Author: chris

1. The US political system was devised in such a way that major branches could check each other’s ambitions, and citizens could maintain popular sovereignty through legislative supremacy.A continuing theme throughout our course, however, has been the exceptional power possessed by some outside groups to intervene in disproportional ways within the American political process.  In your opinion, has the democratic character of American politics been too far compromised by the wide-ranging access of special interests?  Limit your answer to 500 words.

2. You are the senior advisor to a senior US Senator – a Democrat – who has just secured a third term in the 2016 elections. Wow, your career is truly taking off! There’s just one hiccup: your professional aspirations are now linked to this Senator’s successes or failures in mobilizing a significant Congressional agenda.  In fact, the Senator has intimated to you that the next legislative project is the most significant one of his/her legislative career, because he/she plans a run at the Democratic Presidential nomination in two years’ time.  If all goes well, this effort will dovetail into a nomination run, with a highly publicized, landmark piece of legislation that bears the Senator’s name. Your job? Well, no pressure, but you have to figure out the policy domain in which this career-catapulting legislation will reside.  To this end, the Senator has requested from you (and a few other career-hungry, deeply competitive staffers) a digestible brief concerning which policy area to target in the legislation, with a rationale as to why it is both critical for the United States and achievable in the US Congress.  Limit your brief to 500 words.

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  Assignment 3: Staffing Your Intrapreneurship Plan

  Due Week 9 and worth 200 points

  Take the intrapreneurship plan you created for Assignment 2. Think about the people you would need and the skills they need to possess to effectively support your intrapreneurial business idea.

  Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Assess the type of team you consider the most appropriate to support your intrapreneur idea.
     • Tip: Check Chapter 9, page 282. Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook.
  2. Explain how you will recruit (both internally and externally) the members of your team.
     • Tip: Check Chapter 8, pages 232-234
  3. Identify the key position to lead your team. Then, create the job posting for the position including salary range.
     • Tip: Review job descriptions using your favorite job search engine (e.g., www.careerbuilder.com, www.monster.com, www.jobing.com, etc.), and check common skills and requirements for similar positions. For the salary range, you can visit http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm or http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Country=United_States/Salary.
  4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources you have located using the Strayer Learning Resources Center (LRC) / Strayer in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource, and neither do web-based blogs.

  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 format.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your 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:

  • Apply the four (4) functions of management and effective decision making to efficiently utilize resources and achieve organizational goals.
  • Integrate the core human resource management functions and considerations into viable recommendations to meet the organization’s operating requirements.
  • Examine team concepts and effective communication in the workplace.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary business.
  • Write clearly and concisely about contemporary business using proper writing mechanics.

The director of your department has requested that you conduct some research on the topic of cyber law or Internet law. He has asked you to draft a memo including the following information:

Research, identify, and discuss at least 2 emerging trends or legal issues involving cyber law or Internet law. Examples could include but are not limited to the following topics:
e-contracts
e-signatures
cyber torts
use of social networking for advertising
social networking and employee restraints
identify theft
cyberstalking
Include good research and references to discuss the cyber law issues identified.
Research, identify, and summarize a specific legal case involving a cyber law issue. The summary should include a good description of the facts of the case and the outcome (court’s ruling) of the case.
Provide your opinion on the outcome of the case. Do you agree with the court’s ruling, or do you feel that a different outcome would have been more justified? Why or why not?
Include all appropriate APA citations and references.

Managed health care emerged in the early 19th century in response to the growing cost of medical services in the United States. It is an ever-evolving approach to combining the financing and delivery of health care that seeks to manage costs, increase access, and ensure or improve quality of care through a variety of methods, including provider network management, utilization management, and quality assurance.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the evolution of managed care and the forces that have driven its evolution.
2. Explain how managed care influences access to and utilization of healthcare services within the current healthcare system.
3. Evaluate the efficacy of managed care plans in containing healthcare costs.
4. Differentiate and compare at least three (3) models of managed care organizations.
5. Summarize at least one (1) managed care trend (i.e., evolving mixed models, managed Medicaid, managed Medicare) and appraise how this trend will affect managed care’s overall goal of managing costs, increasing access, and ensuring quality in the delivery of healthcare.
6. Use at least three (3) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Use at least three (3) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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:

• Evaluate the shifts in multi-provider healthcare systems and its impact on market segments.
• Assess how changes in the economic and commercial environments have affected the health sector.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in Health Care Operations Management.
• Write clearly and concisely about Health Care Operations Management using proper writing mechanics.

Review the following article from ProQuest: Avery, S. (2009, February). MRO sourcing goes global. Purchasing, 138(2), 48-52. Retrieved from ProQuest Database.

In a two-to-three page paper (not including the title and reference pages), identify how your organization or an organization you are familiar with, can improve in the following best practice areas represented in the article:

• Identification of spend types in your purchasing.
• Identify suppliers with capabilities for global business.
• Strategy of integrated supply approach with distributors.
• Processes to track performance of suppliers including cost of ownership and outsourcing.

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

Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay explaining the content of the video based on your assigned sociological theoretical approach.

• Prepare an introduction that identifies the major social institutions in society and why they are important.
• Describe each video and the social institutions they address.
• Explain the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives on the family, religion and education. Which perspective does each film use to discuss the institution? Explain specific examples from the videos from the viewpoint of the designated theoretical approach.
• Provide a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas of the essay and describes how these institutions have influenced you.

To prepare for this assignment:

• Review the article “Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgment.” Pay particular attention to the cases involving each type of judgment.
•  Focus on clinical versus actuarial judgment.
• Think about a decision you made using clinical judgment. Consider whether actuarial judgment would have helped you make a better decision.
• Think about a decision you made using actuarial judgment. Consider whether clinical judgment would have helped you make a better decision.
• Consider in what circumstances actuarial judgment is more helpful to you and in what circumstances clinical judgment is more helpful to you.

The assignment (1–2 pages): (Not including Title or Refernce Page) APA Format

• Briefly explain the difference between clinical and actuarial judgment.
• Describe a decision you made using clinical judgment and explain why you used this type of judgment. Then explain how actuarial judgment may or may not have helped you make a better decision. Be specific.
• Describe a decision you made using actuarial judgment, and explain why you used this type of judgment. Then explain how clinical judgment may or may not have helped you make a better decision. Be specific.
• Briefly explain your position regarding which approach to judgment (climical or actuarial) seems to be most helpful for you, in what circumstances is is most helpful, and why the judgment you chose is most helpful

FIRST PART:

Select THREE of the following questions and answer them as they relate to the story you selected for your research paper. Do your best to devote at least ONE paragraphs per answer. Important: Do not write on questions already answered in your research paper.

You may refer, if necessary, to your text, class notes, and handouts.

1. “Different fictional worlds make different demands on the reader’s imagination. What is most important to the reader’s enjoyment of the tale is the emotional truth conveyed by the characters . . .” (p. 1088). Explain what and how emotional truth(s) are conveyed through the central character in your story.

2. Setting must have a “dramatic use. It must be shown, or at least felt, to affect character or plot” (1089). Explain the dramatic use of setting in your story.

3. “A good plot arouses our curiosity, engages our emotions, and keeps us in suspense.” (1086) Explain how your author achieves this in your selected story.

4. “A literary symbol can be anything in a story’s setting, plot, or characterization that suggests an abstract meaning to the reader in addition to its literal significance.” (1095) Which symbols does your author use in the story you selected and to what effect does the author use them?

5. Identify the point of view from which your story is narrated (First-person? Third-person omniscient? Third-person limited omniscient? Objective?). Then propose some reasons that the author may have chosen this perspective (instead of another) from which to narrate his story.

6. Within the plot structure of a story the exposition performs several essential functions as does the resolution. Explain the purposes of the exposition and resolution in your story.

SECOND PART(RESEARCH PAPER):

READ THE STORY: SONNY’S BLUES AND THEN FIND FIVE OR MORE SOURCES TO INCLUDE IN THE RESEARCH PAPER.

use the following question as the thesis for the research paper.

What do we discover about James Baldwin’s thematic intentions in his story,”Sonny’s Blues,”  from a careful analysis of Sonny’s actions and dialogue as well as the setting and the narrator’s comments?

Brainstorm with your team a list of laws, policies, and regulations selected for your Week Two Individual Assignment.

Select 2-3 laws, policies, or regulations as a team based on your discussion.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes discussing your selections.

Include the following in your presentation:

• Identify each of the laws, policies, or regulations selected.
• Discuss the influence of politics on health care regulations, laws, and policies.
• Describe the role and impact of governmental and non-governmental regulatory agencies on health care policy.
• Explain the relationship between law and policy in health care.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.