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Risk Management Issues in Nursing, 2005.
An analysis of risk management issue in nursing in neonatal units.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses risk management in the health care facility. The paper further discusses the issue of infant circumcision being performed on the wrong patient, and provides a history as to the reasons that this procedure is commonplace in America. The paper also discusses elements of a risk management plan for neonatal units, and the health care staff regaining trust between the staff and the patient.
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"Risk Management Issues in Nursing Modern health care facilities are consistently at risk of complications or medical mistakes, especially when there is a significant degree of short staffing, as well as an overcrowded patient population. In the infant unit of most hospitals that can often be the case, with very few nurses available per shift to care for the needs of newborns. Yet, when proper risk management plans are implemented in the facility medical errors can be at a minimum, and the issue of the quality of care for infants can be met relating to any procedure. David Gollaher (1994) contends that neonatal circumcision has become commonplace in the United States. Since the late 1800s the procedure has become routine in American hospitals following birth, and in this country it would appear rare for the procedure to not be performed (p. 6)."
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An Analysis of Cross-Cultural Management Issues, 2007.
Motivation management in the cross-cultural setting of Asian expatriate employees in a Norwegian workplace.
17,939 words (approx. 71.8 pages), 73 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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In an increasingly globalized marketplace, it has become more important than ever to recognize the fundamental differences required to effectively manage people from different cultures. Because organizations are comprised of people, the accomplishment of any organizational goal will require the cooperation and commitment of people who may be from drastically different walks of life who hold divergent worldviews. This study seeks to better understand these issues through a critical review of the relevant literature and a cultural survey of Asian expatriate employees assigned to major Norwegian industry. The results of the review and survey clearly indicates the need for management styles that recognized these cultural differences. The research also suggests that many managers of multicultural organizations today may be overlooking an opportunity for improvement by ignoring these cultural realities, and in some cases these omissions may spell the difference between success and failure of the organization. A summary of the research, relevant conclusions and timely recommendations concerning cross-cultural management issues are provided in the concluding chapter.
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Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Overview of Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Background and Overview
The Company and Setting
The Resource Based View
Cross-Cultural Management
Motivation Management
Commitment and Psychological Contract-Norwegians and Asians
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-gathering Method and Database of Study
Chapter 4: Data
Chapter 5: Analysis of Data/Results
Chapter 6: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
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"The topic to be explored in this study concerned motivation management in a cross-cultural setting. To accomplish this investigation, a critical review of the peer-reviewed, scholarly and organizational literature will be followed by an analysis of how well a Norwegian organization manages expatriate employees from Asian countries in its domestic headquarters. It is reasonable to assume that people with the same cultural background will be able to better understand and appreciate the subtleties involved in human communication and those from diverse and different backgrounds will experience some problems. Furthermore, people with different worldviews may have trouble comprehending cultural concepts of others."
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Crisis Management Issues, 2007.
An analysis of Pat Milton's book "In the Blink of an Eye: The FBI Investigation of TWA Flight 800".
1,559 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper maintains that this book is an illuminating look at investigating the cause of an airliner crash, but it is also an important glimpse into serious crisis management issues. The paper discusses the many successes and failures with the investigation and recovery of Flight 800. The paper is of the opinion that this book should be required reading for anyone contemplating a career in crisis management.
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"The book opens not with Flight 800 itself, but with the emergency responders who first heard the news and sped to their offices to begin investigating what brought the flight down. The first is Jim Kallstrom, a senior FBI agent in New York who fears terrorism from the beginning. Another is Richard Clarke, a special assistant to President Clinton on terrorism. Both men felt with no distress calls from the crew that a bomb may have brought down the plane. It continues with the increased efforts of the FBI and other agencies to determine the cause of the crash, an introduction to the people traveling on the flight, the explosion and cause, what happened to the plane, how families were touched by the tragedy, and how investigators carefully pieced together the fragments to discover what happened to the plane."
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Business Management Issues, 2006.
A discussion regarding business management of organizations and individuals
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper addresses three issues involved in business management: small v. large firms, democratic v. authoritarian decision-making, Japan v. U.S. cultural requirements for management. The paper argues that a management philosophy must be chosen which is in line with the structural needs of an organization, the personalities of the organizations, and the culture of the companies.
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"Among the factors influencing the success or failure of business enterprises in today's marketplace, there is none more important than management philosophy and application. The style and substance of a business manager's approach to getting the most from his or her employees impacts employee productivity, workplace environment, and even industry competitiveness. This paper will briefly consider three separate issues related to management."
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Gender Issues in Management, 2005.
A discussion of women in the media and society.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses gender issues in management and the role of women in media. The paper uses three examples from the media including discussion surrounding the television show "Desperate Housewives" and how women have a choice in what role they play in society today, meaning that women can choose to stay at home or go to work, or both.
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"Television programming in the 21st Century has evolved over the past fifty years. This is not to say that gender issues in the media are not apparent in some programs, it means that society has taken steps towards a more accurate perception of the role that women play at home and at work. Though there are some countries in the world that continue to view women as second-class citizens (i.e. Afghanistan), the Western world has made some progress in the liberation of women and the crucial role we play in society."
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GLOBAL ISSUES AND MANAGING CHANGE AT MCDONALD'S, 2005.
Considers the global issues associated with McDonald's and how the company manages those issues ...
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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Considers the global issues associated with McDonald's and how the company manages those issues. Also considers how the company manages change in the global environment. McDonald's globalization strategy.
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Global Issues and Managing Change at McDonald's Global Issues Originally started in Illinois McDonald's has become one of the best-known global companies It has followed a simple strategy of globalizationin that it makes relatively few changes to its pr
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Ethical Issues in Managed Health Care, 2004.
A look at the background and structure of managed care in an effort to reveal the underlying ethical issues and come up with a solution to the problem.
3,334 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper examines how health care is a unique category of business in that every decision, whether it be clinical or economic, has an ethical component. It looks at how the ethical issues for "managed care" create four major categories of concern: professional, medical, business, and social. It also discusses how some of the most important areas for attention include the lack of professional code of ethics for physician executives, interference with the principles of informed consent and patient autonomy, violation of consumer rights, and social maleficence in obstruction to access and delivery.
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Introduction
The Basics of Managed Health Care
Prioritizing Ethical Issues
Conclusion and Recommendations
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"Medical directors and administrators in managed health care organizations today face those kinds of decisions every day (Woodstock Theological Center, 1999). For doctor like Stanley to be able to make good ethical decisions, they must understand the ethical issue involved in managed health care. Many doctors initially feel that the problems lie with the managed health care organizations, as they have seen first-hand many of the "unethical" decisions that managed care organizations make. However, recently, it has become apparent that people who are assumed to have the same perspective, such as the doctors, do not always agree on what would be the right decision. Second, doctors have begun to understand the perspectives of those with whom they disagreed."
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Management and Operations Management Theory, 2006.
A look at the four functions of management and the operations management theory.
1,147 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The functions of management and operations management go hand in hand. This paper defines the four functions of management - planning, organizing, leading (motivating) and controlling, together with the operations management theory. It then provides an analysis of how the functions of management affect the operations management.
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The Four Functions of Management
Operations Management Theory
Impact of Management Function on Operations Management
Conclusion
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"As the goal of organizing is to produce better results, similarly leading or motivating is necessary for an organization to extract maximum performance out of the workers. With appealing incentives, workers would work honestly and put in their best. This in turn would save the company time and there would be a complete control of the managerial department over things like production control and quality control. When an employee is rewarded for work hard done, then it is only natural that they would put in the most effort. An employee would by nature be well-organized thus bringing the load off the managerial department as far as quality control is concerned. It would also give a higher rate of production and an organization can comply with increasing demands."
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Care Management and Case Management, 2008.
This paper discusses current challenges in the healthcare system and offers case management and care management as a path to the solution.
1,123 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This essay states that the greatest challenges in the healthcare system currently consist of controlling costs, improving clinical outcomes, and ensuring quality care. Barriers to those goals include the nursing shortage, a rapidly aging population, competition, and reduced government reimbursement. This article addresses the most problematic issues in healthcare today but offers direction for their solutions rather than facile solutions. The paper goes on to claim that the overwhelming question for the current healthcare system presently concerns how to improve quality while reducing costs. Case management and care management are two valuable strategies which can control costs while improving clinical outcomes and ensuring quality care.
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Introduction
Rationale
Case Management vs. Care Management
Attempts for Quality
Journal Selected for Submission
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"The current nursing shortage appears to be intractable. Recent government downsizing and cutbacks have been followed by reduced funding for the healthcare system that is about to be overwhelmed by the baby boom generation. Never have there been so many obstacles to cost-effective, quality care. Two choices are available: case management and care management, with the latter actually being the common alternative. High-risk patients need individual case management but the vast majority of patients require some form of care management (Doyle et al., 2003). Care management is evidence-based practice since such practice is an essential element in clinical pathways and protocols. Even though standard pathways are used, stringent pathways are being eliminated since evidence-based protocols and guidelines are becoming the norm."
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Strategic Management: Philosophy or Management Technique?, 2002.
Discussion of what the term "strategic management" has meant in the past and what it means today, and how significant strategic management is in a global economy.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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Not too long ago, strategic management was a term that applied to a company's short- and long-term planning goals. Such planning was generally done by senior-level officers or their designated experts in the company. Today, with the global economy growing every day, strategic management has taken on a new meaning, making it both a management technique and a philosophy.
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Management Theory, Management Practice, 2004.
An overview of management theory and practice and the implications for implementation in international business today.
2,569 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper provides an overview of contemporary management theory, with a stress upon how such theories can be used to cope with the stresses of an increasingly multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and complex global business environment.
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International and Comparative Management
Environmental Political, Cultural and Economic Differences, Globalization
Organizing and Staffing in a Global Context
Leadership in a Global Context
Control in a Global Context
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"Management is not a science. Rather, management is a dynamic process that involves the interaction between the manager in question and the environment he or she is located in. This ?environment? includes the manager?s employees. A manager must be continually aware of shifts and changes, not simply in his or her own national branch of the business he or she works for, but the state of that business as the organization exists in different forms and in different areas around the globe. As cited in Patrick Boylan?s article upon the history of management as a theoretical discipline, Rosemary Stewart has noted that there have been, historically, four academic approaches to studying management."
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Risk Management in Project Management, 2005.
Examines the benefits of risk management in business.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses whether it is worth expending the time and money to build strategies for dealing with unforeseen risk into a management plan and how risk mitigation can be incorporated into the project planning process. It looks at how formal risk monitoring can save a project when end users fail to engage.
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Management Communications, Project Management and Quality, 2002.
An evaluation of management communications, project management and quality issues using a case study format.
2,648 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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The paper shows that TaxPrep, Inc., a (real) tax preparation service firm, is rapidly losing market share, experiencing negative profits, and is unable to efficiently bring new software products to market. This paper analyzes TaxPrep?s problems and presents specific recommendations to solve the software development, organizational, and communications issues. Short-term recommendations include: implementing project management techniques for software development, conducting employee communication sessions, and freezing present compensation. The paper shows that, in the long-term, TaxPrep should implement a management system that meets the Q9001-2000 quality management standard, market new web-based products, and institute performance based compensation.
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"In the late 1980?s TaxPrep, Incorporated (TaxPrep) found itself quickly losing market share in the service bureau tax preparation business. Profits and sales plummeted during 1990-91 threatening the future of the Company. TaxPrep?s survival depends upon its ability to rapidly enter the personal computer (PC) tax software market where consumers are numerous and competitors have a strong lead. The tax preparation industry was in an acquisition frenzy during the mid to late 1980?s, as evidenced by the addition of six firms to TaxPreps? portfolio. Due to this period of rapid change and because PC developers are using new programming technology (?C? programming language requires less programmers), TaxPrep found itself with surplus personnel. The Company reduced the employee headcount by over 50 percent in the number of sales and support jobs. These large layoffs created anxiety within the surviving employee base, which is further hampering the ZX Development Groups? (a division of TaxPrep) ability to efficiently develop software for the PC market niche."
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Business Management: What Makes a Good Manager?, 2002.
An overview of the qualities that make a good manager.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss the role of a manager and what makes a good one. By revealing, through as many sources as possible, the strategic elements into making a good manager, we can see how research into the field can improve one's abilities. By taking example of good management and how that applies in the place being managed, a better perspective on weaknesses and strengths can devised to create good management.
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Cultural Management - Culture Cannot Be Managed, 2008.
The paper discusses the question of if and how culture can be managed in a business environment.
1,928 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 61.95
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In this paper, the validity of the belief that in a business setting culture cannot be managed is critically analyzed and arguments are made both for and against the statement. The paper also presents examples that suggest that organizational culture does play a very important role in the success of the organization. However, these same examples also serve to reinforce a contention about the inability of corporate culture or management to undergo change.
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"It must be acknowledged that the assertion - "Culture cannot be managed" - would likely meet with some degree of skepticism from organizational management students as well as corporate professionals. However, it may be argued that there is some validity to the perspective on the relationship between management and organizational culture that is manifest in this assertion. Consider, for example, the case of software giant J.D. Edwards. The corporation's CEO and chairman, C. Edward McVaney, contends that the success of a business often has very little to do with its management and senior executives who - as is commonplace in corporate culture - often come and go with minimal impact upon the organization itself. It is McVaney's view that the success of an organization is based upon its culture, which is usually invulnerable to change by management or business leaders. In McVaney's words: "95% of the time, the leaders and management of a business do not lead and manage that business" (Jesitus 16)."
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