Web Usability for Not-for-Profit Organisations

2011 ◽  
pp. 1177-1183
Author(s):  
Hokyoung Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Web Site ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Building Systems ◽  
Complex Technology ◽  
The Common ◽  
Customer Services ◽  
Commercial Organizations

One of the common aspects of software design is to focus on building systems that are easier for people to learn and use, so as to improve their performance at work. The term “usability” has become so popular that it has been applied to many aspects of life (e.g., the usability of customer services or organisational usability (Kling & Elliott, 1994). This paradigmatic design approach appears to be increasingly important as complex technology allows us to connect more and more devices with people, so the essential aspects of usability—ease of learning, ease of use, useful, and pleasant to use—have been widely used as a basis for design. Indeed, the four usability dimensions proposed by Gould and Lewis (1985) have been applied to many design practices, and Web portal design is similarly an application area where usability is important. Hence, portal developers for commercial organizations should be aware of usability issues in order to obtain and retain visitors to their Web site. It is very obvious that a well-designed Web site helps to generate revenue for commercial organisations via online sales or advertising.

scholarly journals Quality Control for RNA-Seq (QuaCRS): An Integrated Quality Control Pipeline

2014 ◽  
Vol 13s3 ◽  
pp. CIN.S14022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl W. Kroll ◽  
Nima E. Mokaram ◽  
Alexander R. Pelletier ◽  
David E. Frankhouser ◽  
Maximillian S. Westphal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
User Friendly

QuaCRS ( Quality Control for RNA- Seq) is an integrated, simplified quality control (QC) system for RNA-seq data that allows easy execution of several open-source QC tools, aggregation of their output, and the ability to quickly identify quality issues by performing meta-analyses on QC metrics across large numbers of samples in different studies. It comprises two main sections. First is the QC Pack wrapper, which executes three QC tools: FastQC, RNA-SeQC, and selected functions from RSeQC. Combining these three tools into one wrapper provides increased ease of use and provides a much more complete view of sample data quality than any individual tool. Second is the QC database, which displays the resulting metrics in a user-friendly web interface. It was designed to allow users with less computational experience to easily generate and view QC information for their data, to investigate individual samples and aggregate reports of sample groups, and to sort and search samples based on quality. The structure of the QuaCRS database is designed to enable expansion with additional tools and metrics in the future. The source code for not-for-profit use and a fully functional sample user interface with mock data are available at http://bioserv.mps.ohio-state.edu/QuaCRS/ .

scholarly journals Celebrity Philanthropy in China: Reconfiguring Government and Non-Government Roles in National Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 217-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guosheng Deng ◽  
Elaine Jeffreys
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
National Development ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Commercial Organizations ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the development of, and public responses to, celebrity-fronted philanthropy in the People's Republic of China. It explores the extent and nature of celebrity philanthropy with reference to a sample of mainland Chinese celebrities in entertainment and sports. It then draws on interviews conducted with employees of large charities to examine the kinds of links that are being forged between China's not-for-profit sector and commercial organizations managing the work of celebrities. Finally, it analyses the responses to a national survey on celebrity and philanthropy. We conclude that the relationship between China's government, not-for-profit and celebrity sectors is becoming more professionalized and organized. This development reveals how the roles and capacities of government are being reconfigured and expanded, even as it also enhances the scope for action and the influence of new social actors and organizations to address government-led national development issues.

scholarly journals Answering the Call to Accessible Quality Health Care for All Using a New Model of Local Community Not-for-Profit Charity Clinics: A Return to Christ-Centered Care of the Past

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56
Author(s):  
Yuri Cuellar De la Cruz ◽  
Stephen Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
The Common ◽  
The U.S

This article uses studies and organizational trends to understand available solutions to the lack of quality health care access, especially for the poor and needy of local U.S. communities. The U.S. healthcare system seems to be moving toward the World Health Organization's recommendation for universal health coverage for healthcare sustainability. Healthcare trends and offered solutions are varied. Christian healthcare traditionally implements works of mercy guided by a Christian ethos embracing the teachings of human dignity, solidarity, the common good, and subsidiarity. Culture of Life Ministries is one of many new sustainable U.S. healthcare models which implements Christ-centered health care to meet the need of quality and accessible health care for the local community. Culture of Life Ministries employs a model of charity care through volunteerism. Volunteer workers not only improve but also transform the local healthcare system into a personal healing ministry of the highest quality for every person. Summary The lack of access to quality health care is a common problem in the U.S. despite various solutions offered through legislative and socioeconomic works: universal healthcare models, insurance models, and other business models. U.S. health care would be best transformed by returning to the implementation of a traditional system founded on the Christian principles of human dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, and the common good. Culture of Life Ministries is an example of such a local ministry in Texas, which has found success in practically applying these Christ-centered, healthcare principles into an emerging not-for-profit, economically sustainable, healthcare model.

scholarly journals Invidious Competition Or Benevolence: Does Not-For-Profit Status Constrain The Behavior Of Credit Unions?

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann O. Keating ◽  
Barry P. Keating
Keyword(s):  
Objective Function ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Credit Unions ◽  
Credit Union ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Original Intent ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Profit Status ◽  
The Common

If one assumes that individuals who work in nonprofit institutions are no better or worse than others and hence operate in their own interest, an organization can be kept on track and be effective only if the incentives given to individuals in the ordinary performance of their duties reflect the original intent of the organization. Sponsors of not-for-profit institutions must take the time and make an effort to hold administrators to an objective function incorporating such goals.A model is presented describing two conflicts facing the managers of credit unions. Providing higher rates to large savers could lower cost and expand deposits but does not particularly conform with the democratic intent of credit union founders. Excluding the less creditworthy in favor of higher returns elsewhere will generate more revenue but also seems inconsistent with the original normative goals of credit unions.A data set for approximately 15,000 credit unions in 1985 is used to measure credit union behavior by size and type. It is argued here that the common bond under which a particular credit union operates acts as a constraint but not a brake on bureaucratic expansionary behavior.

The Development of Not-For-Profit Hospital Cost Models

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Greg M. Thibadoux ◽  
Nicholas Apostolou ◽  
Ira S. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Cost ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit

10. Designing an online curriculum supporting risk management and patient safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
T. Gondocz ◽  
G. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Managing Risk

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is a not for profit mutual defence organization with a mandate to provide medico-legal assistance to physician members and to educate health professionals on managing risk and enhancing patient safety. To expand the outreach to its 72,000 member physicians, the CMPA built an online learning curriculum of risk management and patient safety materials in 2006. These activities are mapped to the real needs of members ensuring the activities are relevant. Eight major categories were developed containing both online courses and articles. Each course and article is mapped to the RCPSC's CanMEDS roles and the CFPC's Four Principles. This poster shares the CMPA’s experience in designing an online patient safety curriculum within the context of medico-legal risk management and provides an inventory of materials linked to the CanMEDS roles. Our formula for creation of an online curriculum included basing the educational content on real needs of member physicians; using case studies to teach concepts; and, monitoring and evaluating process and outcomes. The objectives are to explain the benefits of curricular approach for course planning across the continuum in medical education; outline the utility of the CanMEDS roles in organizing the risk management and patient safety medical education curriculum; describe the progress of CMPA's online learning system; and, outline the potential for moving the curriculum of online learning materials and resources into medical schools.

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