Guidelines for undergraduate degree programs on Model curriculum and guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in information systems / / Gordon B. Davis [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910510415303321
• Autore: Davis Gordon B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Association for Computing Machinery, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (103 pages)
• Collana: ACM Conferences
• Disciplina: 004
• Soggetti: Electronic data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: The IS'97 report is the latest output from model curriculum workfor information systems that began in the early 1970s and hasmatured over a twenty year period. This report represents thecombined effort of numerous individuals and reflects the interestsof thousands of faculty. It is grounded in the expectedrequirements of industry and represents the views of organizationsemploying the graduates. This model curriculum is the first collaborative curriculumeffort of the ACM, AIS and AITP (formerly DPMA) societies and issupported by other interested organizations. The draft was reviewedat eleven national and international meetings involving over 1,000individuals from industry and academia. All aspects of the computing field have had rapid, continuouschange. As a result, university-level Information Systems (IS)curricula need frequent updating to remain effective. Since mostacademic units have mechanisms to maintain currency of curricula,why have professional society curriculum committees? If an ISacademic unit were providing graduates solely to local business andgovernment, the input on program contents could be derived fromrepresentatives of local organizations that hire the graduates.However, local employment is not the sole objective forundergraduate majors in Information Systems. Students from ISprograms accept jobs in widely dispersed geographic areas.Therefore, availability of curriculum models enables local academicunits to maintain academic ; programs that are consistent both withemployment needs across the country and with the common body ofknowledge of the IS field. The first IS curriculum models wereintroduced in the early 1970s. This early work was followed bymodel curricula developed by ACM and DPMA. Details of this historyare reviewed in Appendix 2. Professional society curriculum reports serve several otherobjectives. One important use is to provide a local academic unitwith rationale to obtain proper resources to support its program.Often, administration at the local institution is not aware of theresources, course offerings, computing hardware, software, andlaboratory resources needed for a viable program. Administrationmay be unaware of the specialized classroom technology, libraryresources, or laboratory assistants essential for proper educationof IS undergraduates. Finally, administration might not recognizethe rapid turnover of knowledge in the field and the need forresources to support constant retooling of faculty. Curriculumreports provide recommendations in these resource areas as well ascontent for the necessary body of knowledge. They provide importantinformation for local IS academic units to use in securing fromtheir institution the necessary levels of support. The importance of the curriculum effort is based on continuingstrong demand for graduates. A strong demand for IS professionalsis forecast by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to continuethrough the year 2005 (Occupational Outlook Quarterly 1993). Forexample, the forecast increase in demand for system analysts is 110percent for the period 1992-2005, averaging over 8 percentannually. Of all occupations analyzed, the systems analyst positionis projected to have one of the highest demands. The IS field also remains attractive in regard to compensation.In 1993, raises in IS were second highest of all professions, onlyslightly below engineering (Sullivan-Trainor 1994). These growthand pay level factors indicate undergraduate degrees in IS willcontinue to be in strong demand over the next decade. In a time of restricted academic budgets, some IS academicdepartments have been under downsizing pressure from other academicdisciplines in their own institutions, citing a decline inemployment in central IS organizations. However, there is nolessening in demand for IS knowledge and ability in organizations;to the contrary, the demand is expanding as the functional areas ofthe organization gain more capability in IS. Many areas of theorganization are now hiring IS majors for departmental computingactivities. There is also strong demand for the IS minor bystudents in other disciplines who need IS expertise in order to beeffective in their work and to assist in developing applications intheir functional area. A third reason that the demand for IScourses will continue to increase is that students in relateddisciplines want to acquire basic and intermediate IS skills. Everydiscipline is experiencing growth in computer use, and students whoenrich their IS knowledge are at a career advantage.

Assessment of the private health sector in the Republic of Congo / / Marty Makinen, Leo Deville, Amanda Folsom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785898803321
• Autore: Makinen William Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-62308-0; 9786613935533; 0-8213-9707-9
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 109 pages : illustrations
• Collana: Investment climate in health series
• Altri autori (Persone): DevilléLeo
• Disciplina: 330.9675
• Soggetti: Medical policy - Congo (Brazzaville); Medical care - Needs assessment - Congo (Brazzaville)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A World Bank study."; "English translation of the original French publication entitled: Étude sur le secteur privé e la santé en Republique du Congo."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. Introduction; The Republic of Congo's Interest in the Private Health Sector; Structure of this Report; The Congolese Context; Figures; 1.1. Gross Domestic Product per Capita (U.S. dollars); Tables; 1.1. Ease of Doing Business in the Republic of Congo; Health Care Environment; 1.2. Health Indicators Related to the MDGs; Human Resources; 1.2. Distribution of Private Sector Health Care Personnel, by Subregion, 2005; 1.3. Regional and Worldwide Comparison of Government Health Care Expenditures; 1.4. Public and Private Health Care Expenditures, 20001.5. Public and Private Health Care Expenditures, 2008; 1.6. Household Expenditures as a Percentage of Private Health Care Expenditures; Summary and Conclusions; 2. Description of the Congolese Health Care System and Its Private Component; Introduction; Structure of the Health Care System; Structure of the Private Health Sector; 2.1. Regulatory Authority, by Type of Private Provider; 2.1. Status of Facilities, by Type; 2.2. Distribution of Facilities, by Sector; 2.3. Distribution of Private Facilities, by Region Type; Summary and Conclusions3. Methodology and Limitations of the Study; Analysis of the Institutional Framework; Multidimensional Analysis of Supply; Multidimensional Analysis of Demand; Limitations of the Study; 4. Study Results; Analysis of Demand; Tools and Methodology; Main Observations; 4.1. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Fever/Cough, National Sample, by SES; 4.2. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Fever/Cough, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.3. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Fever/Cough, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.4. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Diarrhea, National Sample, by SES4.5. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Diarrhea, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.6. Type of Service Used to Treat a Child's Diarrhea, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.7. Childbirth Location, by SES; 4.8. Childbirth Location, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.9. Childbirth Location, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.10. Location of Postnatal Visits, National Sample, by SES; 4.11. Location of Postnatal Visits, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.12. Location of Postnatal Visits, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.13. Choice of Public versus Private Sector for HIV Testing, National Sample, by SES4.14. Choice of Public versus Private Sector for HIV Testing, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.15. Choice of Public versus Private Sector HIV Testing, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.16. Provider Chosen by Women to Treat STIs, National Sample, by SES; 4.17. Provider Chosen by Women to Treat STIs, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.18. Provider Chosen by Women to Treat STIs, Rural Areas, by SES; 4.19. Provider Chosen by Men to Treat STIs, National Sample, by SES; 4.20. Provider Chosen by Men to Treat STIs, Urban Areas, by SES; 4.21. Provider Chosen by Men to Treat STIs, Rural Areas, by SES
• Sommario/riassunto: This country assessment is part of a set of studies planned in order to provide a better understanding of how to improve the business environment in which the private sector operates in Congo and other African countries. The assessment was conducted in order to establish a baseline of information, to help with political decision-making and provide market information. The private health sector assessment in the Republic of Congo provides a diagnosis of the nature and the effectiveness of the interface between the public and private sectors, establishes a dialogue on policy with stakeholders, and makes recommendations for reform that would bolster public and private involvement. The methodology is based on a supply and demand approach to identify market, policy and institutional barriers, and options for reducing these barriers by changing policies and initiatives. The information pertaining to demand reveals how users perceive private providers and their potential. The information pertaining to supply gives a better understanding of the role that private providers play and the challenges they encounter. The institutional information shows how Congo's institutions have facilitated or hampered the private participation. The study methodology includes the following aspects: (i) presentation of the general context of the private health sector in Congo, (ii) multidimensional analysis of demand, (iii) multidimensional analysis of supply, and (iv) analysis of institutional context. Options for action presented in this report include (i) policy and governance initiatives, (ii) regulatory initiatives, (iii) incentive initiatives, and (iv) concrete measures for public-private partnerships (PPP) in the health sector.

Seeds of extinction : Jeffersonian philanthropy and the American Indian / / Bernard W. Sheehan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797361803321
• Autore: Sheehan Bernard W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 1973; ©1973
• ISBN: 0-8078-3991-4; 1-4696-1145-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 pages)
• Collana: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Disciplina: 970.5
• Soggetti: Indians of North America - Government relations - 1789-1869
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Gift/Arsenault, R.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography (p. [281]-292) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: METAPHYSICS; I. Environmentalism; II. Origins; III. Deficiency; IV. The Noble Savage; PART TWO: PROGRAM; V. Incorporation; VI. Manipulation; PART THREE: ILLUSIONS; VII. Violence; VIII. Disintegration; IX. Removal; Conclusion; Note on Sources; Titles; Index