Effectively leading people engaged in the practice of public health has never been more critical than in the early years of the twenty-first century. Likewise, effectively managing the organizations in which these individuals practice the various professional disciplines of public health has become increasing important and difficult. Taken together, leading the people and managing public health...

The massive introduction and use of information and communication network technology in public administration has led to the establishment of a complex variety of new, virtual organization forms within and outside the public sector. Electronic government has been an important driver for the emergence of virtual organizations in the public sector. However, our knowledge about these emerging form...

This paper considers how emergency response organizations utilize available social media technologies to communicate with the public in emergencies and to potentially collect valuable information using the public as sources of information on the ground. The authors discuss the use of public social media tools from the emergency management professional’s viewpoint with a particular focus on the ...

This study seeks to understand the underlying mechanisms through which knowledge management (KM) influences organizational performance based on the concept of KM capability. It is proposed that organizational and human resources moderate the effects of physical resources on KM capability. The effect of KM capability under environmental dynamism is also examined. Recognizing that public organiza...

participative management tries to help organizations to meet their goals and satisfy stakeholders to reach their purposes, and one of its subsystems is suggestion system which is a form of employee – to – management communication that benefit employees as well as employers. in iran and in relation to establishing participative management, the management and planning organization asked public or...

Open source software (OSS) previously regarded as a fad by many academics has been rapidly adopted by both public and private sector organizations. The challenge facing most organizations is how to evaluate OSS adoption benefits. OSS adoption is a complex phenomenon which requires an interdisciplinary approach to understand the socio-technical, political, economic and legal benefits. The comple...

Measuring and evaluating performance, and – even more – exploring the factors influencing performance is of key importance both in the case of business enterprises and non-profitoriented public organizations. Well-known economists and businessmen try to improve the measuring methods. Measuring the fulfilment of requirements regarding public organizations is typically made by analysing the finan...

Information systems have always been in a prime focus in organizations in both local (Pakistani) and global environment. Now the race of being the best through Information Systems has created its importance in public sector organizations to meet the global challenges. Public sector organizations have been facing problems in different segments of technology adoption especially in ERP projects. E...