Week 1
Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they supplement the information offered in your textbook. You will be responsible to know the information provided here and in your assigned reading.
Health Care is Evolving
The way we once delivered health care services, is much different than the way we do today. Where we once focused on individual patients and treating illness, today we focus on groups of patients and promoting wellness. Because of the environment in which we operate today, we strive to provide high quality services to patients in the most appropriate way that we can. Many procedures and treatments that once required an overnight stay are now done on an outpatient basis. Patient care is provided using health care teams and an integrated approach. Patients themselves are becoming more and more active in their own health care.
A variety of forces are impacting our health care delivery system and have caused this paradigm shift. Some of these include:
Forces
· Pay for performance based systems
· Technological advances
· Aging population and associated increase in chronic illness
· Diversifying population
· Supply and demand of heath professionals
· Social morbidity
· Advances in information technology and information sharing
· Globalization
In today's health care system we have a variety of organizations that provide care to patients. This includes providers, supplier organizations, and payers. No matter what type of health care organization we are talking about, the same basic processes must be accomplished by each of them.
Basic Organizational Processes
A health care organization must provide a product or service. Acquiring and maintaining physical and human infrastructure such as office space, laboratory equipment, and employees is necessary to operate and produce the product or service. To do this most effectively, the organization must consider its relationship to the environment in which it operates.
Every organization also needs management and governance. Management plans, organizes, directs, and controls, while governance oversees management and the organization as a whole. Governance helps to provide the strategic direction for the organization and holds it accountable for patient outcomes, treatment effectiveness, patient satisfaction, cost containment, and ethical and appropriate use of resources.
An organization must also be able to adapt to changing conditions both internal and external to it. This function is critical to organization success in today's rapidly changing health care environment.
Processes
· Production
· Boundary spanning
· Maintenance
· Adaptation
· Management
· Governance
Areas of Managerial Activity
The position of a health services manager encompasses many different activities. These activities can be looked at using either a micro approach or a macro approach. The micro approach looks at the individuals within an organization and issues such as motivation, leadership, groups and teams, .
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Assignment 2: Discussion Question
Based upon the assigned reading for
Module 1
, describe how the evolutions of healthcare delivery in the United States positively or negatively affect the current health care system. Provide examples with your response.
INTRODUCTION
Managers are found in every organization. They apply principles of management to address basic organizational needs. Systems thinking provides a useful paradigm and structure for managerial activities. Quality initiatives and good customer service enhance the operations and potential for success of any organization. This chapter introduces all three subjects: management, systems thinking, and quality improvement.
MANAGEMENT
Management evokes images of control, motivation, and operations—internal activities that are essential in organizations. Referring to the individuals who perform those activities, one contemporary source defines management as “those in charge of running a business” (Princeton University
2010
). Another offers the following definition: “the person or persons that are in charge of running a business establishment, organization or institution” (American Heritage
2006
). Traditionally, the primary activities (also referred to as functions) of managers have been categorized as planning, organizing, leading or motivating, and controlling (Schermerhorn
2009
). In this book, we use the term
facilitating
to encompass the motivational and leadership activities emphasized in health organizations. We also add the activity
improving
to each of the four functions to emphasize the foundational importance of continuous quality improvement in all management activities. The chapters of this book are grouped around the four management functions of:
planning for improvement, organizing for improvement, facilitating improvement
, and
control and improvement
. Managers and the four categories of management activities are essential to ensure the smooth operation of an entity.
Management has many experts (both by reputation and by self-proclamation) who have published books on the subject (see references and resources at the end of the chapter). The common thread is the need to guide an organization toward its goals. A related common element of a manager’s job is providing guidance and sufficient resources for employees to be productive. Other important aspects of managing that have emerged more recently include applying systems thinking, continuously improving the quality of services and programs, and providing excellent customer service. These are discussed in greater detail later in this chapter.
Competencies are defined as effective applications of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values in complex situations (Calhoun et al.
2002
). A diverse range of managerial competencies is needed in all working milieus. Work that is related to health is undertaken in a wide variety of settings, including private organizations that are classified as for-profit or nonprofit and pub.
Organizational and System Leadership Developing a Change Pr.docxvannagoforth
Organizational and System Leadership: Developing a Change Project - Part II
Description: The baccalaureate graduate will participate in quality initiatives, recognizing that
these are complex system issues, involving other members of the healthcare team.
Component: Essential II
Component Gold
Mastery
Silver
Acceptable
Bronze
Developing
Unacceptable
Six SMART Goals Identifies a
minimum of six
SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of the
change project
outlined in part I
Identifies four or five
SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of the
change project
outlined in part I
Identifies less than
four SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of
the change project
outlined in part I
Does not address
section
Format Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements of
a SMART goal
Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements
of a SMART goal
with two or fewer
errors
Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements
of a SMART goal
with three or more
errors
Does not address
section
Healthcare Administration: The Managers
Healthcare in the U.S. is complex and dynamic and so are healthcare organizations. For this reason, organizations need managers to provide superior leadership. According to Buchbinder and Shanks (2017), “in health care organizations, the scope and complexity of tasks carried out in provision of services are so great that individual staff operating on their own could not get the job done” (pg. 3). Managers and leaders are necessary to ensure organizational tasks are executed to achieve organizational goals (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2017).
Healthcare managers in any organization are in a position of authority. It is through this position that healthcare managers can shape the organization by making important decisions. Decisions made by healthcare managers not only focus on ensuring that the patient receives the most appropriate, timely, and high-quality services possible, but also address achievement of performance targets that are desired by the manager (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2017). To no surprise, decisions made by an individual manager impact the organization’s overall performance. When making decisions, according to Buchbinder & Shanks (2017), managers must consider two domains, external and internal:
· External Domain
· Are influences, resources, and activities that exist outside the boundary of the organization but that significantly affect the organization.
· These factors include community needs, population characteristics, and reimbursement from commercial insurers, as well as government plans, such as the Children’s Health Insurance Plans (CHIP), Medicare, and Medicaid.
· Internal Domain:
· Areas of focus that managers need to address on a daily basis, such as ensuring the appropriate number and types of staff, financial performance, and quality of care.
· These internal areas reflec ...
Organizational basis for behavior, Contributing disciplines to the OB field, Why managers require knowledge of OB, Need for a contingency approach to the study of OB,Emerging challenges and opportunities for OB,The organization as a system, System approach to organizational behavior, Managerial functions, The organization and people,OB, Calicut university organizational behavior module 1,organizational behavior, importance of OB,Strength of Contingency Approach, system approach, functions of a manager, functions of management
Assignment 2 Discussion QuestionBased upon the assigned reading f.docxkarenahmanny4c
Assignment 2: Discussion Question
Based upon the assigned reading for
Module 1
, describe how the evolutions of healthcare delivery in the United States positively or negatively affect the current health care system. Provide examples with your response.
INTRODUCTION
Managers are found in every organization. They apply principles of management to address basic organizational needs. Systems thinking provides a useful paradigm and structure for managerial activities. Quality initiatives and good customer service enhance the operations and potential for success of any organization. This chapter introduces all three subjects: management, systems thinking, and quality improvement.
MANAGEMENT
Management evokes images of control, motivation, and operations—internal activities that are essential in organizations. Referring to the individuals who perform those activities, one contemporary source defines management as “those in charge of running a business” (Princeton University
2010
). Another offers the following definition: “the person or persons that are in charge of running a business establishment, organization or institution” (American Heritage
2006
). Traditionally, the primary activities (also referred to as functions) of managers have been categorized as planning, organizing, leading or motivating, and controlling (Schermerhorn
2009
). In this book, we use the term
facilitating
to encompass the motivational and leadership activities emphasized in health organizations. We also add the activity
improving
to each of the four functions to emphasize the foundational importance of continuous quality improvement in all management activities. The chapters of this book are grouped around the four management functions of:
planning for improvement, organizing for improvement, facilitating improvement
, and
control and improvement
. Managers and the four categories of management activities are essential to ensure the smooth operation of an entity.
Management has many experts (both by reputation and by self-proclamation) who have published books on the subject (see references and resources at the end of the chapter). The common thread is the need to guide an organization toward its goals. A related common element of a manager’s job is providing guidance and sufficient resources for employees to be productive. Other important aspects of managing that have emerged more recently include applying systems thinking, continuously improving the quality of services and programs, and providing excellent customer service. These are discussed in greater detail later in this chapter.
Competencies are defined as effective applications of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values in complex situations (Calhoun et al.
2002
). A diverse range of managerial competencies is needed in all working milieus. Work that is related to health is undertaken in a wide variety of settings, including private organizations that are classified as for-profit or nonprofit and pub.
Organizational and System Leadership Developing a Change Pr.docxvannagoforth
Organizational and System Leadership: Developing a Change Project - Part II
Description: The baccalaureate graduate will participate in quality initiatives, recognizing that
these are complex system issues, involving other members of the healthcare team.
Component: Essential II
Component Gold
Mastery
Silver
Acceptable
Bronze
Developing
Unacceptable
Six SMART Goals Identifies a
minimum of six
SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of the
change project
outlined in part I
Identifies four or five
SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of the
change project
outlined in part I
Identifies less than
four SMART goals
associated with
being a leader of
the change project
outlined in part I
Does not address
section
Format Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements of
a SMART goal
Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements
of a SMART goal
with two or fewer
errors
Formats SMART
goals appropriately
and includes all
required elements
of a SMART goal
with three or more
errors
Does not address
section
Healthcare Administration: The Managers
Healthcare in the U.S. is complex and dynamic and so are healthcare organizations. For this reason, organizations need managers to provide superior leadership. According to Buchbinder and Shanks (2017), “in health care organizations, the scope and complexity of tasks carried out in provision of services are so great that individual staff operating on their own could not get the job done” (pg. 3). Managers and leaders are necessary to ensure organizational tasks are executed to achieve organizational goals (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2017).
Healthcare managers in any organization are in a position of authority. It is through this position that healthcare managers can shape the organization by making important decisions. Decisions made by healthcare managers not only focus on ensuring that the patient receives the most appropriate, timely, and high-quality services possible, but also address achievement of performance targets that are desired by the manager (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2017). To no surprise, decisions made by an individual manager impact the organization’s overall performance. When making decisions, according to Buchbinder & Shanks (2017), managers must consider two domains, external and internal:
· External Domain
· Are influences, resources, and activities that exist outside the boundary of the organization but that significantly affect the organization.
· These factors include community needs, population characteristics, and reimbursement from commercial insurers, as well as government plans, such as the Children’s Health Insurance Plans (CHIP), Medicare, and Medicaid.
· Internal Domain:
· Areas of focus that managers need to address on a daily basis, such as ensuring the appropriate number and types of staff, financial performance, and quality of care.
· These internal areas reflec ...
Organizational basis for behavior, Contributing disciplines to the OB field, Why managers require knowledge of OB, Need for a contingency approach to the study of OB,Emerging challenges and opportunities for OB,The organization as a system, System approach to organizational behavior, Managerial functions, The organization and people,OB, Calicut university organizational behavior module 1,organizational behavior, importance of OB,Strength of Contingency Approach, system approach, functions of a manager, functions of management
IntroductionIn developing a leadership.docxmariuse18nolet
Introduction
In developing a leadership progress plan, a person may require self-assessment, as well as the prerequisite knowledge and skills of a good leader. Leaders work to inspire and motivate their juniors to be innovative, learn and develop creativity. Leaders also serve as role models as they reinforce ethics and values. In developing leadership plans for career development, career goals and developmental needs should be defined (Tomlinson 2004).
Part 1
As a health service administrator, it is important to establish the short term and long term career goals. In my short term career goals, I will enhance the work experiences of my juniors and enable an accommodating working environment. I will develop measures such as ensuring employees get to work on time, increase their accuracy and speed in services, respond quickly to customer queries, and encourage development of good attitude towards clients. In my long term goals, I will make necessary steps to allow the expansion of the healthcare center to allow accommodation of more customers. I will also ensure the development of subsidiary stations to allow easy access of patients living in less developed areas in terms of infrastructure.
One of my main objectives is to ensure that the healthcare division will become a leading firm in providing quality and convenient healthcare services globally while ensuring customer satisfaction. The healthcare division will ensure that customers can access healthcare services conveniently taking into account their health conditions. The firm will also increase the range of its services significantly in the next few decades. The plan also establishes that the firm will become the country’s biggest healthcare firm used by almost two-thirds of the population. The firm hopes to contribute a significant amount of the gross national product of the country.
Even though I have managed junior employees, I never have the chance to develop directly others abilities other than in solving their problems. I believe I have the requisite ability to develop their abilities when given an opportunity that will make me utilize my skills. The development of people requires their influence. I will develop the necessary supplemental skills and strategies that will enable easy management of employees. As a good and efficient leader, I will use different traits such as mentoring, teaching, training, and coaching. As a leader, I will cultivate them into establishing a strong team that will allow effective operation of the organization.
Part 2
A degree in management or any related field is necessary in ensuring the incorporation of knowledge and also adoption of necessary skills that will ensure productivity, as well as effective results in the firm. A successful leader may require effective utilization of their authority in the workplace to enhance corporate culture(Tomlinson 2004). He or she may also need to inspire moral conduct in the workplace. The skills acquired from the s.
Building a coaching culture for change management 2018Alex Clapson
Building a Coaching Culture for Change Management is the fifth annual research paper on Coaching cultures within organisations. A partnership between the Human Capital Institute (HCI) & the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
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2
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Organizational Structure
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
The primary objective of an organization is to achieve its goals through better performance and proper utilization of the resources available. Strategic planning defines the process by which an organization identifies their current as well as future human resource needs for an organization to meet its goals. It is important to note that human resource planning comprises human resource management in connection with an organization's strategic plan. However, most organizations overlook the importance of this relationship thus failing to achieve its goals. In any organization, demand and supply are two important factors that determine the success of an organization. It is, therefore, imperative for organizations to estimate the demand requirements within the organization, in terms of labor, evaluate its size and sought supply requirements that are sufficient to meet the needs in demand. This is a connection with human resource management is essential for the good performance of an organization.
Basing the focus on Hillside health care organization, the organizational structure depicts a functional organization system where management is hierarchical in nature. The governing structure comprises of higher echelon managers, and this trickles down to lower departmental managers who form the management structure under which employees are subject to their instructions. The top management comprises the chief administrator alongside senior medical advisor, senior nursing advisor, communications expert and human resource manager. The other management level comprises the chief medical officer and other departmental professional medical officers. However, due to the anticipated changes in the structure of the organization, positions are not permanent but rather flexible to accommodate future demands. Strategic planning, as well as development of policies, is the background idea towards building Hillside health care organization into a performance oriented organization offering health care to all.
The organization’s mission and vision and key values
The organization mission describes the needs to be accomplished in improving health care. The vision statement outlines the methods of executing the needs stated in the mission statement while the values ensure that the two work toward achieving the overall objectives of the organization.
Mission Statement
We are focused and committed to providing quality and accessible health care to everyone through valuing the lives of our patients, partnering with other health care organizations and providing mobile health care to the financially challenged persons.
Vision Statement
Transforming health care through quality services to our patients, care, safety, and innovation to attain excellence in community health provision. We will maximize our available resources includin.
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1
APPLIED SUMMARY PROJECT
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Applied Summary Project
Shanequa Wilder
Liz Rhee
ORD460
Geneva College
March 4, 2017
APPLIED SUMMARY PROJECT
You need an introductory paragraph.
This week,* we learned about the five models of organizational behavior, autocratic, custodial, supportive, system and collegial. Organizations differ in the nature of the systems they develop and maintain and the results they achieve (Newstrom, 2015). Five years ago,* I worked for a company called MedExpress Urgent Care. MedExpress is a company that is a national leader in delivering high-quality, convenient, affordable health care in a patient-centric manner. They have developed a unique approach to health care, which is centered on delighting patients at every opportunity. There was always a full medical team, and they were also open 12 hours a day, every day. They provided a broad scope of services including urgent care, employer health services, and basic wellness and prevention services. There were no appointments needed, and they would collaborate and coordinate care with other local healthcare providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients and their families.
I think that I could probably use two out of the five models to describe this company. The model that fits best would be the collegial model. The collegial model is an extension of the supportive model. In the collegial model, the structure of an organization is developed in a way that there is no boss nor subordinates, but all are colleagues who have to work as a team (Citation?). Each one of the employees has to participate and work in coordination with each other to achieve the target goal. No one is worried about his status or a job title. The team requires adopting new approaches, research and development,*t and new technologies to better their performance. While working there,* everyone worked as a team and we achieved great success by doing so. Our manager there was always positive and motivating to all of her staff. This company was the first of its kind in our area. It was up to the employees to make it what it is today. With the success came good recognition when we scored well as a team.* We had good incentives to keep us motivated to do well.
The supportive model also applies to this job, because it had some characteristics of this model. Management created a favorable organizational climate in which the employees helped to grow to the greater capacities and achieve things of which they were capable in compliance with the goals of the organization. Supportive behavior helps in creating friendly interaction with a high degree of confidence and trust. I believe the collegial model was the one that was most prominent. It supported more characteristics of what I experienced while working there. As we also learned from the chapter, there is no one permanently “best” model, because what is best is contingent on what is known about human ...
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`Do assignments as detailed out
NO WIKI for refernces
Please make sure that ALL REFERNCES ARE APA CITED
TB BOOK CITATION:
Dyer, W. G., Jr., Dyer, J. H., & Dyer, W. G. (2013). Team building: Proven strategies for improving team performance (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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_____1.On July 9, Sheb Company sells goods on credit to .docxmelbruce90096
_____1.
On July 9, Sheb Company sells goods on credit to Wooley Company for $5,000, terms 1/10, n/60. Sheb receives payment on July 18. The entry by Sheb on July 18 is:
A)
Cash
5,000
Accounts Receivable
5,000
B)
Cash
5,000
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
4,950
C)
Cash
4,950
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
5,000
D)
Cash
5,050
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
5,000
_____2.
The collection of a $1,000 account after the 2 percent discount period will result in a
A)
debit to Cash for $980.
B)
credit to Accounts Receivable for $1,000.
C)
credit to Cash for $1,000.
D)
debit to Sales Discounts for $20.
_____3.
Gross profit does
not
appear
A)
on a multiple-step income statement.
B)
on a single-step income statement.
C)
to be relevant in analyzing the operation of a merchandiser.
D)
on the income statement if the periodic inventory system is used because it cannot be calculated.
_____4.
During 2014, Parker Enterprises generated revenues of $90,000. The company's expenses were as follows: cost of goods sold of $45,000, operating expenses of $18,000 and a loss on the sale of equipment of $3,000.
Parker's gross profit is
A)
$24,000.
B)
$27,000.
C)
$45,000.
D)
$90,000.
_____5.
At the beginning of September, 2014, Stella Company reported Inventory of $8,000. During the month, the company made purchases of $35,600. At September 30, 2014, a physical count of inventory reported $8,400 on hand. Cost of goods sold for the month is
A)
$35,200.
B)
$35,600.
C)
$36,000.
D)
$43,600.
_____6.
The Freight-In account
A)
increases the cost of merchandise purchased.
B)
is contra to the Purchases account.
C)
is a permanent account.
D)
has a normal credit balance.
______7.
A company purchased inventory as follows:
150 units at $5
350 units at $6
The average unit cost for inventory is
A)
$5.00.
B)
$5.50.
C)
$5.70.
D)
$6.00.
______8.
A company just starting business made the following four inventory purchases in June:
June
1
150 units
$
390
June
10
200 units
585
June
15
200 units
630
June
28
150 units
510
$2,115
A physical count of merchandise inventory on June 30 reveals that there are 250 units on hand. Using the FIFO inventory method, the amount allocated to cost of goods sold for June is
A)
$683.
B)
$825.
C)
$1,290.
D)
$1,432.
PART II — BASIC INVENTORY COMPUTATIONS
(18 points)
9.
Joe Poultry uses a
periodic
inventory system. Its beginning inventory on May 1 consisted of 300 units of Product A at a cost of $6.25 per unit. During May, the following purchases and sales were made.
Purchases
Sales
May
6
300
units at $7.20
May
4
275
units
14
400
units at $9.10
8
300
units
21
100
units at $11.50
22
400
units
28
500
units at $11.80
24
225
units
1,300
1,200
Instructions:
Compute the May 31 ending inventory and May cost of goods sold under (a) Average Cost, (b) FIFO, and (c) LIFO. Provide appropriate supporting ca.
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As a health service administrator, it is important to establish the short term and long term career goals. In my short term career goals, I will enhance the work experiences of my juniors and enable an accommodating working environment. I will develop measures such as ensuring employees get to work on time, increase their accuracy and speed in services, respond quickly to customer queries, and encourage development of good attitude towards clients. In my long term goals, I will make necessary steps to allow the expansion of the healthcare center to allow accommodation of more customers. I will also ensure the development of subsidiary stations to allow easy access of patients living in less developed areas in terms of infrastructure.
One of my main objectives is to ensure that the healthcare division will become a leading firm in providing quality and convenient healthcare services globally while ensuring customer satisfaction. The healthcare division will ensure that customers can access healthcare services conveniently taking into account their health conditions. The firm will also increase the range of its services significantly in the next few decades. The plan also establishes that the firm will become the country’s biggest healthcare firm used by almost two-thirds of the population. The firm hopes to contribute a significant amount of the gross national product of the country.
Even though I have managed junior employees, I never have the chance to develop directly others abilities other than in solving their problems. I believe I have the requisite ability to develop their abilities when given an opportunity that will make me utilize my skills. The development of people requires their influence. I will develop the necessary supplemental skills and strategies that will enable easy management of employees. As a good and efficient leader, I will use different traits such as mentoring, teaching, training, and coaching. As a leader, I will cultivate them into establishing a strong team that will allow effective operation of the organization.
Part 2
A degree in management or any related field is necessary in ensuring the incorporation of knowledge and also adoption of necessary skills that will ensure productivity, as well as effective results in the firm. A successful leader may require effective utilization of their authority in the workplace to enhance corporate culture(Tomlinson 2004). He or she may also need to inspire moral conduct in the workplace. The skills acquired from the s.
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Running head ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE2ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUR.docxcharisellington63520
Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
2
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Organizational Structure
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
The primary objective of an organization is to achieve its goals through better performance and proper utilization of the resources available. Strategic planning defines the process by which an organization identifies their current as well as future human resource needs for an organization to meet its goals. It is important to note that human resource planning comprises human resource management in connection with an organization's strategic plan. However, most organizations overlook the importance of this relationship thus failing to achieve its goals. In any organization, demand and supply are two important factors that determine the success of an organization. It is, therefore, imperative for organizations to estimate the demand requirements within the organization, in terms of labor, evaluate its size and sought supply requirements that are sufficient to meet the needs in demand. This is a connection with human resource management is essential for the good performance of an organization.
Basing the focus on Hillside health care organization, the organizational structure depicts a functional organization system where management is hierarchical in nature. The governing structure comprises of higher echelon managers, and this trickles down to lower departmental managers who form the management structure under which employees are subject to their instructions. The top management comprises the chief administrator alongside senior medical advisor, senior nursing advisor, communications expert and human resource manager. The other management level comprises the chief medical officer and other departmental professional medical officers. However, due to the anticipated changes in the structure of the organization, positions are not permanent but rather flexible to accommodate future demands. Strategic planning, as well as development of policies, is the background idea towards building Hillside health care organization into a performance oriented organization offering health care to all.
The organization’s mission and vision and key values
The organization mission describes the needs to be accomplished in improving health care. The vision statement outlines the methods of executing the needs stated in the mission statement while the values ensure that the two work toward achieving the overall objectives of the organization.
Mission Statement
We are focused and committed to providing quality and accessible health care to everyone through valuing the lives of our patients, partnering with other health care organizations and providing mobile health care to the financially challenged persons.
Vision Statement
Transforming health care through quality services to our patients, care, safety, and innovation to attain excellence in community health provision. We will maximize our available resources includin.
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APPLIED SUMMARY PROJECT
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Applied Summary Project
Shanequa Wilder
Liz Rhee
ORD460
Geneva College
March 4, 2017
APPLIED SUMMARY PROJECT
You need an introductory paragraph.
This week,* we learned about the five models of organizational behavior, autocratic, custodial, supportive, system and collegial. Organizations differ in the nature of the systems they develop and maintain and the results they achieve (Newstrom, 2015). Five years ago,* I worked for a company called MedExpress Urgent Care. MedExpress is a company that is a national leader in delivering high-quality, convenient, affordable health care in a patient-centric manner. They have developed a unique approach to health care, which is centered on delighting patients at every opportunity. There was always a full medical team, and they were also open 12 hours a day, every day. They provided a broad scope of services including urgent care, employer health services, and basic wellness and prevention services. There were no appointments needed, and they would collaborate and coordinate care with other local healthcare providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients and their families.
I think that I could probably use two out of the five models to describe this company. The model that fits best would be the collegial model. The collegial model is an extension of the supportive model. In the collegial model, the structure of an organization is developed in a way that there is no boss nor subordinates, but all are colleagues who have to work as a team (Citation?). Each one of the employees has to participate and work in coordination with each other to achieve the target goal. No one is worried about his status or a job title. The team requires adopting new approaches, research and development,*t and new technologies to better their performance. While working there,* everyone worked as a team and we achieved great success by doing so. Our manager there was always positive and motivating to all of her staff. This company was the first of its kind in our area. It was up to the employees to make it what it is today. With the success came good recognition when we scored well as a team.* We had good incentives to keep us motivated to do well.
The supportive model also applies to this job, because it had some characteristics of this model. Management created a favorable organizational climate in which the employees helped to grow to the greater capacities and achieve things of which they were capable in compliance with the goals of the organization. Supportive behavior helps in creating friendly interaction with a high degree of confidence and trust. I believe the collegial model was the one that was most prominent. It supported more characteristics of what I experienced while working there. As we also learned from the chapter, there is no one permanently “best” model, because what is best is contingent on what is known about human ...
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NO WIKI for refernces
Please make sure that ALL REFERNCES ARE APA CITED
TB BOOK CITATION:
Dyer, W. G., Jr., Dyer, J. H., & Dyer, W. G. (2013). Team building: Proven strategies for improving team performance (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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On July 9, Sheb Company sells goods on credit to Wooley Company for $5,000, terms 1/10, n/60. Sheb receives payment on July 18. The entry by Sheb on July 18 is:
A)
Cash
5,000
Accounts Receivable
5,000
B)
Cash
5,000
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
4,950
C)
Cash
4,950
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
5,000
D)
Cash
5,050
Sales Discounts
50
Accounts Receivable
5,000
_____2.
The collection of a $1,000 account after the 2 percent discount period will result in a
A)
debit to Cash for $980.
B)
credit to Accounts Receivable for $1,000.
C)
credit to Cash for $1,000.
D)
debit to Sales Discounts for $20.
_____3.
Gross profit does
not
appear
A)
on a multiple-step income statement.
B)
on a single-step income statement.
C)
to be relevant in analyzing the operation of a merchandiser.
D)
on the income statement if the periodic inventory system is used because it cannot be calculated.
_____4.
During 2014, Parker Enterprises generated revenues of $90,000. The company's expenses were as follows: cost of goods sold of $45,000, operating expenses of $18,000 and a loss on the sale of equipment of $3,000.
Parker's gross profit is
A)
$24,000.
B)
$27,000.
C)
$45,000.
D)
$90,000.
_____5.
At the beginning of September, 2014, Stella Company reported Inventory of $8,000. During the month, the company made purchases of $35,600. At September 30, 2014, a physical count of inventory reported $8,400 on hand. Cost of goods sold for the month is
A)
$35,200.
B)
$35,600.
C)
$36,000.
D)
$43,600.
_____6.
The Freight-In account
A)
increases the cost of merchandise purchased.
B)
is contra to the Purchases account.
C)
is a permanent account.
D)
has a normal credit balance.
______7.
A company purchased inventory as follows:
150 units at $5
350 units at $6
The average unit cost for inventory is
A)
$5.00.
B)
$5.50.
C)
$5.70.
D)
$6.00.
______8.
A company just starting business made the following four inventory purchases in June:
June
1
150 units
$
390
June
10
200 units
585
June
15
200 units
630
June
28
150 units
510
$2,115
A physical count of merchandise inventory on June 30 reveals that there are 250 units on hand. Using the FIFO inventory method, the amount allocated to cost of goods sold for June is
A)
$683.
B)
$825.
C)
$1,290.
D)
$1,432.
PART II — BASIC INVENTORY COMPUTATIONS
(18 points)
9.
Joe Poultry uses a
periodic
inventory system. Its beginning inventory on May 1 consisted of 300 units of Product A at a cost of $6.25 per unit. During May, the following purchases and sales were made.
Purchases
Sales
May
6
300
units at $7.20
May
4
275
units
14
400
units at $9.10
8
300
units
21
100
units at $11.50
22
400
units
28
500
units at $11.80
24
225
units
1,300
1,200
Instructions:
Compute the May 31 ending inventory and May cost of goods sold under (a) Average Cost, (b) FIFO, and (c) LIFO. Provide appropriate supporting ca.
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[u07d2] Unit 7 Discussion 2
Conflict and Change
Resources
Discussion and Participation Scoring Guide
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Change is part of our lives. Change is viewed as positive and negative. It is accompanied with excitement and confidence, opportunity, progress, growth, innovation, fear and anxiety, upheaval, threat, and unpredictability. People react to change differently.
Based on the assigned readings, briefly answer the following questions.
List and explain the three approaches to change.
Explain the dynamics of change as you see it.
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Which of the following processes addresses when to speak, what to say, and how to organize one's message?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
When a speaker uses supporting material based on what he or she has seen or heard, that type of support is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
When a room is too large, you can enhance the volume of your voice by using:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4.
A speaker can combat the problem of the audience's limited attention span by:
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.
Parallel statements at the same level of importance in the outline are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
A simplified drawing or sketch that resembles a more complex object is known as a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.
When your audience analysis focuses on the perceptual processes of the audience, including their tendencies toward selective exposure and selective attention, you are assessing audience:
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
When asked to deliver a speech for which you are allowed to decide the purpose, you should assess how the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
9.
Public speaking is a communication process that can best be described as a(n):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
10.
All of the following are goals of research in preparation for a speech, except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
11.
Which of the following is not good advice when preparing to deliver your speech?
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.
When group reports are presented orally to others, the occasion is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
13.
What is an internal summary?
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
Which element of the body in delivery not only helps communicate effectively to the audience, but also provides feedback to the speaker regarding the audience's response to the speech?
a.
b.
c.
d.
15.
In order to respond appropriately to the rhetorical situation, you need to develop a(n) __________ that identifies the purpose of your speech.
a.
b.
c.
d.
16.
Informative strategies ask listeners to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
17.
When analyzing the four factors of the rhetorical situation, which of the following characteristics is a concern for the speaker?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
18.
Careful listening relies on two techniques:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
19.
The process of invention involves:
a.
b.
c.
d.
20.
When a speech is well-suited to the expectations of a particular occasion, it has the quality of:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
21.
The principle of the residues pattern of arrangement is best reflected in which of the following phrases?
a.
b.
c.
d.
22.
Which of the following conditions give rise to deliberative speaking?
a.
b.
c.
d.
23.
Which of the following resources does not help to create vividness in a speech?
a.
b.
c.
d.
24.
Which of the following represent the two types of testimony?
a.
b.
c.
d.
25.
Which type of outline is made simple and brief to provide a memory aid while delivering the speech?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
26.
Organization is important for all of the following reasons, except:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
27.
Hearing is the __________ sounds.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
28.
The .
Your paper should be a literary essay in which you present a combina.docxmelbruce90096
Your paper should be a literary essay in which you present a combination of primary and secondary research. Use MLA style for formatting (margins, spacing, numbering pages, heading, title etc.) and citing sources (parenthetical notes and works cited page)
Choose an English Romantic writer (William Wordsworth)
Choose a work by that writer as the focus of your research (Tintern Abbey)
Analyze and interpret the work to plan our approach to it and do some preliminary reading to evaluate the topic.
8 pages 4 secondary sources
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1.
Photographs are an important source of data because they:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
The Ju/'hoansi are best described as a band because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
A bifurcate kinship system is one where:
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.
The "honeymoon" phase in anthropological fieldwork can be described as a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.
Theoretical models in anthropology are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
If your informant describes how her peers treat her differently because her father is an important film star, this is termed her __________ status.
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.
Rank societies are those where individuals gain prestige and wealth by using:
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
Agriculturally based societies are primarily associated with which of the following economic institution(s)?
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
An anthropologist that includes his or her thoughts about what he or she sees as well as quotations from his or her informants is presenting what type of ethnography?
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
Anthropological interest in sexuality can be traced back to which of the following anthropologists?
a.
b.
c.
d.
11.
Which of the following chromosomal pairs shows that an individual is male?
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.
A key informant is selected using a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
13.
Which of the following situations is considered a suitable fieldwork setting for an anthropologist?
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
The most common kinship system in North America today consists of __________ descent groups known as __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
15.
Members of the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, and Tolowa use valued items such as obsidian blades, white deer skins, and elaborately carved paddles and spoons to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
16.
The production maximization model of intensive agriculture strives to maximize production through:
a.
b.
c.
d.
17.
Forensic anthropologists apply their knowledge to legal issues by studying what materials?
a.
b.
c.
d.
18.
The Zuni recognize the berdache gender person as being:
a.
b.
c.
d.
19.
The Zuni recognize the berdache gender person as being:
a.
b.
c.
d.
20.
Initial attempts by AID to bring about reforestation in Haiti failed because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
21.
What type of evidence is used to analyze the evolutionary model of human cultural adaptations?
a.
b.
c.
d.
22.
The four fields of anthropology are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
23.
The description of a single society based on fieldwork is called a(n):
a.
b.
c.
d.
24.
A societal type common in foraging groups and marked by egalitarian social structure and lack of specialization is a:
a.
b.
c.
d.
25.
Among the New Zealand Maori, facial tattoos communicated all of the following, EXCEPT:
a.
b.
c.
d.
26.
The advantages of polygyny across cultures include all of the following, EXCEPT:
a.
b.
c.
d.
27.
Every aspect of culture influences every other aspect of that culture. Thus culture is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
28.
An informant tells a fieldworker that the preferred marriage custom in his culture is for a man to marry his mother's brot.
Your paper should address the following questionsWhen you hear th.docxmelbruce90096
Your paper should address the following questions:
When you hear the word “scientist” what do you envision? Which famous people or characters from the media come into your mind? What characteristics do they have in common? Discuss at least three characteristics of your vision of a scientist.
Has your image of what a scientist does and how they look changed over time? If so, how has this changed and what influenced you?
Are fictional scientists usually the heroes, villains, or a combination of the two? Provide at least two detailed examples to support your position.
How is science portrayed in fictional media (television shows, movies, music, books, etc.)? Is it seen as a positive, negative, or neutral force in the world? Give specific examples supporting your position.
Do you think the portrayal of scientists in the various forms of media influences how society views people in this profession? Why, or why not?
Can the portrayal of science in media influence how certain research and technology is viewed, and accepted, by the general public (e.g., cloning)?
Your Final Project should be written in an essay format, with an introduction and conclusion. The paper will require you to include details from research including the course materials and sources you locate on your own. Use APA format to cite your sources of information, both within parenthetical citations and also within a reference page at the end of the project.
Basic Writing Expectations:
A minimum of 1,500 words, not counting the title or reference pages
At least 3 academic resources utilized
Include a title page, double space, font size 10 or 12
Include a highly developed viewpoint/thesis, purpose, and exceptional content
Demonstrate superior organization: use logic
Free of grammar and spelling errors
No evidence of plagiarism.
Note:
no more than 10% of your paper should be direct quotes
Use the APA style for all in-text citations, references, and body of paper
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Your Final Project from this course will enable you to compare cultu.docxmelbruce90096
Your Final Project from this course will enable you to compare cultural viewpoints toward death and dying in Western society to those in other parts of the world.
Final Project Information
Overview
Your Final Project will be a medium-length essay in which you address the cultural viewpoints toward death and dying in Western society and compare these to the perspectives toward death and dying in other parts the world. As the course content will point out, much about the Western response to death and dying amplifies the process of grief and bereavement, perhaps unnecessarily. In the West, death is something that is denied and, in many ways, is something that people seem ill-equipped to deal with once the event occurs or is imminent. Your job in this paper will be to put on your social scientist cap and offer “cultural solutions” to the way that death and dying is dealt with in Western society.
Assignment
Based on your own independent research in which you compare the cultural beliefs toward death and dying in Western societies to those in Eastern societies such as China, Vietnam, Japan, and so forth, write an essay that addresses the following points:
Describe in detail the major differences between the Western viewpoint toward death and dying and those in these Eastern societies (you may focus on one country, such as China, or talk about Eastern societies more generally). Be sure to describe the rituals involved with the process of death and dying, the various technologies, or anything that helps explain these differences.
Give one specific example of a famous case of death and dying in Western society that demonstrates some of the problems or dysfunctions of the Western viewpoint (examining cases in the media, for example, will be a great place to start!).
Finally, conclude your final paper with a detailed commentary about what we can do to change the cultural beliefs toward death and dying in Western societies in a way that makes us less afraid of the dying process. Be very specific in your commentary.
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Your Final Paper is to be a comprehensive research study on one of t.docxmelbruce90096
Your Final Paper is to be a comprehensive research study on one of the following public policy topics:
Environmental Concerns
Immigration
Health Care
Primary and Secondary Public Education
Social Security
Welfare
Your analysis of the topic will include:
The scope and nature of the public policy problem.
How the problem came to public and political awareness.
The evolution of related public policy.
Level of government and the actors involved.
The intergovernmental structure and political concerns.
Conflicting public opinion and impact on policy solutions.
The approaches to policy formulation, adoption, and evaluation.
The suggested policy direction (continuation, change or termination) and future impact.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (including title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
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 six to ten scholarly sources, including a minimum of four from the Ashford University Library.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center
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Your director is not aware of the involvement of the Department of H.docxmelbruce90096
Your director is not aware of the involvement of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with private enterprise and has requested an information paper that provides her with an explanation about why this is important and how the DHS engages private enterprise in the protection of critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). Provide at least 1 example of each program that addresses state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, private enterprises, and individuals in the following DHS mission areas:
Prevention
Response
Recovery
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YOu'll need to know:
The purpose of this research is to focus attention on how to help newly brought children adapt to the new environment at the child care, given that the children have never been to such environments before.
Content Expectations
Forms of Data (1.5 Points
): In two-to-three paragraphs, describe the multiple forms of data that you will collect (observations, interviews, artifacts, etc.) and how this information will inform your research.
Value of Data (2.5 Points):
In two-to-three paragraphs, explain the value of the selected forms of data and how this information will inform the focus and research questions.
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Your draft should establish and develop a single thesis [or controlling idea], develop in parts. You may also write from the earlier handout on an author you haven’t yet written about.
Gandhi’s “Economic and Moral Progress” suggests that morality and economic prosperity do not go hand in hand. In fact, he argues, oftentimes, one loses one’s morality when one becomes wealthy. Do you agree with Gandhi? Does wealth correlate with immorality? Yes or no. Explain by referring to passages from the essay.
Compare David Suzuki’s understanding of interdependence [interconnectedness] with Ricard and Thuan’s.
Discuss the ways in which Gandhi supports his argument—first with historical examples, then with famous people, then by using the writing of a famous scientist. Is his essay more effective as he adds this type of support?
Desmond Tutu describes South Africa’s decision to seek a middle path between two extremes. What are these extremes and what is this middle path? Is Tutu right in arguing for this road down the middle?
Compare Desmond Tutu’s “middle path” with the teachings of Lao Tzu. Does Lao Tzu advocate a similar position? You might include other famous historical figures who’ve argued a similar position.
David Suzuki’s “The Sacred Balance” appears to be in two parts: first, he identifies the problem in three parts, then he identifies the solution in three parts. What is the essential problem and what is Suzuki’s solution?
Tom Shadyac’s film, “I Am” has a central thesis and advocates a certain solution. What is the basic thesis of the film and what is the solution or solution[s] he advocates? What’s the basic problem and what’s the answer? And how does he convince the audience of these truths?
Kenzaburo Oe develops a very smart and very controversial thesis. What is his thesis and what exactly does he refer to in an attempt to develop, support that thesis.
Kenzaburo Oe discusses the Great Flood [Noah] at the end of his essay and identifies something very troubling about the Western mind. What is this thing he is identifying here? How does it relate to the overall theme of the essay [man’s inhumanity to man]?
Rachel Carson’s “Obligation to Endure” identifies large increases in human populations that create conditions in which insects and other forms of life must be controlled. Name a few of these patterns of behavior that cause an increase in the amount of insects among us.
Identify Rachel Carson’s thesis and her solution. What’s the problem she outlines and what does she propose we do?
How do Carson’s ideas seem to influence David Suzuki? Are they on to the same problems? How are they similar or different?
Plato’s Gorgias is a discussion of the problem of rhetoric and the need for conversation. What is rhetoric, according to Plato, and why is it so dangerous? Does he convince the reader that discourse [words] can be used inappropriately and in dangerous ways?
Discuss any of the questions that follow the readings [Understa.
Your company has just hired your foreign friend to work in a middle-.docxmelbruce90096
Your company has just hired your foreign friend to work in a middle-management position. Since you have lived in the United States for many years, your friend believes that you understand job coaching for a traditional American company. She wants to work with you and has many questions—some of which concern the manner in which cultural nuances related to religious customs, verbal and nonverbal communication, etc. may affect leadership roles.
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:
Recommend whether or not your friend should insert herself as a coach from the beginning. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine two (2) conflicts that could possibly arise as a result of asking people to work on days of religious significance. Propose concrete solutions for these two (2) possible conflicts.
Determine whether or not cultural quirks could restrain the foreign manager from expressing his or her ideas readily. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine two (2) actions that you can take in order to prepare yourself and your friend to become multicultural leaders. Provide two (2) examples to support your response.
Predict two (2) major conflicts that may arise out of nonverbal communication misunderstandings (e.g., words misinterpreted, hand gestures, looks, shoulder shrugs, names of objects, etc.). Suggest two (2) actions that your friend could take in order to diffuse these types of misunderstandings and thus make the workplace more harmonious. Justify your response.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Please DO NOT use "I, me, you, us, or we" in the research paper.
Please include a introduction paragraph.
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.
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Your boss has asked you to write a Project Management Plan. Your pla.docxmelbruce90096
Your boss has asked you to write a Project Management Plan. Your plan should contain the following sections:
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
In addition, your plan should touch upon the following components:
Integration
Cost
Human resources
Stakeholder management
Scope
Quality
Communications
Time
Procurement
Risk management
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Your boss has chosen you to give a presentation to a number of forei.docxmelbruce90096
Your boss has chosen you to give a presentation to a number of foreign officials (We have Chosen Italy) regarding the United States Federal Reserve System. These officials are very interested in doing business in the United States, but they would like to learn more about the Federal Reserve and how it operates as compared to the official's home country.
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Your instructor will provide a list of countries from which you may select as the home country of the "foreign officials".
Develop
a 3- to 4-slide Microsoft
®
PowerPoint
®
presentation including detailed speaker notes.
Incorporate
any feedback from peer review discussion.
Address
the following questions and include a notes page which contains the write-up portion to each question:
How does monetary policy aim to avoid inflation?
How does monetary policy control the money supply?
How does a stimulus program (through the money multiplier) affect the money supply?
Format
consistent with APA guidelines including a reference slide.
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your assignment is to submit a presentation on Native-American liter.docxmelbruce90096
your assignment is to submit a presentation on Native-American literature. You may choose ONE of the stories below..
"The Shawl"
"The Years of My Birth"
Here are the specifications for the assignment:
1. Please submit your presentation to the Presentation Drop Box under Module 4 Hispanic-American Literature. The deadline is 12/05.
2. Your presentation will consist of a PowerPoint or Prezi. The format MUST allow for video clips to be incorporated. In order to fulfill the oral communication component of this course, you will videotape yourself speaking onto a camera or record yourself speaking. Please submit an mp3 file, not a wave file, and include this video or audio clip in your presentation. Audio is required.
3. The presentation should include:
A. First slide with your name and the story or poem you selected for your presentation.
B. Slides that show your research of a minimum of 3 facts or statistics that help enhance our understanding of Native American/ Hispanic/ African-American literature, culture, history, or traditions (depending on your last name, you will focus on one of these types of literature. Please see above). Please explain HOW these 3 facts relate to the story or poem you chose to discuss. Please provide MLA citation regarding where the facts and statistics came from (URL or article you found).
B. Please include one video clip of the author and/or historic event related to the poem or story you are presenting on.
C. Please present 2 ways in which the story or poem you chose relates to ONE literary criticism theory.
(Please see Introduction to Literary Analysis Folder under Content.) You can do this orally in video and/or audio.
D. Please audiotape yourself for 5 minutes speaking to us about the literary theory that applies to the story or poem you have chosen for your presentation. This video or audio clip should be included with your presentation or prezi.
F. On the video of yourself, please ask one question you have about the story or poem and provide a possible answer.
This presentation will be graded on:
-- complete information required
-- clarity of oral presentation
-- use of video and/or audio
-- research and explanation of literary theoy
-- analysis of story or poem.
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Your assignment is to report on TWO "cultural experience" visits you make during this term. After each visit, write a 500-800 word report about the visit and what you learned.
Your instructor may modify this assignment.
Instructions
For your two reports, attend two different venues from this list.
art museum or sculpture garden
significant or notable architectural site (if there is explanatory material there to help you understand it)
music concert
theater play
poetry reading or spoken word performance
dance performance
religious service, ceremony or ritual for a religion very different from yours, if you practice (for instance, if you are Christian, you may not go to another Christian denomination's service)
other displays or performances may be acceptable. Check with your instructor for approval beforehand.
Restrictions: The experience should be done in person. If this is impossible, contact the instructor to arrange for alternatives. You may not report on a cultural experience from prior to this class.
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Name and location of the museum, site, or performance event. If there is on-line information about the site or performance, include a link.
Type of museum, site or event. For example, is it a portrait museum, a poetry slam, an outdoor Shakespeare festival performance? If you attended a performance, name the performer or the piece. Be specific about what you attended, when, and where.
Briefly describe the general setting.
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Identify and use at least two things you've learned in class in your essay. For example, if you visit a museum, you might point out the architectural style, discuss an artist you've learned about in the course, or tie your experience to a class discussion.
Reflect on the relevance--if any--of your experience to your everyday life. How did the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you about human culture, or about yourself?
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Week 1Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they .docx
1. Week 1
Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they supplement
the information offered in your textbook. You will be
responsible to know the information provided here and in your
assigned reading.
Health Care is Evolving
The way we once delivered health care services, is much
different than the way we do today. Where we once focused on
individual patients and treating illness, today we focus on
groups of patients and promoting wellness. Because of the
environment in which we operate today, we strive to provide
high quality services to patients in the most appropriate way
that we can. Many procedures and treatments that once required
an overnight stay are now done on an outpatient basis. Patient
care is provided using health care teams and an integrated
approach. Patients themselves are becoming more and more
active in their own health care.
A variety of forces are impacting our health care delivery
system and have caused this paradigm shift. Some of these
include:
Forces
· Pay for performance based systems
· Technological advances
· Aging population and associated increase in chronic illness
· Diversifying population
· Supply and demand of heath professionals
· Social morbidity
· Advances in information technology and information sharing
· Globalization
In today's health care system we have a variety of organizations
that provide care to patients. This includes providers, supplier
organizations, and payers. No matter what type of health care
2. organization we are talking about, the same basic processes
must be accomplished by each of them.
Basic Organizational Processes
A health care organization must provide a product or service.
Acquiring and maintaining physical and human infrastructure
such as office space, laboratory equipment, and employees is
necessary to operate and produce the product or service. To do
this most effectively, the organization must consider its
relationship to the environment in which it operates.
Every organization also needs management and governance.
Management plans, organizes, directs, and controls, while
governance oversees management and the organization as a
whole. Governance helps to provide the strategic direction for
the organization and holds it accountable for patient outcomes,
treatment effectiveness, patient satisfaction, cost containment,
and ethical and appropriate use of resources.
An organization must also be able to adapt to changing
conditions both internal and external to it. This function is
critical to organization success in today's rapidly changing
health care environment.
Processes
· Production
· Boundary spanning
· Maintenance
· Adaptation
· Management
· Governance
Areas of Managerial Activity
The position of a health services manager encompasses many
different activities. These activities can be looked at using
either a micro approach or a macro approach. The micro
approach looks at the individuals within an organization and
issues such as motivation, leadership, groups and teams,
communication and conflict management. The macro approach
focuses on organizational and interorganizational issues such as
change and innovation, performance and strategy, and alliances.
3. Most management courses group management tasks and
responsibilities into four or five "functions." We use four:
planning, organization, directing, and controlling. The level of a
manager in an organization determines what percentage of his
or her time is spent in each of these areas. For example, a front
line supervisor will spend the majority of his or her time
directing and controlling. On the other hand, a CEO of an
organization will spend most of his or her time planning.
Perspectives on Health Services Organizations
The following different perspectives apply not only to health
service organizations, but also to other types or organizations
outside of the health care environment. In fact, if you took any
management class you would study these same perspectives.
These theories attempt to explain how organizations, managers,
and employees operate. Over time our ideas have evolved, but a
study of both historical and current perspectives is necessary to
gain an understanding about the structure and functioning of
health service organizations today.
Perspectives
Bureaucratic Theory
Hierarchal structure, defined procedures, lack of individual
freedom.
The Scientific Management School
Program the job, match the person to the job,
departmentalization, appropriate span of control and delegation
of authority, unity of command.
The Human Relations School
Focus on the individual, employee empowerment, participatory
decision making.
Contingency Theory
Most appropriate structure of an organization depends on the
environment in which it operates.
Resource Dependency Theory
Secure necessary resources in order to compete and survive.
Strategic management Perspective
Position the organization in a way that allows it to achieve its
4. objectives and be competitive in the market.
Population Ecology Theory
Minimizes the role of managers, environment selects out certain
organizations for survival.
Institutional Theory
Must adhere to external norms, rules, and regulations to receive
legitimacy and support.
Social Network Perspective
Social networks to transfer best quality improvement practices.
Complex Adaptive Systems
Interdependency of people and activities, outcomes not always
predictable, experimentation, rapid information sharing to
facilitate improved performance.
Week 2
Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they supplement
the information offered in your textbook. You will be
responsible to know the information provided here and in your
assigned reading.
Role of the Health Services Manager
Due to the complex nature of today's health care organizations,
health services managers are often times forced to wear many
hats. Individuals in these positions must play a combination of
executive leadership, organizational management, and strategic
management roles. Below are several theories and perspectives
regarding the role of health services managers.
Henry Mintzberg
Mintzberg defined ten roles of managers and organized them
into three domains:
Interpersonal Roles
Figurehead
5. Leader
Liaison
Informational Roles
Monitor
Disseminator
Spokesperson
Decisional Roles
Entrepreneur
Disturbance handler
Resource allocator
Negotiator
David Garvin
Garvin defined the role of management in terms of management
processes and organizational processes in his "process-based
view."
Management Processes
Direction Setting Processes
Develop an agenda and engage others to pursue it, motivate,
rewards, punish.
Negotiating and Selling Processes
Solicit and present ideas, develop and maintain communication
networks.
Monitoring and Controlling Processes
Detect variations in systems and initiate corrective action to
6. restore equilibrium.
Organizational Processes
Work Processes
Work design, work redesign to improve quality and/or
efficiency.
Behavioral Processes
Decision making, communication, organizational learning
Managing Strategically
Executive leaders in health care organizations today must
manage strategically in order to ensure the survival and success
of their organization. Managing strategically involves setting
the future course for the organization.
First, it requires one to determine the current state of the
organization as it exists today and how it came to be. This also
involves evaluating the organization's competition. An internal
and an external analysis should be performed.
Next, the ideal future state of the organization must be
envisioned. This is where goals and objectives are created. A
path or map, including action steps, establishes the details for
how to achieve the goals and objectives.
Lastly, the action steps are implemented. Resources are
allocated, and responsibilities for specific tasks are assigned.
This entire process must be monitored and adjustments made for
any variances encountered along the way.
The outcome of this process is called a strategic plan and is
used by the organization to guide the creation of functional and
divisional plans. All planning and activities pursued by the
organization should be in congruence with the strategic plan.
Skills and Competencies
Think about this: Who was the worst manager that you worked
for in the past? Who was the best? What skills or competencies
made them bad or good managers?
People in management and leadership roles within a health care
organization must possess certain skills and competencies in
order to be effective in their positions.
7. In order to succeed in management roles, a person must have
technical, human, and conceptual skills.
Skills
· Technical - ability to perform the job.
· Human - work with and through others to accomplish goals
and objectives, motivate others.
· Conceptual - understand how all parts of the organization
come together, visualize the big picture.
The National Center for Health care Leadership (NCHL) has
developed competencies that leaders must possess in order to be
successful in health care professions. Twenty-six competencies
are grouped into three domains.
NCHL's Health Care Leadership Competency Model, version 2.0
Domains
· Transformation - involves creating and striving towards a
vision, strategic thinking, and innovative thinking.
· Execution - initiative, performance measurement, and change
leadership.
· People - interpersonal understanding, relationship building,
human resource management, and talent development.
Challenges and Demands
In 2000 and 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
(http://www.iom.edu) published two reports that address the
challenges and demands faced by health service organizations.
They are available in summary form through this week's
readings.
1. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System - reported
that health care is not as safe as it should be, recommended that
health care organizations work to create safe systems of care
2. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the
21st Century - proposed six aims to improve the functioning of
our health care system, "health care should be (1) safe, (2)
effective, (3) patient-centered, (4) timely, (5) efficient, and (6)
equitable."
Managers and leaders working in health care are tasked with
working towards overcoming the issues and meeting the goals
8. set forth by the IOM.
Week 3
Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they supplement
the information offered in your textbook. You will be
responsible to know the information provided here and in your
assigned reading.
Motivation
A primary task of health services managers is to motivate
people and teams to perform effectively in the organization.
Effective performance can be translated into performing at high
levels or meeting organizational goals and objectives. Health
services managers also motivate people to do things like
improve productivity, promote teamwork, and reduce problems
such as tardiness or absenteeism. Regardless of the objective,
motivation involves instilling a desire in a person to want to
accomplish a goal or objective.
It is critical that health services managers understand their
employees in terms of what does and what does not motivate
them. Not all employees will be motivated by the same thing.
For example, one employee might be motivated to work hard
towards promotion or advancement; another employee might be
perfectly content remaining in his or her current position. For
the second employee, promotion or advancement might actually
be a negative motivator.
It is also crucial that managers and leaders in health care
organizations recognize that professional workers might respond
to difference incentives and motivators than clerical or service
employees. Health services managers must first determine what
motivates various individuals and/or groups and then work to
increase motivation for all employees by altering conditions in
the workplace.
Theories and Perspectives
9. The following are some of the key theories and perspectives
regarding motivation.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Five need levels that must be satisfied sequentially:
physiological, security, belongingness, esteem, and self-
actualization.
Alderfer's ERG Theory
An alternative hierarchy with made up of three levels:
existence, relatedness, and growth.
Herzberg's Two Factor Theory
Motivators (achievement, recognition, responsibility) and
hygiene factors (supervision, pay, working environment).
McClelland's Learned Need Theory
Three needs acquired through life experiences: achievement,
power, and affiliation.
Adam's Equity Theory
Employees compare themselves to others and seek fairness and
equity from their managers.
Vroom's Expectancy Theory
Employees will put effort into situations that will lead to
desired rewards.
Reinforcement Theory
Operant conditioning based on three components: stimulus,
response, and consequences.
Locke's Goal Setting Theory
Goals provide guidelines for how much effort to put into work;
the more difficult and specific the goal, the greater motivation
to attain it.
Leadership
Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary defines leadership as "the
office or position of a leader" or the "capacity to lead." To lead
is "to direct on a course or in a direction." In order to lead, one
must have followers. Leadership is a process where by an
individual intentionally influences others to accomplish a goal.
All organizations need leaders in order to get things done.
Leaders are found at all levels in an organization, not only at
10. the top. Anyone can be a leader!
Think about this: Who is someone that you think is or was an
effective leader? What makes or made this person an effective
leader? What characteristics do or did they possess?
Theories and Perspectives
The following are some theories and perspectives surrounding
what make a person a leader and also how to lead most
effectively.
· Trait perspective - certain traits or characteristics are present
in leaders and not in followers: intelligence, articulateness,
confidence, initiative and persistence, and sociability.
· Skills perspective - leadership is dependent upon possessing or
developing three core skills: technical, conceptual, and human.
· Behavioral/Style perspectives - models/styles for how to lead.
· Autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire
· Job-centered or employee-centered
· Production orientation or people orientation
· Theory X or Theory Y
· Contingency perspectives - models for how to lead based on
characteristics of the manager, followers, and situation.
· Leadership match model - leadership does not involve fitting
one's style to the situation, but rather on choosing a situation
that is conducive to one's style
· Path-goal model - manager provides direction and support to
guide followers on the best path towards reaching their goals
· LEAD model - presents four different leadership styles; style
should be based upon follower task-relevant maturity
· Attribution theory - manager selects leadership style based
upon the way follower behavior is perceived and interpreted
· Transactional versus transformational leadership
· Transactional - seeks to preserve and work within the status
quo
· Transformational - seeks to upset and replace the status quo
Challenges Faced by Health Care Organizations
There are several distinctive challenges faced by health care
organizations. Below are two of the challenges:
11. · Professionalism - professionals, such as physicians, perform
most of the "real work" done in the organization and control the
organization's core output.
· Gender - managerial positions in health care organizations, at
all levels, are increasingly being held by women
Week 4
Be sure to read the lecture notes thoroughly, as they supplement
the information offered in your textbook. You will be
responsible to know the information provided here and in your
assigned reading.
Levels of Conflict
Conflict can occur on one of two levels: individual level or
group level. Individual conflict involves only one person; group
conflict occurs between two or more people. Below are several
types of both individual and group level conflict.
Individual Level - Intrapersonal
· Approach-approach - when a person has to choose between
two equally attractive alternatives, thus rejecting a good option.
· Avoidance-avoidance - when a person has to choose between
two equally unattractive options.
· Approach-avoidance - when a person has multiple options that
have both favorable and unfavorable aspects.
Group Level - Interpersonal
· Intragroup - conflict between members of the same group.
· Intergroup - conflict between members of different groups.
Managing Conflict - The Dual Concern Model
The Dual Concern Model reflects a concern for both an
individual's own outcome as well as that of his or her opponent.
This model predicts and explains how parties choose a
particular conflict style.
Dual Concern Model
· Avoid
· Compete
· Accommodate
· Collaborate
12. Negotiation
We use negotiation tactics in both our personal and professional
lives, sometimes without even realizing it. Negotiation is a
process through which multiple parties work together to satisfy
the interests of all involved. It requires each of the parties to
decide what it will give and take in an exchange between them.
An important part of negotiation is knowing your BATNA, or
your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement. If an
agreement cannot be reached, your BATNA is the course of
action that you will take. Your BATNA is your alternative if an
impasse is reached, and it can be a very powerful negotiating
tool.
Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques
Negotiation is one of three forms of alternative dispute
resolution, along with mediation and arbitration. Mediation
involves using a third party to the dispute to assist in reaching
an agreement. However, the agreement reached using the
mediator is not legally binding on the parties. Whereas
arbitration is conducted similarly, the decision reached by an
arbitrator is legally binding on both parties.
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Week 5
Types of Groups and Teams
Groups and teams are a part of organizational life. If organized
and managed effectively, groups and teams can be useful for
improving quality and accomplishing other organizational
objectives. For example, patient care in many instances is
performed by a team of health care professionals. Teams of
specialists work together to provide quality care for the patient.
Also, much of the quality improvement work that is done in
health care organizations today is dependent on cross functional
13. teams.
There are many different types of groups and teams in health
care organizations. It is important to understand the structure of
teams, so that they can best be leveraged for organizational
success. Groups can be classified into two different types:
informal and formal. Teams are a kind of formal group and can
be further broken down into different types based on function or
purpose. Informal and formal groups and teams are explained
further in the sections below.
Informal Groups
Groups that are not intentionally formed by the organization are
called informal groups. Informal groups usually form naturally
by individuals who desire to fulfill a personal or social interest
or need. One example is a car pool. Another example would be a
walking or book club that meets during lunch or before or after
work hours.
Formal Groups
Groups that develop because of the direct actions or structuring
of an organization are called formal groups. Formal groups are
intentionally established and recognized by the organization. A
team is an example of a formal group.
Teams
As mentioned above, a team is a type of formal group. Below
are examples of different types of teams that may be formed by
an organization.
Work Teams
Work units that produce a good or service; usually ongoing.
Parallel Teams
Group of people from different departments or jobs that perform
a function that the regular organization is not equipped to
perform; i.e. task forces, employee involvement groups, quality
improvement teams, etc.
Project Teams
Group formed for the sole purpose of completing a project; team
is dissolved once project is finished.
Management Teams
14. Team that coordinates and provides direction to subordinates
under their scope of authority.
Stages of Team Development
Teams go through stages of development. The sequence of team
development described below is widely known and has been
found to occur in many groups. This sequence was developed in
the mid-1960's by Bruce W. Tuckman.
Stages
Forming
Team members are getting to know one another and trying to
understand their roles; people are polite and tentative; make
sure the purpose and task(s) of the team are clearly defined.
Storming
General disagreement about the purpose and process of the
team; politeness wears off and conflicts arise; conflicts should
be addressed and team achievement stressed.
Norming
Teams grow more cohesive and aligned to accomplish their
goals; agreement on process, rules, roles, and expectations
emerges; keep the focus on the purpose and task.
Performing
Team is functioning effectively; tasks are accomplished; for the
most part, the team is self-managing itself.
Team Characteristics
Every team has certain characteristics that influence and
determine its effectiveness. It is important that the
characteristics of a team are understood and managed well to
help to ensure high performance. Teams must be both set up and
run correctly.
Characteristics
Composition and Size
Number of members on a team and diversity of those members;
age, occupation, gender, tenure, abilities, race, ethnicity,
personality, and experience.
Status Differences
15. Measure of worth conferred on an individual or group.
Psychological Safety
Team member's perceptions regarding interpersonal risk taking
in the work environment; on a "safe" team, a person can make a
mistake and not be penalized or looked down upon.
Teams Norms
Standards that are shared by members of the team; behavior
norms and performance norms.
Team Cohesiveness
Degree to which members of the team are attracted to one
another, motivated to stick together and committed pursue the
group's purpose.
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