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스마트 전시환경에서 부스 추천시스템의 사용자 의도에 관한 조사연구 (Analyzing the User Intention of Booth Recommender System in Smart Exhibition Environment)

  • 최재호;상균영;문현실;최일영;김재경
    • 지능정보연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.153-169
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    • 2012
  • 전시회는 새로운 상품이나 서비스를 현재 고객들과 미래의 잠재고객들에게 홍보하기 위해 개최하는 효과적인 마케팅 수단으로 중요하다. 기업들은 전시회에 참여를 통해 현재 고객 및 잠재고객들과 대면접촉을 함으로써 기업의 이미지 제고 및 새로운 판로를 확보할 수 있다. 이처럼 전시회의 경제적 중요성이 커짐에 따라, 전시주최자들은 참여기업 및 참관객을 유치하기 위하여 새로운 IT 기술을 전시회에 적용하고 있을 뿐만 아니라 연구자들 또한 참관객의 관람패턴을 분석하기 위하여 다양한 연구를 시도하고 있다. 최근에는 스마트 기술이 발전함으로써 전시 공간 내에서 참관객의 활동을 실시간으로 모니터링 할 수 있어 온라인 전시환경처럼 오프라인 전시회를 방문한 참관객의니즈를 실시간으로 추론하여 참관객의 선호에 적합한 서비스를 제공하기 위한 부스 추천시스템에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 새로운 기술 개발 측면에서 시스템의 성능을 개선하려는 연구는 지속적으로 진행되어 왔으나 향후 시스템의 개발 방향 및 보급 활성화에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구들이 부족한 실정이다. 부스 추천시스템은 스마트 전시환경에서 새로 도입되는 기술로 부스 추천시스템에 대한 참관객의 수용 후 재사용 의도는 TAM 관점보다는 부스 추천시스템이 참관객의 선호에 적합한 추천정보를 제공하는가에 초점을 맞출 필요가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 기존 문헌 고찰을 통해 전시환경에서의 부스 추천시스템에 대한 참관객의 만족 및 재사용 의도에 영향을 주는 요인을 도출하여 연구모형을 설계하였다. 이를 통해 향후 스마트 전시환경에서 부스 추천시스템의 개발과 보급 전략에 있어 유용한 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여 2011년 11월 DMC 컬처 오픈 행사에서 부스 추천시스템을 사용한 참관객을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고 회귀분석을 통해 가설을 검증하였다. 그 결과, 참관객의 만족에 영향을 미치는 요인은 부스 추천시스템의 효과성, 편의성, 추천품질, 의외성으로 나타났다. 또한, 부스 추천시스템에 대한 참관객의 만족은 재사용 의도 형성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구가 가지는 의의는 다음과 같다. 먼저, 본 연구결과를 토대로 스마트 전시환경에서 부스 추천시스템에 대한 참관객의 지속적인 서비스 이용을 유도하기 위한 전략을 수립할 때 고려해야 할 주요한 요인을 실증연구를 통해 구체화시켰다는데 의의가 있다. 또한, 스마트 전시환경에서 부스 추천시스템이 성공적으로 도입 및 활용되기 위해서는 참관객의 수용 전후 차별화된 관리가 필요함을 본 연구결과를 통해 제시하였다.

조직의 정보 니즈와 ERP 기능과의 불일치 및 그 대응책에 대한 이해: 조직 메모리 이론을 바탕으로 (Understanding the Mismatch between ERP and Organizational Information Needs and Its Responses: A Study based on Organizational Memory Theory)

  • 정승렬;배억호
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.21-38
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    • 2012
  • Until recently, successful implementation of ERP systems has been a popular topic among ERP researchers, who have attempted to identify its various contributing factors. None of these efforts, however, explicitly recognize the need to identify disparities that can exist between organizational information requirements and ERP systems. Since ERP systems are in fact "packages" -that is, software programs developed by independent software vendors for sale to organizations that use them-they are designed to meet the general needs of numerous organizations, rather than the unique needs of a particular organization, as is the case with custom-developed software. By adopting standard packages, organizations can substantially reduce many of the potential implementation risks commonly associated with custom-developed software. However, it is also true that the nature of the package itself could be a risk factor as the features and functions of the ERP systems may not completely comply with a particular organization's informational requirements. In this study, based on the organizational memory mismatch perspective that was derived from organizational memory theory and cognitive dissonance theory, we define the nature of disparities, which we call "mismatches," and propose that the mismatch between organizational information requirements and ERP systems is one of the primary determinants in the successful implementation of ERP systems. Furthermore, we suggest that customization efforts as a coping strategy for mismatches can play a significant role in increasing the possibilities of success. In order to examine the contention we propose in this study, we employed a survey-based field study of ERP project team members, resulting in a total of 77 responses. The results of this study show that, as anticipated from the organizational memory mismatch perspective, the mismatch between organizational information requirements and ERP systems makes a significantly negative impact on the implementation success of ERP systems. This finding confirms our hypothesis that the more mismatch there is, the more difficult successful ERP implementation is, and thus requires more attention to be drawn to mismatch as a major failure source in ERP implementation. This study also found that as a coping strategy on mismatch, the effects of customization are significant. In other words, utilizing the appropriate customization method could lead to the implementation success of ERP systems. This is somewhat interesting because it runs counter to the argument of some literature and ERP vendors that minimized customization (or even the lack thereof) is required for successful ERP implementation. In many ERP projects, there is a tendency among ERP developers to adopt default ERP functions without any customization, adhering to the slogan of "the introduction of best practices." However, this study asserts that we cannot expect successful implementation if we don't attempt to customize ERP systems when mismatches exist. For a more detailed analysis, we identified three types of mismatches-Non-ERP, Non-Procedure, and Hybrid. Among these, only Non-ERP mismatches (a situation in which ERP systems cannot support the existing information needs that are currently fulfilled) were found to have a direct influence on the implementation of ERP systems. Neither Non-Procedure nor Hybrid mismatches were found to have significant impact in the ERP context. These findings provide meaningful insights since they could serve as the basis for discussing how the ERP implementation process should be defined and what activities should be included in the implementation process. They show that ERP developers may not want to include organizational (or business processes) changes in the implementation process, suggesting that doing so could lead to failed implementation. And in fact, this suggestion eventually turned out to be true when we found that the application of process customization led to higher possibilities of failure. From these discussions, we are convinced that Non-ERP is the only type of mismatch we need to focus on during the implementation process, implying that organizational changes must be made before, rather than during, the implementation process. Finally, this study found that among the various customization approaches, bolt-on development methods in particular seemed to have significantly positive effects. Interestingly again, this finding is not in the same line of thought as that of the vendors in the ERP industry. The vendors' recommendations are to apply as many best practices as possible, thereby resulting in the minimization of customization and utilization of bolt-on development methods. They particularly advise against changing the source code and rather recommend employing, when necessary, the method of programming additional software code using the computer language of the vendor. As previously stated, however, our study found active customization, especially bolt-on development methods, to have positive effects on ERP, and found source code changes in particular to have the most significant effects. Moreover, our study found programming additional software to be ineffective, suggesting there is much difference between ERP developers and vendors in viewpoints and strategies toward ERP customization. In summary, mismatches are inherent in the ERP implementation context and play an important role in determining its success. Considering the significance of mismatches, this study proposes a new model for successful ERP implementation, developed from the organizational memory mismatch perspective, and provides many insights by empirically confirming the model's usefulness.

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동아시아 전자해도 지역 공급센터 구축방안 연구 (A Study on East Asian Regional Electronic Navigational Chart Coordinating Center Establishment Strategy)

  • 김호윤;오세웅;심우성;서상현
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2012
  • 국제해사기구(IMO)의 해상인명안전조약(SOLAS)은 모든 선박이 필수적으로 공인 종이해도, 혹은 전자해도(ENC)를 탑재해야만 한다고 명시하고 있으며, 특히 안전성이 검증된 전자해도 디스플레이 시스템인 ECDIS의 사용을 장려하고 있다. 국제수로기구 내에서는 이러한 ECDIS에 사용되는 공인 전자해도 자료가 지역전자해도 관리센터(RENC)를 통해 보급되어야만 한다는 주장이 커지고 있다. 전 세계적으로 ECDIS의 사용이 일반화되면서, 유럽에 현존하는 두 RENC만으로는 부족하다는 문제점이 제기되었다. 특히, 급격한 경제성장과 더불어 증가하는 아시아 지역의 통항 량은 동아시아 RENC의 필요성을 증명하였다. 본 연구는 2012년에 발효되는 IMO의 ECDIS 강제탑재조건과 현재 RENC의 운영 상황을 바탕으로 RENC 역할의 정의함으로써, 동아시아 수로 위원회의 전략을 참고한 동아시아 지역 독자적 모델(Phase-In)을 통한 RENC 설립의 당위성 및 전략을 연구하였다.

미술과 집단성 (Art and Collectivity)

  • 곽건초
    • 미술이론과 현장
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    • 제4호
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    • pp.181-202
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    • 2006
  • "When it comes to art, nationalism is a goodticket to ride with", says the title of a report in the Indian Express (Mumbai, 29 Oct 2000). The newspaper report goes on to say that since Indian art was kept "ethnic" by colonialism, national liberation meant opening up to the world on India's own terms. Advocacy, at the tail end of the 20th century, would contrast dramatically with the call by Rabindranath Tagore, the founder of the academy at Santiniketan in 1901, to guard against the fetish of nationalism. "The colourless vagueness of cosmopolitanism," Tagore pronounced, "nor thefierce self-idolatry of nation-worship, is the goal of human history" (Nationalism, 1917). This contrast is significant on two counts. First is the positive aspect of "nation" as a frame in art production or circulation, at the current point of globalization when massive expansion of cultural consumers may be realized through prevailing communication networks and technology. The organization of the information market, most vividly demonstrated through the recent FIFA World Cup when one out of every five living human beings on earth watched the finals, is predicated on nations as categories. An extension of the Indian Express argument would be that tagging of artworks along the category of nation would help ensure greatest reception, and would in turn open up the reified category of "art," so as to consider new impetus from aesthetic traditions from all parts of the world many of which hereto fore regarded as "ethnic," so as to liberate art from any hegemony of "international standards." Secondly, the critique of nationalism points to a transnational civic sphere, be it Tagore's notion of people-not-nation, or the much mo re recent "transnational constellation" of Jurgen Habermas (2001), a vision for the European Union w here civil sphere beyond confines of nation opens up new possibilities, and may serve as a model for a liberated sphere on global scale. There are other levels of collectivity which art may address, for instance the Indonesian example of local communities headed by Ketua Rukun Tetangga, the neighbourhood headmen, in which community matters of culture and the arts are organically woven into the communal fabric. Art and collectivity at the national-transnational level yield a contrasting situation of, on the idealized end, the dual inputs of local culture and tradition through "nation" as necessary frame, and the concurrent development of a transnational, culturally and aesthetically vibrant civic sphere that will ensure a cosmopolitanism that is not a "colourless vagueness." In art historical studies, this is seen, for instance, in the recent discussion on "cosmopolitan modernisms." Conversely, we may see a dual tyranny of a nationalism that is a closure (sometimes stated as "ethno-nationalism" which is disputable), and an internationalism that is evolved through restrictive understanding of historical development within privileged expressions. In art historical terms, where there is a lack of investigation into the reality of multiple modernisms, the possibility of a democratic cosmopolitanism in art is severely curtailed. The advocacy of a liberal cosmopolitanism without a democratic foundation returns art to dominance of historical privileged category. A local community with lack of transnational inputs may sometimes place emphasis on neo-traditionalism which is also a double edged sword, as re kindling with traditions is both liberating and restrictive, which in turn interplays with the push and pull of the collective matrix.

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남북 군사력 우열에 대한 군간부들의 인식 평가 (Evaluation on South and North Korean Military Power by Military Officers)

  • 이상진
    • 한국조사연구학회지:조사연구
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.29-53
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    • 2006
  • 이 연구는 남북한 군사력의 우열을 비교함에 있어 군간부의 인식에 영향을 미치는 세부 전력분야가 무엇인지 설문을 통해 분석한다. 구체적으로 첫째, 주한미군을 제외한 남북한 전체 군사력과 세부 전력분야(육군, 해군, 공군, 특수전, 생화학전, 예비군동원, 정신전력, 정보전 수행능력)에서 군 계급별로 우열 차이를 분석하였다. 둘째, 전체 군사력 인식에 있어 어떠한 세부 전력분야가 영향을 미치는지를 회귀분석을 통해 평가하였다. 셋째, 남북 군사력 평가에서 발생할 수 있는 평가오류를 분석 하였다. 2002년과 2003년 연구결과는 주한미군을 제외하면 한국군이 북한군에 비해 열세라는 평가이나 2005년 조사에는 비슷한 것으로 인식하고 있다. 세부 분야 중에서 한국의 우세는 전쟁지속능력, 정보전, 공군전력, 해군전력의 순이며, 북한의 우세는 생화학전, 특수전, 예비군 동원전력, 육군전력, 정신전력의 순이었다. 남북 군사력 우열 격차에 영향을 미치는 세부 전력분야는 육군, 해군, 공군전력, 특수전 전력 순이었다. 모든 전력분야에 있어 계급이 높을수록 한국이 북한보다 더 열세하다고 평가하고 있다.

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디지털 전시 공간에서 발생하는 관람자의 참여 경험이 반영된 디지털 전시의 분석 (Analysis of Digital Exhibitions Reflecting Participation Experience of Visitors in Digital Exhibition Space)

  • 박시은;성정환
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.336-344
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    • 2018
  • 본 논문은 디지털 전시를 효과적으로 분석하기 위해서 디지털 전시에 적합한 분류와 분석 기준을 제시하고자 한다. 디지털 전시 분류와 분석에 대한 선행 연구를 통해 새로운 기준의 필요성을 제시하여, 새롭게 등장하는 디지털 전시의 개념과 형식의 변화에 쉽게 적용할 수 있는 분석 기준을 정립한다. 디지털 전시는 상호작용적인 스토리텔링을 활용한 전시 기획과 형식에 의해서 자연 발생하는 관객 참여에 대한 요소를 고려해야 한다. 기존 디지털 전시 공간에 대한 분류와 분석은 키워드 중심의 개념적 분류를 하고 있다. 이는 전시와 작품을 분류하는 과정에서 전통적인 방법론이 적용되었기 때문이다. 하지만 디지털 전시에서 전시공간, 작품, 관람객 간의 상호작용적 관계는 매우 중요하다. 따라서 디지털 전시에서 작품과 관객 간에 이루어지는 수행적인 분류가 필요하다. 그래서 관객이 느낀 것을 토대로 전시 분류에 직간접적으로 참여하는 방식이 고려되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 전시의 분류와 구성에 대한 해석을 위해서 벤야민의 주장에 따라 관객과의 상호작용성과 밀접한 관객의 감각체험 분류와 현재화를 참조하고, 채트먼의 서사구조에 기반을 둔 미술 전시 내러티브 구조에 따라 디지털 전시에 대한 분석 기준을 제시한다. 이러한 분류 방법론이 전시정보를 관람객에게 쉽게 이해할 수 있는 방식으로 제공하고, 나아가서는 디지털 전시의 확장성과 접근성을 확보하는 선행 연구가 될 것이다.

한반도 남부 선상지의 계량적 지형 특성과 일본, 타이완, 필리핀 선상지와의 비교 연구 (Morphometric Characteristics of Alluvial Fans in South Korea and Comparisons with those of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines)

  • 윤순옥;사이토 쿄지;황상일;오구치 다카시;다나카 유키야
    • 대한지리학회지
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    • 제45권4호
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    • pp.431-443
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    • 2010
  • 한반도 남부 13개 선상지를 일본, 대만, 필리핀의 690개 선상지와 비교, 분석하였다. 선상지 경사와 함양역 면적, 선상지 경사와 함양역 기복비, 선상지 면적과 함양역 면적, 그리고 함양역 면적과 함양역 기복비와의 관계를 정량적으로 검토한 결과, 한반도 남부의 선상지는 아시아의 선상지 특성과 잘 부합되지만, 선상지 빈도와 밀도가 낮다. 또한 선상지 하천의 함양역 규모가 작고, 기복비가 커서 선상지 규모가 작고 경사가 급하다. 36개 주요 하천 곡구부에서 선상지가 형성되지 않는 것은 상대적으로 낮은 산지고도와 함양역의 기복비 때문이다. 한국의 선상지에서는 Blair and McPherson이 주장한 지형면 경사의 공백을 확인할 수 없으며, 경주 선상지는 경사가 완만한 하성 선상지의 가능성이 높다.

전국민재난지원금에 대한 신문기사 보도태도 차이·변화 연구 (Comparing Attitudes to Emergency Grant for all Citizen in the News Articles)

  • 배화숙
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제21권9호
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    • pp.806-816
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    • 2021
  • 전국민재난지원금에 대한 기사의 보도 양상과 변화를 기술하고 신문사별 보도태도 비교를 목적으로 한 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 재난지원금에 대하여 보수신문이 진보신문에 비해 네 배 이상 보도수가 많았고, 총선일이 포함된 주의 보도량이 전체의 약 1/4에 해당한다. 기사의 79.1%가 정치 영역에서 다루어졌고 사회 영역은 2.8%에 그쳤다. 둘째, 보수적 신문은 전국민재난지원금에 대해 비판적 태도 기사 52.6%, 우호적 기사가 5.3%였는데 비해 진보적 신문은 비판적 기사 17.1%, 우호적 기사 37.1%로 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 찬성의 근거로 가장 많이 나타난 것은 선별의 비효율성이, 반대의 근거는 재정건전성이 악화될 것에 대한 부담이었다. 보도의 주요 정보원으로 언급된 인물은 찬·반·중립 상관없이 정치인들이 가장 많았다. 정보원 중 전문가는 주로 경제·재정 분야 전문가였다. 마지막으로, 정책 결정 전 단계에서는 찬성과 반대의 비중이 비슷하고 중립 기사 비중이 절반 이상을 차지하였다. 구체적 방법 논의단계에서는 찬성 측 기사가 반대 측 기사 비중을 넘어섰다. 정책결정 및 시행단계에서 지역거점 신문에서 보도태도의 유의미한 변화가 나타났다.

Dynamics of Technology Adoption in Markets Exhibiting Network Effects

  • Hur, Won-Chang
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 2010
  • The benefit that a consumer derives from the use of a good often depends on the number of other consumers purchasing the same goods or other compatible items. This property, which is known as network externality, is significant in many IT related industries. Over the past few decades, network externalities have been recognized in the context of physical networks such as the telephone and railroad industries. Today, as many products are provided as a form of system that consists of compatible components, the appreciation of network externality is becoming increasingly important. Network externalities have been extensively studied among economists who have been seeking to explain new phenomena resulting from rapid advancements in ICT (Information and Communication Technology). As a result of these efforts, a new body of theories for 'New Economy' has been proposed. The theoretical bottom-line argument of such theories is that technologies subject to network effects exhibit multiple equilibriums and will finally lock into a monopoly with one standard cornering the entire market. They emphasize that such "tippiness" is a typical characteristic in such networked markets, describing that multiple incompatible technologies rarely coexist and that the switch to a single, leading standard occurs suddenly. Moreover, it is argued that this standardization process is path dependent, and the ultimate outcome is unpredictable. With incomplete information about other actors' preferences, there can be excess inertia, as consumers only moderately favor the change, and hence are themselves insufficiently motivated to start the bandwagon rolling, but would get on it once it did start to roll. This startup problem can prevent the adoption of any standard at all, even if it is preferred by everyone. Conversely, excess momentum is another possible outcome, for example, if a sponsoring firm uses low prices during early periods of diffusion. The aim of this paper is to analyze the dynamics of the adoption process in markets exhibiting network effects by focusing on two factors; switching and agent heterogeneity. Switching is an important factor that should be considered in analyzing the adoption process. An agent's switching invokes switching by other adopters, which brings about a positive feedback process that can significantly complicate the adoption process. Agent heterogeneity also plays a important role in shaping the early development of the adoption process, which has a significant impact on the later development of the process. The effects of these two factors are analyzed by developing an agent-based simulation model. ABM is a computer-based simulation methodology that can offer many advantages over traditional analytical approaches. The model is designed such that agents have diverse preferences regarding technology and are allowed to switch their previous choice. The simulation results showed that the adoption processes in a market exhibiting networks effects are significantly affected by the distribution of agents and the occurrence of switching. In particular, it is found that both weak heterogeneity and strong network effects cause agents to start to switch early and this plays a role of expediting the emergence of 'lock-in.' When network effects are strong, agents are easily affected by changes in early market shares. This causes agents to switch earlier and in turn speeds up the market's tipping. The same effect is found in the case of highly homogeneous agents. When agents are highly homogeneous, the market starts to tip toward one technology rapidly, and its choice is not always consistent with the populations' initial inclination. Increased volatility and faster lock-in increase the possibility that the market will reach an unexpected outcome. The primary contribution of this study is the elucidation of the role of parameters characterizing the market in the development of the lock-in process, and identification of conditions where such unexpected outcomes happen.

새로운 간호윤리학 방법론;통합된 사례방법론 (An integrated Method of New Casuistry and Specified Principlism as Nursing Ethics Methodology)

  • 엄영란
    • 간호행정학회지
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.51-64
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of the study was to introduce an integrated approach of new Casuistry and specified principlism in resolving ethical problems and studying nursing ethics. In studying clinical ethics and nursing ethics, there is no systematic research method. While nurses often experience ethical dilemmas in practice, much of previous research on nursing ethics has focused merely on describing the existing problems. In addition, ethists presented theoretical analysis and critics rather than providing the specific problems solving strategies. There is a need in clinical situations for an integrated method which can provide the objective description for existing problem situations as well as specific problem solving methods. We inherit two distinct ways of discussing ethical issues. One of these frames these issues in terms of principles, rules, and other general ideas; the other focuses on the specific features of particular kinds of moral cases. In the first way general ethical rules relate to specific moral cases in a theoretical manner, with universal rules serving as "axioms" from which particular moral judgments are deduced as theorems. In the seconds, this relation is frankly practical. with general moral rules serving as "maxims", which can be fully understood only in terms of the paradigmatic cases that define their meaning and force. Theoretical arguments are structured in ways that free them from any dependence on the circumstances of their presentation and ensure them a validity of a kind that is not affected by the practical context of use. In formal arguments particular conclusions are deduced from("entailed by") the initial axioms or universal principles that are the apex of the argument. So the truth or certainty that attaches to those axioms flows downward to the specific instances to be "proved". In the language of formal logic, the axioms are major premises, the facts that specify the present instance are minor premises, and the conclusion to be "proved" is deduced (follows necessarily) from the initial presises. Practical arguments, by contrast, involve a wider range of factors than formal deductions and are read with an eye to their occasion of use. Instead of aiming at strict entailments, they draw on the outcomes of previous experience, carrying over the procedures used to resolve earlier problems and reapply them in new problmatic situations. Practical arguments depend for their power on how closely the present circumstances resemble those of the earlier precedent cases for which this particular type of argument was originally devised. So. in practical arguments, the truths and certitudes established in the precedent cases pass sideways, so as to provide "resolutions" of later problems. In the language of rational analysis, the facts of the present case define the gounds on which any resolution must be based; the general considerations that carried wight in similar situations provide warrants that help settle future cases. So the resolution of any problem holds good presumptively; its strengh depends on the similarities between the present case and the prededents; and its soundness can be challenged (or rebutted) in situations that are recognized ans exceptional. Jonsen & Toulmin (1988), and Jonsen (1991) introduce New Casuistry as a practical method. The oxford English Dictionary defines casuistry quite accurately as "that part of ethics which resolves cases of conscience, applying the general rules of religion and morality to particular instances in which circumstances alter cases or in which there appears to be a conflict of duties." They modified the casuistry of the medieval ages to use in clinical situations which is characterized by "the typology of cases and the analogy as an inference method". A case is the unit of analysis. The structure of case was made with interaction of situation and moral rules. The situation is what surrounds or stands around. The moral rule is the essence of case. The analogy can be objective because "the grounds, the warrants, the theoretical backing, the modal qualifiers" are identified in the cases. The specified principlism was the method that Degrazia (1992) integrated the principlism and the specification introduced by Richardson (1990). In this method, the principle is specified by adding information about limitations of the scope and restricting the range of the principle. This should be substantive qualifications. The integrated method is an combination of the New Casuistry and the specified principlism. For example, the study was "Ethical problems experienced by nurses in the care of terminally ill patients"(Um, 1994). A semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted for fifteen nurses who mainly took care of terminally ill patients. The first stage, twenty one cases were identified as relevant to the topic, and then were classified to four types of problems. For instance, one of these types was the patient's refusal of care. The second stage, the ethical problems in the case were defined, and then the case was analyzed. This was to analyze the reasons, the ethical values, and the related ethical principles in the cases. Then the interpretation was synthetically done by integration of the result of analysis and the situation. The third stage was the ordering phase of the cases, which was done according to the result of the interpretation and the common principles in the cases. The first two stages describe the methodology of new casuistry, and the final stage was for the methodology of the specified principlism. The common principles were the principle of autonomy and the principle of caring. The principle of autonomy was specified; when competent patients refused care, nurse should discontinue the care to respect for the patients' decision. The principle of caring was also specified; when the competent patients refused care, nurses should continue to provide the care in spite of the patients' refusal to preserve their life. These specification may lead the opposite behavior, which emphasizes the importance of nurse's will and intentions to make their decision in the clinical situations.

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