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Each week, you review a recent article from Healthcare IT News. ( Two paragraphs, one for each article ( about 400 words altogether) and please cite them).

Healthcare IT News is the industry’s authoritative source covering the people, policy and technology driving next-generation healthcare in the U.S. and throughout the world. Since 2003, it has been the voice of health IT, delivering editorial insights about compelling topics such as electronic health records, health information exchange, privacy and security, data analytics, patient engagement, population health and revenue cycle management.

With hundreds of thousands of visitors each month, it is the place healthcare decision-makers go for timely, actionable news and analysis on the ever-changing health and healthcare landscape.

Instructions:

Review any TWO articles and make your initial post by 23:59 PM EST Sunday.
Your choice must be from PAGE 1 of the following link: HEALTHCARE IT NEWS (Links to an external site.)
The title of your post MUST be the headline of the article.
After posting your review, find a review of ONE article by another classmate, read that article (if you have not done so already) and share your thoughts with your classmate by 23:59 PM EST Sunday.

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Explain, discuss and critically evaluate how any TWO of the following Theories/Approaches contribute to our understanding of Leadership and Management in the modern workplace.

-  Style Theory

-  Contingency Theory

-  Transformational Theory

Requirements

This 2,500 words assignment is to be typed in an essay format.  You are only allowed 10% more or 10% of the expected word count.  The structure should include:

Expected Format of the Essay

Introduction:

Main Body:

Conclusions:

List of References:

References need to be provided in an alphabetical order.

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WRITE A BRIEF ABOUT A CASEI HAVE CREATED. THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL CASE DEALING WITH AN EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM. YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY HIRED TO REPRESENT THE PARTIES.YOU WILL BE EXPLAINED HOW TO USE  IRAC, THAT IS THE FORMAT ATTORNEYS USE TO WRITE LEGAL BRIEFS. 

Mrs. Jones is your client she comes to you with the following set of facts. Mrs. Jones is a 42 year old African American female with a high school degree, who has worked in many retail stores for over 20 years. Her positions have varied from stocking, clerking, purchasing, as well as Asst. store manager and store manager with 5 different companies. Mrs. Jones walks with a limp and uses a cane and weighs 275 lbs.      Mrs. Jones has seen an advertisement for a clerk job at XYZ drug stores. She sends in her resume and has an interview within a few days. One week later she calls to find out if she got the job and is told no.  Company gave it to a less experienced white male with no health or physical problems age 30.
Mrs. Jones sues XYZ Company for not hiring her.
List all issues that relate to the facts given for Mrs. Jones AND for XYZ Company as well. Intertwine these issues with the law and determine what the courts may find.
After 6 months of hard negotiations by you as the attorney and XYZ attorneys, a settlement is reached.  Mrs. Jones is hired as an Asst. manager of one of the many stores the company owns. She is being paid 50 pct. less than the other store managers which she was aware of in the settlement agreement. After working for the company for 3 years at the same store (age 45) she got a promotion to store manager and 3 annual raises. She is still however 50 pct. lower in pay than the other managers.  Mrs. Jones has difficulty sometimes because of her limp and use of a cane. It is very difficult for her to use the bathroom  because of her weight and the size of the toilet. 
Mrs. Jones had complained to her supervisor that the toilet was too small and needed to be changed. She also complained that 2 other employees were making fun of her and teasing her because of her weight ( now 290 lbs. ) They called her “ FATTY’”.  Her supervisor said just ignore it not a big deal and toughen up. He also told Mrs. Jones to loose weight and the toilet would not be a problem.  Mrs. Jones went to the HR manager and explained all of the above.  She also told the HR manager that her supervisor came drunk sometimes when he  checked on her store . Finally after this meeting the HR manager talked to Mrs. Jones supervisor and gave him a warning (as to the drinking only ) even though the supervisor and the HR manger  did talk about all the issues that Mrs. Jones mentioned. Mrs. Jones is feeling very emotionally distraught and needs to take a couple of weeks from work. After 2 weeks she comes back to work and 5 days later her supervisor terminates her for poor work performance
Like above , list up all the issues that Mrs. Jones has as well as all the issues XYZ Company has and the other employees involved in the facts have as well.  Again intertwine all of the issues with the law and determine what the courts may find 

Please use you:  1) class notes 2) Google scholar cases and articles    3) California labor laws 4) employment law discrimination 5) Findlaw    6) Equal Opportunity Employment Commission                                       
GOOD LUCK COUNSELORS !!!!

Here are helpful topics you can use. Try to incorporate as many as apply to the case given.

1 employment at will / exceptions  contract and tort theory and public policy

2 wrongful discharge / violation of the law or employment contract

3 employee privacy rights /testing and screening and monitoring

4 employment discrimination protected class    race color religion origin gender age (40 )  disability

5 disparate treatment discrimination  form of discrimination results vs the protected class intentionally

6  Prima face case  plaintiff has produced sufficient evidence of his or her claim that case will be decided for plaintiff  unless no evidence to rebut by defendant

7 disparate impact discrimination not discrimination on the face has a discriminatory effect    protected group of people affected

9 Constructive Discharge    so intolerable working conditions caused by employer that a reasonable person in same situation would be compelled to quit

10 sexual harassment demanding of sexual favors in return for job benefits or language and conduct that is so sexually offensive that it creates a hostile work environment

11 reasonable accommodation and undue hardship      disabled people as employees

12 defenses to employment discrimination    Business Necessity- related to job performance                Bona Fide Occupational Qualification / legitimate seniority system / after acquired evidence of employee misconduct

13  Civil Rights Act / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission / Old English Common Law

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To complete this assignment, you will:

1) Compare and Contrast the Federal, state and local level government budget cycles,

2) Describe and identify principles of taxation,

3) Describe the types of taxes government utilizes as revenue to fund expenditures, such as public safety, libraries, parks, general government services.

The purpose of this journal entry is to begin synthesis demonstration of the budget process.

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You will provide a detailed and specific response to each question below.  Be comprehensive and make it your best work.

In general, what are the major causes of job turnover and job dissatisfaction? How do these lead to people leaving an organization?
(1-page maximum)
In general, what factors impact motivation on the job? (1-page maximum)
In general, what causes conflict in organizations. (1/2-page maximum)
Analyze the case using the McKinsey 7S Model. Discuss each of the seven elements of the
model as they relate to the situation at Treadway Tire Company. Some may not be applicable in this case, but you must consider each and
determine whether it applies or not.
What are the major issues at Treadway? Be specific and not general, giving examples from the case.
What is the relationship between line foremen at Treadway’s Lima Plant and other groups within the plant:
general supervisors and area managers, top management, the union, hourly workers, and each other? Explain.
How do line foremen feel about their jobs? Why? What would you suggest to improve their job motivation?
What are the consequences of those feelings? Explain.
What are the elements of the work system that contribute to the problem? Be comprehensive. What could you do to correct the problems?
What interventions (action plan) should Ashley Wall recommend? Provide details and suggestions for implementation.
Don’t be short in your response to this question.
This case write-up must be 12 pages minimum.

Grading Rubric

Answers are comprehensive, complete, and well-reasoned.
Answers are supported by the facts from the case, by learning from course textbook, and by other scholarly sources.
Any material from other sources is properly cited and referenced.
Sources are cited in the text.
Follow these guideline  when submitting responses:

Submit response(s) in one file
Include a cover page
Include a reference page
Include in-text citations per APA
Please repeat the question prior to responding
(The coversheet and reference sections do not count as pages when a minimum number of pages is required).

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Identify a critical incident within an organization where leadership performance is essential to achieve organizational goals. NB: A critical incident can be defined as any non-routine event where the effectiveness of the behaviour and decision-making of those involved, especially those in leadership positions, could have a significant and adverse impact on the likely outcomes.

Based on your research and exploration of leadership theory in the mid module assignment develop a hypothesis about the appropriate leadership behaviour for dealing with the critical incident to be examined.

Assess your own leadership behaviour and own ability to develop leadership capability in others (based on structured assessments, insights into your own performance as a leader and formal and informal feedback you have collected) and, using appropriate techniques; critically reflect on how you would have behaved in the same situation and how you might change your behaviour in future.

Design and implement a plan for modifying your own behaviour.

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Sportstar International
You are the recently appointed Marketing Director of Sportstar International plc. The company is multinational marketer of sports equipment, selling a range of well-known brands in virtually every part of the world.

As a company, and somewhat unusually compared to competitors, the company has never used commercial sponsorship as a promotional tool for the company or any of its brands. In fact, several of the company’s branded products are used by leading sports persons in a number of sports. For example, Mia Rees (currently the world’s number 1 female tennis player) uses the company’s ‘Spinner’ brand of tennis racket. Similarly, most of the Australian cricket team use the company’s ‘Century’ brand of bat. Their basketball brand ‘Bouncy’ is the official ball of the American Basketball Association. None of these brands or usages are connected in any way with any form of sponsorship.

The company has considered sponsorship on several occasions, particularly as it has seen its major competitors use this form of promotion to good effect. The main reason why the company has not used sponsorship before is that the chairperson, the original co-founder of the company, feels that any form of sponsorship is demeaning to the company and its products. The view held by the chairperson is that a good product will sell itself, in some ways a viewpoint substantiated by the selection of many of the company’s brands by leading sports persons and sports organizations without any sponsorship. In addition, there was a feeling in some parts of the company that sponsorship through product endorsement by a leading sports person was not particularly effective in as much as everyone knew that this person would be in receipt of large sums of money for endorsing the product. In other words, there was a source credibility problem. Finally, there was always a concern about what would happen to the company’s brand image if there was some sort of scandal with the sponsored party.

You are a firm believer in sponsorship. Your previous company used it to good effect. Sportstar spends large amounts of money on advertising and sales promotion. You have decided to make your case to the rest of the Board for introducing sponsorship as a major part of the promotional mix. You need to prepare your case for the next Board Meeting.



Instructions: Prepare and deliver your case for the company investing in sponsorships. For this project you will be making a report to the board of directors. You may do this in Memo format.

WHAT IS A BUSINESS MEMO?

A business memo is a short document used to transmit information within an organization. Memos are characterized by being brief, direct, and easy to navigate. They are less formal than letters but should maintain a professional, succinct style. Often, the purpose of a business memo is twofold: to identify a problem and propose a solution. Other times, memos may provide or request factual information.

Business memos are designed to accommodate busy readers who want to find the information they need from the memo quickly and easily. In writing a business memo, you should structure your memo to accommodate three kinds of readers:

Those who read only the executive summary
Those who skim the entire memo for its key points and a few details they're interested in
Those who read the entire document for the details that support its major claims or recommendations
Bear in mind that these readers may have different purposes in reading the memo. Often, readers need to make policy and action decisions based on the recommendations. Others may want to obtain specific information (evidence) needed to understand and justify policy and action decisions. Readers may also want to get a sense of your professional ability and judgment.

In determining the purpose and audience of your memo, ask yourself: Who is the intended recipient of this memo? What do I want the recipient to do after reading the memo? What information will the recipient be looking for in the memo? These kinds of questions will help guide your content, structure, and style choices.

HOW DO I WRITE AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS MEMO?

As stated above, an effective business memo is brief, direct, and easy to navigate. The following five writing strategies help readers to navigate business memos easily and quickly:

Present the main point first. This may be the single most important guideline about the structure and content of memos. Readers should quickly grasp the content and significance of the memo. If readers have a question or problem, they want to know the answer or solution immediately—if readers want more information, they can continue reading. In other words, supporting details should follow the main point or conclusion, not precede it.
Maintain a professional, succinct style. The style of your writing should be appropriate to your audience: In this case, your audience is your boss, your coworkers, or both. So, your style should be professional, straightforward, cordial, and easy to read. To achieve such a style, use short, active sentences. Avoid jargon and pretentious language. Maintain a positive or neutral tone; avoid negative language if possible. In addition to making memos easier to read, a professional writing style also improves the writer’s credibility.
Create a very specific subject line to give the reader an immediate idea of the memo's (or message's) subject and purpose. The subject line should orient the reader to the subject and purpose of the memo and provide a handy reference for filing and quick review. Suppose, for instance, that you were writing to request authorization and funding for a business trip. You'd avoid a general subject line like "Publisher's Convention" or "Trip to AWP Conference" in favor of something more specific like "Request for funds: AWP conference." The last example would tell the reader the subject and what she was being asked to do about it.
Provide a summary or overview of the main points, especially if the memo is more than one page. Often referred to as an executive summary, the first paragraph of a long memo or message serves these functions:
Presents the main request, recommendation or conclusion
Summarizes then previews the main facts, arguments and evidence
Forecasts the structure and order of information presented in the remainder of the memo
Like the subject line, the executive summary provides a quick overview of the purpose and content of the memo. The reader uses it to guide both a quick first reading and subsequent rapid reviews.
Use format features, such as headings, to signal structure and guide readers to the information they're seeking. Headings provide an outline of the memo, enabling the reader to quickly see what the major topics or points are and where to find them in the memo. Make headings parallel with each other and as specific as possible. Other format features that signal structure and guide readers include short paragraphs and blocks of text, lists set off by indentations, numbers or bullets, or generous use of white space to guide the eye.
STANDARD MEMO HEADING

Though the format for a memo may vary from one organization to another, the standard heading consists of a series of clearly labeled lines that convey key information about the memo’s contents and its distribution. The following are standard elements of a memo header:

Date: The Due Date

To: Sportstar Board of Directors

From:  Your Name

Subject: Concise statement of the memo’s topic

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How the Burp Suite pen-testing program works and what it supposed to do and evaluate And then prepare a report on what you found, learned and evaluate the pen-testing program

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Objectives

This assignment examines the management of an individual project and as such will draw upon the skills, concepts and models we have discussed in the course to apply them in a real-world setting.

The exercise is designed to illustrate the practical challenges involved in managing the project, including the evaluation of good practice and/or problem areas for the project. Analysis of the project should make use of models, concepts and frameworks from the course lectures and your wider reading.

Project selection

Select a project where you can collect and analyze sufficient secondary (and/or primary) data to derive meaningful and strong insights. The project may be in the public, private or third sector.  This is not a typical ‘research project’, so sources may be from your selected organization’s website, your knowledge of the project, government and consultancy reports as well as journal articles.

When analyzing your chosen project, you could consider some of the following issues (remember, it’s important to focus you work!):

Project objectives and scope 

Assessment of how the project was organized and delivered 

Evaluation of how stakeholders were managed
Assessment of approaches to managing risk and failure 

Why was the project a success or failure? 

Identification of problem areas and/or areas of good practice 

Identification of lessons learnt that can be transferred to other projects
Your report should be 2000 words (±10%) and use reference style APA v6. It should be typed with a font size 12, 1.5 spacing and must look professional. Your report needs to be well-structured, divided into numbered sections that correspond logically to your chosen structure and presentation. You should also include an overall introduction and conclusion.

The report should focus on 1-2 key project management issue(s) (e.g. project scoping, risk management, stakeholder management, project learning, project delivery, project planning, etc) which you should select after careful investigation (Remember, focusing down on topics will allow for greater depth in your analysis and recommendations). Please underline your investigation of project data (e.g. company reports, government reports, project case studies, interviews, etc.) with appropriate academic references to strengthen your argument. An essential feature of the report is to illustrate how theoretical constructs or models can help to explain the actions of organisations, project managers, or key stakeholders in practice. You are therefore advised to read widely. In fact, unless you have read and referenced at least 10 discrete references, it is unlikely that you have done sufficient reading.

The word limit includes the main text (including in-text references, tables and figures) but not the list of references at the end of your report. The main text starts with the first word in the ‘introduction’/’background’ section and ends at the last word in your ‘conclusion’ section. The word limit does not include the title, abstract, table of contents, exec summary if you decide to have one, reference list or appendices (I would not expect a long list of appendices.). Sticking to a strict word limit is an important skill for you to acquire, so make sure that you write in a concise and focused manner.

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Define the "Incident Operational Period".

1.  Who is responsible for establishing these periods, and why?

2.  What transition does the initial response to the next Incident Operational Period signify for an incident?

Use the following supplements to develop your answer:
FEMA - The Planning Process
HHS - see 'Transitional Management Meeting'
Fire Engineering - Setting Objectives and Strategies 

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Assignment 3: Business Plan Part III – Business Initiative and Technology
Due Week 9 and worth 175 points

Note: Refer to scenarios, reading assignments, and discussion questions from previous weeks to complete this assignment.

In Part I and Part II of your business plan you developed a comprehensive analysis of your business concept, business model, target market, feasibility study, competitive analysis, differentiation strategy, risk assessment, strategic position statement, and marketing plan.

In Part III you will complete the final elements of your business plan by describing the organizational structure and management philosophy you will incorporate to hire great people and develop team unity. You will identify key elements of your corporate culture and outline your key motivational strategies for developing a proper work environment. Finally, you will present your operational strategy that identifies core aspects of how your business processes and procedures will be designed to run an effective and efficient organization. As part of your operations plan, you are to include a technology strategy that indicates how you plan to have a competitive advantage over your competition. 

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Describe the organizational structure and management philosophy you will incorporate to hire great people and develop team unity.
Identify the key elements of your corporate culture and outline your key motivational strategies for developing a proper work environment.
Present your operational strategy that identifies the core aspects of how your business processes and procedures will be designed to run an effective and efficient organization.
Create a technology strategy that explains how you plan to maintain a competitive advantage over your competition. 
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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In the United States, the Dodd-Frank Act, passed in 2010, requires bank holding companies with more than $50 billion in assets to abide by stringent capital and liquidity standards and it sets new restrictions on managerial incentive compensation. 
Critically evaluate the arguments for and against the stringent capital and liquidity standards and restrictions on managerial incentive compensation in the banking sector.