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Answer the following questions in the space provided below:

Explain the importance of variation to health-care organizations and answer the following questions.

1. What might be the key processes for health-care organizations?
2. What are the potential common causes of variation that would have an impact on the key processes of health-care organizations?
3. What special causes might be more important than the others?
4. How might health-care organizations’ business environment be dynamic and change over tim

 

“The Arts and Royalty; Philosophers Debate Politics” Please respond to one (1) of the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• In this week’s readings, a dispute in the French royal court is described about whether Poussin or Rubens was the better painter. Take a painting by each, either from our book or a Website below, and compare them and explain which you prefer. There is another conflict between the playwright Moliere and a well-born Parisian; Louis XIV stepped in.
• The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites below, make your case for the side you chose and against the other side. Identify one (1) modern situation in the world where these issues are significant.

Explore:

The Arts and Royalty

• Chapter 23 (pp. 742-755); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts; review the Week 2 “Music Folder”
• Rubens and Poussin at http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-classicism-rubens-poussin-and-17th-85 and http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html

Philosophers Debate Politics

• Chapter 24 (pp. 776-7; 803-805)
• Hobbes: text at http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html; summary at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
• Locke: text at http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html; General background of the concept at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf

Write an essay in which you explore and analyze your ideas about home and homelessness and who the homeless are and what they need from society. be sure to include what you feel are often the causes of homelessness.

 

Write a paper of 600 words, typewritten in double-spaced format (Arial 12-point font or Times New Roman styles), page margins Top, Bottom, Left Side and Right Side = 1 inch, with reasonable accommodation being made for special situations and online submission variances. 5% similarity. Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source 2 citations to support your work

 

How can Economic Value Added (EVA) statements be used to improve financial statement reporting, results, and success? What are some problems found with EVA?

1. Analyze what you believe to be three of the most significant challenges that health care providers face in the delivery of health care services to the aging population. Prioritize your selections (i.e., one, two, and three) and justify the rankings that you assigned to each challenge. Research statistical data on the topic and include at least one statistic from a credible source to support your opinions.

 

2.Evaluate the effectiveness of two or three quality management techniques that are practiced in health care organizations. What types of health care organizations and populations would benefit most from these techniques and why? What are some of the roles that non-clinical health care professionals play in the quality of care within health care organizations?

 

Answer both questions seperately. APA format and provide references behind each question. Atleast 200 word minimum. Dont need a title or reference page just references behind each question.

The terms: health care and public health are often used interchangeably. Two such widely used terms are public health and health promotion.

 

Based on your understanding of the topic, create a report in a Microsoft Word document answering the following questions:

 

Define the terms public health and health promotionWhat are the similarities and differences between the two?What specific health promotion activity was provided in your community during the past one year and what was the beneficial result?How did Healthy People 2020 develop and what is the purpose and goals of this program?

 

Over the years, the public health care system has evolved due to the numerous legislative and regulatory influences. These efforts are being illustrated as legislative and regulatory pressures on the form and function of the delivery system.

 

Note: Click here to view a link to get a better understanding about the issues affecting the community and nation (Go to Policy and Advocacy > Congress and Federal Agencies > Legislation and Issues).

 

What current legislation has had the maximum impact on the way health care is provided?What interest group(s) influenced the establishment of this legislation?

 

Mention an interest associated with a health care promotion or wellness program that, according to you, had the greatest impact on the people of the U.S. in the last three years. Provide a description of this program.

 

The description should include the following details:

 

What were the activities actually associated with the program?How was it reported in the media?What was it about this program that had an impact on you?What population was involved? Why do you think the specified population was involved in the program?What do you think can be done by society to promote this program?

• Watch the video titled, “Puzzle of Motivation” (18 min 36 s).  You can also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y.  Next, explain what approaches organizations can take to motivate their employees other than pay incentives. Explain the main reasons that these other incentives may motivate employees and justify your response.

In life, everyone has things to do and deadlines to meet. For an adult learner, time appears to be even more valuable since it often feels as though everyone wants a part of it. This week’s Lesson suggested using a “month-at-a-glance” calendar and included color-coded strategies for your routine activities.

 

Many of us now use electronic tools for managing our time. There are electronic bulletin boards, electronic sticky notes, reminder apps, calendar apps, and others.  Here is a brief explanation of a few tools:

 

• Lino is a bulletin board that lets users capture images, write to-do lists, and set reminders for any of the items they post. This site lets users create multiple boards (lino calls these boards “Canvases”) for different purposes or use colors to organize events on the same board.
• Your computer may have come with a sticky note application. These sticky notes can also be color-coded for easy organization.
• Google Calendar permits users to establish meetings, to-do lists, and reminders. Items included on the calendar can be color-coded. Google can also be synched with a mobile device. A “tips and tricks” instructional video is linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNBV_wbk-Y
• Hundreds of other organizational applications have been developed and are now available for tablets, phones, and computers.

What strategy do you use to manage your time? Why does this strategy work for you? If you use an app, please share the name of it, a link to the developer’s website, and any information you would like to provide. How do you balance home, work, and school responsibilities? What might make it difficult to stay on top of your school work?

Then, reflecting on your readings and your investigations into the various resources from Lessons, provide one new tip you intend to put into practice to help better manage your time now that you have added going to school as one of your responsibilities.

“Risk Management and Malicious Attacks”  Please respond to the following:

• With regards to risk-response planning, there are four (4) responses to negative risks that an organization may pursue: avoid, transfer, mitigate, and accept. Develop an original and unique scenario to describe and contrast each of these responses.
• From the selected e-Activity article, describe in detail the way in which the malware was utilized to steal data or gain privileged remote access to a computer or network. Suppose you were an IT Security professional working at the attacked business, and detail the security controls that you would consider putting into practice that would help to prevent this and similar types of malware attacks moving forward.

The following business scenario that you will use is as follows:

 

Target, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the United States.

Target is considering global expansion into a specific country of your choice, and this global expansion will be the focus of your PowerPoint presentations from now thru week eight.

Note – You are to use the same country throughout this entire project. Only provide the requested information in the instructions for each week. Wait to give your overall recommendation of whether Target should expand or not to the country of your choice until the final presentation in Week 8.

The present managers of Target have decided that it is time to plan for a Global expansion in 12 months. To help facilitate the transition over the next 12 months, the company leaders have hired YOU, a private consultant, to help them compile and analyze key business information needed for the global expansion event. Your job over the next 8 week is to help the business executives better understand the marketing, management, business ethics, global dimensions, accounting, financial, economic, legal, and strategy aspects of the company.

 

For Week 1, your assignment is to describe, discuss, and analyze the key business environment considerations for this new global expansion. Specifically, the C-level executives want you to choose one (1) country you think would be appropriate to expand to and give them an overview presentation. You will use this same country throughout the next 8 weeks for the presentations to management, so choose wisely.

You must develop a PowerPoint presentation for this Week 1 assignment that describes and analyzes the points below:

1. Currently, the company relies mostly upon US based sales, however, the executives would like you to recommend a market place outside the US, in order to gain international sales. Present a country that you believe would be advantageous to expand to and explain generally why.

 

2. What is the cultural environment, the political environment and the legal environment of the country you are considering expanding to? (use and incorporate the learnings from chapters 1,2, and 13.)

 

3. Incorporate at least one chart, graph or table into this presentation. (Don’t forget speaker notes explaining your graph/chart slide)

 

Length: 5-10 slides

The first slide in the presentation should be the title page.

The last slide(s) in the presentation should be the list of references you used for the assignment in APA format.

Do not count title or reference slides towards the 5-10 slide requirement.

Speaker Notes: 80-200 words for each slide need to be in the Speaker Notes section of the PowerPoint slides. These speaker notes should thoroughly describe the details of the slide. Since we do not do formal presentations each week, the speaker notes should cover what you would say if you were presenting to a live audience.

 

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style. Make sure your presentation follows good PowerPoint design principles (e.g., readable font, uses one template, one inch borders around the slides) and contains transitions, builds, and animation when appropriate.

In addition to the textbook material for this course (properly cited within the presentation), you must also use at least three (3) additional academic sources/references (these can be journals, articles, papers, books). Use the SPC on-line library to search for and obtain journal articles for this assignment. Websites and other non-academic references may be used if properly cited in APA format, but these supplemental references are not counted toward the requirement of at least three academic references.