Healthcare Finance Case 4

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Case Assignment

Pearland Medical Center’s board recently decided to investigate ways
to increase revenues. The organization has the benefit of different
revenue streams, including patient revenue and returns on investments.
Additionally, the Center has just borrowed $1,000,000 on a five-year
loan with annual payment term at a 12 percent rate. The first payment
will be due one year from now. This assignment has two parts:

Part 1: Amortization Schedule

  1. Construct the amortization schedule for this loan.
  2. How do the interest payment, principal payment, and total payment change when a loan is amortized?

Part 2: Investments

  1. Suppose the board were going to invest in an ordinary annuity
    requiring a payment of $10,000 over the next five years with an interest
    rate of 5%. What is the future value of this ordinary annuity
    investment?
  2. The board is considering other options for investing as well. For
    example, they want to double their investment of $70,000 over the next
    12 years by using conventional securities with a projected return of 6%.
    Does the present value of the investment indicate that this is
    possible?
  3. What criteria should you examine in considering annuities? Include
    the common characteristics of variable annuity and equity-indexed
    annuity in your response.

Length: 3 pages, 3 cited sources from required reading

Required Reading

Anonymous. (2012). Hospital financing options for the future. Healthcare Financial Management, 66(8), 1-8.

Anonymous. (2012). Hospital perspectives and capital planning debt management. Healthcare Financial Management, 66(1), 1-2.

Avery, A. E., Flaherty, S. M. V., & Rhee, M. (2011). Fortifying
the payback period method for alternative cash flow patterns. Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, 11(2), 1-9.

Juhasz, L. (2011). Net present value versus internal rate of return. Economics & Sociology, 4(1), 46-53.

Kaplan, H. L., & Singh, A. (2009). The opportunity and “duty” to restructure nonprofit health care debt. American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 28(5), 14, 66-68.

McFarlane, A. (2013). Refinancing hospital loans. Journal of Policy Development and Research, 15(2), 273-282.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (2016). Annuities: What are annuities? https://investor.gov/introduction-investing/basics…

Add citations to business discussion

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“While you relied on some reliable sources, the assigned text readings must serve as your primary source, as was indicated in multiple places. This week, the assigned readings are Chapters 1 and 3 of the Kroenke text. Please edit your post to include extensive citations from the assigned readings. Among these should be a discussion of the concept of “ethics” according to the principles of utilitarianism and categorical imperative that are discussed in the text.”

Please edit post according to the above critique. The post is below. The reference needed is

Kroenke, D. M., & Boyle, R. (2018). Using MIS. Hoboken: Pearson.

Question six: If you are in this situation, would you leave the company? Why or why not?

If I were in such a situation, I would not leave the company. The decision for the promoter of Yikes to sell the company to Major Capital was perhaps not the right thing to do, but that is already out of hands. Ethical decision making is critical in this case (Wood, 2001). The transition process is too fast than it would be expected. Andrea Parks’s mentions that the company intends to produce bikes which are of low quality than the Yike brand. He also mentions that the company plans to cut some of the employees in the manufacturing department and also in the customer care department. Park argues that those employees who spend much time with the customers need to be laid off. All these suggestions are unethical and harmful to both the employees and even to the customers (Trevino, 2006). Park mentions that the market will take time before detecting that the quality of the bikes is different meaning that the company intends to use the brand to deceive the customers.

The planned layoffs are unprocedural neither do they seem to take care of the employee’s needs. The request by the former promoter that park may take care of the employees is ignored. The employees have not been given any notice on such changes. Given the situation, leaving the company or choosing to stay would not change anything much but perhaps staying in the new company creates a possibility of a few changes. I would use my position to make the new boss understand the right way of doing things and make the decisions which do not harm the employees while still making the business competitive. Leaving the company would also be harmful to my wife yet my resignation would perhaps change nothing to the company. I would therefore not leave but choose to stay in the company.

References

Trevino, L. K. (2006). Ethical decision making in organizations: A person-situation interactionist model. Academy of Management Review, 11(3), 601-617.

Wood, J. (2001). Ethical decision making. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 16(1), 6-10.


Define organizational behavior, characteristics of the field

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Create a PowerPoint presentation for a group of undergraduate business students that presents the definition of organizational behavior, characteristics of the field, and the historical development of research in this field. Then, discuss the priority and values you foresee from organizational behavior. Next, appraise the impact of organizational behavior on an organization of your choice.

In addition, provide your analysis of organizational behavior as a field of study, and then provide recommendations for application of what you have described as the value and potential utilization of organizational behavior concepts and characteristics.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 200-350 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.

Women Pillars of Playwrighting

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Looking at an overview of women in Theatre and Cinema, women playwrights and the work that they and other female writers are now doing as we see ourselves in an age where the relationship between men and women and how society views them have never been closer. However, there is still a gap that remains with the role and influence of women in politics, religion, business and entertainment. The American view of the “Ideal Woman” has changed in the last 100 years and even more drastically in the last 40 years since the 1970’s when the voices of women and the issues that directly affected them began to get heard in stronger way. Remember that is it still less then 100 years since women have had the right to vote in America. Only since the 60’s that women have been allowed their own credit credits cards separate from their husbands just to name a few examples….. Times have changed and much of that is with the voices of women writing about women and the trials and struggles they face. We have seen from film to T.V. to the theatrical stage a huge upsurge of female-centric storytelling and even, perhaps, a future female president! Remember that like her or not… Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 16′ elections by roughly 3 million votes and came the closest woman to ever hold the seat of President.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

Choose one female playwright from this small list and do further research on that playwright.

This is a very short list of some very important female playwrights over the last 100 years.

Your list to choose from:

Sarah Ruhl

Katori Hall

Paula Vogel

Wendy Wasserstein

Susan-Lori Parks

Lillian Hellman

Sarah Kane

Caryl Churchill

Marsha Norman

Beth Henley

Maya Angelou

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

Rebecca Gillman

Lynn Nottage

Kathryn Bigelow

Shonda Rhimes

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason


Topics of discussion would be:

The playwright’s history and background.

How they came into being a playwright?

You
can discuss topics and themes that are/were important to the playwright
and how being a woman influenced their Art in a positive or negative
way.

The nature of the playwrights world
and society in terms political, social and religious view of the
playwrights time and era with respect to women’s issues that may have
influence their art and storytelling.

What
impact did the playwright have on the overall public and political
discourse about topics that are considered women’s issues? Was it
positive or negative

Awards, recognition or infamy that they may have received as a result of their work.

Would you like to watch a play by this playwright? Why or why not?


A minimum of TWO pages double spaced.

You may include 1-2 pictures with your research.

Proper formatting and spelling.

Comic book

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For your paper, you will be conducting a very basic critical analysis of a graphic novel of your choice. You may also use a story arc consisting of several issues. You may not use a single issue of a comic for your analysis. Here’s the breakdown:

· 4 pages total

· 1” margins

· MLA format (including headings and Works Cited Page)

· 4 sources (one for the book itself. One for your theory. Two others for supporting evidence (could be other critical analyses or other definitions for your theory, or a definition describing your lens of choice, etc.)

How to move forward:

1. Pick a graphic novel or story arc. Approve it with me.

2. Read it.

3. Think about which lens would work. Remember. This semester we covered:

a. Psychological Lens

b. Sociological Lens

c. Race/Ethnicity

d. Feminist Lens

e. Monomyth

4. Find a theory within the lens you choose. For example, if you choose the psychological lens, choose a psychology theory.

5. Write paper.

Writing the Paper:

The paper is broken down into six sections.

1. Introduction

2. Summary (1/2 page).

3. Value judgment (1/2 page) (what did you like about the comic book? What didn’t you like?) Cover:

a. Art work

b. Content (story)

c. Character(s)

d. You may cover other elements like paneling, lettering, etc.

4. Introduce us to your lens and theory (1/2 page to 1 page)

a. Tell us about your theory? Which lens does it fall under? Who created the theory? Can you provide us with a working definition?

5. Analyze your text using the lens.

6. Conclusion

If you need help finding a theory, please consult the “theories” document in the final weekly folder.

FINAL NOTE: If you deviate a bit from the organization, that is fine. For example, some students incorporate analysis into the summary because they don’t want to waste an entire page of the paper summarizing the text. That would be acceptable.

Another example would be incorporating the introduction of your lens/theory into the intro paragraph and then not discussing it after the summary section. This too would be acceptable.

FAQ:

Q: Can I expand upon one of my journals for this assignment?

A: Naw. That would inhibit your growth as a literary analyst!

Project Three: 21st Century Challenges, management homework help

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Project Three: 21st Century Challenges

Purpose:

The saga of Global Delivery Direct (GDD) continues in assignment 3. Students evaluate 21st century leadership challenges and relate them to the issues GDD has been experiencing.

Outcome Met by Completing This Assignment

  • use leadership theories, assessment tools, and an understanding of the role of ethics, values, and attitudes to evaluate and enhance personal leadership skills
  • develop and implement methods for establishing a constructive organizational structure and culture that fosters positive employee and employer relationships
  • evaluate the culture and policies of an organization to recommend and implement improvements that support its vision, success, and sustainability
  • assess the interactions between the external environment and the organization to foster responsible and effective leadership and organizational practices

Instructions

NOTE: All submitted work is to be your original work. You may not use any work from another student, the Internet or an online clearinghouse. You are expected to understand the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy, and know that it is your responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations with regard to proper citation of sources as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 6th Ed. (Students are held accountable for in-text citations and an associated reference list only).

Step 1: Preparation for Writing the Assignment

Before you begin writing the paper, you will read the following requirements that will help you meet the writing and APA requirements. Not reading this information will lead to a lower grade:

Review “How to Analyze a Case Study” under Week 8 Content. You are expected to use the facts from the case scenario focusing on using this information to determine opportunities and to solve problems.

Read the grading rubric for the assignment. Use the grading rubric while writing the paper to ensure all requirements are met that will lead to the highest possible grade.

In writing this assignment, you will read and following these tasks:

Task 1: Third person writing is required. Third person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person.

Task 2: Contractions are not used in business writing, so you are expected NOT to use contractions in writing this assignment.

Task 3: You are expected to paraphrase and are NOT to use direct quotes. You are expected to paraphrase, which can be learned by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html.

Task 4: You are responsible for APA only for in-text citations and a reference list.

Task 5: You are expected to use the facts from the case scenario paired with the weekly courses readings to develop the analysis and support the reasoning. No more than three (3) external resources can be used in completing the assignment. The expectation is that you provide a robust use of the course readings. If any material is used from a source document, it must be cited and referenced. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper and the How to Cite and Reference file located under Week 4 content.

Step 2: How to Set Up the Paper

Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is single-spaced, single-spaced between paragraphs, 12-point font. The final product will be between 3-5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page. You may not exceed five (5) pages so it is important to write clearly and concisely.

Follow a memo format.

  • To:
  • From:
  • Subject:
  • Body

Students will also create a title page with title, your name, the course, the instructor’s name; date.

Note: Students are not writing an essay paper so the assignment should reflect a memo format that is appropriate for the workplace.

Step 3: Read and use the Global Delivery Direct (GDD) Company Profile.

Step 4: Read critically and analyze the following scenario:

An emergency meeting was called in London by John Smythe Heathering, the Executive Director of Corporate Services, when the 2015 numbers came out for the business. Sales dropped 7% overall in a quarterly downward spiral with the largest portion of decline having been in the American division at 3.8%. The move to “Business First” in America prevented the loss from being as great as 6.5%. This change helped but not enough to overcome the full 6.5%. The competition continues to make inroads into the business not just in America but Asia as well.

The purpose of the emergency meeting is to discuss the decline in sales and make whatever decisions necessary to reverse the trend with immediate implementation. The question before the group is how do we reverse the downward trend? A competitive edge is necessary. As 21st century leaders, the Executive Directors realize that five challenges have to be examined if they are to find ways keep the company running at a profit. Further, they know that as company leaders they will have to lead the change required to make the recommendations work.

In the emergency meeting, the Directors decided that they needed professional help. They turn to you, a leadership consultant to help them discover ways in which they can improve sales of the company and set the company up for long-term financial health.

Step 5: Explain each leadership challenge facing the 21st century leader: adaptability, sustainability, innovation, knowledge management, and globalization and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today.

Task 1: Read the course readings on leadership challenges in the 21st century.

Task 2: Read the course readings on competitive advantage

Task 3: For each of the identified challenges, discuss the relationship each has to the 21st century businesses competitive edge.

Step 6: Evaluate GDD’s status regarding each of these challenges.

Task 1: Analyze GDD’s current business status in terms of each of the leadership challenges. Note that an analysis goes beyond making statements or regurgitating facts.

Task 2: Discuss GDD’s current business status in terms of each of the leadership challenges. Be specific in evaluating the status against each challenge. Do not expect that any one response is correct, as what is presented has to be reasonable and fit with GDD’s vision, mission and goals. Support the reasoning with rigorous, focused thinking that demonstrates the analytical skills GDD is looking from you.

Step 7: Make at least two practical recommendations for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success and sustainability and explain the reasoning for doing so.

Task 1: Provide a minimum of two practical recommendations for each leadership challenge. Recommendations should integrate the facts from the scenario and from the company profile and be specific to the GDD business. Do not take information from outside sources and present as though it fits the scenario.

Task 2: Make sure to use the grading rubric to complete this step.

Step 8: Select one of the challenges for which you made recommendations and explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendations.

Task 1: Select one of the challenges discussed in Step 7. Explain how the Executive Directors will implement the recommendation. Make sure the explanation is well thought out and does not present what the Executive Directors should do but how they will do it. In doing so, be specific and support the reasoning with examples and be sure to use the Company information and the course readings.

Step 9: Review the Paper

Read the paper to ensure all required elements are present. Use the grading rubric to ensure that you gain the most points possible for this assignment.

Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

  • Read the paper aloud as a first measure;
  • Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a second measure;
  • Have someone who has excellent English skills to proof the paper;
  • Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC). The EWC will provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.

Step 10: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder (The assignment submitted to the Assignment Folder will be considered a student’s final product and therefore ready for grading by the instructor. It is incumbent upon the student to verify the assignment is the correct submission. No exceptions will be considered by the instructor).

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Rubric Name: Assignment #3

Criteria

Demonstrates an exceptional ability to discuss each leadership challenge facing the 21stcentury leader and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today providing powerful connections between challenge and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.7 – 3.0)

Demonstrates an excellent ability to discuss each leadership challenge facing the 21st century leader and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today providing appropriate connections between challenge and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.4 – 2.69)

Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to discuss each leadership challenge facing the 21st century leader and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today providing connections between challenge and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.1 – 2.39)

Demonstrates a limited ability to discuss each leadership challenge facing the 21st century leader and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today providing some connections between challenge and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern; presents discussion on challenges, or discusses relationship to competitive edge but not both; may be missing key information.

(1.8 – 2.09)

Fails todiscuss each leadership challenge facing the 21st century leader and the relationship each has to developing a competitive edge in business today.

(0)

Demonstrates an exceptional ability to evaluate GDD’s current status regarding each of the challenges; provides detailed explanation and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.7 – 3.0)

Demonstrates an excellent ability to evaluate GDD’s current status regarding each of the challenges; provides detailed explanation and appropriate connections between identified issues/problems and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.4 – 2.69)

Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to evaluate GDD’s current status regarding each of the challenges; provides explanations between identified challenges but could provide more appropriate connections to the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(2.1 – 2.39)

Demonstrates a limited ability to evaluate GDD’s current status regarding each of the challenges; provides little to no explanation or connections between identified challenges and the concepts studied in the course readings and case study fact pattern.

(1.8 – 2.09)

Fails to evaluate GDD’s current status regarding each of the challenges.

(0)

Makes four (4) practical recommendations for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success.

(2.43 – 2.7)

Makes three (3) practical recommendations for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success.

(2.16 – 2.42)

Makes two (2) practical recommendations for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success.

(1.89 – 2.15)

Makes one (1) practical recommendation for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success.

(1.62 – 1.88)

Fails to makes practical recommendations for each leadership challenge that will put GDD on the path to financial success.

(0)

Selects one of the challenges for which you made recommendations and explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendation demonstrating an exceptional ability to discuss clearly, accurately providing detailed explanations.

(2.7 – 3)

Selects one of the challenges for which you made recommendations and explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendation demonstrating an excellent ability to discuss clearly, accurately providing detailed explanations.

(2.4 – 2.69)

Selects one of the challenges for which you made recommendations and explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendation demonstrating a satisfactory ability to discuss accurately providing detailed explanations.

(2.1 – 2.39)

Selects one of the challenges for which you made recommendations and explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendation demonstrating a limited ability to discuss accurately and fails to provide detailed examples or miscommunicates information; presents recommendation but fails to discuss further.

(1.8 – 2.09)

Fails to select one of the challenges and does not explain how the Executive Directors, as change agents, will go about implementing the recommendation.

(0)

Each part of the memo is correctly presented; The writer briefly states the purpose of the memo. The body exceptionally contains courteous, formal language and contains all of the details that the audience will need. There are no extraneous details.

(0.81 – 0.90)

Each part of the memo is correctly presented; The writer briefly states the purpose of the memo. The body exceptionally contains polite language and contains most of the details that the audience will need. One or two extraneous details exist.

(0.72 – 0.80)

Each part of the memo is correctly presented; The writer briefly states the purpose The body satisfactorily contains formal language and contains all of the details that the audience will need. Several extraneous details exists.

(0.63 – 0.71)

Writer shows a vague understanding of correct format for a memorandum; header of memo may lack one of its lines; the writer does not state the purpose The body contains limited details that the audience will need. Many extraneous details exists and there are missing elements.

(0.54 – 0.62)

Fails to write the memo in memo format, omits major elements.

(0)

Comments reflect a highly accomplished level of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reasoning of the case material and case study facts resulting in accurate, thorough, and soundly reasoned conclusions.

(4.86 – 5.4)

Comments reflect an excellent level of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reasoning of the case material and case study facts resulting in accurately reasoned conclusions.

(4.32 – 4.85 )

Comments reflect a satisfactory level of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reasoning of the case material and case study facts resulting in partially correct conclusions that lack development or detail that demonstrates insight into reasoning.

(3.78 – 4.31)

Comments reflect an unsatisfactory level of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reasoning of the case material and case study facts, resulting in conclusions that are underdeveloped or lack soundly reasoned conclusions.

(3.24 – 3.77)

Comments reflect an unsatisfactory level of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reasoning of the case material and case study facts, resulting in failure to draw little to no conclusions.

(0 – 3.23)

Presents exceptionally well-supported arguments or positions with evidence from the readings/experience; ideas go beyond the course material and recognize implications and extensions of the material and concepts.

(4.05 – 4.5)

Presents excellent arguments or positions that are mostly supported by evidence from the readings and course content; ideas presented demonstrate understanding of the material and concepts.

(3.6 – 4.04)

Satisfactory arguments or positions are presented but there is a mix of opinion or unclear view with supported arguments using course readings. Case study facts are occasionally used but arguments would be much stronger with use of facts.

(3.15 – 3.59)

Arguments are frequently illogical and unsubstantiated; Limited use of facts in case study and essential information presented in course readings.

(2.7 – 3.14)

Arguments lack meaningful explanation or support of ideas. Does not provide facts presented in case study.

(0 – 2.69)

Demonstrates exceptional understanding of requirements responding completely to each aspect of assignment including minor aspects of the assignment such as using third person writing, required use of course readings, and assignment format.

(2.7 – 3.0)

Demonstrates excellent understanding of requirements; missed one minor aspect of assignment.

(2.4 – 2.69)

Demonstrates satisfactory understanding of requirements; missed a key element or two minor aspects of assignment.

(2.1 – 2.39)

Fails to show a firm understanding of requirements; missed two key elements or several minor aspects of assignment.

(1.8 – 2.09)

Fails to demonstrate understanding of assignment requirements.

(0 – 1.79)

Strictly adheres to standard usage rules of written English using paragraphs and sentence rather than bullets, including but not limited to capitalization, punctuation, run-on sentences, missing or extra words, stylistic errors, spelling and grammatical errors. No contractions or jargon used. Zero to two errors noted.

(2.7 – 3)

Excellently adheres to standard usage of mechanics: conventions of written English, including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Three to six errors noted.

(2.4 – 2.69)

Satisfactorily adheres to standard usage rules of mechanics: conventions of English, including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Seven to 10 errors noted.

(2.1 – 2.39)

Minimally adheres to standard usage rules of mechanics: conventions of written English, including capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. More than 10 errors found.

(1.8 – 2.09)

Does not adhere to standard usage rules of mechanics: conventions of written English largely incomprehensible; or errors are too plentiful to count.

(0 – 1.79)

No APA style or usage errors; Proper citation of source material is used throughout paper; Reference titles follow APA with only the first word, the first word after a colon and proper nouns capitalized.

(1.35 – 1.5)

Attempts in-text citations and reference list but one or two APA style errors noted or fails to use APA citations when appropriate 1-2 times.

(1.2 – 1.34)

Attempts in-text citations and reference lists; APA style errors are noted throughout document; Fails to use APA citations when appropriate 3 times in document.

(1.05 – 1.19)

Attempts in-text citations and reference lists; Fails to use APA citation when appropriate 4-5 times; or presents only 1-2 in-text citations and reference list in a paper that requires APA citations throughout the document.

(0.9 – 1.04)

No attempt at APA style; or attempts either in-text citations or reference list but omits the other.

(0 – 0.89)
Overall Score

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Must use at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library, in addition to the textbook.

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Directions: You are a recruiter for an organization that is planning on expanding one of its departments. You are tasked with finding a highly skilled knowledge worker. The type of industry and the position are your choice. Create a job description for the position detailing the tasks, tools, technology, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education requirements for the position. Then, conduct a competitive analysis of at least five different internet job boards. Identify the different services and career focuses they each have. Do they target executives, general laborers, IT, HR, education, state owned, or something different? Create a table of information displaying the different services offered. Explain which job board is the best fit to advertise the position. Provide an explanation why you chose that board and the benefits it offers over the others.

The Job Descriptions paper

  • Must be a minimum of four double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library, one of which must be peer reviewed, in addition to the textbook. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ASSITANCE GETTING IN THE ASHFORD LIBRARY.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

HCS 440 week 4 Assignment Economic Issues Stimulation Paper

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Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation.
Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company, including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors or potential areas of high utilization, and the premiums the company is willing to pay.
As a representative of Castor Insurance, your job is to maximize profit and minimize risk for the company. Based on your analysis of potential utilization, provide at least two reasons why each plan could be selected. Then state which plan you would select to sell to your chosen company. What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?

Note: This simulation deals with some issues from the perspective of the HMO. As a key member of the Castor Collins HMO team, you will design health care plans and/or choose to reject services for two companies looking for coverage.

PLEASE do not advance in the simulation when Deardon Industries is introduced relative to Castor Premium. You are not required to include that portion of the simulation in your essay. PLEASE do not include that information in your paper.

Dicussion / Legal Briefs

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Follow the REQUIRED format of the SAMPLE BRIEF attached. You must follow the format attached.

Remember that briefs are just that–brief. Additionally, prepare your briefs from the perspective of a dispassionate reporter. As a closing comment, share what this case means to you as an educational leader – how it will guide you, impact your decisions, in general, and what difference it will make. Entitle this “Impact on me in my future position.”

FYI, my future position is teaching grades 4-8

Briefs should be done on the following cases. It can be in one document but each brief should not be more than one page

  • Hett v. Ploetz
  • Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
  • Ingraham v. Wright

Cases can be found at https://lp.findlaw.com/

4067 Week 3 Discussion

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The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned and complete your participation for this assignment by Day 7. To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the South University Online Library.

As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.
• APA Citation Helper
• APA Citations Quick Sheet
• APA-Style Formatting Guidelines for a Written Essay
• Basic Essay Template

Begin reviewing and replying to peer postings/responses early in the week to enhance peer discussion. See the rubric for participation points. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing viewpoints with a rationale, challenging aspects of the discussion, or indicating relationships between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress.

TASK

Post your initial response to the topic below.

Wellness in the Elderly

  • Develop a wellness program with a holistic approach for the older adult you identified in your Week 2 project.
  • Use resources available in your community.
  • Discuss how this approach will provide an optimum level of well-being.