Evaluation of a Method to Support the Design and Evaluation of Rules that Take into Account the Mechanism of Functional Performance

NAOKI OKAMOTO — 2025-06-08

In recent years, there has been a need to take preventive measures against rule violations and rules becoming a dead letter, which is a major factor in organizational accidents and scandals. As one of the measures, a method has been proposed to support the design and evaluation of rules that take into account the mechanism of functional performance of rules. However, an evaluation including understandability and usability of the method has not yet been conducted. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate a method to support the design and evaluation of rules that take into account the mechanism of functional performance including the perspectives of understandability and usability. To evaluate the method, we conducted user evaluations using questionnaires on the method and the results of the method, experiments to compare the method with another method, and third-party evaluations by the regulated persons, and identified several problems with understandability and usability. We explain our results and conclusions of this study and our future research topics, including problems of the method, in the last part of the paper.

Basic Income Stalls the Economy: Economic Conditions Affecting the Effects of Basic Income and the Response to Relative Income

Kosei Takashima — 2025-10-07

Basic income (BI) is a social welfare policy idea that has recently received much attention. BI implementation requires extensively transforming social and economic systems, possibly resulting in significant, unforeseeable impacts. This study focused on the impact of BI in terms of its effectiveness based on relative income and economic conditions at the time of its implementation. We analyzed the impact using a simulation approach with a macro artificial economy model that incorporates multilayered feedback paths and encompasses a complete flow of funds mechanism. The analysis revealed conditional impacts depending on the BI implementation period. A boom can stagnate or a recession can recover, depending on the public’s work motivation. Particularly, when work motivation is high and the economy expands, BI implementation may slow down economic activities.

International Journal of Service and Knowledge Management

Evaluation of a Method to Support the Design and Evaluation of Rules that Take into Account the Mechanism of Functional Performance

Basic Income Stalls the Economy: Economic Conditions Affecting the Effects of Basic Income and the Response to Relative Income