OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE 1 Shouldice Hospital Introduction Shouldice Hospital‚ set up in 1945 by Dr. Earl Shouldice‚ is located near Toronto. It follows the business model of focus on a single standardised service for a narrow target of consumers‚ rather than to provide customised solution (as in a general clinic or hospital). It focuses on providing quick‚ convenient‚ and reliable cure for external types of abdominal hernias. The Hospital uses its own technique‚ called the Shouldice
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DISSERTATION ON M EDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA: STRATEGY FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT CRISIL Y OUNG THOUGHT LEADER SERIES ‚ 2004 Submitted By Gowri Shankar Nagarajan‚ G-216‚ IIM-B Hostels‚ Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore‚ Bannerghatta Road‚ Bangalore – 560076 Email: gowris03@iimb.ernet.in Phone: 91-80-31 Word Count: 2508 (Excluding References‚ Appendix‚ Footnotes & Table 1) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE CRISIL Young Thought Leader Series‚ 2004 Gowri Shankar Nagarajan
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Two men‚ both seriously ill‚ occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families‚ their homes‚ their jobs‚ their involvement in the military service‚ where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window
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2010 Guidelines Committee ISCCM Dr Narendra Rungta (Convenor) Members – Dr Deepak Govil‚ Dr Sheila Nainan‚ Dr Manish Munjal Dr J‚Divatia (President) ‚ Dr C K Jani (Secretary) Background ICU is highly specified and sophisticated area of a hospital which is specifically designed‚ staffed‚ located‚ furnished and equipped‚ dedicated to management of critically sick patient‚ injuries or complications. It is a department with dedicated medical‚ nursing and allied staff. It operates with defined
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Restview Hospital Case Study Analysis #2 Restview Hospital Even though Mary coordinated corresponding product demonstrations from the different vendors‚ and she was planning to include the board members in the product evaluations‚ Jack insisted that the board members were too busy to attend. When the demonstrations were being performed‚ Jack displayed very little interest in the products. Mary offered to present her findings and recommendations to the members of the board‚ but Jack insisted
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smallest states to incorporate their business in so that they could pass on the cost savings from sales tax to its consumers from other larger states and eventually employ a successful pricing model. According to Bostan & Grosu (2011)‚ a Balance Scorecard (BS) is a reliable method for the administrators and managers‚ employed in keeping a close watch on the reports in order to ascertain whether “the operational activities are in line with the strategies” (p. 179). Ensuring operational activities
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Balanced Score Card Week 4 A balanced scorecard is a critical foundation in guiding organizations strategic plan‚ it also provides a road-map for the completion of objectives. These objectives link the company ’s long-term goals originating from the company ’s vision‚ mission‚ and values. In developing the balanced scorecard for Cloward Cuts (CC) the following strategic objectives were set up as road-map for the company to use. Taken into consideration were the financial‚ customer value‚ processes
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From hospital Administration to hospital management From following rules and prescribed processes and procedures to independent thinking responsive individuals empowered to make decisions. Why do hospitals need this. For example in a hospital like JMJ it is run by the nuns on traditional hospital administration basis. People in pathology for example do not like the way things are operating. As increased customer demands and pull for higher standards of service increase it creates forces that
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In the early stages of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial people used verbal and racist attacks directed towards Maya Lin because of the fact that she was an Asian American building a memorial in remembrance of a war that took place in Asia. Ross Perot had pledged 160‚000 dollars to help run the competition withdrew his support and called it a “trench”. Numerous veteran groups also showed their disapproval some said it lacked heroic or patriotic symbols. Other veteran groups said that it should rise above
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attacks. The Twin Tower attacks happened on September 11th 2001‚ over 3000 people died. So where the towers stode they made a memorial‚ the 9/11 memorial. The memorial honors the people who died during the attacks. With the two waterfalls and lots of trees many people go to see the memorial. Have you? The 9/11 memorial is 110‚000 square feet and covers 16 acres. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center in New York. Where the Twin towers once stood are to waterfalls in there place. They are
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