Details:

Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S. (Example: United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Healthcare, etc.).

Harvard Business Review Online and Hoover’s Company Records, found in the GCU Library, are useful sources. You may also find pertinent information on your organization’s webpage.

Review “Singapore Airlines Case Study.”

Prepare a 1,000-1,250-word paper that focuses on the organization or network you have selected.

Your essay should assess the readiness of the health care organization or network in addressing the health care needs of citizens in the next decade, and include a strategic plan that addresses issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Using the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine its industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (9-10) page paper in which you:

1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
3. With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
8. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
• Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

W4 Assignment “Managing Up”

Managing Up

Why is Managing Up
Important in organizations?

This week’s theory
discussed four tactics that enables followers to overcome the authority-based
relationship and develop an effective, respectful relationship with their leaders.

Write a 2 page paper.

Address the following in your paper:

• How can you be a resource for your leader
• How can you help the leader be a good leader
• How can you build a relationship with the leader
• How can you view the leader realistically
• What strategy would you use to “Manage Up”?

Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one
reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other reference must be
from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing)
when writing and submitting assignments and papers.

Assignment 2: Application Project

For this assignment you will have the opportunity to conduct an experiment, or quasi-experiment, in order to explore deviance in our society. As we learned this week, deviance is ”any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs” (Kendall, 2013, p. 180). Cultural norms are behaviors and expectations for a group and fall into three categories: folkways, mores, and laws. For this assignment you will explore society’s reaction to a folkway violation. You will then utilize the textbook, online materials, and the South Online Library in order to write a two-page essay on the deviant (not criminal) experience.

Below you will find a step-by-step guide for completing this paper:

1. First, review the sections on Research Ethics and the subsection on Testing a Hypothesis under the section Research Methods in chapter one of your text in order to familiarize yourself with sociological experiments. Then, begin this assignment by choosing a folkway to violate. Examples include (and there are many folkways to choose from): wearing the other gender’s clothing, speaking a foreign language to an English speaker, sitting with a stranger at a restaurant, and eating dinner with your hands. Be sure to ask your facilitator if you are unsure if the norm you choose to violate is appropriate for this assignment. Here is an example of a norm violation for you to watch: .
2. Violate your chosen folkway (not a law) in at least one situation and document it with pictures, video, and/or notes. Be sure to note how you feel when you violate the norm, as well as other people’s reactions to the violation. If you do not receive adequate data (reactions) in one situation, try it again in another.
3. Write an organized essay that explores the norm you violated, how you felt while being deviant, and the reactions you received while you were violating the norm. You should then analyze the experience, including the theories of deviance presented in the text. Your paper should also include an introduction with a thesis and a conclusion that reviews all main points you present.

Assignment alternative: you may choose to do a reflection paper on an instance when you have been deviant in the past. A reflection paper must contain analysis and integrate concepts from the text. Review the grading criteria to ensure that your reflection paper contains all of the necessary components.

Remember to use APA format for the essay style as well as in-text citations and when listing the references. Submit your 2–5-page essay (maximum 12 pt. font) describing your application project and your findings by Tuesday, January 24, 2017, to the W4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Please read question completely.

*****This assignment will require access
to the following book below. Whether online or text access but required ‘Figure
Illustrations’ are required to complete.” If you do not have the book or access to it, please do not bid on this question, thank you!”******

Required Text:

Hillson, D, & Simon, P. (2012).Practical
project risk management: The ATOM methodology (2nd ed.).Vienna, VA.: Management
Concepts.

Assignment 3: Risk Workshop and Risk
Register

Due Week 6 and worth 240 points

Note: The assignment is based on a specific Case study that will be
forwarded to tutor.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) Risk
Workshop and Risk Register Component paper in which you:

1. Identify the required pre-workshop activities.
2. Prepare a risk workshop agenda based on Figure B-8,
   Sample Agenda for a First Risk Assessment / Two – Day Risk Workshop
   (Appendix B of the Hillson and Simon text). Include suggested time
   intervals for each activity and justify why each agenda item is relevant
   for this case.
3. Determine the top five (5) threats in a risk register
   following Figure B-11, Sample Simplified Risk Register Format (Appendix B
   of the Hillson and Simon text). Include information from the case for each
   threat.
4. Justify the assignment of probability and impacts for
   each threat identified in criterion number 3 of this assignment.
5. Document the top three (3) opportunities in a risk
   register following Figure B-11, Sample Simplified Risk Register Format
   (Appendix B of the Hillson and Simon text). Include information from the
   case for each opportunity.
6. Justify the assignment of probability and impacts for
   each opportunity identified in criterion number 5 of this assignment.

1. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this
   assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as
   quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these
formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font
  (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the
  assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,
  and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
  the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Assess and prioritize risks to the project through an
  analysis of the active threats and opportunities presented.
• Apply the Active Threats and Opportunities Management
  (ATOM) process to ensure a consistent, measurable result of this analysis.
• Use technology and information resources to research
  issues in project risk management
• Write clearly and concisely about project risk
  management using proper writing mechanics.