This master thesis is showing the humanitarian logistics as a complex and important part of the humanitarian response. The theoretical part explains the specifics of a humanitarian environment and compares humanitarian and enterprise logistics. A part of the theory is focused on the international humanitarian response of the Czech Republic and its financial aspects. The application part of the thesis analyses each phase of the humanitarian supply chain with practical examples and is followed by instruments of the enterprise logistics that can be applied on humanitarian sector and that help to optimize the humanitarian supply chain and enhance the efficiency of the response in emergencies. The thesis provides the reader with two case studies from the field built on the experience of the logisticians from two international non-governmental organizations and with an assessment of these according to the aforementioned instruments.

The thesis focuses mainly on OLAP technology and its tools using to analyze corporate data. One of the objectives is to define the analytical tools market and provide an overview which shows the current situation concerning those tools on Business Intelligence (BI) market. Another objective is to obtain an overview of some current and future trends in the BI market. The main purpose of the thesis is to create a "methodology" for solving an BI analytical tasks using analytical services in SQL Server 2008 R2 from Microsoft. To achieve these objectives a theoretical analysis of available resources and, in particular consultation with employees of Clever Decision company is used. The main contribution of this work is the development of analytical database itself, which is divided into separate phases where each phase contains best practices and recommendations, including examples.

Customer satisfaction is one of the hot topics also for a successfull Czech car producer ŠKODA AUTO a.s. This diploma thesis titled: Identification of best practices for customer satisfaction at ŠKODA AUTO a.s., analyses customer satisfaction management of sales and evaluates the applicability of proposed improvement process measurements.

Magister Artium (Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science) - MA(SRES) / Football around the globe has been used as a vehicle for youth development initiatives. Youth development programmes foster social change in communities and provide an ideal development context that often results in active sport participation. In South Africa, there are a number of youth development programmes that not only use football, but also other sporting codes to implement and create sustainable youth development programmes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore best practices in youth development programmes of selected football academies in the Western Cape

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In the context of the high unemployment and poverty rates in South Africa, this research was undertaken to explore the best practices of successful international public works programmes (PWPs) around the world. The aim was to develop a strategy for poverty alleviation and job creation with respect to the infrastructure sector of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in South Africa. The purpose of the EPWP is to make the unemployed more employable through offering beneficiaries temporary employment and training opportunities. In the literature review, the strategy for poverty alleviation and job creation was formulated in terms of the design elements and implementation aspects of PWPs. This strategy was then used to evaluate the infrastructure sector of the EPWP. The data collection took the form of interviews with key informants who are directly involved with the infrastructure sector of the EPWP. The nature of the enquiry was qualitative, with narrative and content analysis used to explore the data. The research found that, overall, the design elements and the implementation aspects of the infrastructure sector of the EPWP are not appropriate for enabling the unemployed to become more employable on a large scale. Based on the international best practices, recommendations were then put forward as improvements which would enable the infrastructure sector of the EPWP to achieve its objectives more effectively. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

Academic and Clinical Partnerships have the potential to positively impact student learning and outcomes and are part of the recommendations from PTE21 study. As academic and clinical partnerships move forward to design and implement changes, preparing the next generation of physical therapists, both process and outcome evaluations must be incorporated in the planning. This interactive session will explore an example for working together in partnership between hospital and classroom. This example will focus on a joint collaboration with an academic and clinical partnership developing a clinical pathway at the hospital in conjunction with development of a specialty pediatrics course surrounding NICU and prematurity. A combination of lecture and small group discussion will be used for both entry-level and post-professional training and attendees will leave with concrete examples of how to implement in their communities.

Objective Safety-net clinics such as health department family planning (HD) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide free or low-cost contraceptive care to low-income and uninsured populations. Integration of contraceptive focused training within safety-net clinics is essential to deliver comprehensive, patient-centered contraceptive care. In SC, HDs receive Title X funding, which requires providing training to staff. However, due to different funding policies, trainings may be less available to FQHC staff which creates gap in care. This study examined perceptions of impact of trainings on overall performance and patient care among safety-net clinics in South Carolina (SC) that received externally funded contraceptive trainings for healthcare providers and clinic staff. The key focus of this study was to identify the perceptions of training among clinical staff and providers in HDs and FQHCs in SC. Our study showed that when equal funding opportunities were provided, it expanded the opportunity of positive impact. Method Key informant interviews were conducted among 58 individuals, 31 HD and 27 FQHC clinic staff and system leaders in 2019. Interview questions assessed the respondent’s perception of trainings on overall performance and patient care. Formal informed consent was obtained before the interview and participation was voluntary. Interviews were conducted privately via phone by study staff at East Tennessee State University. The interview recordings were transcribed and coded with QSR International’s NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software. A codebook was developed, and inter-rater reliability and consensus coding methodologies were utilized to ensure consistency of coding. Results The majority of HD and FQHC respondents identified improved quality of services and infrastructure as positive impacts of provided trainings (N=14 and N=12, respectively). Additionally, four respondents from FQHC sectors mentioned that training increased capacity for contraceptive provision. Challenges with staffing capacity such as not having time for training were mentioned as a negative perception among both sectors. Perception of impact of training on patient care were positive among most respondents (N=44). Most respondents from both sectors indicated improved capacity for patient counseling as a positive impact of training (N=26). Two FQHC respondents mentioned that training led to implementing best practices. Conclusion Positive perception of contraceptive training on overall performance and patient care have been identified throughout this study. Federal funding provides support for training implementation but restrictions in funding due to policy changes and different funding mechanisms limit some clinics. Although external funding provides support; this does not ensure the sustainability of trainings after completion of the funding period which can create gaps in care and contraceptive provision. Future research should focus on training sustainability models such as Train-the-Trainer to ensure continuity of positive impact in local and state levels.

The purpose of this research study was to determine what service attributes were perceived as important factors for a successful Office of Research Administration (ORA) to provide to principal investigators and department administrators. Initially established more than 50 years ago, The Office of Research Administration (ORA) has evolved into an integral component for the fiscal sustainability of many institutions of higher education. Existing performance metrics based on financial measures do not sufficiently capture the quality of the level of service demands placed on the ORA by the two internal user groups. The conceptual basis of the Balanced Scorecard modified for the non-profit sector served as the theoretical framework. The study involved 668 respondents (433 principal investigators and 235 department administrators) from 72 research universities. Principal investigators and department administrators agreed on 18 service items as important performance metrics for successful Offices of Research Administration. However, the two groups did vary somewhat in the degree of importance of these 18 service items. Four services, responding to email and phone messages within 24-48 hours, easy access to forms, and timely setup of the internal award account were identified as priority factors by greater than 90 percent of the principal investigators. In addition to these four items, another six items-trainings for new employees and training updates for existing employees, equal treatment by the ORA, easy access to policies, and promoting a team effort approach to research-were identified as prior factors by greater than 90% of the department administrators. Demographics did not display a significant relationship in the perceptions of either group. Principal investigators did display a higher satisfaction for level of performance for the items of importance, especially related to the priority factors at their current institutions.

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