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Environmental ,loopholes' and fish population dynamics: comparative pattern recognition with focus on El Niño effects in the Pacific

FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY, Issue 4-5 2003
Andrew Bakun
Abstract A process of comparative pattern recognition is undertaken for the purpose of garnering insights into the mechanisms underlying some currently puzzling conundrums in fishery resource ecology. These include (a) out-of-phase oscillations between anchovies and sardines, (b) the remarkable fish productivity of the Peru,Humboldt marine ecosystem, (c) sardine population increases in the eastern Pacific during El Niños, (d) basin-wide synchronies in large-amplitude abundance variations, (e) characteristic spawning of large tuna species in poorly productive areas, (f) contrary trends in Pacific tropical tuna abundance during the 1970s and early 1980s. It is found that each of the items appears to become less enigmatic when the conceptual focus shifts from conventional trophodynamics to the idea that ,loopholes' in the fields of biological controls (i.e. of predators of early life stages), produced by poor ocean productivity or by disruptive environmental perturbations, may in fact lead to remarkable reproductive success. Implications include the following: (1) El Niño, rather than being an unmitigated disaster for Peruvian fisheries, may in the long run be a prime reason for the remarkable fishery productivity of the Peru,Humboldt large marine ecosystem. (2) Globally-teleconnected climatic trends or shifts might produce globally-coherent population expansions even when local environmental expressions may be quite different. (3) It may be unreasonable to expect any management methodologies to be able to keep the fish populations of highly climatically-perturbed systems such as the Peruvian LME always at stable high levels; an alternative approach, for example, might be to take optimal advantage of the transient opportunities afforded by the high fish productivity of such inherently erratic systems. [source]

Content analysis of leadership in Asia-Pacific organizations

JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES, Issue 2 2008
Darson Chiu
Leadership and management are important factors that influence the ability of organizations to fulfill their goals. In this article, the role of two organizations was analyzed to determine which leadership styles are appropriate. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) are two international organizations in the region of Asia-Pacific with similar goals but dissimilar organizational natures, properties, functions, and structures. Past studies researching APEC and PECC have mainly taken the perspective of macroeconomics or international relations. The intent when carrying out this study was to adopt a nontraditional approach to studying APEC and PECC by using a qualitative leadership and management methodology. By referring to identified leadership practices through content analysis and explored organizational paradigms through a narrative approach, this study recommends the application of suitable leadership and management practices to empower these two organizations and other similar organizations in the United States and other countries. [source]

Metrics collection for process knowledge,a practitioners' guide

KNOWLEDGE AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT: THE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION, Issue 2 2006
Ray Dawson
This paper describes a number of experiences of gathering metrics to supply the knowledge needed for decision making and process management in an industrial environment. The experiences are summarised as guidelines in the form of a list of ,Do's and ,Do not's for collecting and using metrics for this purpose. While the paper is clearly anecdotal in nature, these guidelines should, nevertheless, allow other managers to draw on the experience of the authors to put a successful metrics programme in place to provide knowledge for decision making and process improvement. The paper concludes, however, that there are limitations that exist for metrics programmes implemented, even if the guidelines are followed. The metrics cannot always offer evidence that any particular action or technique has given a better project management methodology. However, when used with other investigations they can give a better knowledge and understanding of processes that should enable more effective management. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Risk Management in Total System Ship Design

NAVAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL, Issue 4 2000
C. F. Barker P.E.
ABSTRACT Ships are being designed with an increased emphasis on reduced life cycle costs, obtained through means such as reduced crew size, increased automation, and adoption of commercial practices. Ship cost is closely related to the likelihood and consequence of future events, or risk. Ship designers must have tools to assess and manage risks to obtain cost-effective designs. Risk assumptions were built into prescriptive standards, but performance standards are now being used. Ships systems built to varying degrees of acceptable risk are not cost-effective. Underdesigns and overdesigns will result, and the ship ends up only as strong as its "weakest link." The authors propose that the top-down risk management methodology that is currently used for commercial ships be considered for use by naval ship designers in conjunction with both the traditional ship design spiral and the total systems ship design concept. The IMO-endorsed formal safety assessment (FSA) methodology was designed for marine systems. By adopting the FSA approach the Navy will benefit from existing lessons-learned, and will have a smoother transition into the application of commercial standards when the ship is built. [source]