Since its inauguration in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) has been providing “free at the point of delivery” healthcare to all UK citizens. However, lately, there has been unprecedented concern over the capability of most NHS hospitals to demonstrate best value in provid…
Widespread car usage of around 800 million of cars travelling 30 billion of kilometres on a daily basis has led to many benefits but also to significant environmental and societal impacts such as congestion, air and noise pollution and urban sprawl. This thesis aims to investiga…
he digital revolution in the latter part of the twentieth century has resulted in the increased use and development of Cyber-Physical Systems. Two of which are Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM). Both are relatively new areas of interes…
Performance measurement is an important concern that has recently attracted much attention in the logistics area from both practitioners and academics. The performance measurement of logistics companies is based upon diverse performance indicators. However, to date, limited atte…
This research sought to find local evidence within the Israeli context that corporate social responsibility can have positive impact on corporate financial performance, similar to research findings in leading western economies. Such local based evidence, if found, would encourag…
Although much has been written on the benefits of hosting 'mega events' including the Olympic Games and the Football World Cup, smaller but still significant sport events of global significance such as the Golf World Cup have received hardly any attention by researchers. This de…
Project performance relies upon effective project management. Indeed, project management has been recognized as an important means for making changes in the organisation. Efficiency in project management, obviously, enhances the probability of project success, which consequently…
Early childhood education and care (ecec) is a topic of increased policy interest in the Slovak Republic where improving quality in the ecec sector is a subject of growing importance. The oecd has identified five effective policy levers to encourage quality in the sector: 1) qua…
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a topic of increased policy interest in the Slovak Republic where improving quality in the ECEC sector is a subject of growing importance. The OECD has identified five effective policy levers to encourage quality in the sector: 1) qua…
Background The Northern Territory has the highest rates of kidney disease in Australia with Aboriginal people from remote areas suffering the heaviest burden. Despite this, dialysis services are largely centralised in urban areas requiring many people to relocate for treatment. …
Jurisdictional ownership of all natural resources, including wetlands and river channels, belongs to the state in Bangladesh, and access to and control over wetland resource are determined by the existing top-down, command-and-control, bureaucratic management regimes. Grounded s…
Territorial conflict between India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir has been simmering for more than half a century. The dispute can be counted among those outstanding issues that need a prompt peaceful resolution. However, this would-be resolution process puts obligation …
Health human resource development (HHRD), including nursing human resource development (NHRD) is essential for any country. HHRD is an unexplored area of study in Pakistan. In this exploratory study, qualitative methodology was used to obtain the perceptions of key stakeholders …
Ce mémoire présente une recherche qualitative de type exploratoire portant sur la collaboration parents-intervenants dans le contexte de l'action éducative en milieu ouvert (AEMO) auprès des enfants en danger au Sénégal. Le but de la recherche est d'identifier et de promouvoir u…
In the last few decades, an important theme in organizational theory has been the increased organizational vulnerability as they operate in an intrusive environment. No matter how theorists and scholars try to solve the issue of environmental interference, there is unanimity in …
Innovation competency among religious leaders has been an area of study as nonprofit researchers continue to discover that conventional ways of managing change are no longer effective when tackling present issues. Discussions regarding using innovation competency to manage chang…
Dünya’da her geçen gün artan nüfus ile birlikte kentsel bölgelere yönelim olmuş ve buna istinaden kentlerde nüfus ciddi oranda artmıştır. Bu olay ne kadar ekonomik açıdan iyiye gidişin göstergesi gibi görünse de bu gelişimin çevresel ve sosyal açıdan olumsuzlukları görmezden gel…