International Journal of Business and Management Tomorrow Vol. 2 No. 12 The Strategic Kenyan Business Selection Tool for MSMEs Anwar Hood Ahmed*‚ Assistant Lecturer‚ Mombasa Polytechnic University College Henry M. Bwisa‚ Professor of Entrepreneurship‚ Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology Romanus O. Otieno‚ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) and Professor of Statistics‚ Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology Abstract Strategic investors are faced with
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It has been shown that clinical decision support systems (CDSS) improve both patient care outcomes‚ reduce the cost of care (Berner & La Lande‚ 2007). CDSSs are interactive expert systems‚ which use embedded clinical knowledge to help health professionals analyse patient data and make decisions regarding diagnosis‚ prevention‚ and treatment of health problems (Wu‚ Lu and Duan‚ 2008). A systematic review of CDSSs found that over 90% of the systems significantly improved clinical care (Kawamoto‚ Del
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ACCT283B group project Chapter 18: Process Costing Abstract This paper identifies the key points on Process Costing. It covers over various topics like the flow of costs through a process costing system‚ how to calculate equivalent units of production for direct materials and conversion costs‚ the preparation of a production cost report‚ and how to prepare journal entries for a process costing system. Examples will also be shown on how process costing is used in the real world
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differing needs)‚ the ability and/or resources to manage an effective process to support PRP. This study will explore whether performance bonuses offer a win-win for both the organisation and the employees‚ using primarily the public sector‚ with reference to the private sector. “PRP was the ‘big idea’ of the1980s‚ embraced enthusiastically by many employers as the holy grail of driving high performance” as stated by CIPD (2010). Today it is seen as more than just a tool to drive performance; organisations
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Defining Crime Crime Is usually defined as whether the law has been broken which may lead to a punishment by the legal system however crime is hard to define because if the law or penal system did not exist than neither would the labelling of a behaviour or act as criminal or not. The legal system defines acts as criminal if a person has broken the law either by “actus reus” (guilty act)‚ when a criminal act has occurred or “mens rea” (guilty mind) when a person had the intention of carrying
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1)Define IT Infrastructure from both a technology and a service perspective. Which services does IT infrastructure comprise? IT infrastructure consists of a set of physical devices and software applications that are required to operate the entire enterprise. It is also a set of firmwide of services budgeted by management and comprising both human and technical capabilities. Services include: Platforms used to provide computing services that connect employees‚ customers‚ and suppliersinto a coherent
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Outsourcing IT to Support Business Transformation Prepared by Neils Christensen and Keri Pearlson As the Texas sun began to set‚ Janet Wejman‚ the Chief Information Officer for Continental Airlines looked out the window of her Houston-based office and considered what her next move should be. It was now November 1996 and while she had only been with the company for a few months‚ she faced a dilemma relating to the airline’s information technology outsourcing agreement with Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
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rP os t CASE: HR-22 DATE: 01/14/04 op yo TRANSFORMING HUMAN RESOURCES AT NOVARTIS: THE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM (HRIS) Since the early days of the merger‚ we knew we would need a significant effort to transfer the new company into a high-performance organization.1 —Daniel Vasella‚ MD‚ Chairman and CEO‚ Novartis AG INTRODUCTION tC Since the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz that created the Swiss healthcare and pharmaceutical company of Novartis in December 1996
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|| Decision Support and Expert Systems|Assignment #1 | || Introduction The following are responses to the questions for assignment #1: Review Question 6: Why is management often equated with decision-making? Management is described as “a process by which organizational goals are achieved using resources” such as people (labor)‚ capital‚ and equipment (technology); these resources must be allocated to achieve organizational goals. The degree to which management is successful is dependent
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Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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