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The case study investigates an inferno at a perilous waste facility situated at Apex, North Carolina. The inferno started on the eve of October 6th, 2006, at the EQ hazardous waste facility on Investment Boulevard in Apex; a neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. In response to the disaster, city authorities planned an evacuation exercise for tens of thousands of city dwellers for two days as the inferno kept raging. Around 30 residents sought medical treatment. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) demanded a new national fire code for hazardous waste installations and for enhancing the disaster response mechanisms to community emergency planners with regard to the chemicals stored, and handled by these facilities. This can improve safety of sites. What exactly caused the horrific fire? According to the investigations done by CSB, an inferno started in the building that stored oxygen cylinders. The bays that stored wastes were brought for storage in preparation for transportation to final treatment sites and disposal facilities. It is believed that the oxygen chemicals were activated. The bay contained several chemical oxygen generators, which were brought from Mobile, Alabama. These are wastes generated from airplane. Conversely, the oxygen generators had not been securely activated. Chemicals that contained chlorine in its solid state were heaped above the box that contained active oxygen generators. This is what was theorized to have started the fire at the facility. All these events may have triggered the fire in the storage bay. The violation of the code on fire The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) promulgates information on fire protection standards for different industrial installations. For example, NFPA 820 is the “Standard for Fire Protection in Wastewater Treatment and Collection Facilities”). Rob Hall, P. E. , a CSB lead Investigator who led the investigation discovered that there was only one fire control equipment at the site with portable and manually operated fire extinguishers. Buildings are supposed to have automatic fire extinguishers. The enquiry into the fire accident found out that RCRA rules formulated by EPA call for facilities to install “fire control equipment” although do not spell out what equipment and systems should be in installed. Furthermore, it noted that a national fire code for proper fire protection measures for hazardous waste facilities was non-existent. The EQNC hazardous waste edifice was not well equipped with fire or smoke sensing devices, automatic fire containment equipment, or fire barriers, despite the fact that the building served as a storage facility for drums of flammables and explosive materials. In summary we can say that NFPA 820 is the code that was violated. The impact of the fire (damages, loss, and consequences) The fire incident caused air pollution, damages to nearby buildings. More residents were displaced. When the fire occurred, around 30 people (together with 13 first responders) went to seek medical treatment at neighboring hospitals for respiratory complications and nausea. As a result of this fire incident, CSB issued a safety advisory to ensure t
GlaxoSmithKline’s mission statement and decision to limit supply of its drugs to Canada The GlaxoSmithKline’s mission statement is: “Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.” The decision by GlaxoSmithKline’ to limit the supply of drugs in Canada was against its mission of ensure improved quality of human life. The first reason is that, holding of the drugs decreased the accessibility of the drugs to Canadians and Americans. A great percentage of Americans and Canadians rely on GlaxoSmithKline’s medicines. So when the company withheld its supply in Canada, the cost of the drugs increased hence increasing the cost of health care. As a result, the drugs become unaffordable to the common citizen. Another reason as to why the decision was against its mission statement is that, people were not able to do more and feel better as the mission statement states. A great number of citizens, especially senior Americans spent more time travelling to get drugs. The time spent in travelling could have been utilized in other investments. The final reason is that, withholding drugs increased the burden on healthcare. The Americans were looking for a relief from high costs of healthcare. Withholding drugs and increasing their prices increased the cost of healthcare. As a result, the burden on common man is more than that of senior citizens. Effects of GSK’s decision to limit supply of its drugs to Canada on its primary and secondary stakeholders The GSK’s key or primary stakeholders include stockholders, customers, suppliers, employees and creditors in Canada. These groups of persons were greatly affected by GSK’s decision of limiting the supply of drugs in Canada. Due to high demand and low supply, the prices of the medicines were high. It was difficult for the common citizen to access and afford quality medicine. Limiting supply of drugs meant that stockholders held to their stock longer than expected. The main is that the price of drugs was high and not all suppliers were willing to buy at high prices. The impact on consumers was increased burden of healthcare, decreased affordability and accessibility to GSK’s drugs. Increase in prices was the main cause of such scenario to consumers. The impact on suppliers was decreased profits and fewer sales. The prices were not consumer friendly. Employees of the company were also affected by this decision. Reduced activity and wages are the main impacts they might have faced. Limiting supply of drugs in Canada also had effects on secondary stakeholders. Mostly, secondary stakeholders include general public, activist groups, media, business support groups and communities. General public had a negative perspective concerning GSK. It perceived GSK as greedy, mean and insensitive which in turn can have effect on sales of the company. Activist groups were also affected by GSK’s decision. They were not pleased to see their fellow citizens’ struggle with healthcare costs. Activists preferred tobacco companies because GSK had acted in an insensitive manner. Business support groups experienced loses due to reduced activity in the mark
Module 9 Homework: Overview of the Project The use of online communities has been embraced by many technology companies and retailers to emerge successfully. Brands embracing the use of this strategy develop positive relationships with their potential customers. Such brands sustain better relationships by educating, inspiring, engaging, and interacting with the targeted customers across different social media platforms (“The State of Social Engagement” 3). Sony has been using an online community to support its PlayStation brand. This project analyzes the company’s use of the online community. The paper also proposes new recommendations that can be used to support Sony’s PlayStation brand. Description of the Product PlayStation is a gaming console produced and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment (“PlayStation Forums” par. 2). The gaming brand was introduced to Japanese consumers in 1994. The brand consists of “a media center, two handhelds, a phone, four video game consoles, an online service, and a line of controllers” (“PlayStation Forums” par. 4). In an attempt to realize its potential, Sony employs the use of an online community thus attracting and addressing the needs of more customers. This strategy has made it easier for the company “to deliver the most desirable customer experiences thus enlisting them to help drive business outcomes” (“The State of Social Engagement” 2) Online Community Sony embraces the use of an online community for its superior brands. PlayStation Forums is the name given to the online community used to support this brand. This community brings together many people from different parts of the globe. The PlayStation Community makes it easier for different customers to receive instant news, share ideas, learn skills, and engage with other similar-minded individuals. The online community ensures more people have access to new PlayStation software updates (“The State of Social Engagement” 4). To be part of the PlayStation Forums, users must read and understand the Rules of Conduct. Sony uses this approach to ensure the customers act ethically and respect one another. Strengths and Weaknesses Sony’s PlayStation Forums as an online community has several strengths. To begin with, the community has each of the four ingredients discussed in class. These include community utility, relevance, reach, and health (“The State of Social Engagement” 3). This is true because the community promotes human interaction thus making it easier for the users to have their problems addressed. The community promotes peer-to-peer support and exchange of ideas. The online community is relevant because it seeks to address the interests and needs of the targeted members. The community is supported by the company thus driving sales. Social Support enables the users to rate their experiences thus attracting more potential customers. The inclusion of a code of conduct makes it easier for users to act ethically.
The role of physical caring is the same for different religions as well as the importance of prayer for believers as part of spiritual interventions. For instance, prayer can be a part of nursing care when it is provided to other family members. As recorded in Genesis 25:21, “Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant” (Biblica, 2011). However, patients and/or their families may refuse the spiritual interventions offered as a part of the nursing care (Shelley & Miller, 1999, p. 230). The difference between religions should not influence the way nursing care is delivered. However, some nurses may have specific religious views and beliefs that do not coincide or may even contradict the beliefs of the patient and the family. In this respect, ethical decisions should come first as the health care ethical code requires it. Moreover, it is illegal to impose certain beliefs on people if they do not want that and, especially, on patients when he/she is in a vulnerable condition. Shelley and Miller (1999) report that though “Nurses can provide only a small, though significant, part of the whole spectrum of spiritual care” (p. 241), it will “be a ministry of compassionate health care to anyone in need” (p. 246). As such, God’s plan of redemption can be related to nursing care as nurses help people find peace in their souls. As said in Psalm 130:7, “Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption” (Biblica, 2011). So, believing in God and obeying his laws is advice that nurses can give to patients so that they could become worthy of redemption. As nurses should be objective to all patients and provide health care services to the population regardless of their income status, the responsibilities of the nursing profession to the poor and oppressed of our society include mercifulness, compassion, and kindness. The nursing staff is not responsible for poverty; so, they are not obliged to give all their earnings to the poor. At the same time, it is necessary to think about their responsibilities in the hospital where people can have some portion of compassion from nurses when being treated and provided with spiritual care. Christian faith integration plays a crucial role in the perception of different situations by people. For instance, when one person who believes in God finds him-/herself in a difficult situation, he/she can always find compassion and help from co-believers. As reported by Colson and Pearcy (1999), “Statues of the saints were said to bleed, weep, perform miracles, and even grant indulgences…” (p. 445). As such, people tend to believe in miracles and go to statues of saints in search of salvation: This is the clearest manifestation of Christian faith integration. Pain and suffering are integral parts of the health care profession when people experience pain or lose their relati
In the present day information-based healthcare environment, it is vitally important that the information requirements of a healthcare organization are understood carefully and a health information system is developed. This paper explains the basics of a health information system developed for a small hospital. Entities, attributes and relationships are the most fundamental concepts associated with the conceptual data model. An entity in this case is a patient. Attributes of the entity are name, gender, date of birth and medical record number. In a database environment field, record and file are the critical concepts. A character or a collection of characters make up a field and a record is made up of a collection of fields. Records represent a collection of records. All the three elements constitute a database (Chai & Chen). The following picture presents a typical database. A typical Health Information System consists of Clinical file for storing clinical data, pharmacy file having drug records, laboratory file for lab test records, administration file for keeping administrative records, financial file for keeping financial information relating to the patients and many other files depending on the information needs (Aduroja). Data retrieval can be accomplished across the several fields by establishing relationships among the entities. This is made possible using key identifiers and foreign keys. Using the query method, the database management system would locate and access the relevant files, fields and records to find the information relating to the query (Databasics). There is no need for the user to know the name of the file, which contains the required information. It is possible to sort and quickly retrieve the information from a database by selecting one or more fields to act as keys. The above picture illustrates a network database model in which all the patient related information are recorded for storing and immediate retrieval For instance, from a database shown in the illustration, it is possible to use weight or age as a key to get information of all patients above certain age/weight. Index is a summary table, which enables the quick location of a particular record or group of records in a table. The database index works in a similar way as the index in a book works. For instance, the information on all patients having number from 1000 to 1999 can be retrieved. One of the major limitations of the database system based on files is that there will be too many dependencies on application programs for changing a single file to a number of application programs. The other limitation is that there may be duplication of data occupying too much space. Sometimes there may be problems caused by incompatible files. Lack of the facilities for sharing data would lead to difficulties in accessing files especially to particular portions of the files. When there are separated and
Overview Stylenanda is a well-established fashion company, which operates in Korea. Stylenanda’s core operations entail designing and marketing women’s clothing and accessories. The firm was founded in 2004, and it has gained optimal market recognition in the Korean and Chinese markets. The Stylenanda brand has gained adequate market recognition, as evidenced by the high rate at which customers are carrying out online searches on the brand. In 2007, over 700,000 online searches on the brand were made at Naver.com within a period of one month. Another website that has ranked Stylenanda amongst the leading brands is Ranky.com (“Stylenanda” par.1). The firm’s optimal market performance has arisen from its effective strategic management practices. One of the aspects that the firm focuses on in its operations entails product innovation. Stylenanda specialized in different categories of fashion products. Some of the major product categories include tops, bottom, out, dress, and cosmetics. The firm ensures that its fashion products are based on unique ideas, and this aspect has played a fundamental role in promoting product loyalty amongst its customers. The products are marketed under different product categories, which include Adeen, Karl Alley, Spitfire, Havainas, Grafik Plastic, Lespecs, Greycity, Jeffrey Campbell, Daniel Palilo, KKXX, Gold Dot, and Quay Eyewear (“Stylenanda” par.1) In 2006, Stylenanda launched a new brand known as ‘Nanda Girl,’ and it was ranked first amongst the most favorite women’s clothing malls. Furthermore, the firm has appreciated the importance of incorporating emerging technologies in an effort to gain optimal performance. For example, the firm integrated an effective distribution ERP system and a Bar Code System in 2007. Moreover, Stylenanda established integration call centers in an effort to establish a strong leve
A SalesForce Strategy There are two important decisions that every company has to make: sales channels and sales partners (Homburg, Schafer, and Schneider 45). Those two components have a long-term character; therefore, all possible implications of their influence on the overall sales strategy have to be taken into account. UAS Express is a delivery company that will employ internal or independent sales force partners. It will provide UAS Express with broader access to market information and will ensure customer retention (Homburg, Schafer, and Schneider 45). It is important to note that all decisions related to salesforce sizing as well as its allocation have a direct influence on salespeople’s recruitment and training (Jackson, Hisrich and Newell 67). UAS Express will hire a team of fifty sales professionals. Taking into consideration the fact that market response does not always correspond with an increase of additional selling efforts from new people in a sales force, it stands to reason to establish the relationship between territory sales revenues and its potential before hiring supplementary personnel (Jackson, Hisrich and Newell 67). UAS Express will rely on job advertisements as its main recruitment strategy. It will also use internal bulletins and personal recommendations as an additional recruitment method. Management of the company will define an “ideal” recruit profile that will outline prerequisite aptitudes and competencies for a potential member of the sales team (Jackson, Hisrich, and Newell 67). The list of recruitment criteria will include characteristics that could be directly measured. All recruits will be provided with additional sales training helping them to become efficient members of UAS Express’s sales team. Moreover, all members of the sales force will have to go through a personnel development training program that will allow them to learn information related to the company’s marketing strategy, sales, and services that it offers its customers. Furthermore, it will help them to better understand the corporate culture and its unique philosophy of lifelong learning (Homburg, Schafer, and Schneider 122). During the whole process, all employees will receive special courses aimed at enhancing their professional motivation and improving social
Workplace bullying is an individualized and continuous attack on one human resource personnel by other personnel which results in physical and psychological torture (Oade, 2009), bullying is most of the time done by people who have authority over the victim. The fact that one has authority does not give them the mandate to bully others (Oade, 2009). Those in authority should look for a different way of exercising their authority since bullying is not the ideal way to command respect. The intention of the bully is usually to undermine the employee through various ways such as; reducing their level of confidence when performing different activities, excluding them from social events, making sure that they do not perform well in work assignments, making them look stupid before other colleagues, discrediting their work and blaming them for mistakes committed by the bully (Oade, 2009). In order to solve the problem of bullying in the workplace, the employee should first acknowledge that the behavior directed to them by a colleague is inappropriate (Oade, 2009). Although, most of the time the victims of bullying are not aware that they are being bullied. They usually think that they are the ones who committed an offense and try coming up with ways to correct them. Those who are aware that they are being bullied do not know what to do to stop the bullying. Bullying has a negative effect on both the employee and the organization. Bullying may result in depression, lack of sleep and experiencing negative emotions at work. The employee will also be less committed to the organization and this will affect the organization at large since it reduces their output (Krahe, 2013). Bullying is a major issue especially in the nursing profession where the employees are involved in maintaini
This memo is analyzing the document “First Aid in the Workplace: Code of Practice” using Markel’s technical communication models. A good technical communication document must be used to improve the reader’s knowledge. Technical communication describes the processes of integrating or documenting information for a particular audience (Markel 200). Markel’s communication model accesses a document’s usability in five divisions. Addresses a specific audience The first aid guide targets people in private and federal establishments. The author carried out an evaluation of health requirements relating to first aid. A comprehensive technical document must be readable and accurate. Thus, the first aid guide was authenticated by government approved agencies. The document carefully described the basic terms in first aid. Consequently, the terms were defined for beginners and slow learners (Safe work Australia 6). While describing basic terms of a first aid, the authors included people from different institutions as the secondary audience. Unlike other complicated books that provide information for advances users, this first aid guide outlined each step using sectional division. Thus, employees in private, public or government organization will find the guide useful. Helps readers solve problems The first aid guide was divided into sections to help users find a specific solution. Several sections of the document discussed the usefulness of the first aid guide. For example, section 1 described the meaning of key terms. Section 2 explained th