STRATEGIC ISSUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT THE KENYA POWER & LIGHTING COMPANY LTD BY BETTY MWENDE KAUMBUTHU A RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI NOVEMBER 2013 DECLARATION This research project is my own original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other University or Institution of higher learning. SIGNED ………………………………………… DATE ………………….. BETTY
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0144-3577.htm Supply chain risk management and performance A guiding framework for future development Bob Ritchie Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK, and Supply chain risk management and performance 303 Clare Brindley Head of Department, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK Abstract Purpose – The purpose
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Nature and Scope of Marketing Ethics INTRODUCTION Marketing ethics is viewed as important because of marketing’s interface with many diverse stakeholders. Marketing is a key functional area in the business organization that provides a visible interface with not only customers, but other stakeholders such as the media, investors, regulatory agencies, channel members, trade associations, as well as others. It is important when addressing marketing ethics to recognize that
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11 Chapter Project Management I n this chapter we explore a concept and a practice that has grown in importance as organizations have become more complex and are continuously evolving and implementing new ideas, products, and services or seek to improve existing ones. An organization will create a project as a way to focus resources on an opportunity or issue and to serve as a way to effectively organize its efforts to achieve a specific goal or objective. In a small firm, practice, or
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AN EVALUATION OF COMMUNICATION INTEGRATION WITHIN A STATE-OWNED ORGANISATION by MOALUSI JONAS MAENETJA Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS WITH SPECIALISATION IN ORGANISATIONAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF TC DU PLESSIS JOINT SUPERVISOR: PROF DF DU PLESSIS APRIL 2009 Student number: 697-616-6 DECLARATION I declare that THE EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT
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Agency Nurse Orientation: A Case for Change EBT1-Task 3 Western Governors University A1) Procedure Nationwide there are currently 16,000 certified nursing homes caring for 1.4 million residents (Zhao & Haley, 2011). Due to high nurse turnover rates and persistent staffing shortages, many nursing homes utilize nurse staffing agencies to meet staffing needs. Holliswood Care Center (HCC), a 300 bed nursing home, with five residential floors, located in Hollis, New York
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CH5. Natural Resource Utilization & Pollution of the Environment * Resource depletion: the consumption of finite or scarce resources. * Pollution: undesirable contamination of the environment by the manufacture or use of commodities. * Conservation: the saving or rationing of resources for future use. * Private costs: costs of production borne by the producer. * External costs: costs of production not borne by the producer. * Social cost of production: = private
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programmed products that are used to collect, integrate, analyse and make data available”. Stated simply, the main tasks of a BI system include “intelligent exploration, integration, aggregation and a multidimensional analysis of data originating from various information resources” [21]. Implicit in this definition, data is treated as a highly valuable corporate
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CHAPTER 8 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY MODULE 8.1 Overview This chapter presents the health delivery module of the assessment. Section 8.1 defines health service delivery and its key components. Section 8.2 provides guidelines on preparing a profile of health service delivery for the country of interest, including instructions on how to customize the profile for country-specific aspects of the health delivery process. Section 8.3 presents the indicator-based assessment, including detailed descriptions
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