Select one of the major topics listed below using course topics previously referenced as the basis for the paper.

• Explain the role of the FASB in monitoring and controlling business reporting and accounting practices in the modern organization. In what ways do FASB rules limit business practices and reporting financial information? How do such rules and regulations protect the business and public stakeholder communities? To whom is the FASB accountable and who appoints members to FASB?
• Explain how external stakeholders use financial information such as company income statements and balance sheets to make decisions about the company in such cases as advancing credit or offering leasing vehicles. Discuss how common financial ratios and investment analysis is used to conduct due diligence by external parties and how factors such as accounts receivables, accounts payables, earnings returns, returns on inventory, etc. are applied to evaluate a firm’s financial and business health.
• Discuss depreciation as a tool for managing and evaluating the life and utility of assets of the firm. What are the methods and under what conditions would each method be used and applied? Does a firm’s tax planning influence the decision? How do external stakeholders assess the validity of depreciation schemes?

Your paper must:

• Identify the main issues in the chosen area and accurately respond to each of the questions from the chosen area.
• Build upon class activities by referencing new learning that has occurred.
• Present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace.

Guidelines for Writing the Final Paper

• Paper must be seven to ten (7-10) double-spaced pages in length, exclusive of Appendix, References, Exhibits, etc.
• Formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide (including title page and reference list).
• Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
• Must include at least three other appropriately documented, related articles drawn from the University’s library (excluding your textbook).
• Must include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.

Thus far in this course, many different theories have been used to address widely varied health problems. Climate change is one example of a global environmental issue that can affect human health in a surprising variety of ways: aiding in the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria, creating conditions that lead to potentially fatal malnutrition and diarrhea in large populations, and increasing the likelihood of heat waves and floods. Think about the myriad ways behavior change theories have been used to try to ameliorate the damage done to Earth’s environment. If you have switched to reusable shopping bags, stopped buying bottled water, or started using energy-saving light bulbs, there is a behavior change theory that could be applied to the process by which you changed your practice.

For this Assignment, you choose a theory presented in the course and apply it to a global environmental or occupational health problem.

The Assignment (6-7 pages):

• Provide an overview of the problem and region you selected.
• Summarize pertinent data about the problem and the affected population (e.g., incidence and prevalence rates, fatality rates, demographics of population[s] at highest risk, risk factors).
• Select and briefly summarize a theory to apply to this problem.
• Provide a rationale for your choice of this theory for this problem.
• Apply constructs of the theory to the problem then explain how you would use these constructs to select an intervention.

• Explain the strengths and limitations of the theory as it relates to the problem you selected.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation.

Prepare a 10-minute presentation (10-15 slides, not including title or reference slide) on organizational culture and values.

1. Describe how alignment between the values of an organization and the values of the nurse impact nurse engagement and patient outcomes.
2. Discuss how an individual can use effective communication techniques to overcome workplace challenges, encourage collaboration across groups, and promote effective problem solving.
3. Identify a specific instance from your own professional experience in which the values of the organization and the values of the individual nurses did or did not align. Describe the impact this had on nurse engagement and patient outcomes.

While APA style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze major technological innovations from the last five (5) years to determine the most significant innovation for entrepreneurs. Provide specific examples of how this new technology has encouraged new business creation or growth.
2. Speculate about the next big technological innovation and how entrepreneurs will use it to create new businesses.
3. Use at least two (2) external sources.

Use the TNA to identify performance gaps and to establish specific training outcomes. In this first assignment, you started to develop a training needs analysis (TNA) for your chosen organization. This assignment builds on the previous one and will complete your TNA. Open the TNA created in Assignment 1 and complete steps 6-8 on the same document. Add the following section headings to your paper. Organize your information into these sections:

 

Outcome 1

 

Outcome 2

 

Outcome 3

 

Expected Performance

 

Performance Gaps

6. Include at least three training outcomes, based on the TNA.

Describe each outcome in detailed sentences and paragraphs, ideally about 3 or more paragraphs for each outcome. Explain each outcome as it related to the organizational goals.

7. Identify the expected performance of the group or individuals as a result of the training

8. Identify performance gaps and detail how training can help close those gaps

Submit your instructional unit, which should include three lesson plans: one focused on patient education, one on family education, and one on staff development. Remember, your plans should demonstrate a logical approach to teaching, communicate what is to be taught and how, and outline how objectives are to be evaluated.

Building on the work that you started in Project Part 1, for all three groups of learners:

• Write several broad instructional goals for the educational experience.
• Write several behavioral objectives based on Bloom’s taxonomy.
• Describe the lesson content.
• Provide a sequence for teaching activities.
• Describe instructional methods.
• Indicate time allotted for each activity.
• Identify and describe the instructional resources (materials, tools, etc.) and technology to be used.
• Describe how the learning will be evaluated.

 

Lesson Components

 

At a minimum, each final lesson must contain the following components:

 

Introduction:

 

• Provide the title of the lesson.
• Identify and describe the learners.
• Include Learner Assessment: educational level, developmental level, readiness to learn, etc.
• Describe the educational setting: (staff development, patient education, family education, etc.).

 

Purpose and rationale for the lesson(s):

 

• Provide a rationale for selecting this lesson.
• Describe the philosophical or theoretical basis for teaching approaches used in the lesson.

 

Statement of goals and objectives:

 

• Write several broad instructional goals for the educational experience.
• Write several behavioral objectives based on Bloom’s taxonomy.

 

Instructional methods and evaluation of learning—For each objective:

 

• Describe the lesson content.
• Provide a sequence for teaching activities.
• Describe instructional strategies.
• Indicate time allotted for each activity.
• Describe the instructional resources (materials, tools, etc.) to be used.

• Describe how the learning will be evaluated.

For this 5-7 page self-assessment paper you will reflect on what you have learned in this course about yourself as a future counselor. Respond to the following:

1. Describe the type(s) of clients with whom you see yourself working most effectively, and the treatment approaches with which you see yourself practicing most effectively. Explain why.
2. Discuss your consideration of multicultural, ethical, competency, personal strengths, and professional responsibility issues in your evaluation.
   • How do you see these issues influencing your assessments, formulations, and decisions regarding appropriate and effective clinical actions with clients in the future?
3. Explain the importance of your own ongoing personal and professional development to an effective future practice with clients. Discuss the areas you want to develop most and describe short-term and long-term actions you will take to reach your development goals.
4. Provide at least three scholarly references, not including assigned course readings, to support or otherwise provide perspective on your opinions and evaluation.

Practical Use of the Discovery Model

The discovery phase is important to the consulting cycle as it helps detect and understand the problem in the client organization. Consider the organization you are currently working with or any other organization you know has a problem that needs to be resolved. Then, complete the following:

1. Describe what you believe to be your client’s present problem or the problem that needs a solution.
2. Provide a redefinition of the problem that expresses your understanding based on your research. Remember that a client may not accurately identify or describe a problem.
3. List the questions you will ask to elicit this information from your client and discover the problem.
4. Describe what you think will be your client’s reaction to your questions.

Respond to the following in  400-words: APA Format

Environmental psychology is likely to be a new field for you, although many of the concepts are probably familiar. Provide your own definition of the discipline. Discuss an important milestone or influence in the development of environmental psychology and provide reasoning as to why you chose this one.

Compare and contrast functional and organic (structural) disease.