Chapter 2 Conceptual Frameworks for Supply Chain Management No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. Isaac Newton 2.1 Agile‚ Flexible and Responsive Supply Chains To ensure long-term competitiveness and survival‚ companies implement new strategies‚ based on collaboration with business partners and an advanced utilization of IT and Web services (Geunes et al. 2002). Various competitive strategies of agile‚ responsive and flexible SCs have been developed over the last decade
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Life Lessons The Best Self-Reflections from 108 Bloggers Abubakar Jamil [www.abubakarjamil.com] Farnoosh Brock [www.prolificliving.com] LIFE A WORD WITH YOU Self-reflections of the soul define those bittersweet moments in life that resurface now and again‚ catching us off-guard‚ showing up unplanned and uninvited‚ and asking us the questions we would rather avoid altogether on an otherwise ordinary day. What is self-reflection? Wikipedia says: “Human self-reflection is the
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CONCEPTUAL AND RELATED LITERATURE 1. Communication Communication is the process of transmitting common information from one person to another (Keyton‚ 2011). It is a process of exchanging information‚ a matter of sending and receiving. This information is imparted through the words we utter‚ tone of our voice as we say it and body languages we do. Studies show that there are three kinds of messages and these are Nonverbal (our facial expressions and body language)‚ Paraverbal (intonation‚ stress
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I entered nursing with the attitude that caring for my patients meant administering medication‚ testing‚ and procedures. Over the years that changed‚ my attitude is now aimed at using knowledge and skills to appreciate the uniqueness of each patient to provide appropriate care (Hines‚ 2017). After taking into consideration the patient as an individual and not only their disease my actions began to change as well as the care I provided. Art of Caring Caring is brought to the nursing field through
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Metaparadigm In order to provide the right dimension of care to meet the individual needs of each patient‚ each component of the metaparadigm of nursing must be considered. This metaparadigm was first developed by Florence Nightingale and is still a valid and important tool nurses use every day. Its four components are person‚ environment‚ health and nursing each works to help the other for a better understanding and application of proper care (Fawcett‚ 1994). The first paradigm refers not only
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that involves doing good and causing no harm. Similarly‚ principles of nursing ethics provide nurses a tool to base ethical decision upon. Grace (2014) expressed ethical principal as set of rules‚ standards or guidelines for activity that are extracted from theoretical proposition and are different from moral theories. They are about what is good for humans. According to Phang (2014) there seven specific ethical principles of nursing that are nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ independence‚ fairness‚ loyalty
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Grunig and Hunt (1984)’s four models of public relations are perhaps the most commonly used theories in the field. They are useful in that they divide a complicated subject matter into four fundamental areas which can then be separately addressed. Corporations may refer to these models in establishing their CSR efforts. For example‚ the first area (Press Agentry) deals with the activities of those who will do anything to gain publicity. Perhaps Bransonesque stunts are not appropriate for establishing
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The Consensus Model vs The New Jersey Board of Nursing Abstract Advanced practice nursing is a growing and evolving career in nursing. Understanding the definition and the core roles of an Advanced Practice Nurse is imperative. According to the Consensus Model‚ “Advanced practice registered nurses are licensed independent practitioners who are expected to practice within standards established or recognized by a licensing body.” (Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure‚ Accreditation
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incredible claims have been made regarding its importance. There are two main theories on which most programs to improve emotional intelligence have been based: Mayer and Salovey’s four branch ability model of EI (called the "Abilities Model") and Goleman’s four emotional competency model. The Abilities Model includes four main abilities: identifying emotions‚ using emotions‚ understanding emotions‚ and managing emotions. Identifying emotions relates to being able to recognize your own emotions and
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Chapter 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Adolescent Problem Behavior OVERVIEW As a platform for this Adjunct Guide to Driving With Care‚ we begin by presenting a number of prominent concepts and theories that provide a conceptual framework for understanding‚ interpreting and predicting the development‚ dynamics‚ and outcome of adolescent problems. We look at theories that are particularly relevant to understanding the causal and dynamic factors of underage AOD use
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