Proyecto sobre el mejoramiento del proceso hospitalario de asignación de camas y desinfección

El siguiente trabajo de grado tiene como propósito principal analizar los procesos realizados en Clínicas y Hospitales con respecto a la asignación de habitaciones para pacientes ingresando a estas instituciones médicas y con respecto a los procesos de desinfección y aseo que se llevan a cabo ahí mismo. El proyecto de mejoramiento del proceso hospitalario de asignación de camas y desinfección se basó en una auditoría realizada por los autores del mismo a la Clínica Nueva en la ciudad de Bogotá durante el primer semestre del año en curso. El trabajo se divide en cuatro partes: situación actual, diagnóstico, situación propuesta y conclusiones con sus respectivas recomendaciones. En la situación actual se observa la manera en la que se realizan los procesos dentro de la clínica en evaluación y cuyo diagnóstico se expone en la segunda parte. Luego se propone una situación en la cual el proceso de asignación de camas y de desinfección dentro de la clínica sería el óptimo, para así finalizar con las conclusiones del trabajo y las respectivas recomendaciones para poder implementar los planes de mejora establecidos a los largo del escrito.

Information technology support to improved construction processes : inter-disciplinarity in research and practice

Research and innovation in the built environment is increasingly taking on an inter-disciplinary nature. The built environment industry and professional practice have long adopted multi and inter-disciplinary practices. The application of IT in Construction is moving beyond the automation and replication of discrete mono and multi-disciplinary tasks to replicate and model the improved inter-disciplinary processes of modern design and construction practice. A major long-term research project underway at the University of Salford seeks to develop IT modelling capability to support the design of buildings and facilities that are buildable, maintainable, operable, sustainable, accessible, and have properties of acoustic, thermal and business support performance that are of a high standard. Such an IT modelling tool has been the dream of the research community for a long time. Recent advances in technology are beginning to make such a modelling tool feasible.----- Some of the key problems with its further research and development, and with its ultimate implementation, will be the challenges of multiple research and built environment stakeholders sharing a common vision, language and sense of trust. This paper explores these challenges as a set of research issues that underpin the development of appropriate technology to support realisable advances in construction process improvements.

Linking resource acquisition and development processes to resource-based advantage : bricolage and the resource-based view

We investigate the relationship between bricolage – an approach to a firm’s resource development – and the firm’s strategic resource position as depicted by the resource-based view (RBV). The RBV is concerned with the resource characteristics of firms that lead to sustainable competitive advantage. Alternatively, bricolage is a process of resource use and development characterised by using resources at hand, recombining resources and making do. Based on a sample of approximately 700 nascent and 700 young firms we find that higher levels of bricolage behaviour tend to lead to more advantageous strategic resource positions.

Linking resource acquisition and development processes to resource-based advantage : bricolage and the resource-based view

We investigate the relationship between bricolage – an approach to a firm’s resource development – and the firm’s strategic resource position as depicted by the resource-based view (RBV). The RBV is concerned with the resource characteristics of firms that lead to sustainable competitive advantage. Alternatively, bricolage is a process of resource use and development characterised by using resources at hand, recombining resources and making do. Based on a sample of 1,329 entrepreneurial start-ups we find that higher levels of bricolage behaviour tend to lead to more advantageous strategic resource positions.