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hysical and cognitive development. However, for a number of different reasons, there are some children who do not develop at the same pace as an average child. It is important for parents and physicians to recognize children who are not on track developmentally because the earlier the cause of the delay can be determined, the earlier parents can start working with the child to correct or minimize these deficits. Often, the earlier the children begins to work on their developmental deficits, the greater the advancements they can make.

By the age of three, a child should be able to do the following:

• Use a spoon by themselves
• Draw a vertical and horizontal line
• String large beads
• Snip paper with scissors
• Roll clay or play dough into a “snake”

Conduct an Internet search using the two phrases listed below. Your results will help you better understand the kind of milestones that are used to assess the development of fine motor skills in young children.

• Fine motor skills milestones
• Child development milestones

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research observational and motor learning and activities that can be used to help develop motor skills. Then, address the following:

• Describe in detail how a young child’s fine motor skills are developed—making sure to include the theory of motor-skill learning that best fits this situation.
• Explain whether any motor tasks or skills can be accomplished via observational learning. Justify your response.
• Now, consider a situation in which a young child (3–4 years old) is developmentally delayed in fine motor skill development. Create a strategy which would help the child strengthen his or her fine motor skills.
• You can find a number of activities online which purport to help develop these skills. From a theoretical viewpoint, be sure to explain how these activities will aid a child’s fine motor skill development. Make sure that you reference at least one peer-reviewed article in addition to any Web sites you find and describe these activities as part of your development strategy.

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. It should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with regular one-inch margins and free of typographical and grammatical errors. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to include a title page with a running head and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, January 4, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Describe how a young child’s fine motor skills are developed and include the theory of motor-skill learning that best fits your chosen situation. (Course Objective [CO] 3)	60
Justify whether any motor tasks/skills can be accomplished via observational learning. (CO3)	16
Create a strategy to help strengthen the fine motor skills of a young child (3–4 years old) who is developmentally delayed. (CO4)	80
Identify (via the Internet) at least three activities that can be used to help develop these motor skills and describe these activities as part of the development strategy to propose. (CO4)	40
Explain, from a theoretical point of view, how these activities would aid a child’s fine motor skills development, making sure to reference at least one peer-reviewed article. (CO3)	40
Writing Components: Organization (16) Usage and Mechanics (16) APA Elements (24) Style (8)

hysical and cognitive development. However, for a number of different reasons, there are some children who do not develop at the same pace as an average child. It is important for parents and physicians to recognize children who are not on track developmentally because the earlier the cause of the delay can be determined, the earlier parents can start working with the child to correct or minimize these deficits. Often, the earlier the children begins to work on their developmental deficits, the greater the advancements they can make.

By the age of three, a child should be able to do the following:

• Use a spoon by themselves
• Draw a vertical and horizontal line
• String large beads
• Snip paper with scissors
• Roll clay or play dough into a “snake”

Conduct an Internet search using the two phrases listed below. Your results will help you better understand the kind of milestones that are used to assess the development of fine motor skills in young children.

• Fine motor skills milestones
• Child development milestones

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research observational and motor learning and activities that can be used to help develop motor skills. Then, address the following:

• Describe in detail how a young child’s fine motor skills are developed—making sure to include the theory of motor-skill learning that best fits this situation.
• Explain whether any motor tasks or skills can be accomplished via observational learning. Justify your response.
• Now, consider a situation in which a young child (3–4 years old) is developmentally delayed in fine motor skill development. Create a strategy which would help the child strengthen his or her fine motor skills.
• You can find a number of activities online which purport to help develop these skills. From a theoretical viewpoint, be sure to explain how these activities will aid a child’s fine motor skill development. Make sure that you reference at least one peer-reviewed article in addition to any Web sites you find and describe these activities as part of your development strategy.

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. It should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with regular one-inch margins and free of typographical and grammatical errors. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to include a title page with a running head and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

By Monday, January 4, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Describe how a young child’s fine motor skills are developed and include the theory of motor-skill learning that best fits your chosen situation. (Course Objective [CO] 3)	60
Justify whether any motor tasks/skills can be accomplished via observational learning. (CO3)	16
Create a strategy to help strengthen the fine motor skills of a young child (3–4 years old) who is developmentally delayed. (CO4)	80
Identify (via the Internet) at least three activities that can be used to help develop these motor skills and describe these activities as part of the development strategy to propose. (CO4)	40
Explain, from a theoretical point of view, how these activities would aid a child’s fine motor skills development, making sure to reference at least one peer-reviewed article. (CO3)	40
Writing Components: Organization (16) Usage and Mechanics (16) APA Elements (24) Style (8)

Go to the Baldrige website http://www.baldrige.nist.gov, and find the links to award winners.
Review some of their application summaries and summarize the types of performance measures that these companies use.

150 words essay .
Case Study: Boutique Hotels
• Read the Boutique Hotels case study and answer the three questions at the end.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download an example here

Submission Requirements:
Submit a Word document of the following specifications:
Font: Arial, point size 12, double spaced
Length: 2–3 pages
Citation Style: APA

Evaluation Criteria:
• Did you choose one of the three types of organizational change from the given matrix?
• Did you discuss all five steps in leading the organizational change from the article?

Assignment 2: LASA 1—The Time Value of Money
By Wednesday, January 6, 2016 submit a 4-5 page report based on the following problem:

Mary has been working for a university for almost 25 years and is now approaching retirement. She wants to address several financial issues before her retirement and has asked you to help her resolve the situations below. Her assignment to you is to provide a 4-5 page report, addressing each of the following issues separately. You are to show all your calculations and provide a detailed explanation for each issue.
Issue A:
For the last 19 years, Mary has been depositing $500 in her savings account , which has earned 5% per year, compounded annually and is expected to continue paying that amount. Mary will make one more $500 deposit one year from today. If Mary closes the account right after she makes the last deposit, how much will this account be worth at that time?
Issue B:
Mary has been working at the university for 25 years, with an excellent record of service. As a result, the board wants to reward her with a bonus to her retirement package. They are offering her $75,000 a year for 20 years, starting one year from her retirement date and each year for 19 years after that date. Mary would prefer a one-time payment the day after she retires. What would this amount be if the appropriate interest rate is 7%?

Issue C:
Mary’s replacement is unexpectedly hired away by another school, and Mary is asked to stay in her position for another three years. The board assumes the bonus should stay the same, but Mary knows the present value of her bonus will change. What would be the present value of her deferred annuity?
Issue D:
Mary wants to help pay for her granddaughter Beth’s education. She has decided to pay for half of the tuition costs at State University, which are now $11,000 per year. Tuition is expected to increase at a rate of 7% per year into the foreseeable future. Beth just had her 12th birthday. Beth plans to start college on her 18th birthday and finish in four years. Mary will make a deposit today and continue making deposits each year until Beth starts college. The account will earn 4% interest, compounded annually. How much must Mary’s deposits be each year in order to pay half of Beth’s tuition at the beginning of each school each year?

Designing jobs for employees must be a strategic initiative because optimizing productivity levels without overworking an employee can be difficult to accomplish. Job design refers to organizing tasks, duties, responsibilities, and other components into a productive unit of work. As such, there is a correlation between job design and job performance; job design and job satisfaction; job design and organizational commitment; and job design and physical and mental health. Once the job and tasks are defined, a detailed job description needs to be developed.

A job description will usually indicate the different tasks for which a potential employee will be responsible. Organizations are known to come up with job descriptions that provide a general standard for interested applicants. Organizations are also notorious for including the following sentence at the end of a job description: Employee may be asked to perform other duties as required. This significant sentence legally allows an employer to modify job descriptions at any time and without notice. The Occupational Information Network (or O*NET) is a useful website for learning about different jobs and the tasks associated with each job (www.onetonline.org). The following job description illustrates the tasks for which an Assistant Professor of Marketing is responsible.

Job Description Example

                                                        

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Responsibilities: Teach general Marketing courses and/or concentration courses as appropriate per academic credentials, advise students, and serve on Department and University committees. The preferred candidates will be able to conduct research in their areas of expertise and/or related fields. Participate in the ongoing development of the curriculum. Continue professional development and scholarship in teaching areas, research and academic writing. Positions require teaching excellence and scholarly productivity. Employee may be asked to perform other duties as required.

It can be concluded from the brief job description above that a potential employee is responsible for researching (creative), performing other duties as required (adaptive), and teaching (routine) at the university. Task-based job performance has three general categories: creative, adaptive, and routine. The “CAR” acronym, can be used for recalling the task performance criteria.

 

Task Performance Criteria

 

 

Creative task performance is the degree to which employees develop and implement ideas that are both novel and useful. The reality is that creative task performance is playing a larger role in all jobs. For example, Google engineers can spend up to 20 percent of their time on a project of their choice because creativity is valued and encouraged by the organization. By the same token, the employees of 3M are allowed to use 15 percent of their time to think creatively. Both companies credit these unique programs as the source of their most successful products. In some professions (e.g., marketing or advertising), creative task performance is considered more important than any other task performance. Furthermore, professors are also encouraged to be creative and publish in prestigious academic journals. As a matter of fact, the example above illuminated the importance of a professor being able to publish. The classic saying, “publish or perish” holds true in academia. Imagine one-third of a professor’s job (or more) being dependent upon his or her ability to be creative and publish novel concepts. With globalization and competition, creative task performance will continue to play a major role in all jobs of the future.

Adaptive task performance requires an employee to be able to “adapt and overcome” novel or unusual situations. A case in point is when Chesley B. Sullenberger, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 (January 15, 2009), discovered his plane had lost power and he decided to land in the Hudson River. Captain Sullenberger’s heroic actions saved the lives of 150 passengers and crew. A different example (occurred on January 9, 2011) is when U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona and her aide (Daniel Hernandez Jr., who was only five days into his new job) came to her rescue and performed first-aid. Both examples elucidate adaptive task performances that are novel and unusual. All jobs have a component of adaptive task performance that can be extreme or insignificant.

Routine task performance is associated with being responsible for the same task each day with very minimal variety or change. A classic example of routine task performance would be an employee who works on an automobile assembly line. Each person who works on an automobile assembly line has a very specific job such as screwing on doors or bumpers. This “division of labor” concept is used in many organizations to help enhance productivity levels. For example, contemporary hospitals have been known to request radiologists to specialize and analyze specific digital images (e.g., CT scans, MRI scans, or mammograms) to help productivity, efficiency, accountability, and efficacy levels. In some situations, it makes more sense to divide work amongst a group of employees as opposed to having a group of employees working on the same tasks and doing double-work.

Drawing on the material in the background readings and doing additional research, please prepare a 3-5 page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in which you:

• Analyze your current occupation using the task performance criteria (CAR acronym).
• Discuss how your job aligns with the task performance criteria (CAR acronym). Provide specific examples. What percent of your job focuses on creative, adaptive, and routine task performances? Discuss your findings.
• Based upon the task performance criteria (CAR acronym), how can your job be changed to make it more meaningful?
•  Create a new job description for your current job that you could use to attract applicants.

Assignment Expectations

Your paper will be evaluated on the following points:

• Precision – Does the paper address the question(s) or task(s)?
• Clarity – Is the writing clear and the concepts articulated properly? Are paraphrasing and synthesis of concepts the primary means of response to the questions, or are excessive use of quotations how thoughts are conveyed?  Are headings included in all papers greater than 2 pages?
• Breadth – Is the full breadth of the subject addressed?
• Depth – Does the paper address the topic in sufficient depth?
• Grammar, spelling and vocabulary – Is the paper written well – is the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary suitable to graduate level work?
• Referencing (citations and references) – Does the paper use citations and quotation marks when appropriate?
• Critical thinking – Is the subject thought about critically, i.e., accurately, logically, relevantly, and precisely?

Using a company of your choice, determine the strategic business goals. Develop an IT strategy that aligns to the business goals. You can use the balanced scorecard approach or you can develop your own method for defining and aligning the IT strategy to the business strategy. You will need to cite at least two credible sources that will provide justification for your strategy or approach.

Finding a company: If you are employed, it is best for you to use your current place of employment so you can practically apply the concepts in this assignment. Alternatively, you can use a nonprofit organization or any other organization you may have ties or access to.

Your IT strategy should include:

• Business Goals and Objectives
  • List at least two or three specific business goals for the next year or two with an explanation of the business’ rationale for the goal.
  • List an objective for each business goal to explain what the company needs to do to achieve the goal.
• IT Strategies aligned with business goals and objectives
  • List one or two IT strategies for each business goal
    • These should be recommended strategies that would enable the business goals and objectives to be achieved.
    • If your company already has IT strategies, you may provide an analysis and justification or new recommendation for each of the strategies
• Organizational Structure
  • Describe the structure of the organization including:
    • Organizational design
    • Organizational culture
    • Leadership factors (the types of leadership displayed within the company)
    • Business processes
    • Physical layout (i.e., how many offices, virtual offices, international locations)
• IT Infrastructure
  • Describe the current IT infrastructure including:
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Network
    • IT resources
  • This should be a high-level overview
• IT Challenges
  • Describe internal and external challenges IT faces in meeting the business needs
  • Include social and/or ethical considerations
• Risks
  • Describe risks IT might face when implementing change

As you develop your strategy, you may want to consider the following:

• An effective IT strategy will enable the business operations, helping business leaders achieve business goals more efficiently and effectively.
• Focus on top priorities. Take the time to understand organizational issues, how they are related, and how they affect performance. Determine what will happen if nothing changes and where IT can have the greatest, positive impact.
• Identify how IT supports business processes. The business is relying on their capabilities to achieve the business goals. The IT strategy should include a plan for supporting those business capabilities, creating efficiencies, and competitive advantage for the business.
• Define IT priorities and governance for IT. Without priorities and a process for IT governance in place, progress will be slowed. An agreed upon plan for governing IT will enable the decision process.

Understand the challenges. Improving processes and increasing efficiencies through IT implementation also requires behavioral and sometimes organizational change. With these changes come inherent challenges. Understanding and planning for those challenges will increase the chance of success in meeting the business goals.

Write an 8–12-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.

By Week 5, Day 7, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Listed specific business goals (minimum 2–3) for the next year or two. For each goal: Explained the rationale of the goal. Provided one objective. Explained what the company needed to do to achieve that goal.	36
Explained how the IT strategies will provide a competitive advantage for the business.	36
Aligned the IT strategies with business goals and objectives and provided a justification of how those strategies support business goals.	36
Described the structure of the organization including: Organizational design Organizational culture Leadership factors Business processes Physical layout	36
Described the current IT infrastructure. This should include hardware, software, network, and IT resources.	36
Described internal and external challenges IT faces in meeting the business needs.	44
Described risks IT might face when implementing change, including any ethical and/or social issues brought about by the implementation of the new system.	48
Ensured academic writing, such as grammar, spelling, and

Marion is a 92-year-old patient who weighs 78 pounds.  She has had poor eating habits for at least 20 years and refused all attempts by her two daughters to improve her nutrition.  In addition, Marion had been a heavy smoker all her life and suffered frequent respiratory problems.  During the past two years she has become quite forgetful, has suffered a broken hip as a result of a fall out of bed, and has been treated for pneumonia.  Her daughters, who have their own family responsibilities and cannot bring their mother to live with them, have found an excellent nursing home near them.  In spite of Marion’s protests, she enters the nursing home.  However, she quickly adjusts to her new home and likes the care and the attention that she receives.

 

During her third week in the nursing home, Marion develops a cough, high temperature, and respiratory problems.  She is hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumonia.  Marion immediately becomes disoriented and attempts to remove her intravenous and oxygen tubing.  Since she tried to climb out of bed, her daughters must remain at her side.  The attending physician tells the daughters that in addition to treatment for pneumonia, Marion will also need to have a pacemaker inserted to regulate her heartbeat.  Marion would then be unable to return to the nursing home since the facility is not equipped to care for someone recovering from surgery.

 

One of Marion’s daughters has been granted a medical power of attorney for her mother.  Before Marion became confused, she clearly explained to her daughters her wishes not to receive extraordinary measures to prolong her life.  She also signed a living will indicating her wishes.  After thoughtful discussion with other family members, Marion’s daughters tell the physician that they do not want to put their confused mother through the surgical procedure.  They state that they want to spare her the pain of recovery from a surgical procedure since she is quite confused and elderly.  Further, they are concerned that their mother will not survive an anesthetic and a surgical procedure in her frail condition.

 

The physician seems to be understanding of this decision.  He says that he will place their request in Marion’s chart not to have the pacemaker inserted.  However, the floor nurses take the daughters aside on several occasions to tell them that this is not a dangerous procedure and that they need to sign a permit for surgery.  In fact, the nurses make the daughters feel that they are not acting in their mother’s best interests by not signing the surgical permit.  Marion returns to the nursing home without a pacemaker.  She lives another four years without any cardiac problems.

 

1. Were the nurses carrying out their responsibility as licensed healthcare professionals or were they overstepping their role?

 

2. Were Marion’s daughters acting in the best interests of their mother since they knew that if she had the surgery she could not return to the nursing home where she was receiving good care?

 

3. What should happen when a physician agrees with the family members and the nursing staff does not?

 

 

Case Study II

 

Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant.  He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN.  He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch.  A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in 30 minutes.  He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and always gives him a personal supply of Valium when he has to fly.  No one except Jerry is in the office at this time.  What should he do?

 

1. Does Jerry’s medical training qualify him to issue this refill order?  Why or why not?

 

2. Would it make a difference if the medication requested were for control of high blood pressure that the patient critically needed on a daily basis?  Why or why not?

 

3. If Jerry does call in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction to it while flying, is Jerry protected from a lawsuit under the doctrine of respondeat superior?

 

4. What is your advice to Jerry?

 

 

PART II: LIRN ACTIVITY

 

Directions: After reading the following LIRN article in your Module 3 Lecture Notes, please answer the question below.  Your response should be 1 to 2 paragraphs in length.

 

• Feng, Z., Wright, B., & Mor, V. (2012).  Sharp rise in Medicare enrollees being held in hospitals for observation raises concerns about causes and consequences. Health Affairs, 31(6), 1251-9.  Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1021174889?accountid=141600

 

According to the article, hospital observation services can be seen as a halfway point between emergency department treatment and full inpatient admission.  There has been a rising trend in the prevalence and duration of hospital observation services in the fee-for-service Medicare population.  Please discuss whether these hospital observation services are a damaging and unethical practice.

 

 

PART III: RESEARCH

 

Directions: Discuss the type of information that is available on the website for the American Medical Association (www.ama-assn.org).  Click on the Resources tab and then click on Legal Issues.

 

 

Then read the Hot Topics: Important and timely medical-legal issues.

 

 

 

Read and summarize some of the important points mentioned.  Your response should be 100 to 200 words.  Please remember to use proper APA citation.  Please visit the Academic Resource Center (ARC) for helpful APA guidelines.

Step 1: Review Foundation Research Reports

Visit this foundation’s Web site, selecting the “Complimentary Resources” tab and then the tabs listed below, reviewing content available as these resources will be used during the course. Explore the following tabs:

• Effective Practice Guidelines: These are concise, research-based resources commonly used by practicing human resources professionals.
• Executive Briefings: These are excellent summaries of information on key human resource topics and initiatives.
• Research Reports: These are white papers examining contemporary human resources issues.

Step 2: Select a Company

Select a current company from this Web site to serve as the focal point of research and analysis during this course. You must notify the instructor of your choice of company by Tuesday of Week 2. You may NOT change the company selected during the course.

Step 3: Web Site In-Depth Review

About Section

• Review information on the company’s mission, core values, history, leadership, and strategy.
• Review the company’s history and examine its global presence in terms of production, facilities, manpower and corporate social responsibility.
• Review the company’s products or services, examining possible differences by geographic region or subsidiary/division.
• Review the company’s use of technology, examining possible differences by geographic region, product, subsidiary/division, or functional department (marketing, legal, information services, human resources, advertising, etc.).
• Review the company’s human resources philosophy and examine the demographics of its workforce, paying close attention to policies or practices relative to diversity, affirmative action, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.

Investor Relations Section

• Download and read the most recent SEC Form 10K, Annual Report, focusing on the Management Discussion and Analysis section and human capital related costs detailed in the financial statements and related footnotes.
• Download and read the most recent SEC Form DEF15A, Proxy Statement, focusing on Executive Compensation, the Report of the Compensation Committee, and compensation plans up for vote or ratification by shareholders, if any.
• Download and read Press Releases published over past 24 months, noting strategic initiatives that involve or affect human capital.

Careers Section

• Review Careers Landing Page and examine content that communicates the company’s people philosophy and shares insights on what it is like to work at the company.
• Review the company’s approach to recruiting experienced hires, job positing process, and college recruiting.
• Review the company’s compensation philosophy and its approach to total rewards.

Step 3: Assessment of the Current Human Resources Environment

Based on analysis of information obtained in Steps 1–3, prepare a professionally written report assessing the current human resources environment, suitable for presentation to the senior executives of the company. Your report should present your assessment of the human resource management topics listed below, indicating the impact of each on the company. The body of the report should be 8–10 pages excluding title, references page(s), and any appendices.

• Employee Engagement Strategies
• Global Talent Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Human Resource Technology
• Employment Law and Human Rights Issues
• Emerging Trends in Human Resource Management
• Human Capital Challenges in the 21st Century
• Best Practices in Human Resource Management

References

Fortune 500 2014. (2015). Fortune. Retrieved from http://fortune.com/fortune500/

SHRM Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.shrm.org/foundation

Option #1: Technology Impact on Healthcare Decision Making

For this assignment you will write a paper addressing the following:

Technological advances have changed the way medical care is practiced and delivered. Identify and describe three of the most significant clinical and/or information technological changes you have seen in the last five years. Discuss the influence each technological change on a specific aspect of healthcare. Consider the influence on decision making and ethical choice from the patient and healthcare provider/professional’s perspective. End your evaluation by considering whether technology brings great benefits, but also produces new ethical dilemmas for health care based on your research and assessment.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be three to four pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
• Be formatted in APA
• Support your analysis by referencing and citing at least three (3) credible sources other than the course textbooks, readings, or lecture.
• Use headings to organize your work.