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Publisher: Information Gatekeepers Inc
Total Pages: 16
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Measuring Performance for Business Results

Measuring Performance for Business Results
Author: M. Zairi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9401113025

Financial measures have traditionally been the cornerstone of the perform ance measurement system. In recent years, there has been a shift from treating financial figures as the foundation for performance measurement to treating them as one among a broader set of potential financial measures. Changes in cost structures and the manufacturing and competi tive environment have been responsible for the change of emphasis. In today's worldwide competitive environment companies are compet ing in terms of product quality, delivery, reliability, after-sales service and customer satisfaction. None of these variables are measured by traditional financial measures, despite the fact that they represent the major goals of world-class manufacturing companies. By focusing mainly on financial variables there is a danger that the performance reporting system will motivate managers to focus exclusively on cost reduction and short-term profitability and ignore many of the critical factors that determine long-term business success. The key to success, in today's global economy, is total customer satisfaction. To achieve this, companies must develop performance measures that drive employees to control processes that satisfy customer expectations. In particular, performance measures should provide process-level information that motivates employees to achieve the responsiveness and flexibility that companies require to compete on a global basis. Responsiveness is achieved by building relationships that lead to satisfied customers, suppliers and employees. Flexibility is achieved by reducing output variation in proceSfes; for example, the reduction of lead times and delays are both necessary for sustained competitive excellence and long-term profitability.

Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science

Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science
Author: Pieter Kubben
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2018-12-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319997130

This open access book comprehensively covers the fundamentals of clinical data science, focusing on data collection, modelling and clinical applications. Topics covered in the first section on data collection include: data sources, data at scale (big data), data stewardship (FAIR data) and related privacy concerns. Aspects of predictive modelling using techniques such as classification, regression or clustering, and prediction model validation will be covered in the second section. The third section covers aspects of (mobile) clinical decision support systems, operational excellence and value-based healthcare. Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science is an essential resource for healthcare professionals and IT consultants intending to develop and refine their skills in personalized medicine, using solutions based on large datasets from electronic health records or telemonitoring programmes. The book’s promise is “no math, no code”and will explain the topics in a style that is optimized for a healthcare audience.

Optimize

Optimize
Author: Lee Odden
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118167775

Attract, engage, and inspire your customers with an "Optimize and Socialize" content marketing strategy Optimize is designed to give readers a practical approach to integrating search and social media optimization with content marketing to boost relevance, visibility, and customer engagement. Companies, large and small, will benefit from the practical planning and creative content marketing tactics in this book that have been proven to increase online performance across marketing, public relations, and customer service. Learn to incorporate essential content optimization and social media engagement principles thereby increasing their ability to acquire and engage relevant customers online. Optimize provides insights from Lee Odden, one of the leading authorities on Content and Online Marketing. This book explains how to: Create a blueprint for integrated search, social media and content marketing strategy Determine which creative tactics will provide the best results for your company Implement search and social optimization holistically in the organization Measure the business value of optimized and socialized content marketing Develop guidelines, processes and training to scale online marketing success Optimize offers a tested approach for a customer-centric and adaptive online marketing strategy that incorporates the best of content, social media marketing, and search engine optimization tactics.

CIO

CIO
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2005-12-15
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Business Transformation Made Straight-Forward

Business Transformation Made Straight-Forward
Author: Jason Uppal
Publisher: QR Systems Inc
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-12-23
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All organizations need two systems to function: Run the business and Change the business. While there is a vast amount of information on how to run organizations, the focus of this book is to apply a tried, tested and proven approach to help organizations adopt complex change (i.e. transformation). An organization's ecosystem is constantly changing and requires a series of small to significant adoptions. This book lends insight into who should be involved with the major organizational decisions, what quality of information is required to make the decisions and how can all the disciplines involved with transformation can come together and collaborate using practical tools and services in realizing the desired business outcome.

CIO

CIO
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2005-12-15
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Understanding Complexity in Organizations

Understanding Complexity in Organizations
Author: Timothy Ludwig
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2015-02-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317986938

Organizations are complex entities that must adapt the practices of their employees and management to meet the demands of a dynamic environment. Organizations are behavioral systems that coordinate interactions among its members and environment. Changing practices in one area of an organization can generate a reaction throughout the entire system, thus affecting the behaviors of those working within other areas, the experience of customers, and important organizational results. Behavioral Systems Analysis (BSA) focuses on these complex contingencies from the macro system all the way down to individual behavior. This book contains articles by internationally recognized experts in Behavioral Systems Analysis who discuss the role of organizational practices in their study of performance improvement and cultural change from both practical and conceptual perspectives. Business and non-profit managers will find tools and case studies to help understand and diagnose their organization’s dynamics. Scholars will appreciate articles’ theory and real-world descriptions when considering their own research direction. Finally, all students of management theory, behavior analysis, and human resources will find this collection a thought-provoking tool for their understanding of behavioral systems and their application in organizations. This book was published as a special issue in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

IBM Midmarket Software Buying and Selling Guide

IBM Midmarket Software Buying and Selling Guide
Author: LindaMay Patterson
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010-07-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738450073

The IBM® Midmarket Software Buying and Selling Guide is tailored specifically to help the management and IT staff of small and midsized businesses evaluate how the IBM midmarket portfolio can provide simple and cost-effective solutions to common business problems. Along with a midmarket customer focus, this IBM RedpaperTM publication is designed to help IBM teams and Business Partners be more effective in serving small and midsized businesses. We illustrate how IBM software for the midmarket can help businesses use the Web to reduce expenses, improve customer service, and expand into new markets. We cover the IBM software offering for the midmarket, which includes what the software does, the platforms it runs on, where to find more information, and how it can help your business become more profitable: - IBM Business Partners often keep a printed copy of this guide in their briefcases for software references - Customers can view this guide online and look up software-value messages and IBM product family offering comparisons - IBM Sales Representatives can print parts of this guide as "leave-behinds" for customers, to give them extra collateral on midmarket software of interest To make sure that you have the latest version of this guide, download it from this web address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp3975.html?Open