Purpose: Today, without having competent and efficient human resources, organizations will not be able to create transformation, development and excellence, achieve a strategic model and achieve the set goals. The way to achieve this is to develop the management and leadership of the organization and create an efficient structure for the human resources organization. Therefore, the main purpose...

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The extent to which federal investment in research crowds out or decreases incentives for investment from other funding sources remains an open question. Scholarship on research funding has focused on the relationship between federal and industry or, more comprehensively, non-federal funding without disentangling the other sources of research support that include nonprofit organizations and sta...

Abstract: While the technology of warfare is constantly changing, particularly in the areas of weapons, equipment, mobility, and communications, the fundamental structure of military organizations has remained stable since Roman times. In this paper we present an ontology of the basic categories and relationships needed to represent modern military organizations (i.e. government-sponsored nonpa...

Available online 21 August 2008 Interoperability refers to a property of diverse systems and organizations enabling them to work together. The current exchanges are, however, often inefficient and error-prone. Improved interoperability between public organizations as well as between public and private organizations is of critical importance to make digital government more successful. In this pa...

electronic government is a new concept that governments according to level of development implement in different ways. utilizing informational systems in business sections has created potential context for developing electronic government. customer relationship ‎management (crm) is an important system in management that helps to develop electronic government and promote citizenship-based in org...

ERP (Enterprise resource planning) systems implementation is a complex exercise in organizational innovation and change management. Government organizations are increasing their adoption of these systems for various benefits such as integrated real-time information, better administration, and result-based management. Government organizations, due to their social obligations, higher legislative ...

Government services have been privatised in Australia and many other countries, yet the transition from government ‘hierarchy’ to service delivery by non-government providers has proven to be challenging. Organizations have to deliver the same services, but they struggle to find ways to improve their performance while still conforming to government regulations. In this paper we draw upon a case...

The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990’s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments to streamline processes and improve customer service. As a result, achieving successful citizen centric e-government has become a key concern for many governments. Given the un...

Social responsibility in gambling is increasingly becoming both a policy issue for governments and industries, and a management issue for gambling operators. While many legalized commercial gambling operators adopt a purely economic orientation to their business, non-profit, charity gambling operators tend to focus on the social benefits of their activities. This paper argues that neither a pur...