what it looks like in the world of business

... position of the sun and the strength of the winds Furthermore, they depended on a store of common knowledge (e.g., familiar landmarks, the rising and setting of the sun, and the positions of ... parts of the world began to cultivate plants of various 26 Q Exploration in the World of the Ancients \ Discovering the Pacific Islands = One area of the world often overlooked in histories of discovery ... remain one of their major exports As early as 1200 B.C., with the decline of the Minoans and the lack of interest by the Egyptians, the Phoenicians were already prominent if not dominant mariners...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... taken seriously, it is of no value Too often, talented people with the best answers sit in the back of the room while hacks run the show If you enjoy the view from the back, getting an MBA will ... analysis What you are learning in school is analysis You are being taught tools and techniques Analysis is just one of the ingredients in the recipe You may have the best analysis in the room ... Indian electrical engineer who grew up in a typical middle-class family What made him different was that he dreamed of building a world- class company In 2006, the annual revenue of Infosys, the...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 03:20

... alphabet) offers little in the way of a convincing account of the nature of the premodern, at least in the case of South Asia The actual modernity of a number of phenomena included on lists of things ... premodern actors themselves The invention of literacy and the growth of manuscript culture occurred in India a little before the beginning of the Common Era; from that point on, writing, the symbolic ... Sanskrit tradition itself with the story of the invention of k1vya told in the prelude to what came to be called the rst poem, the V1lmEki R1m1yaõa In reexively framing its own orality in a way...

Ngày tải lên: 04/05/2014, 13:28

... or codes of conduct, by which it expects its members to abide The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) is no exception One of the main objectives of the Institute, as set out in its constitution, ... aspect of the law which can affect practitioners and their clients, again sometimes with damaging results It is the misuse of a trade name or of the trade name of goods It also covers the imitation, ... or the ‘get-up’, of the items concerned The ‘get-up’ includes the type, size and shape of a container, the labelling and packaging of the goods concerned Many well-established firms such as the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... Working with printers The brief and the contract As with publishers, the brief and the subsequent contract should clearly state your requirements: what it is you want the printer to Brief, either ... certain locations, such as a garden, an interior, the front of a building, or a building site Weather watching On the day, a ‘weather watch’ may be needed if there is any question about the weather ... those of a historical nature, look better in a sepia finish This is a faded, ‘brown’ look, giving the impression of age Another striking type of finish is the use of a half-tone This is when the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... meeting are usually laid down, either within the constitution of the organization or by the terms of a company’s legal requirements Whatever they are they must be strictly adhered to or the meeting ... advantage An exhibition stand is intended to show off the organization it represents It should not only look professional, but also be professional in the way it is run If it is, then it will not only ... confirmation of booking space If it isn’t, insist on getting one soonest The manual should contain a wealth of detailed information It tells you what you can and cannot on the stand, and what additional...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... at a mainline railway terminus, a fire in a shopping precinct These are the sorts of scenarios that could affect your organization and its reputation Think of it as the What if .’ situation ... they will alter the way we work in future The Internet Originating in the USA, the Internet is simply a network of linked computers, each one connected to a set of others, supporting the electronic ... such a situation, and then dealing with it well, is the key It can be done, and done in such a way as to turn the situation to advantage; at the very least to limit any damage to a minimum What...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... business dealing by public relations practitioners There are other, internationally adopted, Codes of Conduct which have the support of the Institute The Code is binding on members of the Institute ... Conclusion The many changes in attitudes that have taken place in our society in recent years, with an increasing demand for information, the questioning of decision making and the increasingly voracious ... system, enabling them to gain a competitive edge in the brewing industry, halving packaging lead times with their design data delivery and for desktop conferencing facilities Digital photography...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... as it sees fit any general intelligence regarding the Client’s products or services which it has gained in the course of its appointment Insurance 9.1 Professional indemnity The Client shall indemnify ... trade name of goods It also covers the imitation of the ‘get-up’ or presentation of the goods concerned, which can include the container, the labelling and often the packaging However, if the products ... company who hold public office are disclosed and recorded in the IPR Register of Interest This includes members of either of the Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom, or the European Parliament,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... timings for the visit; the locations to be visited (including your own); travel involved between locations, and timings; what security restrictions, if any, are involved; mode(s) of transport involved ... and for briefing purposes Liaise with police over final security arrangements Who is coming? Get details of the party accompanying the visitor (the Lord Lieutenant, ADC, Lady -in- waiting, Lord Mayor ... agenda] Topic(s) The items to be discussed or dealt with at the meeting They may be either ‘tabled’, ‘spoken to’ or attached to the agenda Any other business Any items not already on the agenda but...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... letters of support through the local press by taking advertisements l Next of kin – Always confirm that the next -of- kin have been informed before releasing any names to the media At the finish ... remember Commitment Filing system The team Credibility Clean up Advertising Local press The local community The secretariat Information provision Training Management backing is vital Have a good ... 5–9 advantages of using and client relationship 117 disadvantages of using independent 7–8 mixing and matching reasons for using 6–7 types 7–8 contact sheets 28 contingency planning 142–4 contracts...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... university-owned hospitals to for profit or not-for-profit entities [9] The University of Kansas Hospital was a part of the University of Kansas system and was led by the dean of the School of Medicine ... Johns Hopkins in 1867 The chief executive of the hospital reported to the hospital board of trustees while the dean of the school of medicine reported to the president of the university, who in turn ... Hopkins Medicine Now the head of the hospital reports to that CEO So for the first time in Hopkins’ history, we clarified the role of the School of Medicine and the hospital It s working like...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... of trustees of both the hospital and the university The boards must commit to and be actively involved in the integration of their AMCs Indeed, in many cases it may be the board of trustees that ... number of students, suggest The professor of medicine in the school is physician -in- chief to the hospital; the professor of surgery is surgeon -in- chief; the professor of pathology is hospital pathologist ... hospital are thus interlocked In the hospital, all clinical care was overseen by the chairman of the department of medicine or the chairman of the department of surgery The number of physicians in...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... resigned their positions due to institutional instability Additional obstacles to success were a “failure of will on the part of the institution to endorse the dean in initiating change” and university ... regardless of their popularity Decisions are neither arbitrary nor capricious and are made in a manner consistent with the clearly defined core mission of the institution: in the case of the AMC, the ... quaternary teaching hospitals compete in the same geographic region The portability of their practice often gives them a level of influence in the AMC that is out of proportion with the actual financial...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... participate as an investigator or as an investigative site, respectively, in a clinical trial in which the investigator, the institution, or a senior official in the institution holds equity in the study’s ... partner with industry are intrinsically tainted reflects a misunderstanding of the importance and quality of industry research, and the role industry plays in bringing new drugs to the patients ... appear in the press suggesting otherwise These reports led the National Institutes of Health to note on its Web site that eight of the nine 94    Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare authors of the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... adopted in taking on its medical department In course of time these clinical faculties will be reconstituted of men of more modern stamp But the separation of its clinical branch, with the increasing ... of medical education at the main campus while offering clinical instruction in community hospitals at some distance from the main campus For example, the University of South Carolina School of ... hospitals as being more exciting and more rewarding, while the rural environment is seen as being isolated from the exciting innovations and collegial interactions of big-city hospitals All of these...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... differences in the values of the endowments of different AMCs are often representative of the longstanding tradition of giving at the various institutions, the sophistication of their development offices, ... to the AMC than dollars from other sources; however, like most of the financial underpinnings of Financing the Missions of the AMC    215 the AMC, the funds flow pathway is often opaque In November ... University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, University of Oregon, and the University of Wisconsin changed the teaching hospital governance from common university ownership to a private nonprofit...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... for-profit and nonprofit hospitals, 300 of 750 mergers had failed [32] In addition, the literature became filled with articles touting the folly of teaching-hospital mergers [33] At the turn of the ... with its construction of its transplant hospital in Palermo With continuing emphasis on exporting its products, UPMC announced in February 2006 that it was developing partnerships with hospitals ... training opportunities for medical students and link community outpatient and inpatient facilities with the quality assurance programs of the academic medical center, their financial benefits in...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... institutions; increase joint research and training grants; enhance the quality and quantity of services for the patients of Nashville General; and jointly provide new ways of maintaining the health of the ... while at the same time preserving the integrity of each institution Faculty appointments, including the appointment of a new chief of surgery at Meharry, were made jointly by both institutions; ... partner institution, and willingness to use the strengths of each of the partners Indeed, the success of the program was seen in the ability of the departments of surgery to form a joint department...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20

... School of Medicine as the Harry S Tack Professor of Medicine, chief of the Division of Cardiology, and director of the Cardiovascular Institute of the UPMC Health System In 2002, he was named the ... Biology of Heart Failure and director of the Heart Failure Research Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine In 1994, Dr Feldman joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh ... provide the necessary infrastructure to facilitate the ability of the AMC to recapture clinical research Chapter 5: Resolve conflicts of interest in order to regain the public trust in AMCs and their...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 14:20