Computergestützte Management-Informationssysteme: Geschichte – Zukunft – Konsequenzen

Für Geschäftsführer und Manager ist es schon immer wichtig gewesen, gut informiert zu sein und der Stellenwert des Informationsfaktors erhöht sich ständig. Zum einen haben sich die weltweiten Wettbewerbsbedingungen verschärft, was zu einer stark angestiegenen Komplexität führt, und zum anderen droht gerade auf der Topebene ständig eine Informationsüberladung aufgrund der ungeheuren Datenmenge, die Unternehmen heute generieren. Information ist mit das wichtigste Gut eines Managers. Peter Drucker brachte dies sehr gut zum Ausdruck, als er feststellte: "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it". Der rasante Fortschritt der Informationstechnik lässt hoffen, dass der Informationsfaktor zunehmend besser zu handhaben ist. Der Technologieschub der vergangenen Jahre ermöglichte völlig neue Präsentationsformen und einen deutlich besseren Zugriff auf Informationen. Das führte nicht nur zu höherer Qualität sondern vor allem auch Aktualität. Der Durchbruch des Computers auf die Topebene der Unternehmen ist damit geschafft. --

Penerapan Balanced Scorecard Sebagai Strategic Management System Dalam Rangka Keseimbangan Pengukuran Kinerja Pada PT. X Di Sidoarjo

Maraknya industri garmen di Indonesia saat ini yang juga diikuti oleh banyaknya badan usaha yang gulung tikar karena kondisi\ud perekonomian yang tidak stabil, menyebabkan PT "X" harus mempunyai strategi bersaing dalam persaingan global berdasarkan kompetensi inti yang dimilikinya. Derivasi strategi harus terukur, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. Setiap alur strategi perlu pengukuran agar dapat ditentukan tingkat kesuksesannya melalui pemberian informasi yang akurat dan tepat waktu. Balanced Scorecard merupakan strategic management system yang memungkinkan para manajer menilai apa yang telah mereka bina dalam intangible assets seperti merek dan loyalitas pelanggan. Sifat Balanced Scorecard yang transparan, mampu melihat ke dalam strategi unit bisnis dari pengukuran yang ada demi perbaikan kinerja di masa depan, yang dimulai dari perencanaan, implementasi sampai dengan evaluasi strategi jangka panjangnya. Kondisi PT "X" yang seringkali mengalami dysfunctional dalam proses produksinya, perbedaan-perbedaan tujuan dan sasaran masing-masing unit bisnis dan tidak terdapatnya sistem penilaian kinerja yang obyektif dan terukur baik, dapat mengadopsi konsep Balanced Scorecard untuk mengkomunikasikan visi dan strateginya ke dalam tujuan dan pengukuran yang balanced dan tangible dalam empat aspek yaitu customer, internal-business-process, learning and growth dan financial. Aplikasi Balanced Scorecard dimulai dari akarnya yaitu learning and growth yang memberikan kontribusi pada internal-business-process sehingga pelanggan menjadi puas dan pada akhimya badan usaha akan mendapatkan keuntungan yang tercermin dalam performasi keuangan. Untuk itu perlu dibangun suatu kompetensi inti yang mendasari strategi badan usaha untuk menciptakan daya saing badan usaha dalam jangka panjang

Experiences of living with chronic back pain: The physical disabilities

Purpose. Back-related functional limitations are largely assessed using lists of activities, each scored on a yes/no basis and the scores then summed. This provides little information about how chronic back pain (CBP) patients live with their condition. This study describes the consequences of living day-to-day with CBP and documents the 'insider' accounts of its impact on daily life. Method. Unstructured interviews, using the 'Framework' approach with topic guide, were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Subjects were sampled for age, sex, ethnicity and occupation from new referrals with back pain to a rheumatology outpatient clinic. Eleven subjects (5 male, 6 female) were interviewed either in English (n = 9) or their preferred language (n = 2). Interviews were read in-depth twice to identify the topics. Data were extracted in phrases and sentences using thematic content analysis. Results. Four themes emerged: sleep/rest, mobility, independence and leisure. All subjects reported issues about sleep and rest, nine about mobility, seven about independence and six on leisure. Most descriptions concerned loss and limitation in daily life. Strategies for coping with sleep disruption and physical limitations were described. Conclusions. Subjects provided graphic 'in-depth' descriptions of experiences living with CBP every day; expressed regret at the loss of capabilities and distress at the functional consequences of those losses. Facilitating 'adjustment' to 'loss' may be more helpful than inferring the potential for a life free of pain as a result of therapeutic endeavours

In There or Up Front? : An Introduction to Bottom-Line Human Resource Management

This essay explains to managers and academics a new approach to human resource management, what I call “Bottom-Line Human Resource Management.” Bottom-line human resource management starts by positing clear organizational goals, and in this way differs from strategic human resource management, which starts with analysis of the organization’s human resource strategy. Organizational goals are easily classified; managers cannot manage well unless they know which class of organization they are working in. Not all decisions have right and wrong answers but some do. Managers will earn a seat at the table if they are able to make correct decisions in these cases and to ask correct questions the rest of the time. By embracing their organization’s goals, using sound decision criteria, and conveying their decisions in jargon-free English, managers will be valued partners

31st Annual African American Commencement, 2013

31st Annual African American Commencement Black Grad: Living the Legacy. The 2013 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 in the Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/blackgrad/1005/thumbnail.jp

31st Annual African American Commencement, 2013

31st Annual African American Commencement Black Grad: Living the Legacy. The 2013 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 in the Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/blackgrad/1005/thumbnail.jp