...USA TODAY – INNOVATION IN AN EVOLVING INDUSTRY: INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDY Victoria Hill USA TODAY – INNOVATION IN AN EVOLVING INDUSTRY: INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDY Victoria Hill Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 3 2. Identification of the Problem ............................................................................................................... 3 3. SWOT Analysis..................................................................................................................................... 4 3. 1. Strengths ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Strength 1. Highly innovative newspaper company that has been a leader in news development .... 4 Strength 2 – Gannett is currently the largest newspaper distributor in terms of circulation ............. 4 Strength 3 – Strong portfolio with multiple Brand Extensions and Partnerships ............................... 4 Strength 4 – Excellent presence and distribution in the digital environment .................................... 4 3.2. Weaknesses .................................................................................................................................. 6 Weakness 1 – Relatively small amount of digital subscribers ....................................................
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...Study on Evolving Medicated Footwear for Diabetic Patients by: Md. Tareq Bin Satter Chapter I Page 1 of 85 Study on Evolving Medicated Footwear for Diabetic Patients by: Md. Tareq Bin Satter 1.1 Introduction Foot is the important part of the body. If someone has diabetes he/she is more likely to have to foot problems. Diabetes can damage your nerves. This, in turn, may make you less able to feel an injury or pressure on the skin of your foot. You may not notice a foot injury until severe damage or infection develops. This may led to gangrene in the through simple injuries eventually amputation will be the final choice. So a diabetes patient always has to wear specialized footwear that can protect the foot in more sophisticated way. Diabetes changes your body's ability to fight infections. Damage to blood vessels causes because of diabetes results in less blood and oxygen getting to your feet. Because of this, small sores or breaks in the skin may become deeper skin ulcers. The affected limb may need to be amputated when these skin ulcers do not improve, get larger, or go deeper into the skin. Worldwide, 50% of all leg amputations happen to people living with diabetes. In India, an estimated 50,000 amputations are carried out every year due to diabetes related foot problems. By employing reconstructive and corrective footwear, to remove the high pressure points, a large number of such amputations can be prevented. Thus the patient can lead a near normal...
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...Aligning Supply Chain Strategies with Product Uncertainties Hau L. Lee upply chain management has emerged as one of the major areas for companies to gain a competitive edge. Managing supply chains effectively is a complex and challenging task, due to the current business trends of expanding product variety, short product life cycle, increasing outsourcing, globalization of businesses, and continuous advances in information technology. The Internet has contributed to both the increasing needs and opportunities for improved supply chain management. With the Internet, companies in a supply chain can be connected in real time with information and knowledge shared continuously, new products and services can be designed to fit special market segments, and new supply chain structures can be developed to serve customers in a more direct manner. S When a company faces the pressure of excessive inventory, degraded customer service, escalating costs and declining profits, or a poor return on assets, its supply chain is out of control. On the other hand, when a company moves in to new markets or new technologies, it must have its supply chain prepared for the new business challenges and opportunities. Although there are many new supply chain concepts and fads designed to exploit the advantages of the Internet, successful companies understand that the right supply chain strategy is dependent on a number of factors: ▪ The strategy needs to be tailored to meet specific...
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...Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology has an important history in psychology. The history begins with early Greek Philosophers, Sigmund Freud, and continues in modern psychology. Clinical psychology is deprived from philosophy, science, and many other realms. The scientific aspect of clinical psychology continues to alter and evolve leaving clinical psychology evolving as well. There are clear distinctions between clinical psychology and other disciplines, but they all have the same goal of helping individuals. History of Clinical Psychology There are many aspects and events that lead to the progression of clinical psychology. In earlier times the Greeks realized that the mind and body both influence relationships on individuals dealing with illnesses. Plato, Hippocrates, and Aristotle grew upon this theory. They believed that an individuals body was incontrol by his or her soul, and that illness were caused from problems within the soul (Plante, 2011). The middle ages focused that physical and mental issues meant that the individuals had issues of the soul. The Renaissance period brought upon the scientific approach, that scientific experimentation and observation were evident rather than what was thought to be from spiritual thoughts (Plante, 2011). Sigmund Freud had an increase understanding of the mind and body connection. Freud believed that the unconscious mind had an influence on the individual’s wellbeing (Parsons, 1958). Freud’s theories and his...
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...Journal of Management Development The evolving role of strategic management development Paul Brown Article information: To cite this document: Paul Brown, (2005),"The evolving role of strategic management development", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 24 Iss 3 pp. 209 - 222 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02621710510584035 Downloaded by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia At 20:32 22 February 2015 (PT) Downloaded on: 22 February 2015, At: 20:32 (PT) References: this document contains references to 29 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 9372 times since 2006* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: David Lamond, Lee D. Parker, Philip Ritson, (2005),"Fads, stereotypes and management gurus: Fayol and Follett today", Management Decision, Vol. 43 Iss 10 pp. 1335-1357 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740510634903 Marilyn M. Helms, Judy Nixon, (2010),"Exploring SWOT analysis – where are we now?: A review of academic research from the last decade", Journal of Strategy and Management, Vol. 3 Iss 3 pp. 215-251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17554251011064837 Uma D. Jogulu, (2010),"Culturally-linked leadership styles", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 31 Iss 8 pp. 705-719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437731011094766 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 601976 [] For Authors If you would like to write...
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...ongoing evaluation is crucial to any public relations plan. It is important that both research and evaluation are always undertaken as it will ultimately provide a solid foundation and help to ensure the campaign is continually evolving, increasing the chances of its success. Research, an essential tool for any public relations campaign, assists with the gathering of information and opinions, contributing to the strategic plans ability to increase its efficiency, establish realistic goals and target the right market. With the main purpose of research being to find answers to the questions being asked, it enables the public relations practitioner to build theories that will assist in solving the problems they will face. Harold D. Lasswell, a political scientist, explained the questions every practitioner should ask, ‘who says what, to whom, how, with what effect’ (Lindenmann 2006, p. 3). If a practitioner can find answers to these questions, they will be in a better position to understand the relationship between the product and the intended market. Finding the answers to this is not simple though, so to do this, both secondary and primary research must be carried out. Secondary research is often referred to as ‘desk research’ and is based on gathering information that is pre-existing and already available in the public realm. Examples of this are...
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...IT Policy and Strategy, Wilmington University AUTHOR: Pearson Custom Library If you would like more precise information regarding the textbook(s) for this class, please visit the bookstore website at http://www.wilmcoll.edu/bookstore METHOD OF CONTACT: PREREQUISITE: IST7000, IST7020, IST7040, IST7060 All courses are open to students from all divisions. Only where a course is preceded by an introduction course is there a need to observe a prerequisite. However, students might benefit from prior knowledge on some of the courses, and this is given as the content found in your course catalogue by course code. I. COURSE DESCRIPTION The focus of this course includes: 1) The top management’s strategic perspective for aligning competitive strategy, core competencies, and information systems; 2) The development and implementation of policies and plans to achieve organizational goals; 3) Defining the systems that support the operational, administrative, and strategic needs of the organization, its business units, and individual employees; 4) Approaches to managing the information systems’ function in organizations, including examination of the dual challenges of effectively controlling the use of well-established...
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...Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is a very important as well as popular part of the field of psychology that is used very often. To begin, a definition of clinical psychology will be included. According to APA (2009) “Clinical psychology attempts to use the principles of psychology to better understand, predict, and alleviate ‘intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human functioning’” (Plante, 2011, p. 5). The following paper will first describe the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology. Second, the role of research and statistics in clinical psychology will be addressed. Finally, the differences between clinical psychology and other mental health professions will be examined. Clinical psychology provides an insight into the human psyche and how we as individuals can deal with different aspects of the world around us. The first item to be discussed is the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology. History of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology has been around unofficially for hundreds of years. People have always had mental or emotional problems in the past, but there was never a name to go with the problem. Psychology has been around since 2500 B.C. but during that time period people used magic, herbs, reasoning and other types of methods to approach the mental problems that individuals faced (Plante, 2011). It was around World War I when the first applications of clinical psychology...
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...THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION. 1.1 Introduction It has become increasingly necessary for all businesses to incorporate Information Technology (IT) solutions to operate successfully and be able to maintain a competitive edge within the market they operate. As a result, many corporations have adopted Information Technology on a large scale by investing in Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) to accomplish their business transactions and data processing needs. Through the use of technology, various organisations have ventured into more efficient ways of conducting their business operations. Focus has since shifted to adopting the latest technology in order to beat competition. In light of the accounting division, this has meant adopting different forms of ERPs, some of which have led to huge failures even in reputable organisations. In some organizations, decisions with regards to adopting newer technology are made independent of the accounting function. This implies taking on such projects without prior consultation of personnel in the accounting division. As a result, some of the failures in those projects have adversely affected the accounting function of many organizations. In this study of the Impact of Information Technology on the accounting function I intend to establish a conclusion as to whether the impact being made by Information Technology on the accounting profession is positive or negative with particular attention...
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...DELIVERING RESULTS: EVOLVING BPR FROM ART TO ENGINEERING Richard J. Mayer, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Industrial Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Paula S. deWitte, Ph.D., Executive Vice President Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. College Station, Texas Abstract This chapter presents an approach to BPR that is focused on achieving results from the first stages to implementation. The engineering approach presented utilizes an integrated set of methods applied incrementally. This allows BPR practitioners to more realistically approach a project; assess its impact, duration, and required budget; and mitigate the risks of failure. We present the approach as a phased BPR methodology along with methods, proven strategies, and tools To be published in a forthcoming book on Business Process Reengineering by Kluwer. 1 2 Evolving BPR from Art to Engineering we have worked with successfully at each phase. We present motivations for initiating a BPR effort that have been shown to result in successful cases for action. We present rationale for justifying change and a method for building a business case that includes the use of cost benefit analysis in formulating the justification rationale. An approach to planning for a BPR effort is presented that uses the same methods normally applied in the BPR process itself. We cover the issues associated with setting up a BPR project including: forming cross-functional teams, and selecting method and tool...
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...Internal Cloud | | American Military UniversityISSC 340Professor Wang | | | George L Ragland | 11/19/2015 | | Introduction Cloud computing is a Web-Based processing, that allows user to share software , information, and resources provided to computers and other personal devices such as Smartphone's via the Internet. By utilizing the cloud, users have the capability to provide computing resources dynamically and corporate businesses can essentially change their Information Technology plan. As the technology grows, Cloud computing introduces new ways to conduct business but also bring in some new challenges, specifically when planning the privacy and security of the information stored within the cloud servers. This technology also uses expandable computer resources and offers them as to users using Internet as a medium. Allowing companies to share resources and among vast number of consumers cuts a large amount of costs in ownership of Information Technology. In today's business world many companies are shifting to Cloud Services which improves the scalability and also makes the companies have a larger reach of clients. Private clouds are a type of cloud computing that delivers some of the advantages of public cloud, including self-service and scalability, but through a user built architecture. A private cloud is dedicated to a single organization unlike public clouds, which deliver services to multiple organizations. Also, private cloud offers protection...
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...Richard Godfrey BMKT 6311 USA Today Case Study The newspaper publishing industry is one of the most rapidly evolving industries in the world today. Changing due to economic climate shift, consumer needs evolving, enhanced technology, and continuous competition; USA Today has been able to succeed. The publication raises the bar through innovation and value-added content to bolster their standing in the publishing world as “The Nation’s Newspaper” in hopes of staying continually relevant and standing out amongst the competition, ensuring the future of the USA Today brand. 1) When Gannett first debuted USA Today in 1982, the corporation took advantage of a multitude of opportunities in the marketing environment and secured a strong foothold in a market that already had several major players. The most impactful opportunity, in my opinion, is its format. In an attempt to stand out from the competition, USA Today developed a unique format of shorter pieces with photos, graphs, charts in order to address the needs of an audience other publications seemingly ignored. By creating a product high in form utility, the publication was able to distinguish itself and cater to an evolving market. Gannett also cited watching trends and evolution of news readers as part of the success. As society shifted to having typically shorter attention spans, yet still having a hunger for knowledge, Gannett capitalized on these trends with the updated format of USA Today targeted towards the evolved...
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...Do Research Problems Have To Be Specific? George A. Ollennu Abstract It is a view widely held in the scientific research community that the research problem and related questions are the most important part of a study. Generally, however, a research problem gives a rather broad overview with just enough information about the scope and purpose of the study to provide an initial understanding of the study. In view of its importance to the entire research process, this paper assesses through literature review whether a research problem should be specific - defined as explicit, precise and definite. It is found that a research problem may or may not be specific depending on the research paradigm and its objectives. While positivist (quantitative) problems are specific, closed, static, outcome-oriented and imply the use of variables, interpretist (qualitative) problems, are found to be general, open, evolving and process-oriented. Introduction Research originates from the need to solve a problem. The problem is the reason for and the focus of the research. As such, its formulation directly impacts the quality, relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the research. This paper examines literature in an attempt to answer the question: Do research problems have to be specific, defined as explicit, precise and definite? There is little agreement among social scientist as to the most effective procedure for formulating research problems (Brewer & Hunter, 2006). Some researchers...
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...Mechanical Engineering This book was made possible by a generous gift from Neil and Jane Pappalardo Support for this book was also provided by the Cambridge-MIT Institute, and iCampus the Microsoft-MIT Alliance ©2007 Alexander H. Slocum ABOUT This Book A college student challenged a senior citizen, saying it was impossible for their generation to understand his. "You grew up in a different world," the student said. "Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy, computers..." Taking advantage of a pause in the student's litany, the geezer said, "You're right. We didn't have those things when we were young; so we invented them! What are you doing for the next generation?"1 This book is about helping people to learn how to create their own future! It does this by taking advantage of the fact that the reader’s LEFT brain sees the LEFT side (FUN) of the book. The RIGHT brain sees the (MENTAL) side of the book. Its simply FUNdaMENTAL! This in itself is a key feature of this book: It seeks to train the brain to think by many a link. Creating things is NOT done by following a monotonous recipe... The ability to create can be learned by anyone who has a yearn to learn! But the eye must be quick to sort and pick! Embedded inside, many a hidden creative message may reside! In fact, design is a like a big box of LEGOSTM from which you want to pick pieces to build a toy spaceship: if you just pick from the top layer, you might not get a very interesting model. Turn over...
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...Effective study skills are the sole foundation of a sound education. What are study skills? They are different approaches applied to learning they are essential for successful grades for schools and colleges. They help you to learn and study the right way by studying a subject correctly using study skills you can only improve on the subject. Before starting out on a course generally one would not possess much knowledge of study skills but by Learning about learning one would feel that studying has become easier. By following tips and reading manuals personal progress would flow more fluently in study. "Seven approaches to learning, Learning can be an adventure, Use many senses, Identify what attracts you, use active learning, to take responsibility for your learning ,trust in your own intelligence and to personalize your learning" .(Cotterall, 2013). These headings are the Imperative to studying and they give a positive foundation. Study skills as a sole foundation to a person that is completing a course on-line are invaluable as there is no lectures as such. The person has to manage e time and source all information themselves so having a good study structure in place is important. You must learn to discipline your study habits set up a schedule and keep to a rosta or timetable just as you would if you were attending a regular day time college. If one does not have good study skills it is more difficult to sustain any information. One will not move forward with a lack...
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