This policy paper addresses organizational areas for improvement when universities start producing MOOCs. These areas surface in the intersection between educational practice and MOOC policies, and they will be discussed in three parts in the paper. First, we describe the organizational context in which this paper is based. Second, we outline four organizational challenges that can shape the co...

Methods We used case study methodology and tailored the intervention and analysis to each unique case (i.e. health department). An experienced Knowledge Broker supported each case through a variety of strategies: large-group training with front-line staff; one-on-one consultation with specialists, guiding them through a structured EIDM process; and advice to management on organizational policie...

The introduction of the Internet to the business world has changed many ways of doing business. Unfortunately, the Internet has also become an arena where individuals are constantly at risk for computer viruses, spyware/adware infection, and malicious attacks designed to misuse or appropriate corporate assets. The wide-spread publicity of both cyber-attacks and ways to combat these problems, pu...

introduction: hospitals are responsible to respond to legitimate demands for health information release while protecting the confidentiality of patient health records. this study investigated and compared laws and policies of health information disclosure for legal authorities in iran and some selected countries. methods: this descriptive-comparative study included health information disclosure...

investigating and ranking the stressor factors on employees’ job performance in urmia university of medical sciences staff heidarisani m , vahedi m , rahimi gh , rahimi b * received: 25 aug , 2013 accepted: 28 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: stress and its effect is a significant problem in all organizations therefore employees and even human are living with it in recent decade. the purp...