this article examine the effects of ICT on improving the cultural management. the way of collecting data is descriptive. The study used questionnaires for gathering the required information and the sample included 287cultural managers selected randomly. It is worth mentioning that73 of them were among e selected managers. using the ICT will lead to improving management of the cultural services, increasing the efficiency of managers based on the principle of customer-cantering decreasing the expenses and increasing the rate of presenting the cultural services. Based on the result of the study also some suggestions are made to improve the statue of presenting the cultural service and products.
Knowledge management (KM) is known for its positive impact on the strategy of organizations, but little is known and understood about the significance of competency and learning and its important effects on knowledge management in public and private organizations in different sectors of the economy. The importance of knowledge as decisive business resource in recent years has compelled the management sector to examine knowledge underlying their businesses. This further paved the way to the rise to knowledge management (KM) initiatives. Only few studies have concentrated between KM and Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) performance. Moreover, they are into ascertaining knowledge and task evaluation using KM applications. The present study is an attempt to understand Relationship between Knowledge Management and Human Resource Management Systems.
The main purposes of this article are to identify the dimensions of organizational knowledge creation strategies (EICE model: exploration, institutional entrepreneurship, combination, exploitation) and to clarify the relationship between the organizational knowledge creation strategies and its knowledge asset. For these purposes, guided by knowledge-based view and knowledge creation theory, we propose an EICE model and explore its effect on the knowledge asset. We further suggest the managerial implications and theoretical implications. The main managerial implication is that the knowledge creation strategies model may help manager to make effective strategies for knowledge creation within the organization. The main contributions to organization theory are extending Nonaka's knowledge creation theory to form a new strategic model for knowledge creation.
Being a part of Bramhaputra river basin, Tripura, the 3rd smallest state of India, is divided into 1032 micro-watersheds. These micro-watersheds are divided into 58 nos of Block comprising with both tribe and non tribe Blocks. Out of several tribal Blocks in 8 districts in Tripura, Killa was given prime importance in running IWMP project. In Killa Block Pitragang MU is one of the best micro-watershed representing significant socio-economic development of the tribal community. The undulating topography of the project area dismantles the advantages of annual rainfall of 2123 mm. Government of India sanctioned Rs. 185.4 lakhs for Pitragang MU besides convergence of other schemes, out of which 56%, 9% and 10% are reserved for watershed development works, livelihood to asset less persons, production system and microenterprise, respectively, via phase wise distribution over 5 years. NRM based works like enormous waterbodies, soil moisture conservation structures have been created with an objective to increase irrigated area, ground water recharge, income generation through pisciculture, duckery etc. In collaboration with Agriculture and allied departments technical guidance on farming, horticulture and plantations are done for micro-entrepreneurship development and institution building among stakeholders.
Background: Suicide ideation is considered a major psychiatric emergency among patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses. Suicide ideation is a multifaceted issue that involves bio- psycho- social and cultural factors that interfere with patients’ abilities. Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychosocial predictors of suicide ideation among Jordanian patients with chronic illnesses. Methods: A cross-sectional design using self-administered questionnaires was used to collect data from 480 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Results: Mean score of suicide ideation was 4.07 (SD = 1.7) and almost 20% (n= 85) of the participants found to be suicidal, the majority were suffering from moderate to severe depressive symptoms and slight level of life satisfaction. Also, it was found that patients had a high level of optimism and moderate perception of social support from family, friends, and significant other. Type of illness has significant relation with the seriousness component of suicide ideation (p = 0.023). Depression (β=.345, p <.001) was a significant risk factor for thought component of SI and optimism (β=-.008, p <.05) a significant protective factor against thought component of SI. Conclusion: patients with chronic illnesses suffer serious psychological disturbances and in need for psychological care, and periodic psychological screening to maintaining their psychological wellbeing.