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Workforce Support for Data Collection and Incident Analysis Systems Few of the incident investigation and data collection systems reviewed provide any guidelines with regard to how these systems are to be introduced into an organization. Section 6.10 addresses this issue primarily from the perspective of incident reporting systems. However, gaining the support and ownership of the workforce is equally important for root cause analysis systems. Unless the culture and climate in a plant is such that personnel can be frank about the errors that may have contributed to an incident, and the factors which influenced these errors, then it is unlikely that the investigation will be very effective. 

Scientists coming from such different positions are able to make strategic use of each other in a borderland, a place where even the choice of what language to use in any given situation allows different types of negotiations for resources, position, and ownership of scientific knowledge.2... 

These three aspects of the UPS culture a mutually accountable performance culture, an emphasis on constructive dissatisfaction, and employee-centric policies and ownership, are the foundation of UPS s way of doing business. 

Recommenclations should be written in such a way that they transfer full responsibility and ownership to the receiving department. They should engage the reader to think about the recommendation before merely acting on it. Recommendation writers should avoid assertive or prescriptive statements that simply direct the recipient to carry out an activity. For example, instead of Rewrite the operating procedures a recommendation might suggest... 

Responsibility for and ownership of the tank into which product was run down, and from which tank cars were loaded, were not clear. 

The National Firearms Act of 1934 was rather modest by modern standards. It didn t actually outlaw machine guns or sawed-off shotguns, but it imposed a 200 tax on their manufacture, sale, and ownership—a rather high amount of money at that time. (Because they are short enough to conceal beneath a coat, sawed-off shotguns have long been considered a weapon of particular usefulness to criminals.) The law also required that purchasers of such weapons undergo an FBI bac%round check. 

Relative size of Fine-chemical business and ownership Fine-Chemical business as percentage of total company sales <25% 25-75% >75% >75% president/ CEO is major share holder... 

Before approaching them again, however, 1 felt that I needed to prepare myself. 1 needed to review my presentation abilities. It was essential that 1 portrayed a positive attitude if I was to instil enthusiasm and ownership. I realized that 1 did not always accept alternative views. 1 can become demoralized very easily if 1 cannot obtain the response 1 would like. Moreover, I knew I did not always present my case in a clear and precise manner which is easily understood. 

Financial data and other corporate information can change quickly. A book of this type can be no more current than the data that was available as of the time of editing. Consequently, the financial picture, management and ownership of the firm(s) you are studying may have changed since the date of this book. For example, this almanac includes the most up-to-date sales figures and profits available to the editors as of late-2008. That means that we have typically used corporate financial data as of the end of 2007. 

Finally, the business cases that drive those projects are becoming more conservative. Pay-as-you-go approaches can keep the risks low investment in new projects occurs only if the previous projects cover the costs. Even though CRM projects can become quite lengthy (three to five years), pay-as-you-go ensures budget stability and enhances organizational acceptance and ownership of the implemented solutions. 

P. W. Wong, A watermark for image integrity and ownership verification. To appear in Proceedings of IS T PIC Conference (Portland, OR), May 1998. Also available as Hewlett Packard Laboratories Technical Report HPL-97-72, May 1997. 

The importance of the concept of trust case stakeholder and collaborative development of a trust cases became evident while applying our approach to complex e-Health applications. It seems to be even more important if we consider IT infrastructures supporting for instance electricity distribution where we face the problem of distributed responsibility and ownership of the system. 

All Employees Will Feel a Sense of Pride and Ownership... 

By seeking input from all levels, people will know that their contributions are important to the business and that they are key to its success. By encouraging all employees to recommend change they will feel a sense of responsibility and ownership. 

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