...The principles of modern management theories that can be applied in a healthcare setting would be contingency and resource dependency theories. According to Weill and Olson (1989), An Assessment of the Contingency Theory of Management Information System in contingency theory, is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation, to lead a company, or to make decisions. The health care industry is constantly shifting, meaning fluctuations in medical procedures and the environment of the workplace. According Weill and Olson (1989), the theory stated that management should stay flexible and remain capable of reorganizing structurally and procedurally as needed to keep up with demands and requirements. Moreover, the theory clearly applies to the hospital setting as the administration should be willing to adjust to issues that fit the demands of the workplace. This will aid in reducing the stress within the work environment. According to Davis and Cobb (2009), Resource Dependence Theory: Past and Future, mentioned that the resource dependence theory organizational accomplishment happens when a business capitalize on its power and influences in gaining the resources necessary for the businesses’ existence. Most businesses that are deficient in resources will seek to become partners of other organizations who have more resources. The dependence connection means that organizations become dependent on each other’s ability to have access...
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...Counselors Responsibility and Ethics Paper By Jennifer Ewings Willis PCN 505 Professional Ethics in Counseling Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships In the Counseling field, Counselors will encounter many instances of boundary issues. These types issues will occur when practitioners establish more than one relationship with clients. These relationships can be come professional, personal and work related. In our field of work, boundary issues will occur when mental health professionals encounter a potential or actual conflict in the professional, personal an or business relationship. A prime example of this boundary crossing/dual relationship is when a client is also a business associate, close friend, or family member of the therapist. In this situation, It would become difficult when conflicts arise for the therapist to look at things in an objective fashion. The therapist must attempt to evaluate the conflicts using the Ethical Decision Making Model. In the Ethical Decision making model, Zur, O (2011), the therapist must evaluate the situation by giving clear and accurate facts, and gather information and questions about boundary and dual relations. The therapist must determine how the relationship will affect him/her...
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...Week 10 Assignment Yvonne Walton Walden University Week 10 Assignment In this paper I will incorporate sections of assignments done in weeks 8, 9 and 10 starting with week 8: Advocacy involves the process of persuading someone to at least consider one’s point of view. The role of the nurse as an advocate in healthcare policy is not a new one. The many opportunities nurses have to observe firsthand the positives and negatives of the current healthcare system enable them to identify needs and concerns related to the care patients currently receive ( or don’t receive)( Gonzalez, 2012). Some health needs returning veterans and their families might need health care, psychological and family reorientation to life outside of the war zone, gainful employment. How might one advocate for the needs of this population? First, set up a plan which describes the things that you want to advocate for in terms of helping the veteran find organizations and funding for their needs in civilian life. Get in touch with legislators and other resource groups that can help with accomplishing the goals you set. What responsibility must a nurse have to be an advocate? First, she must have expertise in the care of needy populations, be familiar with legislators who would be sympathetic to the cause and be willing to help with the advocacy of the plan presented. Collaborate with peers and other nurses who can assist in the development and presentation of the plan. My choice is the current nursing...
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...Error Avoidance in Post Modern/Complex Adaptive Systems Lindsey Webster MHA601: Principles of Health Care Administration Tricia Devin Monday, December 2, 2013 Error Avoidance in Post Modern/Complex Adaptive Systems Complex adaptive systems (CASs) are omnipresent. “Examples of complex adaptive systems include the electric power grid, telecommunications networks, the Internet, biological systems, ecological systems, social groups, and even human society itself” (Decision and Information Sciences Division, N/D). “Complex” implies diversity – a wide variety of elements. “Adaptive” suggests the capacity to alter or change – the ability to learn from experience. A “system” is a set of connected or interdependent things. In a CAS, the “things” are independent agents. An agent may be a person, a molecule, a species or an organization, among many others. These agents act based on local or surrounding knowledge and conditions. A central body, master neuron, or CEO does not control the agent’s individual moves. A CAS has a densely connected web of interacting agents, each operating from its own schema or local knowledge. This paper discusses Complex Adaptive Systems in a holistic context. It aims to analyze the occurrence of errors and how these errors can be avoided by successful error avoidance in post modem or complex adaptive systems. Why do errors happen? The common initial reaction is to find and blame an error on someone. However, even apparently...
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...This pack of HRM 300 Entire Course Latest Version A+ Study Guide includes: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management Business - General Business Applied Modern Management Theory . Which principles of modern management theory can be applied in a healthcare/related setting? Which do you see in your own work environment? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Complexity Science and Postmodernism in the Healthcare Arena . As CEO of Ashford Medical Center, the Board has authorized you to work with the Medical Director, the Chief of Staff, and Medical Staff in the development of an exciting new program to attempt to meet the medical, health, and nutritional needs of the community for the next ten years. What conflicts might you anticipate as you attempt to adapt a post-modernist/complexity science strategy? Justify your response. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings. Error Avoidance in Post Modern/Complex Adaptive Systems . Review Exercise 2 on page 80. Each bullet presents a possible health care management error which may have a significantly negative effect on the organization. From your readings this week, describe why each of these may be considered errors. Finally, how might the ideas presented in your reading help you avoid each of these errors? Your assignment must be two- to three pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum...
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...Dente MHA 601: PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Error Avoidance in Post Modern/Complex Adaptive Systems Professor: Tricia Devin December 10, 2012 Post-modernist/complex adaptive systems are modern theories of management that deal with relationships within the organization and how the organization is structured. As in all positions of leadership, managers in these organizations have to possess tools necessary to keep their part of the organization running smoothly. Many of these managers employ the postmodernist complex adaptive systems theory because it allows for less rigid boundaries during the planning and implementation process as well as constantly reminding the manager that the staff is a critical component to the organization as well. Being in a position of leadership means that it is up to that person to handle any problems that may arise during the lifetime of the organization. This paper focuses on ten possible errors that can be found in health care organizations. For each of these errors, I will discuss what makes it an error and what way the error can be avoided. The first error that will be discussed is “failing to account for employees' ability to learn safe machine operation methods by experimenting on their own with ways to speed up production and thereby reduce the effort they are required to use.” The first criterion that proves this to be an error is that the failure to account for an employee's ability...
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...Error Avoidance in Post Modern and Complex Adaptive Systems paper Published by admin on June 2, 2013 | Leave a response Review Exercise and note how might the ideas presented in the reading help you avoid each of these errors? One advantage of the joint postmodern/complexity lens is that managers might avoid some errors that would otherwise be pitfalls. Some of these are identified in the following list. From the perspectives outlined in this chapter, why are these errors? ∙ Failing to account for employees’ ability to learn safe machine operation methods by experimenting on their own with ways to speed up production and thereby reduce the effort they are required to use. ∙ Putting all employees through the same orientation program regardless of differences in cultural interpretations of organizational hierarchies and thereby missing the potential for conflict among employees and between employees and management caused by different expectations of roles. ∙ Disciplining one employee, expecting a modest change in that employee’s behavior but getting a massive union response. ∙ Changing a work process without considering the role of communities of practice on work performance. ∙ Assuming that employees will not reallocate work assignments based on their perception of the best arrangement even after receiving work allocation assignments from management. ∙ Ignoring the speed with which the informal organization can transmit messages and, therefore, failing...
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...1997. → End of easy money and beginnings of reforms. 4. After 1997, reforms: • Improvements to accountability and disclosure in the financing of industry • Reduction of favoritism and corruption during control of licenses and capital • Opening of markets to foreign competition • Adoption of international standards in accounting, trading, IPR • General rise in professionalism in management and administration • Adoption of democratic processes in politics • Notion of CSR Important point: this does not mean that these countries will converge to a Western formula. They will converge to some degree but then remain distinct and true to themselves → continuing variety of the region’s business systems. What is a business system? = A complex...
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...Human Error in AviationMatthew R. GriffithEmbry-Riddle Aeronautics university AbstractIt is unreasonable to assume that any person could operate continuously without ever making a mistake. Thus, human error is a very real and inevitable problem in the aviation industry. Unfortunately, for those involved, it is usually met with disastrous results. One momentary lapse of judgment might very well result in a large numbers of fatalities, as well as, hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Human error can be described as any event that takes place because a task, or portion of a task, was not performed with its exact specifications. Human error can stem from a very wide spectrum of circumstances. Three critical areas of concern that will be carefully reviewed in this paper are the following: fatigue, vision, and communication. It is important to study these primary causes of human error and look for trends or break downs that might very well serve to protect the safety of future flights. Only through the management of human error can continue the outstanding reputation of safety in the world of aviation. Human Error in AviationBefore an accurate discussion on the root causes of human error can take place, it is necessary to understand the fast pace setting of the aviation industry. One visit to any major airport, such as Atlanta's international airport, and one will come to appreciate the tremendous demands placed upon all the aviation professionals involved along...
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...1.0 Introduction Henri Fayol described five functions of management as forecasting, planning, organizing, coordination, and commanding (Parker and Philip 2005). Leadership on the other hand focuses on ideas, influences others, values, authority, taking responsibility. Leadership has evolved from traditional trait leadership to modern multifaceted type leadership (Hellriegel and Slocum 2011). Hellriegel and Slocum (2011) believe that leadership is learnt and not taught. This study seeks to supplement the role of a manager with guidance in organizational behaviour. The framework of learnings and models identified in this document provides a manager with some of the tools that are needed for him to influence employees to achieve optimum performance and attain the organizational goals. The models are adapted from theory and research done by various scholars. The guidelines provided herein include: • Individual differences • Perception and attributions • Motivating employees • Learning productive behaviour. A manager must possess six competences to effectively apply the learnings and techniques in the workplace. These competences are self-competency, diversity, across cultures, communication, teams and change. Competences provide the foundation for an individual in the performance of his role in the organization (Hellriegel and Slocum 2011). 2.0 Individual differences Individual differences are the ways which makes each person differ from each other. Individual...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since the 1960s to date, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given due recognitions especially in the developed nations for playing very important roles towards fostering accelerated economic growth, development and stability within several economies (Yitzhaki, 2006). They make-up the largest proportion of businesses all over the world and play tremendous roles in employment generation, provision of goods and services, creating a better standard of living, as well as immensely contributing to the gross domestic products (GDPs) of many countries (OECD, 2000).Over the last few decades, the contributions of the SMEs sector, the development of the largest economies in the world have beamed the searchlight on the uniqueness of the SMEs; and this have succeeded in overruling previously held views that SMEs were only ―miniature versions‖ of larger companies (Al-Shaikh 1998; Gaskill et al. 1993). And although Small and Medium Enterprises have been at the center of the policy debate for quite some time in both developed and developing countries, little analytical work has been undertaken in this area.The dearth information that exists among researchers on Small and Medium Enterprises however provides a sense of how important this sector is for sustainable development in emerging economies (Medina, 2001). For instance, recent studies conducted by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) concur that SMEs...
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...2011 download.benjaminsommer.com Benjamin Sommer [SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LECTURE NOTES] Brief and detailed notes from lectures held at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Faculty of Computer Science in Germany. This document neither claims completeness, nor correctness of the presented topic. Please let me know in case of errors or missing information: contact.benjaminsommer.com [SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LECTURE NOTES] October 21, 2011 OVERVIEW SOFTWARE PROCESSES SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS PROCESS ACTIVITIES COPING WITH CHANGE THE RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AGILE METHODS PLAN-DRIVEN AND AGILE DEVELOPMENT EXTREME PROGRAMMING AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCALING AGILE METHODS REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING FUNCTIONAL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING PROCESSES REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODELING CONTEXT MODELS INTERACTION MODELS STRUCTURAL MODELS BEHAVIORAL MODELS MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DECISIONS ARCHITECTURAL VIEWS ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS APPLICATION ARCHITECTURES DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN USING THE UML DESIGN PATTERNS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE TESTING DEVELOPMENT TESTING TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT RELEASE TESTING download.benjaminsommer.com | 1 3 5 5 7 10 13 16 16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 32 32 33 34 35 37 38 39...
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...2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, where robotic vehicles had to autonomously navigate parking lots. Our approach has two main steps. The first step uses a variant of the well-known A* search algorithm, applied to the 3D kinematic state space of the vehicle, but with a modified state-update rule that captures the continuous state of the vehicle in the discrete nodes of A* (thus guaranteeing kinematic feasibility of the path). The second step then improves the quality of the solution via numeric non-linear optimization, leading to a local (and frequently global) optimum. The path-planning algorithm described in this paper was used by the Stanford Racing Teams robot, Junior, in the Urban Challenge. Junior demonstrated flawless performance in complex general path-planning tasks such as navigating parking lots and executing U-turns on blocked roads, with typical fullcycle replaning times of 50–300ms. Figure 1: Junior, our entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, was used in all experiments. Junior is equipped with several LIDAR and RADAR units, and a high-accuracy inertial measurement system....
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The desire to build a civilized country with a strong and sound economy is the desire of every patriotic Ghanaian citizen. Tax payment is the demonstration of such a desire, although most income earners see it as a means of exploitation by the government. Tax payment is a voluntarily contribution imposed by the Government on personal income earners, companies, investors, exporters, importers etc. revenue realised from taxation is a major source of revenue to the Government of Ghana, and as such is an important tool used in the development of Ghana and her economy. However, tax evasion which is the wilful and deliberate violation of the law in order to escape payment of tax, posses a big threat to income taxation in Ghana as it reduces tax revenue to the Government, thereby hampering economic growth and development. However, this research was undertaken to help increase revenue generated from income tax to the government, by pointing out the challenges faced by tax officials in discharging their lawful duties. Various challenges such as tax evasion on the part of the income taxpayers drastically reduce income tax revenue to the government. This has been a big problem for decades and needs to be properly addressed. 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY AND PROFILE OF THE ORGANIZATION After a thorough research on the revenue structure of Ghana, it became evident that revenue from tax was a big source of income to the government of Ghana, and needed much attention...
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...Part 1 1. What is Philosophy? Quite literally, the term "philosophy" means, "love of wisdom." In a broad sense, philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other. As an academic discipline philosophy is much the same. Those who study philosophy are perpetually engaged in asking, answering, and arguing for their answers to life’s most basic questions. To make such a pursuit more systematic academic philosophy is traditionally divided into major areas of study. Source: http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/view/full/36588 2. What are the benefits of Studying Philosophy? Studying philosophy improves reasoning and critical skills. Skills gained by philosophy majors are useful in almost any career. * The ability to think logically * The ability to analyze and solve problems * The ability to assess proposed solutions * The ability to write and speak clearly, attending to details Students learn about questions. How to ask good questions and distinguish the worthwhile from the worthless questions. How to divide, prioritize, and simplify questions. Students are affected by learning about questions. * Studying questions liberates us from prejudice * It helps us to think independently, thus, promoting autonomy, self-government, and individuation * It broadens our perspective on life The study of philosophy benefits students intellectually...
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