Author: chris

Consider the following scenario: The General Secretary of the FDA has tasked you with developing an educational flier on the nutritional needs for a specific stage of life.

Research your topics using online sources, such as the Food and Drug Administration or the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and local sources, such as farmers’ markets, for content and nutrition suggestion for the ad.

Create a public service ad, with appropriate images, to be printed in the Sunday edition of your newspaper. Include the following points:

• Identify the nutritional needs for a developing embryo and fetus and how to obtain them.
• Identify health concerns or disease associated with poor nutrition during the gestation period.
• Provide examples of good and bad nutritional choices for baby and mom.
• Once the baby is born, address the pros and cons of breastfeeding versus formula-feeding.
• Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding nutrition.  Remember to determine and choose credible sources of nutritional information.

Use a standard word document to complete this assignment.   Both text and images are vital to this assignment.

During this course, you have developed many of the artifacts utilized by project managers. You have learned that, contrary to common misconceptions, project managers are involved in more than scheduling. In this paper, you will cover some of the other areas in which project managers are involved including procurement, change control, communication, and leadership.

Write an seven page paper in which you:

1. Explain the project procurement process.
2. Explain how change control is implemented in the information technology processes.
3. Analyze the required elements of a communication plan.
4. Describe the different organizational structures as it relates to project management (i.e., functional, project-based, matrix).
5. Assess the importance of the project manager’s role in organizational leadership.
6. Examine the different leadership approaches and determine when each approach is best utilized.
7. Describe three (3) conflict resolution techniques that project managers can utilize to keep team members productive.
8. Describe five (5) ethical situations that project managers may face in their role.
9. Explain the role of technology in project management.
10. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality 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:

• Prepare strategies to manage project resources to include human resources, capital equipment, and time.
• Summarize the project procurement process including external acquisition and outsourcing.
• Design project execution activities including change control and communicating project status.
• Summarize methods to control technology projects through information tracking and cost and change control techniques.
• Evaluate the ethical issues in complex project environments.
• Identify and plan communication strategies for project constituents and stakeholders across global teams and those internal to the organization.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems and technology.
• Write clearly and concisely about Information Technology P

Select an article (from a current business periodical such as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Fortune, etc.) that describes successfully leading change. Describe the change and analyze how that leadership was effective in overcoming resistance and implementing change. Support your assertions with cited research.

Your submitted assignment should include correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Be sure to cite your sources per APA formatting. For more information on APA

Managed Care

In the United States, managed care is becoming an increasingly popular method of administering healthcare. It influences the clinical behavior of providers, as it combines the payment and delivery of healthcare into a single system, the purpose of which is to control the cost, quality, and access of healthcare services for a single bracket of health plan enrollees (Scutchfield, Lee, & Patton, 1997).

Yet, managed care often evokes strong or negative reactions from healthcare providers because they are paid a fixed amount for treating their patients, regardless of the actual cost, which may influence their level of efficiency. This can challenge the relationships between doctors and patients (Claxton, Rae, Panchal, Damico, & Lundy, 2012; Sekhri, 2000).

Research managed care’s inception and study some examples. Be sure to investigate the perspectives about managed care from the vantage of both healthcare providers and patients. You can use the following keywords for your research—United States managed care, history of managed care, and managed care timeline.

Based on your research, answer the following questions in a 8- to 10-page Microsoft Word document:

• What are the positive and negative aspects of managed care? Analyze the benefits and the risks for both providers and patients, and how providers should choose among managed care contracts. Conclude with your analysis and recommendations for managed care health plans. Your response should include answers to the following questions:
  • Summarize the history of when, how, and why managed care was developed.
  • Define and discuss each type of managed care organization (MCO)—health maintenance organization (HMO), preferred provider organization (PPO), and point of sale (POS).
  • Explain the positive and negative aspects, respectively, of managed care organization from the provider’s point of view—a physician and a healthcare facility—and from a patient’s point of view.
  • Explain the three types of incentives for providers for efficiency in the delivery of healthcare services. Explain who bears the financial risk—the provider, the patient, or the managed care organization.
  • Offer your recommendations, to accept or de

identify an international organization and analyze the financial viability of the organization in the current international financial environment. Discuss the effects of instability in the foreign currency markets on organizational elements such as the supply chain, manufacturing and production. Explain how the organization mitigates the inherent risks in international currency.

Submit your two to three page paper (not including title and reference pages) to your instructor. Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in Ashford Writing Center, and you should cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Should we mount a massive effort to restore ecosystems that we have degraded even though this will be quite costly? For this weeks environmental controversy we explore this question. Using the textbook, and any additional outside resources, answer the questions below. Write a 1-2 paragraph response to the questions posed to you. Remember to cite your sources using APA.

Ecological restoration, which is discussed in your textbook, has a critical role in protecting and understanding the Earth’s environments. Unfortunately, even if personnel and financial resources are available, many sites are too damaged to be effectively restored. In such cases, alternatives to restoration must be pursued, including: rehabilitation, remediation, replacement, or the creation of artificial ecosystems.

Some individuals worry that large-scale ecological restoration could mislead the public into believing that any amount of environmental damage can be undone. Ultimately, a massive and expensive restoration program could be offset by weakened regulations and increased environmental damage in other areas. Furthermore, alternatives to ecological restoration may be able to repair more sites at less cost.

Based on what you have read and researched, do you believe that the loss of biodiversity is a concern for humans? Should the government not only preserve but restore ecosystems that we have degraded the biodiversity even though this will be quite costly?

 

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address the following for your selected organization:

• Evaluate the planning function of management.
• Analyze the influence that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management planning at your chosen company. Provide at least one example for each.
• Analyze at least three factors that influence the company’s strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning
• Include refrences

 

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you address the following for your selected organization:

• Evaluate the planning function of management.
• Analyze the influence that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have had on management planning at your chosen company. Provide at least one example for each.
• Analyze at least three factors that influence the company’s strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning
• Include refrences

Transformational Change Management Plan

You will create an entire Transformational Change Management Plan for a medium-sized public company that has lost business to a competitor that has chosen

to outsource much of its production operations. The company has been based in a small Midwestern town, it is one of the largest employers, and it has an

excellent reputation for employee welfare. It is now planning to do the very same offshoring, which will involve large lay-offs of long-term employees.

 

The Key Assignment

 

The project deliverables are as follows:

 

1. Introduction

2. What is driving the need for this transformational change?

3. Theories of Change Management

4. Communication Plan

5. Implementation Plan

Create an APA title page and the following sections:

1. Introduction (250-300 words) You will research and find an example of a firm that is going through the transformational change of offshoring much of its

production activities. The first part of the plan will be the Introduction. Context for the introduction includes the following:

 

What is offshoring?

How were the stakeholders affected?

What initiated the change?

How well has it been received or accepted, and why?

 

2. What is driving the need for this transformational change? (300-500 words)

 

Why is this considered a transformational change?

Why can the firm not just keep doing what it has been doing?

What is management’s role in the transformational change?

Are there easier alternatives to accomplish the goal of remaining competitive?

3. Theories of Change Management (200-400 words)

 

Discuss at least 3 theories of change management (eg. Kotter, Lewin, Nadler, action research, and appreciative inquiry).

 

Include specific pros and cons of each.

 

What is the best way to ensure the implementation of an organizational change?

 

4. Communication Plan (100-150 words):

 

What stakeholders require communication?

What will be communicated to them?

Who will send the communication?

What communication medium will be used?

5. Implementation Plan (400-600 words)

 

Include the following context in the implementation plan:

 

A. Major implementation steps

B. Key criteria for success

C. Summary of Weeks 1-5

D. Rollout: Any risk considerations to the implementation

Imagine that you are proposing a new communication structure for an organization. Write a formal proposal in which you discuss at least five concepts that you feel are most important for successful communication within an organizational setting. Explain why these concepts are necessary for successful communication and how best to implement them within an organization.

 

Examples of concepts that you may choose to use are active listening, organizational culture, conflict resolution, key principles of human communication, leadership strategies, formal and informal communication, etc.

 

Your information for this paper should not be based on your own opinions; you must back up your information with research.The research may include readings from this course or from outside sources. In total, your paper must include at least five sources. This is a formal paper and should include proper grammar, complete sentences, appropriate paragraphs, and correct citations/references in proper APA style. Along with explaining the communication concepts and including the research, you can also use your personal experiences to explain the research that you are presenting in your paper.

 

The paper must be eight to ten pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least five scholarly sources other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in text and on the reference page.

 

Writing the Paper

 

The Paper:

 

•Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style.

 

•Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.

 

•Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

 

•Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

 

•Must use at least five scholarly sources.

 

•Must document all sources in APA style.

 

•Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style.