The Development and Implementation of a Low-Cost Mechanical Ventilator in a Low-Middle-Income Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Unisabana-HERONS
This article provides in a descriptive manner the main topics that links globalization with the i... more This article provides in a descriptive manner the main topics that links globalization with the internationalization of higher education and also shows how the concept of skills introduced in higher education since the 1990s, becomes a key factor in the internationalization of curriculum. This concept facilitates the pedagogical communication and its integration to institutional networks. Cultural, social and epistemological true differences are respected by this scope in the Higher Education context in several levels, e.g. regional and local ones, as well.
El presente articulo se orienta a mostrar los principales resultados de una investigacion desarro... more El presente articulo se orienta a mostrar los principales resultados de una investigacion desarrollada desde las facultades de ingenieria y de educacion, de la Universidad de La Sabana,Chia (Colombia). La investigacion esta soportada en tecnicas cualitativas para el analisis de la informacion y partio de la elaboracion de un estado del arte sobre internacionalizacion del curriculo en educacion superior, como respuesta a los retos que impone la globalizacion en la formacion del profesional del siglo XXI. A partir del marco teorico se formularon las principales tendencias en materia de internacionalizacion desde el enfoque academico-curricular. Finalmente, a traves de un ejercicio descriptivo-explicativo se establecio si las propuestas curriculares de los programas de ingenieria industrial en Colombia respondian a dichas tendencias.
• After Taylor and Ford's approaches, the Japanese industry, with its main leading exponent Toyot... more • After Taylor and Ford's approaches, the Japanese industry, with its main leading exponent Toyota, showed that it is possible to have a greater level of fl exibility and productivity through its principles of "just in time, versatility of labor, any inventory, continuous fl ow production and continuous improvement. Diversity of concepts, proposals and even philosophies have arisen from the original ideas of Taiichi Ohno and his associates, however, when they are going to be implemented in a organization its key essence is lost. The purpose of this paper, result of a review of the literature on continuous improvement systems, is to show how different approaches developed around the Toyota Production System interact. At the same time to emphasize in their common and decisive points to consider in its implementation. For this task, it has to be turned to original concepts of the leading authors such as Taiichi Ohno, Masaaki Imai, Hiroyuki Hirano, Shigeo Shingo, James Womack and Daniel Jones. All of them known such as gurus in the fi eld of continuous improvement. Thus, this article contributes to a holistic understanding on continuous improvement systems implementation. As a conclusion, besides the wasting considered the focus of attention of different approaches, there is also a general interest in engaging staff in improvement programs through the change of habits, permanent staff training in the improvement fundamentals and techniques, leaving behind the vicious circle that links continuous improvement with a condition of lacking work, and fi nally motivate a change of mind, create a climate of trust before starting to implement a continuous improvement program. In this sense, the management processes and the learning of employees working in harmony are two aspects that lead an organization to improve in both: productivity as competitiveness.
Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business... more Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational, and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context. Design/methodology/approach: The data collected is from 120 companies of different sizes and 13 different industrial sectors such as food, energy, health, financial services, and logistics in Colombia. The design of multivariate logistic regression is to identify the critical aspects of the continuous improvement practices that significantly affect the dimensions of business sustainability. Findings: The analysis shows that from continuous improvement aspects (system and teams), employee involvement, human talent maintenance, training, and evaluation accompanied by feedback impact business sustainability. These elements impact financial and operational dimensions significantly but in the environmental and social aspects with less intensity. Research limitations/implications: Research is limited to the general sustainability analysis applying resource-based strategy in Colombia. Practical implications: Generate overall awareness of the importance of the equilibrium of sustainability dimensions in strategic planning and implementation in emerging economies. Originality/value: This work applies an empirical study to establish the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on each of the business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational, and financial) in companies of emerging economies.
Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering, 2014
The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool tha... more The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool that prepares companies and workers to implement continuous improvement programs. This methodology encourages worker participation in different steps in order to reach consensus in the organization. In addition, the application of LFA improves the capabilities of workers in areas such as participatory analysis, problem analysis and objectives analysis. These capabilities are necessary in any continuous improvement program. The paper also presents the results of applying LFA in two different companies.
Los sistemas de mejora continua y el despilfarro: la continuación de la obra de Taylor
Después de los planteamientos de Taylor y Ford, la industria japonesa, con su principal exponente... more Después de los planteamientos de Taylor y Ford, la industria japonesa, con su principal exponente Toyota, demostró que es posible tener un mayor nivel de flexibilidad y productividad a través de sus principios de Just in Time, polivalencia de la mano de obra, cero inventarios, ...
El presente artículo presenta los principales temas que relacionan la globalización con la intern... more El presente artículo presenta los principales temas que relacionan la globalización con la internacionalización de la educación superior y muestra cómo el concepto de competencias, introducido en la educación superior desde la década de los noventa, se convierte en un factor clave para la internacionalización del currículo, pues facilita la comunicación pedagógica, la integración en redes institucionales y, a la vez, respeta y promueve las legítimas diferencias culturales, sociales y epistemológicas a las que responde la educación superior en cada contexto regional o local.
Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business... more Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context.Design/methodology/approach: The data collected is from 120 companies of different sizes and 13 different industrial sectors such as food, energy, health, financial services, and logistics in Colombia. The design of multivariate logistic regression is to identify the critical aspects of the continuous improvement practices that significantly affect the dimensions of business sustainability.Findings: The analysis shows that from continuous improvement aspects (system and teams), employee involvement, human talent maintenance, training, and evaluation accompanied by feedback impact business sustainability. These elements impact financial and operational dimensions significantly but in the environmental and social aspects wi...
This paper corresponds to a description of the curriculum process management approach developed a... more This paper corresponds to a description of the curriculum process management approach developed at the Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Particularly, we present the design basis of a form of efficient management of curricula based on Shewhart’s PDCA Cycle of continuous improvement of processes, providing a coherent set of alternatives that allows not only a design of a solid performance curriculum management but also an organized and systematic way of measuring and improving all its components.
The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool tha... more The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool that prepares companies and workers to implement continuous improvement programs. This methodology encourages worker participation in different steps in order to reach consensus in the organization. In addition, the application of LFA improves the capabilities of workers in areas such as participatory analysis, problem analysis and objectives analysis. These capabilities are necessary in any continuous improvement program. The paper also presents the results of applying LFA in two different companies.
The Development and Implementation of a Low-Cost Mechanical Ventilator in a Low-Middle-Income Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Unisabana-HERONS
This article provides in a descriptive manner the main topics that links globalization with the i... more This article provides in a descriptive manner the main topics that links globalization with the internationalization of higher education and also shows how the concept of skills introduced in higher education since the 1990s, becomes a key factor in the internationalization of curriculum. This concept facilitates the pedagogical communication and its integration to institutional networks. Cultural, social and epistemological true differences are respected by this scope in the Higher Education context in several levels, e.g. regional and local ones, as well.
El presente articulo se orienta a mostrar los principales resultados de una investigacion desarro... more El presente articulo se orienta a mostrar los principales resultados de una investigacion desarrollada desde las facultades de ingenieria y de educacion, de la Universidad de La Sabana,Chia (Colombia). La investigacion esta soportada en tecnicas cualitativas para el analisis de la informacion y partio de la elaboracion de un estado del arte sobre internacionalizacion del curriculo en educacion superior, como respuesta a los retos que impone la globalizacion en la formacion del profesional del siglo XXI. A partir del marco teorico se formularon las principales tendencias en materia de internacionalizacion desde el enfoque academico-curricular. Finalmente, a traves de un ejercicio descriptivo-explicativo se establecio si las propuestas curriculares de los programas de ingenieria industrial en Colombia respondian a dichas tendencias.
• After Taylor and Ford's approaches, the Japanese industry, with its main leading exponent Toyot... more • After Taylor and Ford's approaches, the Japanese industry, with its main leading exponent Toyota, showed that it is possible to have a greater level of fl exibility and productivity through its principles of "just in time, versatility of labor, any inventory, continuous fl ow production and continuous improvement. Diversity of concepts, proposals and even philosophies have arisen from the original ideas of Taiichi Ohno and his associates, however, when they are going to be implemented in a organization its key essence is lost. The purpose of this paper, result of a review of the literature on continuous improvement systems, is to show how different approaches developed around the Toyota Production System interact. At the same time to emphasize in their common and decisive points to consider in its implementation. For this task, it has to be turned to original concepts of the leading authors such as Taiichi Ohno, Masaaki Imai, Hiroyuki Hirano, Shigeo Shingo, James Womack and Daniel Jones. All of them known such as gurus in the fi eld of continuous improvement. Thus, this article contributes to a holistic understanding on continuous improvement systems implementation. As a conclusion, besides the wasting considered the focus of attention of different approaches, there is also a general interest in engaging staff in improvement programs through the change of habits, permanent staff training in the improvement fundamentals and techniques, leaving behind the vicious circle that links continuous improvement with a condition of lacking work, and fi nally motivate a change of mind, create a climate of trust before starting to implement a continuous improvement program. In this sense, the management processes and the learning of employees working in harmony are two aspects that lead an organization to improve in both: productivity as competitiveness.
Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business... more Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational, and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context. Design/methodology/approach: The data collected is from 120 companies of different sizes and 13 different industrial sectors such as food, energy, health, financial services, and logistics in Colombia. The design of multivariate logistic regression is to identify the critical aspects of the continuous improvement practices that significantly affect the dimensions of business sustainability. Findings: The analysis shows that from continuous improvement aspects (system and teams), employee involvement, human talent maintenance, training, and evaluation accompanied by feedback impact business sustainability. These elements impact financial and operational dimensions significantly but in the environmental and social aspects with less intensity. Research limitations/implications: Research is limited to the general sustainability analysis applying resource-based strategy in Colombia. Practical implications: Generate overall awareness of the importance of the equilibrium of sustainability dimensions in strategic planning and implementation in emerging economies. Originality/value: This work applies an empirical study to establish the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on each of the business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational, and financial) in companies of emerging economies.
Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering, 2014
The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool tha... more The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool that prepares companies and workers to implement continuous improvement programs. This methodology encourages worker participation in different steps in order to reach consensus in the organization. In addition, the application of LFA improves the capabilities of workers in areas such as participatory analysis, problem analysis and objectives analysis. These capabilities are necessary in any continuous improvement program. The paper also presents the results of applying LFA in two different companies.
Los sistemas de mejora continua y el despilfarro: la continuación de la obra de Taylor
Después de los planteamientos de Taylor y Ford, la industria japonesa, con su principal exponente... more Después de los planteamientos de Taylor y Ford, la industria japonesa, con su principal exponente Toyota, demostró que es posible tener un mayor nivel de flexibilidad y productividad a través de sus principios de Just in Time, polivalencia de la mano de obra, cero inventarios, ...
El presente artículo presenta los principales temas que relacionan la globalización con la intern... more El presente artículo presenta los principales temas que relacionan la globalización con la internacionalización de la educación superior y muestra cómo el concepto de competencias, introducido en la educación superior desde la década de los noventa, se convierte en un factor clave para la internacionalización del currículo, pues facilita la comunicación pedagógica, la integración en redes institucionales y, a la vez, respeta y promueve las legítimas diferencias culturales, sociales y epistemológicas a las que responde la educación superior en cada contexto regional o local.
Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business... more Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context.Design/methodology/approach: The data collected is from 120 companies of different sizes and 13 different industrial sectors such as food, energy, health, financial services, and logistics in Colombia. The design of multivariate logistic regression is to identify the critical aspects of the continuous improvement practices that significantly affect the dimensions of business sustainability.Findings: The analysis shows that from continuous improvement aspects (system and teams), employee involvement, human talent maintenance, training, and evaluation accompanied by feedback impact business sustainability. These elements impact financial and operational dimensions significantly but in the environmental and social aspects wi...
This paper corresponds to a description of the curriculum process management approach developed a... more This paper corresponds to a description of the curriculum process management approach developed at the Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Particularly, we present the design basis of a form of efficient management of curricula based on Shewhart’s PDCA Cycle of continuous improvement of processes, providing a coherent set of alternatives that allows not only a design of a solid performance curriculum management but also an organized and systematic way of measuring and improving all its components.
The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool tha... more The main objective of this paper is to present the logical framework approach (LFA) as a tool that prepares companies and workers to implement continuous improvement programs. This methodology encourages worker participation in different steps in order to reach consensus in the organization. In addition, the application of LFA improves the capabilities of workers in areas such as participatory analysis, problem analysis and objectives analysis. These capabilities are necessary in any continuous improvement program. The paper also presents the results of applying LFA in two different companies.
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