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Decision-making models, tools, and approaches are widely used in businesses today and, as a result, they are becoming more complex and specialized.

1. Describe the advantages and risks associated with leaders using these tools. Avoid phrases such as I think, feel or believe. Graduate students taking the course must be able to prove their assertions and opinion and thus you must support your answer with research.
2. Practical Application: Describe some of the tools your organization’s leaders uses (or could use), or provide a real-world example of tools in action. If your organizational leaders do does not use such a tool, recommend one it they should use and offer a reason for your recommendation.

Please read and respond to the attachment.

Note: Only up to 20% of the content in the written response can be quotes from third parties.  

Homework

Explain the importance of variation to health care organizations and answer the following questions in a Word document, then submit.

1. What might the key processes for health care organizations be?
2. What are common causes of variation that could affect the key processes of health care organizations?
3. Which special causes might be more important than the others?
4. How might health care organizations’ business environment be dynamic and change over time?

Kouzes’ and Posner’s research in The Leadership Challenge concludes “ For people to follow someone willingly, the majority of constituents believe the leader must be honest, forward-looking, inspiring, and competent.” Select one of the four and describe (relate theory to your real examples) your leader of choice.

Your written work should be 2-3 pages typed, 1 inch margins all the way around, in APA style, written at a level expected of graduate level students.

Book Reference: Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge, 5th Ed. New Jersey: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2012. 

Value Proposition in Patient Care

Paradise Hospital, Inc., is a for-profit hospital. As the facility’s new hospital administrator, you have been tasked with improving the service value of the hospital. The administration has not done this process since the hospital began operating in the year 1995. The investors are not familiar with the value proposition strategies of hospitals in current-day America.

Note: You may create or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a 4 page paper in which you:

• Articulate the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and argue the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Justify your response.
• Outline a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Recommend the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas.
• Specify four specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and argue the most significant reasons why such a value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients.
• Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to find four recent (within the last five years) quality academic resources for this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

Total of 4 discussion topics.

Every topic should be in a seperate document

Each topic should have two paragraphs[1st Paragraph- Initial post & 2nd paragraph – secondary post]

Each topic should have an initial post with 350 words with references.

And a secondary post of 250 words as a response to the provided answer

 HA3110D – Quality Improvement and Risk Management 

Discussion 06.2: Cybersecurity

On April 9, 2017, Erie County Medical Center, a 550-bed facility in Buffalo, NY, had a virus attack on their computer system that took well over a week to restore. The system was completely shut down and staff had to use manual, paper-based processes to complete documentation of patient-related activities.

Imagine that you are a manager at this medicalcCenter assigned to develop a policy for your unit on good computer habits to avoid potential cybersecurity risks in the future. Address the following.

1.Who you would include on your team, and why?

2.List at least five evidence-based processes you would implement. (Include your references.)

3.You must provide one reliable resource supporting your actions.

In your first response to a classmate, pose a question starting with “I found myself wondering…..” (or similar). 

 
Prepare:

Watch the GEN103 Scholarly & Popular Resources (Links to an external site.) and How to Read a Scholarly Article (Links to an external site.) videos, and review the Source Types handout,

Read this scholarly, peer-reviewed article:

Ajunwa, I., Crawford, K., & Ford, J. S. (2016). Health and big data: An ethical framework for health information collection by corporate wellness programs. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(3), 474–480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110516667943

Depending on first letter of your last name, read one of the following:

• A-I
  • Ajunwa, I. (2017, January 19). Workplace wellness programs could be putting your health data at risk (Links to an external site.). Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2017/01/workplace-wellness-programs-could-be-putting-your-health-data-at-risk
• J-Q
  • Hancock, J. (2015, October 2). Workplace wellness programs put employee privacy at risk (Links to an external site.). CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/health/workplace-wellness-privacy-risk-exclusive/index.html
• R-Z
  • Hannon, K., & Next Avenue. (2016, May 29). New rules on wellness programs spark privacy worries (Links to an external site.). Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2016/05/29/new-rules-on-wellness-programs-spark-privacy-worries/#6fc33f205ad5

Reflect: You read two articles that address the same topic but are different types of sources. Consider the following questions:

• What characteristics make the sources different?
• How do those differences add to or detract from the credibility of the sources?
• How could you use each of the sources in school, at work, or in your personal life? Think of at least two specific examples.

Write:  Based on your learning in the Prepare and Reflect sections above, write at least three paragraphs that fully address the prompt below. Cite any sources you use or refer to.

1. Identify the type of source you read in addition to the scholarly, peer-reviewed article. Who is the audience for each source? How does the intended audience affect the choice of language, images, and organization?
2. Analyze the credibility of the two sources that you read. What specific features of the articles led you to conclude the source was or was not credible? Provide at least one specific example for each source.
3. Explain how each source might be used to address a specific information need. What research situations would be appropriate for each source? What concerns would you have about using the sources in those situations?

Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.

You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources

BM35S : Marketing Management

Question 1 

When consumers share a strong need that cannot be satisfied by an existing product, it is called _____ demand.

negative

latent

declining

irregular

Question 2

When demand is __________, it implies that more customers would like to buy the product than can be satisfied.

latent

irregular

overfull

full

Question 3

 A __________ is a direction or sequence of events that has some momentum and durability; it reveals the shape of the future and can provide strategic direction.

fad

fashion

trend

megatrend

Question 4

Which of the following would be the best illustration of a secondary belief or value?

Belief in work

Belief in giving to charity

Belief in getting married

Belief in getting married early

Question 5

Total customer satisfaction is measured based on the relationship of:

expected value and total customer benefit.

perceived performance and expectation.

advertised outcomes and real outcomes.

past experience and present experience.

Question 6

Identify the four pillars of brand equity, according to BrandAsset Valuator model.

Relevance, performance, bonding, and advantage

Presence, performance, advantage, and bonding

Energized differentiation, relevance, esteem, and knowledge

Brand salience, brand feelings, brand imagery, and brand performance

Question 7

The __________ attack offers the firm an opportunity to diversify into unrelated products, diversity into new geographical markets, and leapfrog into new technologies.

bypass

flank

frontal

guerrilla

Question 8

__________ is the ability of a company to prepare on a large-scale basis individually designed products, services, programs, and communications.

Mass customization

Reverse engineering

Interoperability

Backward compatibility

Question 9

Costs that do not vary with production levels or sales revenue are known as _____ costs.

overhead

variable

average

opportunity

Question 10

Which of the following is a form of mass communications channel?

Interactive marketing

Personal selling

Public relations

Word-of-mouth marketing

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