ion of a machine class is left as a policy decision to the site’s support staff. At a minimum, a class should indicate that all executables that typically run on one member of a class can be run on all members of a class. Furthermore, the operational interconnects servicing the machine and those clusters that the machine is a member of must be known. The state of these interconnects can be prov...

The study assessed management control procedures and environment of Local Councils in Sierra Leone with reference to Bo Kenema Districts Councils. secondary objectives the were, to: 1) assess on councils effectiveness; 2) reducing fraudulent activities; 3) promoting performance; 4) identify weaknesses procedures; 5) achieving monitoring supervision at councils. approach adopted for was a cross-...

170 (2010) doi:10.1017/S0714980810000243 169 Last year, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced that it was abolishing Committee 20: Health Studies and Social Work of its research grants program and directed that applications deemed to be health research should be sent to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grants programs. As a general poli...

Cloud computing is seen as an increasingly important enabler for improving productivity, efficiency and cost reduction. This research aims to investigate the potential for value creation for Australian municipal governments by identifying factors that are perceived likely to influence the adoption of cloud computing. The research model is proposed based on two theories derived from the literatu...

Integrated management is a central theme of Australia’s Oceans Policy (AOP). Improving integration across sectors and jurisdictions has been identified in a number of Australian initiatives in coastal and marine policy developed in the past decade. These initiatives include the Regional Marine Planning process under AOP undertaken in 2000–02 and commitments to a National Coastal Policy made in ...

BACKGROUND The value placed on types of evidence within decision-making contexts is highly dependent on individuals, the organizations in which the work and the systems and sectors they operate in. Decision-making processes too are highly contextual. Understanding the values placed on evidence and processes guiding decision-making is crucial to designing strategies to support evidence-informed ...

Transformations of the labour market and education have led to changes in national system professional qualifications, particular, search for new institutional mechanisms public policy on qualifications. Based analysis relevant legal framework own reflections, article considers activities sectoral (sectoral-professional) councils that regulate qualifications standards serve as an basis reconcil...

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