scholarly journals An obstacle in policymaking and evidence-based planning for enhancing education access to girls-A Comprehensive Analysis of Astonishing School Enrollment Case in Sindh-Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-180
Author(s):  
Sheraz Ali ◽  
Syed Abdul Sattar Shah ◽  
Muhammed Nawaz Sohoo ◽  
Abdul Karim Tagar ◽  
Hamzo khan Tagar
Keyword(s):  
School Enrollment ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Education Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Enrollment ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
Enrollment Data

This Paper has been written in the above context to critically evaluate the Sindh school education enrollment data as a case study in details and suggests recommendation for improvement in data collections system particularly for policy planners in the greater public interest. It is scientific scrutiny of the data and valid for the researchers, decision-makers, development partners including donors and general readers as food for thought and net addition in the available literature on enrollment in the public sector schools.

Influential Factors in IT Outsourcing Relationship in a Swedish Municipality

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreea Daniela Pana Talpeanu ◽  
Lazar Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
The Public ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Core Capabilities

Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) has generated considerable interest within Information Systems (IS) research as a consequence of its benefits in terms of cost efficiency and freedom to focus on core capabilities. This study covers the area of ITO in the public sector, specifically, in Swedish Municipalities where ITO has become a mainstream strategy. The influential ITO factors of the post-contract stage of an ITO relationship are examined and debated in light of existent research literature. The research is based on a case study of a Swedish Municipality and a direct IT vendor. A thematic analysis brings light upon three new ITO influential factors which are: (1) mutual understanding and long-term engagement; (2) Multi-sourcing, and (3) Communication between Municipalities, together with other seven factors present in the research literature that have an influence on the ITO relationship. The findings of this study can support ITO decision-makers from Swedish municipalities in improving the ITO relationship between their organizations and IT vendors.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Actors in Innovation in Public Health Services: Brazilian Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristine Hermann Nodari ◽  
Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimarães ◽  
Alipio Ramos Veiga Neto ◽  
Pelayo Munhoz Olea ◽  
Isabel Cristina Rosa Barros Rasia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Different Types ◽  
South Of Brazil

The analysis of development of innovation in services starts from the interaction of different actors. This research aimed to identify the dynamics of the mobilization of preferences and capabilities of different actors (political decision-makers, users and servers) in the development of the final characteristics of the service and, consequently, of the innovation in the public health context of a municipality located in the south of Brazil. Was carried out analysis of data from descriptive and inferential statistics of case study. The main results highlight the preponderance of the operation of server capacity for mobilization of different types of innovation, and consequently the production of the final characteristics of the health service. In this context, service innovation can finally be taken as the endogenous decision-making process of the organizations that make up the sector and that derive from the very nature of health services. Finally, we described the limitations and future research opportunities.

scholarly journals Design of Visibility for Order Lifecycle using Datawarehouse

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4700-4707
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Considerations

Data warehouse, shortly called DW, a repository to store historical data was widely used across organizations for analyzing the data for any business decisions to be decided. It acts as a decision support system, which will help the decision makers to provide any conclusion based on the analyzed data. DW can be used across any particular fields in the public domain. Some of them would include Retail, Insurance, Finance, Sales, Services, Health Care, Education, etc. This paper analyses and proposes the datawarehouse design considerations for the supply chain. The design was explained with a detailed case study on understanding the visibility of sales order at various stages.

Application of cloud computing in financial services: an agent-oriented modelling approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 994-1006
Author(s):  
Subhas C. Misra ◽  
Kriti Doneria
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Similar Work ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Modelling Approach

Purpose Cloud computing is rapidly becoming the new norm of doing business. Lately, the extent of virtualization has enabled full-fledged cloud solution to become affordable, quantitatively and/or qualitatively. The purpose of this study is to explore the former in detail. In this paper, implementation of cloud-based services in the financial services, intermediaries and banking industry where security has always been the greatest concern are studied through actor-based stakeholder modelling. Drivers for adoption, benefits and trade-offs and challenges have been discussed in detail through a hypothetical comprehensive case study of a bank. Design/methodology/approach An actor-dependency-based technique for analyzing and modelling requirements prior to changes and charting out roadmap and rationale behind it all has been used. Through the use of i* modelling, dependencies and relationships between various stakeholders have been studied. Further, how decision makers in the financial services industry evaluate, consolidate and finally migrate to a new architecture is also explored. Findings Two hypothetical use cases on a hypothetical bank referred to as “The Bank” illustrate the technique and possible roadmap for implementation. Originality/value To the best of knowledge in the public domain, no similar work has been carried out with the perspective of modelling stakeholders and change management configuration in the financial services using cloud. This approach is valuable for augmenting technological advancements with business insights and spotting value in synergies of the sectors whenever and wherever apparent.

scholarly journals A case study demonstrates a democratic methodology for making risk based decisions

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Corin ◽  
Asela Atapattu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Continuous Scale ◽  
Public Debates

Risk is a subjective notion, but the limits between our role as risk practitioners and decision makers can become blurred. A belief that the public misunderstands risk and the need to control the process are two barriers to effective engagement. We believe that a lack of engagement and the ability to enable citizens to decide their own future can contribute to the controversy we see on important public debates. In our study, using an existing risk assessment and decision, we survey four stakeholder groups in New Zealand in order to determine how they rate the costs and benefits. Our survey methodology incorporates a continuous scale along three axes that represent the biophysical outcomes of economic, environmental and human health. This design enables costs and benefits to be traded-off between individuals, giving them a representative voice. We use these results to investigate whether or not it would be feasible to use such an approach in order to make decisions, and what this may mean. Our results indicate that public decision making is possible, and in this case broadly the public view broadly agrees with the official decision. Such an approach holds promise for expanding the role in the risk assessment process.

Evaluation of Toll Options with Quick-Response Analysis Tools: Case Study of the Capital Beltway

2003 ◽  
Vol 1839 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick DeCorla-Souza
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Local Decision Makers

Analysis tools in current use in transportation decision-making processes are not well suited for evaluating toll highway alternatives against more traditional free highway alternatives. How existing analysis tools might be used in evaluating toll options was examined. A case study demonstrates that relatively simple analytical procedures may be used to estimate the impact of pricing alternatives and to generate information for use by local decision makers. The case study also demonstrates that pricing alternatives often can accomplish the purpose of a major highway project more efficiently and more effectively than conventional alternatives that exclude pricing, while generating revenue to support bonds for project construction or to fund improved transit and paratransit services. With toll revenue to back bonds, project delays due to constrained funding can be avoided, and the public can be provided with superior mobility earlier and at lower public cost.

scholarly journals A Methodology for Creating a Macro Action Plan to Improve IT Use and Its Governance in Organizations

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Veronica Telino ◽  
Ricardo Massa ◽  
Ioná Mota ◽  
Alexsandro Gomes ◽  
Fernando Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
It Use ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Subject

Information Technologies represent a primary instrument in all types of organizations. However, their use is not always well planned in the public sector. The research proposes a methodology to build a realistic action plan that improves the use of information technology and its governance in public organizations. We conduct a case study using semi-structured interviews to investigate the different views of 8 decision-makers regarding the use of IT and its governance. The findings were analyzed systematically and synthesized into a set of perspectives on the subject. An interference matrix reveals how each view interferes and receives positive and/or negative interference from the others. Based on the matrix, the methodology applies criteria to prioritize the perspectives with the highest potential to improve the use of IT and its governance. The final product of the methodology is an action plan aligned with the vision of the institution’s decision-makers. The plan requires little effort to improve the use of IT and its governance. Seventeen views related to the use of IT and its governance emerged from the interviews. Four views that do not cause or receive harmful interference from other perspectives were selected to guide the plan elaboration. The methodology proved to be efficient for creating an action plan adapted to the institutional reality. According to the managers, the action plan represents with high precision the most urgent needs of the organization, respecting its work capacity and available resources for a project to improve the use of IT and its governance.

scholarly journals Where Will Future Agricultural Marketing Information Come From: New Jersey Peach Market—A Case Study

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Daymon W. Thatch ◽  
Frederick A. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Agricultural Marketing ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Informational Model ◽  
On Line ◽  
Marketing Information

Researchers and decision makers are currently faced with a reduced supply of agricultural marketing information at both federal and state levels. Although a number of on-line computer informational sources are available to help fill this gap, the data are relatively expensive and often not available in the form or detail needed at the farm level. This paper examines expected future sources of agricultural information in the public, private and semi-public/private sectors. A working model of a semi-public/ private informational system is presented. The proposed self-help grower informational model system can be tailored to provide farm level data needed at a reasonable cost.

scholarly journals Indeks Ketahanan Lingkungan sebagai Bukti Pembuatan Kebijakan: Sebuah Sosialisasi Evidence-based Policy di Desa Lorok, Kecamatan Indralaya Utara, Kabupaten Ogan Ilir

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-390
Author(s):  
Faisal Nomaini ◽  
Muhammad Husni Thamrin ◽  
Oemar Madri Bafadhal
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Resilience Index ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village

Practitioners and academics are faced with problems about why public policy fails to achieve its goals and is met with resistance from the public. This then led to the birth of an evidence-based policy (EBP) concept that is trusted and has been proven to increase policy success. Unfortunately, this concept has not yet reached the village government level. Therefore, this community service aims to socialize this concept and put it into practice by taking a case study on the environmental resilience index as one of the compilations of the village developing index (IDM). We took a case study in Desa Lorok, Kecamatan Indralaya Utara, Kabupaten Ogan Ilir for several reasons, such as governance and their readiness to accept this new concept. This community service is a model for implementing EBP by the needs and characteristics of the community because it is formulated jointly between us as academics and the community. Another result is policy recommendations for increasing environmental resilience by focusing on the criteria composing the index.

scholarly journals Coastal Vulnerability Assessment using geoindicators: case study of Rio Grande do Sul coastline

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-322
Author(s):  
Priscila Emerich Souza ◽  
João Luiz Nicolodi
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Physical Vulnerability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
Geological Processes

Abstract Geoindicators are means adopted for the measurement of geological processes and phenomena that occur at or near the Earth's surface and vary significantly over periods of 100 years or less. These tools have focused on assessing geological impacts and risks over the last three decades. However, the use of geoindicators is not widely known and has not been as greatly exploited as have most environmental indicators. The objective of this study is to contribute to the diffusion of information about and the application of geoindicators. We have defined, in terms of geoindicators, parameters and aspects of coastal environments that are commonly studied or monitored. The geoindicators proposed were designed for assessing coastal physical vulnerability in the case of the coastal beaches of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Four geoindicators were defined and tested: the height and morpho-ecological state of the foredunes, shoreline position, and washout concentrations. An additional sócio-environmental indicator was included, sanitary quality. These indicators were brought together to constitute a Physical Vulnerability Index that represented seven locations along the coastline assessed. In addition, the indicators and Index values were used to generate a cartographic map that could be understood by the public and used by decision makers.

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