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Joanna is an experienced nurse. She has worked on the same medical-surgical unit for the past 15 years. During a Saturday night shift, Mrs. Kelly, an 82-year-old patient diagnosed with COPD, complains of abdominal pain. Joanna assesses Mrs. Kelly, who has been a patient on the unit many times in the past. The patient’s vital signs are within normal limits and there is no significant change from past readings. However, Joanna still feels uneasy. Not only does Mrs. Kelly complain of pain, but also she looks sick to Joanna, who senses there is something seriously wrong. Joanna calls the medical resident, who tells her to call back if there are any changes in the vital signs. As the shift progresses, Joanna becomes more convinced that Mrs. Kelly is seriously ill. Although there are no changes in Mrs. Kelly’s vital signs, she calls the resident a second time. The resident yells at Joanna and tells her to stop bothering him. After a couple of hours, Joanna decides to call her supervisor, who checks Mrs. Kelly and encourages Joanna to “get a grip.” Joanna repeatedly checks on Mrs. Kelly, who remains awake throughout the night. The next morning, Joanna reports her assessment to the charge nurse and asks her make sure someone evaluates Mrs. Kelly’s abdominal pain. The charge nurse responds, “Don’t worry about her. If there is anything seriously wrong, she will let us know.” When Joanna returns after 2 days off, she learns that Mrs. Kelly died on Sunday evening of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurism. Joanna spends that evening crying at the nurses’ station, barely able to take care of her patients.
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1)Description of the case in your own words, relating it to key negotiation terms (300-450 words)
2)Answers to the questions inserted into the text of the case.
3)Analysis of situations in terms of mutual perceptions, goals, positions vs. interests, possible alternatives, where each of Katherine and Alisa did well, and what each could have done to improve her respective position.
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Running head BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS .docxsusanschei
Running head: BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS 1
BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS 6
Business negotiations
Name Daniel Isome
Course BA 303
Date 20160614
1. What are the issues in the upcoming negotiation?
The issues in the upcoming negotiation include my promotion at work and having a better compensation package. Other concerns include stress at work due to additional duties.
2. Based on the review of all the issues, what is the “bargaining mix?” (Which issues do we have to cover? Which issues are connected to other issues?
My main concern is the compensation or pay rise and my job position at work. I really need a pay rise and a promotion due to increased workload, responsibilities and duties in the role of a manager. My promotion plays a vital role in the increase of my compensation to suit my managerial position.
3. What are my interests?
My interests are to get a promotion in my current organization and the position of a manager will be accompanied by a modest pay rise. I am interested in clinching the position of a manager where I will earn a compensation package of $54,000 per year and also get to enjoy an additional week of Paid Time Off. If we can agree with the management team for a promotion and a compensation of $54,000 per year and an additional week of Paid Time Off, then I can possibly remain in my current organization and work with them comfortably. On the other hand, I assume that the management team would like to retain me because of my experience but the manager has expressed that they cannot be able to get me a pay rise in the meantime (Cellich & Jain, 2011).
4. What is my resistance point-what is my walkway?
My resistance point is a modest pay rise or an increase in my compensation package. My current pay per year of $44,000 does not deserve the current position am holding and the increased duties in the position of a manager in the organization. However, I assume that if the organization cannot grant me a promotion or increase my salary to a minimum of $54,000 per year then my relationship with my employer will be damaged substantially because of underpayment. The organization must put their commitment to promote me and pay me the dues for a managerial position and accompanying benefits of an additional one week paid time off. Failure to do even increasing my salary, I will walk away to join another company (Laws, 2003).
5. What is my alternative?
My first alternative is a modest pay rise if the organization fails to grant me a promotion to a management position. The organization is not the only place where I can offer my services and my second alternative is to move out of the organization and then join the one promised by my friend.
6. Defining targets and asking prices-where will I start, what is my goal?
I will start at a minimum of $54,000 per ...
How has the economy affected you as a planner?Heather LeFevre
The economic downturn has personally affected many respondents in several ways:
1) Salary freezes, pay cuts, and lack of raises have been common across many companies and industries.
2) Job insecurity and layoffs have increased stress and anxiety as friends and colleagues have lost their jobs.
3) Workloads have increased for those still employed as companies strive to do more with fewer resources and employees.
4) Spending habits have grown more frugal in response to economic uncertainty.
The document discusses the background of RadioShack, a major electronics retail chain founded in 1921, and details the scandal involving its former CEO David Edmondson, who was hired and promoted within RadioShack despite inflating his academic credentials in his resume, which the company failed to properly verify before bringing him on board. It provides context on RadioShack's operations and history leading up to the hiring of Edmondson as president, whose academic fraud later came to light and caused embarrassment for the company.
Driving by a factory, you observe union workers on strike. Which o.docxmadlynplamondon
Driving by a factory, you observe union workers on strike. Which of the following likely characterized the bargaining between the union and the factory’s owners.
a. A non-strategic view of bargaining
b. Low disagreement values
c. High gains from trade
d. A lack of credibility
Ellie and Jacob are bargaining over the future profit of their lemonade stand. If Ellie has an outside option of $60 and Jacob has an outside option of $30, which of the following is most likely to be true?
a. Ellie will receive 2/3 of the profit and Jacob will receive 1/3.
b. Ellie and Jacob will split the profit evenly.
c. Ellie will receive $30 more of the profit than Jacob.
d. Ellie will receive $15 more of the profit than Jacob.
Which of the following is most likely to increase the amount you receive in a bargain?
a. Decreasing your opponent’s outside option.
b. Decreasing the value of the agreement.
c. Decreasing your outside option.
d. None of these increase the amount you receive.
Two companies are considering a joint venture that can yield $600,000 in revenue. To succeed, the joint venture requires a cash investment from Company A and the use of a factory owned by Company B. Specifically, Company A would need to invest $200,000 and Company B’s factory would need to switch away from current production worth $500,000. Which of the following is most likely?
a. Company B will receive a greater share of the proceeds from the joint venture than Company A.
b. Company A will receive a greater share of the proceeds from the joint venture than Company B.
c. Company A and B will agree to split the joint venture proceeds equally.
d. The companies will not form the joint venture.
A soccer player is expected to generate $1.6 million in annual revenue for a team. If his negotiated salary is $800,000 per year, what is the value of his outside option?
a. $800,000
b. $1,200,000
c. $0
d. $400,000
The expected value of a gamble that pays $10 with probability 0.2 and $-4 with probability 0.8 is:
a. $7.20
b. $3.00
c. $-1.20
d. $-2.10
Gamble A pays $100 with probability 40% and $-30 with probability 60%. Gamble B pays $160 with probability 30% and $-40 with probability 70%. Which would you choose as the higher expected value?
a. Choose A because it is obviously higher
b. Choose B because it is obviously higher
c. They are essentially the same
d. Choose neither you are stumped
Market research shows that there high-value customers are willing to pay $200 for your house cleaning service and low-value customers are willing to pay $175. High value types represent 40% of the population. If marginal cost is $100, which is the optimal strategy?
a. Set a price of $175.
b. Set a price of 200.
c. Set a price of $175 plus a handling charge of $25
d. Set a price of $200, but for customers who decline, contact them later with a $25 discount.
Managers who can get more projec ...
The document discusses strategies for communicating negative or bad news in business messages. It provides tips for resolving problems by directly contacting the individual, taking responsibility, and explaining what went wrong and how it will be prevented. When refusing requests or claims, it is important to use a buffer at the beginning to soften the news, then explain the reasons clearly but positively. The bad news should be deemphasized through techniques like placing it in the middle of a paragraph or using passive voice. The closing should avoid canned phrases and instead offer an alternative, good wishes or other way to end on a positive note.
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Running head BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS .docxsusanschei
Running head: BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS 1
BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS 6
Business negotiations
Name Daniel Isome
Course BA 303
Date 20160614
1. What are the issues in the upcoming negotiation?
The issues in the upcoming negotiation include my promotion at work and having a better compensation package. Other concerns include stress at work due to additional duties.
2. Based on the review of all the issues, what is the “bargaining mix?” (Which issues do we have to cover? Which issues are connected to other issues?
My main concern is the compensation or pay rise and my job position at work. I really need a pay rise and a promotion due to increased workload, responsibilities and duties in the role of a manager. My promotion plays a vital role in the increase of my compensation to suit my managerial position.
3. What are my interests?
My interests are to get a promotion in my current organization and the position of a manager will be accompanied by a modest pay rise. I am interested in clinching the position of a manager where I will earn a compensation package of $54,000 per year and also get to enjoy an additional week of Paid Time Off. If we can agree with the management team for a promotion and a compensation of $54,000 per year and an additional week of Paid Time Off, then I can possibly remain in my current organization and work with them comfortably. On the other hand, I assume that the management team would like to retain me because of my experience but the manager has expressed that they cannot be able to get me a pay rise in the meantime (Cellich & Jain, 2011).
4. What is my resistance point-what is my walkway?
My resistance point is a modest pay rise or an increase in my compensation package. My current pay per year of $44,000 does not deserve the current position am holding and the increased duties in the position of a manager in the organization. However, I assume that if the organization cannot grant me a promotion or increase my salary to a minimum of $54,000 per year then my relationship with my employer will be damaged substantially because of underpayment. The organization must put their commitment to promote me and pay me the dues for a managerial position and accompanying benefits of an additional one week paid time off. Failure to do even increasing my salary, I will walk away to join another company (Laws, 2003).
5. What is my alternative?
My first alternative is a modest pay rise if the organization fails to grant me a promotion to a management position. The organization is not the only place where I can offer my services and my second alternative is to move out of the organization and then join the one promised by my friend.
6. Defining targets and asking prices-where will I start, what is my goal?
I will start at a minimum of $54,000 per ...
How has the economy affected you as a planner?Heather LeFevre
The economic downturn has personally affected many respondents in several ways:
1) Salary freezes, pay cuts, and lack of raises have been common across many companies and industries.
2) Job insecurity and layoffs have increased stress and anxiety as friends and colleagues have lost their jobs.
3) Workloads have increased for those still employed as companies strive to do more with fewer resources and employees.
4) Spending habits have grown more frugal in response to economic uncertainty.
The document discusses the background of RadioShack, a major electronics retail chain founded in 1921, and details the scandal involving its former CEO David Edmondson, who was hired and promoted within RadioShack despite inflating his academic credentials in his resume, which the company failed to properly verify before bringing him on board. It provides context on RadioShack's operations and history leading up to the hiring of Edmondson as president, whose academic fraud later came to light and caused embarrassment for the company.
Driving by a factory, you observe union workers on strike. Which o.docxmadlynplamondon
Driving by a factory, you observe union workers on strike. Which of the following likely characterized the bargaining between the union and the factory’s owners.
a. A non-strategic view of bargaining
b. Low disagreement values
c. High gains from trade
d. A lack of credibility
Ellie and Jacob are bargaining over the future profit of their lemonade stand. If Ellie has an outside option of $60 and Jacob has an outside option of $30, which of the following is most likely to be true?
a. Ellie will receive 2/3 of the profit and Jacob will receive 1/3.
b. Ellie and Jacob will split the profit evenly.
c. Ellie will receive $30 more of the profit than Jacob.
d. Ellie will receive $15 more of the profit than Jacob.
Which of the following is most likely to increase the amount you receive in a bargain?
a. Decreasing your opponent’s outside option.
b. Decreasing the value of the agreement.
c. Decreasing your outside option.
d. None of these increase the amount you receive.
Two companies are considering a joint venture that can yield $600,000 in revenue. To succeed, the joint venture requires a cash investment from Company A and the use of a factory owned by Company B. Specifically, Company A would need to invest $200,000 and Company B’s factory would need to switch away from current production worth $500,000. Which of the following is most likely?
a. Company B will receive a greater share of the proceeds from the joint venture than Company A.
b. Company A will receive a greater share of the proceeds from the joint venture than Company B.
c. Company A and B will agree to split the joint venture proceeds equally.
d. The companies will not form the joint venture.
A soccer player is expected to generate $1.6 million in annual revenue for a team. If his negotiated salary is $800,000 per year, what is the value of his outside option?
a. $800,000
b. $1,200,000
c. $0
d. $400,000
The expected value of a gamble that pays $10 with probability 0.2 and $-4 with probability 0.8 is:
a. $7.20
b. $3.00
c. $-1.20
d. $-2.10
Gamble A pays $100 with probability 40% and $-30 with probability 60%. Gamble B pays $160 with probability 30% and $-40 with probability 70%. Which would you choose as the higher expected value?
a. Choose A because it is obviously higher
b. Choose B because it is obviously higher
c. They are essentially the same
d. Choose neither you are stumped
Market research shows that there high-value customers are willing to pay $200 for your house cleaning service and low-value customers are willing to pay $175. High value types represent 40% of the population. If marginal cost is $100, which is the optimal strategy?
a. Set a price of $175.
b. Set a price of 200.
c. Set a price of $175 plus a handling charge of $25
d. Set a price of $200, but for customers who decline, contact them later with a $25 discount.
Managers who can get more projec ...
The document discusses strategies for communicating negative or bad news in business messages. It provides tips for resolving problems by directly contacting the individual, taking responsibility, and explaining what went wrong and how it will be prevented. When refusing requests or claims, it is important to use a buffer at the beginning to soften the news, then explain the reasons clearly but positively. The bad news should be deemphasized through techniques like placing it in the middle of a paragraph or using passive voice. The closing should avoid canned phrases and instead offer an alternative, good wishes or other way to end on a positive note.
The document discusses a UPUA meeting where the agenda and budget presentation were discussed. Key points include:
1) The budget for the 16th assembly was presented, with small increases to mental health/wellness week and sexual violence prevention programming budgets, and decreases to elections commission and UPUA votes budgets.
2) Representatives asked clarifying questions about carryover funds from the previous budget.
3) During open forum, former UPUA members spoke in support of proposed changes to public relations and outreach departments to better engage students. However, another former member expressed concerns that the changes may not fully address past issues and suggested alternative solutions.
4) A representative advocated for a resolution against anti
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The hospice nurse takes a holistic approach to caring for terminally ill patients and their families by addressing their physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. This includes educating families about symptoms of terminal illness, providing comfort care to patients, and offering support to families even after the patient's death. The hospice nurse is also culturally sensitive and respects the beliefs, attitudes, and values of patients and families regarding end-of-life care.
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Hi, class, it wasn’t easy to come up with a problem, but after thinking for a long night, it was easy to chose one. In my human resource career, I will consider cultural diversity in a professional working environment. I have a weakness in adapting to changes in working environment and the people I find there. The article that I found, and my introduction worked well. However, I still need to add more content to my first paragraph to sound more convincing. Here is my draft:
To: Mary Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer, Johnson & James Health Care Company
From: Desminique Rowell, Human Resource Manager, Johnson & James Health Care Company
Date: September 27, 2018
Subject: Considering Cultural Diversity in Organizations
How often does cultural diversity in organizations affect the way they operate? Globalization and increased customer goods and services demands, have encouraged many organization to venture into the international market to continue expanding their businesses. Organizations must expand their employee base by employing many skilled personnel from different cultural backgrounds. Negative outcomes of cultural integration in workplaces, affect their goods and service delivery. Johnson & James, a global health company cannot assume this fact, as its operation are also affected by cultural diversity. These challenges the companies’ operation in delivering its goods and services, creating a deficit in services and financial surges. The issue can be addressed by the company conducting motivational, leadership and behavioral workshops to enhance diversity training and development.
According to Alhejji et al. (2016), diversity training programs enhances development of employee knowledge, skills, and attitude which enhances culture in a workplace. Many organizations utilize cultural diversity in their workplace to encourage innovation and development of new-problem solving ideas. In an organization setup, employees need to come up with innovative ways of improving service delivery and enhancing customer-employee relationship. Employing personnel from different cultural background provides an organizational frontier to achieve it. However, poor management of cultural diverse teams, can result in a company losing it credibility to the customer purchasing power.
I know I can find a solution to this problem soon.
Here is my question: what can I add to the first paragraph to make it more effective?
Thanks!
Desminique Rowell
Hi, class, it wasn’t easy to come up with a problem, but after thinking for a long night, it was easy to chose one. In my human resource career, I will have to consider cultural diversity in professional environment working problem. I have a weakness in adapting to changes in working environment and the people I find there. The article that I found, and my introduction worked well. However, I still need to add more content to my first paragraph t.
This document discusses tools that can help one be an effective leader. It lists 10 tools: duct tape to listen more than you speak, a clock to schedule your time wisely, a scale and saw to stay balanced and refreshed, a butterfly net to chase your dreams, shoes to walk in others' shoes, a jar of honey to speak kindly in case you later regret your words, crutches for when you say something regrettable, a slice of humble pie to remember the importance of teamwork, eye drops to keep your vision clear, and a moral compass as the most important tool not to lose. An extra tip is to always have thank you cards to express gratitude.
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"Time Value of Money and Bond Valuation" Please respond to the following:
Examine the concept of time value of money in relation to corporate managers. Propose two (2) methods in which time value of money can help corporate managers in general.
Examine the pros and cons of a sinking fund from the viewpoint of both a firm and its bondholders. Determine the fundamental manner in which this knowledge could be helpful to a financial manager. Provide a rationale for your response.
FIN 534 Week 3 Part 1: Time Value of Money
Slide 1
Introduction
Welcome to Financial Management. In this lesson we will discuss the time value of money.
Next slide
Slide 2
Topics
The following topics will be covered in this lesson:
Timelines;
Future values;
Present values;
Finding the interest rate, I;
Finding the number of years, N;
Annuities;
Future value of an ordinary annuity;
Future value of an annuity due;
Present value of ordinary annuities and annuities due;
Finding annuity payments, periods, and interest rates;
Perpetuities;
Uneven, or irregular, cash flows;
Future value of an uneven cash flow stream;
Solving for I with irregular cash flows;
Semiannual and other compounding periods;
Fractional time periods;
Amortized loans; and,
Growing annuities.
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Timelines
Recall, the primary objective of financial management is to maximize the value of the firm’s stock.
Moreover, the value of the firm’s stock depends in part on the timing of the cash flows investors expect to receive from investing in the firm.
Hence, it is very important that the financial manager have an understanding of the time value of money and how it impacts the firm’s stock price.
Time value of money is also referred to as discounted cash flow, or DCF, analysis.
As we study this concept it is important to remember that there is no other concept in finance that is more important than time value of money or DCF.
When we analyze time value of money it is important to draw a timeline because this helps us visualize what is happening in a particular problem and helps us solve the problem. Consider the timeline shown on the slide.
Time zero is today;
Time one is one from today, or the end of period one;
Time two is two time periods from today, or the end of period two and so on.
Many times the periods are measured in years, but that is not a requirement.
Time can be measured in semiannual periods, quarters, months, or days.
Look that time period one.
The tick mark at time one represents the end of period one and it also represents the beginning of time two since time one has just passed.
Cash flows are placed directly underneath the tick marks.
Suppose a lump sum or single amount of cash outflow in the amount of one hundred dollars is invested at time zero.
The five percent is the interest rate for each of the three time periods.
Look at time period three.
At time three the cash flow is unknown.
Note that in time periods one and two there are no cash flows and ...
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The document discusses whether obtaining an MBA degree pays off financially. It estimates the total costs of a two-year MBA program at Ulab Business School would be around 700,000 taka, including tuition, fees, lost wages. It then outlines potential financial returns, such as salary increases and bonuses, that could result in an MBA graduate earning around 100,000 more than non-MBA graduates over the first 10 years. However, it notes there are assumptions that could impact the analysis, such as career field chosen, location, changes in interests over time, and economic downturns. It concludes the ROI of an MBA can vary significantly depending on the individual.
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What appropriate sources of information did you use in finding your student-contributed resource?
At this early stage in the process of investigating a topic, what advantages do you see in conducting research to discover various factors associated with the topic?
In what ways does the ability to conduct research strengthen your understanding of the city?
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Western Civilization before The Thirty Years WarInstructions .docxwendolynhalbert
Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War
Instructions:
Please choose one question from each section to answer for your exam. This will mean that you will answer a total of four questions, each worth 25 points.
Please know that your responses must be at least
10 sentences long
. While using short, quoted phrases is fine to help support your ideas, your answers must be written mostly in your own words. Any quoting you include must be properly cited.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Who were the Sea Peoples? What did they do and why are they important to ancient history?
2.
Who were the Stoics and Epicureans? What did each believe? Why would the Hellenistic rulers have supported the Stoics over the Epicureans?
3.
How did the Neo-Assyrian kings' treatment of their own people as well as those they conquered contribute to their eventual downfall?
4.
Public religious tradition in ancient Greece was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated? Provide at least two specific examples.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
During the Second Punic War, and especially in light of Cannae, Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle but lost the war. Why is this so?
2.
What was Arianism and how did the Council of Nicaea in 325 attempts to resolve the issue? When was the issue actually resolved?
3.
Why were 11th century Muslim traders able to conduct business in such far-flung places as Baghdad, Cordoba and Cairo?
4.
What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on Church-State relations in the Holy Roman Empire?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
What was scholasticism? What was Thomas Aquinas' role in the movement?
2.
What is the difference between the parliament of Paris and the French Estates-General? How did the Estates-General come into existence?
3.
What was the Jacquerie of 1358? Explain its causes and results.
4.
What were the four phases of the Hundred Years' War? What were the key events of the final phase?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Why was the idea of translating the Bible into the vernacular languages so controversial? What happened to people who tried to write / publish a vernacular Bible? Provide at least two examples of people who attempted this and explain whether they were successful.
2.
While the almost constant fighting during the Thirty Years' War devastated central Europe, the situation was made worse by the new armies put into the field by the various rulers. What changes in the military made matters worse for ordinary civilians?
3.
Explain how Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei each challenged the view of the universe that was based on Ptolemy's work.
4.
Sir Francis Bacon and René Descartes both helped to promote the prestige of the scientific metho.
Western Civilization – Week 7 Discussion ForumPlease choose just o.docxwendolynhalbert
Western Civilization – Week 7 Discussion Forum
Please choose just one of the following questions to answer for the Forum Assignment this week. After you post your own answer, you will need to respond to at least three of your fellow classmates' initial posts.
• Initial Post must be at least 250 words long
• Peer Responses must be at least 125 words long.
1. A medieval German proverb states: "the city air will set you free." What was "the city air" like in many medieval towns? Using what you learned from the readings, do you agree with the proverb? Why or why not?
2. During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
3. People rarely make decisions based on one single factor. In the quest to discover new lands, establish trade routes and colonize, what do you think motivated the explorers the most? Be sure to discuss at least one specific explorer in your post.
Student Response #1 – Shannon
During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
Based on the information in our text books, I believe that both the Catholics and the Calvinists brought the religious tensions on themselves. With the birth of new religions on the rise there then became a power struggle among the religions. The Protestant Reformation that began set the way for religious extremism. " The agreement helped maintain a relative calm in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire by granting each ruler the right to determine the religion of his territory" (Hunt, p483) This opened the doors for many religious disputes to follow as the years went on. Each war started as a religious dispute but went on to reveal other motives, like political gains, power and greed. As time went on and religion began to spread and more and more people began to covert, there became major power struggles. When the bloodshed began with the Protestants and the Catholics not too much was solved after that, during the bloodshed, Catholic mobs killed over 3000 Huguenots in Paris. These wars about religion have simply paved the way through the years for more conflict regarding religion. I can t just blame one party and pick it to be responsible , i think all parties played a role in the tension caused by religion, each person wanted to believe in what they believed in and didn’t feel like it should have to be mandated.
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WEEK 8 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week8_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
1.
A researcher plans a study in which a crucial step is offering participants a food reward. It is important that the three food rewards be equal in appeal. Thus, a prestudy was designed in which participants were asked which of the rewards they preferred. Of the 60 participants, 16 preferred cupcakes, 26 preferred candy bars, and 18 favored dried apricots. Do these scores suggest that the different foods are differentially preferred by people in general? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.Sketch the distribution involved.
c.Explain your findings.
2.
A high school principal wanted to know if the racial makeup of her teachers mirrored that of the student body. The student body broke down into 47% White, 28% Latino, 15% African American, and 10% other. Of the 65 teachers, 42 were White, 4 were Latino, 15 were African American, and 4 were Other. Do these results suggest that the racial makeup of the faculty members is different from that of the students? (Use the .05 significance level.)
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing and explain your findings.
3.
Please make up and discuss research examples corresponding to the various techniques introduced throughout this course. Describe a plausible study for each of the following statistical procedures, indicating how it would apply and what results you would predict. Also include information about the number of participants you would assess and how you would go about estimating effect size and statistical power (when relevant).
a.correlation
b.multiple regression
c.
t
test for independent means
d.
t
test for dependent means
e.ANOVA
f.chi square for goodness of fit
g.chi-square test for independence
SPSS ASSIGNMENT #8
Chi-Square
SPSS instructions:
Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit:
Open SPSS
Remember that SPSS assumes that all the scores in a row are from the same participant. In the study presented in #1, there are 20 students, some of whom have been suspended for misbehavior. The primary conflict-resolution style used by each student is also entered. [Ignore the first variable in this analysis.]
When you have entered the data for all 20 students, move to the Variable View window and change the first variable name to “SUSPEND” and the second to “STYLE”. Set the number of decimals for both variables to zero.
Click Analyze
à
Non-Parametric Tests
à
Chi-Square
Click the variable “STYLE” and then the arrow next to the box labeled “Test Variable List” to indicate that the chi-square for goodness of fit should be conducted on the conflict-resolution style variable.
N.
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Week 8
"The Trouble with Aid"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Identify the most significant problems with the way foreign aid is presently dispensed by international lending institutions. Then, discuss at least three (3) recommendations that you would make to remedy this situation so that food, medical, and financial assistance actually reaches the poor.
Week 9
"Rocky Road"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Select one (1) developing country, and examine the extent to which two (2) of these five (5) issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples.
Week 10
"Act Local"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — or is not — taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one (1) specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.
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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission
Instructions
If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser."
Students
, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors
, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Assignment 2: Religious Health Care
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
Religious Health Care operates in a community of 225,000, called Middleville. Summary statistics on Religious and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown in Table 1. All of the organizations in the area are not-for-profit. Although Samaritan Hospital and Protestant Hospital have religious origins, they now view themselves as secular, not-for-profit organizations.
Table 1: Middleville Health Care Systems
Name
Beds
Admissions
Census
OP Visits
Births
Expenses (000)
Personnel
Religious
575
13,000
350
221,000
2300
$125,000
2000
Samaritan
380
17,000
260
175,000
1200
$130,000
1875
Protestant
350
10,000
180
40,000
900
$80,000
1200
The governing board of Religious hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Religious’ units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.
You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction would be recommended as part of your list. Because you know there were about two dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Describe the five (5) important elements of the governing board’ s agenda for areas of improvement in core functions.
Many organizations now use a balanced scorecard or multiple dimensions of performance measurement, such as productivity, profit, market trends, quality, patient satisfaction, and worker satisfaction. Describe three (3) key performance dimensions (other than those mentioned here) and include specific measures that Religious Health Care could use to improve overall institutional performance.
Determine the performance measures Religious Health Care could use to evaluate nursing staff performance in its Emergency Room. Explain the rationale for each performance measure.
Suggest the steps that should be taken next by Religious Health Care to get better at managing specific patient groups. Explain the rationale for each step.
Decide what strategies Religious Health Care could implement to enhance its public image and increase market share. Explain the rationale for each strategy.
Describe two (2) technology-based data-collection strategie.
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Week 8 -- Provide an example of some form of misrepresentation in media over the years (includes: staging news, re-creations, selective editing and fictional methods). Give some background for context and answer; why, in your opinion is this an example of misrepresentation and why is it egregious? Provide the link to the example.
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WEEK 7 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week6_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
A sports researcher gave a standard written test of eating habits to 12 randomly selected professionals, four each from baseball, football, and basketball. The results were as follows:
Eating Habits Scores
Baseball Players
Football Players
Basketball Players
34
27
35
18
28
44
21
67
47
65
42
61
Is there a difference in eating habits among professionals in the three sports? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Determine effect size.
2.
To study the effectiveness of treatments for insomnia, a sleep researcher conducted a study with 12 participants.
Four participants were instructed to count sheep (Sheep Condition), four were told to concentrate on their breathing (Breathing Condition), and four were not given any special instructions. Over the next few days, measures were taken of how many minutes it took each participant to fall asleep. The average times for the participants in the Sheep Condition were 14, 28, 27, and 31; for those in the Breathing Condition, 25, 22, 17, and 14; and for those in the control condition, 45, 33, 30, and 41.
Do these results suggest that the different techniques have different effects?
(Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain your findings (including the logic of comparing within-group to between-group population variance estimates, how each of these is figured, and the
F
distribution).
High school juniors planning to attend college were randomly assigned to view one of four videos about a particular college, each differing according to what aspect of college life was emphasized: athletics, social life, scholarship, or artistic/cultural opportunities. After viewing the videos, the students took a test measuring their desire to attend this college. The results were as follows:
Desire to Attend this College
Athletics
Social Life
Scholarship
Art/Cultural
68
89
74
76
56
78
82
71
69
81
79
69
70
77
80
65
Do these results suggest that the type of activity emphasized in a college film affects desire to attend that college? (Use the .01 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain the logic of what you have done to a person who is unfamiliar with the analysis of variance.
A team of psychologists designed a study in which 12 psychiatric patients diagnosed as having generalized anxiety disorder were randomly assigned to one of three new types of th.
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Week-2
Here I attached two file. First one is
poem file
. In this file you can choose any poem whatever you like..
Second one is
format file
….in this file you can see how to make proper format and how to write it.
Even I explain Format here.
How to make it
Format:
1)
Choose any one poem from attachment and put the title.
Than
2)
Make a poem in your own words means (imitate).
Give the title my poem I imitated
and poem title. This poem must be in your own word it should not copy with others.
Give title
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3)
Give all five question answer in brief in your words regarding poems.
Poetry Writing Analysis
In a well-crafted essay of three to four pages (excluding the pages on which your own poem and the poem you are working with are placed), refer to our lecture and consider the following questions.
1.
Does your poem extend or argue with the tradition of the poem you selected to imitate?
2.
What relationship to historical context does your primary poem bear?
3.
What relationship to historical context does your own poem bear?
4.
What is the role your reader plays as a participant in creating the poem’s meaning?
5.
Look at William Wordsworth’s
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
, particularly his concept of “the overflow of powerful emotion...recollected in tranquility” compared to T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
, in which he rejects emotion: “It is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor, without distortion of meaning, tranquility” from which poetry is crafted.
(These essays are online and easily found.)
This assignment asks you to understand the lecture material fully. You may wish to read Wordsworth’s essay,
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
and T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
on your own. Both essays are available online. It is recommended that you not conduct research outside of your text and the essays mentioned above, and that all sources used must be scrupulously cited in APA format.
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Week 7 Exercise: Prosocial Behavior
Much of what we tend to focus on when we study social psychology are topics that often have a negative connotation such as conformity, prejudice, aggression or obedience. A huge component of the study of social psychology; however, focuses on prosocial behavior – behaviors that focus on compassion and helping others. For this activity, you will focus on this more uplifting aspect of social psychology. Topics that fall under the area of prosocial behavior include altruism, helping, bystander intervention, empathy, and compassion, among others.
For this exercise, pick one day and seek to structure your thoughts and behaviors entirely around helping others. With each interaction or action you take, pause to think and ask yourself "is there a way I might help another here?" Hold a door for someone, offer your seat, share a smile, give a sincere compliment, show empathy to another, attempt to be more patient or understanding, etc. Your efforts should be in social settings that involve interactions with others (rather than something such as donating to a charity for instance). The goal is to be as thoughtfully prosocial in your interactions throughout the day as possible.
At the beginning of the day, jot down your general mood, feelings, attitude, etc.
Then throughout the day, whenever possible, carry a small notebook with you or make notes in an app on your phone to jot down meaningful encounters or experiences as you attempt to engage in prosocial behaviors.
At the end of the day, again reflect and take notes on how you feel, your general mood, feelings and attitudes, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to engage in prosocial behavior outside of your home due to COVID-19 restrictions/precautions, you are encouraged to engage in such behaviors with your family/people with whom you are sheltering.
You may also engage in prosocial behavior with others virtually or through other means (e.g., through video calls, emails, etc...). This assignment will be more meaningful if you are able to engage in-person with acquaintances or strangers, but you can still find ways to make a significant difference to others even if quarantined or sheltering in place.
In a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation, not counting title or reference slides:
Summarize your experience. Describe the prosocial behaviors you engaged in, others' reactions to these behaviors, and your assessment of any changes in mood, attitude, good fortune, or anything else of note you experienced.
Review what you have learned about human behavior in social settings this week in your readings. Connect what you learned or experienced through your day of conscious, prosocial behavior with the terms, concepts, and theories from your research. Integrate at least two academic sources (your assigned readings/resources can comprise one of these sources), citing any references used in APA format.
Describe any new insights you gained through this exper.
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Hi, class, it wasn’t easy to come up with a problem, but after thinking for a long night, it was easy to chose one. In my human resource career, I will consider cultural diversity in a professional working environment. I have a weakness in adapting to changes in working environment and the people I find there. The article that I found, and my introduction worked well. However, I still need to add more content to my first paragraph to sound more convincing. Here is my draft:
To: Mary Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer, Johnson & James Health Care Company
From: Desminique Rowell, Human Resource Manager, Johnson & James Health Care Company
Date: September 27, 2018
Subject: Considering Cultural Diversity in Organizations
How often does cultural diversity in organizations affect the way they operate? Globalization and increased customer goods and services demands, have encouraged many organization to venture into the international market to continue expanding their businesses. Organizations must expand their employee base by employing many skilled personnel from different cultural backgrounds. Negative outcomes of cultural integration in workplaces, affect their goods and service delivery. Johnson & James, a global health company cannot assume this fact, as its operation are also affected by cultural diversity. These challenges the companies’ operation in delivering its goods and services, creating a deficit in services and financial surges. The issue can be addressed by the company conducting motivational, leadership and behavioral workshops to enhance diversity training and development.
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Slide 1
Introduction
Welcome to Financial Management. In this lesson we will discuss the time value of money.
Next slide
Slide 2
Topics
The following topics will be covered in this lesson:
Timelines;
Future values;
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Fractional time periods;
Amortized loans; and,
Growing annuities.
Next slide
Slide 3
Timelines
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Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War
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Please know that your responses must be at least
10 sentences long
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ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
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2.
Who were the Stoics and Epicureans? What did each believe? Why would the Hellenistic rulers have supported the Stoics over the Epicureans?
3.
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4.
Public religious tradition in ancient Greece was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated? Provide at least two specific examples.
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1.
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2.
What was Arianism and how did the Council of Nicaea in 325 attempts to resolve the issue? When was the issue actually resolved?
3.
Why were 11th century Muslim traders able to conduct business in such far-flung places as Baghdad, Cordoba and Cairo?
4.
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• Peer Responses must be at least 125 words long.
1. A medieval German proverb states: "the city air will set you free." What was "the city air" like in many medieval towns? Using what you learned from the readings, do you agree with the proverb? Why or why not?
2. During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
3. People rarely make decisions based on one single factor. In the quest to discover new lands, establish trade routes and colonize, what do you think motivated the explorers the most? Be sure to discuss at least one specific explorer in your post.
Student Response #1 – Shannon
During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
Based on the information in our text books, I believe that both the Catholics and the Calvinists brought the religious tensions on themselves. With the birth of new religions on the rise there then became a power struggle among the religions. The Protestant Reformation that began set the way for religious extremism. " The agreement helped maintain a relative calm in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire by granting each ruler the right to determine the religion of his territory" (Hunt, p483) This opened the doors for many religious disputes to follow as the years went on. Each war started as a religious dispute but went on to reveal other motives, like political gains, power and greed. As time went on and religion began to spread and more and more people began to covert, there became major power struggles. When the bloodshed began with the Protestants and the Catholics not too much was solved after that, during the bloodshed, Catholic mobs killed over 3000 Huguenots in Paris. These wars about religion have simply paved the way through the years for more conflict regarding religion. I can t just blame one party and pick it to be responsible , i think all parties played a role in the tension caused by religion, each person wanted to believe in what they believed in and didn’t feel like it should have to be mandated.
Student Response #2 – Raul
People rarely make decisions based on one sing.
Wendy was addicted to her morning cup of coffee. She had one cup be.docxwendolynhalbert
Wendy was addicted to her morning cup of coffee. She had one cup before leaving the house and usually picked up another cup from the coffee shop on her way to the office. This morning, the line at the coffee shop was too long; therefore, Wendy decided to get a cup of coffee from the vending machine at work. The coffee was so hot that Wendy dropped it all over herself and was badly burned. Wendy filed suit against the vending company, the manufacturer of the vending machine, the owner of the building and the distributor of the coffee. What rights does Wendy have? Explain Wendy’s case against each party and possible defenses by each defendant.
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WEEK 8 – EXERCISESEnter your answers in the spaces pro.docxwendolynhalbert
WEEK 8 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week8_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
1.
A researcher plans a study in which a crucial step is offering participants a food reward. It is important that the three food rewards be equal in appeal. Thus, a prestudy was designed in which participants were asked which of the rewards they preferred. Of the 60 participants, 16 preferred cupcakes, 26 preferred candy bars, and 18 favored dried apricots. Do these scores suggest that the different foods are differentially preferred by people in general? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.Sketch the distribution involved.
c.Explain your findings.
2.
A high school principal wanted to know if the racial makeup of her teachers mirrored that of the student body. The student body broke down into 47% White, 28% Latino, 15% African American, and 10% other. Of the 65 teachers, 42 were White, 4 were Latino, 15 were African American, and 4 were Other. Do these results suggest that the racial makeup of the faculty members is different from that of the students? (Use the .05 significance level.)
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing and explain your findings.
3.
Please make up and discuss research examples corresponding to the various techniques introduced throughout this course. Describe a plausible study for each of the following statistical procedures, indicating how it would apply and what results you would predict. Also include information about the number of participants you would assess and how you would go about estimating effect size and statistical power (when relevant).
a.correlation
b.multiple regression
c.
t
test for independent means
d.
t
test for dependent means
e.ANOVA
f.chi square for goodness of fit
g.chi-square test for independence
SPSS ASSIGNMENT #8
Chi-Square
SPSS instructions:
Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit:
Open SPSS
Remember that SPSS assumes that all the scores in a row are from the same participant. In the study presented in #1, there are 20 students, some of whom have been suspended for misbehavior. The primary conflict-resolution style used by each student is also entered. [Ignore the first variable in this analysis.]
When you have entered the data for all 20 students, move to the Variable View window and change the first variable name to “SUSPEND” and the second to “STYLE”. Set the number of decimals for both variables to zero.
Click Analyze
à
Non-Parametric Tests
à
Chi-Square
Click the variable “STYLE” and then the arrow next to the box labeled “Test Variable List” to indicate that the chi-square for goodness of fit should be conducted on the conflict-resolution style variable.
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Week 8The Trouble with Aid Please respond to the following.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 8
"The Trouble with Aid"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Identify the most significant problems with the way foreign aid is presently dispensed by international lending institutions. Then, discuss at least three (3) recommendations that you would make to remedy this situation so that food, medical, and financial assistance actually reaches the poor.
Week 9
"Rocky Road"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Select one (1) developing country, and examine the extent to which two (2) of these five (5) issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples.
Week 10
"Act Local"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — or is not — taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one (1) specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.
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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission
Instructions
If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser."
Students
, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors
, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Assignment 2: Religious Health Care
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
Religious Health Care operates in a community of 225,000, called Middleville. Summary statistics on Religious and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown in Table 1. All of the organizations in the area are not-for-profit. Although Samaritan Hospital and Protestant Hospital have religious origins, they now view themselves as secular, not-for-profit organizations.
Table 1: Middleville Health Care Systems
Name
Beds
Admissions
Census
OP Visits
Births
Expenses (000)
Personnel
Religious
575
13,000
350
221,000
2300
$125,000
2000
Samaritan
380
17,000
260
175,000
1200
$130,000
1875
Protestant
350
10,000
180
40,000
900
$80,000
1200
The governing board of Religious hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Religious’ units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.
You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction would be recommended as part of your list. Because you know there were about two dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Describe the five (5) important elements of the governing board’ s agenda for areas of improvement in core functions.
Many organizations now use a balanced scorecard or multiple dimensions of performance measurement, such as productivity, profit, market trends, quality, patient satisfaction, and worker satisfaction. Describe three (3) key performance dimensions (other than those mentioned here) and include specific measures that Religious Health Care could use to improve overall institutional performance.
Determine the performance measures Religious Health Care could use to evaluate nursing staff performance in its Emergency Room. Explain the rationale for each performance measure.
Suggest the steps that should be taken next by Religious Health Care to get better at managing specific patient groups. Explain the rationale for each step.
Decide what strategies Religious Health Care could implement to enhance its public image and increase market share. Explain the rationale for each strategy.
Describe two (2) technology-based data-collection strategie.
Week1Writing SituationsOct 21 - Oct 27 15 pointsTasks.docxwendolynhalbert
This document outlines the tasks, readings, and assignments for Week 1 of a writing course. Students are expected to read chapters from "The Student Writer" on editing, criticism, and styles of writing. They must also complete an exercise on grammar, write a persuasive essay, and finalize a learning team charter by the end of the week. The objectives for the week are to apply rhetorical strategies to persuasive writing and utilize different writing styles appropriately.
Week 8 -- Provide an example of some form of misrepresentation in me.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 8 -- Provide an example of some form of misrepresentation in media over the years (includes: staging news, re-creations, selective editing and fictional methods). Give some background for context and answer; why, in your opinion is this an example of misrepresentation and why is it egregious? Provide the link to the example.
Additionally for the Week 8 discussion, consider media bias. Both conservative and liberal sides claim that there is media bias (to the other side of their beliefs) yet, it is evident that there is bias on both sides. It is no secret that the traditional views of the following 3 media outlets are as follows: Fox News--Conservative/Right, MSNBC--Liberal/Left, CNN--Moderate. A) Track a relatively current news story and report to the class the way the 3 media outlets presented the story. Were there surprises to you in your findings? B) Also pick one additional media outlet of your choice (perhaps NPR, AL JAZEERA , or BBC) and look at their perspective of the same story. Please comment on at least 3 of your classmates' postings with questions or thoughtful, respectful, thorough responses.
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WEEK 7 – EXERCISES Enter your answers in the spaces pr.docxwendolynhalbert
WEEK 7 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week6_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
A sports researcher gave a standard written test of eating habits to 12 randomly selected professionals, four each from baseball, football, and basketball. The results were as follows:
Eating Habits Scores
Baseball Players
Football Players
Basketball Players
34
27
35
18
28
44
21
67
47
65
42
61
Is there a difference in eating habits among professionals in the three sports? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Determine effect size.
2.
To study the effectiveness of treatments for insomnia, a sleep researcher conducted a study with 12 participants.
Four participants were instructed to count sheep (Sheep Condition), four were told to concentrate on their breathing (Breathing Condition), and four were not given any special instructions. Over the next few days, measures were taken of how many minutes it took each participant to fall asleep. The average times for the participants in the Sheep Condition were 14, 28, 27, and 31; for those in the Breathing Condition, 25, 22, 17, and 14; and for those in the control condition, 45, 33, 30, and 41.
Do these results suggest that the different techniques have different effects?
(Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain your findings (including the logic of comparing within-group to between-group population variance estimates, how each of these is figured, and the
F
distribution).
High school juniors planning to attend college were randomly assigned to view one of four videos about a particular college, each differing according to what aspect of college life was emphasized: athletics, social life, scholarship, or artistic/cultural opportunities. After viewing the videos, the students took a test measuring their desire to attend this college. The results were as follows:
Desire to Attend this College
Athletics
Social Life
Scholarship
Art/Cultural
68
89
74
76
56
78
82
71
69
81
79
69
70
77
80
65
Do these results suggest that the type of activity emphasized in a college film affects desire to attend that college? (Use the .01 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain the logic of what you have done to a person who is unfamiliar with the analysis of variance.
A team of psychologists designed a study in which 12 psychiatric patients diagnosed as having generalized anxiety disorder were randomly assigned to one of three new types of th.
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The Hawthorne study found that changes in working conditions, such as improved lighting or breaks, temporarily increased productivity regardless of the specific changes. This showed that the social and psychological aspects of work are important. Current HR functions aim to understand and motivate employees through factors like inclusion, communication, and work culture. The study highlighted the impact of social and psychological factors on work and the need to consider these aspects to improve productivity and employee well-being.
Week1. Basics of Critical Thinking. 7 daysWeek1Basics of Critica.docxwendolynhalbert
This document outlines a 5-week course on critical thinking and decision-making. Week 1 focuses on basics of critical thinking. Week 2 covers problem identification and formulation. Week 3 is about creativity. Week 4 is dedicated to decision-making. Week 5 examines critical thinking and decision-making outcomes. Each week includes required readings, presentations, videos, quizzes, and assignments designed to help students meet the weekly learning objectives.
Week-2Here I attached two file. First one is poem file. In thi.docxwendolynhalbert
Week-2
Here I attached two file. First one is
poem file
. In this file you can choose any poem whatever you like..
Second one is
format file
….in this file you can see how to make proper format and how to write it.
Even I explain Format here.
How to make it
Format:
1)
Choose any one poem from attachment and put the title.
Than
2)
Make a poem in your own words means (imitate).
Give the title my poem I imitated
and poem title. This poem must be in your own word it should not copy with others.
Give title
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3)
Give all five question answer in brief in your words regarding poems.
Poetry Writing Analysis
In a well-crafted essay of three to four pages (excluding the pages on which your own poem and the poem you are working with are placed), refer to our lecture and consider the following questions.
1.
Does your poem extend or argue with the tradition of the poem you selected to imitate?
2.
What relationship to historical context does your primary poem bear?
3.
What relationship to historical context does your own poem bear?
4.
What is the role your reader plays as a participant in creating the poem’s meaning?
5.
Look at William Wordsworth’s
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
, particularly his concept of “the overflow of powerful emotion...recollected in tranquility” compared to T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
, in which he rejects emotion: “It is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor, without distortion of meaning, tranquility” from which poetry is crafted.
(These essays are online and easily found.)
This assignment asks you to understand the lecture material fully. You may wish to read Wordsworth’s essay,
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
and T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
on your own. Both essays are available online. It is recommended that you not conduct research outside of your text and the essays mentioned above, and that all sources used must be scrupulously cited in APA format.
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Week 7 Exercise Prosocial BehaviorMuch of what we tend to focus.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 7 Exercise: Prosocial Behavior
Much of what we tend to focus on when we study social psychology are topics that often have a negative connotation such as conformity, prejudice, aggression or obedience. A huge component of the study of social psychology; however, focuses on prosocial behavior – behaviors that focus on compassion and helping others. For this activity, you will focus on this more uplifting aspect of social psychology. Topics that fall under the area of prosocial behavior include altruism, helping, bystander intervention, empathy, and compassion, among others.
For this exercise, pick one day and seek to structure your thoughts and behaviors entirely around helping others. With each interaction or action you take, pause to think and ask yourself "is there a way I might help another here?" Hold a door for someone, offer your seat, share a smile, give a sincere compliment, show empathy to another, attempt to be more patient or understanding, etc. Your efforts should be in social settings that involve interactions with others (rather than something such as donating to a charity for instance). The goal is to be as thoughtfully prosocial in your interactions throughout the day as possible.
At the beginning of the day, jot down your general mood, feelings, attitude, etc.
Then throughout the day, whenever possible, carry a small notebook with you or make notes in an app on your phone to jot down meaningful encounters or experiences as you attempt to engage in prosocial behaviors.
At the end of the day, again reflect and take notes on how you feel, your general mood, feelings and attitudes, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to engage in prosocial behavior outside of your home due to COVID-19 restrictions/precautions, you are encouraged to engage in such behaviors with your family/people with whom you are sheltering.
You may also engage in prosocial behavior with others virtually or through other means (e.g., through video calls, emails, etc...). This assignment will be more meaningful if you are able to engage in-person with acquaintances or strangers, but you can still find ways to make a significant difference to others even if quarantined or sheltering in place.
In a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation, not counting title or reference slides:
Summarize your experience. Describe the prosocial behaviors you engaged in, others' reactions to these behaviors, and your assessment of any changes in mood, attitude, good fortune, or anything else of note you experienced.
Review what you have learned about human behavior in social settings this week in your readings. Connect what you learned or experienced through your day of conscious, prosocial behavior with the terms, concepts, and theories from your research. Integrate at least two academic sources (your assigned readings/resources can comprise one of these sources), citing any references used in APA format.
Describe any new insights you gained through this exper.
Week4 Project Human Resources and Procurement Management.docxwendolynhalbert
Week4
Project Human Resources and Procurement Management
1
.
Supporting Activity: High Performing Teams
Write
a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following: three assignments,
• Since the success of a project rests largely on the performance of the team, what are some techniques a project manager can employ to foster a group of individuals in becoming a cohesive and high-performing team?
2
.
Supporting Activity: Outsourcing
•Under what circumstances is it ethically or not in the best interest of project morals to consider outsourcing parts of a project? Provide examples illustrating both and discuss why.
3.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
•
Describe the five phases of the IT project methodology.
Write a 100- to 200-word short-answer response to the following:
five assignments
4
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Why is it important to have deliverables for each phase of the IT project methodology?
5.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
How can the experiences of and lessons learned by past project team members be incorporated into a project methodology?
6.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
What are the advantages of developing a detailed project plan after a project has been approved for funding?
7.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Describe the conceptualize and initialize phase of the IT project methodology.
8
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
How can the experiences of and lessons learned by past project team members be incorporated into a project methodology?
Individual: Project Controls
The company offsite 2-day training session project is about ready to enter the execution phase. However, management has a history of being surprised with projects that finished over-budget, did not adhere to the timeline, evinced waste of resources, or did not meet expectations.
Address
your strategy for the following in a 2- to 3-page
memo
to gain their confidence in your project management abilities:
•Analyze and report unplanned changes
•Evaluate project quality
•Procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
•How you plan to communicate whether the project is meeting any stated performance and quality
objectives
.
Week4 Discussion
Wireless Communications
Supporting Activity: Introduction to the OSI Protocol Model Format
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following:
•After reviewing the concepts, pictorially model the TCP/IP protocol against the 7-layer OSI model. In your depiction, include the common protocol sections that fit in the various levels.
Supporting Activity: Introduction to Wireless
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following question:
•Differentiating among the protocols used in wireless (Media Access Control layer, FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA), what are the problems with existing protocols with satellite communications?
Supporting Activity: Network Operating Systems
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following questions:
•
What are the predominant network operating systems in use today? What are the differences between LAN and WAN operating systems?
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Week3 Project Cost and Quality ManagementSupporting .docxwendolynhalbert
Week3
Project Cost and Quality Management
Supporting Activity: Cost and Time
Write
a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
•While cost and time are critical components of projects, how would you define the quality of a project? Provide some examples of project reporting metrics a project manager could use to measure and communicate the status of quality during a project.
Supporting Activity: Dependency Types
•Provide real-world examples of activities where each dependency type is used: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, and start-to-finish.
Supporting Activity: Metrics
•Which metric does a project manager have most control over: cost variance, schedule variance, cost performance index, and schedule performance index? Explain how so. Which one does a project manager have least control over?
Write
a 100- to 200-word short-answer response to the following:
The Nature of Information Technology Projects
What is a methodology? What are the advantages of following a methodology when developing an information system? Information Technology Project Management
The Nature of Information Technology Projects
What is project management?
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Describe the project life cycle (PLC) and the systems development life cycle (SDLC), and their relationship?
7
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
What is fast tracking? When should fast tracking be used? When is fast tracking not appropriate?
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Why is it important to have deliverables for each phase of the IT project methodology?
Individual:
Project Budget
The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-ahead. However a budget needs to be submitted for approval.
Write
a 2- to 3-page memo explaining the financial implications of your project that does the following.
• Adds costs estimates to your resources (both labor and material) – Refer to websites like the United States Department of Labor for estimates.
• Adds estimates for all task duration and sequencing of tasks (including precedence relations)
•Summarizes any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources, critical task sequencing, and how duration estimates were arrived at
•Highlights if there are any milestones for your project
Include
a Microsoft® Project Gantt chart, as an attachment, showing the WBS of tasks (with dependencies) and task sequences, along with any budget or cost reports to support your memo.
Learning Team: Project Schedule
We are doing our project
Riordan Manufacturing
Choose a project involving an IT requirement with multiple tasks and human resources. This project must come from a business situation—for example, hardware procurement and installation, network acquisition, implementation, or expansion—in which each Learning Team member contributes backg.
Week Two IndividualReliability and ValidityWrite a 1,0.docxwendolynhalbert
Week Two Individual
Reliability and Validity
Write
a 1,050-word paper describing observation and measurement as they relate to human services research.
Refer
to Ch. 4 and 5 of
Beginning Behavioral Research
.
Address
each of the following points in your paper:
Define and describe the types of reliability. Provide examples of these types of reliability as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
Define and describe the types of validity. Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
Provide examples of a data collection method and data collection instrument used in human services research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?
Provide examples of a different data collection method and a data collection instrument used in managerial research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include at least two references.(and in text citations)
.
Week 7 DiscussionDiversity in the work environment promotes ac.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 7 Discussion
Diversity in the work environment promotes acceptance, respect, and teamwork despite differences in race, age, gender, language, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, communication styles, and other differences. Discuss the following:
What is your selected company’s stance on diversity?
If you were starting a business that required you to hire new personnel, would diversity be a priority? How important would it be to you on a list of other considerations? Explain.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.
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Week Lecture - Evaluating the Quality of Financial ReportsThe coll.docxwendolynhalbert
Week Lecture - Evaluating the Quality of Financial Reports
The collapse of Enron in the early 2000s, which was a result of massive financial manipulation, gave rise to a new era of financial reporting supervision with the establishment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. The Act required all executives to give certified and accurate financial information. Various mechanisms were put in place to reduce financial accounting irregularities (Cunningham, 2005). Managers are therefore required to have a clear understanding of the regulations put in place and the bodies which enforce them in order to conform with them accordingly.
Issuance of financial reports and sale of securities to the public is monitored by such organizations as:
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has developed the financial accounting standards to be used in the U.S. since 1973. Its function is to oversee the preparation of financial reports by non-governmental entities. FASB ensures that financial statements contain information relevant for sound decision making. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been charged with the statutory authority of establishing reporting standards for U.S. public companies. Although it does not develop the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), it has power to monitor financial reporting. The SEC seeks its authority from three security laws: The Securities Act of 1933 (SEC, 2012b), The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEC, 2012c), The Investment Company Act of 1940 (SEC, 2012a), The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SEC, 2005), and The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (SEC, 2014).
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA) regulates securities firms conducting business with the public in the U.S. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) develops and Publishes International Financial Reporting Standards through the help of its 15-full time members from different countries working with stakeholders all over the world.
The usefulness of financial reports to readers depends on report quality. The conceptual framework for financial reporting categorizes qualitative characteristics of financial reports into two broad categories: fundamental qualitative characteristics, which include relevance and faithful representation, and enhancing qualitative characteristics, which make financial reports more useful and include comparability, timeliness, verifiability, and understandability. Presentation of financial reporting is limited by materiality and cost constraints. There exist differences in U.S. reporting requirements and the international requirements, although efforts have been undertaken to congregate the U.S. GAAP rules with the international financial reporting rules (Oxford Analytica, 2009). Differences in U.S. reporting req.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
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1. Case Presentation
Trying to Be Heard
Joanna is an experienced nurse. She has worked on the same
medical-surgical unit for the past 15 years. During a Saturday
night shift, Mrs. Kelly, an 82-year-old patient diagnosed with
COPD, complains of abdominal pain. Joanna assesses Mrs.
Kelly, who has been a patient on the unit many times in the
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BUSI 3331- Business Negotiations - 205
Subject: WrittenAssignment-Case_01_Negotiation-Thawing
2. Salary Freeze
Dear Students,
The document “Case_01_Negotiation-Thawing Salary
Freeze”attached to this assignment is the first of your video
cases which contribute to the 25% Cases-component of your
course's grade. It is a groupassignment (2 students per group),
and is due on April11th,2017. Your submission report has to
include the following parts:
1)Description of the case in your own words, relating it to key
negotiation terms (300-450 words)
2)Answers to the questions inserted into the text of the case.
3)Analysis of situations in terms of mutual perceptions, goals,
positions vs. interests, possible alternatives, where each of
Katherine and Alisa did well, and what each could have done to
improve her respective position.
BUSI
3331
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Business
Negotiations
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Subject:
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The Meeting
A: Hi Katherine.
K: Hi Alisa, how are you?
A: I’m good thanks.
K: It was OK coming over here, no problem?
A: Yeah, yeah, no problem. So I called this meeting, I know we
are in the final stages of
negotiating the contract. Just recently I found out the executives
got incredibly large
bonuses and I thought there was no more money. This is very
frustrating. I didn’t
know anything about this. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t
notified, basically on such
an important point. I’m ready to call the New York Times and
scream bloody murder
because this is unacceptable for me not to know this important
point. And I don’t
understand why you wouldn’t tell me the truth.
13. K: Well I think we should take a step back. I absolutely told
you the truth with regard to
the wage increase. Across the board there are absolutely no
increases to be offered.
The money that you’re mentioning is related to bonuses
awarded to executives for
last year’s performance and came from last year’s budget.
A: I didn’t know about this.
K: Honestly, it’s not something that is part of this negotiation
because I do not have the
ability to go into last year’s budget to try to help the employees
for this year. I’m
given a pool of money, which is this year’s money. The fact that
certain people have
been awarded at year end, a bonus and the fact that this payout
may occur at some
time during this year is completely unrelated.
A: I should have known this information. If this is something
that is a company thing, and
I have negotiated in good faith thinking the money is not there,
finding out about this,
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you can imagine how frustrated I am. So I want to know, really
I’m not calling you a
fibber, but I don’t believe that there is no money. I’m having a
hard time wrapping
my brain around that.
K: I want to mention two points. First, you are new to this
industry, and I don’t want to
mention that many times because I want the fact that we are
going to be working
together or years, I have been doing this for 10 years, and there
are things that you are
not familiar with and this is one of them.
A: Case in point is that this should have been explained.
K: Absolutely not. That’s my exact point in the opposite.
A: You don’t think I should have known about this important
information? It’s money,
it’s money. It’s the budget.
K: Absolutely not. And the budget relates to last year’s revenue.
Again, we can keep
15. going on this or we can work on the points that can actually
help the employees.
A: I think that you are trying to avoid discussing this because
you know that it would be
an integral part of this discussion.
K: It’s last years numbers, based on revenues from two years
ago, when those numbers
come in, that bonuses are awarded. It’s completely different.
And I must say that I am
personally offended that you are now saying that this is in some
way, a fraudulent
nondisclosure and our company prides itself on full disclosure
of its financials and
taking care of its employees. You’re going along a very thin
line here saying that
you’re questioning my ethics.
A: I’m not personally attacking you.
K: Well you’re saying that I didn’t disclose something that
relates to another year’s
budget and that somehow that is not full disclosure, I just don’t
agree.
A: Well see that’s where we keep butting heads, you keep
saying the money is last years,
16. but you see the money is still in this year’s budget.
K: It’s not. The payout is this year, out of last year’s budget.
The cheques are being cut
this year but it’s completely unrelated.
A: I don’t understand that.
K: We’ve had several meetings now; I do understand that the
number one point is salary
increases. It’s not a matter on negotiating and finding the
number, there is no money
to be had on salary increases, neither in management or non
management is awarded
a single dollar. My pay stayed the same, I’m more than happy to
show you my pay
stub, as well as disclose the fact that it’s just not on the table
for negotiation.
A: No thank you, I don’t want to see you pay stub.
K: We’re spending a lot of time on an issue that I have no
leeway to change at all.
A: Well what about the bonus that’s going to next year? Why
don’t you give that money
to the people, as opposed to once again, giving it to the upper
management?
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K: Well what happens at the end of the year is going to
determine if there’s a bonus. The
fact that there was a bonus last year does not mandate that there
is going to be a bonus
this year. I don’t have funds.
A: But there is money waiting around obviously to be given to
somebody as a bonus.
K: At year end, if there is money available, depending on how
revenues go from now
until the end of the year, and depending on the managements’
performance at the end
of the year, that’s a determination that can happen. I can’t say
right now.
A: Well the dollar amount you’re saying, but it’s clear to me
according to the way things
have been working that someone is going to get a bonus.
K: And I think that is the wrong assumption. There are years
when the company does not
18. do well that it does not award bonuses. We have had years
where the company is
running negative and bonuses are not awarded. So you’re
talking about money that
possibly, could be, if revenue turns around, could be awarded at
year end. And you
and I are going to have a negotiation next year, and if the
company does better, we
are going to have more money to award the employees.
A: Why can’t it be allocated differently? How can you help me
get that money to my
workers? That’s the issue here.
K: I think what we need to do, and what we can address and
work with, is that there is
nothing that can be done on the salary increase. But I can
formulate bonus
distributions, providing bonuses to the employees based on this
year’s revenue.
A: I definitely don’t understand why this wasn’t presented
before.
K: Because we were discussing the salaries of the individuals,
you came to me wanting a
19. 7% salary increase; there is salary freeze across the board. But I
am willing to come
to the table and say, the employees, I am very well aware,
contribute to the revenues
of this company and if they can’t receive it in salary increase,
we can take a look at
the revenues at year end and we can make an exception, we can
work with them on
formulating a new type of structure, that has a bonus
component.
A: OK, I would definitely like this in writing.
K: What I suggest is that I draft this; I will get this to your desk
so that you can review it
and then we can meet on Tuesday and not lose much time. And I
will get that to your
desk by tomorrow morning.
A: Ok that would be fabulous. I really appreciate that, and I
hope that it’s a little more
smooth sailing.
K: And I do too. It’s really important that the employees feel
really good about their jobs
and I think we are on the right track to get there.
A: OK, I’d like to think so. Alrighty Katherine.
20. K: Ok then I will see you on Tuesday and if you don’t get that
document by morning, and
then just contact my office.
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Assignment
1) Read the conversation, then describe it in your own words,
relating it to key
negotiation terms.
2) Answer the questions inserted into the text.
3) Analyze situations in terms of mutual perceptions, goals,
positions vs. interests,
possible alternatives, where each of Katherine and Alisa did
well, and what could
each have done to improve her respective position.
4) Organize your above reflections into a 10-minute class
presentation.
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Case Presentation
Beneficence Versus Nonmaleficence
A middle-aged nurse recounts an incident that she believes
relates to the principle of nonmaleficence. As a senior nursing
student she was responsible for the care of a man who had a
shotgun wound to his abdomen. Surgery had been performed,
and the surgeon was unable to adequately repair the damage.
The man was not expected to survive the day. He was, however,
awake and strong, though somewhat confused. He had a fever of
107° Fahrenheit. He was receiving intravenous fluids and had
continuous nasogastric suction. The man begged for cold water
to drink. The physician ordered nothing by mouth in the belief
that electrolytes would be lost through the nasogastric suction if
water were introduced into the stomach. The student had been
taught to follow the physician’s orders. She repeatedly denied
the man water to drink. She worked diligently—giving iced
alcohol baths, taking vital signs, monitoring the intravenous
fluids, and being industrious. He begged for water. She
followed orders perfectly. After six terrible hours she turned to
find the man quickly drinking the water from one of his ice
bags. She left the room, stood in the hallway, and cried. She felt
she had failed to do her job. As a result of the gunshot wound,
the man died the next morning. Today her view of the situation
is different.
Think About It
Weighing Harm Against Benefit
· Was this patient harmed? Discuss your answer.
· What was the benefit of the nothing-by-mouth order?
· Discuss whether the harm of thirst or the benefit of
maintaining nothing by mouth should take precedence.
22. · What other ethical principles are relevant?
· Why did the student experience such extreme
distress?
NONMALEFICENCE
The principle of nonmaleficence is related to beneficence.
Whereas beneficence requires us to prevent or remove harm,
nonmaleficence requires us to avoid actually causing harm.
Included in this principle are deliberate harm, risk of harm, and
harm that occurs during the performance of beneficial acts.
Most ethicists today tend toward the Hippocratic tradition that
says to first do no harm (the principle of nonmaleficence),
placing this principle above all others. It is obvious that we
must not commit acts that cause deliberate harm. This principle
prohibits, for example, experimental research when it is fairly
certain that participants will be harmed, and the performance of
unnecessary procedures for economic gain or solely as a
learning experience.
Nonmaleficence also means avoiding harm as a consequence of
doing good. In such cases, the harm must be weighed against
the expected benefit. For example, sticking a child with a
needle for the purpose of causing pain is always bad—there is
no benefit. Giving an immunization, on the other hand, while
causing similar pain, results in the benefit of protecting the
child from serious disease. The harm caused by the pain of the
injection is easily outweighed by the benefit of the vaccine. In
day-to-day practice, we encounter many situations in which the
distinction is less clear, either because the harm caused may
appear to be equal to the benefit gained, because the outcome of
a particular therapy cannot be assured, or as a result of
conflicting beliefs and values. For example, consider analgesia
for patients with painful terminal illness. Narcotic analgesia
may be the only type of medication that will relieve very severe
pain. This medication, however, may result in dependence and
can hasten death when given in amounts required to relieve
pain. Cammon and Hackshaw (2000) offer another common
23. example. Orders for patients to have nothing by mouth before
procedures and tests are common practice, unquestioned by
most nurses. The authors cite examples in which elderly
patients were denied food for up to 6 days as tests and
procedures were completed. The consequences of starvation in
the elderly are unquestionable, yet the practice of following
NPO orders for long periods of time is seldom questioned. As
nurses, we must be alert to situations such as these in which
harm may outweigh benefit, taking into account our own values
and those of patients.
BENEFICENCE
The principle of beneficence means to do good. It requires
nurses to act in ways that benefit patients. Beneficent acts are
morally and legally demanded by the professional role
(Beauchamp & Walters, 2007). The objective of beneficence
provides nursing’s context and justification. It lays the
groundwork for the trust that society places in the nursing
profession, and the trust that individuals place in particular
nurses or health care agencies. Perhaps this principle seems
straightforward, but it is actually very complex. As we think
about beneficence, certain questions arise: How do we define
beneficence—what is good? Should we determine what is good
by subjective, or by objective, means? When people disagree
about what is good, whose opinion counts? Is beneficence an
absolute obligation and, if so, how far does our obligation
extend? Does the trend toward unbridled patient autonomy
outweigh obligations of beneficence? Veatch (2002) asks
whether the goal is really to promote the total well-being of the
patient or to promote only the medical well-being of the patient.
We must keep these questions in mind as we practice.
The ethical principle of beneficence has three major
components: do or promote good, prevent harm, and remove
evil or harm. (See Figure 3–2.) Beneficence requires that we do
or promote good (Beauchamp & Childress, 2008). Even with the
recognition that good might be defined in a number of ways, it
24. seems safe to assume that the intention of nurses in general is to
do good. Questions arise when those involved in a situation
cannot decide what is good. For example, consider the case of a
patient who is in the process of a lingering, painful, terminal
illness. There are those who believe that life is sacred and
should be preserved at all costs. Others believe that a natural
and peaceful death is preferable to an extended life of pain and
dependence. The definition of good in any particular case will
determine, at least in part, the action that is to be taken.
The principle of beneficence also requires us to prevent or
remove harm (Beauchamp & Childress, 2008). In fact, some
believe that doing no harm, and preventing or removing harm, is
more imperative than doing good. All codes of nursing ethics
require us to prevent or remove harm. For example, the
International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for
Nurses (2006) says, “The nurse takes appropriate action to
safeguard individuals, families and communities when their care
is endangered by a co-worker or any other person.” Similarly,
the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics for
Registered Nurses (2008) says, “Nurses question and intervene
to address unsafe, non-compassionate, unethical or incompetent
practice or conditions that interfere with their ability to provide
safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care to those to
whom they are providing care, and they support those who do
the same” (p. 9).
Case Presentation
Noncompliance Versus Autonomy
Cora is a 45-year-old woman who looks years older than her
stated age. She has very limited monthly income and no health
insurance. Cora smokes two and one-half packs of cigarettes per
day. She has severe COPD with constant dyspnea and frequent
exacerbations. The nurse who sees her at a local free clinic is
interested in at least preventing further problems, and speaks to
Cora often about the importance of quitting smoking. The
25. situation becomes very frustrating for all involved when Cora
returns repeatedly for increasingly severe problems, having
failed to quit smoking. Cora, of course, becomes labeled as
noncompliant. During a particularly severe exacerbation, the
nurse says to Cora, “You know you are committing suicide by
continuing to smoke.” Cora’s reply is, “You don’t understand. I
live alone. I have no money, no friends, no family, and will
never be able to work. I know the damage I’m doing, but
smoking is the only pleasure I have in life.”
Think About It
Do Nurses Coerce Patients?
· In attempting to persuade Cora to stop smoking, to
what degree is the nurse violating Cora’sright to autonomy?
· Does Cora have the right to choose to continue
smoking?
· If rights and responsibilities are correlative, how
should the clinic respond to Cora’scontinuing to smoke? Would
you suggest that the clinic continue to serve Cora, even though
she is not following the plan of care?
· To what degree is coercion employed in situations
such as Cora’s? Is coercion an appropriate strategy?
RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY
As you would expect, the ethical principle of respect for
autonomy denotes the ethical obligation to honor the autonomy
of other persons. The word autonomy literally means self-
governing. Autonomy denotes having the freedom to make
choices about issues that affect one’s life, free from lies,
restraint, or coercion. Respect for autonomy is closely linked to
the notion of respect for persons, and is an important principle
in cultures where all individuals are considered unique and
valuable members of society.
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Implied in the concept of autonomy are four basic elements.
First, the autonomous person is respected. It is logical that
those choosing the nursing profession would inherently value
and respect the unique humanness of others. This element is
essential to assuring autonomy. Second, the autonomous person
must be able to determine personal goals. These goals may be
explicit and of a global nature, or may be less well defined. For
example, the patient with an ankle injury may have a goal to
return to athletic play within 2 weeks of the injury, or may
simply wish to be pain free. In either case the patient develops
personally chosen goals that are consistent with a particular
lifestyle. Third, the autonomous person has the capacity to
decide on a plan of action. The person must be able to
understand the meaning of the choice to be made and also
deliberate on the various options, while understanding the
implications of possible outcomes. Imagine, for example,
ordering from a restaurant menu written in a language you do
not understand. You have the freedom and responsibility to
make a choice, but cannot make a meaningful choice without an
understanding of the various foods offered. When we believe
that a patient is not able to comprehend the meaning of choices,
goals, or outcomes, we say that the person is incompetent to
make decisions, or lacks decision-making capacity. There are
certain groups of patients that are generally thought of as
unable to make informed choices. Children, fetuses, and those
with mental impairments are among these groups. Fourth, the
autonomous person has the freedom to act upon the choices. In
situations where persons are capable of formulating goals,
understanding various options, and making decisions, yet are
not free to implement their plans, autonomy is either limited or
absent. Autonomy may also be limited in situations where the
means to accomplish autonomously devised plans do not exist.
27. An example is seen in the case of the indigent person who has
no health care insurance. This person may choose to have, for
example, a pancreas transplant in lieu of insulin injections, but
has no financial means to meet this goal. In order to assure
autonomy, each of the four elements must be present to a
reasonable degree.
A number of factors may threaten patient autonomy. The
patient’s role is a dependent one. The patient seeks health care
assistance because of a real or perceived need and, as a result,
can be perceived as dependent upon the health care provider.
The role of the health care professional, on the other hand, is
one of power. This power is based upon knowledge and
authority and is inherent in the role. This complementary
relationship, while a necessary one, can lead to violations of
patient autonomy because the patient may not have the strength
of will to exert his or her own autonomy.
ASK YOURSELF
Is the Patient Role a Dependent One?
· Describe a time when you or a family member
experienced the role of hospitalized patient.
· How did you or your family member feel when
interacting with members of the health care team, who were
dressed, while you or your family member were in pajamas or a
hospital gown or, worse yet, naked?
· Describe the degree to which you or your family
member were able to maintain dignity and autonomy.
Health care professionals are often insensitive to the ways in
which the health care industry systematically dehumanizes and
erodes the autonomy of consumers. Patients are forced to
comply with rules that require them to be and act dependent.
Immediately upon admission to a hospital, patients are disrobed,
asked questions about personal and private matters, forced to
relinquish money and belongings, and expected to remain in a
bed, emphasizing the dependency of the patient role. We place
patients in rooms with doors that are seldom closed and ask
28. them to wear bed clothing. Workers who are strangers to
patients freely enter and leave the patients’ rooms, making
privacy impossible. Regardless of patients’ personal habits or
knowledge of their own health care, they are forced to bathe at
certain times, eat at certain times, and take medications at
certain times, and are often prohibited from practicing self-care
measures that may have been their habits for many years.
Patients are expected to follow each plan that is made.
Otherwise, they will be labeled difficult or noncompliant. For
all the lip service given the importance of autonomy, health care
professionals are often guilty of creating a climate of
dependency for patients—of coercing otherwise autonomous,
intelligent, and independent adults into essentially a very
dependent role.
In cultures that do not regard all people as being of equal worth
and in cultures that respect social structure above individual
rights, autonomy is less important. Where slavery exists, where
women are expected to be subservient to men, where minority
races are not respected, or where children are exploited, the
notion of autonomy is meaningless. Autonomy cannot thrive in
a climate that does not allow for either the independent
planning of personal goals or the privilege of examining and
choosing options to meet goals.
Recognizing Violations of Patient Autonomy
Often, nurses and other health care workers fail to recognize
subtle violations of patient autonomy. This especially occurs
when nurses perceive choices to be self-evident. At least four
factors are related to this failure. First, nurses may falsely
assume that patients have the same values and goals as
themselves. This state of mind compels some nurses to believe
that the only reasonable course of action is the one that is
consistent with their own values. This leads to faulty
conclusions. For example, if an elderly person chooses to stay
in her own home, even though to others she seems incapable of
caring for herself, her choice might be viewed as unreasonable
and might become grounds to believe the patient is incompetent
29. to make decisions. In other words, “If you don’t make the
choices that seem correct to me, you must be incompetent to
make decisions.” In truth, the elderly person may recognize that
life is drawing to a close and may want to remain in familiar
surroundings, maintain dignity, remain independent, and
prevent needless depletion of her life savings. The decision is
based upon her thoughtful consideration of the consequences of
staying home versus the consequences of living in a long-term
care facility. There are some who would insist that she should
be allowed to stay at home, even if she places herself at
considerable danger, as long as she does not jeopardize the
autonomy of others.
The second cause of failure to recognize subtle violations of
patient autonomy lies in our failure to recognize that
individuals’ thought processes are different. Discounting a
particular decision as incorrect may not take into consideration
the fact that people process information in different ways. For
example, there are those whose thought processes are very
logical and methodical, and there are others who think in ways
that are creative and free-flowing. It is particularly important to
recognize these types of differences when several people are
working together to come to a common decision. What is
obvious to one will not be obvious to all—not necessarily
because of a difference in values, knowledge base, or intellect,
but because of different backgrounds and styles of thinking
(Harrison & Bramson, 1982). This is an important consideration
when collaborating with patients, families, and other
professionals.
The third cause of failure to recognize subtle violations of
patient autonomy lies in our assumptions about patients’
knowledge bases. It is easy for us to forget that we have gained
a specialized body of knowledge through nursing education and
work experience. Knowledge about basic anatomy and
physiology, disease process, the mechanism of action of drugs,
and so forth is so ingrained in our minds that it is easy to
presume everyone has at least some of the same type of
30. knowledge. We often assume patients have more knowledge
than is reasonable for them to have. Consequently, we may
discount or criticize patients’ decisions, even though flaws lie
in the patients’ level of knowledge, rather than the
appropriateness of decisions. Recall that an understanding of
the choices, outcomes, and implications is inherently necessary
for autonomous decision making. The nurse must accurately
assess the patient’s level of understanding in order to assure
autonomy.
Most people accept the concept of autonomy, but few are
prepared to accept total autonomy for every person in every
situation. The ethical principle of respect for autonomy does not
require you to respect all autonomous actions no matter how
irrational the decision or horrible the results might be. Although
you value the principle of respect for autonomy, you must
simultaneously uphold responsibilities to yourself and to other
people who could be harmed by a patient’s choices. This can be
a difficult distinction to make. To the extent that it is
unreasonable accept the autonomous decisions and actions of all
people in all circumstances, we are called to respect the
principle of autonomy, rather than each autonomous action
(Gillon, 1985).
The fourth cause of our failure to recognize subtle violations of
patient autonomy lies in the unfortunate fact that in some
instances the “work” of nursing becomes the major focus. This
produces a climate of industrious habit. As we go about our
work—doing procedures, giving medications, writing care
plans, and trying to keep up a frantic pace—attentiveness to
patient autonomy is sometimes neglected. In today’s climate of
advanced technology, fiscal uncertainty, staffing reductions,
and bottom-line management, we should guard against focusing
on work rather than caring.
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