Archive for January, 2019

Business Analytics And Informed Business Decisions

Research ways of making informed decisions, Respond to the following:

 

> Why do you think managers, or business decision makers, get caught up in following the crowd versus making decisions that rare truly going to add value to the business? For example, some businesses may make decisions that drive only shot-term gains at the cost of future growth. Can such a blind leap be a good thing for the business? Is it work the risk?

 

> How can managers ensure that they are not following a trend but instead doing what is truly best for the organization?

 

> Have you seen your organization make trend mistakes? What were the mistakes? How could these mistakes have been avoided or improved upon?

 

> How do you think business can learn from the mistakes of others or business decision mistakes such as the dot-com era?

 

Value Of Money

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the students to understand and practice the measurement of present value, future value, and interest rate using Microsoft® Excel®. 

 

Assignment Steps 

 

Resources: Microsoft® Office® 2013 Accessibility Tutorials, Microsoft® Excel®, Time Value of Money Calculations Template

 

Calculate the following time value of money problems using Microsoft® Excel®:

 

If we place $8,592.00 in a savings account paying 7.5 percent interest compounded annually, how much will our account accrue to in 9.5 years?

 

What is the present value of $992 to be received in 13.5 years from today if our discount rate is 3.5 percent?

 

If you bought a stock for $45 dollars and could sell it fifteen years later for three times what you originally paid. What was your return on owning this stock?

 

Suppose you bought a house for $3,250,000 to make it a nursing home in the future. But you have not committed to the project and will decide in nine years whether to go forward with it or sell off the house. If real estate values increase annually at 1.5%, how much can you expect to sell the house for in nine years if you choose not to proceed with the nursing home project?

 

If your daughter wants to earn $215,000 within the next twenty-three years and the salaries grow at 4.45% per year. What salary should she start to reach her goal?

Creating A Purchase Request Form Using MS Word

The College has asked you to design the Technology Software/Hardware Purchase Request Form.

 

Complete the following steps:

 

1.  Create a MS Word document and then save it as TechForm.docx.

2.  Open the accompanying file Instructions.docx and follow the steps in it.

 

Select the following link to access the instructions.

Elements Of A Good Summary

Respond to the following:

 

•   What is a summary exactly?

•   What kinds of information does it include?

•   What tone should you use in writing an effective summary?

Post your primary response (150 – 200 words). Read any postings already provided by your instructor or fellow students. Read and respond to the conclusions drawn by at least two of your classmates. Remember to read the feedback to your own major postings and reply to it throughout the module.

Compare and contrast the structured interview, situational interview, and behavioral interview

Compare and contrast the structured interview, situational interview, and behavioral interview. Determine which type of interview would be more beneficial when interviewing applicants. Support your selection.   

 

In the selection of the candidate, determine if the manager should make the final choice or if others should be included in the final decision. Support your position.

Family and Medical Leave Act and Core HR Functions

Family and Medical Leave Act and Core HR Functions

Preparation

In this assignment, you consider the impact of relevant elements of  the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on teamwork and your choice of  one other core function of a human resources department. In preparation  for the assignment, you must choose from the following HR functions:

 

Hiring—employment and recruitment activities.

 

Retention—employee relations activities.

 

Compensation—compensation and benefits activities.

 

Training—employee training and development activities.

 

Use the Capella University Library and professional or academic  resources on the Internet to research the effect of FMLA on both  teamwork and your chosen function.

Talent Pool Management And Engagement Research

 Synthesize the key characteristics of an effectively managed talent pool for leaders.  Justify how you would initiate and maintain this talent pool of potential leaders. 

 

Discuss an approach to engagement research that would encompass the necessary components to your profession or industry. Itemize the areas that must be considered in the future talent pool and how one would design research that answers these questions.

Talent Management Strategy

Envision an organization (profit, nonprofit, product-or service-driven) with 200 people in which 20 are identified leaders. With this organization in mind, write a six page paper in which you:

 

1. Formulate a talent management strategy to encompass the entire talent requirements of the organization.

 

2. Determine the key components of talent management, including identifying, assessing, and developing talent.

 

3. Examine how the talent management process is a strategy for a competitive advantage for your organization.

 

4. Assess how the talent management strategy should change with the anticipation of the organization doubling in five to six (5-6) years. 

 

5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. 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 page length.

Change Management Models

Compare and contrast the various change management models. Provide a brief overview of your comparison. Which models have you seen implemented in the workforce? Next, recommend which change model you would use when implementing your new HRIS, and explain why you would use the selected model.

 

Quality Improvement

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

 

Complete the following for this assignment:

 

Research the role of regulation and accreditation, and discuss the role that each plays in holding health care professionals and organizations accountable.

 

Choose 2 of the following types of health care organizations: 

Acute care hospital  

Nursing home

 

Home health care

 

Ambulatory care

 

Discuss accreditation as it relates to those organizations.

 

Describe the role that accrediting agencies have in clinical quality improvement and improving health care outcomes.