BACKGROUND New approaches and tools were needed to support the strategic planning, implementation and management of a Program launched by the Brazilian Government to fund research, development and capacity building on neglected tropical diseases with strong focus on the North, Northeast and Center-West regions of the country where these diseases are prevalent. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS B...

background : quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving health system performance in developed and developing countries. this research was a comparative study on quality management models in health system of several countries. the main goal of this study was to identify the most significant dimensions of quality management and propose appropriate model for health s...

در پژوهش حاضر، پس از مطالعه مبانی نظری کارت امتیازی متوازن و بررسی راه‌حل‌های ارائه‌شده برای بهبود کاربرد آن توسعه نقشه استراتژی اهداف استراتژیک که روشن‌کننده مسیر حرکت سازمان رشد دستیابی به سازمانی است، مدلی پیشنهاد می­شود تا با نگاهی نو کاربردی، روابط تعیین اولویت‌بندی شوند. این پژوهش، نقاط قوت ضعف فرصت‌ها تهدیدهای اولویت‌دار به‌عنوان معیارهای ارزیابی نظر گرفته‌ شده است؛ سپس استفاده تکنیک تاپ...

globalization of economy and changes  in the world markets in decade of 1990 enhanced the role of management accounting in strategic management process. with the aid of management accounting concepts and techniques, the competitive edge of the manufacturing firms was improved to a large extent. in this article, the major functions and responsibilities of management accounting is described, rela...

in this study, an outsourcer evaluation and management system is developed for a manufacturing company by use of fuzzy goal programming (fgp). a first phase of the methodology evaluation criteria for outsources and the objectives of the company are determined. considering the fuzziness in the decision data, linguistic variables that can be expressed in generalized fuzzy number are used. the pro...

Universities worldwide strive to achieve excellence in research, learning, teaching, and community services, which are the pillars of their strategic plans. However, satisfying international ranking criteria might not directly result achieving objectives. This paper proposes a new approach rank university colleges by evaluating educational quality. Standard sets from multiple systems university...

Background and Objectives: Outsourcing has been considered by hospital managers as a model to reduce the financial burden and modify the financial system. The external suppliers must be qualified for the services they ought to provide to the hospitals. The use of the Balance Scorecard and the Analysis of Hierarchical Process can help assessing suppliers' capability to solve exi...

The benefits of strategic environmental considerations in the process of siting a repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) are presented. The benefits have been explored by analyzing differences between the two site selection processes. One is a so-called official site selection process, which is implemented by the Agency for radwaste management (ARAO); the other is a...