Operational improvement programs and humanitarian operations

Dora, Manoj; Kumar, Maneesh

doi:10.1080/09537287.2020.1834137

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“…Research in humanitarian operation management has received expanding attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, two significant gaps can be observed from the current research; first, a large number of the studies concentrate on supply chain aspects of crisis operation management to get all the essential materials to the beneficiaries as immediately as possible (Manoj and Maneesh, 2020), and second, there is limited evidence of research on the understanding of the best response for the COVID-19-affected refugees while the usual response policies such as the basic public health measures, social distancing, proper hand hygiene and self-isolation cannot be easily implemented or are extremely difficult to apply in refugee camps (Kluge et al, 2020). Therefore, a simulation model has been developed to study the COVID-19 impact on different aspects of refugees and consider all the possible responses to evaluate the best policy in this special case with the existence limitation.…”

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The COVID-19 epidemic and evaluating the corresponding responses to crisis management in refugees: a system dynamic approach

Allahi

Fateh

Revetria

et al. 2021

JHLSCM

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic is a new crisis in the world that caused many restrictions, from personal life to social and business. In this situation, the most vulnerable groups such as refugees who are living in the camps are faced with more serious problems. Therefore, a system dynamic approach has been developed to evaluate the effect of applying different scenarios to find out the best response to COVID-19 to improve refugees’ health and education.Design/methodology/approachThe interaction of several health and education factors during an epidemic crisis among refugees leads to behavioral responses that consequently make the crisis control a complex problem. This research has developed an SD model based on the SIER model that responds to the public health and education system of Syrian refugees in Turkey affected by the COVID-19 virus and considered three policies of isolation, social distance/hygiene behavior and financial aid using the available data from various references.FindingsThe findings from the SD simulation results of applying three different policies identify that public health and education systems can increase much more by implementing the policy of social distance/hygiene behavior, and it has a significant impact on the control of the epidemic in comparison with the other two responses.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to humanitarian organizations, governments and refugees by discussing useful insights. Implementing the policy of social distance and hygiene behavior policies would help in a sharp reduction of death in refugees group. and public financial support has improved distance education during this pandemic.

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The COVID-19 epidemic and evaluating the corresponding responses to crisis management in refugees: a system dynamic approach

Allahi

Fateh

Revetria

et al. 2021

JHLSCM

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“…Further, better general health conditions over the last few decades have resulted in increases in retirement age (Osborne, 2021; Yi, Ribbens, Fu & Cheng, 2015). Moreover, developing a culture capable of attracting and retaining employees of all generations is critical during a period of mass resignations (Drinkwater, 2021) that has characterized the post‐pandemic era, where the availability of a workforce can pose a crucial threat to the production and processes (Dora & Kumar, 2022), especially in the services sector, in which human resources are the most valuable asset to organizations. Hence, our work teases out this substantial consideration of performance and process effects related to generational categories.…”

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Examining generational differences as a moderator of extreme‐context perception and its impact on work alienation organizational outcomes: Implications for the workplace and remote work transformation

Mahmoud,

Berman,

Reisel

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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There is no doubt that extreme contexts (e.g., war zones and pandemics) represent substantial disruptions that force many companies to rethink the way they do business. With so much of the workforce now working remotely and concerns about resulting work alienation, we must ask this question: How can this be translated into the generational divide in workplaces based in extreme contexts? Using COVID‐19 as an example trigger of extreme‐context experience, therefore, we investigate generation as a moderator of the effects of extreme‐context perception upon anxiety leading to alienation with subsequent behavioral outcomes on job insecurity, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). A time‐lagged survey procedure yielded 219 valid responses from a three‐generation sample of employees working in multiple service organizations. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM). Our analysis suggested that intense extreme‐context perception led to elevated anxiety and alienation, which, in turn, heightened job insecurity and worsened job satisfaction and OCB outcomes. Finally, during the experience of extreme‐context times, generation was found to moderate our model, such that both Generation Y and Generation Z experienced higher anxiety due to extreme‐context perception and hence higher job insecurity due to alienation compared with Generation X respondents. Our results endorse the criticality of implementing agile and generationally non‐sectarian management for effectively functioning generationally diverse workforces in pandemic times.

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“…As the nature of disasters and their induced risk to supply chains is different, the nature of barriers posed by the different disasters can be different (Cozzolino, 2012 ; Dohale et al, 2021 ; Dohale, Ambilkar, et al, 2021 ; Dohale, Gunasekaran, et al, 2021 ; Dohale, Gunasekaran, et al, 2021 ; Dohale, Verma, et al, 2021 ; Dohale, Verma, et al, 2021 ). Pandemics are the unique kind of disasters that creates a negative impact on a massive multi-country or worldwide scale, which may or may not be observed during natural disaster (Dora & Kumar, 2020 ; Thompson & Anderson, 2021 ). Although the set of barriers to HSC operations may be similar, but their nature and impact variers as per the type of disaster.…”

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Examining the barriers to operationalization of humanitarian supply chains: lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis

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Humanitarian supply chains (HSC) have vital significance in mitigating different disruptive supply chain risks caused due to natural or man-made activities such as tsunami, earthquakes, flooding, warfare, or the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Each kind of disaster poses a unique set of challenges to the operationalization of HSC. This study attempts to determine the critical barriers to the operationalization of HSC in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, we determined and validated 10 critical barriers to HSC operationalization through a Delphi method. Further, we analyzed the barriers by computing the driving and dependence power of each barrier to determine the most critical ones. To do so, we coined a distinct form of interpretive structural modeling (ISM) by amalgamating it with the neutrosophic approach, i.e. Neutrosophic ISM. The findings indicate, “lack of Government subsidies and support, lack of skilled and experienced rescuers, and lack of technology usage” are the most critical barriers that influence the streamline operations of HSC during the COVID-19 outbreak, unlike other disruptions. This is the first-of-its-kind research work that has identified and analyzed the critical barriers to HSC operationalization during COVID-19 in the Indian context. The results and recommendations of the study can aid policymakers and HSC professionals in formulating suitable strategies for successful HSC operations. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10479-022-04752-x.

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Operational improvement programs and humanitarian operations

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

The COVID-19 epidemic and evaluating the corresponding responses to crisis management in refugees: a system dynamic approach

The COVID-19 epidemic and evaluating the corresponding responses to crisis management in refugees: a system dynamic approach

Examining generational differences as a moderator of extreme‐context perception and its impact on work alienation organizational outcomes: Implications for the workplace and remote work transformation

Examining the barriers to operationalization of humanitarian supply chains: lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis

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