...THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RICHARD BAXTER Introduction It is often described that the 20th century, and consequently the 21st century, theologians “stand on the shoulders of giants.” By that we mean that we have great treasures of literary works by theologians and scholars from the past whose ministry and legacy are just as influential and relative today. What really is new under the sun? We turn to the newest “literary genius” and the New York Time’s Best Seller list and find that the content is no doubt a translation—a re-print of material and genius from ages past in colloquial ear-tickling. One of my personal favorite authors of the 20th century was C. S. Lewis. He was an apologetic for non-apologetics and in many ways, was unlike any other...
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...1999 BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION Work & Life Strategic Initiative What is the initiative? Baxter’s Work & Life Strategic Initiative formally began with an 18-month extensive employee-needs assessment that provided a far better understanding of how the company could benefit by championing greater work-life balance for all its employees—for women as well as men. Baxter has succeeded at integrating its business case for worklife balance into a new corporate culture that is supported from the top down, demonstrated by strong CEO commitment and role modeling. A major result of this strategic assessment has been that Baxter redefined and expanded the work-life experience to encompass more categories of conflicts experienced by employees. Baxter, in conjunction with MK Consultants, developed the four-level The Work and Life Pyramid of Needs, which rests on a base of Respect (the company’s attitude toward the employee’s needs) and rises through Balance (the employee’s goal) to Flexibility (what the company wants to help the employee attain) to Programs (the supports that the company provides). The study refocused Baxter’s strategy, giving increased importance to and emphasis on respect for the “whole” person, including his or her responsibilities and interests outside of work. The initiative has since added work-life to Baxter’s shared values, employee satisfaction tools, performance standards, and other existing HR initiatives. In addition, the study’s findings...
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...1999 BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION Work & Life Strategic Initiative What is the initiative? Baxter’s Work & Life Strategic Initiative formally began with an 18-month extensive employee-needs assessment that provided a far better understanding of how the company could benefit by championing greater work-life balance for all its employees—for women as well as men. Baxter has succeeded at integrating its business case for worklife balance into a new corporate culture that is supported from the top down, demonstrated by strong CEO commitment and role modeling. A major result of this strategic assessment has been that Baxter redefined and expanded the work-life experience to encompass more categories of conflicts experienced by employees. Baxter, in conjunction with MK Consultants, developed the four-level The Work and Life Pyramid of Needs, which rests on a base of Respect (the company’s attitude toward the employee’s needs) and rises through Balance (the employee’s goal) to Flexibility (what the company wants to help the employee attain) to Programs (the supports that the company provides). The study refocused Baxter’s strategy, giving increased importance to and emphasis on respect for the “whole” person, including his or her responsibilities and interests outside of work. The initiative has since added work-life to Baxter’s shared values, employee satisfaction tools, performance standards, and other existing HR initiatives. In addition, the study’s findings added up to a strong...
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...Read the following articles from Unit 5, jotting down your first impressions of each article to use in the reflections. * Sleeping with Guns by Bruce Holbert * My Daughter Smokes by Alice Walker * A Drunken Ride, A Tragic Aftermath by Theresa Conroy and Christine M. Johnson * Young and Isolated by Jennifer M. Silva Sleeping With Guns By BRUCE HOLBERT THE summer before my sophomore year in high school, I moved into my father’s house. My father had remarried and the only unoccupied bedroom in his house was the gun room. Against one wall was a gun case he had built in high school, and beside it were two empty refrigerators stocked with rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. My bed’s headboard resided against the other wall and, above it, a resigned-looking, marble-eyed, five-point mule deer’s head with a fedora on its antler rack. The room had no windows, so the smell of gun oil filled my senses at least eight hours each day. It clung to my clothes like smoke, and like a smoker’s cigarettes, it became my smell. No one in my high school noticed. We all smelled like something: motorheads of motor oil, farm kids of wheat chaff and cow dung, athletes like footballs and grass, dopers like the other kind of grass. It did not appear to anyone — including me — that residing within my family’s weapons cache might affect my life. Together, my three brothers own at least a dozen weapons and have yet to harm anyone with them. Despite their guns (or, arguably, because...
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...Case Write-up #4: Biopure Issues: The main issue for Biopure corporation was the strategic decision on when to introduce Oxyglobin. What should be the launch strategy for Oxyglobin that ensures that the potential of Hemopure would not be affected? SWOT analysis & Reommendation: S: Oxyglobin is the first blood substitute that has received full government approval. The FDA approval would be a time consuming process, the company will be the first player to enter the market and gain first entry advantage. Biopure products are universal blood substitutes, free of infectious agents and contamination, and could be saved up safely up to 2 years. Able to immediately start off with 100% efficiency at transporting oxygen. W: No distribution channel, and lack of prior expertise in launching the product and marketing. Potential unrealistic price expectation for Hemopure blood substitute. O: By entering first, BIopure could gain market exclusivity. The Company could generate more revenues that could be used to counteract possible loss in the price of Hemopure. The dissatisfaction with the currently available blood transfusion alternatives in the marketplace is very high, so the demand for blood substitutes would be expected to be extremely high. Entering first with Oxyglobin could bring brand image to Biopure and discover possible side effects. T: Main competitors were Baxter and NorthField which might potentially come out with innovative developments in the future. There were...
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...Case Study 1-6 Introduction This issue for case study 1-6 is brought to us by Steve Nelson and the company of the Gregg’s Appliances, Inc. The HH Gregg Company was founded on April 15, 1955 in Indianapolis by Henry Harold Gregg and his wife. The initial store was an 800 square feet appliance showroom and office. Since then the company has expanded and with that expansion the company needed more and more information technology in order to harness the power of the information they had acquired. But in 2006 the current CIO, Steve Nelson, was facing a deadline. The deadline was the HP, which was Gregg’s principal information technology vendor, has chosen to discontinue support for its line of HP 300 mainframe processors. Gregg’s relied upon those mainframes for its transaction process and inventory management applications. The last support date for those mainframes was December 31, 2006. This case study goes through the steps that Gregg’s took when Steve Nelson realized they needed a replacement for their mainframe. Case Summary 2003 was the year when HP issued its plan to discontinue support of the 3000 systems. At the time of the announcement the previous CIO, John Baxter Burns, believed that this was just the push the company needed to get off the old IDEAS/3000 application site. Burns developed a project and from early 2004-2006 the company reviewed dozens of proposals, countless demonstrations, dismissing one after the other as solutions that would not work. Project...
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...Service Request SR-RM-001 Paper CIS207 April 5, 2012 David J. Henry Service Request SR-RM-001 Riordan Manufacturing Company presents itself as a solutions provider of polymer materials. As with any large organization, oftentimes business executives seek the consult of external subject matter experts to help companies operate more efficiently. Riordan recently solicited the SHWS Consulting Group and its constituents to review Riordan’s current inventory and manufacturing systems and processes. After spending several weeks with Riordan and visiting each site, the consultants recognized opportunities to improve key areas of the company’s systems supporting its inventory and manufacturing process. Executive Summary SHWS Consultants met with Riordan Manufacturing to discuss the details of Riordan’s inventory and manufacturing processes. Riordan believes the company should reassess and possibly upgrade its existing inventory systems. The firm’s executives agree that re-evaluating the computer systems could grow revenue and drastically reduce or eliminate the opportunities for human errors in receiving, tracking, and managing inventory. Upgrading the systems also simplifies employees’ jobs, which directly affects morale and can lead to increased productivity. During the initial meeting to clarify and set Riordan’s expectations, SHWS Consultants agreed to provide Riordan documentation indicating the business processes needing improvement and the specified...
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...Biopure Corporation: Case Write-Up Problem Definition In February 1998 Biopure Corporation faced a difficult decision regarding the launch of its newly developed “blood substitute” products. Biopure had developed “Hemopure”, a blood substitute for humans, and an ancillary product “Oxyglobin” for the veterinary market1. Hemopure was still in the process of gaining Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval , while Oxyglobin had already been approved and was ready to be launched1. FDA approval was estimated to be two years away2, but this could change as the approval process is inherently complex and uncertain. The main problem Biopure faced was whether to launch Oxyglobin now, or wait until Hemopure was approved and launch both products simultaneously. This was a complex problem as the early launch of Oxyglobin would have both positive and negative repercussions for Biopure. These repercussions needed to be carefully analysed in order to decide what the best course of action is. Another problem was that Biopure had competitors with similar human blood substitute products in the pipeline 3 . Biopure have to consider how to position and price their products in relation to their competitors. An additional problem exists in the pricing of Oxyglobin and Hemopure in order to appeal to their respective markets4. Lastly, Biopure has no current cashflow and therefore needs to be successful with its upcoming IPO in order to raise the requisite cash and solidify its future5. Analysis Human...
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...Enron - Were they the Crookedest Guys in the Room? The Rise of the Big "E" In May 1985, InterNorth Incorporated and Houston Natural Gas announced that they would merge. Their combined value was an estimated $2.3 billion. These firms were two of the largest gas pipeline companies in the United States. As part of the negotiations, the chairman and CEO of InterNorth, Sam Segnar, would be the head of the new entity until January 1, 1987, when the chairman and CEO of Houston Natural Gas, Kenneth Lay, would take over. The new company was initially called HNG/lnterNorth and later was renamed Enron.' Lay's first choice for the new name of the company was “Enteron,” but that was scrapped just days before it was announced to the public when Lay learned that enteron was the name for the digestive tract. In 1990, Lay created a division of Enron called Enron Finance Corporation and hired Jeffrey Skilling to run the company. Skilling had been an accounting consultant to Enron through the firm of McKinsey & Company. Lay was so impressed with the accounting systems that Skilling developed for Enron that he custom-tailored the lead position at Enron Finance Corporation for him. By 1995, Enron had become the largest independent natural gas company in the United States. In 1996, Andrew Fastow, Enron's chief financial officer and one of the key players in Enron's downfall, was almost fired from Enron when he did an unsatisfactory job of managing a retail unit of Enron that competed...
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...Ethics in the Name of Science: A detailed Comparison Between Milgram and Zimbardo’s Internationally Renowned Attempts at Ethics in Social Science Experiments David Baxter Park University SO220 Ethical Issues in Social Science Kris Reichart-Anderson 2 October 2011 Abstract For years many experiments have been scrutinized for their ineffective use or lack of establishment of ethical principles within their research. Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment and Milgram’s Obedience experiment were ridiculed for the lack of ethics involved. Although these experiments caused unnecessary harm to their subjects they also acted as the foundation for the establishment of the Belmont Report, which in itself, would change research forever. Ethics in the Name of Science Two very controversial experiments have been dissected a thousand times over by some of social science’s most amazing minds as well as the academic populous worldwide. Though the Milgram experiment of 1962 and the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 were entirely different, they both shared the groundbreaking task of identifying the affects of “Obedience to Authority” (Milgram, 1974). Both social scientists believe they had identified the possible risks but fell short in their attempt to alleviate any ethical repercussions. This paper will address the attempts made to ensure moral and ethical studies were accomplished as well as identify where both experiments had major flaws in their plans to ensure no...
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...Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins June 2009 Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Contents Preface Executive summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Argument, origins and scope Nature of undergraduate research and inquiry Issues of inclusiveness Disciplinary practices and strategies Departmental and course team practices and strategies Institutional practices and strategies National policies and strategies The research evidence Conclusion: building connections 2 3 5 15 33 47 67 79 105 113 121 125 127 About the authors References List of case studies Engaging students in research and inquiry at the beginning of their academic studies Engaging students in research and inquiry later in their academic studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Undergraduate research and inquiry in humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in departments and course teams Undergraduate research and inquiry in institutions 11 30 40 62 74 102 The Higher Education Academy – June 2009 1 Preface The Academy is very pleased to present this piece of work, commissioned as part of the series looking at the relationship between teaching and research1. Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins build on their already substantial contribution in this area by focusing on undergraduates’ engagement in research and inquiry, and the potential implications...
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...Marketing Design and Innovation: Smart TV's Name: O. Holder Course: MBA Tutor: Date: Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge my professor who has been with me in every step during this course, and guidance he has given me when writing this dissertation. Without you, this document would not have been a reality. I would also like to acknowledge my colleagues, friends and family members who played different roles in making it easy for me to write this dissertation. Executive Summary Marketing design and innovation has gained massive relevance in the electronic industry where competition has reached the cut-throat levels. The Smart TV industry is one of the most affected industries where firms are fighting to retain their competitiveness. Samsung Smart TV is one of the products that have found themselves in this competitive environment. The marketing team of Samsung has been coordinating closely with the production unit to ensure that the design, colour, shape, and functionality of the product meet the needs of the market. The marketing approach taken by the firm must be innovative enough to appeal to the emotions of the customers in order to influence the buying decision. Strong brands are very helpful in such competitive environments. Table of Contents Acknowledgement 2 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 5 Critique of Television Sets Features, Benefits and Values...
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...Francis Fukuyama. The end of the Cold War as the end of history. Introduction. The specifics of the international situation after the Cold War. Since 1985, the world is going through an amazing evolution. The interdependence emerged and has become a reality of understanding of all processes in the world. Peace, freedom, human rights, social security, democracy have taken place of those values, because of which the major battles were unfold in the international arena and within countries. Overnight concepts collapsed that before seemed unshakable. In this case, not only the political picture of the world changed . At large numbers of people in different countries sense of global community, solidarity, public interest, human intimacy has been strengthened . Not surprisingly, that the rapid evolution of the global situation, the collapse of the bipolar system and fade into the background of ideological aspects confused scientists specializing in political predictions. Now, it is necessary not only to explain the reasons which led to the formation of new political realities after the "cold war", but also suggest new approaches and concepts on the basis of which it was possible to trace the dynamics of international relations in a changing world. Francis Fukuyama, his works and intepretations. Francis Fukuyama - known American political scientist and geopolitician. He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University (New York), then - PhD in political science from...
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...Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins June 2009 Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Contents Preface Executive summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Argument, origins and scope Nature of undergraduate research and inquiry Issues of inclusiveness Disciplinary practices and strategies Departmental and course team practices and strategies Institutional practices and strategies National policies and strategies The research evidence Conclusion: building connections 2 3 5 15 33 47 67 79 105 113 121 125 127 About the authors References List of case studies Engaging students in research and inquiry at the beginning of their academic studies Engaging students in research and inquiry later in their academic studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Undergraduate research and inquiry in humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in departments and course teams Undergraduate research and inquiry in institutions 11 30 40 62 74 102 The Higher Education Academy – June 2009 1 Preface The Academy is very pleased to present this piece of work, commissioned as part of the series looking at the relationship between teaching and research1. Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins build on their already substantial contribution in this area by focusing on undergraduates’ engagement in research and inquiry, and the potential implications...
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...Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Although pain is a universal experience, its exact nature remains a mystery. It is known that pain is highly subjective and individual and that it is one of the body’s defense mechanisms that indicate a problem. Unrelieved pain presents both physiologic and psychologic dangers to health and recovery. McCaffery 1999, defines pain as “whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he (or she) says it does.” Basic to this definition is the care provider’s willingness to believe that the client is experiencing pain and that the client is the real authority on that pain. Health care professionals recently have focused on the positive effects of humor and laughter on health and disease. Humor involves the ability to discover, express, or appreciate the comical or absurdly incongruous, to be amused by one’s own imperfections or the whimsical aspects of life, and to see the funny side of an otherwise serious situation. Humor in nursing is defined as helping the client “to perceive, appreciate, and express what is funny, amusing, or ludicrous in order to establish relationships, relieve tension, release anger, facilitate learning, or cope with a painful feeling” (McCloskey 2000). Many health care settings are now interested in providing humor as a caring skill and have recognized that “laughter is the best medicine.” “Humor rooms” are being created for clients and staff that are supplied with...
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