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The last assignment gives you a chance to reflect on the material that we’ve covered in this semester regarding public finance. You may choose to review some of the lectures or reading assignments if you have forgotten what we have discussed 🙂 . Once you have had a chance to reflect, address the following, and feel free to elaborate to whatever extent you would like:

1. What did you learn about public finance and budgeting that you did not know, or did not understand?

2. How do you feel about your local community’s public financing models and budgeting abilities after digesting this material? Do you feel your community compares well with others? Is it stable? Unstable?

3. How transparent is your community regarding revenue models and expenditure choices within the context of good budgeting practices?

4. How has taking this course changed or affected your opinion about local government financing in general?

Don’t forget to adhere to all writing guidelines (refer back to the syllabus if you need more information) and to turn in your assignment on time!

HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Assignment 01: Research Topic Options

During this course, you will be working on a research paper to be submitted at the end of Week 11. Your paper will focus on a healthcare management topic that is a source of ethics debates. It should:

1) address the ethical theories or principles that most influence current conversations about this topic.

2) discuss how these ethical theories or principles translate into healthcare policy decisions.

These ethical principles must come from the course readings this is evidence that you understand and have considered materials presented in this course.

Your paper must be 5 APA-style pages (Times New Roman, 12-point font, and with 1″ margins). In addition to these 5 pages, it must also include a “References” page formatted in APA style that includes at least 6 credible sources. You can use the Web, books, journal articles, newspapers, or magazines. Keep in mind that you want good sources for your research ones that are current and credible. During this week, you should begin thinking about a research topic to submit to your professor for approval. You can choose any topic related to healthcare ethics.

Choosing a Topic

You can choose a topic inspired by discussions, short papers, and non-graded activities. Here are a few examples of possible topics:

Should healthcare be universally available in the US? For example, should everyone receive the same quality of health care regardless of their ability to pay?

How should we make decisions about which patients receive high-cost, scarce medical resources such as organ transplant?

cultural diversity and differences in the medical environment

profitability vs. patient care

You may choose to do a paper on another topic, too, as long as it involves policy and ethics in the medical environment.

In choosing your topic, you should consider not only how interesting it is to you, but also how easy it will be to find information about it. You will need to find credible references and refer to them in your paper.

 What to Submit for this Assignment

 For this assignment, submit a list of 3 topics you are considering for your paper. For each topic:

 1) state what is interesting to you about this topic, and

 2) speculate about which ethical theories or questions are raised by this topic.

To fully engage the realities around human capital and return on investment, some cultural assumptions must be made that ensures the prohibition of silo development in an organization. Please define and give an example of a cultural assumption. What cultural assumptions can be developed that mitigate and prohibit silo development within organizations?

* Your initial post (approximately 200-250 words) should address each question in the discussion directions and is due by 11:59 PM Central Time on Wednesday.

* Your two response posts (approximately 125-150 words each) are due by 11:59 PM Central Time on Sunday.

* Please remember to take ownership of your original post and answer all questions posed to you by other course participants.

* Please use at least two appropriate scholarly references formatted in the most current APA format.

Assignment 1: System Development Life Cycle: Phases I & II – Planning and Analysis

Due Week 3 and worth 120 points

Read the details of the Larson Property Management Company case scenario on pages 114–115 of the textbook. The Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Larson, and the Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Johnson, would like to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the HR functions, as well as reduce overall HR costs. Mr. Larson and Ms. Johnson would like you, the HR Director, to serve as the change agent of the project. In this assignment, you will develop a plan and analysis (planning and analysis phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)) of the current business based on the details of the scenario.

Instructions:

Write a two to three-page proposal, in which you:

Introduction and Plan

1. Detail the current situation for the company, focusing on the issues that the organization is currently facing from using a legacy HRIS. Explain your plan for moving forward to address these issues.

Needs Analysis

2. Based on the issues the organization is currently facing, identify the new system needs. Identify change team members who will help identify system need and specify their role and responsibilities.

Interview, Questionnaire, Observation, or Focus Group

3. Determine how additional data will be collected regarding system needs. Determine how change management team will collect data during the exploration phase. Specify if team members will use interviews, questionnaires, observations and/or focus groups to collect data from end users. Provide at least five essential questions that will be asked of end users via interview, questionnaire, observation, or focus group.

Conclusion

4. Explain two to three reasons why the company would benefit from adopting an HRIS. Focus on how the HRIS would address the current HR needs of the organization.

Resources

5. Use at least two quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the strategy of the organization, the HR strategy, and HR programs with Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS).
  • Identify who and what is involved in an HRIS needs analysis including the types of activities performed.
  • Evaluate key elements and system considerations in the design of HRIS.

 PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A BID FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GRADUATE LEVEL WRITING TERMS AND CONCEPTS. ALL DIRECTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED AND NO PLAGIARISM. MY SCHOOL USES SOFTWARE TO DETECT COPIED MATERIAL. AND REFERENCE THE BOOK AND USE SCHORLARY SOURCES.  MUST FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTION  AND REFERENCE THE BOOK    

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics of this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

Building a high-performing team is a process. The leaders who cultivate and build such teams understand the importance of common goals and success in achieving those goals. As a leader, you will ultimately strive to build your own high-performing team.

Tasks

Read the following article for assistance:

• Characterizing Teamwork in Cardiovascular Care Outcomes: A Network Analytics Approach

You will make a plan to develop your high-performing team. In developing your team, be sure to include the following:

• Describe how you will communicate common goals.
• Describe how you will address conflict in a way that is positive within the team.
• Assist each member embrace his or her role within the team.
• Explain the things you will do to energize your team.

Be sure to provide specific examples and rationale behind your steps.

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

1) After reading about mission and vision, write your own mission AND vision statements. DO NOT COPY a mission statement from your work. This should be YOUR personal or professional Mission Statement. Look at examples of other mission and vision statements before you write yours!

2) Look at other examples of mission and vision statements from companies and individuals so you can get an idea of format and terms. You should clearly state your mission and clearly state your vision. VSU has a vision and mission statement. Provide some insight as to why you chose your mission and vision and their meaning to you.

3) This should come from integrating these concepts into your own academic plans or workplace professional perspective. Feel free to be creative with this assignment.

4) This should be a one full page to two-page maximum double spaced paper. Points will be deducted for bad grammar or spelling errors AND failing to complete at least a one full page paper. 

This course concludes with a look at advertising and the culture of consumerism. You will have the opportunity to choose a product or service and highlight how you have seen it being advertising.

You will also have an opportunity in this assignment to explain your thoughts regarding how media affects culture and how you can continue developing your media literacy.

Choose a product or service from these examples:

• Fast food
• Class of consumer product
• Personal care
• Automobile

Research the Internet to analyze how that product or service has been advertised.

Prepare a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you investigate the role of advertising in a culture of consumerism. Be sure to discuss the following:

• Who determines ethical standards for advertising?
• In what ways has advertising affected American culture?
• What are the key persuasive techniques used in consumer advertising? Illustrate with specific examples, explaining how each technique works.
• Discuss some of the critical issues that may arise from the following areas:
• Children and advertising
• Advertising in schools
• Health and advertising
• Political advertising
• Find one example of a commercial that strikes you as particularly creative and appealing:
• What are the elements that are unusual?
• What is the target group of the commercial?
• How does the commercial appeal to consumers?
• Why do you believe this commercial to be effective in brand name recognition?
• How are ethical standards met (or pushed to their limits)?

Include detailed speaker notes and images that support your content. Each slide should have 3 to 4 bullets of text which are a high-level overview of what’s included in your speaker notes. You may write the speaker notes in the notes section of your selected presentation tool or in a separate Word document.  

List any references on the last slide.

Discussion Overview

Refer to the Discussion Board rubric in Course Resources for detailed requirements. Discussion responses should be on topic, original, and contribute to the quality of the Discussion by making frequent informed references to course materials. Your initial response should be at least 250 words of content; subsequent responses to your classmates or instructor should be at least 75 words. Make two or more responses to classmates that are thoughtful and advance the Discussion. Be sure to cite any sources you use in APA formatting. 

Topic 1: Organizational Strategy

In completing your health management education, you will acquire numerous competencies enabling you to work in the healthcare sector. Identify two competencies that you plan to master. Provide detail regarding the level at which you expect to have mastered these competencies, and the behaviors associated with each competency.  Use the materials presented in Chapter 2 and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership NCHL Competency website as resources:

National Center for Healthcare Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.nchl.org/static.asp?path=2852,3238