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Introduction: IM/IT Investment as a Tool for Value Determination Healthcare and technology might not be exactly related to each other, but there seems to be a tangible effect on the latter once the latest technological advances are applied to healthcare practices. Like any other sphere, healthcare presupposes that a vast amount of information should be processed quickly and efficiently. As a result, the storage for the above-mentioned data, as well as the means to coordinate and distribute it appears, making healthcare an extremely complicated field. However, with the help of such an efficient IT strategy as IM/IT investment, the problem of information storage, distribution, and sharing can be solved. Thesis statement: IM/IT investment opens new opportunities Although the IM/IT Investment has not been time-tested yet, the recent results show that the given system helps not only provide proper care for the patients but also drop the rates of people getting ill considerably, which means that the IM/IT investment should be introduced into healthcare with the knowledge sharing principle as the foil for its development. Process of Value Determination and the IM/IT Investment Tool It is important to mention that IM/IT process   * Enables health care system sustainability;   * Contributes to the improvement of care;   * Offers an improved system of knowledge management;   * Makes knowledge sharing the key principle of patients’ information management;   * Bases the knowledge management system on the principle of non-disclosure to other patients (OECD, 2003). With that said, one can claim with certainty that the new manner of information processing suggested by the developers of the IM/IT investment concept works rather well within the realm of healthcare. Allowing to access the patients’ information and their medical background, keeps doctors updated on their patients’ records. Hence, the process of value determination goes much faster. In addition, the IM/IT framework allows to:   * Develop a systematic approach towards value definition;   * Define the costs for the healthcare services;   * Measure the above-mentioned costs;   * Uses technology as an aid to the decision-making process (BC eHealth Strategy Council, 2009). Therefore, it can be assumed that the use of the IM/IT framework is bound to improve the quality of medical services considerably and allow for a more efficient method of information processing. Current Limitations of the IM/IT Investment Tool: Bumping into Obstacles It must be mentioned, however, that the IM/IT investment method also has its limitations in terms of defining the quality and nature of the value determination. Among the most obvious obstacles, the costs for the equipm
Introduction Drin is an Italian mobile phone company and it was motivated to venture into commercial business in Peru in a bid to create dynamic thinking on how an enterprise should be organized to gain a huge customer base. Drin targeted the presumably missing strategy in the telecommunication industry in Peru like targeting the young and low earning population, which was not served by the Telefonica Movil BellSouth. This article seeks to answer several questions based on Drin’s organizational culture and its strategies on commercial operations. How the two cultures compare based on Hofstede’s scale Different factors influence organizational cultures. Organizational culture can be defined as shared beliefs, standards, and values based on organizational objectives (Vance 21). The culture depicted by Drin is highly flexible as it offers an alternative way of doing business by giving workers at subordinate level the freedom to initiate new ideas, exercise judgment, innovate, and express creativity. Drin did not necessarily focus on meeting targets. On the contrary, it aimed at gaining effectiveness. However, the management assumed a bottom up strategy where employees experienced little pressure with no predetermined goals or mechanized procedures. On the other hand, Peru had a different corporate culture, which was highly mechanized, predetermined goals, and deadlines had to be met. The hierarchical system involved powerful leaders who evaluate employees as individuals as opposed to gauging teamwork. Such management aspects make employees less creative and insecure to take responsibilities. Drin’s corporate culture Drin provides a desirable culture, which is flexible, and thus it gives chance to unforeseen alterations towards an effective enterprise. For Drin to realize growth, it emphasized teamwork, viz. the Drin team. Katz posits, “Having shared beliefs about realistic goals, relationships, and behaviors serves as a precursor for cooperation towards efficiency” (92). Embracing workers’ freedom as embedded in the company logo gives employees the enthusiasm and motivation to work beyond the usual benefits of salary and hunger for effectiveness. Drin embraced young and astute workers who reflected the goal of the company to attract young clients who were somehow sidelined by the existing telecommunication company. However, Drin’s freedom crossed the official limits. Allowing workers to wear casual clothes affected the company’s outlook. Having defined uniform shapes identity coupled with increasing cohesion among workers and customers. Strengths of Drin’s corporate culture Drin’s philosophy to adopt a culture that embraced shared beliefs by young employees geared towards innovation with the support of top management ensured flexibility towards effective production. The Drin training programs offered employees a lifeline opportunity to build their career. This aspect ensured that their skills did not become obsolete
Introduction A very Old man with enormous wings is a story about a married couple Pelayo and Elisenda who found a strange being. The being was classified as an angel by a diviner in the village because he had wings attached to his body. However, he was too feeble to support himself. He became the center of attention for the people at that village. The couple then decided to charge a viewing fee for those who came to view the strange creature. My singular Irene is a story which features the role and place of Irene as a wife who was married to a controlling husband. She was quite submissive to her husband but was also quite exploited. Irene and the angel were exploited by those around them yet they remained helpless. This essay will compare and contrast the two stories discussing the symbolism of repression and triumph together with their significance in the modern society. Confinement A very Old man with enormous wings story features an old man found in the courtyard of Mr. Pelayo. The old man was very weak to the extent that he was unable to rise up from mud. His wings prompted the family of Pelayo to seek clarification from a woman who was known for her understanding of life and death. Her explanation that he was an angel who had come to take away Pelayo’s child was shocking and the news spread like a bushfire in the village. Pelayo took this man and locked him up in a chicken coop together with chicken. He was helpless and repressed in that he could not speak out for himself thus he was powerless. His inability to stand up on his feet and to speak up made him a subject to the decision of the family (Marquez 1). In the story my singular Irene, confinement was Irene’s place. Her husband could not agree to have her walk around because he felt that it was his responsibility to protect her. He restricted people who visited their house: “I was not going to permit my wife to run around as if she had no one to protect her. Not that. And no visitors either” (Almanzar 9). Irene had no freedom to engage in whatever she wished to though she was not locked up like the angel. Whenever she went out with her husband he easily got annoyed by her behavior of gathering butterflies and he could not give her time to enjoy what she liked doing. In case they were on a trip, it was the husband who made decisions: where to stop, for how long and what she could do in the course of the journey. Irene did not have a right to freedom of expression though she could speak to her husband unlike the angel who could not say anything to anyone. Her husband planned for everything on behalf of their family. She rarely asked for anything from the husband. Instead it was the husband who decided when to do something for her. She lived as a captive in her own home: Since women have their w
Introduction In late 1989, President George Bush and the American governors met in Virginia, where they committed to improving the public education in the country (Mirel & Angus, 1999). It was in this meeting that they established clear performance goals that were geared towards making America internationally competitive in terms of intellect. The first two goals were aimed at transforming the curriculum and course taking. The third goal aimed at ensuring that American students at grades four, eight, and twelve at such levels that they demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter. It also ensured that every student learned how to utilize their minds efficiently through critical thinking to prepare them for responsible citizenship, advanced learning, as well as increasing their productivity in the labor market. Goal four was formulated to ensure that the students in America are the highest achievers in both Science and mathematics in the entire world (Mirel & Angus, 1999). President Clinton continued supporting the project through the nineties especially by signing the ‘goals 2000: Educate America Act.’ This act allocated 400 million dollars annually to finance grants for schools that were committed to promoting high standards for the curriculum content and overall student performance (Mirel & Angus, 1999). However, these efforts triggered a storm of controversy as its critics argued that the project would not promote equal educational opportunities across the American population students (Mirel & Angus, 1999). Over the years, the Americans have prided themselves in the provision of quality high school education for all. Comprehensive high school education gives them a sense of individuality, and for a long time, it dominated the front line in the formulation of the secondary education model as well as the higher education. In fact, following world war 2, some European nations adopted the American high school model primarily due to the success it had previously registered (Mirel & Angus, 1999). However, after the war, some countries like Japan rejected the American model and took on a different approach, which eventually saw them overtake the US through the achievement of higher levels of school attendance. Presently, the United States spends enormous per capita national expenditure on education than most countries in the world. Most of the studies that have been conducted on young people in western society mainly focus on their transition from the family and school setting into adult life and careers. Lack of a connection between these phases of life in an individual renders him incapable of handling the day to day issues in life. Reasons and solutions to foreclosure The foreclosure crisis is one of the major problems facing the American economy today. Various theories have been put forward in the explanation of the recent rise in mortgage foreclosures in America. The underwriting stan
Executive summary Upper Hill Restaurant (UHR) is a mid-sized hospitality company based in Singapore. The restaurant has three vital departments, namely customer service, food and beverage (F&B), and security. The three aforementioned departments are vital because the employees therein interact with the customers on a daily basis. Resultantly, customer’s satisfaction or the lack thereof is greatly shaped by how customer needs or preferences are attended to by employees in the three departments. This report acknowledges that in addition to the three departments, successful operations in the restaurant involve input from other departments, which will not be discussed herein. Such include the finance department, the operations management department, and the human resource department. This report discusses customer service, food and beverage, and security departments because the employees therein affect customers’ perceptions regarding the restaurant. The report addresses proposed training programs for vice presidents, managers and staff in all the three departments. In total, therefore, this report contains nine proposed training programs for use by UHR. Service The customer service department is arguably where customers get the first impression of the restaurant. The impression that customers have is obtained from the service attitudes of customer care attendants, their professionalism or the lack thereof, and the manner in which they speak or respond when a customer calls or physically comes into the restaurant (Doane & Sloat 2003). As the term implies, the customer service department offers services to customers, which according to Korczynski (2002, p. 47) are different from product offers due to their “simultaneous production and consumption.” Additionally, services are variable, perishable, intangible, and their production and consumption cannot be separated. As Frenkel (2000) notes, service work involves symbolic interactions between the service providers and the service consumers. During the symbolic interactions, the two parties convey emotions, attitudes, information and knowledge. Most service consumers are often searching for information and knowledge. In the process of obtaining the aforementioned, they also encounter emotions and attitudes from the customer service attendants. Ideally, every customer service attendant should portray positive emotions and attitudes towards the service consumers. Additionally, they need to understand their role as an interface between their employer (the service provider) and the service consumers. Every employer has a responsibility to foster such an understanding among his employees through human resource development practices. Training Program Outline for the Cu
Introduction Childbirth is a crucial concern that should be addressed with diligence since it determines the size and nature of the population. During childbirth, some women decide to give birth at home while others deliver in hospital. In their article, which is referred to as Outcomes of Planned Home Births with Certified Professional Midwives, Johnson & Betty (2005) argue that most women prefer giving birth at home to giving birth in hospital. When these parents are making this decision, they should evaluate the disadvantages and advantages of both conditions to make the right decision. However, most parents do not conduct this evaluation when they are deciding on whether to deliver at home or in hospital. This paper will, therefore, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of giving birth at home or in hospital according to the article that has been named above. Giving Birth at Home Advantages According to Johnson & Betty (2005), giving birth at the home result in a low rate of neonatal mortality and low levels of intrapartum. They contend that low mortality is enhanced by providing high levels of safety as well as the availability of material satisfaction. During the comparative evaluation, it was noted that these findings were consistent with other studies that had been conducted in North America regarding the same topic. Additionally, giving birth at home is less costly than delivering in a hospital since the parents do not incur admission expenses. In this light, this is much helpful especially in countries that have costly health services. In fact, Semba & Bloem (2008) suggest that most women in developing countries give birth at home due to the high cost of hospital bills. Consequently, it is indisputable that parents would choose to give birth at home in the presence of professional midwives. Disadvantages In some instances, giving birth at home is dangerous especially when the mother develops a complication. The article shows that several prenatal deaths occur during home delivery. Moreover, it demonstrates that these instances are experienced in the process of transferring the mother to hospital. This implies that home delivery is fairly defective since the complications, which require medical intervention, can occur in the absence of doctors. Birth in Hospital Advantages In the event of prenatal complication, doctors intervene immediately to save the unborn child. The immediate response is a crucial requirement that determines the survival of the child. In fact, late transfer of mothers who develop complications at home is the main contributing factor to the death of unborn children. Second, mothe
Introduction The Wagner Act, prompted by the rising number of strikes, has managed to direct the conflicts between the employers and the employees into the courtroom. Apart from providing the workers with the essential rights, the Act mitigated the violence that had characterized the previous strikes, for example, and the railroad strikes of 1877, the Homestead strike, and the Ludlow strike of 1914. The Strikes before the Act The Railroad Strike, 1877 At the time of the Railroad strike, the strikes were almost a “disease” of the US. Lack of rights, long working hours, and especially the depression of 1873-79 are typically cited as the reasons for this tendency in general and the strike in particular (Weir 357; Brenner, Day, and Ness 484). The direct reason for the 1877 strike was the intent to reduce the wages of firemen and brakemen on the “Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Martinsburg, West Virginia”, after which the strike spread to “Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Chicago, Terre Haute, Kansas City, and San Francisco” (Brenner, Day, and Ness 484). It ended up in the destruction of railroad property and was subdued with the help of federal militia; in general, more than 100 lives were lost in this strike on both sides (Weir 667; Lipold and Isaac 178). The results of the strike were twofold: while some companies sought to appease the workers, others tightened their policies; apart from that, the negative image of the strikers created in the media reduced the number of people willing to participate in trade unions (Weir 638-639). The Homestead Strike, 1892 During the Homestead “steel lockout” that took place in Pennsylvania, the organized workers attempted to rebel against Carnegie, who, despite the claims of being a philanthropist, was doing everything to reduce labor costs. The man, who was actually responsible for the problem, Henry Frick, was known for his attempts at deskilling the industry and, in such a way, undermining the power of craft unions. The relationship of Frick with the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers ended in the lockout of the Homestead plant and the consequent strike on June 30, 1892. Officially, the workers controlled the plant until November 17, but the strike was effectively subdued in July with the help of 300 Pinkerton detectives hired by Frick (Weir, 340-341). Eleven people were killed in the course of this strike (Lipold and Isaac 178). The conclusion that the businessmen made from this occurrence included the fact that a large corporation could disregard the demands of a large trade union (Brenner, Day, and Ness 68). The Ludlow Strike, 1914 The Ludlow Strike or Massacre took place on April 20, 1914, in the isolated company town of Ludlow, where people were particularly dependent on the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company owned by Rockefeller (for example, they lived in company-owned houses and were paid specific currency that was only accepted by the company store). About 1,200 miners of Ludlow joined the strike of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and were evicted from the houses
Current ICT Governance Decision Making There are several challenges facing the corporate world today. ToKoDa is not spared from the effects of these challenges especially those emanating from the euro and debt crisis, global financial crisis and high exchange rates between the Australian dollar and other currencies around the world. This has discouraged exportation, leading to stiff competition from the local firms and low demand from overseas customers. Such conditions are negatively affecting the company’s long term strategic plan. Due to these prevailing circumstances, the information system division at ToKoDa reduced its annual budget for the financial year 2012. Operating Model The current ISDs operating framework poses a lot of challenges such that both the management and the employees have to cope with its unreliability. The source of these inconveniences can be traced back to the five core models that are composed of a set of policies and provisions that guide the use of Information Technology architecture (Ross & Weill 2009). To start with, the information architecture is the one responsible for limited data transfer across different sections as well as data duplication. Secondly, the business architecture is responsible for ‘low time’ in conveying data to the market, high capital costs of ICT related projects and limited connectivity to the market. Thirdly, the application architecture is the major cause of the low standards of services rendered as well as the unreliability of core systems. Fourthly, the technology architecture is responsible for the barriers or challenges experienced by new business initiatives. This is as a result of its incomparability and high operational costs in the ISD division. Finally, the security architecture is one responsible for the overall inconsistency in the approach adopted to address information security, information leakage and limited application of control measures and policies. Governance Arrangement Matrix The current IT governance matrix is identified as having several faults that affect the output of those working in this department and in the organization as a whole (Ward & Peppard 2002). Information delivery fault can be described as the inability to trace and locate information from across the information silos. In spite of the fact that there are multiple information portals, there is a problem of partial coverage of these channels. A combination of all these factors leads to the limited visibility of the corporate plans. Most of the desktop versions are largely unsupported because they are 2-3 versions behind the ones currently used. As a result this poorly developed and integrated software, there is information inconsistency. Due to poor end- point