Grid Computing provides the facility of resource sharing of under utilized resources. The efficient management of dynamic nature resources can be done with the help of Quality of Service (QoS) based resource provisioning. So it is required to design resource provisioning policy which helps in the efficient management of resources from both user and provider aspects. In this paper, a Cost based ...

The study of labor market segmentation and the estimation of the deadweight loss due to policy distortions reflected in wage structures require analyses of labor force surveys. These data are increasingly available in most countries. But evaluations of labor market reforms are uncommon. The lack of documented labor market reforms may reflect the difficulty of reducing wage distortions by direct...

Abstract This chapter describes the most prominent public management reform trajectories in German administration over past decades since unification. In 1990s, New Steering Model emerged as a variant of NPM. Since mid-2000s, local governments Germany have been subjected to mandatory their budgeting and accounting system known Municipal Financial Management reforms. Both reforms led substantial...

Collaborative management of natural resources involves two or more parties working together to govern and/or manage a set of resources within a defined area. Although a number of collaborative management frameworks have been developed for protected area and fisheries management, few exist for freshwater resources that enable their comparative analysis. We present a framework of collaborative ma...

Achieving an AIDS-free generation will require the adoption and implementation of critical health policy reforms. However, countries with high HIV burden often have low policy development, advocacy, and monitoring capacity. This lack of capacity may be a significant barrier to achieving the AIDS-free generation goals. This manuscript describes the increased focus on policy development and imple...

background ghana’s national health insurance scheme (nhis), established by an act of parliament (act 650), in 2003 and since replaced by act 852 of 2012 remains, in african terms, unprecedented in terms of growth and coverage. as a result, the scheme has received praise for its associated legal reforms, clinical audit mechanisms and for serving as a hub for knowledge sharing and learning within...

This study intends to propose a modern model in the field of human resources (HR) strategic management through designing human resources&rsquo competence framework. Based on this strategic orientation of organization on human resources management system has been investigated considering the mediating role of competence approach in Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In order to implem...