Is Osama Bin Laden’s death a decisive blow to Al Qaeda or an unmitigated victory against terrorism?Discuss.

 

This Rogerian argument essay should be between 900 and 1000 words, excluding the required annotated bibliography.  

Topic: “Should recipients of welfare be drug tested prior to getting their benefits? ”

 

This essay must include a minimum of five sources.  Three should be peer-reviewed sources,

Make sure to include the following sections in your essay:

an introduction and claim,

background,

body,

and a conclusion.

 

Contemporary Leadership Roles in Health Care Assignments ($380 total)

Unit 2 Assignment 1 $30

Topic Selection Summary and Rationale

Compose a 1–3 page summary paper identifying the theory or model you selected for the Leadership Theory Paper due in Unit 10. Respond to the following:

• Explain your choice of theory or model from the leadership literature that has been utilized to describe or explain leadership behavior in a health care setting.
• Discuss whether this interest emerges from your current work, or recent academic or community service experiences.

Explore the literature by researching academic and professional peer reviewed articles and other scholarly resources through the Capella Library databases. Exploring professional and scientific publications will be the preliminary work for the outline and annotated bibliography due in Unit 5.

Submit the paper in the assignment area at the end of Unit 2.

Unit 2 Discussion 1 $10

Leadership Theories

Distinguish situational leadership theory from transactional leadership theory, and from transformational leadership. What is similar and what is different for each theory?

 

Unit 2 Discussion 2 $10

Workforce Complexities

Explain how the complexity of the health workforce may lead to communication failure and conflict. What are two ways to use quality communication and conflict skills to successfully motivate subordinates?

 

Unit 3 Assignment 1 $40

Personal Development Plan

At the start of the DHA program, learners completed the Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI), which provided information on leadership and management competency areas. For this assignment, learners will summarize their current progress in continuing to develop their leadership competencies, as follows:

1. In 3–5 pages, learners will write a brief summary of the results of the LLI, identifying three strengths and three weaknesses.
2. Next, learners select an area of competency development and write a specific action plan to address this competency area during the course.
3. This written summary and plan should provide clear measurable objectives, a set of action steps to be taken, and a clear timeline for completing these action steps during this term.
4. Finally, learners should be prepared to update the instructor on their progress during the last week of the term.

• Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this assignment to your ePortfolio

Unit 3 Discussion 1

Unit 3 Discussion 1 $10

Effective Planning and Decision Making

Mastering the planning process and effective decision making are two critical tools of health leaders. Based on your understanding of the readings, what might happen if leaders do not master these tools?

Unit 3 Discussion 2 $10

Tuckman’ s Model of the Group Dynamic Process

Explain Tuckman’s model of the group dynamic process and summarize its importance for health care leaders in group or team supervision. Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Tuckman model.

Unit 4 Discussion 1 $10

Case Study: Innovations in Performance Management

Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.

In the case by Vermillion et al. (2010), a critical issue for Baptist was to align leaders’ goals with organizational performance expectations. In your team, describe the key leadership issues at Baptist. What was innovative about their approach? As a team, decide which theory, if any, is best for explaining the approach utilized at Baptist. Discuss the rationale for theory selection.

In a separate posting, explain why you agree or disagree with your team’s decision.

Unit 4 Discussion 2 $10

Evaluate Needs

 

Identify one idea or insight from the Baptist case that you would want to pursue with additional research. What is the research question or idea that needs further research?

Unit 5 Assignment 1 $50

Leadership Theory Outline and Annotated Bibliography

With your Leadership Theory Paper outline and annotated bibliography, you will demonstrate the research you have completed in your course project and receive instructor feedback. Your annotated bibliography should be annotative, as opposed to summative. Include the following:

• A minimum of 10 references, formatted in APA (6th edition) style, which are appropriate, professional peer-reviewed academic sources.
• Identify the type of source, and provide a brief summary as well as a rationale for each selection.
• Describe the relationship of the references to your selected topic.

Your instructor will offer feedback in regard to the applicability of the articles you selected, as well as guidance on any other aspects that you may want to research before completing the assignment.

Unit 5 Discussion 1 $10

Case Study: Seeking PERFECTION in Health Care

Review the Seeking PERFECTION in Health Care case study from the studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.

As a team, discuss the application of the Toyota Production System approach to George Mason. Note that a key reason for adopting the Toyota approach was because senior leaders wanted to find a unifying management method for the system. Would you have predicted that this approach might present any cultural and/or ethical conflicts for the system? Explain why or why not.

 

Unit 5 Discussion 2 $10

The End of “Business as Usual”

Using your knowledge of Resource Dependency Theory and Strategic Management Theory, explain why Virginia Mason had to change and could no longer operate with a “business as usual” approach.

Unit 6 Discussion 1 $10

Case Study: People Structure of Quality Improvement

Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.

Based on your review of the issues confronting Spectrum Health, discuss your perspective on the executive leader’s role in this case with your team members. What is the executive leader’s role here? What specific behaviors should the executive leader be demonstrating, and why?

Unit 6 Discussion 2 $10

Metrics for Accountability

What top 3–5 metrics should the executive leaders of Spectrum utilize to ensure that people are held accountable for results? Identify one research study to provide evidence that at least one of your metrics has been utilized in practice by health care leaders.

Unit 7 Discussion 2 $10

Case Study: Malcolm Baldrige Award

Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will submit a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.

Summarize the common characteristics of the five health care systems that have won the Malcolm Baldrige Award.

 

 

Unit 7 Discussion 3 $10

Unanswered Research Question

 

Case studies comparing the results of different health care organizations are one way that policymakers, health leaders, and researchers gather and share empirical information. Identify one research question that you think remains unanswered about the Malcolm Baldrige approach. Why is this the right question to ask?

Unit 8 Assignment 1 $40

Networking Assignment

One of the most important skills that a leader can develop is their network of professional contacts both in and out of their professional field. Whether it is to establish new business relationships or learn about emerging trends and ideas, networking requires focus, practice, and persistence to do it well. For this assignment, learners are required to write and submit a 4–5 page summary of their experience:

1. Identifying and making contact with two leaders (this may not be another learner enrolled in this course). One contact should be a leader in the field of health administration, and the second contact should be a leader in a related/relevant profession, but not necessarily health administration (this may be a community leader, for example) The learner should select a networking contact who the learner admires for his or her professional accomplishments, or who occupies a leadership position that the learner aspires to achieve.
2. Learners are required to provide an action plan of whom, what, when, and where as well as the results of their interaction with the key network contacts.
3. Learners are to ask their networking contact for help with the following question:
   • What is the most important lesson that you have learned in your career as a leader that you would be willing to share with me as I continue to build my leadership skills?
4. Learners should demonstrate that they have reflected on both their personal experience and refer to the leadership literature to determine if there is evidence to support the lessons learned from leadership network contacts.

Unit 8 Discussion 1 $10

Case Study: Leadership Development in Health Care

Review the Innovations in Performance Management case study from the Studies section in this unit. Conduct a synchronous meeting to discuss the case study with your team members. Each team will post a 4-page maximum case summary as described in the case study analysis presentation in Unit 3. Post the team summary by the end of the week.

How do the results of the McAlearney and Butler (2008) study align with the recommendations of the NCHL? Are the results consistent or different?

Unit 8 Discussion 2 $10

Research Questions and NCHL Competencies

How would you determine if the NCHL competencies are the rights ones? What is one research question that you might ask to be sure that the competencies outlined by the NCHL are the right ones for you to develop?

Unit 9 Discussion 1 $10

Mentorship and Succession Planning

Describe the importance of mentorship and succession planning to the long-term success of a health care organization. How do you know that mentorship is important?

Unit 9 Discussion 2 $10

Scientific Inquiry in Coaching and Mentoring

Is there one study that you would still like to see completed before you are convinced of the effectiveness of coaching and mentoring? If so, what is the study? If not, identify an area of scientific inquiry in the field of coaching and mentoring that is worthy of study by a Capella doctoral learner in health administration.

Unit 10 Assignment 1 $40

Leadership Theory Paper

The purpose of this doctoral level Leadership Theory paper is to:

1. Select a theory or model from the leadership literature that has been utilized to describe or explain leadership behavior in a health care setting.
2. Summarize the available information from both professional and scientific publications.
3. Apply the theory or model to a health care organization with which you are familiar.
4. Discuss the value of the theory or model for improving health care organizational performance (be sure to present the evidence).
5. Describe any personal experience as a practitioner with the identified model or theory of leadership, and summarize both published and personal “best practices.”
6. Review your past Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI) results and reflect on whether the theory or model aligns with NCHL competencies and your own perspective and approach to leadership.
7. Describe how your leadership style or behaviors should or shouldn’t change, based on what you learned from the research completed for this paper.

Expectations

• Topic relevant to a health care setting.
• Literature review engaging both scholarly and professional practice literatures.
• Scholarly review of the empirical evidence surrounding the application of the theory in health and non-health settings.
• Correct use of APA formatting and referencing throughout the document.
• Development of an evidence-based perspective on the value of the theory.
• Describe the value of the theory for improving the learner’s own leadership competencies.

Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this assignment to your ePortfolio.

Unit 10 Discussion 1 $10

Leadership Legacy

Describe the characteristics of the leadership legacy you intend to leave. What do you want your teams and peers to say about your legacy? Why is this important to you?

Unit 10 Discussion 2 $10

Personal Development Retrospective

In the beginning of this course, you were asked to think about your results from the Lifelong Leadership Inventory (LLI), and to use those results to evaluate your overall progress developing leadership competencies. Now that you have reached the end of this course, it is time to reflect on your growth as a health care leader:

1. How have the activities in this course altered your previously self-identified strengths and weaknesses?
2. How have your experiences in this course made an impact on your personal action plan to develop a specific leadership competency?
3. Are there any changes to your objectives, action steps, or timeline?
4. What final thoughts do you have about health care leadership development?

 

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Assignment 1: Financial Analysis

Due Week 6 and worth 160 points

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research one (1) publicly traded company and review its last annual report. Use an investor’s view to perform financial analysis and discuss various non-financial factors impacting investment decision.

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

1. From an investor’s view, review the last annual report for chosen company. Use financial analysis tools of liquidity, profitability, and solvency to evaluate the company’s performance and reasons for investing or not investing. Use at least 2 different ratios for each of the 3 categories. Also include the comparison of the company’s industry ratios, and the ratios of its major competitor(s).
2. From an investor’s views, analyze why non-financial factors are important to investors. Select three (3) non-financial factors for your company and discuss the influence these have on investors. Factors may include environmental responsibility (sustainability), corporate governance, etc. Use at least three (3) 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; 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze and interpret financial statements.
• Evaluate management control systems and examine their relationship with accounting and planning, including feedback and non-financial performance measurements.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial accounting for managers.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial accounting using proper writing mechanics.

 

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Project Introduction:

The project in the course is based on ethical theories and its application in real life. There are two parts to

this project. In Part 1 of the project, which deals with ethical theories, you will compare and contrast the

leading ethical theories. In Part 2 of the project, you will be practically applying these theories in issues of

culture and civilization, justice, contemporary ethical debates, and your chosen field of study and career.

In the course project, you will use your course notes, textbook, lessons, and perform research on the

internet to discuss the questions provided.

Be sure to use outline points as headers to ensure that each

required topic is covered in an organized and effective way.

Title: An Introduction to Ethical Theories

Answer the following questions:

1) What, according to you, is ethics?

2) Discuss the following approaches to the study of morality and

identify the approach that is closest to your own.    Scientific  Philosophical  Theological/Religious

3) Explain the following sources of ethics with the help of an

example.  Reason based ethics  Emotion based ethics  Intuitionism

Virtue Ethics (Individualism) and Care Ethics (Collectivism)

4) Include a general discussion with three core features (with at

least one criticism) of Virtue Ethics.

 Discuss Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

 Explain the Golden Mean.

 Discuss Confucian Moral Self-Cultivation.

 Provide an example of Virtue Ethics

 

5) Include a general discussion with three core features (with at

least one criticism) of Care Ethics

 Provide an Example of Care Ethics.

 Explain your personal viewpoint on Care Ethics.

Absolutism v. Relativism

6) Define Absolutism and provide an example of absolutist

ethical decision.

7) Define Relativism and provide an example of a relativist

ethical decision.

8) Define and discuss Cultural Relativism

9) Reflect on whether you are an absolutist or relativist

Consequentialism v. Deontological Ethics

10) Define Consequentialism and discuss the pros and cons of

both Act and Rule Utilitarianism. Provide your own insights

on Utilitarianism

11) Explain the following types of egoism with the help of an

example:

 Psychological Egoism

 Ethical Egoism

 Individual Ethical Egoism

 Universal Ethical Egoism

12) Include a general discussion with three core features (with at least one criticism) of Deontological Ethics.

13) Compare and contrast Kant’s Absolutism with Ross’ Prima

Facie Duties.

14) Provide an Example of Ethical Nonconsequentialism.

15) Reflect on whether you are a deontologist or a consequentialist

Free Will v. Determinism

16) Analyze Free Will and Determinism, their potential compatibility. Discuss your own reflections on the subject

 

Submission Requirements

1) The project submission should contain an introduction, body, and conclusion

2) Cover page, references page, running header, page numbers, and parenthetical citations should follow APA format.

3) Outline points can be used as APA headers to enhance organization.

4) Double spaced and 1” margins on all sides.

5) 12 point Arial font

6) Final draft should include an abstract.

ASSIGNMENT: C Evaluate the Presidential State of the Union Address of January 20,2015

Write a short (two to three pages) evaluation of this speech, covering the following items.

1. Name, title, and/or position of speaker
2. Subject, date, and time of speech
3. Occasion for speech, including sponsoring group
4. Location of speech (describe the physical setting in detail)
5. Mode of presentation (impromptu, memorized, read from manuscript, extemporaneous, etc.)
6. Discussion of appropriateness and effectiveness of mode of presentation
7. Description and discussion of speaker’s voice
8. Discussion of appropriateness and effectiveness of rate of speaking (including the use of pauses)
9. Discussion of appropriateness and effectiveness of loudness of presentation (including any problems with equipment, such as microphone noises)
10. Discussion of speaker’s vocal variety.
11. Discussion of speaker articulation, enunciation, pronunciation, or dialect
12. Discussion of speaker’s use of body language (including facial expressions, eye contact, movement, gestures, and appearance
13. Suggestions you would give this speaker for improving presentation skills….yes, you may include suggestions!

Cultural Relativism
Cultural relativism asserts that what is right is relative to the individual culture. In some cultures, things that are considered “right” in the United States are considered “wrong,” and some “wrong” things are considered “right” abroad. In a three-page analysis assignment, you need to:
Select a culture that is different relative to your own and research the following features of the selected culture:
Customs
Manners
Taboos
Religions
Moralities
Daily habits
Attitudes
Business practices
Discuss whether the culture is more individualistic or collectivistic.
Provide relevant examples highlighting key concepts.
Reflect on the role of cultural relativism in your overall impression of the culture.
Conclude by explaining whether or not you would change your behavior or even your ethics if you were a part of the culture that you have selected for research.

2-3 pages
apa format

Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan.  Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.

In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

1. Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
2. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
3. Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • 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 is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Governments collect most of their revenue to fund public budgets through taxation. Without taxation, government would not be able to provide most goods and services. It is, therefore, imperative to understand the main types of taxation levied in the United States and their advantages and disadvantages.

In a three to four-page APA style paper (not including the title and reference pages), discuss the three major tax structures: income, sales, and property taxes, and the advantages and disadvantages of each according to at least three of the criteria for evaluating revenue options: adequacy of revenue production, equity, economic effects, collectability, and transparency. In addition to the text, cite at least two outside resources in your paper and use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.

Using Math to Make a Decision

Select a project that is meaningful to you.  The project should be a situation for which math is used to help you make a decision or reach a conclusion.  Identify the steps you have followed to complete your project.  Especially, set up the processes that you use in the form of a formula or equation.  Include an introduction that explains in detail what you intend to do.

 

Section 1:  Explain the problem, including assumptions you made at the beginning.  The problem should include an analysis of data.  Add a table if appropriate.  Identify the steps you will follow and indicate where the math is along the way.

 

Section 2:  Identify the methods you use to solve the problem.  Explain the processes (formulas) you use to find the solution.  Set up a general formula / equation that would be applicable to similar situations.

 

Section 3:  Analyze your findings.  An assessment of the solution should include a discussion of the appropriateness of the solution.

 

Section 4:  Include a concluding statement to discuss how the process permitted you to make a decision and what that decision was.

 

Some possible topics might be:

Ø  Designing a home repair project

Ø  Planning a trip

Ø  Buying a house, a co-op, a car

Ø  Planning an important event such as a family reunion or special dinner

Ø  Making and tracking an investment in the stock market