December 2007 Excellus Creates EA and SOA Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Creates Enterprise Architecture and SOA Solution to Consolidate Disparate IT Systems Executive Overview When several Blue Cross Blue Shield programs in upstate New York merged‚ each organization brought its own business processes and IT systems to the new entity. Because they were so different‚ yet had to be consolidated‚ the new entity‚ Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield‚ wanted to first implement a strong business analysis
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Employee Training and Career Development Training and Development is important in an organization. It helps employees develop their personal and organizational skills‚ knowledge‚ and abilities. Companies depend on human resources to help them develop superior employees so that the company as well as individual employees can accomplish his or her career goals‚ and it increases employee job satisfaction. Training employees increases morale and performance because employees feel confident in their
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Basically‚ this gives HR practitioners a new challenge as they are faced with a diverse cross-cultural workforce that they are not yet familiar with. For instance‚ a UK or an American company expanded or having joint ventures in China would have to integrate their own HR practice in that country. However‚ the Chinese and Western managers have different beliefs and practices in terms of managing employees. Thus‚ a cross-cultural conflict might arise‚ which could affect the productivity and culture of the
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November 12 2013 Dying to Cross The book covers the immigrant tragedy of May‚ 2003‚ when a truck-trailer of at least 74 illegal immigrants due to how the truck was abandoned‚ the true number involved is unknown and will probably remain so was found near Victoria‚ Texas‚ bound for Houston 48 customers from Mexico‚ 16 from Honduras‚ 8 from El Salvador‚ 1 from Nicaragua‚ and at least 1 from the Dominican Republic. Nineteen people were dead. The story and images of the bodies piled one atop another
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Sciences * Business * A.A.S. Business * B.S. Business Administration * B.S. Health Care Administration * B.S. Human Resource Management * B.S. Information Technology * B.S. Marketing * B.S. Hospitality & Tourism * B.S. Organizational Leadership * Master of Business Adminstration * M.S. Organizational Leadership * Doctor of Business Administration * Certificates * Safety/Emergency Services * Academic
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SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT ON STUDY OF EMPLOYEES PERCEPTION TOWARDS INDUCTION TRAINING AT MADURA FASHION AND LIFESTYLE‚ GURGAON TABLE OF CONTENT Serial No. | Topics | Page No. | 1. | Acknowledgement | 4 | 2. | Executive summary | 5 | 3. | Chapter 1- Industry profile * Indian retail industry * Growth of Indian retail * Major retailers in India * Retail formats in India * Challenges faced by Indian retail industry * The future
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Australian Hospitality has performed poorly due to the impacts of inflation. How to curb inflation has been regarded to be the foremost purpose of government economic policies in several countries. It is worth noting that the effective policies that aid in curbing inflation need to center on the fundamental causes of inflation in the country and particularly in this regard the hospitality industry of Australia. Although there has been significant growth and expansion of the Australian industry for the
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Market segmentation in hospitality research: no longer a sequential process John T. Bowen William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration‚ University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas‚ USA Explores development in market segmentation relating to hospitality and tourism research published between 1990 and 1998. The literature is divided into three sections: segmenting a market; market targeting and marketing positioning. Identifies new areas for research‚ deeper examination of segments‚ identification of difference
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Training & Development When most people think of company training‚ the first thing that comes to mind is "inconvenience." Training conjures images of sudden scheduling; disruption of their personal life; travel; long‚ drawn out sessions and a sense of relief mixed with futility when it is over. Hardly the best mindset for learning! TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page # Introduction 3 What is Training?....................................
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Cross-cultural business Australia Business Etiquette & Culture Australia Introduction Australia has a population of almost 20 million people in a country not much smaller than the contiguous 48 United States. However‚ the great majority of the population is located in a few major urban centers. The large majority of the population (93%) has a European heritage‚ primarily English. The predominant language of the country is English with Christianity the largest religion (75%). The Aborigines
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