Market pressure is forcing New Zealand greenhouse tomato growers to shift from conventional to more environmentally-friendly pest control methods such as IPM (Integrated Pest Management). Growers can access IPM manuals, but these tend to provide generalized advice, which they find difficult to apply to their own situations. Alternatively, growers can use consultants to tailor IPM strategies to ...

The Multiparous Goat Pelvic Model was used to train obstetricians and residents for perineal and anal sphincter anatomy and techniques of repair of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIs). The purpose of this study was to assess the similarity of this model with human anatomy and the usefulness of goat model for training obstetricians for perineal tears. Six workshops were conducted between J...

Expenditure on management consultants in public sector organizations is generally seen as contributing to a “hollowing out” of the state through substitution internal capability. However, there little systematic evidence for this view which also ignores how managers may, themselves, drive consulting use. Looking at 125 English hospitals over 6 years, we explore relationship between development ...

Farmers and consultants were surveyed to identify current level of adoption and constraints to adoption of new annual pasture legumes in the mixed farming zone of Western Australia. Subterranean clover is the most widely grown annual pasture legume and promoted by all the consultants. French and yellow serradellas and biserrula are recommended by up to 40% of consultants and grown by 20 to 30% ...

Abstraet--A comprehensive training program for reliable use of the ICD/10 in Consultation-Liaison (C-L) psychiatry was conducted with 220 psychiatrists and psychologists from 14 European countries. The training included rating of written test cases and development of a coding manual to avoid diagnostic pitfalls not addressed in the ICD-10 manual. Following this training, all consultants rated 1...

We examine the effect of compensation consultants on CEO pay. Using a sample of 292 firms in 2006 randomly selected from ExecuComp, we find that compensation consultants are associated with higher salaries, consistent with the hypothesis that consultants help boards of directors justify excessive CEO pay. However, we also find that the use of a consultant is associated with lower bonuses and to...

BACKGROUND The approach to and delivery of medical student education has undergone significant change within the last decade. There has been a shift away from didactic lectures to small group tutorials, facilitated by clinicians. Anecdotally there is an impression that enthusiasm for teaching is waning. The aim of this qualitative study is to assess the current attitudes of consultants, across ...

BACKGROUND To practice occupational health in Europe, a medical doctor must qualify in occupational medicine. This requires a period of postgraduate specialist medical training lasting a minimum of four years, in conformity with European regulations, to obtain a certificate of completion of training which is then mutually recognized within the entire European Union. DISCUSSION In 2002 an Ital...

Rapid change in business environment have compelled the world class organizations to implement integrated software solution to all their functional processes, the most typical solution is ERP. For this, organizations are striving to hire ERP consultants to line up their resources. However, it is evident from literature that organizations spend a lot of resources on hiring consultants. Likewise,...