Virginia Commonwealth State Agency-Northrop Grumman Critical System Outage The commonwealth of Virginia experienced an information technology storage area network outage on August 25th 2010. This affected several agencies and caused 13% of the file servers to fail. The failure mainly impacted the Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of taxation. Because of the outage problem, DMV couldn’t process driver’s licenses and couldn’t share data with other agencies. (1) DMV has been unable to…
with a holistic approach in order gain an all-inclusive perspective. Specifically, the following factors will be addressed in the assessment: biological, neurobiological, psychological, social, and the developmental aspects of Emma. Further, the systems theory and the ecological perspective will be employed as methods of explaining presenting issues of the case. Presenting Problems As noted in the case study, Emma was referred to the Family Services Agency by her pediatrician for further…
questions, and explore the complex systems. Archetypes are not used to dictate behavior but to leverage them. Learning to see structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them (Senge, 2006). Systems archetypes or generic structures embody the key to learning to see structures in our personal and organizational lives (Senge, 2006). The systems archetypes reveal an…
Relational Systems Relational systems are the relationships formed between workmates in an organization when they coordinate their tasks, goals, and missions. Moreover, they pertain to the human system, as they are composed of individuals moving towards or away from one other. In fact, they tend to form patterns while interacting or drifting from each other (Kahn, Barton, & Fellows, 2013). Relational systems are also a way through which objectives in an organization are accomplished. Furthermore…
Two frameworks that guide the theory, for the case are systems and medical model. In the systems framework the theory chosen to guide the intervention was the family systems theory. For the medical model the theory that best suits the clients problem is pharmapsychology. Systems framework is a series of related assumptions and postulates about all levels of systems (Turner, 1996). The framework is relevant in that it explains the clients current behavior is a result of a series of outside…
superiority. Both Mac and PC have their similarities and differences, but what makes each one dissimilar or equivalent from one another? To make the distinctions between the two, it is best to look at four major aspects of a computer: price, the operating system, security, and the desired usage for the computer.…
operating system will be in a very high quality and will not going to have any of…
Open System Theory in Nursing Service Delivery Health care must always be aware of government regulators, in the context of its position within the larger environment of a national health care system (Meyer & O’Brian-Pallas, 2010, p. 2830). Each system is a set of components working together to accomplish as specified goal or vision (Marquis & Hutson, 2012, p. 40). The system theory combined with the nursing service delivery theory bases the linking of nursing activities, staffing, environments,…
Systems theory is a relatively new concept developed in the 20th century. Originally meant to apply understanding to physical systems today it is now being used to understand biological and social systems (Minuchin, 1985). Adopted by social workers in the 1970’s the system perspective remains influential and in particular when dealing with families. Family systems theory is broken into 3 domains. First, change in one component will effect all other components. Second, family systems are made…
SkinProtect should cope with its future crises. Background Value of crisis prevention According to Smith, while reactive processes like crisis response are vital in crisis management, the absence of crisis prevention will still put an organization’s reputation on the line (as cited in Jaques, 2010). Essentially, organizations that do not engage…