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A & F Ltd.: Integrating Learning into Mashup Implementations

I. Introduction Organizations are learning differently. Compared to a conventional model by which individuals, work groups and whole organizations used to learn new business processes, current business practice has opened up new potentials for company-wide learning enabled by ICT platforms and applications. The growing collaboration, communication and sharing learning (and fun) experiences in current business practice is, indeed, both evolutionary and revolutionary. The learning behavior of operating businesses is evolutionary by phasing out older modes of learning (e.g. formal professional development, meetings and water cooler chats) and implementing similar platforms and applications (e.g. interactive, collaborative, user-friendly wikis). Thus, by ...

The world is rapidly changing and advancing in terms of science and technology. It has become extremely difficult to escape the presence of technology, either at the individual or organizational level. Some of the key technological changes include the internet, smart phones, and the use of computers. Many people and organization are now finding themselves in a situation where they cannot exist without technology, and the health organizations are not left behind, as they are rapidly adopting health care informatics into their systems. The essay, therefore, focuses on a case where a larger medical center is rapidly introducing computer ...

1. What is Joe Hinrichs trying to do and what are his objectives Joe Hinrichs’ was trying to perform a major process improvement effort targeted at Fredericksburgh over-engineered inefficient process. Hinrichs’ objectives included installation of more efficient machinery in the plant, redesigning of employee’s job responsibilities, and reducing worker idle time. Another objective was to attain the QS 9000 certification that was modelled by the European standard ISO 9000 specifically for the automobile industry to promote the development of standardisation in the industry across the world (Edmondson and Eastley, 1998).

If the objectives were not met, Fredericksburgh would ...

Managed care does not involve an entity, rather a wider category that involves various healthcare delivery practices and structures, physician incentives as well as the developed relationship with physicians. Even though managed care structure undergoes the challenge of avoiding conflicts of interest hence leading to under-treatment, others are more challenged compared to some. Whether the MCO minimizes physician conflicts of interest depends on the manner in which they are organized and financed, the degree of physician involvement in managing patient care quality as well as the nature of the incentives used in controlling costs. The structure of managed care ...