Local Healthcare Facility
Select a healthcare facility in your area and explore the facility’s website to gather information.
Discuss the type of facility and the contracting situation it is likely to have. Consider the following points in your discussion:
Your paper should be 3 to 5 pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), double-spaced
Lester Scholl, Chairman of the Board at AutoEdge, told you during your interview for this job that the company has been floundering since product quality issues caused millions of automobiles to be recalled. He”s phoned this morning to explain what he wants you to focus on initially.
“So have you settled in to your office?” he asks.
“I have,” you say. “I think I have everything I need. What can you tell me about my first assignment?”
“I”m glad you”re eager to get started with work,” he says. “The board is considering several proposals in response to our situation, and we need you to create a list of the legal, cultural, financial, and economic factors that AutoEdge needs to consider about the location of our manufacturing operations. Most members of the board aren”t familiar with this aspect of the business, so we want you to briefly describe the factors you list, rank the factors, and explain your reasoning. Be specific when you explain so the board understands your rationale.”
“Do I need to conduct the research, as well?” you ask.
“We just need you to list and describe the factors at this time,” he explains. “You don”t need to actually do the research.”
“I can do that,” you say. “When do you need it?”
“Send it to me by the end of this week so I can review it before the rest of the board gets copied,” he says.
“No problem,” you say. “Can you give me an idea about how detailed you want me to be?””I don”t want it more than 800 words,” he says. “Between 600 and 800 words, I”d say.”
“OK, I understand” you say. “Thanks for your call.”
Assignment 2: External Environmental Scan
In order to develop effective strategies, it is critical to understand the marketplace environment. In this assignment, you will explore the relationship between marketplace positioning based on environmental factors.
Throughout this course, you will work on a strategy audit for a selected organization. In Module 1, you selected an organization for your course project activities and completed a market position analysis for your organization.
In this module, you will conduct a comprehensive external environmental scan of your business unit, including a five forces analysis, to identify the relevant trends that pose opportunities or threats to your business. These will serve as inputs for a final strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis that will be due inModule 4: Assignment 2.
There are many elements that can go into an environmental scan, and your analysis will depend on the nature of your business unit, product portfolio, target market, and other factors related to the scope of your business.
Your environmental scan should include some or all of the following elements:
Although your analysis will be tailored to your specific business, be sure to cover the following:
This assignment provides an opportunity for you to highlight a special topic of interest connected to the content and to you personally.
Tasks:
Using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, conduct research to support your response.
Write a reflection on the contexts of human behavior in action. In your paper, address the following:
Assignment 1: Diversity in Recruitment
Most, if not all, companies have a diversity policy pertaining to recruitment. Legal requirements also tend to dictate how an organization approaches diversity in recruitment.
In this module, use the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet to conduct research on the use and effectiveness of diversity policies in organizational recruitment efforts. Choose a company from the Internet or use a company that you currently work with or have previously worked with and answer the following questions:
1)Select one American tribe from the pre-colonial period. After describing the community, which should include tools, agriculture, and trade, explain the impact of climate and geography on its unique cultural development.
Your response should be a minimum 350 words in length. All sources used, including textbooks, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
2)Select one American settlement by European explorers after 1492, and describe the impact that settlement had on the region. Include an identification of who, where, and when as well as the impacts, such as disease, conflict, trade, or other significant influences.
Your response should be a minimum of 350 words in length. All sources used, including textbooks, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
3)After reviewing the Stearns article, answer the following in your own words:
Your response should be a minimum 500 words in length. All sources used, including textbooks, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Discussion 1:
Conflicts are an inherent part of the project management process. To manage and mitigate conflicts on a project, the project manager (PM) must become a skilled negotiator. Conflicts arise for different reasons; therefore, the PM should be able to negotiate conflict resolution in almost any situation.
Provide some examples of conflict resolution on a project that you were involved in. Include details on the conflict and how it was resolved. What did you learn from this conflict and its resolution?
Discussion 2:
Project risks have been linked to the majority of failures; thus, the ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks is a very desirable trait of a good project manager.
Research the types of risks that could impact a project. What are some of the mitigation techniques that a project manager can use to mitigate the project risks?
Requirement: Between 150-200 words, References included
Case Study 1: Building an Access Control System
As a member of the Information Security team at a small college, you have been made the project manager to install an access control system (ACS) in a dormitory. The ACS will automatically unlock the dormitory doors via an electronic proximity reader and integrate with an existing security camera system. The cameras are designed to face and rotate to record a person as they use their identification card to unlock the door.
Create a 3-4 page project plan for this project in which you:
1. Include a one-half page project scope statement.
Define five (5) major tasks, each with one to two (1-2) subtasks. Also write a brief description for each task.
Create a Gantt chart illustrating the project tasks (use Microsoft Project or a similar project management program).
Create a system diagram illustrating the equipment and connections required for this project (use Microsoft Visio or a similar software package).
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; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· 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 assignment page length.
· Include charts or diagrams created in Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.
The specific Course Learning Outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Distinguish between non-functional and functional requirements.
· Use contemporary CASE tools in process and data modeling.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in systems analysis and development.
· Write clearly and concisely about Systems Analysis and Development topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
“Seventy years after it was first released, Citizen Kane remains one of the greatest
films ever made.” Discuss with reference to at least two of the following topics:
(i) camerawork; (ii) lighting; (iii) character development; (iv) editing; (v) narrative construction; (vi) acting styles.
4 pages minimum, double spaced.
Referencing (MLA Style/Chicago Style, etc.), and the papers should include references to scholarly works from JSTOR. 3 to 5 references required.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that uses two to three economic tools and concepts to evaluate a current issue or situation that exists in today’s health care industry. Some examples of economic tools and concepts are supply and demand curves, marginal analysis, and elasticity. Include a narrative summary for any charts, graphs, and figures that are used. Consider searching websites to view national charts, graphs, and figures that may provide you data concerning economic tools.
Cite a minimum of three references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.