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Developing Facilitation Skills: The art of facilitation enables a group of people as few as two to reach an outcome for which they will take responsibility and to which they will be fully committed.What You Need To KnowWhen there is a clear objective to be reached, isn't it awfully indulgent to give space...; Tags: BNet Staff, facilitation, team, tool; Articles 2007-02-09
Is It An Improvement When A Cannibal Uses A Fork Or Can 'Quality' Thinking Actually Change Outcomes?: There continues to be contention that quality thinking entrenches existing operations leading to the more consistent delivery of what was happening previously. There is also a level of scepticism regarding quality policy and that it is really 'Rationalisation' under another guise. Any management process or intervention, such as quality, has...; Tags: Quality, Intervention, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-08-23
Cost-Effective Allocation of Government Funds to Prevent HIV Infection: Relative to the magnitude of the epidemic, government funds available for HIV prevention are scarce. To optimize use of funds, the paper applies a mathematical model of the cost of HIV prevention interventions using national data on HIV risk-group size and HIV prevalence. This procedure suggested an allocation of funds...; Tags: Project HOPE, HIV virus, allocation, infection; White papers 2005-08-01
Intervention: What Are the Domestic Consequences?: The conventional wisdom is the view that prolonged, large-scale intervention must eventually weaken domestic macroeconomic performance. Yet massive intervention during the five years 2000 to 2004 by the major emerging market central banks - especially Asian central banks - has not apparently had such negative effects. This paper examines and...; Tags: Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, emerging market, bank, performance; White papers 2005-06-16
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention: Methods and Tactics: This paper focuses on the methods and tactics of foreign exchange market intervention with an emphasis on how the tactics of intervention can depend on intervention objectives and the environment. The paper highlights the main features of the survey responses provided by emerging market central banks on questions of the...; Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market, survey, bank, environment; White papers 2005-06-16

The Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries: This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known about the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention in emerging market countries. A major stumbling block in assessing the effectiveness of intervention in emerging markets has been a lack of data. In constructing an overview of the results, it...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Marketing research, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market; White papers 2005-06-16
Survey of Central Banks' Views on Effects of Intervention: This paper addresses how central banks in the emerging market economies assess the effects of their foreign exchange interventions on the exchange rate. It examines how they view other external effects of intervention, such as the relationship between intervention, reserve accumulation and external vulnerabilities, and the usefulness of additional rules...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Marketing research, Financial services, Bank for International Settlements, foreign-exchange, emerging market, survey, bank; White papers 2005-06-16
Why Do Some Countries Manage to Extract Growth From Foreign Aid?: Aid is primarily given to governments whereas the engine of sustained growth is the private sector. It is therefore illusory to investigate the impact of aid on growth without considering the impact of government interventions on the private sector. The model presented in this paper shows how these interventions improve...; Tags: IMF; White papers 2005-03-01
Surrogate Endpoints and FDA's Accelerated Approval Process: There is interest in approaches allowing more rapid availability of new interventions, particularly for diseases providing risks of death or serious illness. The accelerated-approval regulatory process is intended to address this need by allowing marketing of interventions shown to have strong effects on measures of biological activity, if those measures...; Tags: Project HOPE, endpoint, public health, marketing, benefit; White papers 2005-02-01
Audit of Therapeutic Interventions in Inpatient Children Using Two Scores: Are they Evidence-Based in Developing Countries?: This white paper work involves performing a study to determine the proportion of evidence-based therapeutic interventions in a paediatric referral hospital of a developing country. It suggests necessary method and results for achieving this goal. It also gives conclusion as most interventions were inappropriate, despite the availability of effective therapy...; Tags: Free trade, BioMed Central, developing country, therapy, audit; White papers 2004-12-29
Profiting on Interventions in Forex Markets: Interventions occur as a result of central banks intervening by using their reserves in order to stabilize the value of their currency. Although they can be extremely profitable, trading them is mostly for speculators. There are several ways to try and gauge when an intervention is likely to occur, but...; Tags: Investopedia, Intervention, Financial Services; White papers 2004-12-22
The Empirics of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries: The Cases of Mexico and Turkey: This paper analyzes the effects of intervention on the level and volatility of the exchange rate in Mexico and Turkey, two emerging countries that have floating exchange rate regimes. The paper finds mixed evidence on the effectiveness of intervention. In both cases, the findings are consistent with officially stated policy...; Tags: Free trade, Financial services, IMF, exchange rate, Turkey, volatility, Mexico, emerging market, foreign-exchange, bank, tool; White papers 2004-07-01
WorkCover Integrates GP Forms Into Line-of-Business Systems: Providing injured workers with the best possible recovery path and the most effective return to work programme is vital. WorkCover in South Australia identified early intervention as a key determinant of recovery rates, and sought to automate their internal and external processes to improve worker outcomes. The solution, known as...; Tags: Intervention, Worker, WorkCover; Case studies 2004-01-01
Interventions With AXIOM - InSpace 3D: InSpace 3D is the standard tool for three-dimensional visualization in angiography. Today, 3D display is routinely used for neuroradiological interventions. For years, the established treatment of aneurysms and arteriovenous deformities has been coils or other embolisates. High image quality and the benefits of 3D display are finding application in an...; Tags: Siemens AG, 3D, workstation, benefit, tool; Case studies 2003-08-01
Efficiency Counts: Developing the Capacity to Manage Costs at Air Force Materiel Command: This paper presents a study of executive leadership that focuses on the two broad types of intellectual performance needed to provide leadership for organizations: diagnosing situations, and designing and improvising organizational interventions. Situation diagnosis includes the identification of latent opportunities to create value and the factors limiting realization of those...; Tags: IBM Corp., leadership, performance; White papers 2003-08-01
When Do Central Bank Interventions Influence Intra-Daily and Longer-Term Exchange Rate Movements?: This paper examines dollar interventions by the G3 governments since 1989, and the reasons that trader reactions to these interventions might differ over time and across central banks. Market microstructure theory provides a framework for understanding the process by which sterilized central bank interventions are observed and interpreted by traders,...; Tags: Free trade, trader, exchange rate, bank, volatility, theory; White papers 2003-07-24
Central Bank Foreign Exchange Market Intervention And Option Contract Specification: The Case of Colombia: This article aims to identify appropriate option contract specification for effective central bank exchange market intervention. Option contract specification determines the impact of options on the underlying asset or currency, and hence, their actual effect on asset price or currency volatility and are therefore key in determining the effectiveness of...; Tags: Asset management, IMF, specification, asset price, bank, asset; White papers 2003-06-01
Using Real Time Strategic Change For Strategy Implementation: Strategic planning is key to an organization’s future performance. However, there are several challenges to implementing this type of planning in an organization. Large group interventions are one set of methods for addressing these challenges. This paper outlines the key characteristics behind different types of large group interventions. In addition,...; Tags: Strategic Planning, strategy; White papers 2003-01-01
What Are the Keys to Successful and Active Intervention by GPs in Their Troubled Portfolio Companies?: When portfolio companies become troubled, the General Partner’s role is to determine if outside intervention is required and, if so, which resources must be brought to bear and in what time frame. Most portfolio companies do not experience severe distress; however, companies under perform sufficiently often that the General Partner...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Financial accounting, Institute for Fiduciary Education, fund manager, private equity, investor, accountability, competitive advantage, equity, business process, performance, job; White papers 2003-01-01
Stress Management Interventions in the Workplace: This article is about a client-centred approach, which throws up a wide range possible interventions in which the consultant needs competency in a variety of different areas to undertake effective assignments. It also includes various behavioural techniques recognised competency in cognitive. Inevitably clients tend to resist organisationally-orientated interventions and this...; Tags: competency, stress management, workplace, technique; White papers 2003-01-01