Local level Disaster Response in Nepal: Investigating the Government Agencies

Public Library Partnerships with Local Agencies to Meet Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Needs

This paper reports on the initial findings of the first phase of a study funded by San Jose State University, USA to provide insight regarding how public libraries can be more involved in community-wide disaster planning, strengthening their role as core members of their communities' disaster preparedness and response infrastructure. The first phase of the study involves a nationwide survey of ...

Investigating Enterprise Application Integration Adoption in the Local Government Authorities

Investigating the Role of Project Champions in e- Government Integration Initiatives in Local Government Domain

The realisation of technological innovations has often been associated with the presence of a champion who performs the imperative functions of transformational leadership, facilitation, and endorsement of different technical projects. This study investigates the role of project champions in electronic Government (e-Government) integration initiatives in local government domain. In this context...

Collaboration between local health and local government agencies for health improvement.

BACKGROUND In many countries, national, regional and local inter- and intra-agency collaborations have been introduced to improve health outcomes. Evidence is needed on the effectiveness of locally developed partnerships which target changes in health outcomes and behaviours. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of interagency collaboration between local health and local government agencies on ...

Factors Causing Failure in Teleworking: the Case of Government Agencies in Iran

Teleworking is one of the new methods applied in most developed countries to increase organizational flexibility, reduce costs and improve performance. However, the implementation of teleworking is not so successful in Iran. Therfore, the objective of the present study is to identify the factors causing failure in implementation of teleworking. The study is carried out in the governmental a...