Instructions

NOTE: after finishing Exercise 5 the students may start on the Final Exam (see content in week 8). The final Exam format follows Exercise 1-5 with regard to data analysis.

For this week exercise, we need to try a few logit models (see this link for more information: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/r/dae/logit-regression/)

Track 1 EXCEL: If you have chosen to work with Excel, please run above three models and complete the following tables.

Model 1: Run a logit model and use being a member of a network and find out its impact on hospital cost? (Model 1)

Model 2: For the 2nd model run a logit model and use being a member of the network and find out its impact on hospital cost and hospital revenue? (Model 2)

Model 3: For the 3rd model run a logit model and use being a member of the network and find out its impact on ratio-Medicare-discharge and ratio-Medicaid-discharge.

Based on your finding please recommend 3 policies and discuss the impact of being on a network on hospital cost, hospital revenue and out its impact on ratio-Medicare-discharge and ratio-Medicaid-discharge. Do you recommend keeping membership for a hospital? Why or why not?

United made ‘huge mistake’ in how it handled bumped passenger incident, marketing expert says

In 2017, United Airlines was all over the news and Social Media as video of the forcible removal of a passenger who was bumped from a flight emerged. Unfortunately, incidents, accident, and negative actions are bound to happen in business. However, the way a company reacts to these issues can make all the difference in the survival and public perception of that business.

• Review the article below and share your opinions on how this indecent was handled.
• Give suggestions on how it could have better been handled. Focus on things like the aftermath, the Marketing and the PR.
• If another example of how a company handled such an incident (large recalls, employee misconduct, fraud, etc) comes to mind, please feel free to share with the class.

NEED ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN GREAT DETAIL!!!!

1. Why is the tort of negligence more common in sports litigation than others?

2. Discuss the differences between ordinary negligence, gross negligence, and

recklessness.

3. Why are waivers used in sports law and the sports business?

4. Discuss the relationship between tort (civil) law and criminal law.

5. To what degree do you think that the Internet has assisted in the erosion of

privacy in general, especially for coaches and athletes?

6. Explain the struggle in the state of New Jersey and others related to flying

objects and torts.

7. What mascots have been involved in tort-related litigation?

8. What might an institution do to reduce serious injury or death and potential

liability during a sport practice or competition?

9. Has the advent of social media virtually eliminated claims over invasion of privacy and the right to privacy?

10. What is the difference between the English Rule and the American Rule?

Assignment 5: Capstone

Select a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.

Research the corporation 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 (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.
2. Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.
3. Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
4. Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
5. Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
6. Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
7. Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.
8. Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.
9. Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
10. Use at least five (5) 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; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall success.
• Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
• Identify the five forces of competition.
• Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
• Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
• Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.
• Predict ways in which corporate governance will affect strategic decisions.
• Assess the relationship between strategy and organizational structure.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric.

As the professional nurse, you realize that your nursing care area often sees patients with the same particularly challenging nursing care issue (NOT medical care issue). Include all of the following in your answer to this TD:

• Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue in need of implementation of evidence. Remember, this should not be a medical issue.
• Explain how you would search the nursing literature for evidence on this topic (including search terms you would use) and how you would critically appraise the evidence found in your search. NOTE: You do not need to perform the search and provide an article for this TD, but you may do so if you like.