...Introduction The biggest asset we can have in life is health. Health care is one of the most important components in life. Disease or illness can really mean a downturn in life. As society’s standard of living improves, so does our daily diet. Have you ever caught yourself calculating calories whenever you go through a menu? It is difficult to maintain a healthy diet when we have so many temptations. Mark Twain says it best: “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.” Health care is normally defined as the management or treatment of any health problem through the services that might be offered by medical, nursing, dental or any other related service. Healthcare includes all goods and services that are produced to improve health. A system of health care is one that is organized to give health services to a population or a group of people. Health care can be for an individual or for a large group of people depending on how the systems are organized. However, there are many disparities and not able to deal with demand of health. Governments have the responsibility to create or formulate policies that will favor people in this regard. Good systems of health can be erected by the top most leadership of a state. As a nation progresses, society as a whole would improves their lifestyle and seek better heath care. This is the reason why we chose to write our final project paper on the Advantages and Disadvantages...
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...world, with their global headquarters in Detroit Michigan. Their European headquarters is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2006, 9.1 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM, Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, and Vauxhall. General Motors has a superb relationship with international connection. GM takes pride in fostering global partnerships and consumer relationships. GM is majority shareholder in GM Daewoo auto & Technology Co. of South Korea and has had collaborative ventures in technology and manufacturing with several other automakers. It also has ventures with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation of China. GM’s largest national market is the United States, followed by china, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. By many standards, General Motors is an extremely successful company, though an analysis of the corporation today uncovers many troubling issues. GM is and has been the world's leader in automotive sales since 1931. (GM Website, 2004) By any corporate measurements, the company is a behemoth, operating across the globe with...
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...Group Macro Environmental Study in China Macro Environmental Study in China 40 Yr-on-yr % Change of GDP Executive Summary The National People's Congress The People's Republic of China The Chairman The Central People’s Government The Central Military Commission The Supreme People's Court The people's procuratorates 30 20 10 0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2004 507 2265 32132 1500 Categories Low-income country $ Medium-income country $ High-income country $ China $ 1990 356 1170 19617 320 2000 383 1723 26528 930 2002 394 1770 26130 1100 2003 439 1938 28195 1270 GDP in Expenditure 10000 8000 6000 4000 billion RMB Private Consumption Government Expenditure Gross Dom. Fixed Capt. Local Congresses and Governments Autonomous Regions Economic Scenario Gross Domestic Production 2000 0 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 -2000 Pillar Industries GDP 25000 20000 15000 10000 Billion RMB 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 Billion RMB Types of Industries 2005 Net Im & Export 1st Ind. 2nd Ind. 3rd Ind. 5000 0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2000 0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 % Share In Different Areas Southwest 9% CentralSouth 16% Northwest 11% North China 22% Northeast 18% East China 24% 2006 2006 2005 580 2640 35131 1740 -1- Levin Human Capital Consulting Group Macro Environmental Study in China Money supply Types of Ind. in %...
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...D. Legal System 1. Organization of the judiciary system There are three basic hierarchical courts in China, each of them takes care of specific groups or regions, the courts are: The Supreme Court, whose judges are appointed by the Nationals People’s Congress, Local People’s Courts, which comprises higher, intermediate, and basic courts, and the Special People’s Courts, which take care of maritime, military, railway transportation and forestry courts. China’s organization of the judiciary system differs a lot from the United States one. The fact that the country does not have an independent legal system outside of the influence of the communist party makes it hard for citizens and people responsible to act effectively when attending legal manners. Another issue that affects China’s legal system is the lack of neutrality, since the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is the entity in charge of approving all court appointments, meaning that if a case does not benefit the party, it won’t go through, in addition the judges main concern is to act on behalf of the party not the people. The CCP even has the power to interfere in deliberations and can overturn and override verdicts. Finally, the country does not have enough legal force (lawyers), since there is one lawyer per 10,000 people. An interesting characteristic of China’s legal system that benefits businesses is the fact that lawyers and judges are trained to protect foreign investment, to create a safe environment for international...
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...effects to kick in so the car would pave roads along with gas stations. Key factors about the industry- the industry was shifting from large automobiles with poor gas mileage to vehicles like the Prius and the Ford Focus, Hybrid cars. Strengths- Lean Production reduced set up times for machinery and made shorter production runs more economical. Toyota all began to focus on JIT inventory systems, Flexible work practices and an organizational wide focus on QC, and the practice of stopping the assembly line to fix defects, the lean production system yielded significant gains on productivity and product quality. In turn it lowered cost, improved brand equity and gave Toyota a CA. Like earlier in the century as companies did with Ford’s assembly line, companies began to adopt the lean production approach. With all the foreign companies on the rise in the US market, it contributed to a number of key factors, including better designs and more fuel effect offerings. Superior product quality, higher employee and capital productivity, and lower cost due to smaller pensions and health care commitments. Weakness- when oil prices hit $150 per barrel, people who were buying cars switched to more...
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...Health & Medical Informatics Review Article Raghupathi and Raghupathi, J Health Med Informat 2013, 4:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7420.1000132 Open Access An Overview of Health Analytics Wullianallur Raghupathi1* and Viju Raghupathi2 1 2 Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA Finance and business management, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA Abstract Objectives: We examine the emerging health analytics field by describing the different health analytics and providing examples of various applications. Methods: The paper discusses different definitions of health analytics, describes the four stages of health analytics, its architectural framework, development methodology, and examples in public health. Results: The paper provides a broad overview of health analytics for researchers and practitioners. Conclusions: Health analytics is rapidly emerging as a key and distinct application of health information technology. The key objective of health analytics is to gain insight for making informed healthcare decisions. Keywords: Data warehousing; ETL; Descriptive analytics; Discovery Introduction analytics; Health analytics; Informed decision; Insight; Predictive analytics; Prescriptive analytics management, and preventive care. In one scenario, for example, the use of health analytics technologies can ensure that emergency room doctors are briefed and ready to treat patients prior to their arrival...
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...of subsidiaries operating under a unified management structure— was formed through the 2009 merger of several state-owned enterprises (SOEs), part of a broad policy effort in China to streamline state assets, consolidate the fragmented pharmaceutical sector, and enhance the global competitiveness of domestic firms. Emblematic of China’s hybrid economic policies, SPH had both government and private shareholders and competed in a historically statecontrolled industry that was adapting to the growing influence of market forces. SPH’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2011 marked an important step in its quest to transform from a traditional SOE into a market-oriented company. While working to expand SPH’s domestic footprint, the company’s leadership was also considering a potential acquisition of a U.S. or European drug producer, an unusual move for a Chinese company. SPH could leverage such an acquisition to learn from Western research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and management practices. China’s pharmaceutical market was booming, with sales projected to grow 20% through hospitals, 13% through retail pharmacies, and 40% through rural clinics. 1 Such growth reflected the increasing demand for health care from China’s 1.3 billion-strong population. National health care spending, however, remained below 5% of...
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...description will be provided in the report. Furthermore, the related company details such as the existing corporate vision, mission statement and corporate goals of the company will be presented in the report. After that, the specific environmental analysis of the industry in terms of the political, economic, cultural, technological, environmental and legal environments governing the country and a competitive audit will be discussed for entering into the market by Swiss. What is more, the SWOT analysis will be discussed in order to identify the internal and strengths and weakness, as well as external opportunities and threats of the business. The marketing objective by Swiss company in terms of profits, marketing, positioning, and products design, promotion channels, delivery and targeted market will be analysed. A segment analysis according to geographic, demographics, psychographics and benefits factors will be provided to...
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...dairy alternative in the west, and it has long been traditional in beverage in China, Japan and other parts of Asia. Some people drink soy milk because they are lactose intolerant sensitive. Soymilk is a healthy drink containing the essential nutrients and phytochemicals. Products made with soy, including soy milk, contain chemicals known as isoflavones. These molecules are potent antioxidants that can help protect the body from dangerous molecules known as reactive oxygen species. Isoflavones are also interesting because they have a chemical structure that is similar to estrogen, reports the Harvard School of Public Health, which is why they are called phytoestrogens. In theory, these isoflavones may be able to have a similar effect on the body as naturally produced estrogen. Soy milk, have a low-glycemic index value. Glycemic index, or GI, is a numerical system that measures the amount of sugar in a particular food. Soy foods are digested and absorbed slowly, which means your body converts them to sugar and absorbs them into your bloodstream gradually. This gradual release of sugar helps minimize blood sugar swings. Consumption of soy foods may also increase production of insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes, according "Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease," by Maurice Edward and Moshe Shike. Eating food is how you provide fuel to your body to stay alive. Food is digested by a complex system of organs, hormones and enzymes and eventually becomes the usable energy for...
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...1 J U LY 2 0 0 9 m a r k e t i n g & sa les p r a c t i c e Understanding China’s wealthy China will soon be home to the world’s fourth-largest population of wealthy households. Companies that hope to reach them must understand how they differ from their counterparts elsewhere, from other Chinese consumers, and from one another. Yuval Atsmon and Vinay Dixit 2 Talking about wealthy consumers in China may seem odd during the middle of a global economic crisis. Yet for many companies around the world, wealthy Chinese represent a rare opportunity in an otherwise dismal picture. Despite the global downturn, the number of wealthy households in China continues to grow. By 2015, the country will hold the world’s fourth-largest concentration of wealthy people. Companies that better understand the factors behind their purchases could steal a march on the competition. Our research shows that their behavior is very different from that of their counterparts in other countries and of consumers in other income classes inside China.1 Indeed, the pool of luxury consumers has become large enough to form distinct segments, each with its own behavior and needs. Our work included face-to-face interviews in 16 cities with 1,750 wealthy Chinese consumers—people in households earning more than $36,500 annually, which gives them the spending power of a US household making roughly $100,000 a year. These wealthy Chinese households, with an average annual income of about $80,000...
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...justice and equity is more important than economic justice and equity. Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being Defining Social Justice Social justice encompasses economic justice. Social justice is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we call institutions. In turn, social institutions, when justly organized, provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to work with others to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development. Defining Economic Justice Economic justice, which touches the individual person as well as the social order, encompasses the moral principles which guide us in designing our economic institutions. These institutions determine how each person earns a living, enters into contracts, exchanges goods and services with others and otherwise produces an independent material foundation for his or her economic sustenance. The ultimate purpose of economic justice is to free each person to engage creatively in the unlimited work beyond economics, that of the mind and the spirit. Social justice based on the values of fairness, equality and respect for diversity...
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...for taking risks to earn themselves and their firms a lot of money. Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which included restrictions on executive pay designed to discourage executives from taking “unnecessary and exces-sive risks.” In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, entitled “How Business Schools Have Failed Business,” the former director of corporate finance policy at the United States Treasury wrote that “misaligned incentive programs are at the core of what brought our financial system to its knees.” 7 He says that we “should ask how many of the business schools attended by America’s CEOs and directors educate their students about the best way to design managerial compensation systems.” How people are paid affects their behaviors at work, which affect an organization’s success. 8 For most employers, compensation is a major part of total cost, and often it is the single largest part of operating cost. These two facts together mean that well- designed compensation systems can help an organization achieve and sustain...
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...Societal consciousness has shifted from national to international and global spheres, and the world is increasingly perceived as one place. Many sport organisations now find that they are under increasing pressure to engage in globally benchmarked sustainable management systems and processes, across all functional areas from finance to HRM. Some sport organisations have used aspects of the globalisation process to create new opportunities for expansion and growth, while others have been reluctant or resistant to externally instigated change. We assessed the adoption of ''best practice'' HRM practices in a range of amateur and professional sport organisations to see how they were reacting to these convergence pressures. This issue fits in the wider convergence-divergence debate that has been the concern of many cross-cultural researchers. Our empirical results indicate that while government policy has urged movement to a universally derived system of HRM processes, few sport organisations have adopted a formal HRM strategy and HR practices are widely variable across organisations http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=7124 While at HRPA 2011, Canada’s conference and trade show focusing on HR issues and trends, I stopped in to check out Howard Wallack’s session, 10 Global HR Trends for 2011 and What You Need to Know to Manage Them. Wallack is the Director of Global Member Programs for Society for Human Resource Management, and in his discussion...
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...Accounting Information Systems Paper Riordan Manufacturing, Inc., a million dollar Fortune 1000 company, is a leader in plastic injection molding. Riordan is committed to producing superior products and has established a reputation with facilities across the United States and now in China. Riordan Manufacturing has cutting edge high-tech design capabilities enabling the generation of modern plastic designs for use in health care, automotive, aircraft, bottling, and appliance manufacturing. Its products include plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, Georgia, custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, Michigan, and plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hangzhou, China. The company's research and development is done at the corporate headquarters in San Jose. Riordan's major customers are automotive parts manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, the Department of Defense, beverage makers and bottlers, and appliance manufacturers. Riordon Manufacturing's Finance and accounting department have a major challenge. Each office uses different software programs. The San Jose unit uses a fully integrated Windows based ERP for manufacturing, distribution and financial management software application specifically designed for plastics processors and process and assembly manufacturers. Because they do not have a license that includes source code they cannot make changes to the program to better suit their...
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...USPS Deficit: Problems Plaguing America’s Postal Service By Deborah Alicea Lauryn Famiano Enrique Gonzalez Minyi Huang MGT 231 Organizational Behavior Professor Linval Frazer September 2, 2014 Table of Contents Problems of USPS 1 Related Concepts 2 Recommendations 4 1. Innovating Technology System 4 2. Cutting Costs 4 3. Changing Business Model 6 4. Improving communication 7 Conclusion 8 Work Cites 9 Deborah Alicea, Lauryn Famiano, Enrique Gonzalez, Minyi Huang MGT 231 Professor Linval Frazer September 2, 2014 USPS Deficit: Problems Plaguing America’s Postal Service Problems of USPS The first problem is based on technology. In today’s society the technology of smartphones, tablets, and the easy access to social media...
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