Performance improvement: The means to process improvement

Successful problem solving and improvement require more than the discovery of a workable solution. At some point, the results need to become part of daily routines and locked in place so that these new practices do not revert to old, less productive habits. Using performance improvement steps to secure the change can ensure that process owners will not revisit the same set of issues in the future.     

基于云计算架构公共健康服务平台

随着"大数据"与"云计算"越来越被大众熟知及互联网+概念的提出,云计算与健康行业的联系变得越来越紧密.基于云计算的公共健康服务平台的体系结构总体分为SaaS应用层、PaaS管理层以及由网络层和感知层组成的IaaS基础接入层三部分.其关键技术包括升级改造技术、系统实用技术和实现系统业务连续性的技术.     

Career guidance and public mental health

Career guidance may have the potential to promote public health by contributing positively to both the prevention of mental health conditions and to population level well-being. The policy implications of this possibility have received little attention. Career guidance agencies are well placed to reach key target groups. Producing persuasive evidence to support claims of health outcomes from guidance is problematic. Although rare, there are some studies of health impacts from employment related interventions, suggesting it is not impossible to generate such evidence. There is a need to develop an evidence base addressing well-being outcomes which may require adopting health-style research methods. There is also a need to open a dialogue with policy makers concerning the potential for career guidance to contribute to public mental health.     

Performance improvement: It's really about change

Performance improvement is really about change. The issues encountered are both mechanical and emotional. Although the urge to push reforms on people without reflection can be tempting, doing so often manages to undercut the improvement effort. This article presents a nine‐step model for sustaining improvements and anchoring change. Modifications that plan for and manage human relations concerns with the same attention as technical matters have a much better chance of being accepted.     

基于DEA方法的公共部门绩效评估研究

本文从介绍和分析公共部门的特性入手,分析了公共部门和私有部门管理者行为模式的不同,从而引入了三种公共部门绩效评估的标准、效率、效果或生产率变动量。进而介绍了DEA方法在不同的绩效评估标准下的应用。