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- ItemAn investigation into the value of a standardised global pharmacovigilance reporting system(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-11-22) Schurer, M.; Bam, L.; De Kock, I. H.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pharmacovigilance (PV) is based on the medical assessment of adverse medical events or drug-related problems, collected within organised health programmes. The large number of different PV systems, the equally large number of stakeholders within such systems (pharmaceutical companies, government regulatory bodies, national and international clinical regulatory bodies, healthcare workers, etc.), and the significant number of dimensions along which the effectiveness and efficiency could be measured, adds to this complexity. Furthermore, the lack of a standardised reporting protocol across the various PV systems hinders efforts to manage PV coherently on a global scale. This paper proposes the value of a standardised global PV reporting system by evaluating the systemic effects of the lack of such a standardised system.
- ItemTowards a framework for systemic creativity in engineering organisations(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016) Bam, L.; Vlok, P. J.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article builds on earlier research that made the case for developing a framework to ensure increased, sustained, creative activity in engineering organisations. A milestone in the development of such a framework is the identification of the elements of creativity that need to be considered. This research reviews the literature on the systems perspective on creativity to identify seven elements of creativity that have been proposed in the literature. A literature review on each of these seven elements is presented to (i) determine whether the element should be included in the framework; (ii) define the element for the purpose of the framework; and (iii) determine whether any author proposes an aspect of creativity that cannot be accommodated under one of the seven elements as they have been defined here.