Deployment and Decision-Making Resources

Bidding documents including detailed drawings and specifications are then 

Risk assessment provides an objective, often science-based, approach to compare risks. Risk assessments are inputs used by decision makers to deter- 

Laboratory and field observation of adverse health effecls and exposures to par licular Sg ffilN 

Hazard Identification JOoea the agen-l cause the adverse eflscl ) 

Risk Characterization hal b the estimated Incidence ol the atl-i/erie effect in a given population  

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Like capital, labor and many raw materials, scientific and technological capability must be thought of, nurtured and expended, like the valuable and limited national resource that it Is. There Is considerable evidence that this resource Is being used less effectively than It could be, due to a number of Imbalances In Its development and strategic deployment. To some extent, these Imbalances are the direct result of Federal actions to some extent, they result from reactions, in universities and In Industry, to Federal actions. BUT, TO A LARGE EXTENT, THEY APPEAR TO BE INDIRECT AND UNINTENDED RESULTS OF APPARENTLY UNRELATED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND DECISIONS. Since World War II there have been a number of major shifts In the make-up of the national scientific and technological resource and In the way It has been allocated. 

To be an effective management tool, productivity management should be linked to a data-information decision-making model. Figure 16.7 proposes an eHealth data-driven model that identifies customer/patient value expectations (value proposition), the availability of resource requirements and their deployment, and the relationship between an acceptable (viable) value proposition and organizational profitability, productivity, and competitive advantage. 

Intramural funding is monies mobilized, identified, and deployed by an institution for a specific purpose. It is the most significant type of funding within the institution s control. Therefore, I will spend most of the talk on this intramural funding. What is it about intramural research programs that makes them important and successful They increase an institution s ability to leverage itself into more competitive positions, to more successfully gamer federal research support, and to more successfully interact with corporate entities outside the university. Therefore, the way the institution mobilizes its own flexible internal resources to support faculty research is a decision made very carefully. 

Before society can make informed decisions about the technologies it will deploy to sustainably meet its needs, a more comprehensive grasp of the dynamics between primary and secondary raw material supply is required, as well as a better appreciation of the complex interrelationships between a viable energy supply mix and the production of these raw materials. Likewise, a deeper understanding is needed of the suite of engineering advancements that will depend on these raw materials. The development of enhanced, accurate insight encompassing the many variables related to supply, demand, and utilization of the world s precious resources is an issue that cross cuts all of the sectors examined in this report—and one that must be addressed so that effective policy mechanisms can be deployed that will incentivize society s transition to a sustainable future. 

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