...globalization. While the response to the crisis has focused on macroeconomic aspects, the issue of globalization has been addressed predominantly in and with respect to the developed economies of Western Europe, North America and Japan. This paper is an attempt to address these two limitations. Since the human factor is the key in the new era of globalization (Hassan, 1992; Sims & Sims, 1995), the primary objective of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for effective management of human resources as a response to the growing interaction of globalization and business performance. Three central arguments are made in this paper. (1) That a growing body of evidence converge to suggest that changes taking place in the global business environment often are not accompanied by complementary changes in human resource management practices leading to a situation whereby the failure of some firms is due to the mismanagement of people rather than to problems with technical systems per se. (2) That this is because organizations have achieved relatively low levels...
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...set traditional way to perform practice. Nurses need to be more flexible and be willing to incorporate new treatment options into their care. Nurses will continue to be guided by the use of nursing theories to promote quality care. Nurses need to become proactive in their education and in developing their leadership skills to remain competitive in their changing roles (Suhr, 2008). Evidence-Based Practice Historically, evidence based-practice (EBP) was used back to Florence Nightingale’s era and reinforced to current nursing practice. Nurses used to practice based on traditions and experiences by selecting nursing interventions to influence outcomes. Little scientific evidence supported clinical decision and expected outcomes during that time. EBP began to apply quality improvement studies to develop critical pathways and care in the early efforts to study interventions outcome (Mcdonald, 2001). “Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) combines information about the results of well-designed research, clinical expertise, patient concerns and patient preferences. EBP serves as the foundation in the form of a set of values, sources and criteria upon which to gain access to, select and critique knowledge for nursing practice” (Waite & Killian, 2010). Research allows nurses to assess the value of the most current practices and the possible contribution to patient outcomes and professional service delivery by enhancing and incorporating best practices to the concept of EBP. Advancing...
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...human resources as a means of strategically gaining competitive advantage. Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a constantly evolving process which is concerned with providing a strategic framework that supports an organisation’s long term business goals. The logic behind this is that organisations are using new innovative technologies to provide qualitative low- cost solutions, and are trying to manage their human assets more effectively (Wright, P. 2008). If competitive advantage is understood as a set of organisational capabilities that would lead to superior performance over competitors, then, HRM strategy is essentially the process of defining and enhancing appropriate systems that maximise people’s added value (Wilton, 2011). The key debate which will be explored is whether there is a best way of achieving strategic HRM. This essay will therefore critically engage in this theoretical debate by comparing and contrasting three SHRM models and explore how each can make a contribution towards improved organisational performance. Boxall and Purcell (2008) highlight that there is significant debate regarding approaches to strategic HRM when they discuss three theoretical contrasting models, namely ‘‘best fit’’, ‘‘best practice’’ and ‘‘resource based view’’ (RBV). Walton (1985) explains that there are two simple typologies which should be considered when formulating HR strategy. The ‘best fit’ or ‘control based strategy’ is predicated upon close monitoring and management...
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...carry out important decisions and improve patient satisfaction, profitability and reduce medical errors. DDS operate under the premise of providing the right information and knowledge for the right patient at the right time. Implementing a successful DDS encompasses all concepts we have discussed in previous sessions such as sponsorship, managing change, outsourcing, data standards, security and privacy. For this week’s assignment and discussion we will address the implementation of a Web-enabled DDS at ZZZ health care system. ZZZ is a national hospital organization with more than 3,000 beds combined. It employs about 10,000 people and its total operating revenue is approximately $1 billion. ZZZ member hospitals provide services for acute care, extended care, residential facilities for disabled and older adults, occupational medicine and community services organizations. ZZZ could benefit from DDS at many levels: operational (i.e. resource allocation), managerial (i.e. assess departmental costs, integrate services between departments etc.) and strategic (pricing and contracting decisions, discontinuation or initiation of services etc.). ZZZ has gone through three generations of DDSs. The first generation DDS (1985-1990) was developed as a flat-file-based case management system. Its purpose was to facilitate reimbursements for specific categories of diseases. Individual hospitals had to run and mail reports to remote users, including the ZZZ administration. Turnaround time was...
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...religious beliefs, and most importantly documented personal or professional experiences. The advancement of practice, pharmaceuticals, and technology have transformed nursing into a more complicated science. Nurses are expected to do more with fewer resources and the patient-centered care vanishes in the mix, but patient advocacy is imperative to nursing. As stated by Selanders and Crane (2012) “modern nursing is complex, ever changing, and multi-focused. Since the time of Florence Nightingale, however, the goal of nursing has remained unchanged, namely to provide a safe and caring environment that promotes patient health and well-being. Effective use of an interpersonal tool, such as advocacy, enhance the care-giving environment.” This paper will focus on the nursing theorists that have continued to emphasize advocacy through effective communication and interpersonal relationships. Florence Nightingale-Environment Theory Known as the founder of modern nursing, Nightingale is the theorist that most nurses can readily recall. Her desire to treat patients with a holistic approach has been influential to nursing advancing from an art to a science. Her theories have been studied and mimicked since 1860 when the first nursing school opened in London, Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital. Nightingale’s holistic approach is still relevant in practice. Holistic care encompasses mind, body, spirit, and the environment. By providing therapeutic communication...
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...Assignment QA Approval Date: | Date Issued to Learner: | Final Submission Date: | Formative assessment (progress checks) hand in dates. (1)………………………… (2)……………………………… | | Unit AimThis unit provides the learner with the understanding and skills to plan strategies to improve an organisation’s supply chain.Unit introductionThis unit focuses on how the concept of supply chain management and logistics is based on the idea that every product that reaches an end user represents the combined effort of multiple organisations which make up the supply chain and that until recently, most organisations paid attention to only what was happening within their own business. Few organisations understood, much less managed, the entire chain of activities that ultimately delivered products to the final customer. This resulted in ineffective supply chains.In this unit, learners will develop the knowledge that, today, many organisations realise that effective management of supply chain activities can lead to increased customer value and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production and logistics, to the information systems needed to coordinate these activities.Learners will discover that the organisations that make up the supply chain are ‘linked’ through physical and information flows. Physical flows involve the transformation, movement and storage of goods and materials...
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...Whether you're negotiating for your firm or for your position in it, you'll do better if you avoid some common pitfalls. Successful bargaining means looking for positives in every possible circumstance. "If I can trade off issues that I care about more and you care about less, then we've been able to create value in a transaction." "That's the silver lining." Sometimes negotiators fall into traps and leave resources on the table because they can't see that silver lining. Successful negotiators make detailed plans. They know their priorities and alternatives, should they fail to reach an agreement. You must know your bottom line, your walk away point. In addition, you need to understand time constraints and know whether this is the only time you will see your opponents in negotiation. Usually it's not. You may make this common mistake when there is a "congruent issue," when both parties want the same thing. For example: In the context of an overall negotiation involving salary, bonus, and vacation, the boss wants to transfer a junior manager to San Francisco. The manager is eager for the San Francisco assignment. But frequently, the employee will look at the situation and believe that since the boss gave him a desired promotion the employee must compromise on the transfer location. The employee might actually suggest a transfer to Atlanta. His psychology is: "I can't expect to get everything I want, so I'll take the middle." The boss is ambivalent about the transfer and figures...
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...• Infrastructure provided to implement, coordinate, refine, disseminate, and evaluate successful local community approaches and programs of evidence - or practice based. • Support of National and International organizations shared with local affiliates and chapters, to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities with evidence and practice-based strategies and culturally based community practices. • Increase evidence around racial and ethnic communities using effective strategies to reduce obesity and hypertension. • Funding community-based organizations to reduce health disparities.x Is there enough evidence to show REACH is working? There is absolutely enough evidence. Through testimonials from various agencies around the country, the belief is that REACH is involves community conversation, is innovative to involve the concerns of the people, it shows support, creates networks and takes...
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...|Total quality management implementation and competitive advantage: The role of structural control and exploration | |Thomas J Douglas, William Q Judge Jr. Academy of Management Journal. Briarcliff Manor: Feb 2001.Vol.44, Iss. 1; pg. 158, 12 pgs| | » | |Jump to full text [pic] | | | | | | » | |Translate document into: Spanish , Portuguese | | | [pic][pic][pic][pic] |Subjects: |[pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic]Studies, Total quality, Competitive advantage, Hypotheses, Correlation | | |analysis, Organization theory, Regression analysis | |Classification Codes |9190 United States, 9130 Experimental/theoretical, 2500 Organizational behavior | |Locations: |United States, US | |Author(s): |Thomas J Douglas [pic], William Q Judge Jr [pic]...
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...Statistics in the Workplace HCS/438 May 6, 2014 Statistics in the Workplace The healthcare setting has used research and statistics to aid in standardized care by implementing best practice measures. This is also known as evidence based practice. Statistical information that is gathered is then used to help compare present and past performance, as a guide for planning future development, appraisal of work performed by healthcare staff, hospital or clinic funding, and research (International Federation of Health Information Management Associations, 2012). The purpose of the following paper is to discuss the use of statistics within Mercy Medical Center located in Des Moines, Iowa by using examples and explanations of terms used in statistics such as descriptive and inferential statistics and the four levels of measurement. Within Mercy Medical Center, nursing care is centered around the use of evidence based research thus making it important to understand the basic use of statistics in evaluating research. Hospitals must monitor for the amount of infections which occur in various units continuously since an infection can adversly afffect a patients treatment and may possibly lead to death. One of the infections which can occur is central line acquired blood stream infections (CLABSI). The raw data that is gathered from CLABSI is an example of descriptive statistics. The term descriptive statistics is given to the analysis of data which helps to describe, show, or summarize...
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...evaluate the evidence related to links between corporate strategies and HRM and identify issues which organisations need to address that make such a link work effectively in aligning HRM and corporate goals Over the years, there has been increased recognition and awareness that business needs to match its business strategies according to the human resource functions and practices. The main reason behind this is that economy has changed from manufacturing based to knowledge based economy. Many organizations’ competitive advantage now stems more from their human assets (Bal et al., 2013). This concept of integrating business strategy and human resource management is called strategic human resource management where it gradually became well known in the 1980s (Azmi, 2011) This paper discusses evidences related to links between corporate strategies and human resource management and issues that needs to be identified for the link to work effectively. According to Liao (2005), “a strategy is an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions designed to exploit core competencies and gain competitive advantage”. Whereas, strategic human resource management involves creating and applying a set of internally consistent guidelines and practises that safeguard a firm’s human capital, which directly contributes to the achievement of its corporate goals (Baird & Meshoulam, 1988). Bal et al. (2013) describe this approach of linking business concept and HRM practices as “bridging”...
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...BEST PRACTICE v. BEST FIT How do we know what is an appropriate HR model for a firm? Best Practice Model ! Argument: all firms will see performance improvement if best practice implemented (see empirical evidence) ! Method: identify best practice, give HR a high profile, get top level commitment, sell it, do it, measure it, reward champions ! Advantage: much agreement / tradition on basic best practice. Also recognition of ëbadí practice. Established rules of thumb for selection; training; appraisal methods. No need to re-invent. Itís out there. ! Disadvantage: difficulty arises when we go beyond these straightforward practices. There is great diversity of ëbest practiceí which moves away from uniformity. Pfeffer(1994 listed 16 practices for ëcompetitive advantage through peopleí. Danger of becoming an end in itself at the expense of company goals / interests. Can be conflict between benefit to company & benefit to worker ie reengineering & downsizing. Employees may lose their voice. May not be appropriate in all situations or even in sections of same business. High Performing Work Systems (HPWS) High Involvement ! Ability ñ enhance employee ability & knowledge through good recruitment & training ! Motivation ñ motivate desired behaviours through strong incentives ! Opportunity ñ encourage ideas & contribution from motivated & better trained workers Characteristics of Best Practice Model: Work teams~ flexibility 2-way information ~ comms Care...
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...ISO 27001 which talk about security standards. On this term paper we are going to first identify what is IOS 27001 from different point of view, second we will explain the challenges in implementing ISO 27001 by evaluating the framework of ISO, discussing the benefit and advantages of ISO 27001 and why it's used in UAE. After that we will clarify the challenges of ISO 27001 after interviewing two companies and get rich information from their experience in this filed then compare the challenges in and out UAE based on (3-4) articles. What is ISO/IEC 27001 1- ISO/IEC 27001 is a Controls-based policy o A comprehensive set of controls comprising best practices in information security and It's an Information standard that encompasses all types of information. o “Whatever form the information may take, or means by which it is shared or stored, it should always be appropriately protected” (ISO17799:2000) (FIRSTSOURCE,Undated) 2- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 : o Provides strategic and tactical direction o Recognizes that Information Security is a Management issue o Non-technical (BUREAU VERITAS) 3- ISO 27001(earlier BS 7799) is an International standard which provides a model (PDCA Model) for setting up and managing an effective ISMS. o ISMS is that part of the overall management system, based on a business risk approach, to establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve information security. o It provides 11 Security Control Clauses under 39 Key Security...
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...student is different and therefore there are three tiers available for those with and without disabilities. The first tier is a high-quality, universal general education program that uses good teachers to teach in general classrooms. Interventions take place when students do not meet the requirements and/or expected growth. These underperforming students receive supplemental tier 2 instruction. Tier 2 is considered the extra help tier and includes assistance such as tutoring in cooperation with the general education teacher. When students do not respond to the tier 2 assistance, a highly intensive intervention takes place, and the student receives additional instruction, which is usually provided by special education teachers. The main advantage of the tier...
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...catheter-associated urinary tract infections (Nassof, 2009). Urinary tract infections comprise the highest percentage (Paterson, 2012). These infections usually are spread by the contaminated hands of healthcare providers or the patient’s family members. They are also caused by contaminated surfaces or hospital equipment that has not been properly cleaned (Nassof, 2009). The rate of exposure to infectious materials could be reduced if healthcare providers adhered to certain standard precautions such as hand hygiene. The proposal for this nursing research utilization project is to educate nurses on the importance of hand hygiene using evidence base protocol and how they can implement it in order to prevent nosocomial infections. Most if not all healthcare providers sometime in their career fail to wash their hands. Regardless of staff views on hand washing, research evidence-based studies confirm that hand washing is the most important way healthcare providers can prevent the spread of infection...
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