Our Workforce Planning Model and Tools are based on an integrated competency-based human resources model. Although this phrase may sound intimidating – particularly to those who are not HR professionals – the concepts underlying the model are intuitive and straightforward. Nonetheless, it is important to have a basic understanding of what competencies are, how to integrate them into all of an a...

Some of the most influential research in HCI modelling has been based on “cyclic” interaction where processes of goal formation, planning, execution and so on are performed sequentially. This paper uses a more general resource-based approach in which interaction is described in terms of the information structures that are used in deciding what actions to take. Part of the designer’s task focuss...

This article identifies current challenges in the planning and execution of daily work in inpatient care settings. Inadequate planning of the processes and resources associated with inpatient care services may negatively affect their effectiveness. It may also lead to burnout of healthcare workers when the resulting work plan is unknowingly infeasible or does not incorporate the necessary human...

This article has the following objectives: developing the need for assessing knowledge capital at the national economic level; review of a national case study of how intellectual capital assessment was done in case of one nation state; suggesting implications of use of such assessment methods and needed areas of advancement; and highlighting caveats in existing assessment methods that underscor...

Water resources are important natural resources for national economic and social development. They are the basic material conditions for human survival and development. This Paper studies rainwater resources from the perspective of urban planning and urban resources development and utilization. It can not only supplement urban water resources to a great extent, but also has multifaceted profoun...

The optimal location-allocation of health resources is one of the most impoytant tasks of regional planning in contemporary Japan. In this paper, the present states of community healtli level and the distributien of health resources in Hokkaiclo are examined as a fundamental analysis for future regional health planning. Cornmunity health level is examined by means of principal component analysi...

human activities induced changes in land cover/use have extensive impacts on the landscape. in recent years, these changes had an increasingly growth due to irrational use of the natural resources in iran. hence, considering the negative effects of the inappropriate use of land and land-use change, understanding of the landscape changes over time is necessary to planning and implementation of s...

Introduction: Quality and knowledge-based human resources are the most important competitive advantage and the scarcest source in today's knowledge-based economy. Hence, the development of the capabilities, expertise, and commitment of well-trained employees is considered the most important management challenge in our time. The present study was conducted to investigate the role of Management S...