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Strategies For Improving Supply Chain Management In United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Mirjana Mazar
Strategies For Improving Supply Chain Management In United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Mirjana Mazar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Managers of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations are under rigid pressure to deliver their programs efficiently due to 75% of supply chains experiencing disruptions, accounting for 60 to 80% of the expenses due to limited funding and increasing scrutiny by member states. Humanitarian operations are inextricably linked to the performance of a supply chain. Therefore, if the supply chain managers in the United Nations (UN) fail to understand and adopt dynamic capabilities, they can experience operational underperformance, affecting trust from financial supporters. Grounded on dynamic capability theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies that executive …
Strategies For Improving Supply Chain Management In United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Mirjana Mazar
Strategies For Improving Supply Chain Management In United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Mirjana Mazar
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Managers of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations are under rigid pressure to deliver their programs efficiently due to 75% of supply chains experiencing disruptions, accounting for 60 to 80% of the expenses due to limited funding and increasing scrutiny by member states. Humanitarian operations are inextricably linked to the performance of a supply chain. Therefore, if the supply chain managers in the United Nations (UN) fail to understand and adopt dynamic capabilities, they can experience operational underperformance, affecting trust from financial supporters. Grounded on dynamic capability theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies that executive …
Using Sport As A Global Change Agent: The United Nations Model Of Sport For Development, Meghan Burke
Using Sport As A Global Change Agent: The United Nations Model Of Sport For Development, Meghan Burke
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Since 2001, the United Nations (UN) has used sport as a development tool through the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP). This paper examines the issues in the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) movement that warranted the UN’s involvement and looks at how and why the UN uses sport. It will also offer recommendations on how it can continue to do so in a more sustainable way. Academics have struggled to find a way to measure the success of the SDP movement and the only evidence that exists that shows that sport is creating long-term …
Sustainability At Basf, Ariel E. Brassil
Sustainability At Basf, Ariel E. Brassil
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Defining The Relationships Of The Us Government, The United Nations And Non-Governmental Organizations In Humanitarian Assistance, Amy M. Dayon
Theses and Dissertations
After the Cold War ended, the media increased the world's awareness of humanitarian problems. In an effort to reach more of the suffering, the United Nations, donor governments, and non-governmental organizations began to provide a larger quantity of relief through a more structured system. The purpose of this thesis is to define the relationships of the three major groups responsible for providing humanitarian assistance in the world today. The methods and structure of the US government, UN and three non-governmental organizations (International Committee of the Red Cross, Medecins sans Frontieres, and Catholic Relief Services) are used as examples of the …