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Analyzing the Importance and Performance of Childcare Evaluation System Indicators Using the IPA Technique (IPA기법을 활용한 어린이집 평가제 평가지표의 중요도와 실행도 분석)

  • In Sun Moon;Sung Hee Hong
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.65-79
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    • 2023
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the importance and performance of the evaluation indicators of the childcare center evaluation system among childcare center staff and to find ways to improve the evaluation indicators of the childcare center evaluation system. Methods: A survey was conducted among 296 directors and teachers of childcare centers located in Busan and Gyeongnam. The collected data were analyzed using a paired sample t-test and an IPA analysis with SPSS 23.0 and Excel 2010. Results: There was a difference between the perceived importance and performance of childcare staff for the overall evaluation indicators, and significant differences were found in all areas and nine evaluation indicators except for "childcare environment and operation management". According to the IPA analysis, Health and Safety fell into quadrant 1, Staff into quadrant 2, and Child Care Process, Interaction, Child Care Environment, and Operations into quadrant 3. This distribution resulted in 6 indicators in quadrant 1, 4 in quadrant 2, 7 in quadrant 3, and 1 in quadrant 4. Conclusion/Implications: This study provides essential data for exploring ways to enhance the evaluation indicators of the childcare center evaluation system, with the goal of improving the quality of childcare services. Additionally, it offers policy implications.

A Study on the Application of Web Database for Healthy City Wonju (건강도시 웹데이터베이스 활용방안 연구: 원주시 사례)

  • Nam, Eun-Woo;Park, Jae-Sung;Choe, Eun-Hee;Kim, Gyeong-Na
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.219-229
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to introduce the web database for healthy city Wonju that contains healthy city indicators and materials. It has provided diverse information to public officers who are working on healthy city projects and citizens for monitoring and evaluating the projects, effectively. The web database was made on 2006 and was updated on 2009. The new Web database system was designed for supporting that the staffs of healthy city can manage all data update by themselves. The new Web database encompasses more recent information about health city projects. After identifying users' needs and reasons for modifying the fields of data, we added new indicators to the Web database. Some redundant indicators were deleted based on users' requests. The Web database quality evaluations were performed by using 13 quality evaluations constructs. Through all 13 constructs, less than 20% of study subjects felt that it did not satisfy their needs or expectations. Well developed and verified contents of the Web database for healthy city are very essential and important. The database makes healthy city projects alive by managing and sharing healthy city related data and indicators effectively.

Effects of Wage on FDI Inflows Based on the Threshold of Institutional Quality

  • LEE, Sunhae;JEON, Young-Hoon
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The study aims to analyze effects of wage on FDI inflows based on the threshold of institutional quality in 14 developing economies of Southeast and South Asia over the period from 2000-2017. Research design, data, and methodology: The study applies a fixed effect panel threshold regression. As a proxy for the institutional quality, it uses the six components of Worldwide Governance Indicators or a compound index obtained by an average of the six components. The data were taken from World Bank, the Chinn & Ito Database, and UNCTAD. To the best of our knowledge, no researches so far have considered the threshold of institutional quality in estimating the effect of wage on FDI inflows. Results: The composite index and each component of the six indicators of institutional quality except for voice and accountability, and regulatory quality are found to have nonlinear effects on FDI inflows. When the institutional quality is below the threshold, wage affects FDI inflows negatively. When the institutional quality is above the threshold, however, wage does not significantly affect FDI inflows. Conclusions: The effect of wage on FDI inflows varies depending on whether the institutional quality of the target countries is above or below the threshold.

A study on the ecosystem-based fisheries assessment by quality analysis in Jeonnam marine ranching ecosystem (정량적 분석에 의한 전남바다목장의 생태계 기반 어업평가)

  • Park, Hee Won;Choi, Kwang Ho;Zhang, Chang Ik;Seo, Young Il;Kim, Heeyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.459-468
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    • 2013
  • In the application of the ecosystem-based fisheries assessment Jeonnam marine ranching ecosystem, two fisheries, funnel fishery and trap fishery, were selected as target fisheries. Black seabream, Acanthopagru schlegelii, rock bream, Sebastes inermis, gray mullet, Mugil cephalus, were selected as target species for the funnel fishery, and conger eel, Conger myriaster, was target species for the trap fishery. For assessing indicators of four management objectives, that is the maintenance of sustainability, biodiversity, habitat quality and socio-economic benefits, indicators were selected considering the availability of data, which were 5 indicators for sustainability, 3 indicators for biodiversity, 4 indicators for habitat, 2 indicators for socio-economic benefit. The Objective risk indices for sustainability and biodiversity of two fisheries were estimated at yellow zone, medium risk level. The objective risk indices for habitat and socio-economic benefit were estimated at green zone, safe level. The species risk indices (SRI) were estimated at yellow zone. The fishery risk indices (FRIs) were estimated at 1.143 and 1.400 for funnel net fishery and trap fishery, respectively. Finally the ecosystem risk index estimated at 1.184.

Building Web Database for WHO Healthy City Wonju (원주시 건강도시 웹 데이터베이스 구축)

  • Nam, Eun-Woo;Shin, Taek-Soo;Song, Yea-Li-A;Park, Ki-Soo;Song, Tae-Min;Kim, Min-Kyung;Park, Jae-Sung
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.119-128
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to develop Web database for healthy city that contains healthy city indicators for making city health plans, setting project priorities, monitoring projects, and evaluating healthy city projects, effectively. Using Delphi survey method for identifying indicator domains and indicators, we extracted nine domains with thirty-four healthy city indicators. Based on the appraisals of DB users about the contents of DB, a web database for healthy city Wonju was constructed. We developed a web database system for the purposes of sharing high quality health related data for managing and evaluating healthy city projects. The web database currently provides variety data in the web address, http://healthycity.wonju.go.kr/index.html. The web DB comprised with major healthy city indicators that are the most important indicators, healthy city indicator data that have a variety data set for encompassing all domain areas such as city infrastructure, health medicine, economies, and all other related areas and qualitative data that contains policy reports, research results, healthy city information and all other tips. A database of healthy city is very essential and important because it makes healthy city projects alive by managing and sharing healthy city related data effectively. But we need to fill out some blank cells in DB because there are currently unavailable data for some indicators. In conclusion, we expect the web DB contributes information sharing of healthy city project teams and improving healthy city project quality at Wonju city in Korea.

Developing Evaluation Criteria and Indicators of Decent Forest Jobs (양질의 산림일자리 평가 기준 및 지표 개발)

  • Han, Hee;Bae, Jae Soo;Chang, Chu Youn;Kim, Ki Dong;Jeon, Hyon Sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.107 no.4
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    • pp.446-455
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    • 2018
  • With respect to the quantity, quality and social value of forest jobs, we have developed three major criteria and 11 indicators for evaluating decent forest jobs. The importance and weighted value of the criteria and indicators were investigated through a survey which was conducted on 50 experts involved in Governmental Forest Job Committee, academic and different groups of communities. The 35 experts responded to the survey chose the 'job creation potential' as the most important criterion, and they recognized the 'job quality' has a relatively higher importance than the 'social contribution'. The survey results showed that 'political will' and 'job security' have the highest weighted values among indicators while 'wage level' has the lowest value. The developed criteria and indicators are able to be used as a means of evaluating degree of decent forest jobs for both new and existing jobs.

A study on indicators and reference points for the ecosystem-based resource assessment (생태계 기반 자원평가를 위한 지표와 기준점 연구)

  • Zhang, Chang-Ik;Park, Hee-Won;Lim, Jung-Hyun;Kwon, Hyeok-Chan;Kim, Doo-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.32-49
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    • 2010
  • Ecosystem-based fisheries management requires a holistic assessment of the status of fisheries by integrating fishery ecosystem indicators for management objectives. In this study four objectives were identified such as the maintenance of the sustainability, biodiversity and habitat quality and socio-economic benefits. The ecosystem-based fisheries assessment (EBFA) model to assess fisheries and their resources at the ecosystem level developed for Korean fisheries (Zhang et al., 2009) has a number of indicators for three management objectives. However, it was found that there were some overlapping components among indicators and that there were difficulties in assessing some indicators in the EBFA model. This study identified problems of the approach and suggested more pragmatic and simpler indicators. It also presented alternative reference points to assess indicators and discussed issues associated with the application of the EBFA model to a marine ranching ecosystem. In this study a total of 24 indicators were used for the assessment which included 4 socio-economic indicators. New indicators and reference points were demonstrated by applying it to the Uljin marine ranch.

A Delphi Survey on Performance Indicators of Korean Advanced Practice Nurses (전문간호사 성과지표에 관한 델파이 조사)

  • Kim, Keum Soon;Kang, Ji Yeon;Kim, Bok Ja;Lee, Young Hee;Lee, Eun Nam
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.131-143
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this survey was to identify a set of performance indicators for Korean APNs (Advanced Practice Nurses). Methods: A convenience sample of 78 APNs working in 2 leading hospitals in south Korea participated in the three-round Delphi survey. In the first round, subjects were asked to propose performance indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of their practice. They rated the relevancy of each indicator during the second round. In the final round of survey, subjects rated the relevancy of indicators again in the light of second round's overall results and they also were asked to check on current and future use of indicators. Results: After 5 months of three-round Delphi survey, 60 performance indicators were identified. In regard to relevancy, the 10 highly ranked indicators were patient satisfaction, self-care ability, expertise of service, family satisfaction, nurse satisfaction, satisfaction in nursing education, advanced nursing service count, education for patient/ family, education for nurse, and compliance. Advanced nursing service count, education for patient/ family, and education for nurse are currently used as indicators by more than 70% of respondents. Conclusion: Additional research is needed to identify subsets of performance indicators for specialized areas and to determine the validity and sensitivity of indicators.

A Fundamental Study on the Development of Indicators for the Assessment of Design Quality (건축설계 품질 평가지표 개발을 위한 기초연구)

  • Choi, Yeon-Ju;Yi, June-Seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.584-587
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    • 2006
  • Quality assessment of the building is strongly dependent upon satisfying owner's requirements. To develop indicators for the assessment of design quality, survey on current situation of design process and analysis of Design Quality Indicator(DQI) is performed. The survey revealed that the main cause of frequent design changes is variability feature of owner's requirements. DQI, an indicator developed in UK, questionnaire encompasses questions which are relevant throughout the development stages of a building, and can be used at every key stage of the process. Further research will focus on the development of indicators for the assessment of design quality applicable to Korean market. In addition, research on the visualization method to present assessment results and supporting tools to facilitate assessment will be considered.

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A Study on Analytical Methods of u-Healthcare Services Software Architecture Requirements for Quality Assurance (유-헬스케어 서비스 소프트웨어아키텍쳐 품질확보를 위한 요구사항 분석방법에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Si-Choon;Moon, Song-Chul
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2014
  • All medical information system stakeholders and the environment exists. Medical information systems for development in these environments and non-functional requirements, functional requirements and quality goals are to be met. In order to achieve these goals in a variety of ways currently being made to develop information systems and various applications are emerging. However, the process of developing these health information systems meet the basic requirements and does not consider that from the point of view should not be separate. This study of the development of health information systems related to quality measurement indicators for the analysis software architectures, and medical information, information quality evaluation of service quality information associated indicators evaluation are offered. This way of associated indicators for the quality of the output sum and analyze the trends in software architecture u-Healthcare should be available for assessment. Quality score compared with pre-set goals for achievement and satisfaction levels of analysis further support the cause excerpt field use in analysis and improvement is possible.