In what is variously called business intelligence, data warehousing or data-driven decision making, accountability-minded administrators are funneling the reams of information they collect each year into a centralized computer bank, a seemingly obvious idea that only recently began trickling down from private industry into schools.
Social movements pursuing public control over water supplies, and democratic and participatory governance models, are also drawn to the elements of public participation in decision-making, accountability and access to justice underscored by the human right to water.
We thought that the term is appropriate as the research study focuses on cloud computing services, and IT governance, comprising numerous processes around strategies, decision-making, accountability, risk management [77] and measurable performance and benefits [77, 78].
This principle requires, too, that laws are consistent with international human rights norms, and promote wide participation in decision-making, accountability to citizens, transparency in governance processes, and equality in treatment.
Nurse practitioners have very high levels of decision-making, accountability, and responsibility, and value both autonomy and collaboration with other healthcare professionals [14:7].
The goal is to decentralize decision making, and accountability, in a company with a tradition of having the important decisions made at the top -- by Mr. Gates on technology and products, and by Mr. Ballmer on sales and marketing.
The main index is composed of four sub-indexes that capture issues related to autonomy, decision-making process, tools for effective decision making and accountability.
The resultant arrangement constitutes governance if there is recognised authority, agreed rules for decision making, and accountability.
For assessing whether health facilities promote a culture of information, the construct is operationalized as having five dimensions - the promotion of: 1) data quality; 2) evidence based decision making and accountability; 3) reward mechanisms for good work; 4) the use of information; and 5) efforts and activities to change things for the better.
The model produced inequity, variation in take up, arbitrary decision making and poor accountability.
We hope for significant policy change with increased scrutiny about sound decision making and public accountability.
