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- Yes And No - Effective Decision Making
- Every decision we make, in business, in life in general, is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other - there are no variances to this. Because it's as simple as Yes or No - and so often we get it wrong. You...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Complex Business Situations And Decision Making: Elements Of The Workplace
- In the Business Environment, there are numerous complex situations in which one must understand in order to maximize the benefits of success. Complex Solutions is a way that Management Personnel can better understand changes in their Business. If the understanding starts with the Complex Solutions, each Business can approach any...
- White papers 2006-09-07
- Evidence-Based Decision Making: Global Evidence, Local Decisions
- Variations in health care services have been well documented worldwide. The result is that increased health care spending is not uniformly associated with improved health. Interest in increasing the value obtained from health care investments has stimulated efforts to develop the best science and apply it to health care delivery....
- White papers 2005-02-01
- A Clinical Research Strategy to Support Shared Decision Making
- Greater use of evidence in health care decision making has highlighted the limited quantity and quality of evidence for many decisions. To make informed decisions, patients and physicians depend on valid evidence about benefits, risks, and costs of alternative treatments. Policymakers can also use this information to make promising new...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Treatment Decision-Making and the Form of Risk Communication: Results of a Factorial Survey
- Prospective users of preventive therapies often must evaluate complex information about therapeutic risks and benefits. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of relative and absolute risk information on patient decision-making in scenarios typical of health information for patients. In scenarios typical of health risk information, relative...
- White papers 2004-11-16
- National Trends in Healthcare Consumerism: The Quality-Conscious Consumer
- Witness the efforts of business coalitions such as the Leapfrog Group or the Pacific Business Group on Health. Take a closer look at certain privately funded efforts to capitalize on the lack of reliable decision-making tools for consumers. And if you have not yet spent time examining the potential impact...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Investment Decision-Making in Defined Contribution Pension Plans
- In recent years there has been a significant shift in pension provision in the USA and the UK from the situation where employers offer defined benefit pensions to employees, to a 'self-directed' defined contribution basis where the individual employee bears the risk that the pension contributions - and the investment...
- White papers 2004-06-24
- Factors in the Dispersant Use Decision-Making Process: Historical Overview and Look to the Future
- The decision to use chemical dispersants in a particular marine oil spill response revolves around an evaluation of the potential costs and benefits. Decision-makers must consider the potential effectiveness of dispersant treatment as well as the potential for environmental benefits for harm. This paper reviews the history of dispersant use...
- White papers 2002-05-28
- Site-Based Decision-Making Leadership in American Public Schools
- This paper explores the increased complexity that school-based management introduces between schools and their external environments, and considers how principals respond. The two cases reported here reveal that principals rely on different sources of legitimacy in making two kinds of decisions. Factual decisions legitimize principal's use of legal and bureaucratic...
- White papers 2000-07-20
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- Team building revisited: when team building is done right, organisations reap rewards in team effectiveness, leadership, and positive energy. This article looks at the important motivations behind team dynamics and why team building activities sometimes fail
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TEAM building isn't merely something organisations do because it creates harmonious work groups, or is fun to do. It is a way to bring out the power of collaboration among individuals. It is a proven method for blending the talents, skills, and inherent creativity of diverse...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- What can be learned from the roller coaster journeys of young people making ultimately successful transitions beyond school?
- This project investigated the interrelationships between family expectations and young people's post-school plans. All of the participants were from financially disadvantaged families. The research used interviews to understand these young people's perspectives of their transition experiences: the ways in which young people's school experiences impacted on their post-school pathways; how...
- Articles 2008-09-22
- WWF-Canada: Balancing Conservation and Development in Northern Ontario
- Today, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the Ontario government's commitment to balance conservation and development interests in Northern Ontario. WWF-Canada is available for comment on the Premier's statement. WWF-Canada believes: - First Nations must have a central role in decision-making about northern lands and waters; - Industry, including mining and...
- Articles 2008-07-14
- Balancing Dollars and Health Sense
- New Center for Excellence Report: A Framework for Decision Making on Funding State Retiree Health Care Benefits WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence looks at the complexities surrounding the funding of state retiree health benefits and...
- Articles 2008-06-24
- Prudential Delivers Comprehensive Voluntary Benefits Strategies and Services Designed to Enhance Overall Client Experience
- Poised to implement expanded enrollment online tools and services in time for 2008 annual enrollment NEWARK, N.J. -- As the role and importance of voluntary benefits continues to grow, with increased cost implications for both employers and their employees, Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance business announced today...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- New Release of Sabrix Application Delivers End-User Benefits to Tax Professionals as Well as Integration to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
- Sabrix®, Inc., the leading provider oftransaction tax management applications for companies of all sizes,announced its newest release of the Sabrix Application Suite, includingfull support for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. The latest release ofthe Sabrix Application Suite provides tax professionals with user interfaceUI and performance improvements that enable them...
- Articles 2008-06-18
- Towerstream Announces Participation at NXTcomm 2008
- Executives to speak about the benefits of WiMAX for applications and address WiMAX backhaul LAS VEGAS and MIDDLETOWN, R.I., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NXTcomm -- Towerstream , a leading fixed WiMAX service provider, today announced that company executives Jeff Thompson, President and CEO and Mel Yarbrough, Vice...
- Articles 2008-06-17
- News from OECD Ministerial Meeting: The Internet Technical Community Issues Memorandum on the Future of the Internet in a Global Economy
- * Principles for development of the future Internet economy announced to ministers from 30 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD member states * Internet technical community urges OECD to fuel creativity, build confidence and create maximum benefit from convergence to ensure a user-centric Internet. SEOUL,...
- Articles 2008-06-16
- MicroStrategy's Business Intelligence Platform Brings Greater Benefits to Control Point Solutions' Clients
- RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Control Point Solutions, Inc., (www.controlpointsolutions.com), the World's Largest Manager Of Telecom Expense[TM], announced the unveiling of its newest reporting system upgrade today. The enhanced web-based reporting system utilizes the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform[TM], which will enable users to analyze large volumes of data for greater insights and...
- Articles 2008-06-04
- Consumers Buy Too Much Insurance According to New Study from NYU Stern
- NEW YORK -- In this recessionary climate, consumers are rethinking their expenses and risk as health, mortgage and personal assets insurance issues loom large. New findings suggest that consumers are paying more than they should for insurance coverage. In his new co-authored research paper entitled, "Why Do People...
- Articles 2008-05-21
- TIBCO Spotfire Puts the Spotlight on Screening at InfoTech for Pharma and Biotech
- Christian Marcazzo's Presentation at May Conference to Show How Pharma Research Benefits from Advances in Analytics SOMERVILLE, Mass., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spotfire, a division of TIBCO Software Inc. , today announced that Christian Marcazzo, Senior Director Life Sciences Analytics, will present 'Applying Next Generation Business Intelligence...
- Articles 2008-05-20
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