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- Modeling Concurrent Operational Interruptions in Construction Activities With Simplified Discrete Event Simulation Approach (SDESA)
- This paper introduces an enhanced version of the Simplified Discrete Event Simulation Approach SDESA by incorporating a concurrent interruptions model, which is intended to make construction simulations more realistic without compromising the simplicity of original SDESA. Particular emphasis is placed on how model the effects of operational interruptions upon the...
- White papers 2004-11-11
- Managing Workplace Interruptions | Useful Commute Podcast
- How many times are you interrupted during a typical workday? Who or what interrupts you the most? Gloria Mark, a professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of California at Irvine, has conducted extensive research on the effects of workplace interruptions. She finds that many times, we are...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Please Step Away From My Desk: How To Minimize Interruptions While Maximizing Your Productivity
- If you thought interruptions were a nuisance in the corporate world, ha ha! Wait 'til you start running your own small business. With the fate of your company riding on your shoulders, wasted time is by far your biggest enemy. Learn how to nip those productivity-busters in the bud while...
- White papers 2007-01-17
- Time Management: How To Minimize Interruptions
- If you're like most busy executives, you know that interruptions are a big drain on your productivity. While all interruptions can't (and shouldn't) be prevented, this paper gives few ways you can minimize them and gain more control over your time. Identify your priorities. If there's a key project you...
- White papers 2007-01-17
- Time Management Strategies - Manage Yourself, Not Time
- As the end of the year approaches, you may find yourself rushing around, feeling you'll never get everything done. That often does happen, even when it's not holiday season. We live in a world in which there never seems to be enough hours in the day. Even with a "To-do"...
- White papers 2007-01-17
- Understanding And Handling Time Wasters
- What is a time waster? A time waster is anything that decreases your productivity and your effectiveness. Usually, a time waster causes a shift in attention away from your No. 1 priorities. Many time wasters are a form of interruption. Those who think they are too busy to plan will...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Is Your Time Properly Organized For Maximum Performance?
- Interruptions are a roadblock to work, but they come all day long in the form of babies, friends, and personal and household emergencies. Life involves learning to accomplish things in spite of interruptions. Don't wait to organize yourself until all the interruptions are gone. You have three strategies: work around...
- White papers 2006-10-21
- Control Your Time Better By Eliminating Interruptions
- What is an interruption? An interruption is anything that diverts your attention from an activity you have chosen to do to an activity that someone else has purposely or inadvertently chosen for you. Interruptions are normally random and without any consideration for the importance of, or impact on, your time...
- White papers 2006-06-25
- Interrupting Interruptions
- A lot of our daily responsibilities require us to deal with interruptions, unanticipated events. These are not the problem. It is the unwanted, unnecessary interruptions that keep us from focusing on what really needs to get done. Let's face it: interruptions are part-and-parcel of our daily work lives. This paper...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- How To Prevent Interruptions
- Be careful that your tactics aren't counter productive to the organization. What may benefit you as an individual may be detrimental to the team. Isolating yourself might frustrate others, or cause them to waste their own time because you weren't available for help. This paper explains how to prevent interruptions.
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Stop Working for Technology - Make It Work For You
- Recently I did some executive education with high-potential managers from a large health care system. Not surprisingly these days, during the session as well as on breaks, and even when they were supposed to be working on tasks in groups, people were checking their messages, texting others, and doing work...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
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- Business Interruption Insurance Requires Rethinking
- Business interruption losses at the World Trade Center were much more significant than insurers thought they could ever be, and that fact could alter the way insurers write business interruption in the future. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center produced the single largest insurance loss in world history,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Interruption claims harder away from Ground Zero.(business interruption claims, World Trade Center terrorist attack)(Brief Article)
- Commercial policyholders that sustained direct physical property damage from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York are having an easier time settling their business interruption claims than are those located away from Gr Commercial policyholders that sustained direct physical property...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- Business interruption insurance requires rethinking
- Business interruption losses at the World Trade Center were much more significant than insurers thought they could ever be, and that fact could alter the way insurers write business interruption in the future. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center produced the single largest insurance loss in world history,...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Latest business interruption cover doesn't need a physical trigger.(Zurich Financial Services to launch a contingent business interruption product )
- Byline: RICHARD MILLER Among the latest developments in business interruption insurance is coverage for nonphysical damage, which some experts believe could fill important gaps for the telecommunications sector. Zurich, Switzerland-based insurer Zurich Financial Services Group Inc. intends to launch a contingent...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Business Interruption Coverage For Terrorism
- This article is about American companies, which have been concerned about the possibility of renewed terrorist activity that could materially affect business operations. A terrorist strike may physically damage or destroy an insured's premises. The insured business could suffer significant losses in business income. This lost income can be recouped...
- White papers 2003-01-07
- Crisis Management Business Interruption, Part II: Best Practices for Claims Preparation
- The September 11 terrorist attacks created what is perhaps the largest business interruption event in history, as measured in the number of claims, the magnitude of damage, and the complexity of adjusted losses. Of the tens of thousands of businesses that were disrupted by the catastrophe, many will be filing...
- White papers
- Court bars airline's 9/11 recovery bid.(US Airways Group Inc. vs. PMA Capital Insurance Co.)(business interruption coverage)
- Byline: JUDY GREENWALD RICHMOND, Va.-An airline that lost revenues in the grounding of planes after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks cannot recover under both its business interruption coverage and a federal act intended to compensate airline Byline: JUDY GREENWALD ...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- United loses in dispute over Sept. 11 coverage; Airline argues it's entitled to business interruption money under policy.(News)
- Byline: RUPAL PAREKH Crain News Service United Airlines cannot recoup earnings lost in relation to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks under the business interruption coverage in a property insurance policy, a federal judge has ruled. In July 2003 t Byline:...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
- Study says that Sept. 11 BI claims could drag on.(business interruption insurance)(Brief Article)
- Business interruption insurance claims arising from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks involve a variety of unique, gray areas that will keep some claims dragging on for years, according to an international consulting firm's study. Business interrupti Business interruption insurance claims arising from the...
- Research articles 2002-04-08
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