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Communication and Information Management Title: Establishing and Maintaining Stability and ContinuityRequired Reading: Quinn, pgs. 108-116; 128-148. Competencies 1 through 4 only. Focus on “Assessment” and “Learning” sections for each competency.Suggested Additional Readings:Kotter, “What leaders really do” (HBR)Nohria, “What really...

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) In comparison with non-healthcare businesses, enterprise risk management (ERM) is particularly more important in services based healthcare organizations. Non-healthcare businesses focus on managing risk with the aim of preventing and mitigating against financial losses (Arena, Arnaboldi,...

In comparison with non-healthcare businesses, enterprise risk management is particularly more important in services based healthcare organizations. Non-healthcare businesses focus on managing risk with the aim of preventing and mitigating against financial losses (Arena, Arnaboldi, & Azzone, 2010). There is...

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility is the continuous commitment by business organizations to carry out their operations ethically and contribute to economic development. At the same time they can improve the quality of their workforce...

Information Integration Both Information Integration and Insight Creation capabilities are related to the phenomenon of business intelligence. According to Biere (2003), business intelligence is defined as the methodical and conscious transformation of data from different sources in the novel...

Week One Topic NoteWelcome to Week 1As we begin our discussion of Business Intelligence BI , we need to distinguish between an organization’s data, information, and knowledge.  These three terms should not be used interchangeably, although they often are. ...

Factors that have led to increasing importance of Business Intelligence Business Intelligence (BI) has increasingly become an integral part of any business entity. There are two factors which have contributed to this; External and Internal factors. (Editor, 2012) This...

Week Two Topic NoteWelcome to Week 2In our first week, we looked at the definition of Business Intelligence (BI) and contrasted BI with other related technologies.  We also looked at how data differs from information and knowledge, and why...