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Discussion 1 TedTalk: Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science How do you know something? Babbie (2016) stated, "social theory has to do with what is, not with what should be. For many centuries, however, social theory did not distinguish between these two orientations. Social philosophers liberally mixed their observations of what happened around them, their speculations about why, and their ideas about how things ought to be. Although modern social researchers may do the same from time to time, as scientists they focus on how things actually are and why" (pg. 9). If social researchers 'focus on how things actually are and why', why are we considering the information provided in the TedTalk, Battling Bad Science? Discussion 2 What is inductive reasoning and why is it associated with qualitative research? What is deductive reasoning and why is it associated with quantitative research? And to move this discussion even further, what is abductive reasoning? .
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The problem with such definitions is that the disciplines as we know them are not immutable. Whilst criminologists, for example, might see themselves as distinct from sociologists they often share fields of study, bodies of knowledge and community membership. Communities of criminologists often emerge from sociology communities but forensic criminologists may well have emerged from schools of psychology. The boundaries would appear to be forming and re-forming over time. A second difficulty is that disciplines may also contain ‘factions’ with contradictory ontological stances. In Sociology, for instance, positivists and interpretivists share a field of study and engage in the same ...
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This week of assigned reading of the course marketing management mainly focused on brands. It effectively discussed the marketing framework that includes key topics such as 5Cs, STP, and 4Ps. I found these concepts presented in this week of reading interest because they provide an effective focus on the brand of a firm, understand the brand image of a firm and undertake significant actions to control the risks and promote the brand recognition of a firm. It offers effective focus into the customers of a firm, company, understands the context, collaborations, and competitors of a firm (Iacobucci, 2016). It also offers to focus on the segmentation of customers, targeting and positioning, product price, and place and develop effective strategies to promote the products and enhance the brand reputation of a firm and achieve good results. It also tells the importance of a brand for the company and the different types of functions the brands serve and associations and the various types of brand strategies. It helps to gain significant knowledge into various brands and develop effective strategies to promote the brand and increase the sales of goods and services of a firm effectively and assess the quality of a brand effectively. It is noticed that the brand is a portfolio of qualities that are linked with the name of a brand. It invokes the images of the brand and enables the company to promote the brand and control the image of a brand in the marketplace. It also helps to shape a product and package, make the color and symbol of the brand logo of a firm, and reflect the products and service offerings of a firm effectively. The marketer selects the name of a brand to increase the benefits and increase communication with the customers. The brands of a firm can be local, global, co branded. It offered effective insight into the personalities of a brand, experiences of a brand affective, behavioral and intellectual, communities and strategies, and extensions. These help to gain effective knowledge into brand strategies and develop effective tactics and promote brand well.
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References:
Iacobucci, D. (2016). Marketing Management. Cengage Learning.
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What is your definition of
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We have all watched organizations around us change in response to technology, legislation, consumer demand, and other factors. Provide an example of an organization that has changed for the better and how this transition benefited its customers, employees, and investors.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Select one of the following approaches to understanding or implementing organizational change:
Dunphy and Stace’s Four Levels of Change
Balogun and Hailey’s Change Model
Proactive vs. Reactive Changes
Strategic Change versus Tactical Change
Tichy’s 3 Types of Change
Balanced Scorecard
Contingency Alignment Framework
The Stakeholder Approach
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Discussion 1The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audi.docx
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The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audit for is the company Nike. Nike engages in the design and development, marketing and sale of athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, equipment, and services. It currently operates domestically and internationally with a strong presence in countries in North America, Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. Nike currently utilize a multitude of online and offline communication methods through outlets such as internet, Social Media Advertising, Television as well as Brick and Mortar physical locations.
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Nike also uses television advertising as a strong arm of communication. The utilization of advertising through television during sports broadcasts that allows the communication to be streamlined directly to its core audience. For example, advertising athletic basketball apparel during basketball events. Nike even shares it stance on social justice issues when they recently debuted a ad in support of Colin Kaepernick, this campaign are reported to have raised income by 10 percent (Youn, 2018).
Lastly, Nike uses physical locations use to communicate its brand awareness. According to Statista.com Nike currently operates a total of 1,152 retail stores, a rise from 674 in 2009. Outside of Nike stores, Nike also sells merchandise using third party retail stores. Some of the largest retail stores being Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Kohls, among others.
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Nike: number of stores worldwide 2019. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250287/total-number-of-nike-retail-stores-worldwide/ (Links to an external site.).
Ravi, K. (2019, September 27). How Nike became a Leader on Social Media. Retrieved from https://blog.unmetric.com/nike-social-media (Links to an external site.).
Youn, S. (2018, December 21). Nike sales booming .
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Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
To be elevated to the organization's Human Resource Manager is respect, however, a vocation which accompanies its own obligations. If I am hired as a Human Resource Manager for a worldwide organization, it will be my duty to deal with the HR needs of all business regions in all regions. Organization domains in various geographic regions might be in various periods of development. Representative remuneration will rely upon numerous elements incorporating organization involved in a locale (Gómez-Mejía, L. R., Balkin, D., and Cardy, R. 2017). The conventional ways to deal with pay have their advantages and disadvantages. For instance, conventional remuneration will mean a standard compensation, costs, and recompenses, motivators, benefits, and rewards. The advantage of this structure is that it is straightforward and can be effectively comprehended by all administrators over the undertaking. The drawback is this doesn't think about that a few regions will have low development; thus, the workers won't get a reasonable chance to gain impetuses. This will, thus, influence their dedication to the organization. I will attempt to comprehend the market and the potential for development for the organization. I will at that point have gatherings with business to shape a compensation structure that best suits the need of the organization around there for that year. I will likewise remain discerning that year on year the organization circumstance will change however the representative bundle can't be essentially changed. Subsequently, a neighborhood procedure will be tremendously required. For instance, if the organization is beginning its business in a nation, I would frame a methodology to pay more than the normal market rate, with the goal that we get the best representatives in that market. When the organization has accomplished some piece of the overall industry, I would decrease the quality of the representatives and turn the compensation structure to an increasingly impetus-based structure for the workers.
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Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
For a HR manager or a director, the fundamental destinations and duties are to guarantee that the association doesn't do not have the essential work power to help it's meet its day by day objectives. The human asset supervisor additionally should address issues about the worker's welfare that may incorporate a helpful workplace just as pay. As a human asset administrator of a major organization with different.
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Explain the implications of globalization
There are several implications when it comes to globalization, some can be good, and some can be bad. I will first start off with the good implications of globalization, such a as the enormous rise in economic growth, workable trading throughout nations, technology advancement and even introducing diversity into new countries. This means introducing global citizenship since valuing diversity is one of the most important outcomes of being a global citizen. Nevertheless , here are the bad implications of globalization such as diseases that spread across borders( note which we are currently dealing with) , terrorism, and threats to global environment (Bhargava, 2006). Having the trading with other nation I feel might go wrong , because the outcomes could be very bad and tragic and can lead to the economic and sociological destruction of one nation.
Identify at least two ethical issues that go along with the global societal topic you have chosen for your final essay
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physical and mental ill-health, imposing continuing burdens on health and welfare systems and ultimately having a negative impact on growth. Persistent youth unemployment in particular has a scarring effect, increasing unemployment risks later in life and depressing lifetime earnings. In 2012 the Global Agenda Council on Employment and Social Protection5 warned that, without decisive action, the cyclical unemployment that followed the crisis could very quickly become long-term, structural unemployment. That risk is now becoming a worrying reality for many.
While job creation is essential, policy-makers must give equal attention to the quality of employment. Low quality work is rarely sustainable work.
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Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
As compared to other different countries, health care prices are very high in the United States. Moreover, health care prices have risen very faster as compared to the annual income. In the year 2017, the health care costs in the United States were $3.6 trillion and due to this, the health care became the largest industry in the country (Boughey et al., 2017). It is equal to 17.8 per cent of GDP ( Gross Domestic Product). in 1960, the health care used up 4% of income as compared to the 6% of income in 2013. in addition to this, lifestyle changes and government policy are the major reason for the massive increase in health care costs. Chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes have increased as well as these diseases are accountable for eighty-five percent of the prices for health care. Because of the huge number of Medicare patients the health care costs are rising day by day in the country. Apart from this, high - interest related credit card debt has been risen up to 34 percent because of the increased health care prices. In addition to this, the non- market and market factors are the major reasons for the higher health care costs because these factors which determine the pricing. In the U.S, the private and public sources offered health insurance based coverage. Besides these, the health care costs have been increased because of the ageing and growing population, patients avoiding care, lack of transparency and inefficiency, increasing health insurance based premiums, increased ambulatory prices and rise in certain chronic illnesses (Dragioti et al., 2018). As well as the health care costs are increasing day by day because of the increased prices for emergency and outpatient room care or out of pocket prices.
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Question:
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
The welfare dollars are pay on the expense of cover just like premiums of dental care, medical and the maintenance of vision. A large number employers take threats for alteration their recompense policies if the special dual-digit rises as continued on the comparable interval that the comprehensive financial plan debilitated. As regarding the entire health-care interests like a central strategy that recognized the notice concern which has leftward confusion of by what method it will make their effort. The constricted advert of how the consideration will concern health-care dealers, as the customers of health prosperities, also the disease in that manner can take place in some organizations that are still unclear (Christianson & Trude, 2003).
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Quality Management
Define and discuss quality management, the evolution of the quality improvement movement, and implications of public health for health care organizations to implement national quality initiatives.
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Risk Management
Define risk management, the components of a risk management program, and how the risk management process can reduce organizational risk. Examine the roles and responsibilities of a risk manager as well as those of the clinical delivery team, including physicians. Recognize the regulatory requirements and standards associated with federal mandates, including HIPAA, and accreditation. Examine risk management methodologies, strategies, and tools. Recognize the financial and risk correlation for organizational profit and loss
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Personal Experiences
Think of an organizational change that you experienced. Describe how you were impacted by the change. What could the leadership have done to make the transition more successful? Cite one or more change models to support your assertion.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Discussion 2
Organizational change is not always successful. Identify factors that can cause change initiatives to fail and the five pillars that can cause them to succeed. Highlight an organization that failed to adapt and evaluate which of these factors and pillars were demonstrated by this organization.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Discussion 1In today’s society, certain types of cultural barrie.docx
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In today’s society, certain types of cultural barriers in healthcare have the power to negatively impact outcomes and can lead to expensive consequences for health systems. Cultural competency refers to the ability to interact with people across cultures. When used in healthcare, it focuses on being able to care for patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors. Today, the delivery of healthcare needs to be tailored to patients’ social, cultural and linguistic needs. According to the health care service company Cigna, cultural competency in healthcare can overcome health disparities. Some of these disparities include language barriers, cultural beliefs and practices, medical bias, variations in care access and quality, and low health literacy (Husson University, 2019).
The Purnell Model of Clinical Competence is a mid-range theory that is used for the research examining culture and within the context of culture and values. This theory was created by Larry Purnell and it was developed based on his observations of undergraduate nursing students and how they would interact with patients that are from different cultural backgrounds. In the United States, culturally competency is a key area for nurses and advanced practitioners (Marzilli, 2017).
Having the ability to communicate effectively with patients and their families is key for good patient care. The importance of communicating effectively in cross-cultural encounters is necessary. Cultural competence includes providing effective health care across diverse cultures by working collaboratively and communicating effectively. Advanced practice nurses and physicians who are aware of their own and their patients’ cultural backgrounds, along with the values that are often implicit in current medical models, are better able to achieve mutual understanding within the patient encounter and to focus on culturally appropriate health care interventions (Ladha et al., 2018)
With the Purnell Model, all aspects and domains of this model work by affecting one another, rather than standing alone. With this model there are specific cultural domains that include, heritage, communication, family roles and organization, workforce issues, bicultural ecology, high risk behaviors, nutrition, childbearing, death rituals, spirituality, health care practices and the healthcare practitioner (National Association for School Nurses, 2019).
As nurse practitioners, understanding the impact that cultural competence and interaction with your patients are key in quality patient care and trust. Cultural competency is relevant to healthcare education due to the fact that minorities will constitute 54% of the total United States population by 2050. The Purnell Model helps by evaluating the impact of interventions such as service learning and the change on cultural competence following the specific intervention. Research involving the Purnell Model is used as the theoretical framework for determining the h.
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Imagine that you are in a debate with someone who asserts that, just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, art is whatever the spectator thinks it is; there are no rules, no criteria, no universal boundaries delineating what is and what is not art, who is and who is not an artist. If something expresses or creates an aesthetic or emotional response, it is art.
Your task is to take the other side of the debate: How would you respond to and rebut this view? In the first chapter of Living with Art, Getlein lists six roles that artists fulfill; these may help you in coming up with your response. Come up with points and specific examples of art works to support of the other side of the debate, which is that not just anything can be art, not just anyone can be an artist: There are established and justifiable criteria to confer that status upon objects and individuals. Be sure to incorporate art historical terminology from the week 1 reading in your response.
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In Chapter 5, Getlein covers the principles of design. For each term listed, identify an art work art included in the text, Living with Art, but NOT mentioned in either Chapter 4 or Chapter 5, that illustrates the principle in question. Define the term in your own words and explain why you chose the artwork in 2-4 sentences.
Note: in some cases you will find both the contrasting principles in the same work, (i.e. a painting that has both emphasis and subordination). A required part of this question is to explain WHY you chose each work. Make sure we can “see” what you are seeing. Please include the title of the artwork and also the page number (or figure number) that the artwork can be found on in your book.
· unity and variety (describe an example of both terms here, either in the same work or in 2 different works)
· symmetrical and asymmetrical balance (describe an example of both terms here, either in the same work or in 2 different works)
· emphasis and subordination (describe an example of both terms here, either in the same work or in 2 different works)
· scale and proportion (describe an example of both terms here, either in the same work or in 2 different works)
· rhythm
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"Guidelines for WBS" Please respond to the following:
• The Work Breakdown Structure is an essential tool for planning and managing the activities of a software project. Suggest three guidelines that may be used when developing a WBS. Explain why each guideline is critical to the development of the WBS.
• Analyze how each guideline identified in Part 1 of this discussion can enhance a project manager’s ability to manage the project during the planning and controlling phases of the project.
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"Critical Path Method (CPM)" Please respond to the following:
• The Critical Path Method can be used as a project management tool for determining the durations and slack times of project activities. Describe how this tool can be used to recover from schedule overruns of specific activities that are not on the critical path. Provide an example to justify your answer.
• Analyze how the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) method may be used in conjunction with CPM to schedule activities throughout the project life cycle.
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Discussion 1
How often do you engage with or witness death in your work? How has this experience or the lack of it shaped your view of death? Has it gotten easier or harder for you to accept the fact of death? As you explain, include your clinical specialty.
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Reflect on the analysis of the sin of suicide and, thus, euthanasia from the topic readings. Do you agree? Why or why not? Refer to the lecture and topic readings in your response.
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discussion 1:
Economic growth may be attained when either aggregate demand or aggregate supply shifts to the right. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 15 from the course text, especially examining Section 15.2, and respond to the following components:
What are the different effects between aggregate demand-based growth and aggregate supply-based growth?
What may shift aggregate supply to the right? Thoroughly explain its process.
As a policy maker, would you prefer the strategies of aggregate supply-based economic growth or aggregate demand-based growth? Why or why not?
As a proponent of either aggregate supply-based growth strategies or aggregate demand-based growth strategies, what would you recommend for the current U.S. economy to achieve stable economic growth?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words.
Discussion 2:
Imagine you oversee a developing country’s growth and have been approached by a multinational corporation interested in locating in your country. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 16, especially examining Section 16.5, and respond to the following components:
Describe a multinational corporation and foreign direct investment (FDI).
Identify some benefits and costs for the host country from allowing a multinational corporation to locate there, despite its developing economy.
Evaluate whether developmental assistance from world developmental agencies, such as the World Bank or the United Nations, would be preferable to private investment.
What would you decide between developmental agency assistance or private investment, such as FDI from multinational corporations? Why? Explain.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words.
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Demand-based growth strategies try to create a long-term increase in output and employment (Amacher, 2019). This type of growth focuses on the behaviors of all consumers who purchase goods & services in the domestic economy (Strickland, 2012). The effects are argued among classical economists who claim they are only effective in the short-run, while Keynesians argue the short-run is actually very long; therefore, making demand-based growth the most effective tool (Amacher, 2019)
Supply based growth focuses on the behavior of all firms who provide goods & services in the domestic economy (Strickland, 2012). Changes in capital stock, improvement in the size or quality of the labor force, additional natural resources, improvements in productivity, or technological advances can all affect the AS curve (Amacher, 2019). Unfortunately, no matter how much you try to influence business by adjusting the factors that might change the AS curve, there’s no guarantee business will respond accordingly (Strickland, 2012). This makes supply-based growth efforts unpredictable (Strickland, 2012).
The long-run AS curve will shift right in response to an increase in resources or productivity, improvement in the size or quality of t.
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DISCUSSION 1
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Often, when a person is shown a painting or sculpture, they can have an immediate reaction such as “I like it” or “I hate it!” But the real question is why do we feel the way we do? Studying the elements of visual art can help you make a more informed and interesting response. Also, knowing a little about the development of artistic style through the centuries helps you put your opinions in context.
Pick at least one of the elements of composition and explain why it is important when describing a work of art, and cite some examples of painting or sculpture that emphasize this element.
DISCUSSION 2
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Music and dance are similar because both are able to communicate ideas and emotions without the use of words. In the absence of a vocal part, musicians create sounds that evoke certain emotions. Composers and performers do this through different elements of music like melody, harmony, and rhythm. Dancers can also communicate emotions, ideas, or even a story through their movements, and these movements are often tied to musical elements like rhythm.
Imagine that you are composing a ballet. Pick an emotion that you want to show the audience. Describe how you would use certain elements of music to create the sounds of that emotion. How would you choreograph the dancers to align with your musical ideas?
DISCUSSION 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Movies and stage plays, also known as cinema and theatre, are probably the most accessible of the performing arts. In both forms, a story is portrayed using similar methods or elements such as actors and actresses, costumes, sets, scripts, and lighting. Both film and theatre producers are able to bring a story to life using these elements, and their artistic choices can enhance the drama of the story.
Think of one of your favorite movies and consider how different artistic choices were made in the film’s production. Which elements were most effective and why? Could your film be turned into a stage play? Why or why not?
DISCUSSION 4
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
It is common these days to hear that the arts in the public schools are losing funding, or have been cut altogether. What was once a regular part of a well-rounded education, is now increasingly marginalized by those who say the arts serve no practical purpose.
Imagine that you heard that arts funding is about to be cut out of the school budget in your district. You feel strongly that the school district should keep the arts in the schools, and you are prepared to address the school board in defense of the arts. What would you say to persuade the board that the arts are necessary for a child’s education? How would such an education support the local community?
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Discussing the conditions that are necessary for successful innovation:
We have three different conditions for making successful innovation. They are 1) Motivation, 2) Support, 3) Direction [McKeen & Smith (2015)].
1. Motivation: It encourages the people by establishing various rewards for innovation. Many people in the organization work hard for the best outputs. By the pressures of the team leaders or higher authority people, they tend to demotivate and get discouraged. They cannot work for creating new innovations by the extra pressures. So, the organization should create a new innovative idea by giving rewards and extra incentives for all the employees who work hard in resolving the risks. This can boost up the confidence levels of the employees and result in great outputs [Johnston (2017)]. Every organization can have different types of rewards given for their employees. Some of them may give rewards like tickets, books, executive citations and recognition days, etc. Some may give the opportunity to play and work with upcoming new technologies.
2. Support: This should create support by creating an effective infrastructure for which it can sustain the innovation. As the motivation phase can encourage the employee for creating the innovation, they should also start providing support for the innovation. Not only the motivation, but also support helps in creating efficient innovation. Here, we have two different strategies followed in supporting the innovation. They are stated as follows:
· Insulate: This strategy helps all the organizations to create the innovation centers. These are the centers that act as the one-stop destination for all the common problems.
· Incubate: This strategy helps to keep all the centers within specific lines of business (LOBs) [McKeen & Smith (2015)].
The centers that are established will support all the innovations. Supporting the innovation may involve some tasks like providing the access for all the organizations that deal with them, they should provide the effective infrastructure, the social interaction with other organizations, various functions that can support for development of any particular organization [Minshall, Stefan, Mortara (2014)].
3. Direction: It should manage all the innovations that are created with different strategies. Successful innovations always have a great impact [JD (2009)]. Learning is the most important task to do in any organization. Learning all the new strategical ways to present an innovation leads to best results. We have three different ways of strategical learning that employees in every organization should follow. They are as follows:
· Always we need to link the innovation to the customer value for having a better and clear result. This approach can easily focus on the customer pain points (CPPs) [McKeen & Smith (2015)]. The identification of these pain points gives us many potential solutions.
· Always we should link all the experimentation.
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Discussion 1
Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the lives of patients and their families. Discuss the nurse's role in supporting the patient's psychological and emotional needs. Provide an example.
Discussion 2
Discuss how functional patterns help a nurse understand the current and past state of health for a patient. Using a condition or disease associated with an elimination complexity, provide an example.
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DISCUSSION 1Case 1 Back PainA 42-year-old male reports pain.docx
DISCUSSION 1
Case 1: Back Pain
A 42-year-old male reports pain in his lower back for the past month. The pain sometimes radiates to his left leg. In determining the cause of the back pain, based on your knowledge of anatomy, what nerve roots might be involved? How would you test for each of them? What other symptoms need to be explored? What are your differential diagnoses for acute low back pain? Consider the possible origins using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) guidelines as a framework. What physical examination will you perform? What special maneuvers will you perform?
Patient Information:
M.S. Age 42 Caucasian Male
S.
CC
: “Lower Back Pain”
HPI
: The patient is a 42-year-old white male who developed lower back pain for 1 month. He states the pain radiates to his left leg. His lower back pain is increased with sitting for long periods of time, states the pain gets better when stands and with some Tylenol. Denies any fever, chills, and sweating.
Current Medications
: Tylenol 200 mg two every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain.
Allergies:
No known drug, food, or environmental allergies.
PMHx
: None Up to date on all immunizations, received flu shot this year. Last tetanus shot 1 years ago.
PSHx:
none
Soc Hx
: M.S. is a retired plumber who lives alone. He enjoys activity such as walking, bike riding and camping outdoors. Nonsmoker, social drinker 3-4 beers on the weekends, denies illegal drug use.
Personal/Social History:
Patient denies ever smoking cigarette. Denies any recreational drug use.
Fam Hx
: Mother alive, age 72-years-old, breast cancer at age 52 in remission. Father died at age 70 (2yrs ago) – history of CAD, MI age 70 died. Maternal grandmother: Hypertension, breast cancer. Maternal grandfather: Hypertension, BPH, GERD, atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, CHF, AICD. Paternal grandmother: Unknown history
Paternal grandfather: Hypertension, CKD, GERD, BPH, COPD, asthma.
ROS
:
GENERAL: No weight loss. Complaint of lower back pain. No complaint of fever, chills, weakness, fatigue, constipation, bladder, or bowel incontinent.
HEENT: Eyes: No visual loss, blurred vision, double vision or yellow sclerae. Ears, Nose, Throat: No hearing loss, sneezing, congestion, runny nose or sore throat.
SKIN: No rash or itching.
CARDIOVASCULAR: No chest pain, chest pressure or chest discomfort. No palpitations or edema.
RESPIRATORY: No Complaint of sob, no cough.
GASTROINTESTINAL: No anorexia, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. No abdominal pain or bowel incontinent, no rectal pain or bleeding
GENITOURINARY: No difficulty with urination, no urinary leakage or incontinence.
NEUROLOGICAL: No headache, no dizziness, no syncope, no paralysis, no ataxia, no numbness or tingling in the extremities. No change in bowel or bladder control.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: complaints of lower back pain radiate to back of right leg. Pain 8/10, sometimes increase pain when turning in bed, walks with limp when having pai.
DISCUSSION 1Base PayIn at least 200 words, describe the pr.docx
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Base Pay
In at least 200 words, describe the process to establish base pay.
Explain the incentives that companies use to attract domestic employees.
Considering international employees, describe the approach a company might use to determine base pay.
Discuss how these approaches may affect the objectives of international compensation policy.
DISCUSSION 2
The Future of HRIS
Technology is evolving all the time and will certainly impact Human Resource Information Systems.
In this discussion
Identify and discuss some of your concerns about managing information security and privacy in the future.
Analyze and discuss two of the following concepts: Bring your own device, Cloud Computing, Social Networking, Enterprise Portals, and Open-Source Software.
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