Modelling administrative organisations appears to be difficult. We claim that the main reason is that architects, modelling those organisations, encounter problems in finding the right level of abstraction, i.e. in deciding what to describe and what to omit. Based on our experience, we propose four conceptual domains for modelling organisations. These domains constitute the first form of abstra...

Making decisions informed by the best-available science is an objective for many organisations managing the environment or natural resources. Yet, available science is still not widely used in environmental policy and practice. We describe a '4S' hierarchy for organising relevant science to inform decisions. This hierarchy has already revolutionised clinical practice. It is beginning to emerge ...

International aid for conservation currently favours assisting projects promoting local-level solutions derived from 'community' initiatives. Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are fast becoming the preferred infrastructure through which such funding is channelled. This paper examines the role of environmental NGOs in 'community-based' conservation projects in Jamaica. Concepts of participati...

The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey schoolchildren (N = 1180) living in cities with different populations and rural areas. purpose study was to relationship between membership children's public organisation social activity children, their ability participate solving various issues, including issues affecting interests. resources limitations respondents included not organi...

Cloud computing adoption is an increasingly important trend in information and communication technologies, offering the potential to improve the reliability and scalability of IT systems. Diffusion of cloud computing can potentially change the way business information systems are developed, scaled up, maintained and paid for. This not only applies to large organisations, but also increasingly t...

Over the past two decades, the automotive industry has experienced major changes as a result of globalisation, changing customer requirements and environmental legislation. The supplier integration in the new product development process is a significant step in facilitating reduction in the time to market of innovations and reducing costs. The aim of this work is to assess the extent of supplie...