Bathing sites in the European Union comply with the microbiological quality criteria when 95% of all sample results of a complete bathing season do not exceed the "imperative values" (legally binding) of 2,000 fecal coliforms and 10,000 total coliforms per 100 mL.
First, Toyota sought the imperative of value creation in pursuit of innovation.
However, as the complexity increases, the use of computational intelligence (CI) in those problems is becoming a unique tool of imperative value.
CSUs have learned to be providers, recognising the imperatives of value and relationships.
Corporate executives are driven by the imperative of delivering value to shareholders, and they thrive by fixing, selling or shutting down financially troubled operations.
In 1994, McTaggart published the paper The Value Imperative, and put forward the definition of value management or value-based management (VBM).
The imperative that is given in the value a priori, the objective rank order of values, is only felt by persons and, consequently, persons are the only beings who are ethically responsible.
The imperative is to get as much use-value out of yourself as you can, while you can.
Although driven, at least in part, by financial imperatives, value-based healthcare can be seen from two different angles: it represents not only a necessary new approach to guarantee financial sustainability but is also important in and of itself as a focal point for evidence-based, measurable and outcome-driven healthcare.
"They understand the imperative to be seen to be transparent and good value for money," says head of policy Kevin Williamson.
