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- a set of step-by-step instructions designed to ensure that a task is efficiently and consistently performed. Procedures regulate the conduct of an organization's activities and ensure that decision making is...
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- Try the Consensus Approach for More Effective Meetings
- Think the venerated Robert's Rules of Order are the last word for running meetings? If you're not satisfied that you're getting everyone on the same page, maybe it's time to ditch parliamentary procedure and try a different approach. Lawrence Susskind, who wrote "Breaking Roberts Rules," says parliamentary...
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Conducting an Internal Audit
- The internal audit is an essential—and now much discussed—part of business. The Institute of Internal Auditors, an international association of internal auditors, offers this definition: "An independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing...
- Articles 2007-11-15
- Johnson & Johnson Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionLouise Mehrotra We will now open the floor to questions. If you could wait for a microphone as we are webcasting the meeting. Rick Wise - Leerink Swann Clearly device group had a terrific quarter, very solid performance this quarter but when you look at some of the...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-13
- Procedures in Complex Systems: The Airline Cockpit
- In complex human-machine systems, successful operations depend on an elaborate set of procedures which are specified by the operational management of the organization. These procedures indicate to the human operator in this case the pilot the manner in which operational management intends to have various tasks performed. The intent is...
- White papers 2005-08-02
- How to Stop Harassment: The Professional Construction of Legal Compliance in Organizations
- Between the mid-1970s and the late 1990s, American employers adopted sexual harassment grievance procedures and anti-harassment training in droves. Neither case law nor legislation supported these practices, and lawyers advised that grievance procedures could backfire, putting employers at risk of liability. Where did these strategies come from and how did...
- White papers 2006-01-30
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Guided by Intracardiac Echocardiography
- The use of the intracardiac echocardiography ICE has been described in guiding the closure of atrial septal defects and also in assisting electrophysiological procedures (e.g. pulmonary vein ablation in atrial arrhythmias). Experience with the use of ICE in guiding ventricular procedures is less extensive. Siemens' has used ICE to guide...
- White papers 2002-11-12
- Alliances And Negotiations
- Negotiations often occur not between individuals but among groups (companies, trade unions, political parties, etc.) each representing composite interests, whose bargaining behaviour is regulated by some collective decision mechanism. In this paper we provide a natural model of such circumstances. We formalise the notion of 'alliance' and show how different...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Coffee Company Survives Thievery With SCORE's Help in Clinton, NY
- Kevin LaPlante, the former welder's idea for a gourmet coffee shop and bistro had been perking along nicely. He had an ideal location, a unique product, and a growing number of loyal customers. Kevin's accounting and financial procedures followed the standard formula for successful restaurants. But although Kevin thought he...
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- How To Change Procedures
- Companies change and the world changes, eventually too, our business procedures must change. Unfortunately, changing business procedures is difficult on employees and even on customers. Think about how you feel when your email system or a website that you commonly go to is updated. It's hard to make the switch...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Intuitive Surgical Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Today's first question comes from Sean Levin. Sir, your line is open. Sean Levin - Lazard Capital Thank you. Congratulations on another strong quarter. Benjamin Gong - Vice President of Finance Thanks Sean. Sean Levin - Lazard Capital Sure. My first question has to do with...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-16
- PSS World Medical, Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. And our first question comes from the line of Lisa Gill with JP Morgan. Please proceed with question. Lisa Gill Thanks very much and good morning. In July, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners did a study, and they found that 22% of people said...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-23
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions The first question comes from the line of Tao Levy from Deutsche Bank Tao Levy - Deutsche Bank The strength in the quarter internationally, it seems like you get blocks of systems from countries, like 5 in Germany. Are these government...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-23
- American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc., Q4 2008 (Qtr End 01/03/09) Earnings Conference Call
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Tom Gunderson – Piper Jaffray. Amy – Piper Jaffray This is Amy in for Tom. Tony, you touched briefly on the economy, and how that can weigh heavily on elective procedures, but I...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-17
- Covidien PLC F3Q09 (Qtr End 06/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Thomas Gunderson - Piper Jaffray. Thomas Gunderson - Piper Jaffray I’ll ask my one general question, may be you could give us, Rich, a little bit more color or granularity on the hospital...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-30
- Intuitive Surgical’s Million Dollar Robots Continue to Move -- For Now
- Intuitive Surgical, a maker of surgical robotics for minimally invasive procedures, reported robust third quarter 2008 revenue growth of 50 percent. The company cited expanding acceptance of its surgical robots and higher sales of its da Vinci Surgical Systems, particularly for hysterectomies and prostate surgery. The system, however, which can...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Intuitive's Expensive Surgical Robots Still in Demand -- But For How Long?
- Intuitive Surgical, a maker of surgical robotics for minimally invasive procedures, reported robust third quarter 2008 revenue growth of 50 percent. The company cited expanding acceptance of its surgical robots and higher sales of its da Vinci Surgical Systems, particularly for hysterectomies and prostate surgery. The system, however, which can...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Design and Operational Aspects of Flight-Deck Procedures
- In complex human-machine systems, training, standardization, quality assurance, and actual operations depend on an elaborate set of procedures. This paper examines the issue of procedurization from two different, yet related, aspects: the overall design process of procedures and operational considerations. The design process and operational considerations resulted from cockpit observations,...
- White papers 2005-08-02
- Guideline on Procedures for Change Orders
- There are many reasons for issuing a change order on a construction project. As the number of change orders on a project increases, so does the possibility of misunderstanding among the contracting parties. The paper presents procedures that can be recommended to owners, architects, contractors, and subcontractors to minimize the...
- White papers 2003-10-31
- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Derrick Sung with Sanford Bernstein. Derrick Sung – Sanford Bernstein Thanks for taking my question. If I could start on the hip and knee broad markets, it looks like the knee markets did pick up this quarter...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-22
- Process Versus Procedures
- The language of the ISO 9000 revision significantly moves away from procedure to process so is this change any more than simple semantics or is there something fundamental going on? Within the context of quality management standards, and more specifically IS0 9000, 'procedure' is a key word which has acquired...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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