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Medication Administration By Non-Registered Nursing Personnel : A Safe And Cost Effective Way To Reduce The Shortage Of Registered Nurses, Royce A. Burruss
Medication Administration By Non-Registered Nursing Personnel : A Safe And Cost Effective Way To Reduce The Shortage Of Registered Nurses, Royce A. Burruss
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of, and necessity for, assigning the technical tasks of medication administration to non-Registered Nursing (non-RN) personnel in light of the continuing Registered Nurse (RN) shortage in the acute care setting and our rapidly changing and financially unstable health care environment.
Opportunities To Develop A Strategic Competitive Advantage In The Electric Utility Industry, Tim J. Carroll
Opportunities To Develop A Strategic Competitive Advantage In The Electric Utility Industry, Tim J. Carroll
Master's Theses
Competitive forces are gaining more steam within an industry that has been characterized as a regulated monopoly. Electric Utilities must develop a strategic competitive advantage in order to survive and succeed in this new environment. This project articulates the more significant competitive issues impacting the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power. Issues are organized and focused, communicating the important connection between the macroenvironment and successful strategy development. The project explores several parameters which could provide an indication of the relative strengths or weaknesses of market participants. Specific utilities are evaluated to reveal the opportunities and challenges facing executive management. …
Corporate Responses To Day-Care Needs As A Function Of Organizational Characteristics : Going Beyond The Bottom Line With Babies, Maria Legrand
Corporate Responses To Day-Care Needs As A Function Of Organizational Characteristics : Going Beyond The Bottom Line With Babies, Maria Legrand
Master's Theses
This paper reviews various aspects of the child care issue: demographic, economic, political and psychological. It also reviews the day-care options available to organizations. A review of organizational characteristics includes looking at the organization's goals, external environment, technology and structure. Finally, day-care options and the organizational characteristics are linked to form a set of hypotheses, the testing of which is beyond the scope of this paper.
A Land Development Financial Model, Bruce Saunders
A Land Development Financial Model, Bruce Saunders
Master's Theses
Often the term "real estate industry" is casually used as if sufficient in accurately describing a well defined segment contributing to the GNP. In actuality, real estate is a very large complex industry, involving a variety of corporations, partnerships, trusts, and individuals with different functions and objectives. A comprehensive profile of the industry would include investors, lenders, and government regulators. These players may be involved with a vast array of projects such as undeveloped land, single family and multifamily housing, office building, shopping centers, industrial buildings, hotels and motels, mobile home parks, resorts or recreational complexes. This variety illustrates the …
A Retail Branch Profitability Measurement Model For The Thrift Industry, Rex L. Smith Iii
A Retail Branch Profitability Measurement Model For The Thrift Industry, Rex L. Smith Iii
Master's Theses
Deregulation of the financial services industry has created a need for management to adapt a different approach to operations. Drastic regulatory and environmental changes have forced thrifts and banks to concentrate on increasing efficiency and core profitability from the retail branch network. Once considered to be highly bureaucratic, financial institutions are trimming back off ice review and focusing on a more decentralized leaner operation. Expensive mergers and large conglomerate financial powerhouses have created a need for increased management controls and reasonable methods of measuring the true profitability of the individual business units within a financial services company.