Writing Problem and Hypothesis

Statements for Business Research(10)

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Work problem :
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Quantitative specification of problem :

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Importance of problem :
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Work objective : ?
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A rapidly growing elderly population poses a major
challenge for long-term care management, requiring immediate
solutions given changing family structures and the frequency of chronic
illnesses. Employees in hospital subsidized respiratory care centers,
respiratory care wards and nursing homes are nearly all nursing care
attendants. Belonging to a sub-specialized field of a medical
department, nursing care attendants do not hold specialized license
certification nor have a certain academic level. These workers simply
require basic healthcare training skills and knowledge of hospital or
governmental infrastructure to perform their tasks efficiently. Playing an
important role in Taiwanese society, nursing care attendants
accompany disabled individuals and provide assistance in daily
activities such as taking a bath, taking meals, monitoring urinary or
stool specimens, changing the posture of incapacitated stroke victims
and providing general comfort. Despite their contributions, most nursing
care attendants lack a uniform management approach to ensure the
quality of service given that these workers have no restrictions on age,
education or experience - just that they are mentally and physically
sound.
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Despite the abundance of outsourcing agencies for nursing care
attendants, the lack of standardized training makes it impossible to control the
quality of service provided island wide. Moreover, changes in Taiwans National
Health Insurance scheme have led to an emphasis on controlling personnel
costs while maintaining highly quality services, further contributing to the
outsourcing of nursing care attendants. (NOTE : Add 1-2 sentences that
describe characteristics of the problem or statistics that reflect its severity)
Generally, relatives or the patient directly employ nursing care
attendants without adequate evaluative criteria to select the most appropriate
care provider. Additionally, outsourcing firms also lack objective criteria in
selecting nursing care attendants, leading to widespread customer
dissatisfaction and increasing management difficulty. Given the
twenty two hospital subsidized nursing homes and eighteen respiratory care
wards currently operating in Taiwan, the importance of nursing care attendants
is obvious. The inability to manage effectively the quality of service that nursing
care attendants provide will lead to a further decline in hospital revenues,
eventually leading to a reduction in personnel and community services.
Therefore, an effective selection model must be developed for use in
evaluating outsourced nursing care attendants to help hospital administrators
select the most productive outsourcing agencies.
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An effective selection model can be developed for use in evaluating
outsourced nursing care attendants to help hospital administrators select the
most productive outsourcing agencies. To do so, evaluative
criteria for hospital administrators to select among agencies that outsource
nursing care attendants can be established using a nominal group technique-
based method. The relative weights of evaluative criteria can then be
determined using fuzzy theory and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to
rank alternatives and select the most appropriate outsourcing agencies,
subsequently enabling hospital administrators to achieve an objective
evaluative criteria to make decisions optimally. As anticipated, the
proposed selection model based on fuzzy theory and the AHP method can
provide an objective means of evaluating the quality of nursing care attendants,
thus enhancing the quality of service, increasing customer satisfaction and
lowering personnel costs. Via an objective evaluative criteria,
optimum alternatives to outsource nursing care needs in Taiwan can be
selected efficiently. (NOTE : Add 2 more sentences that describe more
thoroughly how the proposed method contributes to a particular field or sector)
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Unforeseeable circumstances in the constantly fluctuating
business climate necessitate that enterprises adopt effective inventory
management practices to strengthen their competitive edge. Inventory stock is
often viewed as a somewhat static resource of economic value, with the quality
of its management directly impacting company operations. Therefore, an
effective stock inventory system is essential in the supply chain of commercial
activities. However, while focusing on specific stock inventory
systems to achieve the most appropriate design, previous studies have seldom
addressed the supplying chain strategy for stock inventory of multiple products
and many suppliers. The research directions and research methods in
inventory stock policies developed previously widely vary. While some policies
emphasize reducing the retailers costs, others focus on decreasing the
producers overhead costs. While fierce market competition makes it difficult
for a company to assess its current market position, efforts must be made to
consider how to effectively manage stock inventory so that both the producer
and the retail reap profits. Either simulation or statistical approaches are
adopted to establish inventory stock management policies. Simulation requires
much time, making it inefficient with questionable results. Statistical
approaches can only offer guidelines aimed at simplifying either the inventory
stock administrative system or a complex system intended to establish
approximate mathematical patterns; such approaches are often difficult to
interpret.
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According to investigations of commercial practices in
the United States over the past decade, the oversupply of inventory
stock accounts for 20% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the
United States, subsequently tying up an enterprise's funds. The
American Council of Logistics Management Statistics recently indicated
that 20% - 30% of revenues generated from sales of different industries
is consumed in the interflow of commodities. Suppliers and
manufacturers have many unnecessary overhead costs that can be
identified through an effective inventory stock administrative system.
Maloni and Benton (1997) suggested that instituting inventory
management procedures throughout the entire supply chain can
significantly reduce overhead costs, simplify the interflow of
commodities, increase the sharing of information, and allow each unit in
the supply chain to increase economic benefits through efficiency.
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As short supply or overstocked inventory is a common
dilemma in modern business, the inability to enhance stock inventory
management practices will exacerbate short supply situations, increase
customer dissatisfaction, create bottlenecks on the production line and
tarnish an enterprises reputation. Correspondingly, overstocked
inventory will tie up company funds, subsequently reducing the return
rate of investment and the turnover rate of total assets, ultimately
lowering the effectiveness of enterprise management.
Therefore, an inventory stock management model must be developed
that coordinates the efforts of suppliers and retailers, in which the
inventory stock model of distribution for the normality is adopted to
determine the minimum total cost via the metering method.
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An inventory stock management model can be developed that
coordinates the efforts of suppliers and retailers, in which the inventory stock
model of distribution for the normality is adopted to determine the minimum
total cost via the metering method. To do so, the (s, Q) policy
of the inventory stock between the supplier and the manufacturer can be
adopted to reduce the amount of minimum stock required to reduce the total
cost when ordering larger quantities. Problems encountered between the
supplier and the manufacturer in predicting the required amount of inventory
stock can be addressed individually. Next, the stock model (s , Q) can be
utilized to derive the inventory stock models for the supplier and manufacturer
without complex mathematical equations For the inventory stock cost, sales
volume and orders in short supply, the most appropriate control channel can be
adopted by the supplier and the manufacturer, followed by mathematical
analysis and estimation. As anticipated, the proposed inventory
management model can determine the most economic purchasing amount,
purchasing opportunity and inventory stock policy for both the supplier and the
manufacturer. By using random and the most appropriate control
measures, the proposed management model can determine precisely the
demand between the supplier and the manufacturers, reduce overhead costs
and enable enterprise managers to select the most effective inventory stock
policy to enhance overall operations. (NOTE : Add 2 more sentences that
describe more thoroughly how the proposed method contributes to a particular
field or sector)
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