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There are two (2) very different target markets and sales forces discussed in the videos. Identify some of the key differences between the organizations’ sales forces and target markets. Explain the value of developing a sales force based on the target market. Use examples from each video to support your response.

Discuss the similarities and differences between organisms in the domains Bacteria and Archaea.

Your assignment should be 250-500 words in length.

Prepare: Start by reviewing General Education Curriculum found in “Section Five: General Academic Information and Policies” in the Ashford University Academic Catalog, which addresses the core competencies that the general education courses must cover: Applied Ethics, Communication, Information Technology, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning.
	Reflect: Think about the core competencies as previously mentioned and ponder on your time taking general education courses. Reflect on the specific courses not associated with your college major and determine the level of new information you have acquired that relates to the core competencies.
	Write: Explain what you have learned about the principles guiding general education from this course and the courses you have taken in the past: What are the most important concepts you have learned (a) from this course and (b) throughout your time as a university student? Why do you think obtaining knowledge from general education courses is important? What are your plans for putting your education to use within your community? How might your newly acquired knowledge and skills shape your personal and professional development? Support your claims with examples from required material(s) or at least two scholarly sources, and properly cite any references. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length.
	Respond to Peers: Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at least two of your peers by Day 7. In your responses, provided feedback on the value of general education and comment on your own unique experiences in relation to the more memorable lessons learned through general education courses.

Due 1/14/16

Familiarize yourself with Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT)—The model for implementing Healthy People 2020. Utilize MAP-IT to select the aggregate. (Use MAP-IT in building your project from week to week.)

http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/tools-and-resources/Program-Planning

 

In about two or three paragraphs, include information about the name of the aggregate, its geographical location and size, its population, and a brief history.

You can choose an entire town or a small community, or even a neighborhood in a large city, but clearly describe your aggregate.

Explain, giving at least two reasons, why you selected this particular aggregate for your project.

 

 

Note: wait for instructor approval to continue other phases.

s leaders in health care become more acutely aware of health disparities, the pressure increases to develop culturally competent organizations. Reflect on this unit’s studies, with special attention to the following:

• The Department of Health and Human Services report Healthy People 2010, including goal number 2, “Eliminate health disparities.”
• The data provided in Figures 1-1 and 1-2, and the related discussion about disparities in health care in Chapter 1 of the Kosoko-Lasaki, Cook, and O’Brien text, pages 1–4.

In one page or less, answer the following questions:

• If cultural competence is a national goal, what factors must health care leadership consider?
• Discuss differences in quality of health care versus unequal treatment. Considering health disparities, what contributing factors do you think are important?

Take a position on these issues, provide specific examples and relevant experiences, and cite assigned readings or outside reading or research as appropriate to support your position.

Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two. Substantively reflect and analyze the posts you respond to, considering the following:

• Read and examine what your peers say about health disparities. Do you agree or respectfully disagree?
• Develop and present follow-up questions or supporting statements that may help clarify how your

Consider a scenario in which you are a leader working for a major health care organization and have been asked to study the changing demographics in the United States. Based on this scenario, respond to the following:

• As you look at the situation in this role, what are the relevant demographic shifts in the United States that you believe should be considered and reported, and why? You should also consider non-Hispanic whites, underrepresented groups, seniors, and other diverse groups.
• Next, considering your own geographic region, identify how demographics in race, ethnicity, language, age, and gender may lead to disparities and quality of care.

Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two. Substantively reflect and analyze each post you choose to respond to, considering the following:

• Examine your thoughts about shifting demographics. To what extent do you agree with the learner’s post?
• Develop and present follow-up questions or supporting statements that may help clarify how your

While reading Chapter 1, become familiar with the three major sociological perspectives because you will be asked to use them repeatedly throughout the course. Try to think of these theoretical perspectives, not as true or false, but as useful or less useful for a particular circumstance. You can think of them like lenses. You would not use a microscope to look at stars, nor would you use a telescope to look at tissue samples. Each of these perspectives offers unique insights.

Use all three perspectives (functionalism, conflict, and interactionism) to analyze one of the following issues: Fraternities and sororities, social networking sites, or employer/employee relations.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word essay in which you complete the following:

• Give a brief introduction that identifies the issue you have chosen and why.
• Describe in three separate paragraphs how each perspective would view or explain the issue.
• Include in your analysis elements of culture and how humans learn, develop, and become integrated into society.
• Provide a conclusion that discusses which perspective you think is most applicable to the issue or how the three perspectives complement one another in understanding the issue.

Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.

This is the assignment please follow all instructions; I am willing to pay $25 with a $5 down payment. The Assignment is due 01/21/16.

Scenario for Assignments 1-5

For Assignments 1-5, you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Note: Students cannot use New York City as a selected local government

Assignment 1: The Operating Budget

Due Week 4 and worth 150 points

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper, titled Part I: The Operating Budget for the (Selected Agency) in which you separate the content into sections:

1. Provide background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.)

2. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (Title this section Budget Overview.)

   1. Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures

   2. Department Budgets

   3. Funding

   4. Capital Projects

   5. Debt Administration

3. Perform a Cost Analysis. (Title this section Cost Analysis.) The costs should include the following:

   1. Fixed Costs

   2. Step-fixed Costs

   3. Variable Costs

4. Identify and explain one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges.)

5. Recommend two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. (Title this section Budget Recommendations.)

6. Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.

7. Provide the agency’s Website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment’s criteria.

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. 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments.

• Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation.

• Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level.

• Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration.

• Examine the process and components of preparing a viable operating budget.

• Prepare a preliminary budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local government, or other organization.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.

• Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 150	Assignment 1: The Operating Budget
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Provide background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.) Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.	Partially provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.	Satisfactorily provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.	Thoroughly provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.
2. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration. (Title this section Budget Overview.) Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration.	Partially described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration.	Satisfactorily described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration.	Thoroughly described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration.
3. Perform a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs. (Title this section Cost Analysis.) Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs.	Partially performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs.	Satisfactorily performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs.	Thoroughly performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs.
4. Identify and explain one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges). Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget.	Partially identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget.	Satisfactorily identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget.	Thoroughly identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget.
5. Recommend two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. (Title this section Budget Recommendations.) Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years.	Partially recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years.	Satisfactorily recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years.	Thoroughly recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years.
6. Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan. Weight: 10%	Did not submit or incompletely included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.	Partially included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.	Satisfactorily included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.	Thoroughly included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
7. Provide the agency’s Website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment’s criteria. Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

 

Part 1: One page minimum written out fully in paragraph form.

Either invent and describe a company, or describe a company for which you work. Then, you will describe a community outreach program that your company sponsors and runs as well as an annual event related directly to your community outreach program. The community outreach and event can be invented or currently in existence.

 

 

 

 

Specifically, describe the following:

 

 

 

• Your business

 

• This company can be any operation you wish, such as a microchip firm, small retail business, health care company, hospital, school, nonprofit organization, restaurant, or anything else, as long as it is a business that interests you and operates in a realistic context.

 

• Your community outreach program

 

• This program might help needy families, those serving in the military or supporting others that do, college students, people moving toward valuable vocational degrees, at-risk youth, people involved in environmental causes, or someone else deserving of assistance.

 

• The event you sponsor and run for your outreach program (this must be an annual festival)

 

• Choose your event. Be realistic and practical in this regard. Consider only useful, altruistic activities that serve a community in a sensible manner.

 

Part 2

In a 1-page internal memo, invite a small team of fellow employees to a strategic planning meeting to discuss planning strategies for the annual community outreach festival. Because this will be a relatively informal and highly anticipated meeting, include tasteful graphics, and use a cordial and professional tone. The format must follow general business writing guidelines. For instance, single-space and left-justify paragraphs, double-space between paragraphs, do not indent paragraphs, and so on.

This assignment is a recognition and reflection of substantial demographic shifts and health care disparities in the United States. The second goal of Healthy People 2010 project is to “eliminate health disparities.”

To help you better understand what this goal means, and what it will require to reach the goal, this assignment asks you to work through two examples:

• Select two health disparities from any categories discussed in our readings this week. For each disparity:
  • Describe the issues that you think are involved.
  • Explain what you think might cause the disparities.
  • Describe how these disparities affect, or might affect, different groups in the United States.
• Consider your personal perspective. Describe how your perspective, background, values, and culture influence your view of other groups.
• For each disparity you choose, identify and describe one recommendation for improving the situation.

Review the Personal Reflection on Health Care Disparities Scoring Guide to see how you will be graded on this assignment.

Submit your Personal Reflection on Health Care Disparities in the assignment area by the end of the week.