Workflow Management Systems (WfMS) support the definition, management and execution of business processes inside organizations. However, they suffer from lack of flexibility. They are inappropriate to support easily some mechanisms such as cooperative interactions and exchanging data. Indeed, one of the most important requirements emerging from new workflow applications that must be permanent f...

In this paper, we investigate Java's approach to release-torelease binary compatibility and argue that it is restricted in two ways. First, binary compatibility is coupled to the mechanism for resolving references, ensuring binary compatibility of new releases of a base component with existing clients (components that use and/or inherit from the base component) only if existing clients are neve...

The ManVan commenced service delivery on 1st April 2014 and is the United Kingdom's first dedicated mobile support service for men affected by prostate, testicular, and penile cancer. It is delivered in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK and Movember and fully funded by the Movember Foundation. It brings nursing care, counselling for individuals and couples, group support and welfare rights ad...

The rapid scale-up of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, counselling and treatment throughout sub-Saharan Africa has raised questions about how to protect patients' rights to consent, confidentiality, counselling and care in resource-constrained settings. The Multi-country African Testing and Counselling for HIV (MATCH) study investigated client and provider experiences with different ...

This chapter describes Kirkpatrick’s four-level training evaluation model and the reasons for its popularity in organizations. Several fundamental limitations of the model are outlined and the potential risks these limitations raise for evaluation clients and stakeholders are discussed. It is argued that these risks, plus the inability of the model to effectively address both the summative ques...

This article examines the cross-functional nature of the purchasing process in industrial markets. The authors take the view that on many occasions conflicts of preference will emerge between the purchasing department and its internal clients and affect the ability of the organisation to obtain value for money. This view is explored with reference to the problem of the fragmentation of spend—th...