Top 10 industries relying on blockchain technologyQSS Technosoft
Blockchain Technology is the newest technology that is quickly becoming the next major revolution in many industries.
QSS Technosoft offering blockchain development services to drive your business to the next level. If you are looking for such like blockchain development then go through QSS Technosoft and get your services eco-friendly. They have expert blockchain developers who give quality output forever.
AI and VR in Health: What's Now, What's NextEnspektos, LLC
Data Source: www.digihealthinformer.com
Fard Johnmar's presentation from the future::present digital health breakfast. Research focuses on the evolution of the health artificial intelligence and virtual reality markets. Key areas of focus include what diseases these technologies are being used to manage, which organizations are driving their uptake, key investment activity and more.
A Case Analysis on Involvement of Big Data during Natural Disaster and Pandem...YogeshIJTSRD
Big data is an upcoming technology and requires utmost care for an efficient and smooth implementation of the technology. In case of healthcare the most challenging part of big data is the privacy, data security, handling large volume of medical imaging data and data leakage. It can be useful to this sector when big data is made structured, relevant, smart and accessible and the managers should give importance to the strategic and business value of big data technology rather than only concentrating at the technological aspect of the implementation. The use of big data in natural disasters and pandemics helps to understand and make better decision with fast processing of the data that are collected through various sources such as social media, sensors and other internet activities. This paper tries to focus on effective involvement of Big Data in natural disaster and pandemic and also identify the current and future use of Big Data in health care sector. The paper identifies the critical aspects which are used for Big data implementation and describe ways to handle the challenges related to it. Mr. Bibin Mathew | Dr. Swati John "A Case Analysis on Involvement of Big Data during Natural Disaster and Pandemics and its Uses in the Health Care Sector" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45049.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/45049/a-case-analysis-on-involvement-of-big-data-during-natural-disaster-and-pandemics-and-its-uses-in-the-health-care-sector/mr-bibin-mathew
Pilot Study 2 on Processes for Determining the Accuracy of Credit Bureau Info...Luigi Wewege
This study examines accuracy in consumer credit reports using a nationally representative sample of consumers with credit histories. Participants in the study examined their credit reports from the three national credit reporting agencies and identified potentially material errors. Participants disputed any identified errors using the FCRA dispute process and were provided with new credit reports and credit scores. The original reports were then compared with the new reports and if any modifications were made as a result of the disputes, the impact of errors on the consumer’s credit score was determined. Overall, 20% of consumers disputed errors and had modifications made to at least one credit report. In many cases, the change to the credit report had no effect on credit score; 13% of consumers experienced a change in score due to their dispute. When focusing on changes in score that could impact a consumer’s credit risk classification, the study found that 5% of consumers had errors on their credit report that may be affecting the likelihood of receiving credit or the terms of credit received.
Top 10 industries relying on blockchain technologyQSS Technosoft
Blockchain Technology is the newest technology that is quickly becoming the next major revolution in many industries.
QSS Technosoft offering blockchain development services to drive your business to the next level. If you are looking for such like blockchain development then go through QSS Technosoft and get your services eco-friendly. They have expert blockchain developers who give quality output forever.
AI and VR in Health: What's Now, What's NextEnspektos, LLC
Data Source: www.digihealthinformer.com
Fard Johnmar's presentation from the future::present digital health breakfast. Research focuses on the evolution of the health artificial intelligence and virtual reality markets. Key areas of focus include what diseases these technologies are being used to manage, which organizations are driving their uptake, key investment activity and more.
A Case Analysis on Involvement of Big Data during Natural Disaster and Pandem...YogeshIJTSRD
Big data is an upcoming technology and requires utmost care for an efficient and smooth implementation of the technology. In case of healthcare the most challenging part of big data is the privacy, data security, handling large volume of medical imaging data and data leakage. It can be useful to this sector when big data is made structured, relevant, smart and accessible and the managers should give importance to the strategic and business value of big data technology rather than only concentrating at the technological aspect of the implementation. The use of big data in natural disasters and pandemics helps to understand and make better decision with fast processing of the data that are collected through various sources such as social media, sensors and other internet activities. This paper tries to focus on effective involvement of Big Data in natural disaster and pandemic and also identify the current and future use of Big Data in health care sector. The paper identifies the critical aspects which are used for Big data implementation and describe ways to handle the challenges related to it. Mr. Bibin Mathew | Dr. Swati John "A Case Analysis on Involvement of Big Data during Natural Disaster and Pandemics and its Uses in the Health Care Sector" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45049.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/45049/a-case-analysis-on-involvement-of-big-data-during-natural-disaster-and-pandemics-and-its-uses-in-the-health-care-sector/mr-bibin-mathew
Pilot Study 2 on Processes for Determining the Accuracy of Credit Bureau Info...Luigi Wewege
This study examines accuracy in consumer credit reports using a nationally representative sample of consumers with credit histories. Participants in the study examined their credit reports from the three national credit reporting agencies and identified potentially material errors. Participants disputed any identified errors using the FCRA dispute process and were provided with new credit reports and credit scores. The original reports were then compared with the new reports and if any modifications were made as a result of the disputes, the impact of errors on the consumer’s credit score was determined. Overall, 20% of consumers disputed errors and had modifications made to at least one credit report. In many cases, the change to the credit report had no effect on credit score; 13% of consumers experienced a change in score due to their dispute. When focusing on changes in score that could impact a consumer’s credit risk classification, the study found that 5% of consumers had errors on their credit report that may be affecting the likelihood of receiving credit or the terms of credit received.
Guarding Your Client's Valuation from Attack--Dos and Don'ts for Requesting, ...PYA, P.C.
During an AHLA webinar series roundtable discussion, “Guarding Your Client’s Valuation from Attack—Dos and Don’ts for Requesting, Reviewing, Using, and Discarding FMV Opinions,” PYA Principal Carol Carden joined other legal experts to explore the practical issues for counsel to consider when balancing the arguments for scrutinizing valuation reports with the arguments for ensuring valuator independence.
Enhance Healthcare Analytics with Consumer DataRay Pun
To succeed in the new value-based care landscape, healthcare providers must expand beyond traditional data sources for healthcare analytics. Leading providers are using consumer data, available at the individual and household level, to supplement clinical and claims data. By integrating consumer insights into models for understanding and predicting patient health, providers can improve the health of Americans and achieve these outcomes:
• Improve community health needs assessments
• Drive patient retention and engagement with personalized
wellness programs
• Reduce patient readmission rates
Blockchain Healthcare Situation Report (BC/HC SITREP) Volume 2 Issue 19, 07 - 13 May 2018. A weekly newsletter curating news and events relating to blockchain and healthcare by Sean Manion, CEO of Science Distributed.
This presentation was given at the Blockchain for Social Impact Meetup in Philadelphia on 13 Aug 2018 by Sean Manion. A similar presentation was given at ICCS 2018 Blockchain and Network Effects workshop.
Analytics-Driven Healthcare: Improving Care, Compliance and CostCognizant
In the face of skyrocketing costs, the healthcare industry is addressing inefficiencies by improving data sharing and collaboration across the industry value chain and applying analytics to improve operations and patient outcomes.
Machine learning is the field that focuses on how computers learn from data. Today, machine learning is playing an integral role in the medical industry. This is due to its ability to process huge datasets beyond the scope of human capability, and then convert the data analyzed into clinical insights that aid physicians in providing care. Machine learning is a powerful, relatively easy to implement tool with numerous possibilities to enhance medical practice. The applications of machine learning in medicine are advancing medicine into a new realm. Therefore, educating the next generation of medical professionals with machine learning is essential. This paper provides a brief introduction to applying machine learning in medicine. Matthew N. O Sadiku | Sarhan M. Musa | Adedamola Omotoso "Machine Learning in Medicine: A Primer" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-2 , February 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd20255.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/20255/machine-learning-in-medicine-a-primer/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Latin America has been strongly affected by the international crisis and recession since late 2008. In comparison to historical experience, how has Latin America coped with the global crisis, which has been the role of different transmission mechanisms, and how have the region's structural and policy conditions affected its sensitivity to foreign shocks? Moreover, what policies can protect the region better from world crises and shocks, and to which extent should it rely on a strategy of close trade and financial integration into a world economy punctuated by shocks and crises? This paper addresses the latter questions in three steps. First, by assessing empirically the sensitivity of growth in the region's seven major economies during 1990-2009 to large number of structural and cyclical factors, based on high-frequency panel-data estimations. Second, by using the latter results to decompose the amplitude of GDP reductions in both recessions according to the individual and combined contribution of the different growth factors. Third, to derive the main implications of the results for the choice of macroeconomic regimes and development strategies.
Authored by: Vittorio Corbo and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Published in 2011
BMIS 580Course Project Phase 2 Literature Review Assignment InsJeniceStuckeyoo
BMIS 580
Course Project Phase 2: Literature Review Assignment Instructions
Overview
Phase 1 was the Project Proposal – You already COMPLETED FOR ME
Phase 2 is the Literature Review
This phase of the course project requires you to write a Literature Review. The literature review must be at least 1,900 words of text (graphics, tables, etc. [non-textual items] can be inserted in an APA-formatted appendix), contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed sources (scholarly journal articles), follow current APA format, contain a title page, reference page, and an appendix section if needed for non-textual items.
Instructions
Ideally a literature review must contain 3 main sections; however, for this course you only need to focus on Section 1.
1. Tell what the research says (theory).
2. Tell how the research was carried out (methodology).
3. Tell what is missing, the “gap” that your research intends to fill.
Writing a literature review entails conducting research, but to be more specific it states the following information.
· Establishes a theoretical framework for your HCI problem/topic (subject area).
· Defines key terms, definitions and terminology.
· Identifies studies, models, case studies, etc. that support your problem/topic.
· Defines/establishes your problem or area of study.
To conduct your research you will need to review related literature to your HCI IS problem. The Jerry Falwell Library should be used to conduct your research along with this course textbook and previous course textbooks. Your peer reviewed research must lead to an appropriate IS solution to your problem and should answer the following question: what literature attempts to solve my problem? Your literature review must contain the following sections with supporting writing.
Introduction
· Establishes a theoretical framework for your problem/topic (subject area)
· Briefly state the importance of IS.
· Briefly re-state your Project Problem and Project Purpose that you wrote in Phase 1.
· Why do you need this?
· Define any key terms, definitions, and terminology that the reader may need to know before reading your literature review.
· It may be best to do this after writing the entire literature review.
Review of Literature
· Tell me what the research says (theory) about your problem.
· Finding research about your problem defines/establishes your problem or area of study (re-affirms that the problem does exist and why fixing this problem is important)
· Identify any studies, models, case studies, etc. that support your problem/topic.
Conclusion/Results
· State the literature that you found and why it attempts to solve your problem.
· How can you use this literature to help you solve your problem?
· Does the literature lead you to an appropriate IS solution for your problem?
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Submit your assignment to the Turnitin Draft link to check for potential issues with plagiarism. When you are ready ...
Guarding Your Client's Valuation from Attack--Dos and Don'ts for Requesting, ...PYA, P.C.
During an AHLA webinar series roundtable discussion, “Guarding Your Client’s Valuation from Attack—Dos and Don’ts for Requesting, Reviewing, Using, and Discarding FMV Opinions,” PYA Principal Carol Carden joined other legal experts to explore the practical issues for counsel to consider when balancing the arguments for scrutinizing valuation reports with the arguments for ensuring valuator independence.
Enhance Healthcare Analytics with Consumer DataRay Pun
To succeed in the new value-based care landscape, healthcare providers must expand beyond traditional data sources for healthcare analytics. Leading providers are using consumer data, available at the individual and household level, to supplement clinical and claims data. By integrating consumer insights into models for understanding and predicting patient health, providers can improve the health of Americans and achieve these outcomes:
• Improve community health needs assessments
• Drive patient retention and engagement with personalized
wellness programs
• Reduce patient readmission rates
Blockchain Healthcare Situation Report (BC/HC SITREP) Volume 2 Issue 19, 07 - 13 May 2018. A weekly newsletter curating news and events relating to blockchain and healthcare by Sean Manion, CEO of Science Distributed.
This presentation was given at the Blockchain for Social Impact Meetup in Philadelphia on 13 Aug 2018 by Sean Manion. A similar presentation was given at ICCS 2018 Blockchain and Network Effects workshop.
Analytics-Driven Healthcare: Improving Care, Compliance and CostCognizant
In the face of skyrocketing costs, the healthcare industry is addressing inefficiencies by improving data sharing and collaboration across the industry value chain and applying analytics to improve operations and patient outcomes.
Machine learning is the field that focuses on how computers learn from data. Today, machine learning is playing an integral role in the medical industry. This is due to its ability to process huge datasets beyond the scope of human capability, and then convert the data analyzed into clinical insights that aid physicians in providing care. Machine learning is a powerful, relatively easy to implement tool with numerous possibilities to enhance medical practice. The applications of machine learning in medicine are advancing medicine into a new realm. Therefore, educating the next generation of medical professionals with machine learning is essential. This paper provides a brief introduction to applying machine learning in medicine. Matthew N. O Sadiku | Sarhan M. Musa | Adedamola Omotoso "Machine Learning in Medicine: A Primer" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-2 , February 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd20255.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/20255/machine-learning-in-medicine-a-primer/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Latin America has been strongly affected by the international crisis and recession since late 2008. In comparison to historical experience, how has Latin America coped with the global crisis, which has been the role of different transmission mechanisms, and how have the region's structural and policy conditions affected its sensitivity to foreign shocks? Moreover, what policies can protect the region better from world crises and shocks, and to which extent should it rely on a strategy of close trade and financial integration into a world economy punctuated by shocks and crises? This paper addresses the latter questions in three steps. First, by assessing empirically the sensitivity of growth in the region's seven major economies during 1990-2009 to large number of structural and cyclical factors, based on high-frequency panel-data estimations. Second, by using the latter results to decompose the amplitude of GDP reductions in both recessions according to the individual and combined contribution of the different growth factors. Third, to derive the main implications of the results for the choice of macroeconomic regimes and development strategies.
Authored by: Vittorio Corbo and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Published in 2011
BMIS 580Course Project Phase 2 Literature Review Assignment InsJeniceStuckeyoo
BMIS 580
Course Project Phase 2: Literature Review Assignment Instructions
Overview
Phase 1 was the Project Proposal – You already COMPLETED FOR ME
Phase 2 is the Literature Review
This phase of the course project requires you to write a Literature Review. The literature review must be at least 1,900 words of text (graphics, tables, etc. [non-textual items] can be inserted in an APA-formatted appendix), contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed sources (scholarly journal articles), follow current APA format, contain a title page, reference page, and an appendix section if needed for non-textual items.
Instructions
Ideally a literature review must contain 3 main sections; however, for this course you only need to focus on Section 1.
1. Tell what the research says (theory).
2. Tell how the research was carried out (methodology).
3. Tell what is missing, the “gap” that your research intends to fill.
Writing a literature review entails conducting research, but to be more specific it states the following information.
· Establishes a theoretical framework for your HCI problem/topic (subject area).
· Defines key terms, definitions and terminology.
· Identifies studies, models, case studies, etc. that support your problem/topic.
· Defines/establishes your problem or area of study.
To conduct your research you will need to review related literature to your HCI IS problem. The Jerry Falwell Library should be used to conduct your research along with this course textbook and previous course textbooks. Your peer reviewed research must lead to an appropriate IS solution to your problem and should answer the following question: what literature attempts to solve my problem? Your literature review must contain the following sections with supporting writing.
Introduction
· Establishes a theoretical framework for your problem/topic (subject area)
· Briefly state the importance of IS.
· Briefly re-state your Project Problem and Project Purpose that you wrote in Phase 1.
· Why do you need this?
· Define any key terms, definitions, and terminology that the reader may need to know before reading your literature review.
· It may be best to do this after writing the entire literature review.
Review of Literature
· Tell me what the research says (theory) about your problem.
· Finding research about your problem defines/establishes your problem or area of study (re-affirms that the problem does exist and why fixing this problem is important)
· Identify any studies, models, case studies, etc. that support your problem/topic.
Conclusion/Results
· State the literature that you found and why it attempts to solve your problem.
· How can you use this literature to help you solve your problem?
· Does the literature lead you to an appropriate IS solution for your problem?
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Submit your assignment to the Turnitin Draft link to check for potential issues with plagiarism. When you are ready ...
The incorporation of sustainability risks into the risk culture | Albert Vila...Albert Vilariño
Post published on Medium on 3/3/17.
https://medium.com/@albert.vilarino/the-incorporation-of-sustainability-risks-into-the-risk-culture-b18aa1e39add#.cd2l4nh2x
CJ598Week 6 AssignmentDevelop Expected Results and RecommendVinaOconner450
CJ598
Week 6 Assignment
Develop Expected Results and Recommendations section of Capstone
For this assignment, you will draft the Expected Results and Recommendations section of your Capstone Project research proposal. Based on your understanding of your topic, the related studies/findings discussed in your literature review, and your own plans for proposed data collection and analysis, consider what you would expect to find if you were to conduct your study. Next, discuss how the results of your proposed study could be used to develop recommendations that inform the literature, policy, and practice. Discuss the significance and value of your proposed study as it relates to those studies discussed in your literature review, and how it can benefit those in positions of leadership, such as administrators, stakeholders, and the public in practical application. Your paper must be 4-6 pages in length and include:
· An introduction that includes a one-paragraph overview of your research proposal topic and a one-paragraph overview of your data collection and analysis plan
· A discussion of the results you would expect if your study was actually conducted
· A discussion of how these anticipated findings relate to the findings from studies discussed in your literature review, contributing to the current trends in research
· A discussion of how your expected results could be used to identify at least four principles of leadership (NOT STYLES OF LEADERSHIP) to inform administrators, stakeholders, and the public in terms of policy and practice related to your topic. In other words, what practical applications might your study findings have for organizational leaders and policy makers? Identify a minimum of four specific applications from your expected findings.
Be sure to write in a scholarly and objective tone, avoiding the use of first person, personal pronouns, contractions, and colloquial or conversational language. Use citations from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources throughout to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.
Note: This assignment requires outside research. Use at least four scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the Reading material throughout your assignment to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.
Directions:
In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria:
· Include a cover page and references page in 10 - 12 point font (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable).
· Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
· Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
· Writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
· Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
· Appropriate citation style should be followed.
You should also make sure to:
· Includ ...
BUSI 730Real World Application Planning and Decision Making AVannaSchrader3
BUSI 730
Real World Application: Planning and Decision Making Assignment Instructions
Overview
This assignment provides students with an opportunity to utilize their knowledge of planning and decision making by applying a specific cost technique / concept to a selected organization. Students will combine knowledge obtained from the textbook, peer-reviewed journal articles, and Discussion: Planning and Decision Making in applying the selected technique / concept to the organization and showing how it improves / impacts the organizations strategic allocation of financial resources.
Instructions
Select 1 of the 2 techniques/concepts discussedin yourDiscussion: Planning and Decision Making thread and develop a real-world application paper. Select a company that you work for now or have worked for in the past, or a company in your community of which you have sufficient knowledge. Show how the selected technique/concept would be applied to that particular business in its strategic allocation of financial resources. Your paper must be in current APA format and must include references from at least 7 peer-reviewed journal articles. The paper must be at least 5–6 pages, not including the title page and reference page.
Submit your Real World Application: Planning and Decision Making Assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 4.
1) The title slide does not count as a content slide- you need 5 full slides (and that is only a minimum - why not go the extra mile and do 6 slides to be sure to do well) plus your reference slide
2) When covering a geographic region that means you should include information on the entire region- not only 1 country. Here is an excellent example of a slide that focuses on a region for MCH from a student in your class:
3) Peer reviews must be done in the RUBRIC- per assignment guidance and notices in order for Canvas to record them. You can get help on this from Canvas support if you can't follow the guidance.
4) Answer ALL of the questions/ focus on all areas detailed in the assignment guidance- see here:
· Slides 1-2) the country and regional disease rates: morbidity and mortality due to the disease
· Slide 2-3) the realities of programming to address the disease burden: What programs are implemented? What are their impact?;
· Slide 3) the political landscape and multiple perspectives regarding the disease burden: What do Ministers of Health, Politicians, Doctors think of the disease and the health system or country's ability to address it ;
· Slide 4- 5) health technologies to reduce the disease burden; and, national and global level implications around that disease burden. (what will happen with the disease in the future? Will it spread or increase morbidity and mortality in the next 5 years, in 10 years? What is the potential for it to increase in more countries due to global travel? Is it a threat to national security in some countries?
· Slide 6) minimum 5 numbered references and links to original sources of ...
An analysis of the value of external studies to risk managers, and how to improve them
Once again during the last part of the year, academic institutions, consultancy firms, think-tanks and insurance companies are publishing studies on top risks. But what is the value of these studies to risk managers? The impact on the media and social networks surely justifies the marketing value for the organisations funding the reports. However, the impact on street-level risk managers is to be discussed.
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3.2 Environmental Analysis
Marketing managers are tasked with shaping the elements of the marketing mix to fit the preferences and needs of the target market. This process does not, however, take place in a constant or unchanging environment. The dynamic external environment to which decision makers must respond and adapt comprises two distinct types of variables. Macro-environmental forces are those uncontrollable external variables that impact all firms within an industry. These include demographic shifts, prevailing economic conditions, cultural trends, and changes in the regulatory environment. The PESTEL framework, discussed in the following section, addresses these macro-environmental forces. Micro-environmental forces are external stimuli that selectively and discretely influence each firm uniquely and independently. Though not directly under the control of any single organization, some of these elements of the external environment can be managed and influenced to a significant degree. These micro-environmental forces include the behavior of a company’s suppliers, customers, and channel intermediaries such as independent wholesalers and retailers.
Marketing managers exercise direct control over a limited range of internal resources and decision variables through which they can respond to the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment. Primary among these tools are the marketing mix variables and managers’ discretion to identify segments and select target markets. The success of a marketing plan hinges on the ability to adapt the marketing mix to fit the changing character of both the target market and the larger context provided by macro-environmental forces and trends.
Understanding Forces and Trends: PESTEL Analysis
The process of systematically assessing how elements of the external environment will impact a business or market is termed environmental scanning. Factors of particular concern to marketing managers include those issues and trends that influence the attitudes and behavior of current and prospective target markets. Other points of concern focus on conditions relevant to economies, industries, allied companies (e.g., suppliers), and competitors.
Conducting an environmental scan can incorporate a wide range of information sources and research methodologies such as statistical trend analysis and data mining. However, each variation on the process shares the goal of providing managers with relevant information to improve the quality of marketing decisions. These decisions include choices about new opportunities nested in the strategic alternatives of market penetration, market development, and product development.
Although there are a number of ways to scan the external environment, among those models with the most comprehensive set of external factors is t.
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Strategic Management Research Studies
Dr. Salas
Choose a Publicly Traded Company &
Identify a company that is either
Pursuing a strategy (domestically, locally, or globally)
Overcoming a threat in the external environment
Experiencing quality control/quality management issues, or
Personnel issues.
Provide the following for the chosen company:
Mission
Vision
Strategic Objectives
Market Analysis
Human Resources Management
High level overview SWOT
Financial Analysis (include trend analysis, liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios.
Mission Statement (Marriott)
Marriott’s mission statement is “to enhance the lives of our customers by creating and enabling unsurpassed vacation and leisure experiences.”
Vison Statement
Marriott’s vision statement is “to become the premiere provider and facilitator of leisure & vacation experiences in the world.”
Strategic Objectives
Sales efforts around how the customer wants to buy, reducing duplication of efforts by individual hotels and allowing us to cover a larger number of accounts.
We also utilize innovative and sophisticated revenue management systems, many of which are proprietary, which we believe provide a competitive advantage in pricing decisions, increasing efficiency and producing higher property-level revenue for hotels in our portfolio.
Most of the hotels in our portfolio utilize web-based programs to effectively manage the rate set-up and modification processes which provides for greater pricing flexibility, reduces time spent on rate program creation and maintenance, and increases the speed to market of new products and services.
Credit Card Programs
Credit Card Programs. We have multi-year agreements with JP Morgan Chase and American Express for our U.S.-issued, co-brand credit cards associated with our Loyalty Program.
We also license credit card programs in Canada, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Japan.
We earn license fees based on card usage, and we believe that our co-brand credit cards contribute to the success of our Loyalty Program and reflect the quality and value of our portfolio of brands.
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Our Sustainability and Social Impact Platform, Serve 360: Doing Good In Every Direction, is built around four focus areas: Nurture Our World; Sustain Responsible Operations; Empower Through Opportunity; and Welcome All and Advance Human Rights.
Market Analysis
Identify your audience
Define your target consumers
Explain what market need you satisfy
Analyze the industry
Identify market trends
Provide a competitive analysis
Draft a short summary of the market analysis
Adjust the other sections of your business plan
Human Resources Management
Attracting, Recruiting, selecting, hiring, training, and compensating personnel
(1) Understand the role of an organizational philosophy and culture in the development of human resource policies in a multin.
Streams of Social Impact Work: Building Bridges in a New Evaluation Era with ...The Rockefeller Foundation
This working paper addresses the gaps and opportunities between the approaches of traditional public sector and NGO program evaluation and the social impact measurement approaches of new market-oriented players.
The authors posit that a convergence of these cultures would generate enormous rewards for both constituencies. New methodologies, evaluative tools and strategic learning processes would enrich social impact work, private giving and public-private partnerships. More nimble and business-like evaluation approaches would benefit traditional evaluation players and civil society. Thus bridging the divide would contribute to the rigor and utility of methods and practices and advance the effectiveness of evaluation everywhere.
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COURSE PROJECT
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Bottom of Form
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Global Issue Analysis
The project for this course asks you to select and investigate a public problem with global dimensions, and apply the theories and practices considered in the course to develop analysis and recommendations that can be implemented through public administration.
In this project you will:
· Research and integrate information from many relevant and trustworthy resources to arrive at a comprehensive overview of an issue.
· Assess the impacts of globalism, cultural diversity, technology, common public values, citizen engagement, and public participation.
· Make program/policy recommendations.
· Apply academic writing skills.
It is recommended that you review all three phases of this project at the outset of the course, so you will be in the best position for success. The phases and their components are listed lower on this page.
Project Objectives
To successfully complete this project, you will be expected to:
1. Apply theories relevant to public administration in global or multicultural contexts.
1. Analyze key elements of a specific issue that has global, multicultural, and diversity ramifications.
1. Demonstrate how recommendations incorporate public values that have been identified as universally held across relevant regional and global boundaries.
1. Apply skills of academic research and writing.
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Project Requirements
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. Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
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Research paper architectural historiography in the 20th cen
1. Research Paper: Architectural Historiography in the 20th
Century
historiography is the writing of history, as well as the process
by which historians analyze and
interpret historical evidence. Therefore, the writing of history
is, by nature, interpretive, and as such it is
highly influenced by the author-historian’s agenda, bias,
cultural context, research method, knowledge (or
ignorance) of source material, selective editing, etc. To this
end, for this research project you will choose a
subject relevant to twentieth century architecture, and you will
compare/contrast various historians’
interpretations of this subject.
First, you will choose one architect, event, movement, period or
theory relevant to twentieth
century architecture. Some possible topics might include: the
Deutscher Werkbund, the Case Study House
Program, Japanese Metabolism, the Bauhaus under Hannes
Meyer, the New York Five, the 1932 exhibit
at the MoMA entitled “The International Style”, Mies van der
Rohe’s work at the Illinois Institute of
Technology, Rem Koolhaas in the 1970s, etc. If you choose to
focus on the work of one architect, you
should narrow your research down to an important period in that
architect’s life (e.g. Frank Lloyd Wright in
the 1930s), or a specific theory developed by that architect (e.g.
Louis Sullivan’s brand of Rationalism).
Your task is NOT to report on the building, architect or event,
but rather to compare/contrast various
historiographic interpretations of it.
2. You will consult a minimum of five historiographic accounts of
the topic (see the list of examples of
historiographic accounts below), from different author-
historians who express different viewpoints. As you
read and reflect on these accounts, you should ask yourself
• What evidence does each historian cite, and what evidence
does each historian leave out? Why?
How does this decision influence this historian’s narrative of
the topic?
• How does each author-historian use and interpret the
evidence?
• What distinct conclusions has each historian drawn about this
subject?
• How do these conclusions differ? How are they similar?
• How does each historiographic account reveal the historians’
own bias and/or agenda? • How have
perceptions of this subject been affected by the various
historiographic accounts of it? • How does the
author-historian contextualize the topic in the broader narrative
of the history of twentieth century
architecture?
• In what ways does the author-historian’s account of this
subject reveal her/his broader approach to
the history of architecture?
• How have historians affected our understanding of this topic?
3. Topic Proposal
After choosing a topic, list and analyze each account of the
topic. List the similarities and
differences that you discover between accounts (i.e. as listed
above). Be specific. Then, conduct research
on the author of each account to determine how they chose to
include some information while excluding
other information. Your proposal should also consider/discuss
each author’s bias. I recommend that you
organize this information in table format.
Finally, write a thesis statement and 1-2 paragraphs that
summarize(s) the overall trend, trajectory,
etc. of the historiography of the subject. Do the authors fall into
various “camps”? Do you notice an
evolution over time in the ways this topic has been presented?
Are some authors’ biases more evident
than others?
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ERM: Evolving From Risk Assessment to
4. Strategic Risk Management
Apr 01, 2018
By Terry Puchley and Chris Toppi
Changes in the healthcare system are bringing new risks, which
hospitals and health
systems need to manage effectively to remain competitive.
The U.S. healthcare ecosystem represents a $5 trillion market
and is projected to grow to a
$5.5 trillion market by 2025. The exponential growth comes
from several thematic drivers,
including the shift from volume to value and the rise of the
consumer, both of which are turning the
industry on its head as new payment models and greater
expansion of consumer options are being
introduced to the marketplace. Other drivers include evolving
mobile strategies, new entrants, an
aging population, and continued uncertainty in political and
regulatory environments. With medical
device cybersecurity vulnerabilities being reported at record
levels, it is evident that new risks are
constantly threatening the quality of patient care and providers’
long-term prosperity.
As the healthcare market expands and evolves, the inherent
5. risks also are increasing, as shown in the
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Moving Beyond Risk Identification
Traditionally, the healthcare industry has exceled in risk
identification and assessment. The industry
has been less proficient at prioritizing and managing risk,
however, and it has a vital need to tackle
these areas. To do so, healthcare providers must invest more in
building enterprise risk management
(ERM) capabilities.
6. As a defensive strategy, a focus on avoiding risk may seem to
hold promise, but no hospital or health
system can avoid risk entirely. By giving an organization
insight into how to take the right risks at the
right time, an effective ERM program can help the organization
more successfully execute its strategic
imperatives.
Getting Beyond Basic Effectiveness
Despite the growing importance of programs today, and the
raised awareness of their importance,
many healthcare providers have been slow to adopt a more
sophisticated approach. As shown in the
exhibit below, the current state for most providers falls between
“basic” and “evolving” maturities for
ERM programs.
Levels of ERM Maturity
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7. Organizations classified as basic recognize the implications of
risk to achieving the organization’s
objectives and are just beginning to have important discussions
on the topics of risk. Often defined as
hazards and considered only in the context of their adverse
consequences, risks managed at a basic
maturity levels are identified on an annual basis; risk mitigation
and controls are seldom factored in,
and reporting is seldom, most often biannually at best.
Organizations at basic maturity also may have disparate risk
management processes that aren’t
managed in a coordinated method (e.g., compliance, IT/cyber
security, operations, and legal/insurance)
and that exist outside normal management processes or
cadences. Moreover, the internal ERM risk
assessment is siloed from other risk assessments conducted in
the organization.
Components for the risk assessment tend to be seen as
requirements imposed upon the organization
rather than as opportunities for proactive investment in the
organization. As a result, the risk
assessment often lacks substantive data and analysis, misses
measurable monitoring, and does not
8. align with the organization’s strategic vision and operational
goals. It therefore is not surprising that
ERM programs at the basic-maturity level often suffer from a
lack of value creation in helping the
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enterprise manage risk to drive performance, and that they are
rarely seen as anything other than
“check-the-box” programs.
Organizations whose ERM programs are classified as
“evolving” are on the way to having more
enabled programs; they are able to conduct annual risk
assessments within their health systems, but
they do so with limited coordination or alignment back to
strategy. Evolving ERM programs typically
seek to help their organizations assess the broader risk universe,
and they tend to drive toward a
9. manageable list of 10 to 15 top, “enterprise” risks.
Risk owners within the organization are responsible for the
mitigation of risks and development of risk
action plans to do so, but many of them receive little oversight
from an ERM program. Alignment
between the risk management process and the business
management process starts to form but is
limited (usually involving strategy, planning, or finance). Risk-
appetite statements may exist, but such
statements tend to be formulated at a high aggregate level and
may not always be relevant to
management in helping mitigate individual risks. Risks often
have an informal linkage back to strategic
initiatives and performance expectations.
Establishing an Effective ERM Program: Key Components
An effective ERM program will help to drive greater relevance
across the organization, to bring focus
to promote a greater level of operational and strategic
performance, and to build lasting value to the
health system. Where a company focuses its resources and
efforts is, of course, determined by its
existing position and long-term strategy. If there is no process
in place, organizations should begin
10. working toward the basic level, focusing on building the
foundational elements of a risk management
framework. Those that have already established some risk
protocols should aim for evolving maturity
and concentrate on broadening organizational support and
embedding and sustaining risk
management throughout the enterprise. For example, effective
ERM programs help an organization
understand what must go right if the organization is to achieve
its long term objectives, what the risks
are to achieving those objectives, how well the organization
currently mitigates risks and the identifies
the gaps to continuing to improve on those mitigation efforts,
and how it then can develop oversight
and reporting processes to monitor risk management activities.
Regardless of the initial maturity level, an important starting
point for developing the ERM program is
to clearly define or review the program’s purpose and value
proposition for key stakeholders. This
exercise will help determine whether the current program is
properly serving the organization and is
well-positioned to drive the level of change needed while
managing risk in a dynamic and complex
11. environment. For example, ERM programs can help drive
standardization in risk assessment
processes, help to bring balance around risks related to business
unit performance expectations as
well as strategic objectives, and start raising the level of risk
acumen in the organization.
To promote this new mindset, the organization must create a
risk culture and governance in alignment
with its strategic planning process and build out risk processes
with the support of governance, risk,
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and compliance (GRC) technologies.
These activities, which are fundamental to establishing an
effective ERM program, should have the
following five key areas of focus.
Building a risk culture. When a strong risk culture exists within
a hospital or health system, an ongoing
awareness of risk is naturally embedded in the organization’s
culture, from performance
12. measurements to a company’s code of conduct, as well as
training programs. Identifying,
understanding, and managing risk is a priority and
responsibility of all members of the management
team.
A health system can be a leader in building a risk culture by
embedding discussions on risk topics into
day-to-day operations, including quarterly performance
reporting, existing committee meetings, and
executive team discussions.
Developing an organization’s risk culture also requires a
companywide effort. Organizational risks
should be defined more broadly than simply as events that result
in challenges and issues that must be
avoided. It is important that all stakeholders within the hospital
or health system understand both the
risks and opportunities presented, and the uncertainties that
need to be balanced to make an
informed decision on whether to pursue the opportunity. For
example, a hospital may be considering a
new form of care delivery that may create a significant revenue
stream and leverage the greater suite
of care facilities across the system but that adds a heightens the
organization’s level of risk. By
13. understanding what needs to go right to operationalize the new
form of care delivery, what could
prevent the organization from achieving that objective, and
what level of current and future risk
mitigation capabilities are needed, an organization can make a
more well-informed decision on
whether to pursue the opportunity.
Formalizing risk governance. Risk governance is well-defined
when the board, senior management,
and functional management have specific roles within the risk-
management process and recognize
their active roles within the risk-governance process. The
organization also should provide these key
stakeholders with the tools to fulfill those roles, ensuring proper
knowledge and staffing of resources,
including the GRC technology required to facilitate information
sharing and coordination of risk
management activities. All these individuals also should be
accountable for their participation in the
process, and guides and protocols should be created to clearly
define when and how issues of risk are
to be escalated.
For example, accountability in risk governance is a fundamental
14. aspect of risk management for one
national healthcare provider operating in more than 20 states.
Risk owners are responsible for
developing and monitoring risk response plans and for updating,
identifying, and analyzing new and
emerging risks. The information gathered through this process
then is used to update the risk profile
periodically.
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Aligning ERM with strategic planning. Alignment of ERM to
the strategic planning process is critical
for establishing an effective ERM program. One Midwestern
healthcare system, for example, links key
risks to strategic initiatives when evaluating cost and ROI to
determine whether the initiative falls
within the organization’s risk tolerance.
To achieve greater alignment to the organization’s strategic
planning process, organizational leaders
should leverage the results of the risk assessment to promote a
15. discussion around the implications of
the risk profile. These conversations ultimately could lead to
integration of the ERM processes within
key functions such as planning, mergers and acquisitions, and
program management for strategic
initiatives. Another leading healthcare provider has found it
effective to incorporate the process of
linking all its top risks to the stated company strategy and
underlying objectives, while also tying them
back to risks identified in the company’s Form 10-K filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Standardizing the risk management process. Efforts in this area
include those focused on maintaining
accountability in risk management processes. For example, the
ERM program at one leading provider
organization meets quarterly with risk owners one on one, with
the goal of capturing changes in risk
activity and discussing the effectiveness of risk action plans.
Data analysis is critical to standard risk management processes.
Analytics define the qualitative and
quantitative impact of risk on an organization’s ability to
accomplish its strategic initiatives and
16. execute its day-to-day business decisions. Organizational
leaders should review all risk scenarios to
understand the implications of changing business models,
industry events and trends, and the
interrelatedness and combined impact of risk. Using this
information, as well as risk appetite, risk
management professionals can embrace the tolerance changes
over time and drive further resource
allocation discussions.
Leveraging GRC technology to capture and coordinate risk
management activities. As the risk
environment evolves, enhanced and more sophisticated tools
help to support an advancing risk
management process and improve coordination of core risk
management activities. These tools
provide greater access to shared data and information across the
organization and improve resiliency.
To optimize the use of GRC technologies, hospitals and health
systems should identify existing tools by
risk functions and obtain a clear understanding of how these
tools are being used currently. Obtaining
feedback from users on existing tools also can help in
determining their effectiveness. Armed with this
research, leaders can determine which tools will support an
17. integrated risk management program and
use that information to develop a GRC technology roadmap.
This roadmap also should include a
common framework, structure, and taxonomy to ensure the GRC
technology solution implemented
will support the integration of risk functions to align
compliance, risk management, and operational
initiatives.
The Upside of Risk
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Terry Puchley Chris Toppi
As the risk hospitals and health systems face in today’s
healthcare environment increases and
diversifies, these organizations have both an opportunity and a
great need to advance along the
continuum from basic risk management to a well-established
ERM program. Having such an
established program is essential to being able to add greater
value. An effective ERM program
18. encourages continuous improvement, aligns with strategic
priorities, and enables organizational
leaders to understand and take on the risks their organizations
must assume to succeed, and then to
effectively manage those risks. Such skills are more vital than
ever in our evolving, yet risk-filled
healthcare environment.
Terry Puchley (mailto:[email protected]) is a risk assurance
national health services leader at
PwC, Chicago.
Chris Toppi (mailto:[email protected]) is a director in PwC’s
risk assurance - health services
practice, Chicago.
Footnotes
a. “PwC, Surviving Seismic Change: Winning a Piece of the $5
(https://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-
institute/publications/pdf/pwc-hri-
health-industry-changes.pdf), September 2016; Johnson, C.Y.,
“Why America’s Healthcare Spending Is
Projected to Soar Over the Next Decade,” Workblog, The
Washington Post, Feb. 15, 2017.
b. PWC, Top Health Industry Issues of 2018: A Year for
19. (https://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/assets/pwc-
health-research-institute-top-health-
industry-issues-of-2018-report.pdf), 2017.
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As a hospital or health system, learn what it means to commit to
anticipating, planning for and
mitigating risks going forward, whether those relate to the
COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing
evolution or other large-scale events.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will accept
applications for Phase 3 General
Distributions of provider relief funds Oct. 5 – Nov. 6.
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Hospitals came through the Great Recession relatively
unscathed, but a future recession would likely
pose much more severe challenges. It therefore would be
prudent for hospitals to act now to protect
themselves against future market distress.
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