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Value of the topic studied Dullabh, Moiduddin and Babalola (2010) have extensively explored the use of electronic health records (HER) in healthcare establishments. According to the authors, the measurement of healthcare records are instrumental especially in regards to improving healthcare delivery. The United States of America has struggled with efficient healthcare delivery for some decades. According to the ideas presented in this research article, healthcare can be best improved by adopting such types of records. The value of the topic studied has also been presented in form of a discussion on how slow progress in the adoption of EHRs has hindered smooth delivery of healthcare services. As a matter of fact, significant variance has been generated in relation to the modern methods of appraising EHR usage. The authors have managed to present some of the latest estimates on how the electronic health records are gradually being embraced. Moreover, value has been added to this research study due to an empirical environmental scan conducted by authors. The literature has been adequately reviewed in the study. A collection of discussions with professionals as well as healthcare network experts has been included in the review. The core reason for this research study is to evaluate the current adoption level of electronic health records in the USA. The relevance of tracking EHR usage and development of a systematic approach on the latter are some of the intrinsic values of this research study. Choice of the study method Before choosing a particular study method for any research activity, it is usually necessary to craft the most fundamental research questions. Fortunately, the authors have pointed out four major research questions to be addressed by the adopted methodology. For example, key informant discussions, a series of EHR surveys and literature review are some of the primary research activities that have been conducted in this study. In other words, the EHR surveys were identified by the literature review. However, one of the most outstanding weaknesses in this approach is that a clear framework for classifying the electronic health records functions is not evident. Moreover, the series of discussions carried out by respondents in the field should have been undertaken in form of personalized interviews. Detailed questionnaires could have been used to gather vital data form the field instead of using general discussions. Questionnaires could have vividly contextualized the lessons shared in the literature review. The authors also made use of literature materials that are both published and unpublished as part of the methodology. These materials assisted in gathering background knowledge in the adoption of electronic health records. Nonetheless, it is important to mention that materials that have not been published may not be suitable for this type of study. Unpublished materials may contain irrelevant, inaccurate or even unverified information. In
Organizations are run by people and they have a direct or indirect effect on the society which makes up the environment in which they exist. The behavior of a particular organization can be classified as either good or bad depending on some preconceive societal standards. One of the significant retail companies in America is Costco. According to Annual Reports 2008, Costco is the largest warehouse club in the world. The company deals with the selling of a wide range of merchandise and the customers purchase in bulk at greatly discounted rages. While it may be assumed that the company is good owing to its huge membership and high profitability, this is a wrong assumption since socially irresponsible companies have been known to be successful. This paper sets out to present an unbiased analysis of CostCo by giving a critical discussion of the company’s past and current activities with respect to social responsibility and business ethics. This will enable us to give a knowledgeable take as to whether CostCo is generally a good or a bad organization. The goodness of an organization can be inferred by the manner in which it treats the people who work for it. The relationship that a company enjoys with its employees can be gauged by looking at the rate of employee turnover. A report by Goldberg and Ritter reveals that Costco’s turnover is at a mere 24% per annum. Compared to the 50% annual employee turnover of one of the company’s chief rivals Wal-Mart, this reveals that CostCo indeed enjoys a good relationship with its employees. This low rate of turnover is attributed to many factors among which are the relatively high pay that the company offers to its employees and the benefits that they receive. Employee benefits such as health care benefits which are said to be extended to 82% of the staff show the concern for employee welfare by the organization therefore leading to increased employee loyalty (Priceviewer). The company’s founder and CEO, Jim Sinegal concedes that keeping the work force content is important since the employees are the people on whom the success of the business rides (Goldberg & Ritter). However, the issue of employee treatment is still controversial as there have been instances where the company has been accused of being insensitive to employee needs especially with regard to leaves and overtime. The company has been accused of violating wage and working hours laws by locking its employees in the store after hours without paying them for the overtime (Bloomberg News). While Costco insists that this action is for security reasons, the fact that the company refuses to consider the workers complaint on the issue poin
Introduction Victory international university is an upcoming university that will be located in the Dubai academic city. The university will serve the residents of UAE and other international students from all over the world. It is expected that the university will start operations from the year 2013 onwards. This strategic plan 2013-2018, details the auspicious plan developed to enable the constructions, inception and full operation of the university (David, 1998). This plan was initiated in January 2013 amid the changing environment in the education sector where more and more institutions are competing to increase the student intake and offer the best education services. The strategic plan was developed so that the main focus areas could be identified and resources mobilized so as to ensure the overall success and growth of the university in terms of student’s intake, quality of education and the income generated (Gerry & Kevan, 2002). The envisaged plan will create a suitable environment for students so as to produce highly trained professional for the local and international market. This strategic plan provides solutions to five questions. What is our current position? Where do we want to reach in five years?, What resources do we have?, What are our challenges?, how do we attain our goals?, how do we evaluate what we have achieved?(Vijay & Chris, 2005). University mission statement Victory university mission statement is: Victory University endeavors to become an international leaning institution recognized for academic, training and research excellence and will provide the national and international community with highly trained professionals committed to advancing knowledge and skills to the local community. University core values The core values of Victory University are:   * Conduct extensive research so as to generate new knowledge   * Apply the new and existing knowledge to improve the society   * Recruit, train and empower all the workers within the university   * Provide high quality education and practical training to all the students   * Create an environment suitable for learning, research and academic excellence for students   * Uphold high standards, morals, ethics and professionalism when training students and in the management of the institution   * Treat all stakeholders with dignity and respect   * Engage the local and international community in order to promote cross cultural and international understanding as well as encourage collaborative research University vision statement To become a globally recognized university that:   * Offers academic excellence as embodied by the students and employees satisfaction as well as the student’s long term success in the careers of their choice.   * Promote research and innovations among the students and employees Key objectives and goals The main objectives and goals are:   * To const
1. Revision      1. The understanding of women’s role in Christianity substantially changed during the last two decades.      2. Women historians brought new questions and perspectives into the field.      3. Prior to the introduction of the new perspective, only the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and sisters Mary and Martha were known to historians.  2. Women in the New Testament Gospels      1. The New Testament was written at the end of the first century CE.      2. Women were among the first followers of Christ.      3. The most prominent disciples were Joanna, Susanna, and Mary Magdalene (King).      4. A gentile woman helped Jesus to discover a universality of the ministry of God.      5. The Christ frequented Mary and Martha’s houses and shared meals with their men.      6. Women witnessed the resurrection.  3. Women in the Early Movement      1. Some scholars argue that during the first century of the religion, women were the majority of Christians (King).      2. The letters of Paul contain a wealth of information about female followers of Christianity.      3. Prisca, Junia, Julia, Mary, Persis, Euodia, Syntyche, and their husbands and brothers were early missionaries (King).      4. Prisca with her husband put their lives at risk to save Paul.      5. The apostle reveals that Prisca was imprisoned for her faith.      6. Mary and Persis are mentioned as hard workers in the letters (King).      7. Euodia and Syntyche were prominent apostles.  4. Women and Ancient Christian Churches      1. Christianity was illegal in the Roman world; therefore, early followers of Christ gathered at their homes.      2. Another reason for the fledgling Christian society not having its churches is enormous expenses associated with the construction and maintenance of religious buildings.      3. Women were leaders in house churches      4. Paul mentions two such leaders: Apphia and Prisca.      5. Other gospels also confirm Paul’s testimony and name Lydia of Thyatira and Nympha of Laodicea as the earliest officeholders in Christianity.      6. Phoebe is a female prophet.      7. Other women’s duties mentioned in gospels include: “ecstatic public speech, preaching, teaching, leading prayer, and perhaps even performing the eucharist meal” (King).  5. Mary Magdalene      1. Mary Magdalene was the most prominent female figure in early Christianity.      2. Christian scrolls discovered in Egypt in the 19 th and 20 th centuries provided historians with valuable insights into the woman’s life.      3. Mary Magdalene followed and supported Jesus with her own money.      4. Gospels of Peter, John, Mark, Luke, and Matthew suggest that she was a leader of the early Christian movement.      5. Gospel of John suggests that Mary Magdalene was asked by Jesus to reveal the news about his resurrection to the apostles.      6. Even though the gospels do not refer to her as an apostle, she played the ro
Thomas Jefferson wrote the famous lines that have never stopped resonating in the American mind. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the rights of every American citizen. Jefferson believed that education was a portal to this American dream. He believed that education guides the future of a nation and is intertwined with the principles of Democracy. Although at the time Jefferson did not include all American people in his educational quest, the second legacy surrounding the aspects of education still resonates amongst the American society. Thomas Jefferson had two propositions about education. “First, that ‘educational theory was inseparable from political theory,’ and that the survival of a democratic/republican form of government depended on an educated populace that would be ‘virtuous and vigilant’” (qt. in Wagoner 9). He said that education and politics were interlinked. Democracy is one of the many types of government that cannot exist in its pure form. It is a popular belief or a highly debatable belief that the decision made by a majority cannot be right simply because it is based on a majority. The majority can only be right or close to right when the entire decision-making population is educated. Education provides a means to think and to reach the right decision in the end. Education gives people the ability to think and explore ideas and form theories that are best suitable to them. An educated mind is free from ignorance, and an ignorant mind cannot make decisions. For that reason, it is important for a population to be educated, just like Jefferson hoped and stated to Littleton Waller Tazewell in his letter Blue Print of the University, “ a degree of learning given to every member of the society as will enable him to read, to judge & to vote understandingly on what is passing.” (1151). Jefferson’s second proposition was that “freedom in all of its forms-political freedom, religious freedom, and intellectual freedom-was essential to both a sound education system and a well functioning ‘republican polity.’” (qt. in Wagoner 9) Education is supposed to free the mind of all constraints. A slave can break through the chains of oppression through education. Therefore, an educational system that does not free a human being of everything is useless. Jefferson believed education was a means to free oneself and protect the future of the nation. Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1825 and said that it was one of the three things he would want to be a part of his legacy. (Leffler) According to the University of Virginia website, the educational institute selects individuals who show promise in the future. In a letter to C. Yancey, 1816, Jefferson said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” He not only viewed education as an advancement of self but also advancement of the nation. Jefferson considered building large university campuses unnecessary. In his letter to Messrs. Hugh L. White and Others , he said the followi
Any business project is related to many various risks and threats. That is why the project development is to be carefully monitored and analysed. The best way to avoid difficulties appearing during the project administration process is to detect them at the earlier stages and take preventative measures right away. At the same time, the controlling and monitoring can be complicated by the unwillingness of the employees to report bad news about the projects. The problem many large organisations are struggling to overcome is the immobility of the bad news about projects that occurs when some of the employees of the lower ranks withhold the negative reports for various reasons (Smith & Keil 2003). Due to the reluctance of the workers of lower ranks to report the bad news, the valuable information is unable to move up the hierarchy where the leaders would be able to address the existing problems. In fact, for the leaders a negative report is an opportunity to learn and improve, that way “bad news is good news” (Hopkins & Maslen 2015, p. 56). At the same time, the employees and the project managers often are the holders of the traditional perspective that identifies a negative report with a danger in moral and material aspects, which is known as “mum effect” (Natovich, Natovich & Derzy 2011). Discussing the major causes of the reluctance to report bad news on the projects the researchers mainly focus on several major aspects such as the organisational culture of a company (individualist or collectivist), the individual personality features of the employees, and the overall climate at the workplace (Leidner & Kayworth, 2008; Natovich, Natovich & Derzy 2011). In other words, in the companies where the individual achievements are valued over the ones of teams and groups, the employees will be more likely to withhold negative information worrying that it would affect their personal results. Besides, some of the employees may be more psychologically predisposed to reporting all the news regardless of their quality, whereas the others may find it challenging to discuss failures with their superiors afraid to be blamed for them. Moreover, the climate at a workplace is one of the factors that affect the employees’ willingness to confess bad news. As a result, to encourage the honest reports about negative results, the superior
The propaganda model which was developed by Herman and Chomsky puts special emphasis upon the role of the mass media propaganda in manufacturing biases in the public consciousness for preventing the resistance of the masses and achieving certain goals of the privileged minority. Implementing Madisonian framework for explaining the main principle of democratic states, Chomsky collects evidence for illustrating the instances of propaganda and offering a practical solution for Orwell’s problem of voluntary censorship and intentional confusion of the majority. Chomsky stated that Madisonian framework was often misinterpreted because of its vague formulations. According to Madison, the main concerns of the government include the rights of persons and the rights of property, while the emphasis should be put upon the latter parameter. The main priority of the state should be the protection of the rights of property because the majority can endanger them by overusing the power they possess in a democracy. In Chomsky’s opinion, the conclusion that the tyranny of the majority can threaten the rights of persons, including the rights for freedom of speech and conscience, was the result of confusion caused by the vague formulations (Chomsky, “Powers and Prospects” 171). Thus, Chomsky admitted that Madison’s concern is much more restricted and focuses mostly on the protection of the rights of the opulent minority, while the comparison of the rights of persons and rights of property is merely inappropriate. Theoretically, according to Madisonian framework, there are rights shared by all and there are additional rights that are assigned only to a certain group of persons which always would be a minority and need to be protected by the state. According to Madisonian constitutional order, the Senate which represents not only the wealth but also the intellectual elite of the nation, understands the importance of protecting the rights of the opulent minority (Chomsky “Hopes and Prospects” 233). Thus, Chomsky points out at the vague formulations and confusion in the following discussion as the main reasons for which Madisonian framework was misinterpreted. Analyzing the experience of the past generations and the current social and economic modes, a sociologist can make predictions concerning the future tendencies in the world development. The first tool which is required for making the reliable predictions is consideration of the actual national course as opposed to the analysis of historical records. “Realist scholars explain that appeal to the historical record confounds the abuse of reality with reality itself” (Chomsky “Powers and prospects”146). The national identity and the corresponding functioning of the state institutions and the foreign policy course need to be taken into account for outlining the future prospects. Thus, along with the analysis of the past achievements and mistakes, a comprehensive understanding of the shifts in the society, the ongoing processes and their main underlying cause
The highly discussed Down-Ageing Syndrome is right at the top of numerous other changes that are taking place in the world today and thus, is a topic of great interest. All over India, urbanized people who have reached 40s and even 50s are completely defying their age not just simply by looking young but also through their lifestyles, personas and behaviors. Middle-aged actors, industrialists and even common people are doing every possible thing one associate with the bubbling juvenility. Jeans and T-shirts, which is normally associated with the youth, has become the default dress style of all. It has also been observed that the middle-aged people are fervent consumers of those products that are mainly used by the young. However, marketing strategies have a lot to do in making these people behave like teens. Various products, which promise to make them look and feel young, have brought about a belief among them that looking young has many advantages. According to a study by IMBR, it has been found that almost 41% of middle-aged Indians feel that it is important to appear attractive to the other sex. The consumption patterns have changed and now the marketers are not only targeting the young but also those who are youthful. (Sangameshwaran, 1) This vanity consciousness between the middle-aged people is not new as the beauty industry is more or less built on it. The number of beauty parlors and gymnasiums has also increased in the past few years. People are more and more asking for treatments, like botox, to look younger. Some even visit the beauty clinics to look more appealing in their workplaces. The syndrome is also due to a mental change in the people who no longer tone down their behavior with age. They still look forward to things, which they could not have as youngsters. For example, a lot of them have a profound interest in tech products. They buy sleek laptops, funky mobile phones, music players, and even Playstations. They also prefer adventurous and offbeat holidays rather than simply the relaxing ones. From the above we can easily understand that the down-aging syndrome will last for a long time. The older customers are more and more looking for the youth dominated fashion categories like mobiles and denims. The middle-aged people are seen with sports cars flashing funky designs. As a result of all of this segmentation has become very important and various companies will need to develop products with details to supply these sub-segments, thus, modifying their marketing mix strategies. However, as we live in an environment with apparently converging consumption styles, the seasoned marketers have the opinion that we should try and not be deceived by the traditional marketing traps. The result of changing the target audience before properly understanding the needs of the customers can sometimes be disastrous. Not all middle-aged consumers are attracted to products that are meant for the youth. However, if the marketers broaden their target audience to include both the young and old, they might lose the older customers. Thus, it is important for the b
Introduction Various organizations and companies have always been looking for a way to increase the productivity of their employees. One of these methods is to reduce the working week to four days. In connection with such a decision, people were divided into two camps. Some believe that a four-day working week will do more harm than good, and therefore such an experience should not be adopted. Other people are sure that such an approach has many undeniable advantages and is worthy of further consideration and application. The author of this work believes that a four-day working week is a promising and prosperous method, which, despite some shortcomings, will positively impact companies’ economy and the condition of employees. The Positive Effects of the Four-Day Workweek Nowadays, the day of an ordinary person is painted lit