Discussion 2: Disenfranchisement Of The Social Security Program

While Social Security provides a safety net of sorts for millions of people, there are still many groups who are not adequately served by this program. For example, there are disparities in the Social Security benefits women receive in comparison to men.

For this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Also, conduct some Internet research to select a population that you think might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program. Consider how the population you selected might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program.

By Day 4

Post a brief description of the population you selected. Then, explain how that population might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program based on research, statistics, or policy analysis.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Validate User Input Using Java Chars And Strings

In this assessment, you will design and code a Java console application that validates the data entry of a course code (like IT4782) and report back if the course code is valid or not valid. The application uses the Java char and String data types to implement the validation. You can use either the Toolwire environment or your local Java development environment to complete this assessment.

Your program output should look like the sample output provided in the “Validate User Input Using Java Chars and Strings Instructions” course file resource. Full instructions for successfully completing this assessment are included in this resource. Use the submission template (WeekXSolutionSubmissionTemplate.docx).

Your assessment will be scored on the following criteria:

Design a program that meets char and String processing requirements.

Code an application that validates data entry.

Test the application and document that testing.

Explain the approach taken to complete data validation and the major decisions made.

Identify relevant fundamental constructs in a submitted program.

Discussion 2: Disenfranchisement Of The Social Security Program

While Social Security provides a safety net of sorts for millions of people, there are still many groups who are not adequately served by this program. For example, there are disparities in the Social Security benefits women receive in comparison to men. For this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Also, conduct some Internet research to select a population that you think might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program. Consider how the population you selected might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program. By Day 4 Post a brief description of the population you selected. Then, explain how that population might be disenfranchised by the Social Security program based on research, statistics, or policy analysis. Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references. Required Readings Popple, P. R., & Leighninger, L. (2015). The policy-based profession: An introduction to social welfare policy analysis for social workers. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Chapter 7, “Aging: Social Security as an Entitlement” (pp. 139-163) NASW. (2009). Social work speaks. Washington, DC: NASW Press. Long-term Care (pp. 223–228) U.S. Social Security Administration. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2013, from http://www.ssa.gov/ Congressional Budget Office. (2010). Social Security policy options. Retrieved from http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21547

Retail Management

PhD TIM- Examine And Critique A Scholarly Article Related To Mobile Computing Challenges

Gruhn, V., & Kohler, A. (2007, May). Analysing and enhancing business processes and IT-systems for mobile workforce automation – A framework approach. Euro American Conference on Telematics & Information Systems, 1-8.
https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1145/1352694.1352721

Haaker, T., Faber, E., & Bouwman, H. (2004, March). Balancing strategic interests and technological requirements for mobile services. In M. Janssen, H. G. Sol, & R. W. Wagenaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (pp. 609-618).
https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1145/1052220.1052298

Hess, S., & Jung, J. (2012). Does the iPad add value to business environments? In Extended Abstracts: CHI 2012 – The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (pp. 335-350).
http://dl.acm.org.proxy1.ncu.edu/citation.cfm?id=2212813

Conduct a critical review of ONE of this week’s assigned scholarly readings (SEE ABOVE) addressing the items below. Be sure to provide literature support where applicable.

• Identify the paper you will be      critiquing, and provide insight as to why it was selected over the others.
• Describe the problem addressed. Why is      it important? Is this an agreed-upon problem?
• Describe what was accomplished by the      study. What was not achieved?
• Describe the methodology the study      utilized. Was it appropriate? Justify.
• Describe the study results and the      contribution it made to the body of knowledge, if any.
• Describe possible extensions to the      research, if any. In what ways can the study be enhanced or modified to      provide additional value? Discuss any limitations or assumptions held      within the study and how they can be addressed.
• Present the study experiment, and      outline the setup and resources utilized, if applicable. If no experiment      was conducted, describe how the authors conducted their study, gathered their      data, and the process by which they arrived at their conclusions. Are they      appropriate? What other methods could have been utilized?
• Identify at least two possible areas of      research extension or future work. Justify those areas of future work with      citations from the scholarly literature beyond the article being reviewed.

Justify your writing with evidence from the scholarly literature beyond the article being reviewed.

Length: 4-5 pages not including title page and references

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

BIO – Public Health and the Environment

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Number of Sources

2

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1

Paper Format

APA

Paper Details

Before you begin crafting your discussion response for this week, be sure to read required materials and watch Episode Two (https://csuglobal.kanopy.com/video/designing-healthy-communities-rebuilding-places-heart) and Episode Three (https://csuglobal.kanopy.com/video/designing-healthy-communities-social-policy-concrete) of the Designing Healthy Communities PBS miniseries. These episodes are designed to help provide you with a broad understanding of the topics that are discussed in class. This week our focus is on understanding public health basics: prevention of disease, clean air, clean water, food supplies, and how a sampling of different cities approaches and manages their public health issues for maximum well-being of residents.

This week, evaluate Washington Metropolitan in terms of integrated approaches to public health. Select either a focus on disease prevention and control, air, water or food.

• What community-based strategies do you see in place to protect health?
• What health services, local or national organizations exist to support wellness in the focus area you selected?
• Do pollution or contamination in your area impact the focus you selected?
• What does your community need to do to improve public health in the area you selected for this discussion?

Analysis Of The Case Study

Submit a 3-page analysis of the case study. In your analysis, do the following:

• Identify two of French and Raven’s bases of power in the case study, and explain how leaders can use these bases of power to exert influence. 
• Explain how you might use your knowledge of French and Raven’s theory to resolve one of the problems presented in the case study. Justify your response.

There have been many stories throughout history of leaders who have been corrupted by their power. The very definition of leadership as “a process by which an individual influences the group to achieve a common goal” (Northouse, 2016, p. 6) implies the power to exert influence. Leaders must exert power in order to lead, but they must also strive to understand the complexities of power. Research by French and Raven (1959) and by others (Burns, 1976; Neck & Manz, 1994) provides insight on the types, or bases, of power available to a leader, the process of choosing among those bases, and the motivations for leaders’ choices (Northouse, 2016, p. 379). Recent researchers (Barbuto & Warneke, 2014; Vevere, 2014) also explore the effectiveness of using individual bases of power in particular situations and the effects certain bases of powers have on leaders and those they lead. Armed with this information, leaders can avoid utilizing certain bases of power when the choice may lead to negative consequences. They can instead choose to wield power in ways that will foster organizational success. Understanding the bases also gives both leaders and followers insight into situations they observe and difficult interpersonal interactions they negotiate.

Case #2: Home Health

Case #2: Home HealthBACKGROUNDThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that physicians (or certain practitioners working with them) who certify beneficiaries as eligible for Medicare home health services document—as a condition of payment for home health services—that face-to-face encounters with those beneficiaries occurred. This study (1) determined the extent to which physicians who certified home health care documented the face-to-face encounters, (2) described the nature of face-to-face documentation, and (3) assessed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) oversight of the face-to-face requirement.

HOW WE DID THIS STUDYWe reviewed 644 face-to-face encounter documents to analyze the extent to which the documents confirmed encounters and contained the required elements. We interviewed the four Home Health and Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractors (HH MACs) to describe how they ensure that home health agencies met the face-to-face encounter requirements. We also reviewed guidance documents and policies from CMS or the HH MACs about monitoring the face-to-face requirement.

WHAT WE FOUNDFor 32 percent of home health claims that required face-to-face encounters, the documentation did not meet Medicare requirements, resulting in $2 billion in payments that should not have been made. Furthermore, physicians inconsistently completed the narrative portion of the face-to-face documentation. Some face-to-face documents provide information that, although not required by Medicare, could be useful, such as a printed name for the physician and a list of the home health services needed. CMS oversight of the face-to-face requirement is minimal.QUESTIONSWhat is home health care and the types of services they provide?How are home health agencies paid and what services are covered?What is the purpose of the Medicare Home Health Face-to-Face requirement?What are some solution’s CMS should implement to ensure that all patients that need a face-to-face encounter receive one?

Creating a Logistics Plan for International Transport and Warehousing of Goods

 Strategic Logistics Management, Inc. (SLM) is a U.S.-based third party company whose primary business is to deliver logistics services. Currently, SLM manages several warehouses in Los Angeles and the New York/New Jersey area. SLM provides expertise in air and ocean shipping, customs clearance, forwarding, warehousing, and ground transportation. Over the past five years, SLM has built a successful logistics information system (LIS) that includes personnel, equipment, and technology. The decision-support systems included in the LIS are a transportation management system (TMS) and a warehouse management system (WMS).

SLM employs experienced personnel in the United States to handle a wide range of logistics activities and provide customized logistics solutions and services. The company is considering expanding their global operations to provide the same range of services in Australia, including:

Imports: A network of offices and trade connections to support import consolidation, provide warehousing of goods prior to customs clearance, and manage import documentation for customs formalities.

Door-to-door services: Cargo pickup from supplier locations and transportation of goods directly to the customer, as well as freight bookings with airlines and ocean lines to handle cargo exports from both the United States and Australia.

Exports: Handling of various types of cargo exports by ocean and by air, ensuring the timely movement of goods at the most competitive rates. Complete export documentation is provided.

SLM is working to secure two contracts in Australia that will go into effect next year. The first contract is with Greer Wire Company in Melbourne, Australia, to transport two million pounds of stainless steel brushfire mesh used in protecting homes in brushfire prone areas. This cargo will be shipped to Los Angeles, California. The stainless steel wire mesh is supplied in five-meter rolls with an outside diameter of 500 mm, and each roll weighs 50 kg.

The second contract is with Brooks Brothers, a clothing company located in New York City, for warehousing and transportation of clothing in various sizes of cardboard boxes that easily assemble in one unit load on a 48-inch by 40-inch pallet. The goods will be shipped from New York, New York, to Sydney, Australia. For the purpose of this assignment you can make reasonable assumptions about the weight of the boxes.

SLM will manage a rapid flow of goods to and from Australia. The proposed warehouses in Australia will be located in proximity to two large metropolitan areas, Sydney and Melbourne. In the first year of its operations in Australia, SLM plans to handle an average of 200 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of imports and exports between the United States and Australia every month.

You are a Logistics Manager at SLM. As part of the company’s goal to strengthen its competitiveness in the global marketplace, the CEO has asked you to design a logistics plan for the proposed warehouse operations in Australia and transportation of goods between Australia and the United States.

In your report (allowing for reasonable assumptions when necessary),

Select one of the two SLM contracts described above.

Analyze the product’s physical properties, volume, and quantities to determine if the product’s shipment size is small (150 to 500 pounds) or a larger (consolidated) shipment (at least one TEU).

Evaluate at least two modes of transportation that best support the organization’s supply chain for shipping the product from one country to another, door-to-door, in a multimodal shipment. Explain your reasoning.

Identify the type of warehouses that SLM should employ in Australia to ensure a rapid movement of goods. Recommend either public, private, or contract warehousing and explain how your recommendation supports SLM’s supply chain management.

List and describe the necessary commercial, banking, and shipping documents that comply with export and import procedures in the United States. These may include a commercial invoice, certificate of origin, shipper’s export declaration, shipper’s letter of instruction, bill of lading, freight bill, and letter of credit.

Determine the appropriate Incoterms® 2010 rule, depending on the shipment mode and buyers’ and sellers’ responsibilities.

Select a process (Lean, Six Sigma, Just-in-Time, or Kanban) and explain how the process can be implemented to ensure effective and efficient warehouse operations techniques are in place that support the company’s supply chain design.

List a minimum of four additional budget line items in the table below with a rationale to ensure smooth warehouse operations in Australia. Support your rationale by including various logistics activity measures, cost drivers, profit models, and the role of inventory and how they influence SLM’s financial outcomes.