...Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Volume 9, Issue 1 2012 Article 31 Responding in Crises: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Responses between Mainland China and Taiwan Chun-Chieh MA, National University of Tainan, Harvard University Recommended Citation: MA, Chun-Chieh (2012) "Responding in Crises: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Responses between Mainland China and Taiwan," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 31. ©2012 De Gruyter. All rights reserved. Authenticated | bee_and_tom@hotmail.com Download Date | 9/16/12 10:06 AM Responding in Crises: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Responses between Mainland China and Taiwan Chun-Chieh MA Abstract The management of crisis events involves activity at the organizational and governmental jurisdiction levels and is comprised of an integrated system of practice and structure. However, because there are two systems involved in crisis response, namely centralization and decentralization of disaster management, there are differences in governmental actions in response to crisis events. This article analyzes and compares the actions of disaster responses undertaken by mainland China and Taiwan when faced with major natural disasters in order to demonstrate the different response results and defects of centralized and decentralized crisis response systems, respectively. The results showed that the efficiency of decentralized response systems is higher than...
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...Int. J. Financial Services Management, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008 111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 65 Restoring reputation and repairing legitimacy: a case study of impression management in response to a major risk event at Allied Irish Banks plc Philip Linsley* The York Management School, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK E-mail: pl521@york.ac.uk *Corresponding author Peter Kajüter University of Münster, Chair of International Accounting, Universitätsstr.14-16, D-48143 Münster, Germany E-mail: peter.kajueter@wiwi.uni-muenster.de Abstract: Risk events can cause significant damage to a firm’s reputation and legitimacy. From the perspective of legitimacy theory, there are four broad strategies to restore reputation and repair legitimacy in response to a risk event. The annual report is a potential vehicle for communicating these strategies to the firm’s stakeholders and, therefore, the discretionary disclosures explaining the strategies implemented can be regarded as a means for managing reputational risk. This paper analyses annual report disclosures published in response to a major risk event at Allied Irish Banks plc. The empirical results suggest that legitimacy theory can usefully explain the disclosures. However, the findings from the case analysis also indicate that the disclosures made by Allied Irish Banks plc were not wholly effective in re-establishing legitimacy and thereby...
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...processes 2 / 21 The technological view of information systems Laudon & Laudon – Management Information Systems 1 3 / 21 ט"ו/אדר/תשע"ה The business process view of information systems The way organizations coordinate and organize work activities to produce a valuable product or service Information System 4 / 21 How does IT support business processes? automation – replacement integration – information flows effectiveness – decision support innovation – “doing things differently, with added value” 5 / 21 The information systems contents hierarchy Data – raw facts Information – data with meaning (“data in place”) – meaning: use and action context, B-process context – implications: aggregation, sorting, linking, contrasting… provision in “decision points” Knowledge – information within contextual structure – contextual structure: inter-related information, added value of the generic structure of experiences, contextual process structure and/or insights – implications: tends to be personal, implicit 6 / 21 2 ט"ו/אדר/תשע"ה The basic services of information systems Transaction Processing (TP): – Key concepts: event capture data – Organized around process and feedback – Examples: bidding on courses, purchasing a product, paying a bill Decision Support (DS): – Key concepts: information decision action – Organized around a decision situation – Examples: classroom assignment, inventory...
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...International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013, 3(9):1952-1961 International Journal of Asian Social Science Special Issue: International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education, 2013 journal homepage: http://www.aessweb.com/journal-detail.php?id=5007 INNOVATIONS IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AUDIT (APA) TO EMPOWER TEACHING & LEARNING: THE UNITEN EXPERIENCE Zainal Ariffin Ahmad Graduate Business School, College of Graduate Studies, UNITEN, Kajang Malaysia Norsalwati Binti Mohd Razalli Quality Management Centre,UNITEN, Kajang Malaysia ABSTRACT Institutional audit is an integral part of the quality assurance process in the Malaysian higher education to determine whether the institution is achieving its mission and goals, to identify strengths and areas of concern, and to enhance quality. One form of institutional audit is the periodic academic performance audit to determine the continuation or maintenance of programme accreditation status. In 2011, UNITEN conducted an institutional audit (Academic Performance Audit) exercise to prepare for SETARA 2012 or the Rating System for Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia. UNITEN was conferred SETARA Tier 5 - Excellent in 2012 compared to Tier 4 in 2009. Based on action science approach, this paper discusses the lessons learned during the Academic Performance Audit (APA) conducted in 2011 and how they empowered the teachinglearning environment at UNITEN. It will also highlight the three innovations introduced...
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...WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 2 By Kat-Johnson | March 2014 * Zoom In * Zoom Out Page of 9 Competition Bikes Inc. Storyline Operational Analysis 03/10/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 2 Introduction In this task, the budget schedule and proformas as well as the flexible budget were reviewed. Below you will find my analysis and recommended corrective actions as well as how management by exception applies. Budget Planning Concerns Competition Bikes has a good starting point for a budget but is overall weak and has several budgetary concerns. A few of those items are mentioned for budget planning below. Advertising & Research Development. Competition Bikes is expecting an increase in sales in year 9 yet they are not investing in any more in advertising or research and development. In year 7 when sales were the highest, Competition Bikes spent $32,760 in advertising. In year 8 when the advertising budget fell to $27,428, so did the sales. Although management is predicting an increase in the market for year 9 and the advertising expense is 2% of projected gross margin, this may be unrealistic. Annual Budget. Quarterly budgets are more efficient for planning, coordinating, evaluating, and controlling costs. The budget for Competition Bikes only shows annually. Sales differ by season with the company so their budget should reflect a similar breakdown. Quarterly budget would be closer to the seasons than just an annual one. Further breakdown...
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...Employees of Social Investment Bank Ltd. The steps of appraisal in Social Investment Bank Limited: 4.1 Action plans of performance Appraisal: At first the HR department makes an action plan. On the basis of this plan, they perform their activities. Methods are made on the basis of some indicators and these important tasks are done by a committee in which top level management plays an important role. Now let us see the action plan of SIBL. ANNUAL APPRAISAL ‘08 ACTION PLAN of SIBL: Steps | Action | Responsibilities | 01 | Meeting with a view to reviewBusiness status and fix-up | Senior Management | 02 | Discussion Meeting with Section in charges for better understanding about new form and distribution of the same | SVP, EVP | 03 | Appraisal Completion by In-charges | In-charges | 04 | Appraisal Completion by the Department Heads | Department Heads | 05 | Appraisal Completion by the Appraisal Committee | SVP,EVP.AMD | 06 | Approval by the MD/ DMD | MD,DMD | 07 | Handed Over to Accounts Department for necessary implementation. | HRD | 4.2 Performance appraisal categories of SIBL: Performances are appraised by SIBL in different categories. There may not be over all appraisal formats. Job descriptions and specifications are not same for everybody. The tasks of a cargo driver as well as the tasks of a manager are different. So their performance management systems will be different. In SIBL, performances are measured for the following categories: 1. Performance...
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...(LSI-S) © 1990-2011 Consulting Resource Group Professional Development and Planning Section Why Become a Transforming Leader? Skilled Leaders are critical to the success level of any venture, both profit and non-profit. This was validated in the research Jim Collins and his team conducted for his book, Good to Great. They confirmed that the most successful organizations had skilled Transforming Leaders at the helm. (Jim Collins called them Level 5 Leaders.) Our research, however, has shown that fewer than 1 in 10 professionals (as observed in video-taped assessment sessions) have competency in the whole range of skills to Level 4 competency (scores of 7 to 8). And even fewer individuals have the abilities—Level 5 competency, scores of 9 to 10—to teach others the skills outlined in the Leadership Skills Inventory. This confirms why there is such a Leadership vacuum globally in organizations, from government to business; they simply do not have the Transformational Leadership Skills to achieve success. Fortunately, the old adage leaders are born not developed is not true. Effective leadership behaviors can be observed,...
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...Appendix C Risk Management Plan for The BNL Center for Functional Nanomaterials At Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 May, 2004 Risk Management Plan for The BNL Center for Functional Nanomaterials Approved by: __________________________________ Robert Hwang CFN Director Brookhaven National Laboratory __________________________________ Michael Schaeffer CFN Project Manager Brookhaven National Laboratory Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Project Description ...................................................................................................... 1 3.0 Risk Assessment Methodology ................................................................................... 2 4.0 Risk Reporting, Tracking, and Closeout ..................................................................... 2 5.0 Criteria for Risk Identification and Assessment.......................................................... 3 6.0 Assessment Results ..................................................................................................... 4 7.0 Contingency Risk ...................................................................................................... 20 8.0 Risk Factors and Weight Table ................................................................................. 21 9.0 Risk Factors & Cost Weighting Description for CFN Contingency...
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...Information Office for release to the public. Date: 11/20/97 ES/ER/TM-117/R1 Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Plan Date Issued—November 1997 Prepared by Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Program Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management under budget and reporting code EW 20 LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. managing the Environmental Management Activities at the East Tennessee Technology Park Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant Oak Ridge National Laboratory Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400 for the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY APPROVALS Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Plan ES/ER/TM-117/R1 November 1997 [name] Sponsor, U.S. Department of Energy Date [name] U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Quality Assurance Program Manager Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Quality Assurance Specialist Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Manager Date [name] Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities Risk Assessment Program Quality Assurance Specialist Date PREFACE This Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for the Environmental Management and Enrichment Facilities (EMEF) Risk Assessment Program (RAP) specifies quality assurance requirements and applicable standards and procedures. The QAP was produced by the EMEF RAP under...
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...Project Management Project CMGT/410 Kudler Fine Food Implementation Project Introduction Kudler Fine Foods is a privately owned California-based gourmet food store founded in 1998 by Kathy Kudler. Kudler Fine Foods has three stores in La Jolla, Del Mar, and El Encinitas, California. KFF offers high-end products and markets them in upscale neighborhoods. KFF has expressed an interest in the development of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to improve business administration and integrate stores and business systems. The desired results from a successful implementation of the ERP: devising more informed decision-making strategies, streamlining sales and business processes across the three stores and integration all functional business systems for effective business management. This document serves as a project plan to define necessary information and detail for the development and implementation of the Kudler Fine Foods ERP system in reference to Service Request SR-kf-004. Background and Statement of Need Kudler Fine Foods is a specialty food store that currently has three locations in the San Diego metropolitan area. The stores stock specialty foods that are both domestic and imported and are also perishable. The owner is in the process of opening two additional stores as well as developing a website that consumers would be able to make purchases and the stores would be able to track inventory and stock as well. In addition...
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... | |INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA | |COURSE OUTLINE | | | |Kulliyyah / Institute |Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences | |Department / Centre |Department of Business Administration | |Programme |Bachelor of Business Administration | |Name of Course / Mode |Strategic Management | |Course Code | | | |MGT 4760 | |Name (s) of Academic staff / | | |Instructor(s) ...
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...Case: Acme Manufacturing Company Case & United Machine Workers Introduction to the case analysis The legal aspect of every contract in business requires critical analysis for every term in accordance to the specifics upon which both parties are involved. The reason for analyzing such terms carefully is because it can become a crucial part in determining the decision making when addressing any business problem. This is generally more important from the perspective of the company management because some situations can result in high intensity and significance for the company. Analyzing the terms of a contract will help avoid any inappropriate or insufficient conclusions when presenting a final resolution in times of a dispute. The case to be evaluated in this assignment is the result from an opposing perception of an issue in which both party’s are involved. The grievance is the result from the opposing views on a subordination matter; that of the management’s perspective and that of the employee. The case to be evaluated can very easily occur in an actual situation and I would like to write this analysis from the management’s perspective. Summary of the issue(s) The problem involves the contradicting views of a legal issue within the union contract reached between our firm, the Acme Manufacturing Company (the company) and the United Machine Workers Union (the union). The parties in question in the dispute are Mrs. Kyla Martin, a machine operator working in...
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...SANITATION AND MICROBIOLOGY MR.JONUS FREI (PROFESSOR) FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (planning, DESIGN, IMPLIMENTATION & procedure) CONCEPT : FAST FOOD RESTAURENT. word count: 4106 date of submission: 11TH MARCH 2014 Submitted by : Krunal, Sumeet & hitesh table of content. Sr.No. | Content | Page number | 1 | Summary of assignment | 3 | 2. | Planning and designing of food safety system | 4 | 3. | Step 1: Global standard procedure for food safety. | 4 | 4. | Step 2 :Pre requisites programs | 4 | | Step 3: Senior management implementation. | 6 | | Step 4: Food safety / HACCP implementation program. | 7 | | Step 5:Food safety quality maintain documentation | 8 | | Step 6:Training and implementation | 9 | | Step 7:Internal auditing and checklists | 10 | 5. | Personal hygiene | 10 | 6 | Training | 11 | 7 | Facility design and layoutRestaurant lay outKitchen lay out. | 15 | 8 | Flow of food | 17 | 9 | Risk factors | 18 | 10 | Supplier selection program | 18 | 11 | Active managerial control | 19 | 12 | Sanitation program | 20 | 13 | PEST control system | 20 | 14. | References | 22 | summary of assignment Our main objective behind preparing this report is to understand the food safety management system and create, design and prepare system in our concept restaurant that is fast food restaurant situated near Lucerne, Switzerland. Our system is based on planning...
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...Project management EST DURATION EFT ACTIVITY LST FLOAT LFT 17 3 20 J 23 6 26 (0,0) 26 3 29 K 26 0 29 (0,0) 17 2 19 I 24 7 26 (0,0) 17 3 20 H 23 6 26 (0,0) 14 3 17 F 14 0 17 (0,0) 17 9 26 G 17 0 26 (0,0) 14 3 17 F 14 0 17 (0,0) 7 5 12 E 9 14 (0,0) 7 2 9 D 12 14 (0,0) 7 7 14 C 7 14 (0,0) 0 4 4 A 0 0 4 0 (0,0) 4 3 7 B 4 0 470 (0,0) 0 0 0 START 0 0 0 0 (0,0) 7 2 9 D 12 14 (0,0) 14 3 17 F 14 0 17 (0,0) 7 5 12 E 9 14 (0,0) 7 7 14 C 7 14 (0,0) 0 4 4 A 0 0 4 0 (0,0) 4 3 7 B 4 0 470 (0,0) 0 0 0 START 0 0 0 0 (0,0) EST DURATION EFT ACTIVITY LST FLOAT LFT 26 3 29 K 26 0 29 (0,0) 17 3 20 H 23 6 26 (0,0) 17 9 26 G 17 0 26 (0,0) 14 3 17 F 14 0 17 (0,0) 17 9 26 G 17 0 26 (0,0) 17 3 20 ...
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...Structure. Finally, the chapter is concluded with a discussion of multidisciplinary teams including the topics of integration management and concurrent engineering. Cases and Readings Some cases appropriate to the subject of this chapter are: Harvard: 9-692-058 Taco Bell Corp. This 31-page best-selling case describes a project to implement a new strategic plan involving major changes in layout, staffing, quality, product design, and information systems. The coordination and integration of all these project activities is what makes the plan successful, and hard for competitors to imitate. Two teaching notes are available for this case: 5-692-091 (20 pages) and 5-196-073 (12 pages). Harvard: 9-694-059 Hardcard Project: Plus Development Corp. (A1); 9-694-060 Hardcard Project: Plus Development Corp. (A2) This 10-page (12-pages for A2) case allows the students to evaluate, using Microsoft Project software, the time line, resource allocations, and other aspects of a major project concerned with developing a hard disk drive. The perspective is from that of the VP of engineering. The (A2) case updates the project and the students have to determine whether a specific market introduction date will be feasible for the project. (Note: this case duplicates some of the information in the Plus Development Corp. case suggested for Chapter 2.) Harvard: 9-193-013 American Airlines: The InterAAct Project (A) and...
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