Strategic thinking is part of the strategic management process. By thinking long-term about future business challenges, the organization’s leaders are better able to anticipate and react to changes in the environment. Strategic thinking should be done year round, not just when one is engaged in formulating strategy. This chapter describes what is involved in strategic thinking and the many tools and techniques useful in finding and evaluat- ing opportunities as well as trying to understand which of several futures might unfold. (Refer back to Figure 1.1 to review the elements of the strategic management model that are focused on in this chapter.) Effective strategic thinking is the basis for creating success- ful strategies that enable the organization to thrive. April 23, 2018 Read More »
An industry analysis is the study of the healthcare industry and the forces that might be causing it to change. It involves using a number of standard but indispensable tools that will be discussed in this chapter. Because the ways in which the healthcare industry changes can dramatically affect the decisions an organization makes, this analysis is a key element in strategic planning. April 23, 2018 Read More »
“The influence of the debt burden and the relative lack of reimbursement for primary care in general is of course leading more and more of the medical school graduates away from primary care,” said Cindy Ehnes, executive vice president of Health Care Talent Innovations at COPE Health Solutions. April 23, 2018 Read More »
Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem. E- waste contains valuable materials that have an economic value when recycled. Unfortunately, the majority of e-waste is recycled in the unregulated informal sector and results in significant risk for toxic exposures to the recyclers, who are frequently women and children. April 23, 2018 Read More »
The defects of the social and economic system provoke the stratification of the society. As a result, a number of individuals have to live in poverty without the sufficient opportunity to improve their financial state. In the novel Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens discussed the manner, in which the society mistreated orphans and children from low-income families. The author revealed that children were innocent in their nature and had to resort to immoral activities, such as beginning, pickpocketing, and prostitution because they did not have people, who could take care of them, as well as the sufficient opportunities to improve their social status. April 23, 2018 Read More »
Emergency responders and federal emergency response teams might not be in place for at least another day, and communications coming from the downtown city disaster area would be interrupted, thus creating panic and riots, and the population beginning to question the authority of the U.S. government. The media would likely have the first and loudest voice as most media channels outside of the main blast area would not be influenced and would spread unsubstantiated stories and misrepresentations in the name of news. Hospitals located outside the immediate area would be filled with persons making their way to a safe location and seeking medical attention. April 23, 2018 Read More »
Ralph Lauren’s first brand element is the name itself, Ralph Lauren. This name is memorable, as consumers immediately associate it with the brand and protectable, as the name itself is trademarked. We would argue that the name is also meaningful, as the brand has done a remarkable job in leading the consumer to believe that the name itself indicates the type of person who would buy the brand, someone with a sense of luxury and class. As far as likability is concerned, we believe it is hard to quantify, as it varies from person to person. While we do not believe this element is easily adaptable, it is transferable, as the brand can make anything from clothing to homeware and simply add ‘by Ralph Lauren’ to create an association with the brand. April 23, 2018 Read More »
Receiving an ICMP Packet Once the router discards your packet based on expired TTL, it copies the first 28 bytes (starting with the IP header) of that packet and sends them back to your host using an ICMP “TTL Expired” message. The format of this message is shown in Figure 2, where the first 28 bytes are generated by the router and the remaining 28 bytes are from your original packet.1 Notice in the figure, that the entire IP packet is delivered to the socket. Parsing the first IP header, you can obtain the router’s IP address. April 23, 2018 Read More »
The five dimensions of health are closely related to helpful effects from meditation treatment to depression. Physical dimension:Nobody can be successful without a strong body. In addition, one can gain a lot through mediation because of its physical activities to suppress the bad emotion April 23, 2018 Read More »
Power is the most important factor as it enables us to do tasks without permission from too many people. The four types of power involved are Informational source, personal source, power-based on position and relationship-based sources. All the powers play a key role in different fields to evolve new leaders and improve existing leadership skills. April 23, 2018 Read More »