When we think of organizational culture, we think of implicit assumptions that a group holds and perceives to behaviors in certain environments. There are espoused and enacted values shared between employers and employees. From our posted reading, videos in Unit 14, and pursuing independent research please answer the following question:
A: In no less than 500-600 words, describe how “Socialization and Mentoring” can be used for career advancement in a culturally rich environment. Please cite your research to substantiate your response.
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Title: Leveraging Socialization and Mentoring for Career Advancement in a Culturally Rich Environment In today’s diverse and globalized business landscape, organizational culture plays a crucial role in shaping employee experiences and career advancement opportunities. As defined by Edgar
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“Requesting Information: Routine Business Letter Assignment”
Routine Business Letter Assignment Instructions
Purpose: To practice planning, writing, and completing a routine message letter that requests
information regarding business practices.
This assignment links to course learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 8.
Type of Assignment and Weight: This group writing assignment is worth 100 points.
Audience: A contact at the company for which you performed research.
Assignment:
Part 1: You and your team must choose a company for which you would like to work.
Research one article about the company. Your goal with this assignment is to make a contact and
obtain additional information about the company which you will need for all other assignments
this semester.
Your team then must prepare a business letter using the letter format on page 256 of the text and
applying the techniques described on pages 257-258. The purpose of this letter is obtain specific
information about the company. Begin your letter with a brief statement of your reasons for
writing and by providing some information about what you learned about the company already
prior to making your request in the article you read; mentioning the article in the introduction to
the letter is also a good idea.
Specifically, you may like information on:
• Company history
• What is the composition of their products/services, and who is their primary competition?
• What are the primary departments in the company and what are their responsibilities? In
other words, how is the company organized?
• When they recruit, what positions and kind of people do they look for? What are the
qualifications?
• Ask if they can send you marketing information or other information regarding history,
milestones achieved, or progress of the company
• What are the key factors for success of the business? What is the corporate culture like?
Why would a new grad want to work for the company?
• What are some industry trends that are affecting the company?
Ask if you may contact them with other questions.
Part 2. A draft of your letter is due to the assignment link/turn-it-in. We will conduct a peer
review of the letter in class.
In addition,
Limit your letter to no more than ONE page
Review Figure 8.1 in your text regarding proper letter format.
Begin your letter by stating your specific purpose for writing followed by a brief
explanation of the research you have performed and what you are requesting. Each
paragraph must clearly relate back to the purpose and request of the letter.
Use the Times New Roman 12pt. font.
Your draft and finalized letter must be formatted as a Word file and named Team __
Routine Business Letter.
Submit the draft through the link provided in the course shell. Each person must
submit a draft.
Submit the Finalized Letter to the Assignment Link. Only one person from the team
must submit on behalf of the entire team.
Grading: For all assignments, refer to the syllabus grading criteria as well as the rubric
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“Organizational Change and Ethical-Legal Influences in Advanced Practice Nursing: A Case Study Discussion” “Class Discussion Summary: Lessons Learned and Insights Gained”
Below are the assignment details for the discussion post. Please use credible references within the last 5 years.
Organizational Change and Ethical-Legal Influences in Advanced Practice Nursing Case Study
Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is to discuss organizational changes and ethical-legal influences in a clinical scenario at an out-patient family practice. Students will explore potential effects on patient outcomes and ethical and legal implications for members of the heath care team as a result of illegal behaviors. Students will develop strategies that result in prevention of untoward outcomes that result in a positive practice culture.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Demonstrate effective leadership styles in the management of organizational change (CO3)
Interpret various forms of ethical theories and application into practice (CO4)
Discuss practice guidelines and malpractice prevention (CO2)
Preparing the Discussion
You are a family nurse practitioner employed in a busy primary care office. The providers in the group include one physician and three nurse practitioners. The back office staff includes eight medical assistants who assist with patient care as well as filing, answering calls from patients, processing laboratory results and taking prescription renewal requests from patients and pharmacies. Stephanie, a medical assistant, has worked in the practice for 10 years and is very proficient at her job. She knows almost every patient in the practice, and has an excellent rapport with all of the providers.
Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical. Her last appointment was a year ago for the same reason. During this visit, Mrs. Smith brought an empty bottle of amoxicillin with her and asked if she could have a refill. You noted the patient’s name on the label, and the date on the bottle was 1 week ago. You also noted your name printed on the label as the prescriber. The patient admitted that she called last week concerned about her cough and spoke to Stephanie. You do not recall having discussed this patient with Stephanie nor do the other providers in the practice.
Case Study Questions:
What are the potential ethical and legal implications for each of the following practice members?
Medical assistant
Nurse Practitioner
Medical Director
Practice
What strategies would you implement to prevent further episodes of potentially illegal behavior?
What leadership qualities would you apply to effect a positive change in the practice? Be thinking about the culture of the practice.
A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week.
Category Points % Description
DISCUSSION CONTENT
Potential ethical & legal implications for healthcare team members 30 30% Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry of the potential ethical and legal implications for each of the practice members. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion.
Strategies to prevent further conflict 30 30% Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry of strategies to implement to prevent further episodes of potentially illegal behavior. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion.
Leadership qualities to effect positive change 15 15% Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry of leadership qualities to apply to effect a positive change in the practice. Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion.
75 75%
Total CONTENT Points= 75 pts
DISCUSSION FORMAT
Interactive Dialogue 20 20%
4 Required Elements:
Responds a minimum of two other posts to peers and/or faculty in the threaded discussion;
Responses to peer/faculty are substantive (adds importance, depth, and meaningfulness to the discussion)
Responds to all direct questions from faculty (if no question asked directly, student responded to questions posed to the entire class)
Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week. The summary could be included in one of the three minimum posts.
Grammar, Syntax, Spelling, Punctuation 5 5% Grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation are accurate.
25 25%
Total FORMAT Points = 25 pts
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“Using Excel for Business Intelligence: Analyzing Sales Data for Adventure Works Cycles” “Adventure Works Sales Analysis” “What-If Analysis for Revenue, Costs, and Profits of Mountain-200 Model”
Scenario/Summary
Excel is a great tool that allows businesses to analyze data and make important decisions. In this lab, you will be using Microsoft Excel to complete some basic business intelligence tasks for Adventure Works Cycles, a fictional company that manufactures metal and composite bicycles for sale to commercial distributors in North America, Europe, and Asia. Adventure Works also sells bicycles and related products direct to consumers over the internet. Adventure Works is a multinational company headquartered in Bothell, Washington. The company is currently seeking to expand its market share by targeting high-volume customers, expanding availability of products on the web, and lowering production costs.
You have been hired as a data analyst for the company. Adventure Works managers have requested that you analyze 3 years of sales and cost data to help them answer specific business questions. In the course of this analysis, you will perform the following in Excel.
Importing, cleaning, and converting data
Table analysis
Pivot tables
What if analysis
Step 1: Importing, Cleaning, and Converting Data
Adventure Works has supplied you with sales data extracted from their corporate database in the form of a text file. In this section, you will import, clean, and convert the data to prepare it for analysis.
Download and save the file AdventureWorksOrders.txtLinks to an external site.. Be sure to save the file rather than opening it directly from this link (it will not open in Excel because it is a text file). If you are not given the option of saving the file when you click on the link, right-click it and select Save Link As or Save Target As.
For this lab, you may use your own copy of Microsoft Excel 2016 or 2019 or you may use Excel 2019 in the Azure virtual lab environment. You are recommended to use the virtual lab to become familiar with it, as it will be required for some future labs. You should definitely use the virtual lab if your own copy of Excel is not the 2016 or higher version or if you are not using the Microsoft Windows operating system (the version of Excel for the Mac OS is significantly different from the version for Windows).
If you will be using the virtual lab environment, log into it as directed in the Lab Resources section above and copy the AdventureWorksOrders.txt to your local computer. Desktop or Documents is recommended. The File can then be copied into the Azure Virtual Lab environment.
Launch Excel 2016 or 2019 and create a new blank workbook.
Using the Get External Data From Text command on the Data tab of the ribbon, import the data from the AdventureWorksOrders.txt file into Excel. The file is a delimited file in comma separated value (CSV) format.
Rename the worksheet containing the imported data to sales data. Saving in Azure lab environment will allow you to copy the file from Excel in Azure and paste to your Desktop or Documents folder.
Format the worksheet professionally, making sure that column headings are bolded, all dollar values are formatted as currency, and column widths are set appropriately.
Clean the data by spell-checking all appropriate columns and deleting any rows containing missing observations, outliers, or duplicate entries.
Add a column titled OrderTotal that uses a formula to calculate the total price for each order based on the UnitPrice and OrderQty columns.
Add a column titled FullName that contains the customer’s full name by concatenating the FirstName and LastName columns.
Add a column titled OrderCategory that categorizes orders as large, medium, or small based on the OrderTotal, with large orders having OrderTotal greater than $1,500, medium orders having an OrderTotal between $500 and $1,500, and small orders having an OrderTotal less than $500.
Save the workbook using the file name Lab1_yourlastname.xlsx. If you are using the virtual lab environment, you can then copy and paste the file to your local computer to prepare for submission.
Note: Save your work before continuing on to Step 2!
Step 2: Table Analysis
Adventure Works management would like to examine individual orders for two specific product models: the Mountain-500 in the United States and the Touring-3000 in Australia. They would also like to see how their sales break down by product category and by country. In this section, you will accomplish this using table analysis techniques, including filtering, sorting, subtotals, and charts.
Make a copy of the Sales Data worksheet, naming it Mountain-500 U.S. Orders.
Convert the data to a table.
Filter the table to show only orders where the country is United States and the ProductModel is Mountain-500.
On your own, make another copy of the Sales Data worksheet, naming it Touring-3000 Australia Orders.
Convert the data to a table and filter to show only orders where the country is Australia and the ProductModel is Touring-3000.
Make another copy of the Sales Data worksheet, naming it Sales by Product Category.
Convert the data to a table and sort A–Z by ProductCategory.
Convert the data back to a normal range and add subtotals to show the sum of OrderTotal for each product category. Group to hide the individual orders and show only the subtotals for each product category.
Create a pie chart showing how total sales are distributed by product category, making sure the chart has a descriptive title and that the pie slices are clearly labeled. Place the chart to the right of the table near the top of the worksheet.
On your own: Perform a similar analysis using subtotals and a pie chart to show how sales are distributed by country. Do this on another worksheet named Sales by Country.
Save the workbook file.
Note: Save your work before continuing on to Step 3!
Step 3: Pivot Tables
Adventure Works management would like to see a more in-depth analysis of sales by country within each product category and subcategory, with the ability to drill down to see sales of specific product models within a subcategory when desired. In this section, you will use pivot tables and pivot charts to accomplish this.
Create a pivot table based on the Sales Data worksheet, placing the pivot table on a new worksheet named Sales Pivot by Product Country. Choose ProductCategory for the Filter, ProductSubcategory and ProductModel for the Rows, Country for the Columns, and Sum of OrderTotal for the Values.
Initially, set the ProductCategory filter to (All) and collapse the row fields so that only the product subcategory totals are shown, with none of the detail for the product models within the subcategories.
Create a stacked column pivot chart based on this pivot table. Give the chart a descriptive title and ensure all categories and data sets are clearly labeled. Place the chart to the right of the pivot table near the top of the worksheet.
Explore the data by changing the filter setting to look at each product category and expanding or collapsing rows to look at product model details within specific categories. Please return the pivot table and chart to their initial settings before submitting the assignment.
On your own, construct a different pivot table and chart based on your own choices of fields to analyze. Use at least one filter field, at least two row fields, at least one column field, and at least one value field. At least three of these five field choices must be different from the fields used in the first pivot table (for example, you could choose to still use ProductCategory for the filter and Country for the columns, but you would then need to make different field choices for the rows and values). You may use the same or a different chart type. Place your pivot table and chart together on a new worksheet, and give the worksheet tab a descriptive name. Save the workbook file.
Note: Save your work before continuing on to Step 4!
Step 4: What-If Analysis
Adventure Works management is considering various pricing options for its most popular bike model, the Mountain-200. In this section, you will perform a what-if analysis to predict revenues, costs, and profits for this model under different conditions, using one-variable data tables, two-variable data tables, and scenarios.
Add a new blank worksheet to the workbook, and name it Mountain-200 What-If.
Starting in cell A1, enter the following as the baseline model for your analysis.
What-If Analysis for Mountain-200 Cost and Pricing
Unit Price $2,300
Quantity Sold 100
Revenue (Enter formula to calculate based on Unit Price and Quantity Sold)
Variable Cost per Unit $630
Total Variable Cost (Enter formula to calculate based on Quantity Sold and Variable Cost per Unit)
Fixed Cost $60,000
Total Cost (Enter formula to calculate based on Total Variable Cost and Fixed Cost)
Gross Profit (Enter formula to calculate based on Revenue and Total Cost)
Assign meaningful names to the cells in the right column using the labels in the left column.
On the same worksheet, create a one-variable data table that varies the Unit Price from $2,000 to $2,500 in increments of $50 and shows the corresponding values for revenue, total cost, and gross profit. Apply conditional formatting to highlight gross profit values greater than $120,000.
On the same worksheet, create a two-variable data table that varies the unit price from $2,000 to $2,500 in increments of $50 and also varies the quantity sold from 75 to 125 in units of 5, showing the corresponding values for gross profit. Apply conditional formatting to highlight gross profit values greater than $120,000.
On your own, create a one-variable data table that varies the variable cost per unit from $500 to $750 by increments of $25, showing corresponding values for total cost and gross profit.
On your own, create a two-variable data table that varies the variable cost per unit from $500 to $750 by increments of $25, and varies the fixed cost from $50,000 to $70,000 by increments of $2,000, showing the corresponding values of gross profit.
Using the scenario manager, create three scenarios named high, midrange, and economy, with the values shown below for the changing cells.
Changing Cell High Midrange Economy
Unit Price $2,550 $2,300 $2,050
Quantity Sold 90 100 110
Variable Cost per Unit $565 $630 $695
Generate a scenario summary report for the above scenarios, with revenue, total cost, and gross profit as the result variables. Place the scenario summary report worksheet immediately after the Mountain-200 What-If worksheet in the workbook. j.
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“Exploring the Depths of Water Imagery in The Awakening: Edna Pontellier’s Journey of Self-Discovery and Demise”
Write an essay in mla format on the use of water imagery in The Awakening by Kate Chopin. TAn example thesis is: The water symbolizes Edna Pontelliers journey of self discovery and rebirth as she navigates through societal pressures that threaten to drown her individuality and desires. ultimately leading to her demise. each body paragraph needs to be structured- claim, evidence (2-3 quotes), analysis/commentary.
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“The Moral and Ethical Considerations of Organ Conscription Policies: Balancing Efficiency and Fairness in Addressing the Organ Shortage Crisis”
Write a 2–3 page paper that examines the moral and ethical considerations of organ conscription policies and theories.
if 2 page. it needs to be a full 2 pages, not 1.5. can not exceed 3.
There is a serious shortage of donor organs. Need vastly outstrips supply, due not only to medical advances related to organ transplantation, but also because not enough people consent to be cadaveric donors (an organ donor who has already died). Munson (2014) points out that in the United States, approximately 10,000 patients die each year because an organ donor was not available, which is three times the number of people killed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
But what is an efficient and morally sound solution to this problem? The policy of presumed consent, where enacted, has scarcely increased supply, and other alternatives, such as allowing donors to sell their organs, raise strong moral objections. In light of this, some have advocated for a policy of conscription of cadaveric organs (Spital & Erin, 2002). This involves removing organs from the recently deceased without first obtaining consent of the donor or his or her family. Proponents of this policy argue that conscription would not only vastly increase the number of available organs, and hence save many lives, but that it is also more efficient and less costly than policies requiring prior consent. Finally, because with a conscription policy all people would share the burden of providing organs after death and all would stand to benefit should the need arise, the policy is fair and just. -
The Importance of Information Systems in Healthcare: Ensuring Quality Data for Knowledge Creation Initial Post: Information systems play a crucial role in the healthcare industry, as they are essential for managing and organizing vast amounts of data. These systems are responsible for collecting
Discuss the importance of information systems in healthcare and the role these systems play in ensuring quality data is maintained? How does data lead to information and then turn into knowledge? Provide an example.
This discussion format might be new and very different from discussions you have had in other courses. This discussion offers you the opportunity to express your own thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from your classmates’ responses and instructor’s guidance. This discussion format should not be viewed as a short paper with citations. APA format, including the use of citations, is not required.
Imagine yourself sitting around a conference table with your instructor and classmates. This discussion topic will be similar. It is a place in which you can have lively conversations with your instructor and peers on the course content. These discussions will help you internalize the course content and become more comfortable with it. You should provide thoughtful responses using the course content to support your statements. Although these discussions are more informal, please be aware of how you are presenting yourself professionally. Please do not use slang and be aware of your spelling.
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Legal and Compliance Implications of Fraudulent Billing in a Hospital Title: “Uncovering Fraudulent Billing in a Hospital: Legal and Compliance Implications and Preventative Measures”
Imagine that a hospital in the United States has recruited a billing specialist who reports to the manager of the billing department. The responsibility of the billing specialist is to ensure compliance with billing policies and procedures. The manager has begun an audit of the department’s adherence to policies and procedures. The audit reveals that the recently recruited billing specialist is not following the standard billing guidelines. In several patient bills, the manager observes billing errors and noncompliance with the hospital’s standard process. After investigation, the manager determines that it is fraudulent billing.
In your initial post, include the following:
Identify the legal and compliance implications of the billing specialist’s actions.
Describe how you believe the manager and hospital should respond to this issue.
Describe the measures the hospital should take to prevent the recurrence of this issue.
Reading: Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Chapters 2, 3, and 12
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Article:https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/MLN-Publications-Items/MLN4649244
Article: https://www.cms.gov/priorities/key-initiatives/hospital-price-transparency
Article: https://healthcare.uslegal.com/liability/
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Title: “A Tale of Two Shows: Comparing the Artistic Achievements of Euphoria and Yellowjackets”
Euphoria and yellowjackets show episode 1. Compare and contrast how they measure up as an artistic achievement. How they are the same and different in the quality of some of their key creative and technical aspects. Provide example from the shows
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Title: The Expansionist Strategy in the Technology Industry: When to Wait and See The technology industry is one in which the expansionist strategy has been widely followed by most firms in the past. This strategy involves aggressively expanding into new markets, acquiring
Based on YOUR knowledge and observation, Identify an industry in which expansionist strategy has generally been followed by most firms in the past. Under which conditions will it be better for a firm to follow the wait-and-see strategy rather than the expansionist strategy? Then identify a firm or an industry that has done so successfully.
Please support your opinions, for example, using your knowledge, experience, understanding/reasoning, observation, real-world examples/cases, and/or other sources.
Please use at least 2 online resources, and provide a link/source to those online resources (e.g., news, cases, etc. etc.)