National Defence University, Pakistan

About: National Defence University, Pakistan is a education organization based out in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Decision support system. The organization has 802 authors who have published 816 publications receiving 3701 citations. The organization is also known as: National Defence University of Pakistan & National Defence University Islamabad.

Bureaucracy and Public Management Reforms: Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract: The paper examines administrative performance and public management reforms in Pakistan. The study is based on the expert opinion of the civil servants gathered via 27 semi-structured interviews. Pakistan has inherited the administrative structure from the British colonial raj. Although there have been numerous reforms aimed at improving administrative performance, none of them have been implemented adequately. The changes pursued in the first two decades were related to enhancing the administrative performance by creating an adequate structure of administrative posts and ensuring a fair remuneration system. Thefirst full reform package was presented in the 1970s with steps to improve the civil service performance and nationalization of significant banks and industries. The New Public Management (NPM) inspired the Pakistani government to adopt the policies of managerialism and privatization during the 1990s. The government intended to remove the status quo and privatize the public sector industries. This reform was successful only with regard to the privatization of some sectors and banks. The remaining reform programme failed mostly because of political instability, weak political will, political interference with the reform process, etc. The semi-structured interviews conducted with Pakistani civil servants tackled the public administration problems and their possible solutions. The respondents suggested that an indigenous public management model should be created. They indicated that the government should firmly support the implementation of reform measures. Civil servants should get salaries according to their expertise. There must be a well-defined and up to date performance and evaluation system able to ensure performance-based promotions, rewards, and punishments.

Functional and role-playing positions in modern management teams: an educational institution case study

Abstract: The analysis of scientific approaches to understanding the psychological characteristics of the role of the management team is important in the context of ensuring the organizational development of educational institutions. The purpose of the study is to explore the basic approaches and views of modern researchers on defining team roles, to identify the main functional and role positions in the management team.Determining the types of leadership roles of educational institutions based on empirical research data. Also based on the method of case studies problem-situational analysis − solving leadership problems by educational managers − were analyzed the effectiveness of role-playing positions in management teams. Conclusions were made about the need for some correction of understanding and assessment of the importance of all roles in the staff of heads of educational institutions. Each of these command roles related to specific personality traits identified by the tests.An analysis of the orientation of education leaders towards team roles shows that they tend to focus on all team roles. However, one can say that some roles are more attractive to researchers, while others are less attractive. The government can use the research findings to create and implement training programs for educational leaders.

Problem of Choosing a DBMS in Modern Information System

Abstract: this work is devoted to choosing a DBMS in modern information systems. DBMS (Database Management System) is a software package designed to define, manipulate, retrieve and manage data in a database; OLTP (Online Transactional Processing) is a category of data processing that is focused on transaction-oriented tasks and typically involves inserting, updating, and/or deleting small amounts of data in a database; OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) is a computing method that enables users to easily and selectively extract and query data in order to analyze it from different points of view; ACID (an acronym for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) is a concept that Database professionals generally use when evaluating databases and application architectures; SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standardized programming language that's used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them.

Development of a modified umac algorithm based on crypto-code constructions

Abstract: The development of computer technology has determined the vector for the expansion of services based on the Internet and “G” technologies. The main requirements for modern services in the banking sector are security and reliability. At the same time, security is considered not only as ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of transactions, but also their authenticity. However, in the post-quantum period, US NIST specialists question the durability of modern means of providing basic security services based on symmetric and asymmetric cryptography algorithms. The increase in computing resources allows attackers to use modern threats in combination. Thus, there is a need to search for new and/or modify known algorithms for generating MAC (message authentication codes). In addition, the growth of services increases the amount of information that needs to be authenticated. Among the well-known hash algorithms, the hash functions of universal hashing are distinguished, which allow initially determining the number of collisions and their uniform distribution over the entire set of hash codes. Possibilities of modifying the cascade hashing algorithm UMAC (message authentication code based on universal hashing, universal MAC) based on the use of McEliece crypto-code construction on algebrogeometric (elliptic codes (EC), modified elliptic codes (MEC) and damaged codes (DC). This approach allows preserving the uniqueness property, in contrast to the classical UMAC scheme based on a block symmetric cipher (AES). The presented algorithms for evaluating the properties of universality and strict universality of hash codes make it possible to evaluate the security of the proposed hashing constructs based on universal hash functions, taking into account the preservation of the universality property