Archive for December, 2018

Week 3 Assignment

Using your learning from this week, choose two companies that you feel could use Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy. In your paper, justify why you feel Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy would be essential for each organization. In addition, support the need for aligning evaluations with the values and the strategies of these organizations. Your work should also design a plan for implementing Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy into each organization.

 

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

 

  • Write at least 4 pages using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

Strategic Management

Week 4 questions

 

1.  Describe the organization’s current or potential strategic approach to compete internationally.

 

2.  Identify which of the organization’s resources and capabilities make it attractive to compete internationally.

 

3. Describe the organization’s current or potential diversification strategy options.

 

4. Identify how chosen diversification strategy options would lead to a strategic fit with the organization.

Sustainability Assignment

Assignment 

 

Select a health care setting you want to focus on for your sustainability initiative (e.g., local hospital, veterans hospital, ambulance service, urgent care, nursing home, etc.). 

 

Analyze the setting you have selected and break it down to the main departments, employee roles, operating activities, etc. While doing so, brainstorm opportunities to reduce costs or eliminate waste while improving patient care or outcomes.

Review the list of sustainable initiatives from the list below, and select one that you want to promote for your course project:

 

Energy efficiency

 

Lighting

IR scanning

 

Cogeneration

 

Kanban Inventory

 

Device exchange

 

CR pack reformation

 

Device reprocessing

 

Red bag waste reduction

 

Blue wrap recycling

 

Note: Ensure that the opportunity you select correlates with the setting you select. Additionally, if you want to complete a sustainable initiative that is not on the list, obtain approval from your instructor before completing the assignment.

 

 

Identify data sources you might need to collect and analyze for your initiative. Consider contacting people in the industry and at your organization who may be able to help.

 

 

Write a 525- to 550-word proposal of the sustainability initiative you want to promote at the health care setting you selected. Your proposal should:

 

Create a clear vision or mission statement that defines the scope of the initiative and would generate buy-in.  

Define what outcomes you expect to achieve over time.

 

Be specific with what you can realistically deliver.

 

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

 

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

 

Assignment 1: Discussion—Managing Finance

Assignment 1: Discussion—Managing Finance

 

The Genesis Energy operations management team was excited to understand the various options for securing financing to fund the rapid growth plans. The team was surprised by the cost associated with using funds supplied by others after accounting for risk of investments in its small but profitable company. Sensible Essential Consulting explained how the cost of external financing can be calculated.

 

Using the readings for the module, Argosy University online library resources, the Internet, and the sources you identified in Module 3, do the following:

 

  • Explain with examples how the cost of capital is determined.
  • Calculate the differences in cost and risk. Explain why the costs and risks of external financing are important for the organization to understand.
  • Explain why rapid growth plans are important to a small company. Would there be a more efficient way to fund a growing company? Why or why not? Justify your answer.

Organizational Change IP4

Your company sells underwear for men and women. You decide to invest into a firm in Romania that will produce this product for you. You are sending a manager, an accountant, and an engineer for this Romanian firm. All three are from the US home office.

 

 

 

What kind of training would you give them prior to their departure for their new assignment? 

 

 

 

How would you handle their repatriation? 

 

 

 

How will you compensate them? 

 

 

 

Keep in mind that Romania is a member of the European Union (EU) as from January 1, 2007.

 

 

 

APA format is mandatory (in text and in the reference section).

Theory & Policy

Your Juvenile Department supervisor informs you that each criminal justice agency in your community has to develop a new crime-fighting strategy for the coming fiscal year that must be based on a crime causation explanation to be presented to the city council for funding your department. Using the library and other available resources, prepare a brief summary of a policy linked to a theory that you would propose.

 

In your response, please address the following:

 

  • The purpose of the policy  
  • The theory guiding your policy  
  • Anticipated benefits  
  • Benefits and disadvantages of your policy  
  • The implementation plan 
  • 1-2 paragraphs
  • cite references

Communicating Bad News

Communicating Bad News

 

Leaders and managers often have to deliver unpleasant or difficult information to other employees or other internal or external stakeholders. How well this news is delivered can affect employee relations as well as public perceptions.

 

Review the following scenario:

 

A new company claims it manufactures the best dog food in the market. It employs around 250 people worldwide. After six months in business, one of the company’s brands is found to contain harmful bacteria. Overnight, reports start pouring in from all over the country about pets falling sick, some critically. The company wants to communicate with its stakeholders through a memo before major news channels start to cover the disease.

 

Assume that you are an assistant to the company’s chairperson. Based on your analysis of the scenario and using the reading material covered in this module, draft two memos for the chairperson. One memo should address the board of directors and the other the company’s employees.

 

Make assumptions about whether it is the food product that has bacteria or if there is another explanation for the pets’ sickness.

Pharmacotherapy For Gastrointestinal And Hepatobiliary Disorders

Gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatobiliary disorders affect the structure and function of the GI tract. Many of these disorders often have similar symptoms such as abdominal pain, cramping, constipation, nausea, bloating, and fatigue. Since multiple disorders can be tied to the same symptoms, it is important for advanced practice nurses to carefully evaluate patients and prescribe treatment that targets the cause rather than the symptom. Once the underlying cause is identified, an appropriate drug therapy plan can be recommended based on medical history and individual patient factors. In this Discussion, you examine a case study of a patient who presents with symptoms of a possible GI/hepatobiliary disorder, and you design an appropriate drug therapy plan.

 

Consider the following case study:

 

Patient HL comes into the clinic with the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient has a history of drug abuse and possible Hepatitis C. HL is currently taking the following prescription drugs:

 

· Synthroid 100 mcg daily

 

· Nifedipine 30 mg daily

 

· Prednisone 10 mg daily

 

To prepare:

 

· Review this week’s media presentation on pharmacology for the gastrointestinal system.

 

· Review the provided case study. Reflect on the patient’s symptoms, medical history, and drugs currently prescribed.

 

· Think about a possible diagnosis for the patient. Consider whether the patient has a disorder related to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system or whether the symptoms are the result of a disorder from another system or other factors such as pregnancy, drugs, or a psychological disorder.

 

· Consider an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.

agree or disagree PAPER

Assuming Mayo is found guilty at trial, what would you recommend as an appropriate sentence for Mayo? Please answer this question from both positions of being the prosecutor and the defense attorney representing Mayo. Discuss why and make sure to support your thoughts.

 

As I mentioned in week one, I think this would fall under voluntary manslaughter because he “[k]nowingly caus[ed] the death of another person … while under the influence of sudden passion or a sudden fit of rage, which is brought on by serious provocation by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force” (Ohio Voluntary Manslaughter Laws). This carries a sentence of three to eleven years in prison. As the prosecutor, I would likely seek the lowest sentence unless Mayo had a violent past. As the defense, I would advocate to get the charge dropped to a lower charge and seek one to three years suspended and spent on probation. 

 

Would there be a mandatory-minimum sentence at issue in this case? Discuss why.

 

Yes. It would be three years because there is a minimum of three years and a maximum of eleven years for voluntary manslaughter in the state of Ohio.

 

Are there any appealable issue for Mayo’s attorney to file?

 

Yes. The individual who’s story goes against Mayo already had a preconceived idea about Mayo. Mayo’s rights were not read to him when he first gave a statement. It would also matter how the prosecution went about the case.

 

“Ohio Voluntary Manslaughter Laws.” Findlaw. Accessed December 23, 2018. https://statelaws.findlaw.com/ohio-law/ohio-voluntary-manslaughter-laws.html. 

 

Are there any appealable issue for Mayo’s attorney to file?Are there any appealable issue for Mayo’s attorney to file?

Assignment 2: Global Businesses: Google. INC.

In this assignment, you will write a report based on research of a selected business that is known globally: Google, INC. You will provide an analysis on opportunities, risks, cultural impacts, and technological impacts in global business, based Google, INC. 

 

Include the following in your report:

 

  • Title page: Add a title page with your name, date, and assignment title.
  • Introduction: Write an introductory paragraph providing background information about your chosen company and other pertinent information.
  • Describe the company’s opportunities and risks in doing business globally. (You can expand into any issues they have faced or successes, and how they handled these).
  • Describe the company’s cultural and technological impacts in doing business globally. (You can expand into how they handle cultural diversity, changes, or issues).
  • Summarize the information you have learned regarding global business. Comment on the opportunities and risks in global business and on the impact of technology on global business. Give reasons and examples in support of your statements.
  • Reference page: Provide at least 3 sources of where you gained your information, cited in APA.