was more concerned with how to raise a profit because a fee-for-service was still the predominant form of payment (Zuckerman‚ 2011‚ p. 6). However‚ during the 1990s many medical facilities faced foreclosure and buyouts because of the rise of the managed care industry (Zuckerman‚ 2011‚ p. 6). More recently‚ the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) has caused many healthcare organizations to reevaluate their strategic plans and missions statements‚ so that they may survive on making less of a profit while
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QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL RESEARCH Christina Hughes C.L.Hughes@warwick.ac.uk There has been widespread debate in recent years within many of the social sciences regarding the relative merits of quantitative and qualitative strategies for research. The positions taken by individual researchers vary considerably‚ from those who see the two strategies as entirely separate and based on alternative views of the world‚ to those who are happy to mix these strategies within
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Group Approaches to Change Group Dynamics and Group Process Groups of various types informal and formal get formed to achieve some task and their resultant goals. Many of these groups generate such cohesiveness that we start calling them as teams. Teams are famous for giving unlimited synergies depending upon the team or group processes. In the current scenario where participative and democratic management styles are seen as the better alternatives of managing‚ formation of groups and making them
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Achieving and Maintaining Accreditation in Managed Care Accreditation is a process by which an impartial organization (URAC) will review a company’s operations to ensure that the company is conducting business in a manner consistent with national standards. For a physician and a nurse after they receive their degree they have to do continuing education courses every year to maintain their licensing with that particular state. These classes are generally known as CME’s (Continuing medical education)
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Leveraging Smartphone Cameras for Collaborative Road Advisories Submitted by R.S.Shenilton & M.Banu Chandhar Abstract : Ubiquitous smartphones are increasingly becoming the dominant platform for collaborative sensing.Smartphones‚ with their ever richer set of sensors‚ are being used to enable collaborative driver-assistance services like traffic advisory and road condition monitoring. To enable such services‚ the smartphones’ GPS‚ accelerometer and gyro sensors have been widely used.
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Education is directly related to the needs of society. - Changes in school organization and teaching methods depend on the type of society. In the transition from traditional to industrial society is deepening individualization and differentiation in learning. - The purpose of education as a social institution - inculcating students with such moral qualities that are required in this type of society. - Education is the process of socialization of the younger generation. - The public should take care
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT Management was influenced by various disciplines like sociology‚ economics‚ political science‚ anthropology‚ psychology‚ and even literature. Due to such multidisciplinary influences‚ even authors like Harold Koontz (1961) referred to management as a ‘jungle’. Even then‚ differences exist in the classification of approaches. Although one of the ways to classify management approaches is from the analysis of John G. Hutchinson (1971)‚ which considers
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APPROACHES TO LABOUR WELFARE INTRODUCTION: The various approaches to labour welfare reflect the attitudes and belief of the agencies‚ which are‚ engages in welfare activities. Welfare facilities may be provided on religious‚ philanthropic or some other grounds. Moreover‚ the different approaches to labour welfare reflect the evolution of the concept of welfare. In the bygone days‚ the government of the land had to compel the owner of the industrial establishment to provide such basic amenities
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What different persuasive approaches would you use on the following audiences: a boss‚ a peer‚ a challenging person‚ or an open-minded person? Why would your approach differ? When trying to persuade my boss I believe it is important before you say anything‚ make sure you have valid facts and information you are going to present to be persuaded. You have to make sure you know exactly what you are talking about and be prepared to answer any questions the boss you will have. This makes it easier
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right counsellor for your individual needs is essential‚ and consideration must be given to their training‚ qualifications and experience. Counsellor accreditation is often important if you are wary about which counsellor to choose: Counselling Approaches Psychological therapies generally fall into three categories. These are behavioural therapies‚ which focus on cognitions and behaviours‚ psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies‚ which focus on the unconscious relationship patterns that evolved
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