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A Field Study Of Early Organizational Outcomes From The Introduction Of A Skill Based Pay Program: Despite the documented increased use of skill or knowledge based pay programs in organizations, little evidence exists to demonstrate whether these plans achieve the results that are intended. This study, a quasi-experimental, empirical test of the organizational outcomes from the introduction of a skill based pay program, addresses this need....; Tags: Cornell University, compensation, knowledge, workforce; White papers
Time Management Tip: What Outcome Do You Want From Your Time?: You probably can't eliminate all the distractions from your time management plans, so you have to learn to deal with them or work around them. The outcome you want from this time management tip will be obtained through your actions. What actual actions would you have to take to accomplish...; Tags: time management; White papers 2007-12-01
Switch Off Time Management?: Time is actually a gift. How much of it we have is unknown. What if you only have today? How would you use it? Would you look at the people in your life differently? What impact would you make today? How would you treat your co-worker, family member, sibling, spouse,...; Tags: time management; White papers 2007-12-01
Building Your Influence: “Lean and mean” is a popular catchphrase used when describing today’s organizational structures. In an effort to become more efficient and drive down costs, many organizations have adopted a matrix or networked structure that relies on teams to implement managerial decisions and the resultant projects. Consequently, cooperation within and between...; Tags: BNET Editorial, motivation, body language, organizational structure, team, talent, benefit; Articles 2007-10-09
Our Lives In Digital Times: This paper uses statistical information to begin to shed light on the outcomes and impacts of Information and Communications Technology ICT. Some of the expected outcomes associated with ICT are presented, while factual evidence is used to demonstrate that these outcomes have so far not materialized. The paperless office is...; Tags: Outcome, Information And Communication Technology, Office, Strategy, Management; White papers 2006-11-01

Immediate Removal of Indwelling Catheters After Hysterectomy Was Not Associated With Adverse Outcomes: Indwelling urinary catheters are frequently used after urogenital surgery to monitor urine output and to prevent urinary retention. Although there seems to be no clinical uncertainty about the need for an empty bladder before surgery, controversy arises about the ideal time to remove the catheter. Removal of indwelling catheters tends...; Tags: surgery, patient, monitor; White papers 2006-08-25
A Review of the Psychometric Properties of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) Family of Measures: The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales HoNOS was developed to routinely measure outcomes for adults with mental illness. Comparable instruments were also developed for children and adolescents the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents and older people (the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+)....; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, BioMed Central, health care, monitoring; White papers 2005-11-28
Who Chooses the Provider Affects Workers' Compensation Costs and Outcomes: The medical payments for workers' compensation are rising rapidly in many states. Consequently, policymakers have been exploring options that might reduce these costs - ideally without negative effects on the quality of care and outcomes for injured workers. A number of states, including California, enacted laws that give employers, rather...; Tags: compensation, worker, California, payment; White papers 2005-11-01
The Relationships Between Depression and Other Outcomes of Chronic Illness Caregiving: Many caregivers with chronically ill relatives suffer from depression. However, the relationship of depression to other outcomes of chronic care-giving remains unclear. This study tested a hypothesized model which proposed that hours of care, stressful life events, social support, age and gender would predict caregivers' outcomes through perceived caregiver stress....; Tags: BioMed Central, depression; White papers 2005-02-22
Business Utilities: Converging on the Future: A new business model is emerging. It offers a unique environment in which competitors join together to identify business operations that require collaboration in order to accelerate transformational changes within their industries. The outcome is a business utility in which organizations outsource similar, core operations to an independent service provider....; Tags: Strategy, Unisys Corp., outsourcing, industry, pricing strategy, collaboration, environment; White papers 2005-01-07
Benchmarking for Cardiovascular Program Success: The time has come for healthcare to improve its outcomes through a practice standard in most other industries - benchmarking. By benchmarking against similar institutions, a great potential exists to use the other institutions' experiences and create innovative solutions to issues. This allows the organization to quickly improve processes and...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, benchmarking, best practice, health care, performance, financial, industry; White papers 2004-08-10
Agreeing Now To Agree Later: Contracts That Rule Out But Do Not Rule In: The publisher views a contract as a list of outcomes. Ex ante, the parties commit not to consider outcomes not on the list, i.e., these are "ruled out". Ex post, they freely bargain over outcomes on the list, i.e., the contract specifies no mechanism to structure their choice; in this...; Tags: Harvard University, incentive; White papers 2004-05-01
Results From the First California Health and Social Services Survey: In this paper, they provide information about the surveyed population, beginning with respondents who were on aid at the time of the survey. They discuss their knowledge of CalWORKs rules; their attitudes toward the program; the work, training, or educational activities they engage in if any; and their outcomes while...; Tags: Marketing research, RAND Corp., survey, income, health care, training, knowledge; White papers 2004-01-01
Team Building Is About Discovering How People Think and Work: Team building programmes around the world are growing phenomena. It is a common practice for most organisations today to hold team building events at either department level or company level at least once a year. One of the main reasons is that most managers today believe team building events are...; Tags: Team management, team-building, bond, benefit; White papers 2004-01-01
Proven Outcomes in Cardiology: Proven outcomes is what Siemens is helping to deliver right now across the entire health care continuum. Outcomes that result from truly efficient workflow. These are outcomes that improve the bottom line, and that lead to a level of care that feels exceptional to the patient and the care provider....; Tags: Siemens AG, IT administration, patient, consulting, health care, information technology; White papers 2003-08-12
Foreign Direct Investment And Labor-Market Outcomes: The multinationalization of production is perhaps the most striking and distinguishing characteristic of the process of globalization over the last two decades. The share of cross-border capital flows accounted for by the Foreign Direct Investment FDI of multinationals has been rising in last few years. This paper examines the relationship...; Tags: Foreign direct investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign exchange, Investment, Yale University, foreign direct investment, worker, volatility, globalization; White papers 2003-02-01
Strategy Vs. Outcome: This article describes the importance of investment strategy and it is various outcomes for the investors. Investment strategy is forward looking. Investment strategies should be developed from a sound foundation in financial economics, and a comprehensive investment philosophy. The strategy must be tailored to the unique needs of each investor,...; Tags: Investment, Investor Solutions Inc., investment strategy, strategy, investor, financial; White papers 2003-01-01
Decision Tree Analysis- Choosing Between Options by Projecting Likely Outcomes: Decision Trees are excellent tools for helping one to choose between several courses of action. They provide a highly effective structure within which we can lay out options and investigate the possible outcomes of choosing those options. They also help us to form a balanced picture of the risks and...; Tags: decision tree, decision-making, tool; White papers 2003-01-01
What Is Emotional Intelligence: From the executive summary: ‘If there is anything close to a consensus in the understanding of intelligence, it is that the Intelligence Quotient IQ does not wholly account for an individual's success or failure in the world. In fact, most social scientists that study intelligence estimate that IQ accounts for...; Tags: Leadership, emotional intelligence; White papers 2003-01-01
Seven Ways To Be An In Valuable Resource: Building and maintaining relationship can take an enormous chunk of sales professional's time and effort! This some advice on how to really make that investment pay off. Relationships will get the appointment, but the consultative selling approach will get the business. Instead, one must make it clear that they can...; Tags: eFrog Pond Inc., decision-making, competitive advantage, sales; White papers 2003-01-01