Author: chris

The 2010 HCA 10K report is located within the Securities Exchange Commission at the following Web site:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095012311015233/g25905e10vk.htm

Review the “Sources of Revenue” section beginning on page 5 and ending on page 15.

Complete the following:

1. Write a 2–3-page analysis of the sources of revenue.
2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages for each source of revenue from the viewpoint of a healthcare manager.
3. Determine the fixed, variable, and semivariable costs.

Use the financial reports (beginning on page 52) within the document to help you. Be sure to exhibit comprehension of the various payment models in your analysis.

Option 2: Hospital Adjusted Expenses

Review the 2010 HCA Annual Investment by State Report at:

http://hcagovernmentrelations.com/utility/forms/investment-by-state2010.pdf

Complete the following:

1. Pick 6 states to compare uncompensated care expenses.
2. Develop a graph to display your results.
3. As a healthcare manager within one of HCA’s facilities, suggest ways to decrease the total uncompensated care amount.
4. Write a 2–3-page analysis of your comparison.

Use the financial reports within the document to help you. Be sure to exhibit comprehension of the various payment models in your analysis.

Using Strengths to Increase Motivation

Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper in which you include the following:

• Explain why you agree or disagree with your results.
• Develop strategies to advance your career using your strengths.
• How can you use goal-setting to increase motivation and improve job performance?
• How might your engagement as an employee and job satisfaction influence job performance?
• Discuss at least 5 of the following motivational theories and explain how these can aid in job performance.
• Extrinsic motivation
• Intrinsic motivation
• McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
• Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy
• Acquired needs theory
• Self-determination theory
• Herzberg’s theory of motivation
• Equity theory
• Expectancy theory

 

1. Describe the problem faced by Vlasic. Why were they unable to oppose the sales plan put forth by Wal-Mart? Ultimately, how did responding to Wal-Mart affect their business?
2. Was this an ethical supply chain decision on the part of Wal-Mart? Also, highlight any sustainable ethics that was involved here.
3. What does this case tell you about how much influence a business can have with regard to its suppliers’ decisions and behaviors? What does this say about the conventional notions of the responsibility of firms for the practices of their suppliers (both in terms of individual firms and collectively)? Is it reasonable for consumers (or even regulators) to hold firms accountable?

For additional details, please refer to the Short Paper/Case Study Rubric document in the Assignme

Appendix 4A provides a detailed discussion of cost concepts in transportation, including accounting, economic and social costs. Review these costs, and in a three- to four-page paper in APA format, be sure to address the following:

 

Discuss how accounting, economic, and social costs can be used in transportation to mitigate risks associated with these costs.

Analyze how the company’s focus can impact these costs and impact risks.

Provide at least one recommendation for each cost area that could mitigate the risks of those costs.

Your paper must be three to four pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite at least three

giving appropriate background information. The term “dilemma” implies that there are pros and cons to various options, even if some are clearly more socially acceptable than others. This is also where you do your situational analysis – identifying factors related to the individual(s) involved (consider the readings from this module), company and managerial practices and policies, external factors such as economic pressure, and any other aspects of the situation that you believe helped create the dilemma.

Section 2: Stakeholder analysis: Identify the key stakeholders and how they are potentially impacted by the various options inherent in the dilemma.

Section 3: Analysis based on ethical theories: Analyze the ethical dilemma from the perspective of cultural relativism (how it relates to cultural norms – what society would view as acceptable, as well as what is legal), teleology (looking at consequences and acting for the greater good), deontology (duties and principles), and virtue.

Note that stakeholder analysis is particularly pertinent to the consequentialist approach, and that one of the challenges is estimating positive and negative impacts on relevant stakeholders. Do the best you can, looking at both good and bad consequences for each stakeholder group. Make sure you summarize the overall situation and come to a conclusion about the greater good.

Section 4: Conclusion and recommendations. Up to now, you have been analyzing and comparing options. Here is where you pull together the different threads of your analysis and determine whether or not the company did the right thing. Also, make recommendations about what the company should have done. Make sure your justifications clearly flow from your analysis. Make managerial and policy recommendations that would help avoid similar ethical dilemmas in the future and provide guidance to help those facing a similar dilemma.

Section 5: References. List at least three sources (in addition to the Dowie’s article and your text) where you located additional information about the company and the associated ethical dilemma(s).

General guidance: Include a title page, and label the five sections. Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. All citations should be in APA 6th Edition format. Double space your paper, use Times New Roman, 12-point font, with one inch margins. For

1. Describe the role of a supervisor in a typical organization.
2. Propose and discuss three traits of an effective manager. How do these    traits fit the five functions of management?
3. Discuss the relationship between managers, supervisors, and employees, and how these relationships assist in guiding organizations to achieve their maximum potential.
4. Explain the importance of finding the right employee and the challenges supervisors face in a multicultural society.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

 

1. Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   • Title of paper
   • Student’s name
   • Course name and number
   • Instructor’s name
   • Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

rom your experience, you already know the value of a comprehensive quality assurance plan. In order to convince the NearlyFree.com management that the NEO project turnaround will be successful you will perform the following tasks.

 

• Prepare a cost of quality (COQ) analysis using a common method to classify cost. See Project Management – A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, Chapter 20, “Quality Management,” Section 20.8 (pages 890–893) and the PMBOK® Guide Section 8.1.2.2. (page 235).
• Develop a Quality Assurance Plan for both planned and systematic activities.
• Explain how the Quality Assurance Plan supports project quality. Consider its impact

All children learn language in a language-rich environment.  In thinking about what you have learned about language so far, how will you design the physical space of your classroom to allow for language opportunities?  You will need to think about the type of communication and interactions that you would like to see take place throughout your classroom.

For example, you might place drawing paper and clipboards in the block area to help foster communication so that children can draw their block creations on paper and share them with other children.  Having a large open space in the block area invites cooperation so children can verbally communicate and work together on large building structures.  You also might have the block shelf labeled for children to be able to see and provide books of shapes and building for children to explore.

For this assignment, you will create a floor plan of your classroom that fosters language development. Your classroom design should have a minimum of three physical areas of the classroom detailed including an explanation of how the design supports language acquisition.  You can use web resources such as Classroom Architect or Gliffy to design your classrooms or you may use Microsoft Word to draw your design using shapes and the textbox feature.  If you choose to use Classroom Architect or Gliffy, you will need to download your design as a PDF file or JPG file and insert the image into a Word document before uploading your final assignment.

For each area (minimum of three) that you define in your classroom floor plan, you must include the following:

1. Explain how the area is set up
2. Explain how specifically the area supports language development
3. Describe the activity or experience that the children can specifically be engaged in
4. Explain what the role of the teacher will be
5. How you will assess the effectiveness of this area on language development

This assignment should be completed in a two- to three-page paper (in addition to the title page and reference page) that accompanies your visual floor plan.  Your project should be written in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, and include at least two scholarly resources in addition to the course text.  Please remember to provide evidence from the textbook to support your design features.  You must also provide a reference citation in APA format at the bottom of your floor plan.

Appendix 4A provides a detailed discussion of cost concepts in transportation, including accounting, economic and social costs. Review these costs, and in a three- to four-page paper in APA format, be sure to address the following:

 

Discuss how accounting, economic, and social costs can be used in transportation to mitigate risks associated with these costs.

Analyze how the company’s focus can impact these costs and impact risks.

Provide at least one recommendation for each cost area that could mitigate the risks of those costs.

Your paper must be three to four pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. You must cite at least three