...The most common pros are: Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways. Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans. All mammals, including humans, are descended from common ancestors, and all have the same set of organs that function in essentially the same way with the help of a bloodstream and central nervous system. Thus, because animals and humans are so biologically similar, they are susceptible to many of the same conditions and illnesses, which include heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Another ground breaking pro to Animal Testing is, Animal testing has contributed to many life-saving cures and treatments. The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. Experiments in which dogs had their pancreases removed led directly to the discovery of insulin, critical to saving the lives of diabetics. The polio vaccine, tested on animals, reduced the global occurrence of the disease from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 223 cases in 2012. Animal research has also contributed to major advances in understanding and treating conditions such as breast cancer, brain injury, childhood leukemia, cystic fibrosis, malaria,...
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...The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy The City of Chicago challenged for many decades with issue of preventing crimes. In spring of 1993, Chicago instigated new alternative community-based policing strategy (CAPS). The main purpose of this program to transform policing efforts into an efficient five-step process for law-enforcement, and the main goal to solve neighborhood crime problems rather than purely respond to indicative occurrences of crime. Rogers Park, Morgan Park, Austin, Marquette, and Englewood were the first locations of the CAPS Program. Their crime problems, economics, demographics, and their levels of community organization determined the reasons these locations chosen. In early 1994, the other 20 districts of Chicago were participants of the CAPS Program. Outreaching is always a very important goal when there is a merger of organizations. In this case, it is collaboration between a community and Chicago Police department agencies. The benefits of incorporating this idea included the sharing of information, and increase trust between parties that were involved or mainly worked together to prevent crimes from taking place. One key point that made the CAPS a unique program is that it places the community, the police, and other city agencies on the same sheet of music in protects their neighborhoods against crime. In law enforcement it is always better to be proactive than reactive, and developing additional support always gives law enforcement officers...
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...One organization that has experienced this is “Mountain Healthcare”. Mountain Healthcare is a network of medical groups located in California, New York, and Arizona. The network is composed of nine groups with over 200 locations and over 3,000 employees. The groups consist of clinics as well as Independent Practice Association (IPA) offices, which include primary and specialty healthcare to over 600,000 members. The organization includes specialties such as General Practice, Family Practice, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Cardiology, and General Surgery. These are just a few of the specialties associated with the organization. They have physical locations primarily in California, including Bakersfield, Northridge, Palm Springs, Victorville, Lancaster, and Santa Barbara with two out-of-state facilities in New York City, NY and Phoenix, AZ. Two of the California medical groups are approximately 90 miles apart. Although they are physically separated, they were very integrated. The two groups, Poppy Medical Group (PMG) and Joshua Tree Medical Group (JTMG) shared their primary platform for managing their Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) membership. This joint adventure had been in place for the last 15 years. The two groups utilize an application, Pluto, which assists the groups to document and manage their membership from primary, specialty and inpatient care. Pluto consists of six main modules; Case Management, Customer Service, Referral Management, Eligibility...
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...Guideline for MGT 210 group project Section 21, Spring 2012 Faculty: TqM Project Theme: Analyzing an organization from the management perspective. The organization must be an established and operational organization and not any fictitious one. The analysis should be carried out by conducting an interview with a manager of the organization. Chapter 1 1. Organization’s background (when established, mission, vision, goal, functions, etc.). 2. SWOT for the company and Porter’s 5 forces analysis of the industry in which the company operates. 3. Your manager’s background (both educational and professional), his or her job role within the organization, his/her managerial level, how many subordinates he/she supervises, and so on. 4. What roles does your manager usually perform (i.e. interpersonal, informational, decisional, etc.). 5. Talk briefly about the organization’s external environment (as we discussed in chapter 3). 6. How is the organization contributing to social responsibility or responsiveness, if at all? Chapter 2 1. Organogram (i.e. organizational structure) of the organization. 2. Discuss the problems faced and decisions made by your manager (as discussed in chapter 6). 3. Discuss the span of control of your manager. 4. Discuss the plans of the organization (strategic/operational/long term/short term/directional/specific/single use/standing). Cover at least 5 plans if not all. 5. What is the decision making system of...
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...EHR Value in Medical Office Practices: EHR vs PPR Tonya Durham: L26388489 Liberty University Tamela Crickenberger 201520 Spring 2015 AMOA 203-D01 LUO EHR Value in Medical Office Practices: EHR vs PPR Many medical offices are adopting EHR systems into their practices, to improve patient care. The use of EHRs physicians and providers can develop an improved and complete patient information records. Electronic Health Records are legible, complete documentation that facilitates can accurately do coding and billing as well as interfaces with labs, registries, and other EHRs easily. While also improving their ability to make well-informed treatment decisions quickly and safely. Reliable access to complete patient health information is essential for safe and effective care. EHRs place accurate and complete information about patients' health and medical history at providers' fingertips. With EHRs, providers can give the best possible care, at the point of care. This can lead to a better patient experience and, most importantly, better patient outcomes. Practices also report that they utilize extracted reports on patient and disease registries to track patient care as well as facilitate quality improvement discussions during clinical meetings. EHRs Support Provider Decision Making EHRs can help providers make efficient, effective decisions about patient care, through: * Improved aggregation, analysis, and communication of patient information * Clinical alerts...
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...ECCO A/S – GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT | | Report submitted by:Abhas Mangal (GAPR11IT038) | | Contents Executive Summary 3 Company’s Profile 4 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 5 Outcomes of Porter’s Five Forces 5 SWOT ANALYSIS 6 Evaluation of Alternatives 6 Recommended Strategy 7 Executive Summary ECCO, a global manufacturer and a supplier of shoe products, wants to expand into the Chinese market to increase its export to major markets and also increase product sales among Chinese consumers. But many Chinese manufacturers imitated the product design and features of ECCO increasing the intense competition for the company in the Chinese market. Also, ECCO for years has a sole focus on increasing the quality of the shoes manufactured by using its sophisticated in-house “direct injection” technology. But the company cannot only thrive on its quality unless the company’s efforts to ensure quality are not communicated to the consumers. Thus, the company focused less on marketing operations that is evident from its low marketing budgets as compared to its competitors. Also, the most of the products manufactured in four production facilities outside Denmark were distributed through its distribution centre in Tonder, Denmark where only six to nine percent of total production was actually sold. Thus, ECCO became inefficient to fulfil the replenishment orders that had to be delivered within a few days notice. Thus, the main challenge for ECCO is to...
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...become the slogan of the ’90s for cost-conscious companies. One way many businesses have embraced the phrase is by using temporary workers—and not just for clerical tasks. Temporary workers are in positions previously filled by permanent employees, such as managers or scientists, and many have skills that did not exist even a few years ago. Demand for temporary workers in managerial, professional, and technical occupations is greatest in industries such as financial services, health care, telecommunications, and information technology. © Photos courtesy of Olsten Corporation (background and top left) W Although highly skilled temporary workers are common today, they were not always the norm. The first “temps” received little or no training to help businesses with short-term clerical projects such as collating and inventory control. The next wave of temporary workers required a few more skills to perform secretarial and administrative duties—including typing, filing, and answering phones—to fill in for absent staff members. The image of temporary workers doing repetitive, low-skilled tasks has grown as outdated as black and white television. Higher skilled workers, ranging from laboratory technicians to lawyers, increasingly make themselves available for temporary assignments. Companies recognize the convenience of having temporary workers for an expanding variety of short-term activities. And the firms that supply temporary help to these companies now specialize in placing...
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...“In the short term, hormones or steroids can strengthen muscles, bones and tendons” (Performance-Enhancing Drugs Can Have Severe Long-Term Impact on Health: Expert - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids).“Performance- enhancing drugs are various substances chemical agents or procedures designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance” (Top 10 Pros and Cons - Drug Use in Sports - ProCon.org). “Athletes often use the drugs for short periods, then stop days or weeks before they get tested to allow the drugs to leave the system” (Performance-Enhancing Drugs Can Have Severe Long-Term Impact on Health: Expert - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids). The players thought that the coaches would not notice and it would not show up on the...
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...Peaceful Evacuation Omar Coley/ Renee Coley BUS 518 – Project Management Leadership Strayer University Dr. Shah Jamali Spring quarter of 2014 Introduction This paper seeks to discuss the leadership styles of two Lieutenant Colonels (Lt.Col.) in the Israeli during a mass evacuation from the Gaza strip. The circumstances of the evacuation are that the Israeli government decided that all settlements in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip would be abandoned, against the wishes of the settlers some of whom had been living there for over twenty years. In addition to the leadership styles topics of discussion will include three examples of leadership actions and behavior and the pros and cons of each example. A comparison and contrast will be made using three similarities and three differences and discuss how each would handle current issues in Israel today. Finally, the paper will take a look at the interrelationship of the Lt. Col’s., using the Jung theory and for personality traits and how each one of their leadership styles may hinder or enhance a complex military operation in the case study. Leadership-Lieutenant Colonel Yaron Lt.Col. Yaron had a Lateral Influencing leadership style, which can be described as “emphasizing teamwork, team building and decision making.”(Rowley) This style can be highlighted surrounding a presentation he gave to senior military officers. “One of the officers did not like what he heard, so he reacted by sending a lengthy email to a Brigadier...
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...History Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank founded the Home Depot in 1978. Along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising guru Pat Farrah, the founder’s vision of one-stop shopping for the do-it-yourselfer came to existence when they opened the first two Home Depot stores on June 22, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia. The first stores, at around 60,000 square feet each, were cavernous warehouses that dwarfed the competition and stocked 25,000 SKUs, much more than the average hardware store at that time. Empty boxes piled high on the shelves gave the illusion of even more product. in only one year they opened a 4th store in Atlanta and the company had annual sales of $22.3 million dollars. In only 10 years on its 10th anniversary Home Depot opened its 100th store in Atlanta. I. Current Situation The Home Depot is the fastest growing retailer in U.S. history. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer and the second largest retailer behind Wal-Mart in the United States based on net sales for the 2005 fiscal year. In 1981, the company went public on NASDAQ and moved to the New York Stock Exchange in 1984. The 1980s and 1990s spawned tremendous growth for the company, with 1989 marking the celebration of its 100th store opening. The company arrived in Canada with the acquisition of Aikenhead’s home improvement centers in 1994. In 2003 Home Depot opened its 100th Canadian store. Home Depot began flying its flag proudly in Mexico in 2001 through the acquisition of Total...
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...-The competitive environment of ECCO is quite high due to the other of producing shoes such as NIKE, Adidas and Puma etc are the big brand as well. However, the way they positioned themselves is interesting. ECCO positioned itself to be concerned in the quality rather than fashion 1) Describe the competitive environment of ECCO and determine how well ECCO is positioned (vis-à-vis competitors) to take advantage of changes in the industry. Use Porter’s five-forces model, the PEST model, and a SWOT analysis to explain your answer. ECCO produces mainly casual footwear with an intense focus on high-quality production.In order to deliver the highest quality product, ECCO maintained a fully vertically integrated value chain situated in various countries leveraging local expertise.Because of this unique situation, competitors found it very difficult to sustain a comparable level of quality. As noted in the case, ECCO finds itself in a highly competitive industry. The primary competitors identified in the case are: Timberland, Clarks, and Geox. For a brief analysis of the strengths of each of these competitors, please refer to Figure 3.As ECCO has recently entered the golf shoe market, they also face stiff competition from firms such as Nike, Rebok, and Adidas. ECCO stands in a unique position among the competitors in that it is the only non-branded manufacturer.The primary competitors of ECCO identified in the case outsource the majority of their manufacturing then uniquely brand...
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...| The Case for Consensual Relationship Agreements | BUS 520 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior/Assignment 1: Consensual Relationship Agreements Case study | | Victor A. Colon | 4/22/2012 | | Introduction Human beings spend their lives interacting with others. In turn, a great portion of this interaction occurs at work. Professional relationships are important to build as individuals advance in a career. It is not enough to have a good set of skills as progress in a career. Personalities go a long way towards opening doors and opportunities. While one must strive to act and behave ethically at work, learning to juggle professional behavior with friendship is important. Many times employees and managers need to be approachable while maintaining integrity and professionalism. Employees also need to know when to set certain boundaries of behaviors so as to keep the integrity required to fulfill the job. With that said, all humans have emotional, spiritual and physical needs. Studies show, Vandewater (2012), “the number of people who have had an interoffice relationship has risen to 59 percent--with half of those respondents reporting having developed a serious, long-term relationship with a colleague.” Those same studies also report that an alarming majority of employers do not have a policy regarding workplace relationships. Riccobono (2011) stated, “While often harmless, consensual co-worker relationships can create a myriad of problems for the employees...
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...1.0 SUMMARY Merbatty is a company based in northern European, specialized in building boat industry. It has formed 33 years ago, and recently became listed on European stock exchange. Merbatty had facilities in two region area, which are Europe and West Coast in United States of America (USA). Prior to year 2012, Alberto Blanc the founder of Merbatty held the major shares in Merbatty before the transformation of share possession which enable the external investors to share the same chair in Board of Merbatty which is JKL company and corporate fund investors. Merbatty currently has a range of 15 boats varying in price between €0.4 million (5 metre boat) to over €4 million for 35 metre boat, and this price will be varied based on the specification of the customer towards the interior design and accommodation facilities in the boat. The building of boat also took different times for different types, from three months to ten months and it started from event of signing contract until the completion of boat. The installments made for sales of boat are made in three installments; first 20% of deposit paid when the contract has been signed by customer, another 30% will be paid once the engine of boat was delivered and the remainder of payment will be made when the customer has inspected the completion of the boat. Sales agents play pivotal role in continuous sales in Merbatty, where these people will secure sales from the end customer and help the sale process from initial contact...
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...management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities that an organization will pursue (Bateman & Snell, pp. 15-16, 2011). J&J strategic planning is set by their management team and implemented globally at more than 200 operating companies in 60 countries. In today’s technological environment, J&J is planning to simplify so the company can leverage on the diversity of developing and distributing medical devices abroad. Specifically the company is planning on diversifying its medical device business in rural parts of India and China (Todd, 2011). Accomplishing this requires innovation within J&J by re-tooling to make medical equipment less complicated and additionally the company will set up training centers abroad to prepare better the doctors in using the equipment. J&J is continuous in the planning...
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...quite a while for HRM to be adopted into the business strategy as organisations were unwilling to accept or change their ways. Their focus was on economic growth for the company. However researchers such as Hezberg, Maslow and Lewin revealed that employee performance was influenced by their social and emotional needs and their desire for interesting work. This is when the shift began for companies to not only focus on economic growth, but to satisfy the needs of their employees in order to improve performance and productivity which will bring greater success to the company. Human resource management has a number of key policy areas including recruitment and selection, job analysis and design, workforce planning, performance management, training and development and career planning. It is through these policies that we can understand the concept of strategic human resource management (SHRM). SHRM explicitly links these policies, practices and systems to enable the achievements of an organisations strategy and goals. In my understanding, SHRM represents an attempt to methodically manage employees in a proactive manner with a clear view to the future as well as the present. The main principles that tie this definition together include; organisational strategy, visions of the organisation, organisational culture, ensuring employees have the relevant skills, abilities and attitudes, viewing employees as an investment and not a cost and evaluating and assessing HR practices. These...
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