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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"staffing levels"”.
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Human Capital: The Importance of Staffing Levels
… organization is unable to accumulate sufficient levels of human capital to maintain a competitive advantage. The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce staffing levels as a complimentary conceptualization of human capital. Specifically, I develop theory to articulate the latent structure of …
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A descriptive analysis of the 1992 active-duty physician asset: with comparisons to the Kaiser-Permanente physician staff model data
… area which impacts these factors is physician staffing levels. The problem for DoD is one of maintaining a cadre of active-duty physicians, which is generally based on wartime requirements, while providing peacetime medical care to over eight million beneficiaries. This thesis examines this …
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Telephone traffic queues in a customer call center
… utilization. We find that some modifications to staffing levels at both down times and peak times would improve the aforementioned performance measures. Some limitations to this study are the limited availability of data, thus some assumptions were made. The data used is also form year 2008, so …
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Musculoskeletal Injury amongst Illinois Hospital Workers: Incidence, Severity and Staffing, 2018-2023
… attention to other occupational groups or staffing as a structural determinant of risk. This study examines the incidence and severity of WMSDs among Illinois hospital workers and evaluates whether nurse staffing levels are associated with injury rates. Methods: This retrospective …
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The economic feasibility and potential resource requirements of scaling up prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV services in Zambia from a provider's perspective
… medium term expenditure estimates and projected staffing levels to ascertain the feasibility of reaching the proposed targets.
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On the Viability of Quantitative Assessment Methods in Software Engineering and Software Services
… goals. Help desk managers need a way to plan staffing levels so that labor costs are minimized while problems are resolved efficiently. An incident prediction method is needed for planning staffing levels. The potential value of a solution to this problem is important to an IT service provider …
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Factors Associated With Local Public Health Agency Participation In Obesity Prevention, 2008
… foundation for health efforts on the community levels. Conceptual frameworks show that good infrastructure leads to good process, which, in turn, leads to good outcomes. Community-based interventions for obesity prevention, as examples of process, have not proven to be successful. If process is …
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The impact of an ambulatory infusion center patient acuity scale on nursing satisfaction with workload: A mixed method study
… the healthcare setting and is a driver of nurse staffing and patient scheduling. Much of the work on patient acuity has focused on the inpatient setting, but because care is transitioning to the ambulatory setting these departments must ensure nursing care is provided in a manner that decreases …
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Statistical methods for supporting urgent care delivery
… provider in the North East of England to ensure staffing levels were optimised, and server performance was investigated. Initial methods included linear regression to predict calls per day into a call centre, loess to predict arrival rates, and moving averages to deal with unexpected flu …
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Positive Psychology in the NCAA: Amplifying the Power and Uplifting the Voices of Student Athletes In Multiple Mental Health Studies
… trends, mental health program development and staffing, levels of stigma and climate, and more.</p>
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A realistic evaluation of early warning systems and acute care training for early recognition and management of deteriorating ward-based patients
… organisational (workload; time pressures; staffing levels and skill-mix), educational (constraints on training and experiential learning) and cultural (delegation of observations, referral hierarchy; rigid recording practices) factors influenced the impact of EWS and acute care training …
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Superintendents' perceptions of the impact of open enrollment on public school districts in Indiana
… for the impact of those budgets to finances, staffing, and programming. The dissertation used a survey to collect superintendent thoughts in relation to the six constructs of finance, staffing, programming, climate, marketing, and demographic changes. Inferential statistics were used to …
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Variation in Organizational Resources and Nurse & Patient Outcomes at Hospitals Serving Economically Disadvantaged Patients
… available to nurses, including appropriate levels of nurse staffing and a positive practice environment, are strongly associated with care quality, as well as nurse and patient outcomes. However, little is known about the influence of differences in organizational resources for nurses as an …
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Traffic Safety Investigations for Local Agencies
… of cities are not staffed at the proper levels, not allocating the necessary resources to traffic engineering activities, and are not employing an adequate evaluation/mitigation strategy. The findings of this study provide guidance and framework to cities for developing effective traffic …
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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Responders (SAFER) Grant Program: An Analysis of Fiscal Federalism and How Local Governments utilize SAFER Grant Funding
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Responders (SAFER) Grant Program: An Analysis of Fiscal Federalism and How Local Governments Utilize SAFER Grant Funding. Thomas J. Layou ABSTRACT This dissertation presents a comprehensive analysis of the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency …
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STAFFING IMPACTS ON ASSAULT BREACHER VEHICLE AND THE JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE OPERATIONAL READINESS
… failing to meet anticipated readiness levels. The imperative to discern and rectify the root causes of these issues has become paramount to streamline maintenance and optimize resource utilization. This thesis evaluates the role of talent management in maintaining the operational …
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Rethinking the hub and spoke airline strategy : an analysis and discussion of American Airline's decision to depeak its schedule at O'Hare International Airport
… cost carriers is partly attributable to its high levels of employee productivity and equipment utilization. In April 2002, American Airlines made a step toward emulating this facet of Southwest's strategy by depeaking its flight schedule at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. American's …
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Management practices of headteachers and teacher retention in selected rural primary schools of Copperbelt province in Zambia.
… of the study were threefold; to determine the staffing levels of teachers in rural primary schools, to assess the management practices of headteachers employ on teacher retention in rural primary schools and to explore challenges headteachers face on teacher retention in rural primary schools. …
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Management practices of headteachers and teacher retention in selected rural primary schools of Copperbelt province in Zambia.
… of the study were threefold; to determine the staffing levels of teachers in rural primary schools, to assess the management practices of headteachers employ on teacher retention in rural primary schools and to explore challenges headteachers face on teacher retention in rural primary schools. …
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Curriculum implementation in a newly established school: a case of Kapoche day secondary school in Katete district, Zambia.
… of laboratory, library facilities and low staffing levels adversely affected the implementation of the revised curriculum at Kapoche day secondary school. It was also concluded that the way teachers and learners perceived the revised curriculum as well as each other had positive as well as …
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