MANAGEMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) and COLLABORATIVE TEAMS

Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition related to the development of the brain that can lead to persistent challenges with socialization, restricted interests, and repeated behaviour. Diagnosis for ASD is used as a basis of DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder) produced by American Psychiatric Association. ASD is observed in children during early years of life and significantly affects an individual’s wellbeing. Autism has remained a mystery for many specialists and researchers  for years. Although the cause of autism is still unknown, a number of strategies have been developed that have helped so many people around the world to live independently. So far there are no authentic facts for ASD prevalence in Pakistan however the statistics is roughly calculated from South Asia that ASD might be as common in Pakistan as somewhere else around the world. In a country like Pakistan where Autism is still a new phenomenon especially in rural areas, we have very restricted qualified human resources to provide a reliable rehabilitation service for a child with ASD and their family. Apart from that due to inadequate awareness exposure, knowledge, and incompetency in diagnosis, these children go undiagnosed and are mishandled.

Towards Improvement in Return on Investment ROI by Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Solution in Finance Departments

The ERP solutions contribute in making financial performance of companies in a long term period. The demands of such systems are mostly raised by manufacturing companies in our country. The top management support, implementation team support and end user training & support during implementation of ERP systems directly and indirectly effect returns of investments of the companies. Initially success of ERP solutions is dependent upon these three factors. The management, team and users focus on profitability of the company. In this study the accounts & finance departments of production companies of Faisalabad are selected where ERP systems have been implemented. The sample size constitute on three hundred respondents that are selected from accounts & finance offices of companies. The gross profits, net profits, equity capital, and all other expenditures & revenues are managed in database of ERP finance module. Our results show that ERP finance module positively associated with ROI of company. The top management support, ERP implementation team support and user support & training positively contribute in success of ERP systems and positively affect ROI of company. Firstly the top management is more conscious to increase the profitability of company by focusing on suitable ERP packages. For this purpose performance and support of ERP implementation teams is required but these teams concentrate less on ROI of the companies. The ERP system users efficiently control financial data on databases if sufficient training provide to them. The end users highly concentrate on profitability of the companies.