The purpose of the article is to assess the quality of management of sports clubs for the disabled applying the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a quality ...self-assessment tool, which allows: 1) to introduce the principles of total quality management to the public administration and to gradually get acquainted with them; 2) to encourage organisations of the public sector to carry out self-assessment for better understanding of themselves and agreeing on the activities for improvement; 3) to integrate a variety of quality management models; 4) to facilitate the comparative analysis of the activities of the public sector organisation. Based on the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), a quantitative study was carried out. This research used the method of simple random sampling, i.e. every sports club in Lithuania has an equal chance of being selected. The sample size was 45 sports clubs in Lithuania. The findings of the qualitative aspects of management of sports clubs for the disabled show the need for more efficient management of financial resources, increase in service uniqueness and adaptability in terms of investment, much greater individualization of work with the disabled, development of partnerships with other organisations when implementing joint projects, openness to ideas, pursuit for recognition, since the provided services have an impact on the quality of life of the disabled; they acquire healthy lifestyle skills, social skills, manage to be initiative and creative, are able to ensure higher quality of communication and cooperation.
Holistic Approach about Leisure Industry Mikalauskas, Rimantas; Kaspariene, Jurgita
Transformations in Business & Economics,
01/2016, Volume:
15, Issue:
2B
Journal Article
The purpose of this article is to examine understanding of leisure industry, that is a complex concept with different meanings depending on the people, place, and time. Defining it requires journeys ...to different scientific approaches and positions. In article is analysed leisure with the different components, sectors and types of leisure industry. Exist individual, social and economic leisure functions. Leisure contributes to the social, cultural and economic development of individuals, communities, cities and countries and enhances the human condition while contributing to a variety of human experiences. There are Health, Social, Community, Environment and Economic benefits of Leisure. Main components of Leisure industry are: Sport and Physical Activity, Arts and Entertainment, Tourism (Heritage, Visitor Attractions), Countryside Recreation, Home-Based Leisure, Catering, Shopping (Clothes etc.). Afterwards, is summarized leisure's contemporary meaning according to its most common connotations. Throughout the chapter's discussion, is noticed that leisure has multiple, and even contradictory meanings. web URL: http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/38b/article/holi
Current literature on sport events and tourist destinations is still largely in its infancy, where the majority of studies still have not been conducted in investigating and documenting the role and ...impact of tourists' involvement and emotions on sport events. Furthermore, tourist destination image is defined as the sum of beliefs, ideas and impressions a tourist has on a certain destination. For these reasons, sport tourists cannot take future decisions in sport events without a prior evaluation of how the emotions, involvement and image of tourist destinations will influence their decision. The paper emphasizes the impact of globalization which itself progressively diminishes and resolves the potential and real borders and barriers, makes influence on understanding of destination and involvement. The concept of destination involvement describes different attitudes a tourist can have towards a destination: from a limited involvement qualified as awareness, to deeper types of involvement, indicated as attraction, attachment and, finally, allegiance explaining about the relation between sport events and destination image and taking into account various stages of understanding the tourist involvement process. The theoretical analysis suggests that a branding extension approach could be a feasible strategy to strengthen the image of sport events. Other two approaches, i.e. co branding and brand feature approach have been proposed in literature on the basis of the distinctiveness of sporting event brand and destination brand.
Today, only modern organizations can compete in the national, European and global market, as they develop knowledge, or use of scientific and technical progress in modernizing jobs, basically ...increasing productivity, reducing production costs, the staff is regularly taught new ways of working, developing co-operation in the national and the international market, they are able to adapt to the constantly changing environment. Aim of article was to identify the main factors affecting the competitiveness of services of sports clubs. The paper identifies major internal and external factors influencing the competitiveness of the services provided by sports clubs. Internal factors were factor and demand conditions, related and servicing industries (clusters), the company structure, strategy and competition, manager/strategy developer, corporate image and service quality. External factors were the role of the government, opportunities and international business, social and economic factors. The main reasons for the importance of internal factors affecting the competitiveness of sports club services are the clients' personal interests and meeting their social needs, and the importance of the external factors is determined by the state and the values established in the society. The practical model of factors affecting the competitiveness of the services provided by sports clubs was developed in the order of their priority. The model of factors affecting the competitiveness of the services provided by sports clubs reflects the internal and external competitive environment of sports clubs services. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Skirtingu laikotarpiu valstybės vaidmuo ekonomikoje buvo nevienodas, o XX a. buvo užfiksuotas spartus jo augimas: praėjusio amžiaus pabaigoje EBPO šalyse buvo perskirstoma beveik pusė sukuriamo ...bendrojo vidaus produkto (Tanzi, Schuknecht, 2000). Ekonomistų B. Snowdon ir H. R. Vane (2005) teigimu, tokį spartų vyriausybės įtakos ekonomikai augimą XX a. lėmė keletas veiksnių, iš kurių galima išskirti šiuos: dviejų pasaulinių karų įtaka, Didžioji depresija ir po jos sekusi Keinsistinė revoliucija, Šaltojo karo metu augusios karinės išlaidos, teigiamas požiūris į pajamų perskirstymą siekiant didesnės lygybės, gerovės valstybės koncepcijos įsitvirtinimas, ir bendras to meto ekonomistų pritarimas idėjai, kad rinka, kaip ribotų išteklių paskirstymo ir poreikių tenkinimo sistema, turi daug trūkumų. Nesigilinant atskirai į kiekvieno iš aukščiau paminėtų veiksnių svorį galima konstatuoti, kad ženkliai išaugo vyriausybės ekonominė įtaka ir kartu galimybė politikams pasinaudoti ja: valdančiosios partijos linkusios skatinti ekonomikos augimą prieš rinkimus tam, kad būtų perrinktos (Tuinstra, 2000).
Minėta politikų galimybė manipuliuoti ekonomine politika prieš rinkimus tapo mokslinių tyrimų objektu praėjusio amžiaus aštuntajame dešimtmetyje pasirodžius W. Nordhaus (1975) ir A. Lindbeck (1976) straipsniams, kurie laikomi politinių ekonominių ciklų paradigmos formavimosi pradžia. Straipsniui yra keliamas tikslas aptarti šį politinių ekonominių ciklų paradigmos formavimąsi ir kartu pateikti ekonometrinį modelį, kuriuo būtų galima patikrinti politinių ekonominių ciklų egzistavimo galimybę Baltijos šalyse – Lietuvoje, Latvijoje ir Estijoje. Keliamas tikslas formavo straipsnio struktūrą.
Pirmojoje straipsnio dalyje autoriai nuosekliai apžvelgia politinių ekonominių ciklų paradigmos formavimąsi iki racionaliųjų lūkesčių kritikos ir po jos. Jei W. Nordhaus (1975) pristatydamas savo oportunistinį politinių ciklų modelį teigė, kad valdančioji partija įgyvendina tokią ekonominę politiką, kuri maksimizuoja balsų daugumą sekančiuose rinkimuose, tai D. Hibbs (1977) pateikė partizaninį politinių ciklų modelį, kuris rėmėsi idėja, jog politinės partijos veikia ne oportunistiškai, bet vadovaudamosi savo ideologija. Tačiau nei vieno iš šių dviejų pirmosios kartos politinių ekonominių ciklų modelių nepavyko vienareikšmiškai patvirtinti empiriškai. Be to, aštuntajame dešimtmetyje prasidėjusi Lucas racionalių lūkesčių teorijos revoliucija makroekonomikoje sudavė smūgį tradiciniams politinių ciklų modeliams, kadangi racionalių lūkesčių hipotezė reiškia, kad rinkėjai orientuojasi į ateitį ir negali būti nuolatos sistemingai kvailinami (Snowdon, Vane, 2005). Dėl šios racionalių lūkesčių kritikos teorinėje politinių verslo ciklų literatūroje nebuvo jokios esminės pažangos iki devintojo dešimtmečio vidurio, kuomet vėl pradėti plėtoti politinių ciklų tyrimai į modelius įtraukus prielaidą dėl rinkėjų racionalumo. A. Cukierman ir A. H. Meltzer (1986), K. S. Rogoff ir A. Sibert (1988), K
Straipsnyje pristatomos teorinės universitetų neatitikimo tradicinei organizacijai prielaidos, taip pat išryškinamas universitetų veiklos neadekvatumas globalios informacinės visuomenės realijoms. ...Autoriai pateikia šiuolaikines universitetų funkcionavimo rinkoje struktūras bei galimus mechanizmus.
The paper presents theoretical assumptions of the university’s, as a traditional organization, inadequacy to the realia of global information society. The authors present modern structures and mechanisms for universities to function in the market.
The paper performed comparative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends and climate change mitigation policies in the fuel combustion sector of selected EU member states with similar ...economic development levels and historical pasts, and implementing main EU energy and climate change mitigation policies, having achieved different success in GHG emission reduction. The impact of climate change mitigation policies on GHG emission reduction was assessed based on analysis of countries’ reports to UNFCCC by identifying the key areas of GHG emission reduction, their GHG emission reduction potential, and the driving forces behind them. The study revealed that climate change mitigation policies that have been implemented so far in Bulgaria are less efficient than in Lithuania, as Bulgaria places priorities not on energy efficiency improvement and penetration of renewable energy sources, but on switching from coal to natural gas. The policy implications for strengthening GHG emissions reduction efforts are provided based on analysis conducted.
Burnout is a syndrome of depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and low personal accomplishment. Little is known about burnout in physicians. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of ...burnout among anesthetists and intensive care physicians, and associations between burnout and personal, as well as professional, characteristics.
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