Assessing the Readiness Level of Healthcare for Implementing Agility Using Fuzzy Logic Approach

Vietnam is considered as one of the countries with the earliest and most effective responses to the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a pandemic with acute respiratory syndrome caused by the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). An important contribution to the overall success is the effectiveness of the governmental communication strategy in achieving the desired cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes. Analysis of the qualitative data collected from twelve focus group discussions with a total of 60 participants revealed that due to the government’s communication efforts, Vietnamese people have adequate information/knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic, and majority of them experience low emotional levels of anxiety, fear, dread, stress, and panic. Moreover, the communication strategy has helped to form both health-promoting and safety-seeking behaviors among the community. Further, the characteristics of an effective communication strategy such as reliable sources of communication, usages of multiple social media channels, and transparent message contents in the form of infographic or video clips are identified.

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Receptivity of Governmental Communication and Its Effectiveness During COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency in Vietnam: A Qualitative Study

Tam

Nguyen

et al. 2021

“…GJFSM has also published works that relate to multiple connotations of flexibility. Some recent contributions are related to agility (Khorasani, 2018 ; Piya et al, 2020 ; Vaishnavi & Suresh, 2020 ); resilience (Kumar & Anbanandam, 2020 ); disruption (Aldrighetti et al, 2019 ); inclusion (Malik et al, 2019 ); emergency management (Ha, 2019 ); ambidexterity (Katic & Agarwal, 2018 ); rapid alignment (Razzak et al, 2018 ); the speed of adjustment (Warmana et al, 2020 ); responsiveness (Singla & Singh, 2018 ); super-flexibility (Evans & Bahrami, 2020 ), and so on. The application areas are also becoming more integrative such as sustainability, Industry 4.0, big data analytics, health care, competitiveness, disaster management, COVID-19, and many more emerging areas related to flexibility.…”

Section: Comparative Standing Of Journals In Different Flexibility Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Trajectory of Two Decades of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and Flexibility Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Singh

Dhir

Evans

et al. 2021

In the year 2020, the Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management (GJFSM) has celebrated its two decades of publication. This study is an attempt to commemorate the two decades of publication by presenting the overview of the GJFSM along with the trajectory of flexibility research in various journals. By using multiple bibliometric tools and indicators, the study finds that the GJFSM has grown over the years in terms of total publications and citations. The contributors are from across the globe, i.e., South America, North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. The Journal publishes several flexibility areas, including information systems flexibility, financial flexibility, supply chain flexibility, technology management flexibility, marketing flexibility, organizational flexibility, strategic flexibility, and manufacturing flexibility. The GJFSM is cited by authors from various countries across the globe. It has been cited across different Scopus categorizations, including “Strategy and Management,” “Business and International Management,” “General Business, Management and Accounting,” “Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,” and “Management Science and Operations Research.” Keyword co-occurrences analysis helps to analyze the various groups of keywords cited together in the GJFSM . Co-citation analysis of references helps to identify crucial clusters of GJFSM, i.e., strategic flexibility, manufacturing flexibility, the conceptual framework of flexibility, supply chain flexibility, modeling flexibility, and application of TISM. Overall, GJFSM has seen an increase in both publications and citations, reflecting its increasing presence among the journals publishing flexibility research. The diversity of flexibility research and its contributions to research under-one-roof make this Journal unique. The paper concludes with the gap areas of flexibility research and the way forward.

“…Therefore, this study is intended to develop a suitable conceptual model that embraces the key stakeholders’ concerted engagement in a process to emancipate the State and the citizens from the complex challenges associated with the palliative distributions during the COVID-19 lockdown. It will attempt to create a flexible measure that can be adopted to minimise the effects of unplanned environmental challenges that may occur, based on the perspectives and interests of affected stakeholders in the future of Lagos State, Nigeria (Sushil, 1997 ; Ha, 2019 ; Vaishnavi and Suresh, 2020 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-Strategising Government Palliative Support Systems in Tackling the Challenges of COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria

Ufua

Osabuohien

Ogbari

et al. 2021

This research covered the palliative material distribution project in Lagos State, Nigeria, during the lockdown and restriction on movement because of COVID-19 pandemic. The study engaged reports from extant literature and tertiary data sources such as the newspapers, the Internet, and website source. Relevant data gathered from these sources were conceptually analysed and discussed along with extant literature. The research also adopted the use of rich pictures for further presentation of the research. A key finding from the research is the need to redesign the distribution process and consider proper structuring of the project. And further engagement with the affected stakeholders to address crucial issues such as marginalisation that can defeat the purpose, which is to emancipate the affected indigents of the State from the harrowing effects of COVID-19 lockdown and other emergencies-related critical incidences such as starvation and criminalities. The study proposed a model for a resilience approach to effectively address the current palliative distribution process challenges in Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Keywords COVID-19 pandemic Á Lagos State Á Nigeria Á Palliative material distribution Á State interventions Á Stakeholder involvement JEL Classifications O17 Á O38 Á O31 Á A20 K2 Á K42 Á K1