...reconstructed (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services [U. S. DHHS], n.d., p. 1). GCH, in response to the possibility of this type of catastrophic event, began moving to EMR in 2000. Staff training began immediately on EMR use. As an administrator of a hospital located in an area prone to hurricanes, priority is placed on preparing the staff for the possibility of a mass catastrophe. Staff is trained on privacy issues such as Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and ways to prevent the accidental disclosure of health information. Staff members are required to complete yearly education to maintain their competency in this area.essentially unreadable, indecipherable, and otherwise” reconstructed (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services [U. S. DHHS], n.d., p. 1). GCH, in response to the possibility of this type of catastrophic event, began moving to EMR in 2000. Staff training began immediately on EMR use. As an administrator of a hospital located in an area prone to hurricanes, priority is placed on preparing the staff for the possibility of a mass catastrophe. Staff is trained on privacy issues such as Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and ways to prevent the accidental disclosure of health information. Staff members are required to complete yearly education to maintain their competency in this area.essentially unreadable, indecipherable, and otherwise” reconstructed (U. S. Department of Health and Human...
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...Does Head Start Program increase a child’s chance of academic success? The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and this service supposed to provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement service for the low-income children and their families. The Head Start programs service and resources are designed to foster stable family relationship, enhance children’s physical and emotional well-being and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive skills. Head Start Program was launched in 1965 by its first director Jule Sugarman; it was originally conceived as a program that would be used as catch-up programs, for summer school that would teach low-income children in a few weeks on how to be prepared the children’s for the start for kindergarten. It was show that six weed of preschool could not make up for five years of poverty. In 1981 the Head Started program was expanded the program and December 2007 the program was revised. As of 2005 the program has more than 22 million pre-school aged children. Head Start mission was to enhancing the children social and health, wellbeing and to get the children prepared for school. Head Start program was part of President Johnson society campaign. The program started out as an eight-week summer program in 1965. The program was led by both Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at John Hopkins University and Dr. Edward Zigler, a professor of psychology...
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...June 8, 2008 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the many agencies that handle an array of healthcare departments as well as research. The DHHS caters to citizens of all nationalities, race, and ethnicities. The DHHS focus is to protect the health of all Americans and providing the highest level of human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Public Health Service is divided into 42 subdivisions (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). This paper will give highlights of the history of the DHHS, the source and scope of authority, how the day-to-day operations are guided and performed, and how DHHS is structured. In addition, examples are given as to the duties that are carried out within the department of the DHHS. History of the Agency The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1953 and was referred to as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1979, the agency was recreated and renamed as the Department of Education. The DHHS agency has many components within the agency that handles and maintains day-to-day operations. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Source and scope of authority According to the statement Office of Inspector General (OIG), the text reads that OIG will ensure that disseminated information meets the standards of quality set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Health and Human Services (HHS) and OIG guidelines...
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...June 8, 2008 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the many agencies that handle an array of healthcare departments as well as research. The DHHS caters to citizens of all nationalities, race, and ethnicities. The DHHS focus is to protect the health of all Americans and providing the highest level of human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Public Health Service is divided into 42 subdivisions (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). This paper will give highlights of the history of the DHHS, the source and scope of authority, how the day-to-day operations are guided and performed, and how DHHS is structured. In addition, examples are given as to the duties that are carried out within the department of the DHHS. History of the Agency The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1953 and was referred to as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1979, the agency was recreated and renamed as the Department of Education. The DHHS agency has many components within the agency that handles and maintains day-to-day operations. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Source and scope of authority According to the statement Office of Inspector General (OIG), the text reads that OIG will ensure that disseminated information meets the standards of quality set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Health and Human Services (HHS) and OIG guidelines...
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...Memo To: Marketing Department From: Group C Date: August 1, 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Re: Kelly Service Marketing Team Recommendation for Wal-Mart As the future of hiring employees changes too more temporary and contract workers to reduce cost, Wal-Mart is no exception. Wal-Mart even labels these temporary employees as “Flexible Associates”, spokesman Dave Tovar says temporary employees allow store managers to provide permanent workers a more reliable schedules. (Huffington Post August 2, 2013). Along with a more reliable schedule for permanent employees Wal-Mart saves big bucks with no benefits and lower wages. History of Walmart Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in 1962 with the vision of low prices anytime anywhere. From there Sam Walton opened Sam’s Club wholesale stores and Walmart Superstores combining grocery and merchandise. In 1991 Sam’s Club went international opening in Mexico and with the purchase of Woolco in 1994 Walmart continued its international path opening in Canada. Walmart did not stop there with continued expansion into twenty-seven countries Walmart has over 2.2 million associates and serves over 200 million customers every week. (2012 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) Walmart Services and Products Walmart Charities and Scholarships In 2012 Walmart’s giving surpassed one billion dollars worldwide. Through Hunger Relief and Healthy Eating programs, plus a sustainability plan showing people how to live...
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...convenient place for consumers to shop and satisfy their needs (Kerin & Hartley, 2015). This strategy targets Generational Y cohorts and the millennials who will respond to technology-driven promotions. The primary advantage that Amazon has over brick and mortar department stores is the depth of their selection and inventory. Amazon is able to list more goods than a department store would ever be able to store in its building. Consequently, consumers are almost absolutely sure that they will find what they are looking for when they shop at Amazon while they are not sure that their local department store will carry those items. Another advantage that Amazon holds over brick and mortar department stores is the convenience of the shopping process. Customers can research alternatives online far quicker than they could at a physical store. Furthermore, they may not be forced to make multiple trips to a local store to make their purchase decisions. However, local brick and mortar retailers such as Walmart and Target do possess some significant advantages over Amazon. The most important one is their numerous locations. These stores are in all 50 states and almost every city has a Walmart or Target location that services the surrounding area....
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...Billion Number of Employees 2.2 Million (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart) Latest Stock Market Quote: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WMT&ql=1 As one can see, Wal-Mart has gone up in stock from the previous day by .66. Wal-Mart has also been climbing over the past 52 weeks from 57.57-79.50. The company is in good shape. http://www.macroaxis.com/invest/market/WMT--volatility--WalMart_Stores_Inc As one can also see, Wal-Mart (which is represented in blue) is performing much better than the rest of the retail market (which is represented in red) Recent News and Developments: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wal-mart-ceos-pay-jumps-205428206.html Recently in the news, Wal-Mart CEO, Mike Duke received a $2.6 million increase in pay. This was due to Wal-Mart’s rising sales despite a nationwide economic slump. Mike Duke has been the Wal-Mart CEO since February 2009, and his base salary was $1.3 million plus possible incentives. To re-ignite its US business, he implemented low prices throughout its stores, and brought back cancelled items that customers desired, which increased Wal-Mart profits. http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/wal-mart-and-amazon-battle-over-same-day-delivery-and-2-more-dow-movers-to-watch.html/?ref=YF This article pertains to a new express same day delivery service Wal-Mart has implemented. Amazon.com has also implemented this service, so these two companies are competing for the edge is...
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...……………………………………………………………………3 Choice of Organization - Walmart……………………………………………………………….5 Environmental Analysis………………………………………………………………………….6 Divisional Effectiveness Measurements...……………………………………………………….8 Final Report………………………………………………………………………………………9 Cultural HR Issues……………………………………………………………………….10 Emerging HR Issues………….……………………………………………………….....12 Five Year Action Plan……………………………………………………………………………16 References………………………………………………………………………………………..17 Executive Summary Walmart is one of the world’s largest retailers, serving communities worldwide and employing millions throughout their growing organization. This global organization has faced large amounts of scrutiny over the years and has seen legal repercussions from failure to comply with labor laws. Continuing to grow and rise above competitors, Walmart’s strategic HR plan needs to address some of these key opportunities and set the right employees in place to deliver on the company mission and vision. An effective strategic plan will also benefit the organizations reputation and image, both internally and externally. Ongoing pressures and cultural HR issues Walmart faces includes environmental preservation and the companies initiatives to “go green”, as well as the organizations reservations and discouragement towards unionization. These are issues Walmart can address through communication and training. In addition, Walmart faces many emerging HR issues including topics such...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT Organizational Assessment Sherry Crowe MGT416 Operations Management A02 Dr. Carson March 19, 2014 Argosy University The Wal-Mart Corporation On May 9, 1950, Sam Walton opened up Walton’s 5&10 in Bentonville, Arkansas. The first store with the Wal-Mart name, opened in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and was financed 95% by Sam Walton himself. Since its beginning in Arkansas, Walmart has helped millions to save money and live better. Walmart has changed from being a retail store accessible with set hours to be available anytime and anywhere for their 245 million customers. Walmart offer its 245 million customers retail shopping in 11,000 stores under 69 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2013). The company is considered one of the largest employers in the world; Walmart employs 2.2 million associates worldwide. In the U. S., Walmart Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam's Club warehouses comprise the choices of Walmart stores to which customers have access (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2013). As Walmart continues growing successfully the corporation has experienced global success, which has led the corporation to be in constant of change of strategies that provide that the corporation continues fulfilling its mission while offering new products, bettering the human resource management and developing its personnel, and expanding its social responsibility by helping the different communities where stores...
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...transitioning into a new environment, and then determining solutions to meet the needs of the organization within the confines of its new culture. As Walmart expands its operations into China, it is critical that leadership identifies organizational changes needed before establishing operations in that country. Current Structure and Organizational Design Walmart’s current organizational structure has the business broken into three segments- U.S., international, and Sam’s Club- all under the Walmart Stores, Incorporated umbrella. Each division has its own leadership team whose President is accountable to the President of Walmart Stores. Each division runs as its own independent business, giving them more flexibility to make decisions to directly impact the business within their division. Additionally, each division maintains its own real estate, human resources, marketing, and procurement/distribution departments. Overarching leadership across the three divisions include the Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and several other senior executive positions (Walmart, n.d.). At the store level, there are also several levels of management starting with the store or general manager. This manager has several assistant managers who oversee support and department managers. The department managers have assigned departments throughout the store that they manage as a “store within a store”, controlling...
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...What Walmart strategies led to success? These are the following Walmart strategies that led them to success. Low prices for consumers Walmart prides itself in having the lowest of prices. At times they are willing to take a short term loss to get the lowest prices. High efficiency standards from vendors In order to have such high efficiency standards, Walmart has innovated and come up with new practices in tracking and requires its vendors to use radio transmitters to make tracking faster and easier. Diversity in products and offerings Walmart has many offerings than just goods. These consist of a wholesale club (Sam’s Club) neighborhood markets, a pharmacy section, automotive and optical. This allows Walmart to be a one stop shop Creating a culture of customer service Sam Walton sought to win customers over by creating a friendly culture of inclusion, by creating10 foot rule, talking to customers and stressing customer service. Also by creating a culture of employee competence Close location There are Walmart’s almost everywhere. The average person lives 15 miles from a Walmart. By being so close, Walmart becomes a habit and it is convenient. Sam Walton’s role is a role of a charismatic visionary who created strategies policies and assisted in creating the culture of the company while he was alive. Beyond its stated intentions, Walmart plans to expand across the world and become fully irreplaceable. It would not make sense Walmart already provides goods...
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...Walmart is classified as a department store by the Department of Labor, with the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code of 5133. The Department of Labor website states, "…these stores must carry men's and women's apparel and either major household appliances or other home furnishings. These and other merchandise lines are normally arranged in separate sections or departments with the accounting on a departmentalized basis” (United States Department of Labor, 2014, para. 1.). The paper will examine Walmart and other industry department stores according to financial reportings, the Dun and Bradstreet Key Business ratios report, and calculations of financial ratios. Team Calculations Solvency Ratio Solvency ratio = (After Tax Net Profit + Depreciation) / Total liabilities 2013 16,999,000+ 8,478,000/ 126,243,000= 25,477,000/ 126,243,000=20% 2012 15,699,000 + 8,106,000/121,687,000 23,805,000/121,687,000=20% Profitability Ratio Return on Sales=Net Income /Net Sales 2013 16,999,000/116,354,000=15% 2012 15,699,000/111,516,000=14% Efficiency Ratio Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio=Net Assets/Net Sales 2013 55,846,000/116,354,000=48% 2012 50,664,000/111,516,000=45% Analysis When comparing the calculated financial ratios for Walmart for 2012 and 2013 to that of the industry averages in solvency, Walmart was steady at 20% in 2012 and 2013 while the median numbers in 2012 and 2013 respectively for the industry were 64.30 and 46.20 (Dun and Bradstreet, 2014, para. 1)...
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...The Marketing Activities of Walmart Shelly Green BUS 235: Introduction to Marketing Sandra Piccillo March 31, 2014 Walmart is one of the fastest growing retail stores around and I will be giving some viewpoint on how they became so successful. There are many factors we will be looking at throughout this paper including the competition involved with running a business such as this and how they stay ahead. There are some marketing techniques that Walmart uses to ensure they continue to grow so we will look at those as well. When Sam Walton opened his first Walmart in March of 1918 according to (Schololasticus, 2011). He wanted a company that would make money and cater to the needs of consumers according to (Walmart.HelpMe.com, 2014). Sam Walton had a big dream to expand his operations and that is just what happened. They are now one of the biggest discount retailers across the globe according to (Walmart.HelpMe.com, 2014). There are 36 departments inside some of these departments include clothing, household, health and beauty, lawn and garden, jewelry, shoes and pharmacy according to (Walmart.HelpMe.com, 2014). Their marketing strategy has not failed yet. The one that they use is of great assistance to them. Walmart’s marketing strategy is to lower prices for a large variety of consumer goods according to (Kerin, Hartley, Berkowitz, & Rudelius, 2011). This strategy helps them deliver product to consumers at rock bottom prices. Walmart uses new technology such as radio...
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...WalMart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges In 1950, Sam Walton purchased a small store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas called Walton’s 5 & 10. Walton’s 5 & 10 is now called WalMart Visitor’s Center in Bentonville, Arkansas. In 1962, founder Sam Walton opened the first WalMart store located in Rogers, Arkansas. Sam Walton was inspired by other discount department chain stores. By keeping his retail prices lower than the other competitors stores he was able to open his second WalMart store the same year in Rogers, Arkansas. There were a total of 24 stores in the state of Arkansas by 1967 with earnings of $12.6 million in sales. In 1968, the first store was opened outside of Arkansas in Claremore, Oklahoma and Sikestone, Missouri. WalMart expanded to South Carolina and Georgia in the early 80’s. By this time WalMart was launching their jewelry divisions, auto service centers and pharmacy departments. Later on as WalMart grew they introduced their first WalMart Supercenter in 1988 in Washington, Missouri. The WalMart Supercenter’s features one-hour photo processing lab, portrait studio, banks, hair and nail salons, fast food outlets and video rental stores. “Although it got off to a slow start, over the next 40 years the company grew from a small chain to more than 8,000 facilities in 27 countries” (Ferrell, Fraederich & Ferrell, p. 407). Sam Walton believed in customer satisfaction and invented the “10 foot rule” meaning all...
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... Student Marketing Plan for Walmart Supercenter A Marketing Plan Presented by: Mission Statement "We save people money so they can live better." Is the mission statement for Walmart supercenter stores internationally, as is their slogan of “Save Money. Live Better” generally supporting one another. Goals Financial: 1. Financially be stable in the first five years to continue growing. 2. Provide the city of Kerman with jobs. 3. Rise to the same level of success as all other Walmarts in the Central Valley. Nonfinancial: 1. Provide the community with savings and jobs. 2. When meeting financial goals give back to the community. 3. Provide necessary materials for schooling. 4. Within 5 years provide the Kerman athletics with state of the art athletic facilities. 5. Give the community of Kerman and others around recreational areas for growing kids. Competitive Advantage Walmart has a competitive advantage over all other stores in the world hands down. It has the lowest prices guaranteed, providing the community of 20,000 with a Walmart will be a great move for the town. Walmart Supercenter’s advantage is that there are no others around in a 40 mile radius. Kerman is indeed the “Gateway to the Westside” to go to other town or communities you must pass through Kerman, there is no other option. The closest Walmart Supercenter is 40+ miles away in the well known city of Clovis, Ca. Walmart Supercenter can provide far cheaper...
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