Sentences with phrase «change the management practice»

Note, that my point is not to stop using trees but we need to change the management practice and use small - scale, selective cutting methods.

If you're one of those nimble firms and are considering a move toward alternative fee arrangements, take a few lessons from agile change management practices: • Begin your transition with a sprint — a quick project with limited scope • Focus early sprints on low - risk changes with the potential for high - value results • Focus early sprints on a small group of workers and roll them out in waves to the rest of the workforce; this provides the chance to learn enough from each iteration to improve the next.

Established, defined and initiated change management practice to promote project end user adoption post project and worked with Quality Team to ensure ROI for reporting and collecting data for required groups.

Not exact matches

A typical newsletter might include a press release as well as important announcements about products and services, new business practices or changes in management.

«Even though the leaders of those companies right now seem to be true believers, they're one management change away from the scummy business practices that Kaplan and Kapella have adopted.»

CONS: Books age well, but management practices seldom do, especially in a rapidly changing industry such as this one.

He added that the bank has changed many of the practices that has created legal, regulatory and risk - management headaches for the bank.

In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to social and environmental issues like political spending and climate change.

We live in fast - paced, ever - changing world and if we want to keep our teams engaged and motivated we need to change and adapts our management styles and practices to engage with our teams.

monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

Alexion was already dealing with scrutiny surrounding its sales practices, which prompted a major shakeup of executive management, including new CEO, CFO, CCO and R&D appointments during 2017; then in December, reports emerged that Elliott Management had built up a stake and was pushing fmanagement, including new CEO, CFO, CCO and R&D appointments during 2017; then in December, reports emerged that Elliott Management had built up a stake and was pushing fManagement had built up a stake and was pushing for change.

In author and seasoned commodity trader Carley Garner's quest to guide traders through the process of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk management, «Higher Probability Commodity Trading» discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option selling tactics, hedging futures positions with options, and combining the practice of fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.

Given changes in the business at home — namely CEO Travis Kalanick resigning amid a host of scandals involving sexual harassment and other bad management practices — the company appears to be having a wider thinking of its overall strategy.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

In a statement on Thursday following Warren's comments, Wells Fargo said, «Wells Fargo's board and management team have taken many actions in response to its retail sales practices issues, including changes in senior leadership, executive accountability actions and numerous steps to ensure we make things right with any customer affected by unacceptable sales practices.»

Robyn joins Align from U.S. Trust where she served as a Vice President and Private Client Advisor and focused her wealth management practice on bridging the gap between traditional investment capital and financing social change.

For the most part, these changes seem to have resulted in propping up the growth of Practice Management.

Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important with the advent of climate change.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

No wonder that Stolzberg says that little has changed since the landmark Leopold Report of 1964 condemning the WS predator management practices.

The system assists the company's root cause analysis processes as well as its change management and productivity practices.

In this article, we investigate trends in global coffee distributions and cultivation practices, and we review the potential impacts of these geographic and management changes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, resilience to climate change, and sustainable livelihoods.

But fortunately, just as poor land - management practices are contributors to climate change, use of good on - farm...

No changes in farm management or cultivation practices are anticipated should GR2E Golden Rice be adopted in agriculture in the future.

In his time with IRRI, Dr. Morell has been instrumental in shaping the institute's research and outreach agenda, including IRRI's leadership on climate change - ready rice, healthier rice varieties, farmer - friendly crop management and value chain practices as well as encouraging the next generation of rice scientists.

Good pasture management practices also can promote carbon sequestration in the soil, which is a primary tool for reversing climate change.

This class will be a blend of lecture, video, demonstration and practice and will include, but not be limited to: Gestation and Anatomy, Preparing your Body and How to Adapt to Its Changes, Signs, Stages and Emotional Signposts of Labor, Pain Management Techniques, Understanding Evidence - Based Care, Birth Preference Sheets (Birth Plans), Pain Medication Options, Labor Support (who should be at your birth), Understanding Medical Support (Interventions) and Induction, Cesarean Birth and Prevention and Postpartum Health.

Hospitals will benefit from the development of knowledge, skills and capacity in evidenced - based maternity practices, breastfeeding subject matter, quality improvement processes, change management and practical strategies to address opportunities related to the safe execution of evidence based maternity practices supportive of optimal infant nutrition.

Based on the most current evidence base for practice, it includes four new chapters: * Normal Infant Behavior * Change Management * Developing and Managing a Hospital Lactation Service * Nutrition for the Breastfeeding Child New to this edition are figures of breast anatomy and infant suckling and sections on mentoring future lactation consultants, protecting against chronic disease for the lactating mother, and breastfeeding late preterm infants.

Offering a solution to the problem, the President advised residents living in flood prone areas to take the initiative to develop positive waste management practices saying, «if the rain water doesn't have an open cause to be able to go into the sea, it will flood city... even after we have done the Conti project, if we don't change our attitudes, we will continue to have this problem.»

He urged the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to embark on an extensive public education to aid behavioural change towards waste management practices.

Other recent research on geoengineering using solar radiation management has also found that if the practice did begin but was then stopped, it could lead to rapid climate change with potentially hazardous consequences (ClimateWire, Nov. 27, 2013).

Much of USDA's climate change communication focuses on risk management practices that improve production and reduce costs, said William Hohenstein, director of the Climate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief Econchange communication focuses on risk management practices that improve production and reduce costs, said William Hohenstein, director of the Climate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief EconChange Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief Economist.

«There is every expectation that changes in the dairy industry will be further accentuated and additional novel technologies and different management practices will be adopted in the future.»

«These changes have had, and will likely continue to have, profound effects on the health and welfare of dairy cows and on management practices and systems for dairy herds.»

A new study in Nature Climate Change finds that warming and declines in soil moisture, but also vine management practices to lower yields to produce better - quality grapes, brought the fruit to early maturity.

Changes in forest management and agricultural practices could significantly reduce the threat of global warming much more quickly than can technological solutions such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) from coal - fired power plants, according to experts.

Soil carbon sequestration — One of the recommendations coming out of this and previous reports is that carbon be sequestered through land management changes, Rice said of practices that hold carbon in the soil.

Changes to agricultural practice and forestry management could cut greenhouse gas emissions, buying time to develop alternative technologies

Written by an international team of experts, the study provides an overview of emerging good practice in strategic flood management (SFM), as well as a historical overview of the events — like the Boxing Day tsunami — that have changed approaches to flood management forever.

«To save honey bees, human behavior must change: Poor management practices have enabled spread of bee pathogens, bee researcher argues.»

The authors discuss the social and economic factors that complicate changes to management practices in the river basin.

The tool predicts the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change.

«As ocean oxygen content declines and acidity increases in California waters it will become increasingly important to incorporate these changes into fisheries management practices,» says Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher Lisa Levin, Sato's advisor and a study coauthor.

Outdated land management practices, a dearth of local decision - making bodies with real powers, a lack of long - term planning, along with long - standing educational and financial disempowerment and marginalization are among the hurdles the prevent Arctic communities from adapting to climate change, says a McGill - led research team.

Hess, J. J., J. Z. McDowell, and G. Luber, 2012: Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: Using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience.

China's croplands have experienced drastic changes in management practices related to fertilization, tillage and residue treatment since the 1980s.

Wildfires are nothing new, but a complex combination of climate change, forest management practices, and development patterns are making them bigger and more damaging.