Disseminating Wins and Results

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Disseminating
Wins and Results

Many organizations that plan and implement change strategies disseminate
information about their wins and results to organizational and community
stakeholders.  As we read in Step Five, this is an important part of the
change process and in demonstrating the value of the proposed change.  The
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has developed an executive summary on one of
their change plans, College-Ready Education.
Review the two-page executive summary of this change plan and write a critique
of their plan that includes the following:

  • How they have established shared value
  • Cost vs. Benefit
  • Tangible and observable results
  • Data-based planning

Cite
specific examples from the executive summary to substantiate your assertions of
strengths and weaknesses.  Discuss additional ideas you have for improving
the executive summary or ideas that could be useful to you in your own change
endeavors.

Need Help on Elements of Critical Thinking (GEN 499)

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Elements of Critical Thinking [WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]
Step 1

Prepare: In preparation for discussing the importance of critical thinking skills, please read the following articles: Critical Thinking and the Challenges of Internet (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Common Misconceptions of Critical Thinking. You may also read other applicable sources found under the Week 4 Resources tab to gain a better understanding of what it takes to be a critical thinker.
Step 2

Reflect: Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter.

Step 3

Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts. Keep in mind that the article or video you’ve chosen should not be about critical thinking, but should be about someone making a statement, claim, or argument related to your Final Paper topic. One source should demonstrate good critical thinking skills and the other source should demonstrate the lack or absence of critical thinking skills. Personal examples should not be used.

  • Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the content, and explain why you think it demonstrates good critical thinking skills.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which the author or speaker lacks good critical thinking skills. Summarize the content, and explain why you think it demonstrates the absence of good, critical thinking skills.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).

Practicum Proposal for MSN – leadership student.

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Description:

This is a case study of a student who is in the last semester of her master’s in nursing in nursing leadership. In order to proceed with the practicum, she must present a “practicum proposal”. The practicum proposal is a scholarly paper that must be written in APA format with perfect grammar, as it will be presented to her professor and preceptor. The entire paper should have a tone that constantly refers to the importance of EBP in nursing leadership. Please have a title page and a reference page, and include at least 5 references that have been written within the last 5 years.

Practicum details:

Student: 30 year old female BSN/RN, finishing her master’s degree in health systems leadership.

Preceptor: COO with an MBA, MSN (nursing), and has held several nursing leadership positions.

Setting: The setting of this practicum is in the Hospice/Palliative care/Home health. The agency provides all those services.

Required sections of the paper & details:

SECTION 1 – Introduction. I finished the first paragraph of the introduction. Please complete the second paragraph of the introduction, and describe the reason why the essay is being written. Below is the first section that I completed:

The growth of the nursing profession over the last several decades can be described as impressive. The nurse’s expanding and developing role in the complex healthcare environment is awe inspiring to say the least. Nurses’ have gone from providing bedside care in the trenches of society, to clinical specialist, and now regarded as proven leaders in the board room. Due to this growth and rapid development, the nurse’s role continues to be pioneered, developed, and refined. Most recently, and most notably, nurses with advanced degrees and clinical specialties are continuously pioneering the restructuring of their role within healthcare systems. For this reason, the practical aspect of a nurse’s education continues to be essential in the process of bridging the gap between theoretical education and its implementation at the point-of-care. The practical aspect of nursing education has historically relied on the nurse-preceptor to assist the student-nurse in the processes of synthesizing the learned theoretical principles into their practice. As a result of this vital role filled by the nurse-preceptor, the preceptor-student interaction must continue to develop within the principles of Evidence Based Practice (EBP), and held to the same standards as that of theoretical nursing education.

SECTION 2- Goals of the practicum. Described the goals of the practicum. AKA what will the graduate student nursing leader learn from the practicum (paragraph 1). Goals should be written from the perspective of the student, clearly stated and relate to the practicum objective and specialty track outcomes.

Please describe at least 5 goals of the practicum in a table with the SMART goals format.

SECTION 3- Anticipated activities to meet goals should be described. (See provided information in the last section as reference point).

SECTION 4 – Describe the role of the preceptor during the practicum. Including practicum project and activities.

SECTION 5 – Describe the setting. Please infer from provided information.

SECTION 6 – Project proposal: The student in this case study is required to conduct a project. The student in this case study has been assigned by her preceptor to work with the director of the home health division of the organization. The project will be for the student to assist the director of the home health division of the organization in the process of being a nursing leader which includes all of the daily aspects of nursing leadership like budget development, managing staff, marketing, scheduling, billing, etc.

SECTION 5 – Discussion/conclusion.

Important information to use in the above relevant sections:

  • Purpose: To prepare a written description of the practicum experience.
  • write a proposal that includes: The scope of the project, goals, activities, setting and preceptor
  • Fieldwork Activities: Health Systems Leadership Track
  1. Goals should be written from the perspective of the student, clearly stated and relate to the practicum objective and specialty track outcomes.
  2. Anticipated activities to meet goals should be described.
  3. The setting should be described.
  4. The qualifications of the preceptor(s) and their title, and the role of the preceptor in assisting the student to meet the goals should be included.
  • Observe nursing leadership council meeting
  • Participate in strategic planning
  • Observe hospital leadership meeting

Governance/Resource Management

  • Observe a nursing council meeting
  • Observe meetings related to staffing/staff budget issues
  • Observe hiring interview
  • Observe transfer interview
  • Work with nurse recruiter on issues of recruitment/retention

Fiscal

  • Observe budget/productivity meeting
  • Reconcile a budget
  • Meet with fiscal management department

Other:

  • Conduct a one hour presentation on information from HSL courses to a group of nurses
  • Analyze data for trends and determine potential actions
  • Follow a staff driven issue to its completion
  • Spend one day with 3 of these departments:
  • Risk Management
  • Case Management
  • Infection Control
  • Budget Officer
  • Nursing Education
  • Human Resources
  • Decision Support
  • Information Management
  • Key Interdisciplinary Departments (i.e. Pharmacy, Radiology, etc.)

Civil Rights Leader, American Government Research help

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Civil Rights Leaders – Research Assignment

Write a research paper on a civil rights leader (excluding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X). Your research paper must include the following:

Description of the leaders early life and introduction into the civil rights movement; major contributions to the civil rights movement; how would the leader react to the pressing civil rights issues of today; any specific civil rights cases the leader was actively involved in; what specific methods/strategies were used/implemented by the leader; provide a detailed time line for the leaders activities in the civil rights movement.

Consider the following civil rights leaders: Assata Shakur, W.E.B. Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marcus Garvey, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Medgar Evers. You may select an individual not listed, the list is merely suggestive.

Consider the following outline for the major three sections of your paper (intro, body, conclusion):

Section One:

What were this leader / organization’s goals?

Explain the goals that your leader / organization fought for.

Explain why these goals were important.

Provide historical context for your leader / organization’s goals.

You may use biographical details to explain why these goals were important to your leader.

Section Two:

What were the methods and strategies that this leader / organization used?

Explain the methods and strategies that your leader / organization used.

Provide specific examples of when, where and how these methods were used.

Explain why these strategies were successful or unsuccessful.

You may want to contrast their methods with the methods of competing groups. (ei: nonviolence vs. self-defense)

Section Three:

What were the results that this leader / movement achieved?

Explain the changes or advancements that your leader / organization achieved.

Discuss specific laws, political changes, accomplishments, awards, etc…

Explain how they influenced future generations of Americans and activists.

You may want to include information about how your leader was remembered after their death.

The paper should be written in MLA and a minimum of four pages and a maximum of six pages. Be sure to review all the requirements for writing in MLA. The paper must include a minimum of 10 sources with five sources being scholarly articles (consider jstor).

Explain the overall approach to leadership advocated by Machiavelli and by Lao Tzu

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Explain the overall approach to leadership advocated by Machiavelli and by Lao-Tzu, comparing and contrasting their positions on at least three (3) key aspects of leadership. Speculate about which type of leader (Machiavellian or Lao-Tzuian) most current day Americans would want to be ruled by, and support your argument with examples.

  • The body of your essay (at least 3 paragraphs) must offer supporting points, discussion, and examples. Use proper citation to document sources.MLA format
    • For this paper, you may not use FIRST or SECOND person pronouns (exception: second person
      may be used for choice 3)
    3-4 full pages of text, typed,
    double-spaced, with 12-point regular font, and 1-inch margins).
    • Use no contractions and use no abbreviations.
    • You MUST support your argument by using properly quoted and cited excerpts from the readings; reference these properly in both in-text citations and in your Works Cited/Reference list.
    • No more than 10% of your paper should consist of direcvtky quoted material.

Research Vanguard Capital Opportunity VHCOX actively managed fund.

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Research a mutual fund family: Vanguard Capital Opportunity (VHCOX)—actively managed fund

Identify one mutual fund from that family for the following category:

  • Actively managed common stock fund.

Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper including an evaluation for each mutual fund using attached checklist. Do not submit this checklist with your assignment, but use it as a guide in evaluating the characteristics of each fund.

Include the following in your evaluation:

  • Analysis of the characteristics of each fund.
  • Recommendation of the type of investor to which each fund is suited.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Use a separate section header for each of the mutual funds, and sub-headers for items under each. Points are deducted for not using these headers.

Summary 2 Sources

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To address this topic each member of the team will require performing a research in order to provide important details of why this proposal will be successful to the school, the faculty and the students.

you will need to Summary 2 Sources 150 words per each

well basically i need you to summarize these sources

www.ezfacility.com

and

www.innosoftfusion.com

innosoft fusion is used at arizona state university gym but it always the system is down and it does not work that well

i need you to look and see if there is other universities or collages does use this website for their gyms and why asu facing this problem with the website

please do your best summarizing them also i will need to present the summaries so make it clear please

Action Research Project, management homework help

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You have been hired as a consultant (to your current organization, previous organization, or a fictional organization). Describe and analyze a human resource/organizational problem(s) and recommend an organizational development strategy (ies). Provide a rationale as to why you think this approach will help. This will require a practitioner analysis of the organizational problem of interest and an academic literature review of similar organizational problems and organizational development strategy (ies) that you believe will be most beneficial in solving the problem. Also, provide an evaluation plan for the proposed intervention(s).

The plan should have the following headings:

  • Problem Identification
    • Description of the organization
    • Context of the problem:
      • How do you know it’s a problem?
      • Specifically what is the problem (select from list below)?
        • Turnover
        • Job Satisfaction
        • Diversity
        • Performance Appraisals
        • Downsizing
        • Training & Development
  • Needs Assessment and Diagnosis
    • Data collection
    • Data analysis
  • Proposed Organization Development Interventions/Strategy(ies)
    • Required resources
    • Timeline
    • Anticipated resistance
    • Potential benefit(s), i.e. cost savings
  • Suggested Evaluation Approach
  • Summary/Conclusions

This final assignment should be 8 pages in length (not including the title and reference pages). You must use at least five scholarly sources and format your paper according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Personal Growth & Development, health and medical assignment help

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  1. conclusion; You will bring closure to your project by completing you Conclusion Section. One paragraph sharing that you have completed and reached your goal within the content of the Capstone Project.
  2. The Appendix section should reflect any supporting documents, graphs, data statistics referenced within the body of your Capstone Project. (one page}
  3. The Personal Growth & Development is a separate document where you will discuss further upgrades to your knowledge, skills, and insights to insure your contribution to a healthcare organization’s success, sustainability, and significance. This document will allow you to reflect on lessons learned and how you have grown in your academic and personal growth during this project (one page)

Learning Activity 2—Analysis of a Profiling Case

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Assignment 2: Learning Activity 2—Analysis of a Profiling Case

Over the years, many famous cases have demonstrated how criminal profiling can be used to assist with an investigation. For this assignment, complete the following:

  • Choose any one case such as the following well-known criminal cases:
    • The case of David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)
    • The case of Ted Bundy

Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and Internet resources, research the chosen case. Respond to the following questions:

  • Describe the information that was gathered about the perpetrator or offender. This could include the profiler’s conclusions regarding the offender’s mental, emotional, and personality characteristics as well as age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location.
  • Describe what sources the investigator used, what patterns of behavior were identified, and what information was given to law enforcement. State if the information that law enforcement received is correct.
  • Analyze if the profile was accurate and if it did assist or hinder in the investigation.
  • Explain what factors led to the accuracy or inaccuracy of the profile.

Support your responses giving reasons and examples from 2–4 scholarly resources.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in a Microsoft Word document. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, save your paper as M4_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Described the information that was gathered about the perpetrator, such as the profiler conclusions regarding the offender’s mental, emotional, and personality characteristics as well as age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location.

16
Described what sources the investigator used, patterns of behavior identified, and the information given to law enforcement.

12
Stated if the information that law enforcement received was correct.

12
Analyzed if the profile was accurate and if it did assist or hinder in the investigation.

24
Explained what factors led to the accuracy of the profile.

24
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

12
Total:

100