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Dilemma
About: Dilemma is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 16202 publications have been published within this topic receiving 250251 citations. The topic is also known as: Dilemna.
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TL;DR: The consequent need for clear and balanced information regarding appropriate digital technology practices for families, doctors, educators, and other professionals working with young children is highlighted so that young children may gain benefits from digital technology use while minimizing the potential for harm.
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27 Jul 1999
TL;DR: The most difficult questions facing organizations today do not have scientifically or mathematically provable solutions Many answers that do exist depend upon time and circumstance Systems Architecting of Organizations: Why Eagles Can't Swim tackles a very difficult dilemma: how do even highly respected organizations maintain their vaunted excellence, accommodate the new world of global communications, transportation, economics and multinational security, and still survive against stiff competition already in place? As they are finding out, depending upon the circumstances, the demands of excellence on the one hand, and of change on the other, can be cruelly irreconcilable
Abstract: The most difficult questions facing organizations today do not have scientifically or mathematically provable solutions Many answers that do exist depend upon time and circumstance Systems Architecting of Organizations: Why Eagles Can't Swim tackles a very difficult dilemma: how do even highly respected organizations maintain their vaunted excellence, accommodate the new world of global communications, transportation, economics and multinational security, and still survive against stiff competition already in place? As they are finding out, depending upon the circumstances, the demands of excellence on the one hand, and of change on the other, can be cruelly irreconcilable This book does not just describe business strengths and weaknesses First, it identifies potential weaknesses, then offers guidelines and insights to address them Its approach is architectural and heuristic Second, this book is about maintaining success in a dynamic world, not about achieving it in a static one; few are clear on what to do and not to do in the face of major change Systems Architecting of Organizations: Why Eagles Can't Swim helps professionals gain new perspectives when reviewing their own organizations and to see problems and opportunities previously not apparent Features
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TL;DR: A nonmechanistic or holistic world view is set forth as a better model to guide special education practices for the future andcriticisms of this world view from various sciences are presented.
Abstract: The conflict which sometimes arises between acting simultaneously as a child advocate and as a professional employee is related to the philosophical underpinnings which inspire the current approach...
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TL;DR: The central dilemma concerning randomized clinical trials arises out of some simple facts about causal methodology and a prima facie plausible principle concerning how physicians should treat their patients.
Abstract: The central dilemma concerning randomized clinical trials (RCTs) arises out of some simple facts about causal methodology (RCTs are the best way to generate the reliable causal knowledge necessary for optimally-informed action) and a prima facie plausible principle concerning how physicians should treat their patients (always do what it is most reasonable to believe will be best for the patient). A number of arguments related to this in the literature are considered. Attempts to avoid the dilemma fail. Appeals to informed consent and mechanisms for minimizing the resulting harm are important for policy, but informed consent is problematic and mechanisms for minimization of harm do not address the dilemma. Appeals to some sort of contract model of justification are promising and illuminating.
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