Cultura

Innovation as an Organizational Strategy Based on Soft Skills: "Challenges and Opportunities for Human Development in the Face of Equity"

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Guerrero-Cuentas Hilda Rosa, Senior- Naveda Alexa Angélica, Canquiz- Rincón Liliana del Valle, Turriago- John Eric, Pertuz- López Nacira

Abstract

Soft skills, human development and equity are vital elements for the understanding and management of any organisation. The competences, skills, teamwork, role and leadership within the organisation make it possible to guarantee quality and positioning in its environment. The objective of designing innovation strategies to strengthen the organisational structure based on soft competencies represents a look at human development and equity. The participants included 18 employees and 123 clients (consumers, doctors, common people, legal entities and natural persons) of the company Hermanos Villeras S.A.S., located in the municipality of Barranquilla. A mixed design was carried out, implementing a concurrent triangulation model and using instruments such as questionnaires and interviews. These allowed the identification of employee profiles, characteristics of the contexts, situations and soft skills of the employees. The data were thoroughly analysed. The study was proactive, as the innovation prototype allowed us to strengthen it. As a result, the implementation and evaluation of the prototype respond to administrative policies and loyalty tasks, as well as areas for improvement. Regarding internal communication, 61.1% of the employees mentioned that soft skills are "almost always" necessary for successful collaborative work. Time management and planned activities were reported by 38.9% as occurring "sometimes". In relation to human development and equity, 38.9% of employees mentioned that these are "almost always" necessary. Regarding problem solving, 44.4% indicated that they deal with problems "sometimes", pointing to the need for more proactivity.

Keywords : human development; administrative structure; soft skills; equal opportunities.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty