Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10, Chapter 13, and the lecture for Week 5.
Illustrate ways managers can work with process inputs and suppliers to improve performance.

Choose one of the following to include in this week’s initial post:
Make sure you are clear in describing the course concept or theory that best applies to your experiences or observations. Regardless of which prompt you choose, you are encouraged to use one of the assigned readings or audiovisual resources to support your points. Respond to your classmates’ posts, sharing any commonalities or differences between your classmates’ perspectives and experiences and your own.
. Do some original research and find two examples of data mining. Summarize each example and then write about what the two examples have in common.
2. Conduct some independent research on the process of business intelligence. Using at least two scholarly or practitioner sources, write a paper giving examples of how business intelligence is being used.
3. Conduct some independent research on the latest technologies being used for knowledge management. Using at least two scholarly or practitioner sources, write a paper giving examples of software applications or new technologies being used in this field.
An often mentioned article by detractors of CSR is “” The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility.”
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1) Read the article mentioned above.
2) Find an article that is favorable to CSR; then provide a link and a summary of the article in your discussion board post.
3) Define CSR in your own words and express your opinion regarding CSR by answering the questions below. Make sure to give plenty of examples and take a firm stand.
Trace the history of computers using the internet as a resource, and develop a timeline of major events. Include developments that relate to the use of computers. Create the timeline using a table in Microsoft Word that lists the year in one column and a description of the event or milestone in another column. In addition to the history of computers in general, also include events related to the use of computers in healthcare.
Provided in the lecture I briefly discussed how for-profit and not for-profit institutions are similar, adding to the content in the chapter. List how ERM adoption and implementation in the higher education environment differ from the for-profit environment? Provide three examples of how ERM adoption and implementation may differ in the two environments.