The Public Relations PR industry is responsible for creating and maintaining relationships between clients and customers. Through areas such as brand management, advertising, media relations and crisis management, PR practitioners seek to foster interest, trust and belief in a product or company. PR practitioners are aware of how best to...
Most plan sponsors are now realizing the significant cost challenges posed by the high prevalence of overweight and obese individuals covered in medical plans. Aon's health and welfare practitioners need to understand the implications of overweight and obesity, because of recent evidence revealing its impact on plan costs and the...
According to the USC-Annenberg study of 520 PR departments in the U.S., PR practitioners are feeling very good these days about their relationship with top management. This survey result is at odds with conventional wisdom, which has PR people perpetually wringing their hands about their perceived lack...
This paper explores issues about firm sustainability in a time of rapid global change. As a strategist and product development practitioner, the author needs a better understanding of how those aspects of business intersect today. They are not frequently used in the same sentence; but the author believes they come...
This paper investigates the effects of attitudes toward the perceived importance of corporate ethics and social responsibility and Machiavellianism on professional tax practitioners' willingness to advocate aggressive avoidance schemes on behalf of corporate clients. We hypothesise that practitioners who perceive corporate ethics and social responsibility as more important will judge...
This paper discusses the relationship between usability and accessibility in web design which is thought by some to involve contradictory design requirements. It examines the relationship between the two design fields by comparing and contrasting definitions of each along with the techniques and methods used by their practitioners. It considers...
The general practitioner in Norway is expected to ensure equity and effectiveness through fair rationing. At the same time, due to recent reforms of the Norwegian health care sector, both the role of economic incentives and patient autonomy have been strengthened. Studies indicate that modern general practitioners, both in Norway...
There is good deal of discussion among Business Process Management BPM practitioners over whether it is necessary, or desirable, to introduce new Information Technology IT to obtain the full benefits from process re-design. While vendors of BPM solutions obviously think so, not all BPM practitioners are convinced. Some argue that...
The aim of this paper is to understand Generalized Linear Models GLMs and use them to analyze insurance data. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 provides a foundation for the statistical theory and gives illustrative examples and intuitive explanations which clarify the theory. Section 2 provides practical insights...
Preconception care provided by family physicians/general practitioners (FP/GPs) can provide predictable benefits to mothers and infants. The objective of this study was to elucidate knowledge of, attitudes about, and practices of preconception care by FP/GPs in Japan. The results depicts that FP/GPs in Japan report little training in preconception care...
Over-prescribing of benzodiazepines appears common in many countries, a better understanding of prescribing practices and attitudes may help develop strategies to reduce prescribing. This study aimed to evaluate benzodiazepine prescribing behavior and attitudes in general practitioners practicing in Chiang Mai and Lampoon, Thailand. It concludes that a considerable proportion of...
Family practitioners take care of large numbers of seniors with increasingly complex mental health problems. Varying levels of input may be necessary from psychiatric consultants. This study examines patients'/family, family practitioners', and psychiatrists' perceptions of the bi-directional pathway between such primary care doctors and consultants. Gaps in expectations exist amongst...
The aim of this study is to investigate general practitioners' diagnostic reasoning about patients with suspected chronic heart failure in comparison with recommendations in European guidelines. Some implications of this study reveals that general practitioners need more information about how to utilize echocardiography when diagnosing chronic heart failure, guidelines ought...
For most practitioners in the nonprofit sector, measuring performance has been elusive - trapped in a vortex of idiosyncratic evaluators, enigmatic regressions, and incongruous logic models. Compounding this frustration is the powerful and ambient call of managers, boards and funders to account for and improve results. Classic program evaluation methods...
This paper examines the emergence of private Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR in Australian workplaces through two surveys and three case studies. The surveys demonstrate the uptake of private ADR has been slow although most practitioners describe their business as growing. The case studies illustrate deficiencies in the conduct of ADR...
Article says that the PR practitioner’s role is to hew to accuracy rather than flog enthusiasm. It is a willingness to stand up to technologists, to assemble facts and to present stories within the context of the marketplace. It is understatement to write that this is a hard task fraught...
To do the job well as a PR counselor, one needs to keep in touch with the respective industry, competitors and the economy. If there is one failing young PR practitioners too often exhibit, it is a lack of curiosity. The PR practitioner provides a valuable window for executives and...
The article asserts that PR practitioners over time should learn these human patterns and know how to handle typical responses. One gains credibility through providing wise advice and implementing appropriate action to influence the outcome of events. Communicators should be a voice of reason and long-term self-interest in debates over...
This paper explores the synergies and tensions between human rights and conflict resolution practitioners. The paper begins by surveying the core principles, goals, and values of the two fields. Next the paper looks at the methods used by practitioners in each field during each of the three stages of conflict:...
From the executive summary: ‘Organizations change their shape over time, just as people do. Sometimes they are pressured to grow larger in size and scope, and sometimes they are pressured to shrink or contract instead. Unfortunately, from the looks of things in today's external environment, it appears as modern organizations...
