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Guidelines for Developing a Case

Review the case studies provided in this course for descriptions of mental illness. Then use the following guidelines to develop your fictitious case. Your case should not name the diagnosis, but should describe the symptoms that are present for the individual in the case.

A case may include some or all of the following elements in varying degrees:

Presenting problem: Why is the person presenting for treatment? How severe is the problem? How does this issue interfere with the person’s family, work, friendships, leisure activities, and relationships? What has the person done to try to solve the problem and with what success?

History of problem: How long have these issues been experienced? Have there been times when the
Problem was absent? When did the problem first occur?

Prior treatment history: Has this issue ever been treated before? If so, how and when? Have any
psychotropic medications been prescribed?

Medical history: Does the person have any physical illnesses or disabilities? Has the person ever been
hospitalized for medical illness or has the person been operated upon? Does the person take any
medications for medical issues?

Family history: Whom does the person live with? Is the family intact? How many siblings are there? Are
there any step-siblings or half-siblings? Are there relatives who have been diagnosed or treated for
mental illness or substance abuse? Do any family members have any significant medical disease or
illness?

Developmental history: Was the prenatal and childhood development normal? Were there any
remarkable issues to note?

Educational history: How far has the person gone in school? Did the person experience any academic or behavioral problems during school?

Work history: Does the person have a career? How stable is the work history? Has the person
experienced problems with coworkers or supervisors?

Legal history: Has the person ever been arrested or served time in prison? If so, what were the charges?

Sexual relationship history: Is the person sexually active? Has the person ever experienced domestic
violence? Has there been a divorce? What is the identified sexual orientation?

Case Study 1: GE Healthcare (A): Innovating for Emerging Markets

Read the case study titled “GE Healthcare (A): Innovating for Emerging Markets” located in the XanEdu case pack (Link Below)

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Determine two (2) emerging trends in the external environment that prompted General Electric (GE) Healthcare to develop a new strategy for the production and marketing of a low cost Electroencephalography (EEG) machine in bottom of the pyramid markets (BOP).

2. Examine two (2) internal barriers GE Healthcare faced when developing its BOP market in India and determine the manner in which they hindered GE Healthcare’s growth in this market segment.

3. Analyze two (2) of the significant external barriers that GE Healthcare faced when trying to meet its marketing goals in the Indian market. Propose two (2) ways to address these barriers.

4. Analyze the specific steps GE took in developing its strategy to grow its BOP market. Determine the manner in which those actions apply to the principles of strategic thinking and strategic planning.

5. Determine the manner in which GE Healthcare’s strategy to improve its position in BOP markets contributed to the organization’s value chain in both emerging and developed markets.

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 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

· Differentiate between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.

· Analyze the significance of the external environment’s impact on health care organizations.

· Examine the role of internal environmental analysis in identifying the basis for sustained competitive advantage.

· Examine the organizational value chain, including the components of the service delivery and support activities.

· Examine barriers to new product development that comply with initiatives in the health care industry.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in the strategic management of health care organizations.

The final policy paper is cumulative and covers Chapters 1 – 16 of McLaughlin and McLaughlin (2014) textbook. To complete the final assignment you are required to use at least eight peer-reviewed sources with at least two from Ashford University Library. Click to watch Kaiser Permanente Overview of U.S. Health Policy.

Choose four policy analysis processes and apply each one to a policy case (you may use a previous week’s case) or choose from the list below:

Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Policy response to the problem of suicide in Australia

Cross-national analysis of expenditure changes in 27European nations 1995–2011

Proposition 63: Should Other States Follow California’s Lead?

Provide details on the other policy processes that were not utilized in your research. How could they be applied? Why would they be applicable?

All applicable information from previous weeks must be included.

A conclusion MUST be included at the end of the paper summarizing the key aspects of health policy.

Writing the Final Paper

Write a paper of approximately three to four pages in length (750-1000 words) according to the following instructions. Use at least one of the readings on the syllabus as a source; be sure to quote from it, and then explain the quotations. In other words, display your knowledge of the text and the issues involved related to it. Cite the source parenthetically: E.g., David Winter claims, “such and such” (Winter, 16). For many topics, you might usefully draw on more than one of the texts from our syllabus.

In general, the paper should deal with an issue of interpretation (hermeneutics), i.e., how to interpret the meaning of a religious text (or tradition) and how we can discern its meaning for our contemporary context. Within those parameters, you are free to choose your own topic.

For example, you may choose to write about the relation of religion and science by discussing how to interpret the creation account in Genesis and the Big Bang theory or the theory of evolution (see Winter and Cunningham/Kelsay). Or you may prefer to think about the meaning of resurrection in the New Testament gospels (see Borg). Or you may wish to write about one of the issues of sexual ethics (see Countryman). Or you may decide to think about embodiment and female identity in Hinduism and Christianity (using the works of Rita Gross or Georges Bataille). Or you may wish to write about church/state issues and how the Constitution should be interpreted in such cases (see Esbeck and Smith). Etc.

In any of those cases, be sure to explain how interpretation works by drawing on at least one of the appropriate readings (chapter 4 of The Sacred Quest; David Winter’s Believing the Bible; Hauer & Young’s “The Proclaimer”; Borg’s The Meaning of Jesus; Countryman’s “New Testament Sexual Ethics”; Rita Gross’s “Hindu Female Deities”; Bataille’s Eroticism; the articles by Esbeck and Smith on church/state issues). You may also reference the documentary For the Bible Tells Me Soif it fits your topic in addition to the reading(s) you are discussing. All of these works give guidance for how to interpret. Be sure to explain what they say as part of what you are trying to explain.
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The criteria and requirement were in the Structure template and support material

Use the web to research in what specific way structural adjustment demands from the IMF and/or World Bank have affected the fate of a country of your choice. Briefly summarize your findings in your post and explain in what way your ideology was responsible for these results

How Most Corrections Treatment Programs are evaluated

Poo1
Read about leadership development, particularly Chapter 15 of the textbook. Also research leadership development in business organizations of interest to you and use these examples to support your answers. Respond to the following: •Do the benefits of leadership development programs outweigh the costs?
•Is leadership development an individual or strategic choice?
Be certain to integrate the readings and research from the online library to support your opinions. You must cite your sources in text and include multiple references in addition to the textbook for your initial response and your replies.
Post your primary response. Be sure to review your writing for grammar and spelling before posting.
Poo2
Read the case “Curses, Foiled Again in France” in your textbook. Using the case and an organization that you are familiar with as a frame of reference, respond to the following: •Do you think Erin Barker will eventually be successful in her role in international liaison? Why/Why not?
•What would your approach in a similar role be? How would you deal with issues arising from cultural diversity? Suggest two or three viable measures.
Be certain to integrate the readings and research from the online library to support your opinions. You must cite your sources in text and include multiple references in addition to the textbook for your initial response and your replies.
Post your primary response. Be sure to review your writing for grammar and spelling before posting.

1) Consider Pat who is active duty military or in the Reserves. Pat enlisted during a time when jobs were scarce, and our country had not been involved in armed conflict for a number of years. At the time it seemed like enlistment was the best chance of getting job skills, and perhaps a college education when the period of enlistment ended. Considering these very real benefits, Pat mentally blocked the possibility that a war could break out and military and Reserve personnel could be required to serve in it: the mere thought was scary and, besides, Pat grew up in a family with shared opposition to war and hearing from older relatives about all the problems associated with the Vietnam War. Just months before Pat’s period of enlistment was to end, a war broke out and deployments were rapidly underway. If you were Pat, how do you suppose you would feel about this war and your involvement in it? In particular, how do you think you would feel when hearing from those who took the position, “I support our troops, but I oppose the war”? Using the concept of cognitive dissonance, reflect on whether such a belief system is even truly possible (i.e., how can one hold both those two beliefs in the same mind and feel both supportive and oppositional?)

2) Describe a situation not associated with war that you have observed that would be likely to arouse dissonance?

For this assignment, read the case study, “Astor Lodge & Suites, Inc.,” on page 324 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

1. Discuss the importance of utilizing integrated marketing communications within an organization.

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of Astor Lodge’s IMC program including areas where they are doing well and areas they need to develop.

3. Based upon the provided hotel segmentation and profile, is Astor Lodge positioning and branding themselves attractively? What might they consider to increase their brand equity?

4. Considering all elements of the marketing mix, what would you recommend to Astor Lodge’s marketing manager with an eye on their end goal of profitability and growth in EBITA within the next two years?

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced. References should include your textbook plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations per APA guidelines.