Pay Me No Mind

System Performance Engineering: "Pay Me Now or Pay Me More Later"

Institutionalizing innovation is hard work. The status quo is known, the new world is not. Managers whose primary goal is immediate risk reduction are rightfully cautious about new techniques and strategies, but change is inevitable. I want to consider an example involving software architecture definition in this issue of Strategic Software Engineering and attempt to illustrate both the new tec...

No decisions about me without me!

1 Pay me Right : Reference values

The increasing disparity between executive compensation and firm performance, and outrageously high compensation levels has stimulated discussions on introduction of some form of pay regulation. The implications of such systems are however poorly understood. In this paper we investigate a specific case of introduction of executive remuneration Code in Slovenia, which provides some interesting i...

No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration. BACKGROUND In discussing any clinical decision, it would be ideal if different views could be incorporated to reach the most coherent decision. This is a definition of concordance, a widely agreed id...

Employers’ role in the low-pay/no-pay cycle

This study examines the pressures which lead to employers offering low-paid, insecure jobs and also considers the scope for change. Employers determine terms and conditions and how work is organised, including pay, the balance between temporary and permanent work, skill requirements and progression structures. In seeking to reduce intermittent poverty, it is, therefore, important to consider ho...