Pattern Case Studies Samples For Students

Chapter-14

1. The quality performance measure and the patient satisfaction measure of the medical center’s 1st and the 2nd quarterly report, when compared, indicated an overall negative trend in quality performance and patient satisfaction. Following the new pattern of nursing recruitment, there has been a noticeable increase in the rate of medication error, patient fall, caesarean, nosocomial infection, and X-ray discrepancies. The patient satisfaction rate with respect to overall service, clinical experience, cleanliness and quality have decreased considerably. These poor performance figures, could be a result of redesigning the nurse’s staffing pattern or a consequence of initial adjustment ...

Question One: List and elaborate some strategic issues facing Coach Inc.? (One small paragraph listing top 5 strategic issues for Coach)

Coach faces challenges common to companies experiencing a growth "stand-off" as she expands globally. This stand-off is informed by specific and generic factors in luxury goods industry. Notably, Coach faces strategic challenges in 2012 in five areas: (1) market maturity, (2) value differentiation, (3) growth pattern, (4) counter-competition strategy and (5) market research in emerging markets. For market maturity, Coach has reached a point of market maturity beyond which more aggressive product innovation and marketing activities are required in order to offer a boost for growth. For, value differentiation, Coach has historically relied on pricing as a major driver ...

For any business organization or a company to enjoy success in its operations and hence be in a position to completely achieve its goals, it is important for it have a strong structure. The structure of a company can comprise a number of things for instance, the management part of it, production/manufacturing, marketing as well as customer care. In almost each and every aspect named above, it is possible to note that each case needs a stepped up network which gives room for efficiency in communication(Lewis, 2008). In a nut shell, when the area of communication has been stabilized in a company then achieving the other aspects ...

Introduction

US Department of justice (2013), define domestic violence as a sequence and pattern of abusive behavior present in a relationship. Domestic violence can appear in forms of physical, psychological, emotional, economic, or even sexual actions. Vocalized threats are also considered as domestic violence. The behaviors that produce damaging effects on the victim are acknowledged as violent. Which includes threatening, controlling, degrading, isolating, terrifying, terrorizing, forcing, fragmenting, bullying, blaming, hurting, harming, or wounding someone in a relationship (Siemieniuk, Krentz, Gish, Gill, 2010).The motive behind abusive position is attributed to the perpetrator’s need for power and control over one’s partner.
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John, a 50-year old man, visits a convenient care clinic complaining of fatigue, increased hunger, increased thirst, and frequent urination over the last two months. He also reports increased episodes of itching. Clinical examination reveals the presence of dark patches on his skin in the neck and armpit areas. Physical examination reveals a weight loss of 5kg over the last one month. Laboratory test show the following results: A1C= 7.1%, FPG= 127mg/dL and OGTT= 202mg/dL. John is single and currently stays alone. He has one sister whom he last met two years ago. He is also not employed currently.
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Interpersonal Communication

Introduction

Interpersonal communication majorly deals with the interaction or communication linking individual and a large group of people such as a community. Through the study, of the interpersonal communications, one gains knowledge of how people communicate and negotiate. Numerous people have different communication skills. This is for the main reason that people born with different skills and talents. However, through daily practice, the people specialize and perfect in the communicating skill that best suites their characteristics. Through communication, people are able to exchange ideas and pass on information from one person to another (Linder, 1991).

Through the successful accomplishment of the ...

Introduction

Arab Open University specializes in distance learning courses that people can take from the comfort of their home. Each course has several modules for which the students need to pass the assessments and give examinations at the exam center. The examination process is managed through a system that is looked by an administration officer. The administration officer books the exam venue by giving an initial deposit for securing the exam venue.
The payment of the security deposit for the exam venue is authorized by the administration officer. The students receive the examination venue list three months before the exam, ...

The case chosen for discussion in this paper is that of Jason (38), a factory worker. After reading the case, the first thing we would want to know is whether Jason is an addict. There are two symptoms that must be looked for before an individual is determined to be an addict. These symptoms are (i) out of control behavior, and (ii) a behavior that is self destructive. If a person’s behavior is under their control, then the person should not be considered an addict. It doesn’t matter at what frequency the subject engages in an addictive behavior. What really matters ...

Business operations are usually subject to various forces including the external factors that businesses have no control over. In that respect, businesses need to devise suitable strategies as a means of responding to the forces’ influence. That is applied as a means of enhancing firms’ performance and sustainability. With that view, this case analysis seeks to demonstrate how a region or a country’s economic aspects affects industries and businesses in terms of performance, value and strategies.

Synopsis and objectives

International trade is a key focus for countries in their bid to enhance growth and embrace globalization. In that respect, trade liberalization is increasingly becoming a crucial tool ...

Application of Neural Networks in Medicine

Artificial Neural Networks are extremely parallel, distributed processing systems that using new computational technology founded on the analogy of human information processing system. Artificial neural networks exhibit the propensity to save previous knowledge and after learning it make it available for use for future computations. Artificial Neural Networks have been defined as extraordinarily connected network of simple processing elements known as neurons. ANN has been applied in a number of fields including pattern recognition, classification, function approximation and testing (G. Schaefer).Predicting drug-target interactions using restricted Boltzmann machines
In silico prediction of drug target interaction is an important study ...

Introduction:

This paper is about a particular object in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. I have chosen the item known as ‘Glazed Fritware Bottle’ from Iznik in Turkey dating from the 16th Century and pertaining to the Ottoman Empire. The paper will attempt to analyse the object in detail with regards to its form, line, shape, color, texture, mass and composition and will also provide a detailed artistic appraisal of the object. The Glazed Fritware Bottle carries catalogue number: Lns 327C and is part of the famed Al Sabah Collection of Kuwait, which is on permanent exhibition at the museum. There ...

Mayfair Ltd. would be obligated to pay Speedymove the increased price of £8,000 because the modification made to the contract was valid.
A binding contract is created through the process of mutual assent (offer and acceptance) and consideration, definiteness, and when no valid defenses or excuses to contract exist. In this case, both parties appear to agree that a valid contract was formed and existed to deliver 150 frames for an exhibition at the price of 6,000, 25 frames at a time over a period of six weeks, although the fact pattern does not specify whether the contract is ...

Introduction

While on his way to Hiroshima, it was around 7:30 a.m. when Captain William Parsons inserted the detonator along with the explosive charge into the bomb. It was around 8:16 a.m. (Japanese time) when the bomb exploded in Hiroshima over Dr. Shima’s Clinic. The glowing fireball had a temperature of about 50,000 degrees. Soon after this attack, another major city of Japan was attacked. It was basically the idea of General Leslie Groves, General Farrel and Admiral Purnell to launch two atomic bombs on Japan; the first bomb would demonstrate power and the second would tell the Japanese ...

Written Case Study – Pathophysiology II

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1. Describe the underlying pathology of COPD. What impacts do these pathological changes have on normal physiology? In particular, describe alveolar ventilation in a normal individual and discuss how this might be different in Mr Wenham. (20 marks)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD is touted to be the third leading cause of death in the United States of America. In 2010, it has claimed the lives of 134,676 individuals (CDC 2013). By definition, COPD presents persistent blockage of airflow in the lungs — thus interfering normal breathing. Those afflicted with such condition generally ...

SECTION A (a) Questionnaire Data Analysis

- Create two questionnaire type questions which might be useful in business research (there are many examples in these materials and in the textbook). Then identify the kind of data which will be produced by these questions, reflect on any coding issues which the data might raise, and suggest what kind of analysis you could do on the data.

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- Very Long
- Moderately Long
- Slightly Long
- Not at all
Q. What is the possibility that you would recommend our company to others? (Please elaborate on your answer).
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Question 1

a). Using the ACF graph, a trend is identified, which shows seasonality. The first trough shows the high season whereas the second trough represents the slack. After the ninth period, the graph shifts to the negative side, which may signify a low season. The PACF graph shows that a majority of periods of high are followed by a low period. This, however, is different for some periods where a period of high is followed by two consequent lows. This is a non-linear trend for the Mobile Home Shipment.
b). From the autocorrelation analysis, there is an evident time series. A time series is when there is a ...

Taxes

Taxation is the involuntary compulsory contribution made by individuals and organizations to the government in order to finance its activities (Bewley 2000). Taxation is also used to finance the functions of the government. Ideally, it is the major source of finance for the government. Some of the functions of the government include the provision of security, payment of debts owed by the state, expenditure on war and maintenance of law and order in the country. Studies have shown that a country’s economy will be balanced if the government expenditure is equal to the level of taxes in the country ( ...

About the report

The objective of this report is to assist One-World Investment Consortium, who is planning to invest £150 million in Thomas Cook PLC, a British global travel company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker sign of ‘TCG’. We duly understand the impact of our professional recommendation on Consortium’s final decision making related to investment, and therefore, we intend to be comprehensive in the approach our analysis.
As for the structure of this report, it will be a two-part report. In the first section of the report, we will evaluate the past 5 year(2007-2011) financial performance ...

Communication

Activewear market continues its growth of the ‘athleisure’ trend. More and more customers are ready to adopt a healthy lifestyle. It is not strange to see a person wearing gym clothes beyond the gym today (Petro G., 2015). That is why all sportswear companies are eager to change their marketing strategies in order to meet the expectations of their customers. Lululemon was one of the first companies to see the opportunity to sell activewear. But they were not the only one. The main competitors of lululemon are Nike inc., Gap, Under Armour, and Victoria’s Secrets who entered the ...

Image Dithering

Introduction
Image and its parameters
An image is a two-dimensional representation of a rectilinear array of pixels. A pixel is sample point in the image that has coordinates location it. These samples are obtained from the continuous function CCD cells in a camera, photoreceptors in the eye and rays in a virtual camera. There are three types of image resolution. The first resolution is where each pixel has only the depth bits for color or intensities. The second type of resolution is the spatial resolution which involves the width and the heights of the image only. Lastly, another image ...

Introduction

Decisions on new investments entails considering various aspects of a project. In that respect, the cost and return aspects of a project are key to an investor and there are various methods of analyzing the value expected from such projects. With that, capital appraisal is a crucial process for businesses and investors and this report presents an analysis of the Deluxe case that considers introducing a new range of clothes to address the market changes. Capital budget appraisal, referred to also capital budgeting primarily is a process facilitating firm’s investments determination concerns for both long-run and short-run. It ...

Abstract

JC Penney is one of the largest retail stores in the world. It has a century long history of success. JC Penney has seen many big changes over the last 100 years in its product portfolio. However, the last effort to change it brand image went horribly wrong. It lost almost 33% of its customer base within a year, biggest in the history of retail industry. However, it has now realized that it needs to stick to its tried and tested brand image and also the operational tactics that have succeeded for the last 4 decades. Once those are in place, ...

Affiliate University

Question 1.
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Question 2
His triglycerides levels are above the normal rate, which should be less than 150mg/dl. Triglycerides are stored type of fats which may pose a risk of stroke, heart attack, diabetes and other terminal diseases that my endanger his health (Kohli and Cannon, 2012). His Pattern B LDL need to be reduced as large percentage of Pattern B LDL increases the risk of coronary diseases.

Question 3

They regulate the amount of cholesterol level, reduces the amount of triglycerides and lipoprotein in the body (Jafri et al., 2009).

Question 4

CRP can be treated by use ...

The recommendation for Giberson's Glass Studio is based on the findings of the cost accounting exercise. The first recommendation is that this glass studio should improve its prices. Three products of this glass studio are generating some losses. They include paperweights, pattern glass and wrapped tumblers. The first strategy in this recommendation is increasing the paperweights’ price from $ nine to $ 22. This will result in $ 0.39, in profit as opposed to the current $ 6.61 loss. Secondly, the pattern glass should have its price increased from $ nine to $ 19 whereby a profit of $ 0.59 will be generated per unit. In addition, ...

Nike does not own any factories; it contracts with many different factories to produce its product. Thus Nike’s manufacturing vision is different than other corporation it stresses on cultivating strong, long term, trust-based relationships and interactions. Nike’s vast size presents multiple strategic which is difficulties in the concept, performance and evaluation of strategy, which is why Nike employs a four-pronged efficiency improvement methods on its supply chain. These include lean manufacturing, economic security and human resources development i.e. lean, green, equity and empowerment (Nike, Inc., 2011, pp. 33-37).
Lean manufacturing focus on the minimization of defects, non-value-adding activities, ...

The Tugendhat House is one of the classic examples of Mies van der Rohe’s architecture. The structure fits in with its surroundings in the wealthy suburb of Brno and has a sense of modernism without being too stark and bland. The emphasis on horizontal planes with the ground and the roof supported by vertical elements is an important and crucial part of the whole building.
The plan of Tugendhat House actually comes out to create a boundless spatial freedom, obstacle-free space. The uniformed orthogonal grid of supports suggests that the plan ideally projects beyond the limit of the enclosure. ...

Introduction

It is quoted that if you fail to plan what you are in reality doing then you are planning to fail. This is dilemma that majority of community are experiencing. For an effective community it must plan for its future. What ultimately may happen is that the community fails to acclimatize to change and to take advantage of opportunity. Comprehensive planning is much related to the economic prosperity of communities. Therefore it is a tool for planning the future growth. A quality comprehensive plan is used to address the evolution and constant change of a community. However and in some instances ...

Introduction

The Virgin Group is a chain of businesses that are run separately under the aegis and leadership of Sir Richard Branson. The Group has vast interests in various fields such as entertainment, travel and lifestyle among other key fields. Indeed, the company’s most distinctive resource is its chief executive Richard Branson and its people. Branson’s charismatic style makes the company stand out. In fact, the entrepreneurial flair of the chief executive gives the company the competitive edge as other companies are unable to replicate this in the affairs of their companies. The Virgin people also constitute human resource ...

Supply chain Management

A supply chain is an incorporated process involving a number of business entities including manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and distributors come together in an attempt to obtain raw materials, turn the raw materials into the desired products and distribute the products to retailers. A supply chain is usually characterized by a forward movement of materials and a backward movement of information. For years, the processes involved in a supply chain have been researched, but the focus is now shifting to the performance, analysis and design of the entire supply chain.
At the highest level of a supply chain, there are two basic processes: The ...

I. Executive Summary
The present memorandum details an analysis and suggested response strategy to the recently disclosed American military activities within the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq. In forming the analysis, I provide a discussion of the major causative factors of the situation and an overview of the authorizing environment in place. The recommended response strategy details a five-step program to address the crisis in a way that acknowledges the issues and provides concrete actions to remedy the damage. Finally, this memorandum closes with a review of the lessons to be taken forward from this situation with the ultimate goal of ...

RTE 1503

Abstract:
Hypertensive pulmonary edema is a frightening disease that occurs occasionally with acute hypertension. This case study analyzes a middle aged woman and her visit to the hospital emergency department when she collapses and has difficulty breathing. It is shown by the x-ray technician that she is suffering from hypertensive pulmonary edema and after proper medical management she quickly gets better. It is important to distinguish this disease from cardiogenic pulmonary edema, which is chronic in nature and has a very different clinical picture.
A 47-year-old woman with a history of hypertension recovering from a recent bout of the flu suddenly fell ...

Introduction

In the words of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally, there are others which a man is afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has considerable number of such things stored away” (Wedding & Stuber, 2010, p. 134). This case is about the reminiscences of one such young girl.
An 18 year old girl, Dora who, since 12 years of age had been suffering ...

Introduction

This case study paper explores the shipping and transportation management of potatoes from distribution center to the retail center in a cost effective manner.

Statement Of Study

The purpose of this study is to look into the features, elements, problems, and challenges of transportation from production center to distribution center, and then from distribution center to retail center. Keeping this fact and challenges into account, it also needs to issue advices and instructions to the management professionals for effective and efficient management of raw materials.

Significance and Background of the study

There is always a challenge in the transportation of product from one place to another. So, this was exactly ...

1. The case study approach is used for the purpose of studying a single unit, such as an organization, or of a set of units, which are distinct from each other. The case study method is used if the objective of the study is to answer questions like how or why or if there’s a need to provide an in-depth description, explanation, or exploration of a phenomenon where data can either be qualitatively or quantitatively collected and analyzed. In addition, the case study approach is appropriate if the researcher has little or no control over the events of the study. Furthermore, it ...

While the case clearly shows that Jack’s actions can be questioned from the ethical point of view, Carla is the one facing the real ethical issue. On the one hand she has to reveal Jack’s deeds, which could jeopardize company’s future; however, on the other hand her words might not convince the partners, but will harm her career. The main stakeholders in the case are Carla and Jack, who are directly involved in the issue. Moreover, the problem also concerns the shareholders of A&A, its employees and customers as well as Jack’s clients.

Ethical Philosophy

Although the ...