Academic administration

Introduction Policy is very essential for a society, as well as the well-being of individuals. Policies are created by different branches of government at different levels in order to protect human rights, assure the delivery of benefits, and create opportunities (McNutt & Hoefer, 2016). There are three different types of policies. Public policy is considered the decisions that the government makes and the laws, regulations, and other artifacts that result from these decisions, social policy is…

The pharmaceutical market in the United States is not a price regulated market, meaning the price of the drugs can be placed at any price without question. Due to the lack of regulation the pharmaceutical industry is the largest profit gaining industry in the United States market. Although this is great for the industry, it is not enjoyable for the consumers. Many Americans cannot acquire the medications they need to better their health because of the high costs. The World Health Organization…

In the article “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” the problem is the government making airport security change to full body scan imaging on monitors. The body scanners are a very controversial topic,l because it takes the privacy away from people by their bodies being exploited by security. For many people the new monitors are unjustifiable, but people have to choose whether they want safety or privacy. The main points of this “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” article is…

Mofetoluwa Adeosun HST410H1S Light, D. (2010). The Risks of Prescription Drugs. New York: Columbia University Press. Donald light is a professor of comparative health at rowan university schools of osteopathic medicine. He received his B.A in history from Stanford University, his MA in sociology at the University of Chicago and a PhD in sociology from Brandeis. He is one of the founding fellows of bioethics and he is interested in the historical roots of institutional corruption and how this…

First of all, I belong to a drug safety division in a pharmaceutical company, and therefore this case study was very interesting. As a matter of fact, a drug safety division is often said to be Pharmacovigilance (PV) division in the pharmaceutical industry. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Pharmacovigilance (PV) is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.…

Reliability Centered Maintenance started when a preventative maintenance plan were developed for the Boeing 747 airplane in the 1960’s by the maintenance steering group. In the RCM process in maintenance not only ‘what can be done’ is considered but also ‘why should it be done’. To facilitate the RCM process seven questions should be asked to complete the process. • What are the functions and performance standards of the asset in the operating environment? • How does the asset fail to perform…

This case revolves around Henry Tam. A student at Harvard Business School who joins the Harvard Business School Plan Contest. The contest was established to prepare students for future challenges that would be presented to them in real world business situations. Harvard students Alex, Dav, and Dana all join Henry as part of the contest team. Henry has identified Music Games International, MGI, as a company to partner with for the contest. The owners of MGI are Igor, Sasha, and Roman, former…

pharmaceutical company in India, the largest Indian Pharma company in the US and the 5th largest generic company worldwide. One of the major controversies was related to the ability of Ranbaxy to stay out of trouble. In 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration said it halted reviews of all drug applications including data developed at Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib Plant in India because of a practice of falsified data and test results in approved and pending drug applications. In…

Are you looking to get your MBA in leadership but do not know where to start? Are you overwhelmed by the number of programs out there? There are hundreds of outstanding universities in the United States and abroad that offer this type of curriculum. All of these programs have different class sizes, cost, locations, college environments, and leadership curriculum. Researching this information can be extremely time-consuming, stressful, and over-whelming and it can be difficult to find your…

Should marijuana be legalized? I believe that it should, but with certain stipulations and conditions. Marijuana has a long history full of positive and negative effects on mankind. Before we can talk about the present issues of marijuana or “weed” for short. We need to look back where it all began and the circumstances surrounding it in the U.S. It first showed up in the united states in 1545 when the Spanish brought it with them when they came to the new world. It became a commercial crop…