, which increasingly use digital technologies (DTs) to improve and innovate their business processes. While there are methods and tools for identifying process digitalization ideas and related projects (PDPs), guidance on the successful implementation of PDPs is missing. Hence, the authors set out to explore PDP SFs.FindingsThe PDP success model covers 38 PDP success factor candidates, whereof 28 are already backed by the literature and ten have emerged during the interviews. Furthermore, the SFs are structured according to seven categories from the literature covering a broad range of sociotechnical topics (i.e. strategy, structure, culture, people, process, project and technology) as well as equipped with preliminary success rationales.Originality/valueThe work is the first to systematically explore PDP SFs. The PDP success model shows that PDPs require a unique set of SFs, which combine established and hitherto underrepresented knowledge. It extends the knowledge on BPM and serves as foundation for future (confirmatory) research on business process digitalization and the successful implementation of PDPs.
Xarasoft (Pvt) Ltd – vision 2027 to implement a digital supply chain for industry 4.0
Authors: Tahir Saad , Ramish Asher 
Published: February 2022

Learning outcomes
This case study aims to be taught at an MBA level. Specifically, those students who are majoring in supply chain would benefit the most from this case study. This case study has elements of supply chain management, supply chain strategy, warehousing and logistics, and a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0. The learning outcome of this case study could be seen if the students are able to identify the challenges and opportunities of a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0 and how it could be implemented methodically. Teaching Objective 1: Students should be able to identify what challenges organizations face if they implement a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0. Teaching Objective 2: Students should be able to identify what opportunities can be tapped if Big Data Analytics are used in a supply chain teaching. Objective 3: Students should layout a methodical plan of how an analogue company can gradually achieve the objective of implementing a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0 in procurement function.

Case overview/Synopsis
Based in the Lahore region of Pakistan, Xarasoft is a footwear manufacturing company which has undertaken a decision to transcend to a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0 by 2027. Asif, who is the Head of the Department of Supply Chain, has to come up with a plan to present in the next meeting with the CEO. Xarasoft is a company that preferred to work in an analogue routine. The company set production targets and sold goods through marketing. With no forecast or exact demand, the company had decided to procure 140 million units of raw material and carrying a huge inventory, a percentage of which had to be thrown away as it started to degrade. While the company did have machinery on the production floor, they were operated manually and were a generation behind. Asif faced the question of what challenges he would face and exactly how would a digital supply chain for Industry 4.0 be implemented in the company.

Complexity academic level
Masters level supply chain courses

Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS 9: Operations and Logistics.
Augmenting small enterprise operations with technology: the case of kraft therapy foundation in a user-centred design
Authors: Mutanu Leah , Ndiege Joshua Rumo Arongo , Barnardo Claire 
Published: February 2022

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes are as follows: to explore the challenges associated with Information System Project Management; to explore how to navigate certain Information System Project Management challenges and make recommendations on how to address them; and to evaluate the application of user-centred design.

Case overview/synopsis
This case looks at the small to medium enterprises (SMEs) Digitisation project that was initiated by Dr Ndiege, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, and a team of faculty at the School of Science and Technology, United States International University – Africa in Kenya. Dr Ndiege is considering the project in September 2020 and its future viability. The project called for computer science students to voluntarily assist in developing an online presence for local SMEs. The idea is to help cushion them against the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Ndiege looks at the details of the project through the eyes of team leader Sylvie Sarabwe and her encounters on the project. She leads a team of four students in a user-centered design to develop a website for social enterprise Kraft Therapy Foundation (KTF), located in Kibera slums within Nairobi County, Kenya. Sylvie must navigate the client relationship with KTF. But she soon starts to experience the difficulties involved with navigating this process. For Sylvie, it quickly dawns on her that a user-centred design project requires both hard and the soft skills to successfully deliver the final project. By the conclusion of the case, Dr Ndiege recognises the multitude of issues that this project ultimately faces.

Complexity academic level
The primary target audience for this teaching case is undergraduate information technology students, especially students in software application design and project management with little or no work experience. The case is clearly structured and the length of the case lends itself to the audience. It does not contain excessive or irrelevant information. Hence, learners have more time to focus on the application questions presented.

Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS 7: Management Science.
From Gilgamesh’s quest for immortality to everlasting cloud hyper-collective mind: ethical implications for artificial intelligence
Authors: Anderlini Deanna , Agnati Luigi , Guidolin Diego , Marcoli Manuela , Woods Amina S. , Maura Guido 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This conceptual paper aims to explore the possibility of human beings reaching a virtual form of immortality.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is an investigation of the path from an early example of human knowledge to the birth of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. A critical analysis of different point of views, from philosophers to scientists, is presented.

Findings
From ancient rock art paintings to the moon landing, human knowledge has made a huge progress to the point of creating robots resembling human features. While these humanoid robots can successfully undertake risky tasks, they also generate ethical issues for the society they interact with.

Research limitations/implications
The paper is conceptual, and it does attempt to provide one theory by which human beings can achieve the dream of immortality. It is part of a work in progress on the use of AI and the issues related to the creation/use of humanoid robots in society.

Originality/value
This paper provides an overview of some of the key issues and themes impacting our modern society. Its originality resides in the linking of human knowledge to collective knowledge and then of collective mind to the hyper-collective mind. The idea of humans reaching immortality is burdened by the imperative need to define ethical guidelines for the field of AI and its uses.
The algorithmic persuasion framework in online communication: conceptualization and a future research agenda
Authors: Zarouali Brahim , Boerman Sophie C. , Voorveld Hilde A.M. , van Noort Guda 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to introduce a comprehensive and dynamic framework that focuses on the role of algorithms in persuasive communication: thealgorithmic persuasion framework(APF).Design/methodology/approachIn this increasingly data-driven media landscape, algorithms play an important role in the consumption of online content. This paper presents a novel conceptual framework to investigate algorithm-mediated persuasion processes and their effects on online communication.FindingsThe APF consists of five conceptual components:input, algorithm, persuasion attempt, persuasion process and persuasion effects. In short, it addresses how data variables are inputs for different algorithmic techniques and algorithmic objectives, which influence the manifestations of algorithm-mediated persuasion attempts, informing how such attempts are processed and their intended and unintended persuasive effects.Originality/valueThe paper guides future research by addressing key elements in the framework and the relationship between them, proposing a research agenda (with specific research questions and hypotheses) and discussing methodological challenges and opportunities for the future investigation of the framework.
Minimum wage and employment: a gender perspective for Mauritius
Authors: Dreepaul-Dabee Varuna , Tandrayen-Ragoobur Verena 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the employment effect of the minimum wage in Mauritius, a country that has recently introduced an economy-wide national minimum wage. As women have low labor force participation rate and higher unemployment rate compared to men, this study sheds light on the impact of the national minimum wage on male and female employment.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework based on the labor–leisure model of Blundell et al. (2007) incorporating the minimum wage as an important variable influencing the employment decision of the individual serves as the methodological backdrop of this paper. It applies the difference-in-difference estimation technique and uses micro data from the Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey for the period 2017–2019.FindingsThe results show that minimum wage has a significant negative impact on overall employment. With the imposition of the national minimum wage, the probability that an individual, currently earning less than the minimum wage, remains employed is 0.525 lower than that of a worker earning above the minimum wage level. Moreover, using sex-disaggregated data, the analysis demonstrates the negative employment effects of the minimum wage adversely impact women more than men.Originality/valueThis is a first attempt to estimate the effect of the newly introduced national minimum wage on employment in Mauritius. While the effects of a minimum wage vary across different segments of the economy, this study adopts a gender perspective by comparing the impact of the minimum wage on male and female employment.
Blended learning and working options in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Oyelude Adetoun A. 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
Because blended working options have emerged and varied technological devices are being used during lockdowns, it is necessary to examine the working and learning options in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pros and cons of hybrid (blended) working and learning are highlighted.

Design/methodology/approach
An extended search of literature online, and also of examples of blended learning and working instituted in some libraries, archives and museums was carried out over a period of three weeks.

Findings
Findings indicated that adjustments to the hybrid working and learning situations had to be made by staff and students in heritage institutions. Provision of more digital content and the adoption of machine learning models were the solutions proffered, with indications that the tools for the blended learning implementation be provided. Reskilling of staff due to new technologies being introduced is recommended.

Originality/value
Solutions to blended learning and blended working scenarios are provided, giving pointers to online links for added information.
Performance measurement in a Lean organization: the case of the Wiremold company
Authors: Grasso Lawrence 
Published: February 2022

Theoretical basis
Critical analysis of observed practice.

Research methodology
Field study.

Learning outcomes
To expose accounting and MBA students to Lean management and the performance measures that support Lean management by presenting a case of a comprehensive and very successful Lean transformation; to give accounting and MBA students the opportunity to construct a strategy map and a balanced scorecard based on a rich case description; and to critically assess the suitability of balanced scorecards for a company that embraces Lean management.

Case overview/synopsis
The case describes a comprehensive transformation from conventional management to Lean management and business practices, with an emphasis on the largely non-financial performance measures used to support the transformation. Around the time of the Lean transformation, the balanced scorecard, a multi-dimensional measurement approach, was introduced to address the problems of excessive reliance on financial performance measures. Students are asked to compare and contrast Wiremold’s approach to the balanced scorecard.

Complexity academic level
Graduate or upper level undergraduate courses in cost accounting, managerial accounting and strategic management.
A district magistrate’s call on a disaster warning: paranoid or pragmatic?
Authors: Varma Harikrishnan Ramesh , Kakani Ram Kumar 
Published: February 2022

Theoretical basis
This case uses two key theoretical notions for discussion and analysis: Policy-trade off model by Deborah Stone is adapted to the context of decision-making during the cyclone warning [Stone, Deborah. Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision-Making. Third, New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2012.]. The critical success factors in disaster response- John R. Harrald’s five-stage framework is applied to analyse Case B. [Harrald, John R. “Agility and Discipline: Critical Success Factors for Disaster Response:” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 8 September 2016. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205285404.].

Research methodology
This case is written with the information collected through interviews, over three months from March 2020, with Ms Ranjana Chopra (Indian Administrative Services), a senior civil servant working for the Government of Odisha, who was associated with the event in the case. Secondary sources, including newspaper reports and meteorological bulletins from the Indian Meteorological Department, is also made use of.

Case overview/synopsis
Anupama Gowda was the District Magistrate of Kalinga in the state of Odisha, in the Eastern coast of the Indian peninsula. In April 2019, when the meteorological department issued a cyclone warning, she had to take a call on how to go ahead. Her team did not seem too enthused as Kalinga was away from the coast and meteorological warnings were taken as routine. The case discusses Gowda’s dilemma on whether to push for full-fledged preparations or a limited preparation at least or leave it laissez-faire. She made the decision by 24th April and “what happened” serve as Case B.

Complexity academic level
This case is intended to cover two key competencies: decision-making in ambiguity for public service professionals or bureaucrats and disaster response within a limited time period and resources. This case is useful for undergraduate-level foundational courses with decision-making under ambiguity as a component; in management, public policy and public administration disciplines. Executive training or short-term courses for early-career public service professionals (with no solid background in management/policy theory) on decision-making at the local administration level.
Pregnancy, childbirth and neonatal outcomes in women with inherited bleeding disorders: A retrospective analysis
Authors: Clarke Lisa , Curnow Jennifer , Cutts Briony , Ross Bryony , Kidson‐Gerber Giselle 
Published: February 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the characteristics and outcomes of women with inherited bleeding disorder during pregnancy and birth.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingTertiary care hospitals, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.PopulationOne hundred women with inherited bleeding disorders, who birthed 134 live infants from 132 pregnancies.MethodsData were retrospectively obtained from the patient and neonatal medical records. Descriptive analysis was used to report maternal and pregnancy characteristics and birth and neonatal outcomes.Main outcome measuresFactor replacement, neuraxial analgesia use and complications, postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and neonatal complications.ResultsPPH occurred in 22% of deliveries with primary PPH occurring in 20% and secondary PPH in 2% of births; 48% of PPH were classified as major. PPH occurred across the spectrum of inherited bleeding disorders and was evenly distributed between women who had ‘normalised’ (46%) their factor levels in pregnancy compared with those requiring factor at the time of birth (50%). An obstetric cause was identified in almost half of PPH (46%). Neuraxial analgesia was administered in 40% of births without complication and refused in 3% of births despite documented adequate haemostatic potential.ConclusionsWomen with inherited bleeding disorders can deliver safely and receive neuraxial analgesia without complication when best practices are adhered to. PPH appears to occur at higher rates than in the general population despite adequate factor levels or planned replacement. Although an obstetric cause was demonstrable in the many cases, these findings raise concern over the current definition of ‘adequate’ factor levels at the time of birth.Tweetable abstractWomen with inherited bleeding disorders can deliver without complication when best practices are maintained.
Two sides of the same personality coin: An opportunity to refocus (un)ethical analysis
Authors: Gamble Edward N. , Christensen Anne L. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractPrior ethics studies highlight the importance of understanding positive or negative leader personality characteristics to improve organizational outcomes. However, few studies combine both positive and negative leader personality characteristics, to unpack and guide ethics theorizations. This lack of methodological balance restricts how we perceive leader ethics, our understandings of organizational experiences, and therefore, our awareness of governance approaches. This study challenges the dominant ethics scholarly orthodoxy—which focuses on positive or negative leader characteristics—by combining self‐determination theory and the Dark Triad perspective, to explore the plurality of ethical dimensions within organizational leadership. A case example is provided to highlight the need for this methodological awareness and four avenues of engagement are discussed to improve future organizational governance and ethics scholarship.
Spätmanifeste Kalzinose in Brandnarben: Eine Literaturübersicht und zwei Fallberichte
Authors: Róbert Lili , Kuroli Eniko˝ , Bottlik Gyula , Hidvégi Bernadett 
Published: February 2022

ZusammenfassungCalcinosis cutis, die heterotope Ablagerung von Kalziumsalzen in der Haut, wurde in einigen Fällen als spät auftretende Komplikation von Brandnarben beschrieben. Sie unterscheidet sich diesbezüglich von heterotoper Ossifikation, die eine früh einsetzende Komplikation von Brandverletzungen sein kann. Die Diagnose einer Kalzinose kann radiographisch, sonographisch, computertomographisch, magnetresonanztomographisch oder histologisch bestätigt werden. Nahezu alle Fälle einer spätmanifesten Kalzinose bei Brandnarben imponieren als nicht heilendes Ulkus an den unteren Extremitäten in der Nähe der Kontrakturbänder. Es wird diskutiert, dass diese Lokalisation auf die häufigeren Mikrotraumen an den unteren Extremitäten zurückzuführen ist, und dass die Ulzeration aufgrund der Kalziumablagerungen als Fremdkörper auftritt. In unserer Studie betrug das Durchschnittsalter zum Zeitpunkt der Brandverletzung 12,5 ± 8,27 Jahre und die Kalzinose entwickelte sich im Mittel nach einer Zeitspanne von 37,5 ± 14,95 Jahren (das Durchschnittsalter bei Beginn war 50,5 ± 14,53 Jahre). Es gab keinen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen Brandnarben, die mittels Hauttransplantation behandelt wurden, und solchen, bei denen keine Hauttransplantation durchgeführt wurde. Die Ulzera verheilten nach Resektion oder Extraktion der Ablagerungen ohne Rezidiv an derselben Stelle. Im Gegensatz zu früher gemeldeten Fällen beobachteten wir zwei Fälle einer spät einsetzenden Kalzinose ohne Ulzeration bei Brandnarben an den oberen Extremitäten.
Winners and losers in a changing climate: how will protected areas conserve red list species under climate change?
Authors: Hoveka Lerato N. , van der Bank Michelle , Davies T. Jonathan 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAimA fundamental challenge to protected area‐based conservation is that protected areas are typically established under assumptions of environmental stationarity. With a rapidly changing climate, this assumption of stationarity is violated, and climate change could push some species beyond the bounds of currently protected areas. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of protected areas in conserving threatened plant biodiversity under future climate projections.LocationSouth Africa.MethodsWe use ensemble species distribution modelling to map the projected distribution of South Africa's ~1200 threatened endemic plant species under present‐day and projected climate scenarios for 2050. We quantify the performance of the existing protected area network by examining changes in the relative proportion of species’ projected geographic extents within protected areas. We then examine whether current IUCN Red List status is a good predictor of climate ‘winners’ and 'losers.'ResultsWe find that 56%–66% of species may have a greater proportion of their projected range extent falling within protected areas in 2050 under climate scenarios of mitigated and upsurge greenhouse gas emissions (Representative Concertation Pathways 4.5 and 8.5). However, this increase in the proportion of range protected is frequently associated with range contraction outside of protected areas. We also show that current threat intensity is not a good indicator of which species will lose versus gain increased protection.Main conclusionsOur results suggest that the existing reserve network is surprisingly robust to projected range shifts; however, we also identify regions where species protection needs to be improved. In addition, we suggest that there is an urgent need to better incorporate future climate threats into the assessment of species extinction risks.