HBR CASE STUDY Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? Peachtree Healthcare’s patchwork IT infrastructure is in critical condition. Should the CEO approve a shift to risky new technology or go with the time-tested monolithic system? by John P. Glaser F Daniel Vasconcellos after their squash game‚ Max Berndt drank iced tea with his board chairman‚ Paul Lefler. Max‚ a thoracic surgeon by training‚ was the CEO of Peachtree Healthcare. He’d occupied the post for nearly 12 years. In that time the
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One of the most influential people in my life is Conor McGregor because of his determination to be the best and always succeed in everything he does and if he can not achieve the goal then he admits his faults which is very respectable. Conor McGregor had a relatively normal life growing up in Crumlin‚ south Dublin‚ Ireland. He attended Gaelscoil and Gaelcholáiste medium schools and was an average student. “His father
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Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a very influential lady of the 1950’s and 60’s. She starred in many films‚ and supported charities that helped children. She was born and raised in Ixelles‚ Belgium. Her childhood was as expected‚ full of fun and laughter‚ until WW2 broke out. She was right in the middle of a war zone. Her father was a Nazi sympathizer. Which caused feuds between her mother and father. At the young age of six‚ her parents divorced. This was very traumatic for a young Audrey. It was
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Justin Cronin the writer of “Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner” states that you should be able to own guns. You should be able to exercise your rights and express your beliefs on gun ownership. All should be done with the right precautions and safety. The effectiveness of this essay makes it a convincing‚ because he states his arguments and he also states possible counter arguments. The author’s purpose in writing this is to show the reasons why we should be able to own guns without any restrictions
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Behind the Swoosh is a documentary worth seeing on one of Nike’s factories located in Indonesia. Unlike what we think about factories here today in the United States‚ you soon learn the ugly truth that in fact Nike’s factory is really a sweatshop. Workers are paid next to nothing and can barely survive. Educating for Justice Directors‚ Leslie Kretzu and Jim Keady are two Americans that go to Indonesia to live as one of Nike’s sweatshop workers and record their time spent living in the slums. The
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Around the world‚ restaurant industry has been growing much faster than the population. Fast-food restaurants‚ which the easiest way to overcome long-term and presto working hours with short-term lunctimes‚ lead. However‚ in addition to opportunity of “easy-eating” for workers‚ we have to think of these restaurants’ own workers. About two-thirds of the fast food workers are under the age of twenty. It’s an informed choice because teenagers accept to work longer with low wages and‚ because of their
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Behind the Curtain: The Process of Choreographing a Performance If you have ever gone to a ballet‚ musical or any sort of live performance‚ you most likely saw some sort of choreography. The art of choreographing is somewhat like writing. You have to plan and research‚ write an outline‚ create multiple drafts‚ receive edits and critiques from peers‚ and finally ending with a finished product to share with the public. Choreography can move the viewer through a storyline‚ portray different emotions
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Kyoto´s Protocol signed by European Countries in 1997 made Eurozone commits itself to reducing their CO2 emissions by 5% (referred to 1990 figures) [1]. In order to achieve such a reduction all countries were forced to their own abatement figures and also to incorporate environmental policies to their legislations. The EU Commision´s 2007 and 2008 communications and proposals were the basis of Directive 2009/28/EC where Strategy 2020 was established. The basic core of this strategy is 20/20/20:
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Connection To Real Women Have Curves In the movie Real Women Have Curves multiple obstacles that may impact a student’s possibility of continuing with his or her education are clearly pointed out. In the movie Real Women Have Curves there is Ana‚ a character in the movie that has the opportunity to continue her education after high school by attending a university but‚ has to work as a seamstress with her mother and sister. The one issue that I can relate to is that like Ana I have had to go to
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Trends Two important trend reports were released in May 2011. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Research Institute’s “Behind the Numbers: Medical Cost Trends for 2012” examined the medical costs for employers in 2012 and Medco’s “Drug Trend Report” looked at prescription drug prices and utilization trends. The following are highlights from each report5: PwC’s “Behind the Numbers: Medical Cost Trends for 2012” survey was completed during the first quarter of 2011. Survey participants included
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