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Unforeseen events can significantly affect organizations' supply chains and disrupt their continuous flow. Therefore, organizations need to develop a response capability that allows them to minimize the negative effect of such events and quickly recover from them, also known as resilience. This research performs a comparative analysis of the influence that risk, vulnerability, and adaptability have on the resilience capability of supply chains in Colombian defense sector organizations before and during the coronavirus outbreak. Based on a literature review, a survey was designed and applied online to collect data from respondents related to the activities of the Colombian Air Force supply chain. For the first wave, data was collected between December 2019 and January 2020. Data for the second wave was collected in August 2020. Results suggest that identifying and managing risks positively impact reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptability. Moreover, by decreasing exposure and improving adaptability, the organization positively influences supply chain resilience capability. The results also indicate that the pandemic positively affected risk and vulnerability awareness. The identification of vulnerabilities had a positive impact on the resilience capacity during the Corona Virus outbreak. This research provides relevant information for the Colombian government on developing public policies and mechanisms of service and support for defense sector organizations to strengthen their resilience capability. Likewise, the study offers valuable information to those organizations interested in improving their resilience capability and that of the sector in which they are involved.
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COVID-19 , Humans , COVID-19/epidemiology , Pandemics , Colombia/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , GovernmentABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This paper aims to determine the effect that human capital and key competitive drivers such as quality, agility, and cost have on firm performance, whether this effect is related to the firm's outsourcing strategy, and whether the firm size is relevant in explaining such relationships. DESIGN: This study uses structural equation modeling to test the hypothesized relationships for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and large organizations using a custom survey based on a review of the literature and completed by 404 firms in the Valle del Cauca agro-industrial region in Colombia. FINDINGS: Human capital strategies are essential for the effective deployment of operational agility, quality, and cost management strategies, which impact firm performance through effective outsourcing strategies. These relationships, however, do not hold the same across firms of different sizes. Specifically, outsourcing practices are lacking amongst SMEs in the studied region. The study is limited to a specific region, with infrastructure and connectivity limitations that hinder or undermine otherwise potentially valuable third-party logistics strategies. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: This paper contributes to the theory and practice in supply chain competitiveness by extending current knowledge of the impact of human capital and key competitive drivers on firm performance, highlighting regional specificities that could hinder firms' competitiveness, and by presenting a novel, quantitative methodology seldom used for these topics.
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Developing Countries , Industry , Humans , Colombia , Culture , KnowledgeABSTRACT
PURPOSE: Quality issues, increasing patient expectations and unsatisfactory media reports are driving patient safety concerns. Developing a quality and safety culture (QSC) is, therefore, crucial for patient and staff welfare, and should be a priority for service providers and policy makers. The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important QSC drivers, and thus propose appropriate operational actions for Saudi Arabian hospital managers and for managers in healthcare institutions worldwide. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Quantitative data from 417 questionnaires were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Respondents were selected from various hospitals and managerial positions at a national level. FINDINGS: Findings suggest that error feedback (FAE) and communication quality (QC) have a strong role fostering or enhancing QSC. Findings also show that fearing potential punitive responses to mistakes made on the job, hospital staff are reluctant to report errors. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: To achieve a healthcare QSC, managers need to implement preemptive or corrective actions aimed at ensuring prompt and relevant feedback about errors, ensure clear and open communication and focus on continuously improving systems and processes rather than on failures related to individual performance. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This paper adds value to national healthcare, as Saudi study results are probably generalizable to other healthcare systems throughout the world.
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Organizational Culture , Quality Assurance, Health Care/methods , Quality of Health Care , Safety Management , Accreditation , Health Care Surveys , Hospital Administration , Humans , Patient Safety , Saudi ArabiaABSTRACT
Se realiza una extensa revisión bibliográfica sobre la violencia doméstica y se hace el presente trabajo con el objetivo de profundizar en su estudio. Se trata de un estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos al aplicar tests proyectivos y entrevistas a 147 niños de 5to y 6to grados de la Escuela Primaria "Roberto Poland", del reparto "Antonio Maceo" del municipio Cerro. A continuación se realizan entrevistas a un adulto convivente con el menor explorado seleccionado al azar, y a los Médicos de Famila que atienden dichos núcleos. Se establece un índice de concordancia entre los resultados de las 3 entrevistas, detectándose manifestaciones de violencia en el 34 % de los casos. Se concluye, entre otros, que existe un subregistro de violencia doméstica, que ésta constituye un problema de salud a tener en cuenta y que tiene variedades de presentación, entre las que destacan las discusiones familiares.
An extensive bibliographic review on domestic violence was made in order to deepen in its study in this paper. It is a descriptive study of the results obtained on applying projectable tests and surveys among 147 5th- and 6th- grade school children from the "Roberto Poland" Primary School of the "Antonio Maceo" neighbourhood, Cerro municipality. An adult living with the explored child selected at random, as well as the family physicians attending these persons were interviewed. An index of concordance was established among the results of the three interviews. Manifestations of violence were detected in 34 % of the cases. It is concluded that there is a subregistry of domestic violence, that it is a health problem that should be taken into account and that it has different ways of presentation, among which family arguments outstand.
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El objetivo de profundizar en el estudio de la violencia intrafamiliar y para su mejor conocimiento y enfrentamiento en el área de salud, se realiza un estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos al aplicar el test proyectivo "Lo que no me gusta en mi familia" y una entrevista a 147 niños de 5to y 6to grados de la Escuela "Roberto Poland" del reparto "Antonio Maceo" del municipio Cerro; donde se clasifican las variedades de violencia intrafamiliar y se agrupan éstas por orden de frecuencia. También se calcula la prevalencia de violencia intrafamiliar y se explora la posible relación de la violencia con la ingestión de bebidas alcohólicas. Los resultados obtenidos permiten plantear que la violencia intrafamiliar constituye un problema de salud y que existe relación entre ésta y el consumo de alcohol(AU)
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Humans , Child , Domestic Violence , Child AbuseABSTRACT
El objetivo de profundizar en el estudio de la violencia intrafamiliar y para su mejor conocimiento y enfrentamiento en el área de salud, se realiza un estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos al aplicar el test proyectivo "Lo que no me gusta en mi familia" y una entrevista a 147 niños de 5to y 6to grados de la Escuela "Roberto Poland" del reparto "Antonio Maceo" del municipio Cerro; donde se clasifican las variedades de violencia intrafamiliar y se agrupan éstas por orden de frecuencia. También se calcula la prevalencia de violencia intrafamiliar y se explora la posible relación de la violencia con la ingestión de bebidas alcohólicas. Los resultados obtenidos permiten plantear que la violencia intrafamiliar constituye un problema de salud y que existe relación entre ésta y el consumo de alcohol
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Humans , Child , Child Abuse , Domestic ViolenceABSTRACT
Este articulo se realizo con el objetivo de profundizar en el estudio de la violencia intrafamiliar para contribuir a su conocimiento y enfrentamiento en el area de salud. Consto con un estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos al aplicar tests proyectivos a 147 ninos de quinto y sexto grado de la Escuela "Roberto Poland" del Reparto "Antonio Maceo" y se establecio la percepcion de la violencia domestica que tienen los ninos estudiados. El 56,4 por ciento de los ninos reflejaron formas directas de violencia sobre ellos mediante manifestaciones de castigo, agresividad y reganos. En el 7,4 por ciento del total se apreciaron expresiones de violencia domestica en forma de discusiones familiares y el 15,6 por ciento reflejo injusticias; mientras que un porcentaje considerable reflejo dificultades en la comunicacion con los padres, perdida de la autoestima, agresividad, busqueda de apoyo y rechazo al hogar. Se demostro que los ninos son capaces de reflejar la violencia domestica
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Humans , Child , Child , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Family/psychology , Perception , Projective Techniques , Domestic Violence/psychologyABSTRACT
Este artículo se realizó con el objetivo de profundizar en el estudio de la violencia intrafamiliar para contribuir a su conocimiento y enfrentamiento en el área de salud. Constó con un estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos al aplicar tests proyectivos a 147 niños de quinto y sexto grado de la Escuela "Roberto Poland" del Reparto "Antonio Maceo" y se estableció la percepción de la violencia doméstica que tienen los niños estudiados. El 56,4 por ciento de los niños reflejaron formas directas de violencia sobre ellos mediante manifestaciones de castigo, agresividad y regaños. En el 7,4 por ciento del total se apreciaron expresiones de violencia doméstica en forma de discusiones familiares y el 15,6 por ciento reflejó injusticias; mientras que un porcentaje considerable reflejó dificultades en la comunicación con los padres, pérdida de la autoestima, agresividad, búsqueda de apoyo y rechazo al hogar. Se demostró que los niños son capaces de reflejar la violencia doméstica(AU)