Audit report on the City of Blue Grass, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the City of Blue Grass, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Iowa Egg Council for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

Audit report on the Iowa Egg Council for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

Audit report on Greene County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Greene County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Boone County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Boone County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Palo Alto County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Palo Alto County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Pocahontas County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on Pocahontas County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

Audit report on the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Strategy communication and measurement systems

Organizations often face the challenge of communicating their strategiesto local decision makers. The difficulty presents itself in finding away to measure performance wich meaningfully conveys how to implement theorganization's strategy at local levels. I show that organizations solvethis communication problem by combining performance measures in such away that performance gains come closest to mimicking value-added asdefined by the organization's strategy. I further show how organizationsrebalance performance measures in response to changes in their strategies.Applications to the design of performance metrics, gaming, and divisionalperformance evaluation are considered. The paper also suggests severalempirical ways to evaluate the practical importance of the communicationrole of measurement systems.

Audit report on the City of Castalia, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the City of Castalia, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Wireless E911 Emergency Communications Fund Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division of the Iowa Department of Public Defense independent auditor's reports, basic financial statements and supplementary information, June 30, 2007.

Audit report on the Wireless E911 Emergency Communication Fund of the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division of the Iowa Department of Public Defense for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the City of Monticello, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the City of Monticello, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Mandatory communication skills training for oncologists: enforcement does not substantially impact satisfaction.

PURPOSE: Even though there is evidence that both patients and oncology clinicians are affected by the quality of communication and that communication skills can be effectively trained, so-called Communication Skills Trainings (CSTs) remain heterogeneously implemented. METHODS: A systematic evaluation of the level of satisfaction of oncologists with the Swiss CST before (2000-2005) and after (2006-2012) it became mandatory. RESULTS: Levels of satisfaction with the CST were high, and satisfaction of physicians participating on a voluntary or mandatory basis did not significantly differ for the majority of the items. CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation of physicians' satisfaction over the years and after introduction of mandatory training supports recommendations for generalized implementation of CST and mandatory training for medical oncologists.