Organizational Culture through Orientations and Metaphors: Some Hints to the Tacit Knowledge

The main goal of our study is to examine the possibilties to lead tacit through a lens of organizational culture assessed by orientations and metaphors. Organizational culture may open important issues because this phenomenon evolves values, assumptions etc which also play significant role in the tacit knowledge transfer. Metaphors intermediate the unconscious levels of organizational culture. Empirical survey among 75 participants was conducted in two industrial enterprises from Saint-Gobain Group in Estonia. The triangulation of different methods was used and a combination of questionnaire and interview was applied for the measurement of organizational culture. Position, education and tenure have important effect on estimations to task orientation. Gender, position and education have important effect on estimations to relationship orientation. The estimations on both orientations are connected to whether the organization is characterized through metaphors to be organic or technocratic. The results are discussed and the consequesnces for tacit knowledge are proposed.tacit knowledge; organizational culture; organizational orientations; metaphors.

Translating Events, Glossing Experience : European Texts and American Encounters

Les referències al romancer i altres textos literaris d'arrels medievals en els primerencs documents històrics hispanoamericans s'han interpretat de dues principals maneres: una lingüística i una altra sociojurídica. D'una banda, es consideren aquestes referències com a testimonis que el romancer estava fermament arrelat a la llengua i cultura populars del segle XVI. De l'altra, es prenen les cites i al·lusions als romanços i altres textos, sobretot en els documents que pertanyen a l'univers textual de les relacions de mèrits i serveis, com a mitjans de autoagrandamiento que sorgien de la necessitat de presentar-se els autors com valents i heroics subjectes de la Corona. El present estudi proposa una tercera alternativa al fenomen. Proposa que les referències beltrísticas en les cròniques del segle XVI funcionen en un nivell epistemològic més profund, constituint-se com estratègies hermenèutiques els orígens es poden trobar a les pràctiques medievals de la lectura i composició dels textos. Es proposa que les referències literàries funcionen a manera de gloses que permeten organitzar i processar elconeixement del que ignot. Faciliten l'assimilació de noves experiències i idees, especialment l'assimilació del que completament desconegut, a l'acomodar el totalment nou a un univers cultural preestablert, ell dels autors i lectors europeus. En aquestes referències literàries es descobreixen en el pla retòric i lingüístic un dels gestos bàsics del colonialisme: el desig de apropiar, dominar, i poblar el territori de l'altre en transformar aquest en una imatge d'un mateix.References to the romancero and other literary texts stemming from the medieval tradition in early Spanish American historical documents have been interpreted in two principal ways: one linguistic, the other socio-juridical. On the one hand, they are seen as evidence that the romancero was fi rmly rooted in popular language and culture, specifi cally in the colloquial usage of the sixteenth century. On the other hand, that allusions to ballads and other belletristic references in these works, which belong primarily to the textual universe of the relaciones de méritos y servicios (often composed as self-serving justifi cations for questionable actions), function as a means of self-engrandizement. In this way authors conformed to discursive requirements that compelled them to portray themselves as valiant, when not heroic, subjects of the Crown. The current article proposes a third alternative; namely, that the literary references in sixteenth-century chronicles operate at another deeper epistemological level,and constitute hermeneutical strategies rooted in medieval reading and writing practices. Specifically, that they operate as glosses which process and organize knowledge in a way that allows for the assimilation of new knowledge —especially knowledge of the unknown— into the broader cultural context of the author and the reader. In them, we are able to discover at the level of language and rhetoric one of the basic gestures of colonialism: the urge to appropriate, inhabit the territory of, and dominate the Other through the Other’s transformation into familiar images of the self.Las referencias al romancero y otros textos literarios de raíces medievales en los tempranos documentos históricos hispanoamericanos se han interpretado de dos principales maneras: una lingüística y otra socio-jurídica. Por un lado, se consideran estas referencias como testimonios de que el romancero estaba fi rmemente arraigado en la lengua y cultura populares del siglo XVI. Por otro, se toman las citas y alusiones a los romances y otros textos, sobre todo en los documentos que pertenecen al universo textual de las relaciones de méritos y servicios, como medios de autoagrandamiento que surgían de la necesidad de presentarse los autores como valientes y heroicos sujetos de la Corona. El presente estudio propone una tercera alternativa al fenómeno. Propone que las referencias beltrísticas en las crónicas del siglo XVI funcionan en un nivel epistemológico más profundo, constituyéndose como estrategias hermenéuticas cuyos orígenes se pueden encontrar en las prácticas medievales de la lectura y composición de los textos. Se propone que las referencias literarias funcionan a modo de glosas que permiten organizar y procesar elconocimiento de lo ignoto. Facilitan la asimilación de nuevas experiencias e ideas, especialmente la asimilación de lo completamente desconocido, al acomodar lo totalmente nuevo a un universo cultural pre-establecido, él de los autores y lectores europeos. En estas referencias literarias se descubren en el plano retórico y lingüístico uno de los gestos básicos del colonialismo: el deseo de apropiar, dominar, y poblar el territorio del Otro al transformar éste en una imagen de uno mismo

Infrastructure investment on the margins of the market: The role of niche infrastructure providers in the UK

Across Europe, policymakers and market forces are striving to deploy next generation access (NGA) networks and ensure ubiquitous access to superfast broadband services. Due to scale economies and sunk costs, the roll-out of NGA is expected to be profitable only for large-scale providers and in densely populated areas. This has resulted in an uneven distribution of NGA networks, which is expected to be complemented by public intervention. Nonetheless, alternative providers, such as utilities and local communities, have significantly contributed to NGA diffusion in many countries. Over the past five years, several small-scale initiatives have emerged in the UK, bringing fibre networks to urban and rural areas previously overlooked by either commercial or subsidised deployments. A multiple case study is here employed to investigate the nature and the drivers of niche providers in the UK NGA market. The comparison emphasised similarities and differences across these initiatives, identifying a number of elements recurring in their strategies. This analysis sheds light on the contribution of niche providers to bridging the digital divide in the UK and is meant to provide a preliminary assessment of their sustainability and potential growth

Catch me if you can: The interplay between the incumbent and the regulator in the Italian telecommunications market

In Italy, fixed telecommunications were liberalised 15 years ago, but the incumbent is still the dominant operator. The Italian antitrust authority has recently fined Telecom Italia for margin squeeze and technical sabotage, proving that the incumbent still has the incentive and the power to deploy anticompetitive conducts. This research studies Telecom Italia's anticompetitive behaviours and regulatory interventions from 2004 to 2012, in order to understand and assess how the incumbent's strategies are affected by regulation. Four wholesale markets (local loop unbundling, colocation, wholesale broadband access, wholesale line rental) and two retail markets (directories and non-geographic numbers) have been considered. For each market, both Telecom Italia's strategies and NRA's actions have been analysed and tracked in a timeline to show the interplay between the incumbent and the regulator and to assess the regulation effectiveness in preventing and discouraging anticompetitive conducts

Vastsündinute kuulmise skriiningu programmi hindamise tulemused

Taust. Eestis on vastsündinute kuulmise skriiningut korraldatud alates 2004. aastast. Seda on rahastanud Eesti Haigekassa. Haigekassa ja Poliitikauuringute Keskuse Praxis koostöös toimus aastatel 2012–2013 programmi efektiivsuse ja otstarbekuse hindamine. Eesmärk. Hinnata vastsündinute kuulmise skriiningu toimivust ja tõhusust Eestis. Metoodika. Uuringu sihtrühmaks olid kõik Eesti vastsündinud, nende vanemad ning skriiningut teostav personal. Hindamise käigus analüüsiti vastsündinute skriiningu läbiviimisega seotud rahvusvahelist praktikat, analüüsiti projekti dokumentatsiooni, intervjueeriti projekti meeskonda, koguti ja analüüsiti projekti tegevusnäitajaid, hinnati lapsevanemate rahuloluküsitluse tulemusi ning projekti majanduslikku otstarbekust. Tulemused. Sõeluuringu tulemuslikkus ja korraldus vastavad üldiselt rahvusvahelistele standarditele. Skriininguga kaetus on hea ning lapsevanemad on skriiningu kohta saadud infoga üldiselt rahul. Nii lapsevanemad kui ka skriiningupersonal peavad kuulmise skriiningut kuulmislanguse varajasel avastamisel oluliseks. Järeldused. Uuringuprogrammi peamiseks vajakajäämiseks on see, et puudub sõeluuringu üldine isikustatud andmebaas, kus oleksid sees ka kodussünnitajad ja mis hõlbustaks skriiningu tulemuslikkuse hindamist. Sellise andmebaasi puudumine raskendab vastsündinute skriiningu kulude planeerimist ja juhtimist projekti jooksul ning vähendab majandusliku hindamise tulemuste usaldusväärsust ja üldistatavust.Eesti Arst 2014; 93(10):571–57

NEW PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS K[PCL3(X)] (X= SCN, CN): PREPARATION AND DFT AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES

Indexación: Web of Science. Scielo.Two new phosphorus complexes, potassium trichlorothiocyanophosphate (III) (PTCTCP; K[PCl3(SCN)]) and potassium trichlorocyanophosphate (III) (PTCCP; K[PCl3(CN)]) were synthesized from the reaction of KSCN and KCN, respectively, with PC^. The chemical formulas and compositions of these compounds were determined by elemental analysis and spectroscopic methods, such as phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (31P-NMR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy and mass spectrophotometry. All of the theoretical calculations and determinations of the properties of these compounds were performed as part of the Amsterdam Density Functional (ADF) program. Excitation energies were assessed using time-dependent perturbation density functional theory (TD-DFT). In addition, the molecular geometry was optimized and the frequencies and excitation energies were calculated using standard Slater-type orbital (STO) basis sets with triple-zeta quality double plus polarization functions (TZ2P) for all of the atoms. The assignment of the principal transitions and total densities of state (TDOS) for orbital analysis were performed using the GaussSum 2.2 program.http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/jcchems/v61n1/art15.pd

PREPARATION, IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NEW FLUORIDE NANOCOMPOUNDS

Indexación: Web of Science; Scopus.Nanoparticles (NPs) of new fluoride (SrF2 and MgF2) nanocompounds were synthesized by the simple chemical method of precipitation in ethanol. Synthesis of the strontium fluoride (SrF2)-magnesium oxide (MgO) nanocomposite was achieved through the ultrasonic method. These prepared nanopowders were characterized through Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). FT-IR confirmed the purity of the synthesized fluoride NPs by evaluation of the vibrations, and UV-Visible showed the intense absorption peaks of NPs. PXRD analysis indicated the average of particle size, and SEM demonstrated a nearly spherical morphology of the NPs. The antibacterical properties of the nanopowders on Staphylococcus Aureus, Bacillus Subtilis and E. Aklay bacteria were studied, with the strongest effect by the magnesium fluoride (MgF2) NPs and the SrF2-MgO nanocomposite.http://ref.scielo.org/yfr3f

Endovascular management of massive post-partum haemorrhage in abnormal placental implantation deliveries

Objectives: To retrospectively evaluate safety and efficacy of pelvic artery embolisation (PAE) in post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) in abnormal placental implantation (API) deliveries. Methods: From January 2009 to November 2013, 12 patients with API and intractable intraoperative PPH underwent PAE after caesarean delivery to control a haemorrhage (in four of these cases after hysterectomy). Arterial access was obtained prior to the delivery; PAE was performed in the obstetrics operating room by an interventional radiologist that was present with an interventional radiology (IR) team during the delivery. Results: PAE was successful in preventing bleeding and avoid hysterectomy in four cases (group A). Uterine atony and disseminated intravascular coagulation caused failure of PAE requiring hysterectomy in four patients (group B). PAE prevented bleeding post-hysterectomy in the remaining four cases (group C). Technical success (cessation of contrast extravasation on angiography or occlusion of the selected artery) was 100 %. Maternal and foetal mortality and morbidity were 0 %. Conclusions: PAE is a minimal invasive technique that may help to prevent hysterectomy and control PPH in API pregnancies without complications. Embolisation should be performed on an emergency basis. For such cases, an IR team on standby in the obstetrics theatre may be useful to prevent hysterectomy, blood loss and limit morbidity. Key Points: • Endovascular treatment is a validated technique in post-partum haemorrhage. • Abnormal placental implantation is a risk factor for post-partum haemorrhage. • We propose an interventional radiologist standby in the delivery room. © 2015, European Society of Radiology

Co-creating an Open Government Data Driven Public Service: The Case of Chicago’s Food Inspection Forecasting Model

Large amounts of Open Government Data (OGD) have become available and co-created public services have started to emerge, but there is only limited empirical material available on co-created OGD-driven public services. To address this shortcoming and explore the concept of co-created OGD-driven public services the authors conducted an exploratory case study. The case study explored Chicago’s use of OGD in the co-creation of a predictive analytics model that forecasts critical safety violations at food serving establishments. The results of this exploratory work allowed for new insights to be gained on co-created OGD-driven public services and led to the identification of six factors that seem to play a key role in allowing for a OGD-driven public service to be co-created. The results of the initial work also provide valuable new information that can be used to aid in the development and improvement of the authors’ conceptual model for understanding co-created OGD-driven public service

Indagini sui sedimenti del Lago Maggiore. Campionamento, preparazione dei campioni e datazione

Not availableIndagini su DDT e sostanze pericolose nell\u27ecosistema del Lago Maggiore. Programma 2013-2015. Rapporto annuale 2014 - Indagini sui sedimenti del Lago Maggiore. Campionamento, preparazione dei campioni e datazion