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Search your community’s website for information on its hazard identification process. Share your first impressions, and offer recommendations that you might make. Does it appear that the community leaders and public administrators are allocating appropriate resources and attempting to engage the whole community? What evidence can you find to support your decision? How might you personally become involved?

Due Week 4 and worth 110 points 

Research Paper: 3–5 pages 

The purpose of this paper is to examine an emerging/current issue in health care. Potential topics are but not limited to the following: 

• Reemerging outbreaks such as measles or Ebola 
• Human trafficking  
• Violence in health-care settings 
• Medical tourism 
• Consumer-directed health care 
• Assisted suicide 
• Medical marijuana 
• Mandatory vaccinations 
• Eldercare 
• Abortion 
• Personalized medicine 

Research, examine, and analyze your issue with thought, sensitivity, and reflection. Your paper must have the following elements: 

1. Identify the resources/protocols that a hospital/health provider would need to consider and have in place to address the issue (e.g., HR policies, staff training, etc.). 
2. Explain the leadership and managerial responses and/or responsibilities. 
3. Discuss the cultural impact. 
4. Describe the legislative actions or government agencies that may be involved (e.g., CDC, AMA, ACA, etc.). 
5. End your paper with a summary of your research and a conclusion to what you have found. 
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate and utilize at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. 
7. This course requires the use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. 

BNAD 302 Exam III Review for Chapters 9 thru 12

Human Side Of Organizations (University of Arizona)

Week 4 Assignment 2

Assignment 2: Leading and Managing the HR Project

Due Week 4 and worth 145 points

Continuing from the previous assignment, it is now important to consider your approach to leading and managing your HR project. Tightly structured projects tend to restrict cross-organizational communication. As such, objectives originate at the top of the project, and are subdivided as they are passed down, resulting in little opportunity for creative contributions. Effective leadership and managing of the project can greatly improve communication and team contributions.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Review and understand the types of project manager power listed and defined in the textbook and select and define any two (2) you feel would be relevant to your current project and explain why. Be specific.
2. Identify and briefly discuss a minimum of four (4) outcomes (possible issues) resulting from managing projects and address how you might resolve the issues. Be clear with your rationale.
3. Discuss some increased challenges a project manager may face when leading virtual or global project teams. Recommend a few strategies to deal with the challenges.
4. Identify and explain your overall plan for communication management during the project. The plan must be comprehensive and at a minimum address (1) structure, (2) purpose, (3) method, and (4) timing.
5. Go to http://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Assess organizational strategies that contribute to effective project management of human resources.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
• Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the rubric for this assignment. 

1. Choose whether you believe a company should hire for diversity or hire the best qualified individual. Explain your rationale. Explain how place of work could benefit from a diverse workforce.

2. Managers are often overwhelmed by their day-to-day activities and postpone important aspects of their jobs, including performance appraisals. What is the purpose of performance appraisals within an organization? Do you think performance appraisals are effective? Give a reason for your position. What components should be included in a performance appraisal?

HA3120D – Essentials of Managed Care

LP01 Assignment: Impact Paper

 Directions

Write a 2 to 3 page paper concerning the impact the development of MCOs has had on the doctor-patient relationship.

.List issues that have impacted the doctor-patient relationship due to the development of MCOs and the change in what the MCO expects from a doctor.

.After listing the issues, discuss the positives and/or negatives of each.

.From your text readings and research through the virtual library, etc., do you believe that the doctor-patient relationship has been affected more positively or negatively?

.Cite references to back your writings.

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lectures:

• Global Trade I
• Global Trade II

Discussion Questions

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.

Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.

Introduction:

By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub-questions of each bullet point. The sub-questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your peers have already posted so that we can engage in several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to reuse the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.

Tasks:

Question 1:

Analyze the global vision of Li Shufu, owner of Volvo.

Question 2:

Evaluate the success or failure of a multinational corporation (MNC).

Submission Details:

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite all sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1,000 words as noted in the attached PDF.

Assignment details in attachment

Week 4 Brainstorming Discussions

Must post first.

Topic: Stress as a component of workplace efficiency.

The CEO of VMI is a confessed workaholic. In a recent HR interview with Chinn, he lays out his personal conflict of demanding employees to work long hours as he does. He also is conflicted with the need to be open for business all the time due to its international markets. He is aware that his own Chinese cultural heritage influences his work practices. In China, the issue of personal time is not a concern. Workers do what is expected of them. Chinn knows this is not true in many western companies and especially in the southern states of America. As the newest set of management employees, Chinn wants you to examine this issue and make recommendations on how to deal with conflicting cultural expectations. What demands should VMI place upon its employees?

Stress at the workplace is a constant problem especially since technology has placed the worker in a 24/7 work environment. Use the articles listed below and your required learning materials from our week 4-course content to address this specifically for the circumstances of VMI.

Why Work stress is Bad for Your Relationships

Whither the Ping-pong Table? Which Perks Matter Most to Employees

What is the future of office spaces? 

Directions: 

1. By FRIDAY, complete the following:

Preparation: It is necessary to read the articles listed above as well as those in your classroom materials. This assignment cannot be completed without required learning materials, in particular the articles on cultural values and Geert Hofstede’s website.

Orientation/perspective: Continuing on with our scenario, you are a newly-hired manager not yet placed into a permanent assignment. Since week 1, you and Chinn have been talking about your vision for VMI’s future as given in last week’s assignments. Ultimately, you are convinced that the future VMI needs to be cognizant of the changing workplace while embarking upon VMI’s further international expansion, all under the umbrella of developing a learning organization culture to support this.

Deliverable: Once prepared, you will create a 2-page single-spaced report for President Chinn on the topic of the new modern workplace. In this report, include the following:

• Chinn has a sense of cultural differences between his own heritage and that of VMI. Explain to him your understanding of these differences and how these may be underlying his observations.
• Share with him your knowledge of workplace stress: its effects upon the employee, the idea of work and family life balance, differing cultural and generational views on this, and ways that organizations address it.
• Enlighten him as to the difference of an engaged vs. ‘happy’ employee, with that difference expressed in effects upon specific types of performance and commitment. (As we have had readings explaining engagement every week, you need to express your own understanding of this and not paraphrase an article).
• Your explanations should indicate that you understand typical pitfalls, misunderstandings, and misperceptions in cross-cultural communications and age-cohort attitudes.
• With an understanding of the above, include specific and clear recommendations of addressing this within VMI.

The above are not distinct questions to be answered. Rather, you are to formulate your own report (2 pages, single-spaced), structuring your own points in a conversation with your reader (Chinn) that convinces him of its importance. Your report should incorporate key concerns and knowledge that has been expressed in our readings this week while also tying in your knowledge gained from past weeks (all cited). In order to accomplish this, your report must be focused on VMI’s situation, the type of work they perform, and how to carry forward their excellence and familial culture. Do not pitch ideas from sources that do not apply to VMI’s circumstances.

You must use course material to support your initial and final reports as well as APA in-text citations with a reference list

Using the Hospitals Compare feature on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website, access benchmarking data for local hospitals https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html 

•Conduct a search by name, proximity, or geography following the instructions under the heading “Find a Hospital?”

•Select at least two facilities to compare by selecting “Add to Compare”

•Select “Compare Now”

•Select one of the Categories/Tabs at the top (example – Survey, Complications)

•Select a Category from the drop-down arrow(s)

•Select “Show Graphs”

•Copy and/or save graphs

Create an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation with a title, introduction, and reference page to:

•Describe the use of benchmarking and comparative data. Provide at least 3 examples, based on your Hospitals Compare results.  

•Discuss statistical data that allow comparative measures, such as mean and median. Provide at least 3 examples, based on your Hospitals Compare results. 

**See attachment for more details