Zen and the Art of Organizational Maintenance Ronald E. Purser San Francisco State University rpurser@sfsu.edu ABSTRACT This paper draws from the “Zen arts” as a means for reimagining management as a mindful practice known as “organizational maintenance.” Zen Buddhism has had a profound influence on Japanese arts— such as calligraphy‚ sumi-e drawing‚ the tea ceremony‚ landscape garden design‚ archery‚ and Haiku poetry. The Zen aesthetic‚ often referred to as wabi sabi‚ and its associated notions
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Counters. The Bank has loans now (as of June 2007) account for as much as 70 per cent of the bank’s total loan book of Rs 2‚00‚000 crore. For HDFC Bank‚ retail assets are around 57 per cent (Rs 28‚000 crore) of the total loans as of March 2007. In the case of Axis Bank‚ retail loans have declined from 30 per cent of the total loan book of Rs 25‚800 crore in June 2006 to around 23 per cent of loan book of Rs.41‚280 crore (as of June 2007). Even over a longer period‚ while the overall asset growth for Axis
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Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States‚ coming from two uneducated parents that encouraged him to make the most out of his life. Ronald went from the radio station to the main stage becoming a successful actor; however later in life he took a major interest in politics. (BEINART‚ PETER‚RONALD REAGAN‚ 2010). This major interest took him to the governors chair of California’s‚ to becoming one of the talked about presidents in the U.S. Ronald Reagan became the 40th president
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Company Background 2 Operations‚ inputs and outputs of HMV 3 Business Processes of HMV 4 Structured Decision making 5 Semi-structured decision making 6 Unstructured decision making 6 Strategic radar plotting technique 8 Goal setting analysis and what if analysis 9 Forecasting and Trend Prediction 11 Data Analysis with SPSS 12 Descriptive statistics - Frequencies 12 Descriptive statistics - Descriptive 13 Descriptive statistics – Explore
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-1- What kinds of applications are described here? What business functions do they support? How do they improve operational efficiency and decision making? New software applications for social networking and sales force management (CRM) make these devices even more versatile business tools‚ Mobile handheld for business and smart Phone ... 2- Identify the problems that businesses in this case study solved by using mobile digital devices? Mobile workforce of 60 independent physicians treating
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1. Identify and describe the problem in this case. The problem presented in the case is the U.S Health Industry feels that the current paper based medical records are inefficient and costly. They believe that implementing an electronic medical record system that contains all information including medical history ‚test results ‚ treatments etc.Their goal is to have these in place by 2015. 2. What people‚ organization‚ and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic
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‘Fortune 500’- every time I hear this word‚ a series of intricate questions conjure up in my mind. What can be the forces that actually drive these companies to pinnacles? Is it brilliant planning coupled with some powerful decisions and risks behind them? Or is it a blend of robust strategies and superior executions? No doubt all of them do play a crucial role‚ but then what is it that aids in devising these strategies? There has to be an element from which they are formulated.It was after working
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NORMALIZATION The process of normalization begins with a user view of some kind (Report‚ Table‚ Screen display‚ Document‚ etc...). This view should be about some kind of important data (Invoice‚ Purchase order‚ Project details‚ Registration form‚ etc....). Example: Consider the following Project Management Report Project Management Report Project Code: PC010 Project Manager: M. Philips Project Title: Database System Project budget: 240.000$ Employee No. Emp. Name Dept
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Why is the role of a data Steward considered to be innovative? Explain. The role of Data Steward is considered to be innovative because Data Steward establishes and maintains the quality of data entered into the operational system that feed the data warehouse. Whereas most companies put someone in charge of data only when something goes wrong. Many companies treat data quality as a “find-and-fix” effort that is done at the end of a project by an IT worker. Other companies try to maintain their data
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Risks Associated With MIS Risk reflects the potential‚ the likelihood‚ or the expectation of events that could adversely affect earnings or capital. Management uses MIS to help in the assessment of risk within an institution. Management decisions based upon ineffective‚ inaccurate‚ or incomplete MIS may increase risk in a number of areas such as credit quality‚ liquidity‚ market/pricing‚ interest rate‚ or foreign currency. A flawed MIS causes operational risks and can adversely affect an organization’s
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