Despite being introduced into the literature as a potentially exciting development over 20 years ago, there is still little or no agreement about what constitutes strategic management accounting (SMA). The term itself is open to a number of interpretations, something that is reflected in the varied nature of the research associated with it. In our view, however, SMA is best understood as a g…
This revision of Principles of Accounting is based on an understanding of the nature, culture, and motivations of today’s undergraduate students and on extensive feedback from many instructors who use our book. These substantial changes meet the needs of these students, who not only face a business world increasingly complicated by ethical issues, globalization, and technology but who als…
The outdated health care service that works on strong paternalistic and con- trolling principles is in effect dead. The changes in the culture of the NHS have been driven by numerous factors including changes in society, and the decentralizaion of health care services. Others factors include the failing of the NHS to tackle system failures such as those identified by the Bristol enquiry and cha…
Medical waste can be hazardous; if you do not dispose of it correctly, health personnel, waste handlers, and the community risk being seriously injured or infected. This is true no matter where you provide health care—at the facility or at the community level. Establishing good practices for proper handling and disposal of health care waste is an important part of the health care delivery sys…
This research report was sponsored by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). It summarizes a project conducted by RAND Health, ECRI Institute, the University of Texas, and Baylor College of Medicine. The project facilitated the identification of safety risks associated with health information technology (IT) by 11 organizations (hospitals and ambula…
Millennials are the first “always connected” generation ensconced within an ecosystem of digital devices from iphones and iPads to tablets and laptops. They bring these devices and behaviors into the places where they study and work which can expose organizations to security vulnerabilities. Millennials are reported to lack awareness of and demonstrate limited adherence to organizational se…
This publication gives in tabular form the nutritive values for household measures of commonly used foods. It was first published in 1960; the last revision was published in 1991. In this revision, values for total dietary fiber have been added and phosphorus values have been removed. Values are reported for water; calories; protein; total fat; saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fa…
Abstract Teachers strive to establish partnerships with parents to support student learning. Strong communication is fundamental to this partnership and to building a sense of community between home and school. In these changing times, teachers must continue to develop and expand their skills in order to maximize effective communication with parents. is article presents a range of comm…
When disaster strikes, the nation depends on the emergency response community. No events demonstrated this truth as dramatically as the catastrophic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. But the same holds true every time the nation faces a major natural disaster or industrial incident. Emergency responders are an indispensable part of the country’s homeland security system. To ensure that…
Design Methodology and Technology teaches you how to design and publish Web sites. In this course, you will work with popular production tools such as Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash. You will study design technologies such as Dynamic HTML, cascading style sheets, JavaScript, Java applets, plug-ins and multimedia. You will also explore the extensibility of design tools, in…
The authors conducted a study of MIS textbooks as a follow-up to a study completed in 2005 and found, as in the earlier study, that computer security receives limited depth of coverage in the textbooks. Textbooks continue to publish a variety of topics and issues relating to technology security. A comparison of the results of the previous and current research studies clearly indicate there is a…