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- The ROI of Human Capital - Chapter 10
- This is the Information Age, and people are the most important resource. It is true - profoundly true - with implications that are still difficult to fully grasp. Imagine going into the twenty-first century without current telecommunications technology. It would be impossible to sustain the growth of the world market...
- White papers
- Drug Testing's Negative Results
- This article explains the drug testing's negative results. The drug-testing industry is coming under scrutiny as the efficacy of drug testing continues to be a subject of debate, there is a more relevant question being raised at businesses where testing isn’t a federally mandated safety requirement. The American Management Association’s...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- The New World Of Business Ethics
- The paper examines the central aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. It addresses the issue of disclosing code of ethics, by the companies and the establishment of ‘whistleblowing’ procedures by the audit committees. It also looks at the financial disclosure part of legislation.
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Is SOX Shifting Management Responsibility From Managers To The Board?
- From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has effectively taken a great deal of managerial accountability away from the day-to-day managers and placed the burden squarely on the shoulders of the board of directors. The hope is that boards will rise to the challenge and overcome any past complacency.’ The...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Code Of Ethics—Thanks To SOX, You Need A COE For Your CEO And CFO
- From the executive summary: ‘In the light of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies must develop and publish a separate code just for senior financial officers, or publicly report why they have not. Congress is betting that most corporate directors and senior executives would rather not have to explain to...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Get A Grip On Internal Controls
- From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) includes a number of rules addressing the composition of boards of directors and audit committee members, limits on external audit services and severe penalties for corporate wrongdoing. Perhaps the most time-consuming and confusing rules for public companies are the new quarterly certification...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- Spin-Off Spin: Lessons Learned About Brand Management
- The winners, time and time again, saw this not simply as a financial event to take advantage of favorable market valuations but also as a true catalyst to transform their organization's brand identity, strategic thrust, competitive positioning and company culture. The commitment to developing and articulating the fundamental direction and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Lessons Learned About Brand Management
- Robust economic conditions led many organizations to determine that their core business would improve without a subunit or that the subunit could compete better on its own. Still, about half of these spin-offs failed to create shareholder value in terms of improved market valuations. Financial event took advantage of favorable...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Calm Down - And Hurry Up - A Manageable Plan For An Uncertain Future
- This new century presents an array of challenges unlike anything that has done before. Strategies of the past can never help an organization deliver results. It is essential for organizations to decide what really matters in the present, and define the way ahead. The paper provides an action-plan to counter...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Effective Branding: More Than Just a Name
- A brand is a company's asset. Well managed, it can enable a business to achieve competitive advantage. Poorly handled, it can mean the death of the business. What separates firms with strong brand names from those whose brands have poor reputations in the marketplace? This article provides a view on...
- White papers 2002-09-13
- A Real-World Approach To Process Improvement
- In some situations, process work becomes excessively complicated, cumbersome to deploy, expensive to implement and less likely to pay off. The following paper looks at the arguments given against process improvement and action steps to counter the concerns raised.
- White papers 2002-06-01
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- American Hospital Association
- The American Hospital Association (AHA) is dedicated to advancing the health of individuals and their communities. As the trusted source of information for the nation's hospitals, health care systems, networks and other care providers, the AHA turned to best-of-breed technology to improve medical care. Verity's intellectual capital management solutions help...
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- Tackling Pay for Performance
- Physician leaders regard the current method of determining Medicare reimbursement as deeply flawed, but they have serious reservations about the proposed alternative. While they support the new "Pay for performance" approach because it could help improve quality, they want both Medicare and private payers to adhere to some basic principles...
- White papers 2005-05-06
- Tide Rises on Pay for Performance With Voluntary Reporting Initiative
- The era of reporting hospital performance to the public and tying payment to quality is now a reality. In 2003, the American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, and the Association of American Medical Colleges launched a national voluntary reporting initiative to make critical information about hospital performance accessible...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- 2003 Bank Holding Company Insurance Income on Track to Beat 2002
- This paper is based on an analysis by the American Bankers Insurance Association and the Economic Policy and Research Division of the American Bankers Association. The data is based on the Year to Date June, 2003 figures reported to the Federal Reserve by bank holding companies in the 2nd quarter...
- White papers 2003-11-12
- Vacation, American Style
- Close the eyes and picture that person is relaxing on a soft, sandy beach with the eyes closed sun warming their face, cool drink by the side. Person is ready to drift off into a lazy sleep…as the cell phone, PDA, and e-mail service erupts in a cacophony of chimes,...
- White papers 2002-06-12
- The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues
- Transportation helps shape an area's economic health and quality of life. Because transportation can have a substantial impact on an area, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) requested a document be prepared...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Envisioning the Roadmap for a National Hospital Quality Reporting
- The American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) engaged Booz Allen Hamilton on behalf of the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) to pulse prominent thought leaders with opinions about hospital quality reporting and determine a roadmap for a single reporting...
- White papers 2006-06-01
- World Footwear Materials Exposition Returns to Taichung
- This paper presents the Event held by America Apparel & Footwear Association. Entering its third year, the World Footwear Materials Exposition (WFME), organized and presented by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), returns to Taichung, Taiwan, October 16-17 with its co-sponsors, The Taiwan Footwear Manufacturers Association and The Taiwan...
- White papers 2002-06-21
- Keeping Your Core Competencies Covered
- As an association grows, its organizational structure ideally evolves to meet the challenges of delivering more and different products and services to its steadily increasing membership. At some point, however, the association leadership may discover that it no longer can effectively and efficiently meet these needs and looks to an...
- White papers 2001-07-01
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