Examine and evaluate the effectiveness and usability of Total Quality Management (TQM) in ambulatory care settings. Identify one (1) potential challenge facing an ambulatory care organization of your choosing and explain how Total Quality Management may help to resolve the potential challenge.
E-cigarettes could be viewed as a safe form of nicotine delivery in comparison with
tobacco. Considering the low rates of success documented in many studies in achieving
cessation, vaping as a harm reduction mechanism, may be the preferred way to go for
Hong Kong.
– Hong Kong pro-EC campaign
As a public health specialist, write a briefing paper to the Secretary for Food and Health
with relevant information and evidence, to discuss legal status of electronic cigarettes in
Hong Kong and its implications on tobacco control. (No more than 800 words)
Think about managers you has worked for in the past, both “good ones” and “not-so-good ones,” and the characteristics they exhibited on the job.
Prepare a 5 slide Power Point presentation that compares and contrasts the management styles of these managers and the qualities thaqt made them “good” or “not-so-good.”
** please include INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION
Each slide should display a topical heading indicating the managers’ skills (or lack thereof), followed by specific examples from the team members’ experiences.
“Analyzing Essays that Offer Solutions to Problems” Please respond to the following:
Read the three essays in Chapter 11 (“The Nursing Crisis; The Solution Lies Within,” “An Open Letter to the Community,” and “Request for a Work Schedule Change.”) Analyze the arguments and compare the effectiveness of their thesis statements, proposed solutions, and evidence.
Identify which one you think is most effective. Explain.
“Mid-course Reflection” Please respond to the following:
Discuss your overall perceptions of the Research and Writing course thus far. Describe the course concepts that either have seemed familiar or have confused to you. Determine the one (1) or two (2) specific concepts that you would you like explore further. Assist your classmates by sharing your knowledge in relation to their responses
Explain what Marx meant when he stated that he “had stood Hegel on his head” (Or something to that extent).
Nurse leaders need to be familiar with conflict management styles and the impact these styles can have on interpersonal dynamics, and, ultimately, patient care. For this Discussion, you evaluate a situation marked by conflict and consider how conflict management strategies could be applied to promote positive results.
To prepare: (USES THE REFRENCES/ARTICLES LISTED BELOW ) USE ATLEAST 5 REFRENCES
•Consider a conflict situation you witnessed or were engaged in within your practice setting. Then, proceed as follows: ◦Think about who was involved, how it was resolved (if it was), and how it might have been handled more effectively.
◦Identify the conflict management style(s) employed by various individuals, including ineffective responses or no response to the situation.
◦Evaluate your personal response to this conflict.
•What do your thoughts and actions in this and other conflict situations reveal about your typical approach to conflict?
Post 1 PAGE PAPER on Discussion Board : A description of how you handled or avoided a conflict as a nurse , as well as the results of your approach. Explain how would you respond to this conflict today and/or what steps you would take to improve your comfort level and skill for managing conflict in the future (including specific conflict management strategies you would use). Explain how conflict management relates to your effectiveness as a leader.
References
•Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Your goal for this assignment is to apply an ethical theory to a real-world situation. You will examine an environmental issue and apply one of the ethical theories to understand how human interactions with the natural environment raise ethical concerns. You will do this by preparing and posting a PowerPoint slideshow consisting of 12 slides and a separate section under each slide for notes.
Choose one of the following topics/issues and read about it at the indicated place:
Environmental justice/environmental racism (Article: Environmental Justice for All)
Environmental harm/pollution of air and water (Chapter 8 in the textbook)
Waste reduction (Chapter 8 in the textbook)
Select one philosophical theory (utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics). Consider the following questions pertaining to the theory you have selected:
What does the theory tell us about how things operate in the real world?
What is the focus of the theory? That is, what aspects of everyday life (or what questions) does the theory address?
The focus (or questions) helps you think about the topical boundaries of the theory. This course is about ethics and social responsibility, so you should concentrate on the ethical and moral aspects of the theory and of the topic you are analyzing. It may help to think in terms of different realms or institutions. Does the theory help to explain people’s behavior from a political, economic, religious, or ethical perspective? Try to sort through everything that does not represent an ethical question, and address only the ethical issues.
How does the theory simplify complex issues to make them more understandable? Another way to think about this is to consider the elements or concepts that make up the theory. Identify the concepts and how they are related to each other.
Develop one thesis question that applies your philosophical theory to your environmental issue. You will address this question in developing an argument that links the theory to the issue (through your notes and pictures), so make sure you word your question carefully to accomplish this task. Indicate this thesis question on your second slide (the one after the title slide).
Next, develop an ethical argument that addresses your question. Use the text and/or look for academic sources to support your position. Build your argument by writing nine sentences. Each sentence should make one important point about the ethical aspects of the environmental issue you are analyzing and should be placed on one slide each.
Underneath each slide you will also add presentation notes. The notes are written information that you would normally say or share with an audience during a presentation, but that they do not actually see on the slide. Your notes should also make use of at least two academic sources and elaborate on the image and sentence in each slide.
To add notes to your slide, go the section at the bottom of each slide in Power Point and click on the option that says “Click to add notes.” Type your notes into that section.
Make sure your presentation focuses on ethical arguments and avoids personal opinion, arguments based on politics, economics, religion, or topics other than ethics.
Find a photo to illustrate each slide, and post the photo on the slide above the sentence. Search the Internet for photos that are appropriate. Make sure the photos you use are not copyright protected; you should only use photos that are in the public domain. Also, make sure you cite the sources from which you retrieved your photos directly underneath the photo on each slide.
1. While not necessarily a member of the project team, executive management plays a major role in the project process at a company. What primary responsibilities do those executives bring to the table and what role do they play in the project process?
2. What steps might you take to terminate a project already well underway?
3. Should we consider cancellation of a project failure of the project? Why?
4. As a PM, the issue of positional power can be raised to you several times during a project. What techniques might you use to mitigate any conflict? Do you want to? mitigate conflict?
5. Do PMs need to be psychologists?
Stand-Alone Project: Industry Analysis (300 points)
Each assignment in this course focuses on a different portion of an industry analysis. The activities and discussion questions serve as an introduction to the process of critically evaluating a corporation, one of its direct competitors, and the industry as a whole which constitute a thorough and complete industry analysis. Your MB609 Capstone Project will be a complete industry analysis including a publicly traded company, its industry, and two of its competitors. (Be sure that you keep your textbook from this course as well as all of the projects you write.)
This Industry Analysis project (MB601) is an introductory project to prepare you for the Capstone Project (MB609). At this time you will only analyze a publicly traded company and its industry (none of its competitors will be analyzed). To begin this project, select a publicly traded corporation to study. In other words, you should be able to purchase stock in the corporation you select. The corporation must be large enough for the business and trade press to have written about it, but not so large that the amount of available information is overwhelming making your ability to suggest innovative recommendations for the corporation’s survival and success. Consequently, make sure that you do not choose one in which any and all potential strategies and recommendations have been discussed at length in the press. A table of contents and a bibliography listing only those works that you cited in your analysis is required. Your Stand-Alone Project responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the project itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style. (300 points) (A 20-page response is required for the combination of Parts A through H.)
First, collect the following documents and information.
The corporation’s annual report
At least 15 business or trade articles concerning the current status of your corporation and predictions of its future success
Information on your corporation’s CEO and Board of Directors
Information about the industry in general, including major players, consumers, trends, etc.
Next, thoroughly read the information and documents you collected on your company and its industry. As you read, make notes on the topics listed below, synthesize the information, and analyze the current state of the corporation and its industry. This synthesis and analysis process is essential to build your conceptual skills which are to be further developed as you proceed through the MBA Program. It is the goal of an MBA program to build your conceptual skills which are required for management positions which oversee a variety of departments, specialists, and projects.
Following the outline below, write your analysis of your corporation and its industry.
Part A CEO Profile and Assessment of Effectiveness (30 points)
1. Profile your CEO’s qualifications (experience, education, etc.) as well as why this person was selected and the circumstances that created the CEO vacancy.
2. Students should relate the CEO’s qualifications as it applies to the type of
strategy the company has elected to follow and the type of CEO that typically is success in achieving that strategy.
3. Discuss the impact that the CEO has made on the organization thus far and why.
Part B Board of Directors Profile and Analysis: This section includes a wealth of information regarding the role that the Board of Directors plays in your organization. (40 points)
1. You should discuss the manner in which the Board of Directors is nominated and selected, the way in which the Board is organized and why, and the way in which the Board utilizes or matches the trends in corporate governance that are listed in the text.
2. You should evaluate and identify the strengths and weakness of the Board of
Director’s composition with respect to their affiliation (who they really work for and that company’s relationship to your corporation), diversity, experience in the industry and the company, insiders/outsiders, etc.
3. Also, evaluate the changes in members to the Board in the last five years. If there have been changes, do those changes (new board members with different attributes and affiliations) suggest a change in your corporation’s strategy, target markets, etc.? Are these changes in any way indicative of a new strategic move?
Part C Industry Assessment (30 points)
1. Evaluate your corporation’s competitive position within its industry using Porter’s model: threat of new entrants, suppliers, buyers, rivalry, substitutes, and other stakeholders.
2. You should include a discussion of the other factors considered crucial to the industry’s survival. Suggestions include industry dynamics, industry structure, life cycle, strategic groups, and other elements as necessary.
Part D Direct and Indirect Competition: Using the information provided in your text related to competitive intensity and the types of competitor information available, identify the competition with respect to your corporation. Identify the nature of their competitive relationship – similarity in products, strategy, etc. At least two (2) competitors for each category should be discussed. (40 points)
Part E Internal Strengths and Weakness: Evaluate your corporation using the VRIO provided in your textbook. (40 points)
Part F External Opportunities and Threats: Evaluate your corporation’s competitive environment for opportunities and threats using the TOWS matrix. (40 points)
Part G Overall Competitive Position: Briefly evaluate the state of your corporation’s competitive position within its industry. (40 points)
Part H Recommendations (40 points)
1. Make two (2) recommendations for increasing your corporation’s shareholder wealth in the future. This includes ensuring long term survival as well as meeting and exceeding your shareholders expectations for the generation of their wealth in the short term and the long term.
2. Your two (2) recommendations should be well supported by information contained in your written analysis and your supporting information should be specifically identified in this section to justify your recommendations.
3. Your two (2) recommendations should be accompanied by your expectations for your corporation and its industry if your recommendations were adopted. Your expectations should include the impact to the industry structure, the likely response of competitors, and both positive and negative consequence should be identified.
Imagine that you are a consultant for an organization, and they want you to work on developing their core values. The organization would like their core values to reflect key attributes of their culture.
Select an organization, such as a company, community group, or nonprofit organization.
Create a 10- to 12-Microsoft® PowerPoint® slide presentation describing cultural, research-based models and how they help clarify the organization’s core values.
Include at least three credible, peer-reviewed references.
Format the citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.