Quality Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Abstract

Toyota has been the fifth largest producer of automobiles in the world by means of its unit sales, however, the over-emphasis of the company on the quantity has overlooked the quality of its vehicles. The increasing number of accidents incorporated by the vehicles of Toyota and numerous lawsuits against Toyota due to its quality issues resulting in the occurrence of accidents has questioned the integrity of the organization towards the safety concerns. In this manner, the ethical concerns prevail because the quality defects in its vehicles implies the life threatening situations for its customers. The company has faced large ...

Quality management is the act of overseeing all tasks and activities required to maintain a desired level of excellence. It does not aim at assuring good quality but rather to ensure that a product or organization is consistent. It is also referred as Total Quality Management (TQM). Quality management is composed of four main factors namely; quality assurance, quality planning, quality improvement and quality control. TQM ensures consistency of the business, maintaining customer satisfaction and improves employees’ participation. Quality improvement, assurance, planning and control are relatively similar. However, there are various differences between them. Below are some of the differences between ...

Introduction

Many organizations face numerous management and technical issues. Laboratory is the most vital part of a medical organization’s system because it deals with life. This is to mean that any kind of mistake can lead to massive negative effects in both the outcomes of the procedures, and also in the systems. This essay will discuss two types of problems that one may encounter in a laboratory environment; the first issue will involve management processes, and mainly the issue of staff shortage. The other problem that the paper will look at will involve Hyperkalaemia, which is a common technical problem, commonly faced ...

The innovations that the Hill Physicians Medical Group (HPMG) employees can be replicated in 2014 and beyond. The purpose of HPMG’s innovation agenda is to improve and transform healthcare delivery through an affiliated, but not fully integrated healthcare group. The innovations that HPMG employed in 2009 can be replicated in 2014 because of some reasons. First, the technology still exists in 2014 in the same, if not improved, status. For example, HPMG uses health information technology approaches to maintain electronic medical records and integrate them into the daily medical practice of the physicians (Emswiler & Nichols, 2009). The physicians ...

Improving Performance Through Quality Initiatives

Improving Performance Through Quality Initiatives
1. One of the most important ideas I learned in Part Four is that quality initiatives have proven to be highly successful using multiple metrics, including higher employee and customer satisfaction, higher productivity, increased market share and better productivity. Given the broad spectrum of impacts on the business, using quality initiatives within a business is a very supported and logical choice. The second idea that I learned was there were actually several methods of improving quality that have shown success, although many of them share similar underlying ideas about how it should be done, including ...

Section A

Question 1: Read the case study ‘Dyson’ and
- Critically evaluate the long term sustainability of Dyson’s global competitive advantage in view of the changing situation in the case study.
After saturating the local UK market and achieving a new market share in the US, Dyson vacuum cleaners manufacturer still has to outcompete the mature global market of vacuum cleaners. It has to struggle and overcome many challenges as it aims to take its brand to the next level and to expand into new grounds. This is a critical time for the UK company since it has receded ...

Current Health Policy Debate regarding the Affordable Care Act

Introduction
The health policy debate regarding ObamaCare focuses on the interest of average U.S citizens. The Affordable Care Act offers protection and benefits to all United States’ citizens regardless of their economic status and social lifestyle. The ACA seeks to reduce the insurance premiums to ensure the majority of average American families are covered. The law seeks to ensure 30 million of 44 million Americans without insurance get access to health coverage (ObamaCare, 2015). The government through the health insurance marketplaces, employers and Medicaid would ensure more Americans obtains health insurance coverage. The health law focuses on low-income Americans ...

Value Stream Mapping

Our organization’s strategy is based on the narrow buyers segment that is focused on differentiation of services. In the Porter’s Five Generic Competitive Strategies, the approach is known as Focused Differentiation Strategy. The organization is a consultancy firm that provides services in the field of Telecom Engineering, Defenses communication, and Transport sector with Telecom operators being the largest segment of our market. Our specialization in the field of telecom engineering consultancy has generated for us a very well know brand in our market as one of the top Telecom consultancies in the region. Although our market niche ...

Today, service organizations are operating in the global market to satisfy all his customers all over the world. However, their success greatly depends on the services they give to their customers. This includes offering appropriate and quality services and giving customers their needs at the right place, time and price competitively and continuously. To enhance productivity of a service organization and become the best performers, it should develop policies and employ strategies that will always deliver services on time, satisfy expectations of all customers and lower cost of services while at the same time maintaining and improving standards of the ...

Martin Health System is a healthcare center founded by three medical practitioners, namely Van William Burns, Walter F. Davey, and Julian D. Parker in 1939, in Stuart, Florida. It was originally based on the principle that all patients should have access to medical care and treatment irrespective of their racial or financial background. Originally, it consisted of a facility that had twenty-three bed, ten workers, and three physicians, which has now expanded into one MediCenter, three hospitals, a free-standing Emergency Center, as well as, many outpatient clinics. It is a non-profit community based healthcare organization that provides preventive and ...

Service Management Ideas

Service management ideas can be taken to mean new opinions in an organization in which the management uses to enhance organization’s service delivery. Management ideas arise after the assessment of the organization’s service delivery. Once the management service delivery is wanting or if there is inefficiency in the service delivery of the organization, then a need for the organization change develop. During this time, the management of the organization calls for all stakeholders to the organization to come as a team and develop ideas to help the organization increase efficiency in its service delivery.
Service management ideas are ...

Individual Policy Assignment

Executive Summary.3
Introduction .4
Overview of the Issues 4
1 Economic..5
2 Political 5
3 Epidemiologic ..6
4 Sociological...6
Conclusion ..7

References 11

Executive Summary
This report describes an economic, political, epidemiological and sociological analysis of issues brought up by Minister of Health and Minister of Sport Peter Dutton during a speech to the Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association on the government’s putative policy to reform the Australian healthcare system, namely changes to how the system should be financed, administered and improved. After a survey of the Australian healthcare system and a summary of Minister ...

Assignment Executive Summary

Introduction
Delivery of quality services is a priority in healthcare as excellence determines patient outcomes. Various factors affect quality service delivery in health facilities. Healthcare facilities employ the most competent healthcare professionals yet patients continue to receive poor quality services. The hospital setting is dynamic as different personnel are responsible for the patient’s well being. Proper communication structures between health professionals reduce chances of information misinterpretation or conveyance of erroneous information. Both medical and non-medical factors affect the quality of service.
According to Hughes (2008), delivery of poor services occurs because of errors within the healthcare system. For ...

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Issues in Management: Critical Thinking Workplace Dispute Analysis

Introduction

Cogent, critical thinking in role-playing skills assist managers in maintaining salubrious workplace conditions. This exercise assesses an application to the problem of Lauren’s case study in figuring out what happened, and remedy a dispute arising in the office. The framework for arriving at a decision rests upon four key steps, which include the following: (a) identify, (b) gather/analyze, (c) consider options, and (d) develop well-reasoned ideas. Besides the buzzword of ‘sustainability,’ perhaps the most often discussed business topics revolve around issues of ethics and communications – which often arise in the ...

Business Analysis- Warby Parker

Introduction
According to the U.S Department of Commerce, retail industry is usually considered one of the most profitable industries in the world. Within the United States, the retail business accounts for about 12% of all the businesses taking place at any given time. Warby Parker is a United States online retailer dealing with eyeglasses. The company is unique in that it offers its own line of professional glasses and sunglasses direct to its customers. Warby Parker found the opportunity to do business in that people with poor vision will always need glasses. Therefore, the company is a fashion brand ...

Critical analysis of The Influence of a Post discharge Intervention on Reducing Hospital Readmissions in a Medicare Population by Costantino, M. E., Frey, B., Hall, B. & Painter, P. October 2013 16(5), 310-316.

Interventions Reducing Readmissions

Abstract
Discharging patients from a hospital is a complex and intricate process that should be handled with a lot of attention and care to avoid the unnecessary readmission of patients. The study states that some reasons cause hospital readmission in Medicare patients between 30 days of discharge and they may include failure to follow the physician’s directions, reoccurrence of the condition, lack of follow-up care ...

Hall, Ward, and Comer’s (1988) “Published Educational Research”

Abstract

In this educational research analysis, the topic is about the quality of published educational research articles. The authors’ main research question is about the quality of previously published articles based on the evaluations of 178 volunteer judges. The quantitative research methods consisted of integrated literature review, random selection of judges, and evaluation instruments. In the data analysis, chi square value of 11.28 (df = 6) suggested that the distribution of quality among the three types of evaluated journal articles were significant at alpha = .02, which suggested that primarily research and related ...

Introduction

Health care system remains an integral component in the society as it contributes in national development. It is within the facet of an effective health care system that a nation can realize its potential in production, technology advancement, trade and other economic sectors. It is clear that a healthy nation is more productive, innovative, and creative than unhealthy one because the former ensures that all citizens have access to quality, affordable, and reliable medical services. In order to achieve this goal, the federal governments has established more health care facilities and nursing homes, hired qualified and trained medical practitioners, and introduced ...

The energy transition law was the result of long debate related to the industry. The law was passed to provide more care of the environment by taking different issues related to the environment into consideration. The environmental issues were common in the European nations and the law was passed with the view of having some solutions. The law focuses on carbon emissions and reducing other types of problems related to the environment. The law has been passed after a long debate, but it still has some areas with weak ground that requires improvement in order to make it more ...

Introduction

The tire is primarily the only part of a car that is in touch with the road. A balance must strike among traction, durability, overall, energy efficiency and comfort by the tire in cars. Due to all these factors, the designing and manufacturing of a tire is a complex process as compared to what is generally perceived .
Headquartered in the region of Clermont-Ferrand, France, the Michelin Tire Manufacturer is available in around 170 countries. It has more than 112,000 employees who work in various departments of the company. The company has a total of 68 production plants in ...

Introduction

Outsourcing entails the allocation of specific organization process to an external service provider who is specialized in the particular business process or service. In most cases business fails to handle all facets of business process internally, thus they opt to hire external help with specific business processes. Additionally, the duration of some business process calls the need to hire external help instead of in-house professionals (Stevenson, 2012). The appointed external firm takes the responsibility and risk of performing the specified business process while maintaining the business' assets. However, it is crucial to comprehend the advantages and shortcomings associated with ...

[Management]

Value chain

Value chain is a model showing the reception of inputs in a business, addition of value through the various stages and final selling of finished commodity to the end consumers. From this view, a business is able to use value chain analysis in gaining a top-notch position in competition. The analysis allows the business to have a crucial contact over the movement of its raw materials to the consumers. The goal of the analysis is to maximize quality and value of the product at a much lesser total cost. In which case, this tool work on the concept ...

Introduction

Packaging in retail serves multiple purposes. Packaging enables the products to be transported in a relatively safe manner. The packaged products are protected from the foreign material and spilling. Retailers can elect to print the packaging material. Printing the packaging material gives the retailers more options (Kerry et al., 2008). For instance, retailers can print the packaging material in order append their brand on the product (Breetz, 2015). Printing the packaging material is also done in order to comply with regulations requiring labeling of products. The method of printing that is used depends on the type of packaging material and ...

Quality thinking is a system of judgments, which is used to analyze things and events with the formulation of valid conclusions and allows you to make informed assessment, interpretation, and correctly apply these results to situations and problems. In a general sense the quality thinking involves a higher level of thinking than thinking inequality.(Dettmer 2007)
As I have understood, the major basics that form a set of core skills required for quality thinking consists of: observation, ability to interpret, analyze, make findings, the ability to make evaluations. Quality thinking applies logic, and also relies on meta-knowledge and broad criteria of intelligence, ...

Abstract

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a fairly new educational concept that teaches the students skills required for performing a particular job[ CITATION Yin06 \l 1033 ]. In the last few decades Vocational Education and Training has changed focus from simply preparing the students for jobs that demanded less than a degree to a broader preparation that incorporate academic, vocational and technical skills development for more competitive professions or advanced degree[ CITATION Yin06 \l 1033 ]. Socioeconomic as well as political forces have contributed to major changes in the Vocational Education and Training system in Australia. With the diversification of the economy there is increasing ...

Introduction

In this paper, the article titled “Effect of 2-yn− 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementations on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled” by Dangour et al., 2010 will be critically appraised. The article describes a study that sought to establish whether 2-yn− 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation has an effect on cognitive function in older people. In the study, a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was used. Reduced cognitive function and dementia in older people continues to increase and pose a significant challenge to the elderly. Several studies have reported an association between the intakes of ...

The Proposed Plan for Solving the Problem

The problem that occurred at Sharp Memorial Hospital was the rendering of subpar health services to two ill patients which is contrary to the function of a hospital. In so doing, the implications of the services could end up doing, even more, harm to the patient. The complaints showed that the hospital does a have a shortcoming in its management as the services provided could have been from the signing in the front desk to receiving the actual treatment. The coordination of all the services provided at the hospital thus becomes very important. A hospital is ethically charged with ...

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Water, sanitation and Hygiene
These are highly fundamental issues that should be considered when providing community based services. For instance, water is a basic need for human survival but not all the water is safe for consumption. The sanitation systems within the community determine a great deal on the safety of the available water for consumption. Water, sanitation and hygiene complement each other and none can exist independent of the other. The importance of water cannot be overestimated and its use immeasurable. Despite the high demand for the resource for sustenance of life, there is always a greater challenge to the ...

Introduction

In the current multifarious and very competitive environment, most businesses are striving to secure a favorable global market share in order to survive in their respective industry. In all organizations, marketing has long ceased to be a subsidiary department. Instead, it is now a frontline independent department. In addition to this, firms have been seen to capitalize on globalization and the advances in technology as they expand to take every opportunity presented to it. In the past, most businesses understood the concept of marketing as the advertising and selling of products and services. However, it has now been viewed as a fundamental discipline ...

In the article The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet, which was published in the September 2010 issue of Wired Magazine, the authors Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff (2010) present two perspectives on why the popularity of the Web is declining compared to the popularity of services or apps. They contend that on one hand, the reason for this decline is the users or the consumers whose needs are changing and becoming ever more demanding (i.e. “Blame Us”). On the other hand, they also contend that another reason would be the innovations that are being constantly developed by ...

The Affordable Care Act is a law that seeks to implement reforms in the health services to ensure that every citizen has access to quality health care. This act was made into law by President Barak Obama on March 23 2010. These reforms also target the insurance sector, with these changes stipulated to be complete and working in full force by the year 2014. By making policies that regulate investments, the act provides a way to increase the quality of health care for American citizens . The citizens are not the only group of people that gains from these reforms; health care ...

Introduction

President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act as a United States Federal statute in 2010. Together with the amendment to the reconciliation bill, it promised to expand health insurance to all citizens at a reasonable cost. PPACA defines the health care as neither the right nor privilege of people but it states that citizens, however, do have a right to “affordable” healthcare, which it tries to achieve through a partnership between the market and the government. The ACA is a result of an evolution of government-funded plans such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as statutes such as HIPAA, ...

Abstract

The study seeks elaborate on the nonprofit and for-profit hospital joint venture and giving growing similarities in their operation capacities. The growing need for improvement by nonprofit hospitals regarding healthcare delivery requires high capital generation and more funding. Overdependence on sponsors and well-wishers for grants do not support the community benefit fully. This makes nonprofit hospitals not to deliver high quality health care, and unable to settle bills and outsourcing high technology to support medication. The conversion from nonprofit to for-profit hospital, and joint venturing with for-profit hospital help in improving performance, delivery, and high-quality health care. The paper ...

Brief summary of author’s main points

In this article, Murphy talks about the need of considering the possibility of making the healthcare system to revolve around the patients and hence bring to an end the common system of which the patient is the one seeking health services in hospitals. The author also proposes that the patient-centric point of view upon implementing and optimizing the use of health information technology (HIT) will be able to provide the new perspectives on the meaning of ‘integrated’ health care. Murphy also states that there is need to convince the patients that their participation in health care matters makes sense, ...

Summary of the article

Network connectivity has over the years improved as a result of the construction of quality network transmissions a factor that is attributed by Quality of service (QoS routers). A network router implementing quality of service in the network enables all users and applications using the network resources to have a distributed bandwidth. This ensures that some users or applications are not halted by overconsumption of network resources by other users and applications of the network. QoS can be implemented in two ways as follows. First is the use of traditional QoS that allows network administrators to assign network priority ...

Introduction

This is a probability analysis paper that is based on the results of a telephone survey that was conducted to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Springdale, Downtown and West malls located in Springdale. There were 150 respondents and 30 variables in the survey. The paper concentrates on 8 variables.Q1
- There were 107 respondents who stated that they spend at least $ 15 dollars during a trip to Springdale Mall. Therefore, the probability that a randomly selected respondent spends at least $ 15 to shop at Springdale Mall is 107/150 which translates to 0.71. Probability is computed by dividing the number of favorable ...

Information Systems, IT and Organization Culture

Organizational culture is a way of behavior, living, interaction and overall conduct of people in an organization. Culture is fundamentally the collective development and understanding of human minds that differentiate the members of a human group in relation to others; therefore, culture can be defined as a system of communally held values . Schien describes organizational culture to be the deeper point of basic conjectures and values that are fundamentally shared by elements of any organization, that operate instinctively and defined in basic fashion the organization‘s view of its environment and its self. Quinn and Cameron state that organizational culture describe the ...

Early Stage 1, Kindergarten

Lesson Evaluation:
Did the lesson go as planned?

Were the instructions clear?

Did the students understand the story?
Did the students understand the task?
Did the students work well together in groups?
Did the students enjoy working together? Were there any problems during the group activity?

Were there any unexpected outcomes?

How would I change this lesson for future use?
Did the lesson cater for all students?

Where do I take the students now?

Sample Train Pocket Chart
MATHEMATICS LESSON PLAN #2
Early Stage 1, Kindergarten
Lesson Evaluation:
Did the lesson go as planned?
Were the instructions clear?
Did the students understand the task?
...

Early Stage 1, Kindergarten

Lesson Evaluation:
Did the lesson go as planned?

Were the instructions clear?

Did the students understand the story?
Did the students understand the task?
Did the students work well together in groups?
Did the students enjoy working together? Were there any problems during the group activity?

Were there any unexpected outcomes?

How would I change this lesson for future use?
Did the lesson cater for all students?

Where do I take the students now?

Sample Train Pocket Chart
MATHEMATICS LESSON PLAN #2
Early Stage 1, Kindergarten
Lesson Evaluation:
Did the lesson go as planned?
Were the instructions clear?
Did the students understand the task?
...

What is ISO? What are the benefits of international standardization?

ISO 9000 family is a set of standards that represent an international agreement on the quality management systems. It is developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was first published in 1987. However, the International Organization for Standardization does not provide certification itself, but relies on numerous certification bodies that monitor the compliance of companies to the principles developed in ISO standards. ISO certification is not permanent and requires renewal by certification bodies at regular time intervals.

The benefits of standardization can be divided into customer-related, internal and supplier benefits. The benefits related to the customer marketing are associated ...

In “Transition from Treatment to Survivorship: Effects of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors,” Menesus et al. aim to showcase how a particular breast cancer education intervention study is effective among people suffering from the condition. The researchers clearly lay out this aim in the abstract and the body of the text, emphasizing the infant nature of the investigation of post-treatment breast cancer, which requires a study of this kind.

The literature review seems remarkably low effort, as the text all but admits that a literature review is outside the scope of the article, merely listing the sources ...

Instruction:

Heath share of Oregon
ACOs
The phrase ACO is an acronym for Accountable Care Organization. This term refers to groupings of hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers. The involved parties voluntarily come together to give high quality coordinated care to Medicare patients. Essentially, ACOs came up as a result of the poor service delivery in public hospitals. It is worth noting that patients have for a long time complained about the high cost of Medicare. Furthermore, they also experience reduced healthcare delivery that is not flexible to their needs. The legacy system adopts a “one size fits all healthcare ...

In your opinion, how does the principle of separation between church and state compare in theory and in practice in the United States? Provide specific examples.
The Establishment Clause was aimed at prohibiting state sponsored religion leading to the doctrine of separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson referred for the first time this separation as “wall of separation between Church and State.” This principle is a unique American vision. As far as the interpretation and meaning of Establishment clause is concerned, there are three major theories.
According to the strict separation theory, the religion and state should ...

CRITICISM ON THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Recent media coverage places emphasis on several public and health policy issues. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act get attention from diverse groups. The Act aims at ensuring all Americans receive affordable and quality healthcare (Hartocollis, 2013).
President Obama’s government views it as a means of improving health while regulating the cost of medical care in USA. Through the Congressional Budget Office’ planning, the cost of providing care for over 94% of the nation’s population is possible. The Act’s provisions make it popular; for instance it strengthens and reauthorizes nursing programs under the funding of ...

Abstract

Introduction
The title of the article is - The Rube Goldberg Democrats. The source is The Wall Street Journal. The author is Daniel Henninger. The argument for the article is that it is against Obama Care. The author emphasizes that this program is characteristic of other failures by the Democrat Government such as social security and admission to colleges. This article stresses that Obama Care will put a blemish on the brand identity of The Democratic Party. There are several elements that I will discuss in this essay. They include, increasing expectations on government, failure of the Democratic Party ...

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Introduction
“meeting the health needs of all persons, viewed as free and equal citizens, is of comparable and special moral importance” –Justice and Access to Health Care, Norman Daniels
The above statement expresses the sentiments of persons who concur with the idea that there should be universal access to healthcare. The concept of distributive healthcare prevents this from taking place since it subjects persons to a screening process to determine their eligibility for certain types of healthcare. Additionally, distributive healthcare also promotes discrimination of persons, even substance abusers, in need of dire care at ...

The education system in California State, just like other states depends on policies enacted by the state. Today, many citizens and interested parties feel that the education system in this state does not meet the social or economic expectations. Normally, education policies define quality of education and influence directly or indirectly the lives of students, educators, employers, or parents. California State should consider revising its education policy in order to meet the expectations of the educators, students, parents, and other interested parties. Some of areas which require policy include allocation of learning resources to the students. Imperatively, the state ...

Introduction

This paper aims to examine the ways and strategies that can be helpful and supportive for Gucci Company to increase its competitive advantage in the market and to enhance its product life cycle. The most important thing about Gucci Fashion brand is that if offers throughout the EU and the important capitals and cities around the world its franchise system. The Gucci franchise system offers a comprehensive service covering all aspects of product marketing and franchise management so that a small business can devote all their energies exclusively to maximize sales. Gucci provides deposit franchises in the genre. Thus, the franchisee ...

Abstract

This paper is on Harley Davidson’s strategic management of its mission, vision and stakeholders and the degree to which Harley Davidson is proceeding towards it. Also this paper will identify relevant stakeholders and discussion over Harley Davidson’s alignment towards it strategic direction. Finally, some recommendation will be offered to Harley Davidson’s executives on the basis of findings and analysis of data and history.

Introduction

Harley Davidson’s Mission is "We ride with our customers and apply this deep connection in every market we serve to create superior value for all of our stakeholders" (“corporate-ir”).
In retail, ...

Discussion Questions appending to Nespresso Business Market Strategic Management.

Question #1 – Business Background, Definition, Role and Scope
The scope of business definition extends beyond Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in theory, or celebrity endorsements. The strategically-priced encapsulated Nespresso coffee, for machines development, capitalizes on an emotional goods category. According to a report by Conley, Bican, and Ernst (2013) the 1986 Nestlé of Switzerland launch segmented a role for coffee-enjoyers to receive premium product in hermetically sealed pouches filled beforehand. The concept underlying the performance of the unit, boosted by a fancy international campaign dangling the face of movie star, George Clooney, thus by accomplishing a move away from the ...

I totally agree that there is certainly value in selecting the right distributors. In fact, Kaur & Pandey (2012) maintain that choosing the right distributor is imperative in the supply chain. Nonetheless, I do not think that it is necessary for the business to carry out a 5 to l0 year’s sales projection to find out if the culture and philosophy of the distributor match its brand. The key for the small microbreweries to get noticed in the market is simply producing high-quality, unique beer that will appeal to numerous customers. According to a new American report, as cited ...

Introduction

Black berry, one of the well known mobile manufacturing companies, is expected to leave it the business of making mobiles soon. The reason is the current poor performance of the company (Austen, 2013). The company has made a deal of $4.7 billion for its privatization; however, it seems useless to solve the current problems of the company (Connors, 2013).
The company has been performing poorly for last few years in terms of its revenue, sales, profitability, and cash flows. The market share of black berry was declined to 5% in 2012 from 20% in 2009. The decline in the ...

This paper establishes some ways through which the Portland Plant can raise their productivity levels as well as increasing profitability, which is set to be achieved through various methods. These methods are going to be founded by performance objectives and eventually the paper will offer recommendations towards achieving that desired performance. It is evident from the information provided regarding the Portland Plant that there a myriad of issues that the Plant is struggling with. The Plant’s main customers, Hewlett Packard as indicated had experienced a problem with the product that they were offered from the Plant. It is ...

Critical understanding of selected key concepts and theories related to core areas of academic practice.

There are many different approaches to designing educational courses, and the use of online technologies offers more flexibility in this area than ever before. There needs to be a strong link between educational intentions and the course content, of course, but the material also needs to be presented in such a way that it is accessible to the individual and suits the learning style of the student and the teaching style of the educator (Morgan & Houton, 2011). One such theory that places the learner at the central point of his or her own education is the constructivist approach. This ...

The trade off skills are among the essential skills that a project manager and any leader within an organization needs to possess, to facilitate the achievement of both project and organizational goals. The Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contracts Is a form of a fixed contract where the buyer pays the seller a specific amount which is set within the contract. The FPP contract fails to take into consideration any additional costs that a seller may incur when offering the product. This type of contract, therefore, places all the risk associated with costs to the contractor. The seller, to this end, ...

Risk Management Program

The ever changing regulations and numerous by laws enacted by relevant bodies continue to make risk management program a number one priority program in the modern dynamic enterprise environment. Health care facilities have not been left out in managing various risk programs. They operate under various bodies with different demands and standards which they must follow to avoid legal consequences.
In the 21st Century, risk management has dominated board list of priorities. This is because of numerous threats to an organization continuity and efficiency. It is important to note that the growing concern over risk management programs have been ...

The success of an individual in a leadership position depends on several factors. The strategy used as well as the level of training that a person has greatly influenced the success of their leadership. Some of the most successful business leaders globally employ strategies incorporating high degrees of emotional intelligence. Goleman explained emotional intelligence to be an important factor influencing the success of a leader (93). According to Goleman, successful leaders are self-aware, self-regulated, and empathetic, motivated, and with impeccable social skills (95). These elements of emotional intelligence also influence the strategy chosen by different leaders. This paper will ...

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Introduction

Among the most pervasive/influential concepts in the political and social discourse, sustainability remains one of the fundamental concepts. There are controversial and extensive debates on the extent to which policymakers should consider accountability of environmental and natural resources concerning cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Several views and opinions exist on how sustainable investments, businesses and projects can be carried out. Such opinions follow the fact that CBA needs to be relevant in valuing some of the most sensitive and significant effects on environment and natural resource base. The same is concerned with effects which ...

This interview with Tania Seary, CEO of The Faculty, focuses on Procurement and its advantages over traditional Purchasing. For background, The Faculty is a management consulting firm based in Melbourne, Australia and focuses on helping organizations identify and initiate activities to optimize procurement strategy.

In the interview, Ms. Seary discusses procurement as a process of developing strategies to achieve long term cost reduction, manage supply chain risks, and gain competitive advantage, a concept that is different from traditional purchasing which is mainly just acquisition. She stresses that the benefits of moving from a traditional concept of purchasing to strategic procurement can be felt ...

Introduction

The current essay involves a critical review of the research process and development of two research reports on nursing care and shared care services and evidence based practice in the nursing profession. Understanding the research process and development may furnish important insights on how evidence based practice be implemented effectively in aid of better patient care in both traditional hospital nursing care and shared care services involving nurses as useful members in the healthcare staff.
Parameters for the research process critique involve important aspects in a research report: research approach or design, sampling method, methods of data collection, validity and ...