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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association Between Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants and Diabetes: Experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants POPs may cause type 2 diabetes mellitus, whereas there is no fully convincing epidemiological evidence for such an association. In Sweden the most important source of POP exposure is fatty fish. This paper assesses the association between serum levels of POPs...; Tags: BioMed Central, Association; White papers 2005-11-29
Housing Counsel: You Have the Right to Fly the American Flag: Most community associations throughout the country have some form of architectural review committee. Although the scope of these committees varies, the general theme is that in order to keep some semblance of uniformity and balance within the association, unit owners must receive advance approval from a committee before any exterior...; Tags: Committee, Association; White papers 2005-08-01
Using Association Rules For Fraud Detection In Web Advertising Networks: Discovering associations between elements occurring in a stream is applicable in numerous applications, including predictive caching and fraud detection. These applications require a new model of association between pairs of elements in streams. We develop an algorithm, Streaming-Rules, to report association rules with tight guarantees on errors, using limited processing...; Tags: Web, Web Advertising, Association, Fraud Detection, Productivity, Engineering; White papers 2005-07-19
Hospital Group to Detail Safety Plan: Initiative Aims to Improve Care and Reduce Errors: The Massachusetts Hospital Association is expected to unveil an ambitious program today to improve patient safety in the state's 105 hospitals, including public posting of nurses' workloads at individual hospitals and the number of hours each day they spend directly caring for patients. The association's program is voluntary. But hospitals...; Tags: Healthcare, Massachusetts Hospital Association, Association, Hospital, Patient; White papers 2005-01-26
Emergence Of The Association Enterprise: From the executive summary: ‘As the need to create more distinctive forms of value grows in importance as a responsibility for association CEOs, the need for more robust concepts of strategy grows as well. Unfortunately, the traditional, linear strategic planning in which most associations engage is increasingly incompatible with the...; Tags: Association, Strategic Planning, Channel Management, Strategy, Management, Marketing; White papers 2003-06-01

Turning Staff Into Ambassadors: This article is about conventions and meetings which are among the best places for staff to reinforce a member's decision to join and participate in the association. It also includes connecting people and obtaining informal intelligence that can help to improve an organization and to learn about some of the...; Tags: Center For Association Leadership, Association, Ambassador, Productivity, Workforce Management, Human Resources; White papers 2003-02-01
Point of Purchasing Advertising International Reinvents Itself: From the executive summary: ‘An association’s leadership was involved with strategic planning initiative recognized to achieve new goals that require a re-allocation of resources, staff time, and focus. As a result, it became apparent that the tradeshow, while successful and attractive to the membership was a valuable asset that could...; Tags: Advertisement, Center For Association Leadership, Association, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management; Case studies 2003-01-01
Common Interest Development: A common interest development CID is a type of housing which combines the individual ownership of private dwellings with the shared ownership of common facilities. The common facilities can range from roads and water systems to clubhouses, swimming pools and even 18-hole golf courses. CIDs provide a system of self-governance...; Tags: Community Association, Association, Common Interest Development, Construction; White papers 2003-01-01
Balanced Scorecard for Associations: The Balanced Scorecard system of planning measurement has been used in companies for years, but it's new to associations. This article explains the system and how some associations are experimenting with it. Many association executives are grappling with the need to involve their Boards in an ongoing strategic dialogue while...; Tags: Product Marketing, Balanced Scorecard, Association, Marketing Research, Marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
Strategic Management: Strategic management is the process by which an association assesses its strengths and weaknesses, identifies present and future member needs, and empowers volunteers and staff to provide excellent products and services that respond to those needs. It has four steps: strategic thinking, strategic planning, strategic implementation, evaluation, and feedback. All...; Tags: Association, Strategic Management, Leadership, Strategy, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Staying Strategic: Most associations feel happy about the accomplishment of strategic planning process. But, like every other process, this too comes with its share of problems. The problems result from the crisis that hampers strategic planning process. Hence, it is essential for associations to identify the problem areas and work towards achievement...; Tags: Management, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Association; White papers 2002-10-01
Building The Strategic Association: From the executive summary: ‘The hallmark of strategic association is the fundamental understanding that strategy is no longer simply the province of an organization's top leaders. In the chaotic and confusing times, the responsibility for making strategy, as well as for making it work, must be shared by everyone who...; Tags: Strategy, Management, Association; White papers 2002-09-01
Effective Branding More Than Just A Name: This paper discusses about the state of branding today and the step executives need to take to protect their brand equity. A company name serves as a trigger or shortcut for consumers, evoking a group of perceptions about the company. It is important to think about all these associations and...; Tags: Marketing, Association, Brand, Branding; White papers 2002-07-01
Maximizing Your Media Relations Efforts: From the executive summary: ‘Although associations stage diverse media campaigns, all agree that strong media relations strategies are essential to accomplishing association goals. Whether the target audiences are legislators, consumers, or potential members, results are no longer measured by the thickness of the clip stack. These days, associations are being...; Tags: Association, Public Relations, Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management; White papers 2002-05-01
The Added Value Of Corporate Brands: When Do Organizational Associations Affect Product Evaluations?: This study shows that different types of associations regarding a company have different effects on customers' product evaluations. Associations with a company's ability influenced quality perceptions of products marketed by the company's subsidiaries, but no intentions to actually buy those products. In contrast, corporate social responsibility associations influenced product purchase...; Tags: Brand, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Association, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations; White papers 2002-04-01
Choosing At The Crossroads: Building associations seems to be an easy process. But, difficulty lies in surviving through tough challenges and coming out a winner. Experts suggest that associations can become more vibrant if they accept changes as they come. Thus, it is essential to keep five key elements in mind viz. strategy, innovation,...; Tags: Center For Association Leadership, Association, Strategy, Workforce Management, Leadership, Management, Human Resources; White papers 2002-04-01
Using Branding To Develop More Effective Membership Campaign: From the executive summary: ‘One of the best methods for attracting new members to an association is by first branding the association, its products, and services. In doing so, one can make association's benefits more appealing and association more relevant to potential members. Additionally, branding enables companies to state more...; Tags: Association, Branding, Marketing; White papers 2002-03-01
Strategic Planning And The Small Association: The Show Must Go On?: From the executive summary: ‘For large associations such an exercise equals consultants, retreats and usually a three ring binder with enough recommendations to keep 100 staff members busy for five or more years. But, how does strategic planning fit within an organization that has six staff members? Is it a...; Tags: Strategy, Management, Strategic Planning, Association; White papers 2002-01-01
Being Expeditionary: From the executive summary: ‘During periods of dramatic change, associations and other organizations are poorly served by traditional, incremental approaches to thinking about the future. Traditional approaches assume that future will be some sort of extrapolation of the present, albeit at an accelerating rate of change. Traditional approaches also presume...; Tags: Approach, Center For Association Leadership, Association, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management; White papers 2001-11-01
Investment Of Credit Funds: No credit union chartered by the State of Georgia shall invest its funds which are not used in loans in any bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or credit union in an amount exceeding five percent of the total deposits of the bank, building and loan association,...; Tags: Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Association, Union; White papers 2001-11-06