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Managing patient access has become both expensive and problematic. Discuss how a physician would manage patient access to care and contrast this with how an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) manages patient access to care. Discuss the pros and cons of each. Clearly outline the type of restrictions and limits of the new ACO paradigm.

Rely on peer-reviewed journals, the Federal Register, and the Library of Congress for your research and incorporate at least one new law or regulation (from the last twenty-four months) that addresses this issue.

Please cite with in text citations in apa format

One of the most beneficial exercises in a course exploring ethics is to develop a paper that allows you the opportunity to create connections between your personal view of ethics and the theory under discussion. The nature of ethical decision making encompasses recognition, analysis and resolution.  We often don’t make a decision because it’s ethical, but rather, because it makes sense from our personal view of the situation.  That is, ethical decisions happen “after the fact” as we begin to see the actual implications of the decision.

With this in mind, your paper should explore current ethical issues in the workplace that are relevant to your current career or the career that you are preparing to pursue. Your task is to begin to explore the possible issues within your workplace and choose one to focus on throughout the course as you begin to build your final paper. Please consider the following as possible approaches for this final paper:

• Illustrate the impact of organizational goals and objectives, structure, culture, environment, ethics policies, and incentive systems on ethical behavior within an organization
• Evaluate and revise an ethics program to increase ethical behavior within an organizational environment.
• Create and systematically apply a defensible ethical moral framework to a contemporary ethics issue. To systematically apply the ethical moral framework, you must use the framework consistently as you describe the ethics issue. Explore the issue using the framework you create. HINT: This is done through the application of one of the theories we have read about in this module.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Employment issues (sexual harassment, diversity, discrimination, etc.)
• Performance appraisal and compensation
• Terminations
• Privacy
• Financial and accounting measures
• Using reward systems to enhance ethical behavior and/or reinforce unethical behavior
• Communicating ethics
• Corporate social responsibility

Your final paper will be developed in four parts (topic, outline, draft, and final paper) throughout the course.

This activity is the first step in developing a final paper for this course.  From the list of possible topics, explore the possible issues within your workplace and choose one to focus on throughout the course as you begin to build your final paper. Make sure you spend time researching your topic before submission of this part; you need to know if there is sufficient information available for you to write a paper on the topic. Using MS Word, create a one-page document that describes your “topic and thesis sentence” for your Individual Research Project.  Use the following information to help you identify your topic:

• View:
  • NCSU Libraries. (2014, May 1). Picking your topic is research [Video file] [3 min 10 sec]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0B3Gjlu-1o
• Read:
  • Rosakis, L. (2007). Schaum’s quick guide to writing great research papers (2nd ed.). pp. 11-28. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excelsior/reader.action?docID=10204587&ppg=25
  • OWL Purdue University Online Writing Lab. (2015). Developing strong thesis statements. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/1/

The topic of your project is a statement about the primary focus of your paper. This provides an overview of what you will explore.  Your thesis, or topic sentence(s), tells the reader what your essay will discuss, explore, explain, argue, etc. This sentence(s) should provide a clear and concise statement about the point of your paper to help narrow the focus from the broader topic.

Your instructor must approve the topic and thesis statement before you complete the next step of your paper. This helps you create a strong foundation for the rest of your work throughout the course.

Write a 2 page paper with 2-3 references discussing supply chain and distribution channels. You may include one or two small graphics to further explain your position.

In your paper explain how you would set up your supply chain and the distribution channel of your product.

Additionally answer the following:

• How would you improve logistics that are commonly used today in order to get your product in the hands of the consumer?

Include a cover sheet and 2-3 references.  References should be obtained through the Grantham University online library.  Only one website reference will be allowed (not Wikipedia).  Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th ed., 2nd printing when writing and submitting assignments and papers.

For this assignment, you will have a chance to put into practice all you have been learning throughout this course. You will analyze the personality development of one of the theorists studied in this course from three different theoretical perspectives.

Choose one of the theorists you have studied this term. Use your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources to research the life history of the theorist.

Do the following:

1. Describe the major life events of the theorist that you feel influenced his or her personality development.
2. Describe the cultural influences that had an influence on the chosen theorist’s personality development.
3. Analyze this person from Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective.
4. Analyze this person from two other theoretical perspectives studied in this course, except for the trait perspective.
5. Summarize and present your critical opinion about how well (or not) these theories explain the person.

Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

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

NO PLAG OR I WILL DISPUTE THIS MUST BE DONE RIGHT WITH ORIGINAL WORK

Data-Driven Decision Making Using Microsoft Excel

This assignment must be completed and submitted using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls). Provide a source for each equation you use. Sources must be listed at the bottom of the spreadsheet. No title page or additional formatting is required.

1. Channels of Communication
   • It has been estimated that project managers spend up to 90% of their time communicating and your position at Roto Air is typical. Calculate the number of possible channels of communication if the project team were to grow to nine members, Important: show your work.
   • The total number of stakeholders, including the project team, is estimated at 75 people. Calculate how many more possible channels of communication the additional stakeholders beyond the team members represent. Important: show your work.
2. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR)
   • Roto Air plans to spend $1,000,000 on this project, resulting in a total savings of $2,500,000 over the life of the project. Calculate the Benefit Cost Ratio. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
   • Roto Air also considered another project that would have partially satisfied their needs. It would have required a $750,000 investment and would result in a savings of $125,000 per year for 10 years. Calculate the Benefit Cost Ratio. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
   • Comparing only the BCRs, explain which project should Roto Air should have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
3. Payback Period
   • Calculate the payback period for the $1,000,000 investment shown above. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
   • Calculate the payback period for the $750,000 investment shown above. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
   • Comparing only on the payback periods, explain which project should Roto Air have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
4. Net Present Value (NPV)
   • Calculate the Net Present Value of Roto Air’s $1,000,000 investment with a $250,000 annual savings for 10 years when the interest rate averages 3% annually. Important: show your work.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

 

The underlying topic this week is effective communications. Learning how to conduct efficient project kick off meetings, lessons learned activities, and tools to evaluate meetings are discussed together because these are all tools that project managers routinely use to communicate with the project team, sponsor, and other stakeholders.

Being a good communicator is a vital part of project management. The project management institute says that effective communication is more than just giving facts, “it makes people understand the role they play in the project. Done right, communication engages everyone who touches the project, from executives and end users to project managers and their teams” (PMI, 2013a, p. 3).

In a 2013 study by the Project Management Institute that interviewed 742 experienced full-time project managers, 148 project sponsors, and 203 business owners, it was found that projects with highly effective communications were delivered on schedule 71% of the time and on budget 76% of the time. Projects with less effective communications were delivered on time and on budget 37% and 48% respectively (PMI, 2013b).

A well-run kick off meeting is one of the keys to project success. In fact, research on team development tells us that a project kick off meeting is a critical step in ensuring project managers have a functional team from the beginning (Larson & Gray, 2014). One reason for this is that critical first impressions of the project, the project manager, and team members are formed during this meeting. The kick off meeting is also used for introducing team members and sharing the mission, vision, and scope of the project.

Crucial to a well-run meeting is preparation and this includes creating a well thought out meeting agenda. While some elements of the agenda may remain the same from project to project, the time needed for the kickoff meeting and what is needed in each meeting vary depending on the project.

Project managers often write out the project scope on their meeting agendas and may include the time allotted for each part of the agenda (for example 1:00 – 1:15, team introductions). Having a time allotted for each agenda item can be used as a tool to keep the meetings on track.

A kick off meeting agenda may include:

1. Welcome to the team by the project manager
2. Project overview – charter, scope, proposal, and budget
3. Introduction of team members, their titles, and experience
4. The roles and responsibilities of the team members and departments
5. Processes and procedures
6. Closing comments
7. Questions and answers

This week we will be creating PowerPoint slides for both the kick off and the lessons learned meetings. A fun way to review things to avoid when creating a PowerPoint presentation is to watch the short YouTube video by comedian Don McMillan found in this week’s recommended resources.

This week we will also concentrate on quantitative (numerical) ways to evaluate a project. Project managers may use these methods to evaluate a project and as supporting data when communicating with team members and project sponsors.

In this week’s assignment you will be doing a variety of calculations in Excel. This assignment has two goals (a) to increase how familiar you are with MS Excel and (2) to introduce you to a useful project manager’s use.

The recommended resources this week are great supplements to the textbook and may be helpful in completing this assignment.

AccountingExplained (2013). Payback Period. Retrieved from http://accountingexplained.com/managerial/capital-budgeting/payback-period

• Explains Payback Period

HowTech.Office (August 13, 2013). How to calculate net present value (Npv) in Excel

[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG68UMupJzs

• Walks through how to calculate NPV in Excel

Passionate Project Management (December 14, 2014). A game of telephone –Project Communications.

Retrieved from https://www.passionatepm.com/blog/game-telephone-project-communications

• Instructions on how to calculate channels of communications

Soulsaltcoaching (September, 27, 2015). Benefit Cost Ratio. [Video file]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcKkun5GYcE

• Instructions on how to calculate benefit cost ratios

MS Excel

Project managers have a variety of tools in their toolbox and one of the most popular tools is MS Excel. MS Excel is an incredibly powerful program that does everything from simple calculations to analyzing large amounts of data. As a project manager you will most likely be using Excel every day, so take the time to learn this program and some of its functionality now.

We will be using Excel in this course (this week in fact). One thing to remember is that when an assignment asks you to use MS Excel, you need to use the software to setup and complete the required calculations. Do not use Excel software as a word processor that only reports the results.

There are a lot of great MS Excel resources online, but here are a few sources to learn Excel that we thought were helpful.

LearningByVideos (2011, January 25). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #01– Screen Layout and a simple formula [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WIyXgBeha0

 LearningByVideos (2011, January 27). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #02–Sum and Average Function [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBMHF-GJCU

LearningByVideos (2011, January 27). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #03–Multiple Ranges in Single Formula [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0L5LYP7QQQ

LearningByVideos (2011, January 29). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #04–Autofill and Absolute Cell references [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpboXQr4W_k

LearningByVideos (2013, October 2). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #05–Absolute Cell Reference & Using Parentheses in formulas [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kamfAsr6AU

LearningByVideos (2013, October 3). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #06–Number Formatting [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yJ6Wc3501A

LearningByVideos (2013, October 3). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #07–Fonts and Alignment [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1IbM9BaQxs

LearningByVideos (2013, October 8). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #08–Formula deep dive [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdUTw2QE8sE

LearningByVideos (2013, December 23). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #09 – Tables [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VEsDqcCD3U

LearningByVideos (2014, May 30). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #10 – Filters [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBrWSRo4yTQ

This Week’s Assignment 

Things to remember in this assignment:

·         Use Excel to do the calculations.

·         Make sure your assignment stands on its own and easy to read and understand. Imagine giving your assignment to an Executive in your company. Is it neat? Easy to read and clear? Will someone who has not read the assignment understand what your calculations are for?  If your instructor cannot find or follow the calculations or follow your thought process, you will see that in your grade.

·         Please put everything on ONE tab in MS Excel. Waypoint only converts ONE tab in Excel.

·         Do check how your assignment looks in Waypoint and make sure it is clean and easy to read. If you need to re-format and resubmit do so. While your instructors can (and will) open the Excel Sheet, the only place they can give you feedback is in Waypoint and if your assign

Describe and compare non-parametric tests with other commonly used distribution-based tests; and describe why such tests are critical. Use credible resources to support why the tests are critical.

Write a paper in which you:

 

 

 

• Identify and discuss the tasks associated with the close-out of procurement contracts.
• Discuss the termination of contractual relationships and settlement of seller claims.
• Explain how to determine if all requirements of a procurement contract have been fulfilled by the buyer and the seller.
• Present a flowchart showing how to properly close-out a contract.
• Discuss how invoices that have not been submitted by vendors or that have been submitted by vendors but not yet paid should be handled.
• Identify any three of the questions listed in the “procurement management conformance” (Westland, 2007) checklist found on page 213 of the book “Project Management Life Cycle:  A Complete Step-by-Step Methodology for Initiating, Planning, Executing and Closing a Project Successfully” (2007) and reflect on the importance of asking these questions when closing procurement contracts and completing the project.

 

 

 

Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) external resources In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

 

 

 

Length: 11-13 pages not including title and reference pages. The flowchart will count toward the 11-13 page requirement.

 

 

 

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Write a paper in which you:

 

 

 

• Identify and discuss the tasks associated with the close-out of procurement contracts.
• Discuss the termination of contractual relationships and settlement of seller claims.
• Explain how to determine if all requirements of a procurement contract have been fulfilled by the buyer and the seller.
• Present a flowchart showing how to properly close-out a contract.
• Discuss how invoices that have not been submitted by vendors or that have been submitted by vendors but not yet paid should be handled.
• Identify any three of the questions listed in the “procurement management conformance” (Westland, 2007) checklist found on page 213 of the book “Project Management Life Cycle:  A Complete Step-by-Step Methodology for Initiating, Planning, Executing and Closing a Project Successfully” (2007) and reflect on the importance of asking these questions when closing procurement contracts and completing the project.

 

 

 

Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) external resources In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

 

 

 

Length: 11-13 pages not including title and reference pages. The flowchart will count toward the 11-13 page requirement.

 

 

 

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Safety Plan

Consider the following scenario.

You are the safety and occupational health professional for your city’s health department. You received a call from a major food-distribution warehouse about some employees who are complaining of dizziness and feeling sick.

The scene is a very large warehouse; a significant portion is refrigerated. The illnesses are being reported from a refrigerated section (about 40 degrees F), where workers are blister packing food products on a production line. The warehouse has 20 loading docks, two railroad car lines that end directly inside the warehouse (in close proximity to the production area), a dozen or so gas powered forklifts, and no sensors or environmental monitors of any kind except those associated with the refrigeration systems.

The warehouse manager is cooperative, but he points out that he is in the middle of contract negotiations with the union. He is also very proud of the fact that they have special seals on the loading dock doors and throughout the warehouse to keep the cold in and the heat out.

You cannot identify any discernible odors other than the exhaust from the forklifts when they move by you. There are four women waiting for you in the break room complaining of dizziness and lightheadedness. They are all comparing and complaining about their symptoms. There are 14 employees who work in this area of the warehouse: 12 women and 2 men.

Instructions:

Based on the given scenario, develop a plan of action that includes how you would conduct the investigation, how you would identify possible sources of the problem, and your opinion on the likely source. BOS 3001, Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health Discuss the standards applicable to possible sources. Include several recommendations you would make to the manager to help solve the problem based on your research into documented best practices for similar situations. Note: You may make assumptions about the scenario in order to propose solutions (be certain to state your assumptions clearly).

Your Case Study must be four to six pages in length, double spaced. All sources used, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

 

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on  November 13, 2000, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued extensive ergonomics rules that required virtually all employers to create programs to protect employees against repetitive stress disorders. On March 7, 2001, Congress overturned those rules. In your opinion, was this the

The primary function of the job description paper is to increase understanding of your current, or a prospective, position. The following areas of the job description should be considered:

 

• Tasks,
• Tools and Technology,
• Knowledge,
• Skills and Abilities,
• Educational Requirements.

 

Submit a paper in which you describe each of the above mentioned areas of the job description from the vantage point of your chosen position. Provide two or more ways that you would advertise or recruit someone for that position (see chapter 4 of the textbook). In addition, include a description of at least two methods of assessment used when recruiting qualified candidates and why these two assessment methods would be most appropriate.

Writing the Job Description Paper:

 

• Must be three double-spaced pages in length, excluding the cover page and reference page, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.
• Must include a cover page that includes:
  • Name of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course number and name
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
• Must use APA style as outlined in your approved style guide to document all sources.
• Must include, on the final page, a Reference List that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide and has at least one reference in addition to the text.