Open Versus Closed Systems Perspectives: Healthcare Processes According to Zakus & Bhattacharyya (2007), one of the great paradoxes of modern healthcare is despite the “availability of many cures, treatments, and preventive measures” for both severe and mild ailments, there remains a failure to engage in effective delivery of treatment to patients (p. 278). One possible explanation to this conundrum is that while the actual technology and medical care may be of

Improvement of Human Resource Management in a Respiratory Care Center When individuals play as a team they tend to achieve greater clinical and organizational outcomes in a healthcare institution like the respiratory care center. Clinical and financial improvements have been reported in cases where there has been teamwork between the healthcare team. Whenever there is an organizational breakdown, the departments in any organization can conspire to sabotage each other and this

Improvement in an Organization That Can Benefit a Customer An improvement to the organization, which will benefit the customer The best porter's generic strategy is the distinction strategy; this will help the business to differentiate its service delivery in some way that will help to attract customers. This will overcome the wave of supernumerary services and challenger access. This strategy is the best because it will allow the company to institute changes

Improvements in Integrity, Financial Accountability, Ethical Conduct and Corporate Responsibilities under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 We passed Sarbanes-Oxley in the wake of the Enron scandal to try to root out financial and accounting irregularities. How could similar irregularities occur at Lehman Brothers? History has a way of constantly repeating itself. -- Joseph Grant 2010 The high-profile corporate shenanigans by Enron and Lehman Brothers have made it clear that tough legislation was

IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Case study: GHANA EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: GHANA EDUCATION SYSTEM The need for improvements in the educational system in Ghana today is greater than ever before, but there are some sophisticated research methods available that can help educational reformers in Ghana accomplish these important goals. In order to determine which research approach is superior for this purpose,

TOYOTA Process improvements Toyota: Case study What exactly needs to be improved? The Toyota Corporation built its reputation upon safety and quality. Based upon its perceived superiority to its competitors, particularly its American competitors, the Japanese carmaker had established itself as 'benchmark' of excellence in the international marketplace. All of this began to change in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Toyota's safety was questioned after a series of highly-publicized recalls. In particular, the