Essays on Aitken

The high percentage of death in intensive care unit is always attributed to the withdrawal of life support machine. In Australia, research shows that a significant proportion of deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit preceded a decision supporting the withdrawal of the life support and this is a case in many countries across the globe including Australia. Withdrawal of life support refers to the process of discontinuing critical care treatment for a patient who is terminally ill, and the decision can be made by the family, government or doctor (Way, Anthony, & Curtis, 2002). The family can make ...

Accounting

Introduction Wal-Mart has been in the retail business since 1962 and after more than half a century, the store that Sam Walton started in Rogers, Arkansas is today’s leader in the retail industry. The success of the company in becoming a multi-billion dollar business was owed from its efficient and effective strategies aided with the most sophisticated and highly advanced systems in the world. The discussion will highlight the important strategies that enabled Wal-Mart to achieve its current success. In addition, the company’s competitive advantage will be examined to determine the key role of various control systems ...

The scientific management theory is a management approach that seeks to improve the efficiency of the organization. The theory was developed by engineer Frederick W. Taylor who focused on employing engineering, scientific and mathematical analysis in trying to complete tasks that organizations seek to accomplish. This process aims at increasing the productivity levels in the organization and ensuring that the items sold by that particular organization are of high quality (Shafritz, et al., 2015). This objective can be achieved if efforts are directed towards the reduction of wastages. From the preceding, therefore, this theory aims at satisfying the needs ...

Introduction

The concept of sustainable development was first introduced in 1987 by the United Nations as part of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, in which it was stated that sustainable development implies “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations General Assembly, 1987). The World Conservation Strategy published in 1980 served as prelude to the conception of this notion, as the UN recognized the importance of minimizing the impact of human activity over the earth’s ecosystems and adopting models inclined towards sustainability ...

Budget management analysis

Intensive care units are a costly resource accounting for nearly 10 to 20% of hospital expenses and 1 to 2% of the gross national product in the US. Continuous reforms in the health care sector targeted at improving the quality of health care while lowering its costs have been witnessed over the last several decades. ICUs are expensive mainly they are labor intensive and they involve expensive treatment modalities. The fact that ICUs consume about 10 to 20% of hospital budgets whilst caring for only about 5% of total inpatient populations in hospitals decries the need for containment of costs ...