Business Excellence and Management

Number S.I. 3, 2022

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IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LAGOS STATE

Authors: Nureni Lawal, Dauda Morakinyo, Lukman Olawoyin, Roseline Ojokuku

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Promoting social responsibility through social entrepreneurship has become the key issue in the modern-day business world. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) inclined education has remained the key driver of knowledge required for social entrepreneurship knowledge and skills and its link need x-rayed further. This study therefore examined the implication of ICT on social entrepreneurship education to show the impact it has on social responsibility function of businesses in Lagos state. The study employed survey research design and data was gathered through the primary source with questionnaire circulated 200 respondents purposively selected amongst social entrepreneurially inclined organizations. Pearson Correlation technique was used to analyze responses gathered from the respondents. Findings from the study revealed that introduction of E-learning in the process of skill acquisition and efficient utilization of E-business impact social entrepreneurship at r = 0.886 ≤ 0,005 and r = 0.541 ≤ 0,005 respectively. The study from the forgoing recommends that adequate and effective application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the process of knowledge delivery among social entrepreneurs should be encouraged with a view to improving the standard of living of the populace through increasing social responsibility focus of business organizations.

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

Authors: Cristian Negruțiu

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Food logistics is a critical sub-category, with major implications for society, in which tech entrepreneurs can bring a significant paradigm shift. We will investigate these changes through the concept of green entrepreneurship and by briefly describing the EU strategy called Farm to Fork. In order to demonstrate that the change is already happening, we will present a case study featuring a tech start-up from Romania. The company is a successful application of sustainable entrepreneurship in the logistics and supply chain area and a practical exemplification of the Farm to Fork strategy.

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DOWNSIZING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE ERA OF DISRUPTION AND DIGITALIZATION ON OIL AND GAS SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE UPSTREAM SECTOR OF PT. HALLIBURTON INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA

Authors: Yunita Devi Rahmawati, Siwi Dyah Ratnasari

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The Corona virus, also known as COVID-19, has had a significant impact on several elements in the period of disruption. Digitization enables businesses, industries, and individuals to share information, ideas, expertise, goods, and services while also transforming the workplace into a digital environment. As a result, a number of organizations downsize in order to increase organizational performance, as well as pay attention to the effectiveness of existing leadership in order to assess an organization's level of performance. The goal of this study was to see how downsizing affects organizational performance in the age of disruption and digitalization, as mediated by leadership effectiveness. The participants in this study were 85 PT. Halliburton Indonesia managers (52 persons) and 33 PT. Halliburton Malaysia managers (33 persons). Respondents were given questionnaires to complete, which were used to gather data for the study. The data was analyzed using Smart PLS. The findings revealed that downsizing had a positive and significant impact on leadership effectiveness, a positive and significant impact on organizational performance, a positive and significant impact on leadership effectiveness, and a positive and significant impact on organizational performance via leadership effectiveness as a mediator.

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ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT RISK EVENTS UNDER A COMMON PLATFORM

Authors: Dragoș Danțiș, Ana Gabriela Anuțoiu

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The authors desired to approach inside this study possible risks emerging in different areas of research, like environment and finance. As the ranges of investigation are quite different, the writers have tried to find a common driver in the construction of the message. This has been achieved, by addressing to a shared hierarchical level, under the pyramid of Maslow, the second one linked to safety and security needs. Through the examples provided will be shown that even if the areas of research are different, the risks emerging are linked to infrastructure and / or technological innovation and are impacting on the safety and security areas. Collection of the data has been done through interrogation of dedicated open-source information specific to each field of research, legislation or addressing to specialized reports for the technical findings. Through the examples provided the research will show there may be relevant risks emerging in environment area, when meeting with brown bears or in finance, when facing threats linked to cybercrime and cybersecurity. Readers of this article should understand, that risks may occur based on a probability scale and on the appetite for risk of each one of them. In case of manifestation, the level of research and preparation for that particular case of each person or organization may influence on the impact measure and on the outcomes.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HOSPITALS

Authors: Yasmin A MOBASHER

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Integrated information systems are a fundamental component of companies' activity. The existence of such a system allows a much more correct management of the company's resources, streamlining operations and thus bringing a substantial competitive advantage to those who use it. Health is a vast and complex field in which computerization is useful and necessary in both the public and private areas. In the field of health, hospitals that use such integrated information systems can cover the management of the entire activity, from supply, to the management of patients, staff, tests and procedures or the reporting of diagnoses to insurance companies. The desired end result of the introduction of electronic services in health consists in increasing the quality of services and decreasing the costs of these services, for all those involved: patients, healthcare professionals, medical institutions or insurance companies. This paper aims to analyze the importance of implementing an integrated information system in hospitals from theoretical point of view. It presents the particularities of integrated computer systems for hospitals and it details the components of a hospital integrated system as a useful tool for improving the patient care process and reducing costs in these uncertain times.