Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how organisations can develop leaders who have the competences necessary to ensure the sustainability of the company. It considers how the understanding and practice of responsible leadership can be enhanced by defining the competencies for...

Despite improved employment performance across the OECD in the late 1990s, unemployment remains a key issue for analysis and debate among policy makers. This paper outlines the experience and developing policy of “New Labour” in the UK, the philosophy of the “Third Way” associated with...

Objective To describe Iran's hospital activity with Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs).Method A total of 445,324 separations was grouped into discreet DRG classes using AR-DRGs. L3H3; IQR and 10th-95th percentile were used to exclude outlier cases. Reduction in variance (R2)...

Given commonly employed thresholds in the UK NHS, on balance co-trimoxazole may be a cost-effective treatment for IPF, although there is substantial decision uncertainty. However, recent guidance on the use of immunosuppressive therapy in IPF patients should be taken into account prior to any...

This paper is based on a real life example of a department in a county council in the UK in 2002. The paper uses this simple example to raise generic issues of process definition and performance measurement. It then uses these issues to clarify the challenges in implementing a balanced business...