For most developing and transition countries, the integration of current and capital (or “development”) budgets is a major step towards improved budget management and more effective public finance institutions. Moving to a unified budget, however, can be a technically and managerially demanding task that involves legislative, institutional, budget presentation and expenditure management issues....

FEAST, an ongoing study of the role of feedback in the software process, was prompted by various factors including the need to identify the mechanisms underpinning observed phenomena in a series of metrics-based studies of evolving software systems conducted during the seventies and eighties. Evidence to date indicates that feedback loop mechanisms play significant role in determining the perfo...

Connectance, the level of linkage between organs, was measured in different lines of Sorghum bicolor during their reproductive development. It was compared with expression of characters, their level of variability and their heritability. A negative relationship is observed between connectance and heritability. Further results indicate that connectance does not simply introduce a noise factor in...

This paper is a background literature study on knowledge management and planning of support systems for knowledge workers. The aim is to present a number of central issues in this problem area. Issues that are discussed include knowledge theory, knowledge workers, knowledge management, knowledge management systems, and knowledge management development. A framework made up of two dimensions, eac...

Knowledge management (KM) has emerged as a strategic imperative to improve organizational competitiveness. Aligning KM initiatives with business strategy through appropriate KM strategy is a vital beginning for the successful exploitation of knowledge for business success. In this research paper, we explore the key dimensions of evolving KM strategy through a case study of an Indian organizatio...