The purpose of this research is to measure the impact of data literacy on psychological empowerment in workplace for newly employed graduates. Since data play an increasingly important role in our lives, including the work environment, it incites research on whether data literacy skills, those related to collecting, processing, analyzing, and effectively communicating information retrieved from data models have a significant role in the psychological empowerment of alumni in the labor market. Statistical analysis methods were used to measure the correlation between indicators of data literacy and the psychological empowerment of alumni in their work. Competencies in using data models affect the self-efficacy of newly employed alumni at the workplace, mostly in terms of data-driven communication. The findings were discussed in the context of the increasing significance of the data librarian role as a possible method of supporting students and alumni via librarians who are now more involved in creating the educational outcomes of a given college or university.
Purpose/Thesis: The paper aims to introduce practical applications of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), developed by the Israeli physicist Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Special attention is paid to the TOC-derived project management methodology called the Critical Chain Concept, seldom yet successfully applied in business practice. An attempt to have TOC implemented in the management of an infobrokering project is reported. Approach/Methods: Two methods were applied: (1) a critical review of the literature on the subject, (2) a case study for the purpose of which both a participatory and non-participatory observation was pursued, as well as a review and appraisal of the existing documentation reflecting the successive stages of the infobrokering project, along with an in-depth interview. Results and conclusions: The case study indicates that TOC, especially the critical chain concept, boasts an appreciable potential in optimising infobrokering projects, as it allows to: (1) expose the concealed, deep-rooted, and disadvantageous routines in project implementation, (2) identify the inherent constraints in the project, not so much in terms of embarrassing errors (blunders), but rather as the non-removable events/components, axiologically indifferent, yet requiring remedial measures, (3) realise that the factors routinely deemed conducive may in fact prove the actual constraints themselves, (4) enhance overall executive effectiveness by identifying and strengthening the weakest link in the project processes, (5) achieve improvements in the company’s performance without incurring significant expenditure. Originality/Value: There are no published Polish studies focusing strictly on TOC in terms of information science perspective. The present paper is meant to partially address this deficit with regard to the practice of infobrokering.
Uwarunkowania udostępniania danych badawczych przez polskich humanistów. Rekonesans WstępOtwarty dostęp do danych badawczych (Open Research Data -ORD) jest jednym z warunków rzetelności badań naukowych, kanałem dyfuzji odkryć i czynnikiem współkształtującym doskonałość akademicką 1 . Celowe jest zatem jak najpełniejsze rozpoznanie uwarunkowań osobowych skłaniających lub zniechęcających naukowców do dobrowolnego dzielenia się własnym dorobkiem w postaci danych badawczych. Taki zamiar przyświeca zrelacjonowanemu w tym artykule projektowi badawczemu, w którym postawiono pytanie: jak sposób postrzegania własnych danych badawczych przez polskich humanistów wpływa na ich wolę udostępniania tych danych w duchu ORD? Omówiono wyniki pierwszego członu trójfazowego badania obejmującego:(1) rozpoznawcze badanie fenomenograficzne na grupie polskich badaczy reprezentujących dyscypliny humanistyczne, (2) analogiczne badanie techniką wywiadów fokusowych z udziałem naukowców z różnych dyscyplin, (3) badanie ilościowe metodą sondażową za pomocą ankiety online. Dwa pierwsze człony badania, o charakterze jakościowym, mają służyć ustaleniu problemów szczegółowych, o które autorka będzie pytać respondentów w ankiecie zamykającej. Przyjęcie metodologii mieszanej i rozpoczęcie badania od indukcyjnej eksploracji jakościowej miało na celu uniknięcie
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