In the clinical setting‚ it is now expected that health care practitioners adopt evidence based practice to ensure high quality care and patient safety is maintained (Tuite & George 2010). Adopting an evidence based approach in healthcare will also help to ensure that‚ the care provided‚ is more likely to be cost effective and will result in positive patient outcomes (Jones & Bourgeouis 2007‚ p. 88; Bevan 2010‚ p. 142). However the research and evidence provided is always changing therefore it is
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A Knowledge-Based Perspective A KNOWLEDGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE Re-Conceiving Change Management: A Knowledge-Based Perspective Khizer Ali‚ Muhammad Farhan Akhtar‚ Shama Sadaqat Hailey College of Commerce University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Business Management (ISBN: 978-969-9368-06-6) 1 A Knowledge-Based Perspective 2 Abstract The study is focused on a number of aspects on the effectiveness of transitional process of change management
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GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OCDE/GD(96)102 THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Paris 1996 Copyright OECD‚ 1996 Applications for permission to reproduce or translate all or part of this material should be made to: Head of Publications Service‚ OECD‚ 2 rue André Pascal‚ 75775 Paris‚ Cedex 16‚ France. 2 FOREWORD The OECD economies are increasingly based on knowledge and information. Knowledge is now recognised as the driver of productivity
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COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMME OF WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AUGUST-2007 WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE‚ No. 61 MULGAMPOLA ROAD‚ KANDY Y ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A Documentation of such a comprehensive finish cannot be completed without the help of numerous sources and people throughout the long rugged path of success. I too realized this fact and so‚ I take this opportunity to thank them all. Personally this documentation has
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Predictive Maintenance for All/Inclusive PM. For the demonstration experiments‚ our WG members had played a central role in going from place to place to see production sites. As being introduced by these pictures‚ we have experimented at the sites of processing‚ robot processing‚ and surface processing as well as leakage inspection. The original issue started from the want-to-see needs for many kinds of things on production sites. And we all have had activities aiming for predictive maintenance which
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3.1 A FRAMEWORK: TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS The purpose of this section is to describe a project based organization and compare it to other basic organization types: functional and matrix organizations. Many companies will not perfectly fit either of these definitions. Yet in most cases one will be able to identify the basic organization type that most closely matches a company’s structure. 3.1.1 FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION A functional organization groups employees and activities by functions (e
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INTRODUCTION The mid-eighties witnessed the emergence of a growing body of work collectively labelled the resource and capability-based view of the firm (RBV). In reality‚ Resource Competence View (RCV) first adopted an “economic” orientation. Pioneer studies (Wernerfelt‚ 1984) ‚ Barney‚ 1986‚ 1991‚ Dierickx and Cool‚ 1989‚ Peteraf‚ 1993) focused on the type of resources and competencies that could offer to its owner a sustainable competitive advantage. Therefore‚ resources and competencies approach
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Brain-based Learning Definition This learning theory is based on the structure and function of the brain. As long as the brain is not prohibited from fulfilling its normal processes‚ learning will occur. Discussion People often say that everyone can learn. Yet the reality is that everyone does learn. Every person is born with a brain that functions as an immensely powerful processor. Traditional schooling‚ however‚ often inhibits learning by discouraging‚ ignoring‚ or punishing the brain’s
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There are several differences between cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. In this essay we will consider a few of them. Value-based pricing is based on the customer’s perception of value rather than the seller’s cost as the key. Cost-based pricing is based on the product. A company comes up with an idea of what they think would be a good product and sets the price after considering all the production costs plus a target profit. (Kotler‚ Armstrong‚ 2008‚ p. 285‚ 286) Instead of starting
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PRESERNING AND APPLYING HUMAN EXPERTISE- KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM Presented by: Estrada‚ Marry Jane P. Duterte‚ Ferdinand E. IS3B Presented to: PRESERVING AND APPLYINGHUMAN EXPERTIES: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM Knowledge-Based Systems- are adept at preserving capture and/or discovered knowledge for later sharing and/or application. From end-user’s perspective Knowledge-Based System has three components: * Intelligent Program * User Interface * Problem-Specific database(“Workspace”)
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