What do you think is the competitive advantage of a company with a strong brand identity such as Intel or Coke? How can the use of technology advance such a brand identity? Give specific examples. What advantage can be offered to competitors against such a brand identity through technology?

Before any IS can be utilized effectively, it must be analyzed in the context of the IT infrastructure. Briefly describe two considerations that must be taken into account before an IS can be deployed within the environment of the current IT infrastructure. What are possible solutions if these considerations are not met? Support your answers with examples.

 

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Private University, a private nonprofit educational institution located in Califor­nia, decides to issue “Shares in Learning” certificates in a one-time offering to the public. These shares will be sold for $500 each and entitle the bearer to redeem each certificate for two undergraduate or one graduate college credit in any of its schools at any time in the future. The shares may also be resold without restric­tion by the initial purchaser. The offering will be made via the Internet.

Will the offering need to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933? Explain. Does your answer differ if “Shares in Learning” are issued by Private College, a proprietary for-profit institution that does business in all 50 states? Why?

Guided Response:
Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner. Some ways to do this include the following, though you may choose a different approach, providing your response is substantive:

Agree or disagree with your classmate’s post. Posit facts that might change the outcome of the analysis.

 

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I have a Set of Questions, i need help with completing it. 

it is attached. each question is separated by a line. total of 15 questions – 1 page to 10 pages. ( it is a project)

I only have 2 weeks to complete these assignments. 

please read through the attached page than decide if you are able to answer exactly what is asked, without plagiarizing and copy/past.

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Activity Instructions: Employee Performance Appraisal Guidelines

Your health care organization has just decided to implement annual employee performance appraisals. This is

a new process for all employee levels, and management is concerned that there may be reluctance or

hesitation to put much effort into this process. You are given the responsibility of providing training on the

appraisal process. This activity is comprised of two parts. (100 points) (15 slides and a 2-page handout are

required for the combination of Parts A and B)

Part A

Create a PowerPoint presentation addressing the following information:(15 slides are required.)

(75 points)

1. Warn of dangers in conducting performance appraisals (20 points)

2. Provide tips and techniques to conduct an employee performance appraisal (30 points)

3. Make suggestions about conducting the appraisal meeting or interview (25 points)

Part B

Develop a handout to accompany the PowerPoint presentation listing the guidelines for

conducting performance appraisals. This may contain much of the same information as the

slide show. (A 2-page handout is required.) (25 points)

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Discuss the distinction between job training and management development using examples that are relevant to

a health care setting. (24 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

4_10

Identify the five (5) methods outlined in Dessler (2008, p. 296), then formulate a set of actions for four (4) of the

methods that would make the learning meaningful by incorporating and communicate a hospital’s vision for

“Excellence Now” in all staff training. (26 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

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Activity: Training and Development Case Study

This Activity is comprised of four (4) parts. (100 points) (A 4-page response is required for the combination of

Parts A, B, C, and D.)

Case Study

Associated Memorial Health Centers (AMHC), a family practice clinic with 250 employees and nine (9)

locations servicing the suburbs of a large city, is facing a variety of HR issues. The HR manager conducted an

HR audit in order to evaluate the problems and make recommendations for improvement. Her findings fell into

four categories: retention issues, staff complaints, patent concerns, and clinical incidents.

1.

Retention Issues: Focusing specifically on RN staffing, one of the most critical positions for AMHC, the

current RN turnover rate is 26%. The RN vacancy rate or the percentage of open positions for RNs is

20%.

2.

Staff Complaints: The HR Manager, through staff interviews, learned that AMHC’s employees were

concerned about a variety of issues including late performance reviews, a lack of promotional

opportunities, and poor communications between supervisors and staff.

3.

Patient Concerns: The HR manager evaluated patient feedback forms to gain insight into the HR

issues. From the patient feedback, a number of related HR issues were identified. These consisted of

rude behavior on the part of patient schedulers, inattentiveness to patients by reception staff, and long

waits by patients without explanation.

4.

Clinical Incidents: In order to evaluate the effect of the HR issues on the quality of patient care being

provided by AMHC, the HR manager reviewed data on clinical incidents. Two important categories of

clinical incidents were noted.

a.

20% of x-rays taken had to be retaken due to poor quality.

b.

15% of laboratory test results reports were lost or misfiled, requiring either re-tests or a delay

in reporting.

The HR manager was very concerned about the findings; however, she was confident that with effective HR

efforts that these problems can be resolved. She asks you to investigate the problems for her. Write a memo to

the HR manager that discusses the following.

Part A

Discuss five (5) HR training and development responsibilities that would address the problems

in the case study. (25 points)

Part B

Discuss five (5) training and development responsibilities that HR should share with AMHC’s

management in solving the problems above. (25 points)

Part C

Discuss five (5) factors that organizational orientation would help resolve. (25 points)

Part D

Discuss five (5) factors that departmental orientation would help resolve. (25 points)

5_12

Discuss three (3) reasons why employees decide to join or form a union. Explain why supervisors play a key

role in an organization’s nonunion preventive management plan. As discussed in the Lecture and Research

Update, companies may chose to adopt a nonunion policy and implement their preventive management plan or

just simply implement the plan without adopting the policy. Which do you feel is the better method and why?

(25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

5_13

Research three (3) sources and discuss four (4) issues related to an HR perspective toward health care labor

relations. You may use your textbook, the Required Readings, or ProQuest to answer this question. Be sure to

include a bibliography using APA format.(25 points)(A 1½-page response is required.)

5_14

Activity #5: Labor Relations in the Health Care Industry

Select one area of the health care industry and research five (5) articles on ProQuest concerning labor

relations in that specific health care field. Include a bibliography in APA format. (100 points) (A 4-page response

is required.)

1.

Summary of the problem or discussion presented in the article

2.

Conclusions or recommendations of the author

3.

Your opinion(s) of the conclusions or recommendations the author makes with supporting reasons

4.

Effects this problem or discussion has (or would have if applied) on the health care field you are

researching

6_15

Visit the OSHA Web site (www.osha.gov) and summarize their policy regarding hazard communication. Include

information on the following five (5) issues: hazard communication standard, MSDS requirement, hazard plan,

foreign language requirements, and lock-out regulations. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

6_16

Explain at least five (5) techniques for reducing unsafe conditions and acts. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is

required.)

Stand-Alone Project_17

Stand-Alone Project: Strategic Health Care HR (300 points)

You should begin working on the Stand-Alone Project early in the course. Each assignment provides a

benchmark for completing the Stand-Alone Project in a timely manner while working through the course. You

will find this information in the “Stand-Alone Project Benchmark” section of each assignment.

Instructions: You are the HR Director for Washington Memorial Hospital, a sixty-year old, 250-bed acute care

hospital located downtown in a major city. The hospital has been renovated several times over the years and is

a landmark in the city. About ten years ago the mayor and the city council began a revitalization project to bring

businesses and residents back downtown and establish the downtown area as a conference hub for

conventions as well. Their plans have been going well.

Finances at Washington Memorial have been tight for the last few years. The hospital employs emergency

department physicians along with all hospital support staff. Because of its location, many doctors and patients

have been reluctant to use the hospital in the past. The recently hired hospital administrator, however, has

plans to change that. She has a vision of making Washington Memorial a “Center of Excellence” in cardiac care

and surgery and believes that the cardiac department can be a major profit center for the facility. Monies have

been made available to begin the changes and to support the hospital for a few years until the revamping has

taken place and the hospital is profitable again.

The hospital administrator has hired several consultants who are working on marketing and other strategies for

the hospital’s new image, and now you have been asked to look strategically at HR services in light of the

changes that are being made. The hospital administrator states that the three most important HR goals are the

following.

1.

Attracting the best cardiac surgeons and specialists to Washington Memorial, making it a “Center of

Excellence” able to provide the best cardiac surgery and care available.

2.

Training present staff who wish to remain at the hospital and are willing to adjust professionally.

3.

Providing a safe workplace for the staff and patients.

This Stand-Alone Project is comprised of three parts. Develop a plan to support this new strategy through

human resources by completing Parts A, B, and C. (A 13-page response and 15 slides are required.) (300

points)

Part A

Washington Hospital, by hiring a cardiac team, is signaling an interest in changing

its image and conducting organizational renewal. HR can play an important role in

the process in four (4) basic areas:

1.

Total Quality Program’s

2.

Team-Based Organization

3.

Reengineering

4.

Flexible Work Schedules

Part B

Write a report detailing how each of the following will support the changes.(156

points) (A 10-page response is required.)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Part C

HR Strategy

Recruiting

Compensation and Benefits

Training and Development

Employee Relations

Safety

Washington Memorial will need to hire several qualified staff persons. Prepare a

handout to be presented to the hospital administrator and hospital board explaining

the assistance that the HR department can give to medical personnel concerning

the interview process. (63 points) (A 3-page response is required.)

 

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Connecting Your Learning10A
Competencies Addressed in This Assignment
Competency 1: Dissect criminal justice ethical issues and practices.
Competency 2: Apply human rights standards.
Competency 3: Compare different ethics systems in a criminal justice community and leadership context.
Competency 4: Articulate how personal biases affect ethical approaches to criminal justice dilemmas.
Instructions
For this assignment, prepare a 4–6-page paper (1–1.5 pages per competency for Competencies 1 through 4), focused on the course competencies and address two key areas of learning for each competency. Competency 5 will be showcased through your coverage of Competencies 1–4.

 

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This week, your assignment is going to be pieced together. You have created a business, identified trending issues, identified possible other ethical issues and done your best to get all of your employees on board.

All that is left is the presentation itself. For your submission this week you are asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation for your employees with accompanying/corresponding presenter notes for your reader. The PowerPoint slide presentation itself will include what is ethically expected of your employees on a day to day basis, all identified trending issues from Module 02, and all identified possible issues from Module 03 and guidance on what actions employees should be taking in these ethical dilemmas.

Given the fact that you are not presenting this PowerPoint and because a PowerPoint cannot present itself, you are asked to include accompanying “reader/presenter” notes in the notes section below each slide. These are the key notes that describe, explain and teach what the slide is trying to convey. Please note that a PowerPoint is not generally wordy and paragraphs should not be included on a slide. The slide itself is used as a visual for the audience and the notes section, which would be read by the presenter, is where the substance comes in.

Keep in mind it is HR’s job to expose all dilemmas that may plague their company or employees and adequately educate all employees so these concerns are not encountered in the workplace.

Your PowerPoint must be creative and a minimum of 10 slides not including the introduction or the reference slide.

Please make sure to view attach file also

 

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