Government centered approach in rabies prevention and control has not led to rabies safe community, both in urban and rural areas. Government services and organizations should recognize that only joint collaboration among households and community can lead to a successful rabies control mission. Dog owners should have been more actively involved in the prevention and solving of rabies problem. P...

For nonprofit organizations (NPO’s), ICT is crucial to fulfil their social objectives. However, it is rare that ICT investments have monetary returns; ICT also has indirect impact on the social activity of NPO’s. So it is very difficult for them both to decide about ICT investments and to evaluate their contribution to performance. NPO’s should therefore define an appropriate evaluation framewo...

Integrative therapies comprise a variety of nonpharmacologic methods that provide pain and symptom management. These therapies are increasingly gaining acceptance in the healthcare community as complementary to traditional treatments for pain. This article details the introduction, scope, and challenges healthcare organizations face when incorporating integrative therapies into their care plans.

Public and nonprofit organizations have limited financial resources to spend on advertising their message/ mission and have historically not used advertising as extensively as for-profit organizations (Lovelock and Weinberg 1984). On the "Information Superhighway" information can be shared in milliseconds to global audiences at a fraction of the cost of the traditional mediums of communication....

general yermolov's mission in iran (1817) was in response to the iranian foreign minister mirza abolhassan-khan ilchi’s mission to the russian empire. the goal of yermolov's mission was to determine and resolve border disputes between the two countries based on the treaty of golestan (1813). this paper, which is based on iranian and russian sources, reviews the context, goals and achi...

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer will be the first facility-class optical interferometer optimized strictly for an imaging science mission. The array in its final form is envisaged to comprise ten 1.4 m aperture movable telescopes in a Y configuration, baselines extending from 8 to 400 meters, delay lines capable of tracking well-placed sources for 6 continuous hours, fringe-track...

Symposia on topics relating science and technology to development issues continue to be organized by the Interciencia Association (IA), the inter-American federation of national scientific organizations which AAAS helped *to found in 1975. These events, 14 of which have been sponsored since 1976, have taken place in all eight countries which comprise the Interciencia group (Brazil, Canada, Colo...

Leaders are under constant pressure from a rapidly changing environment, organizational transformation, the need to manage multiple boundaries, the irrational demands of staff, and their own psychology. To function in role, encourage a sense of community and authorize staff competence, CEO values and vulnerabilities must be visible to the staff. In order to respond to feelings as information, l...

The study of knowledge processes and practices in organizations comprise probably the most common theme in Knowledge Management research agenda. Organizations still strive though to understand how this practice works. To this end, we offer an account for anticipating and assesing its mediation and organizational fit. The paper elaborates on insights gained from organizational efforts of having ...

The concept of purpose gained prominence in organization theory recent years but there are discrepant views its meaning, which we review as evolving and different perspectives: economic theories the firm; stakeholder approaches; integrative social contracts; mission. We elaborate these perspectives terms ebb flow ideas eras. Against instrumental views, revisit work Robert Cooper, namely ever-op...