Managers from district to national level cited the difficulties in coordinating organizations with priorities different from those of the MOH, and managing competing agendas among NGOs working in the same programmatic areas.
The Italian prime minister said a report in the Guardian, citing senior western officials as saying the US had taken the lead in managing the agenda for the summit, was "a colossal blunder by a small newspaper".
The examples given here about data management within arts disciplines are rich and informative, and justify a bottom-up approach to managing this agenda (as called for in the conclusion).
Utah residents pride themselves on the state's natural beauty, its wildlife and the acumen of its hunters, and so the bounty program also represents an experiment in managing the competing agendas of conservation and culture, scientific and economic development.
The facilitators assisted the team by setting consistent agendas, managing time during the meetings, and providing feedback to the group when it was warranted (e.g. reminders of guiding principles).
The most important of the initiative's twenty-nine board members will be the chairperson, who will manage the agenda, including approval of grants and loans; guide the institute's financing; deal with the California legislature and the U.S. Congress; lead negotiations for intellectual-property agreements; and more.
Ordering hostilities short of war in an effort to stage-manage the agenda with Seoul and Washington has been a major part of the playbook used by the past two generations of leaders in the North: rapid escalation of a crisis until the United States and South Korea buy temporary peace with aid or investments.
Although Mr. Bush has benefited from seasoned Washington hands, White House aides said that the officials who had the largest role in stage-managing the agenda for his first days were two of the president's confidants from Texas: Mr. Rove, who developed the central strategy, and Karen P. Hughes, Mr. Bush's counselor, who was responsible for message development.
What Cameron lacked was a media technician with the clout and experience who could help shape and manage an agenda which would appeal to the popular press and hopefully win the support of the proprietor of Britain's two most widely read tabloids.
The central challenge for Clemo and her managers, she reflects, was to run two major pieces of work in tandem: the drive to improve services that were not protecting children well enough, while also managing a transformation agenda that meant staff needed a lot of support.
