The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center was the largest attack on U.S. soil to date‚ but it destroyed more than just buildings. It is well known that 2‚974 people in lower Manhattan and 343 first responders from the Fire Department of the City of New York were killed in the line of duty. However‚ it is lesser known that for the next 10 months‚ until the site closed on July 25‚ 2002‚ FDNY workers were continually subjected to dangerous working conditions‚ fear for the personal safety and were in
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12 On average‚ 70% of released prison inmates reenter the prison system after 5 years (Zhang et al.‚ 2010). This relatively high statistics makes us ask the question‚ is the Department of Corrections really making any corrections? Therapeutic Communities‚ implemented in the prison setting‚ have provided an alternative to traditional convict treatment. They have shown mixed results of effectiveness‚ and are costly to the state and nation. Are they truly worth the money? Providing help to the prison
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1.1 Definition of Organisational Behaviour Organisational Behaviour as defined by Mullins (2013)is “the study and understanding of individual and group behaviour and patterns of structure in order to help improve organisational performance and effectiveness”. This is similar to Buchanan & Huczynski (2010) definition which states “that OB is concerned with how formal organisations‚ behaviour of people within organisations and salient features of their context and environment‚ evolve and take shape
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September 30th‚ Grant Medical Center reviews the needs of the business from a historic approach along with the successes and opportunities from the prior year. These strengths and opportunities are used in planning for the next year and subsequent years from an estimated budgetary perspective. Planning occurs annually in addition to a five-year projection ased on prior year trending and monitoring fiscal responsibilities. b. How they determine KSAOs Grant Medical Center‚ part of the Ohio Health
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In 1998 Anita Scism became the new President of the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville‚ Arkansas (Todd & White‚ 2002). She was the successor to Bill Mitchell‚ a highly respected and well known member of the community. Having being newly built in 1992‚ Scism was just the second president of the performing arts center. In 1997 when Bill Mitchell decided to take a better career opportunity at The Center for the Arts and Science of West Virginia‚ the WAC Board of Directors formed a search committee in
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The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market is expanding exponentially in recent years and is expected to continue growing at its highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from now until 2022 according to MedGadget. Why are outpatient surgery centers gaining such momentum? As technology continues to improve and more ASCs are available‚ the popularity of this type of medical service grows. Plus‚ many of these settings are quite luxurious in comparison to the state hospital counterparts and patients
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Community policing is a term for sending police officers to walk‚ talk‚ and interact within neighborhoods to be acquainted and close to the people they are sworn to protect‚ allowing them to build relationships and trust within the communities. Though this is a familiar and well-noted concept‚ common throughout most of the country‚ the city of Johnstown has just recently
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Self Care at Thurman Brisben Center Thurman Brisben Center is an emergency homeless shelter that provides thirty to ninety days of rent free housing to women‚ men‚ and several families. As a staff member at Thurman Brisben Center‚ I saw a specific need for a service that provided stress management and self care. While we have many members of the community who provide necessary physical help‚ there are fewer resources than one would assume. In my opinion‚ all of the resources in the world will not
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“Power Distance has been defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions accept and expect that power is distributed unequally” (Hofstede‚ n.d.). The Billings 911 Center management staff would define the power distance as low‚ but the organization has a high power distance. According to Hofstede‚ “power distance represents inequality‚ but defined from below‚ not from above” (n.d). Even though management may perceive a small power distance‚ their behaviors
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Case 2.1: Organizational Culture: Life or Death Questions: 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? From the case study‚ the eleven hospitals utilize 90 minutes or less to deliver therapy in order to restore blood flow to heart attack patients. The followings are the values that appear to drive the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat the heart attack patients: (a) The hospitals are well organized‚ they have ability to
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