investigating the structures of community power remains one of the central challenges of community development theory and practice. Researchers have long sought to understand and measure the distribution of power in organizations‚ local communities‚ nations and around the world. Hence classical studies of community power tended to identify elitist (Hunter‚ 53; Mills‚ 56) or Pluralist (Dahl‚ 61; Truman‚ 51) structures. These studies were carried out using different methods in different communities. The observed
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Rural-Urban Differentials in the Attitude of Global Systems of GSM Ndagi‚ Oduwole & Sanusi Rural-Urban Differentials in the Attitude of Global Systems of Mobile Communication (GSM) Consumers to Merits and Demerits of GSM Technology in Ogun State‚ Nigeria I. Ndagi O. O. Oduwole R. A. Sanusi Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria AFRICA ABSTRACT The advent of the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) in Nigeria has become the order of most day-to-day activities; however‚ consumers of GSM services
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the different governance structures available for nurse managers to utilize while managing their nursing team. This paper provides information on the two types of governance structures: shared governance and centralized governance. The resources used were many different articles from nursing journals‚ nursing websites‚ as well as one nursing book. The findings in the many articles gave vast information about the two types of structural governance
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Rural-urban linkage generally refers to the growing flow of public and private capital‚ people (migration and commuting) and goods (trade) between urban and rural areas. It is important to add to these the flow of ideas‚ the flow of information and diffusion of innovation. Adequate infrastructure such as transportation‚ communication‚ energy and basic services is the backbone of the urban-rural development linkage approach (Tacoli‚ 2004). There is a positive relationship between adequacy of transportation
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government do to improve the many lives of nursing home residents? So far‚ there has been a problem of trying to regulate safety and ensure nursing homes prioritizing care and responsibility on those residents. There has been a lack of staff responsibility for providing treatment‚ administering medication‚ and keeping their facilities a clean environment. Overall‚ this caused a concern of how residents are not cared properly. In addition‚ their lives at a nursing home has always been a gloomy place and a
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WHITTAKER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Edwin L. Makamson‚ Hampton University CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter is strategy under adverse conditions for a small community hospital. The case examines operational‚ financial and market factors for strategy development. Issues of governance and stakeholder claims for a non-profit‚ community organization are also examined. As a student case analysis assignment the case is appropriate for an undergraduate capstone course in business policy presented in
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Community as partner model To gain access to the community‚ the community must: - Perceive that a need exist - Believe that the CHN can help address this need - Perceive that its information and contributions are valued - Be assured of confidentiality for non-public information - Be involved from the beginning in this partnership Compare Neuman System Model & Community as Partner Model - the inner circle represents the community - the dotted circles represents resistance - spiritual‚ psyschosocial
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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF YASHODA HOSPITALS Abstract: This report on the administration of Yashoda Hospital‚ Secunderabad is based on primary data which was collected by visiting the various departments and specialties in the hospital. The report describes the functioning of the hospital and the various organizational levels involved. It also talks about the different departments and how they function. This report can act as a window to the students of BITS regarding the working of the hospital. It
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Addressing the scarcity of medical practitioners in rural India is fundamental to achieving universal health care in the country The Planning Commission’s draft 12th Plan for health has attracted much debate and controversy. Critics have been quick to direct their attention at two issues in it — the proposed increase in government health spending from one per cent to 1.58 per cent of GDP‚ and the “managed care model.” The spending increase was rightly felt to be grossly inadequate to move India
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When asked “What is a nursing home?” one should be able to respond with “ A nursing home is a private institution residential accommodations with health care‚ especially for elderly people.” A nursing home can also be stated as a home for mostly elderly people to be better taking care of because their love one cannot give them the care that they need. A nursing home is not only for those who are getting older and needed to be taking care of. A nursing home also take care of those who are rehabilitating
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