Month: November 2024

Enhancing Team and Organizational Performance

Major Project Scenario

During the course project, you have been analyzing teams within an organization that you chose at the start of the course. In Week 1, you evaluated the teams’ purpose, leadership, development, and dynamics. In Week 2, you constructed a values statement. In Week 3, you created a new virtual team, analyzing how to make it successful, and looked at decision making (DQ). In Week 4, you assessed the power dynamics in the teams. Along the way you’ve also looked at other topics such as conflict resolution and boundaries.

Company Name: Amazon

Building on your thorough review of the teams (and the organization through the lens of the teams), identify 4 to 6 challenges (i.e., problems, weaknesses, gaps, threats, opportunities for improvement, etc.) facing one or more of the teams and organization you have chosen for the final project.

3 Teams Mentioned in Week 1:

Company: Amazon

· Operations Management Team

· Customer Service Team

· Product Development and Innovation Team

 

Then, based on the knowledge you gained in this course, through previous course work, and through outside research, create a complete action plan to address the challenges you identified. Make sure you include the main concepts of the course and your weekly discoveries as you create and present your intervention action plan. 

Consider the following questions as you are planning to make a sustainable difference in the team and organization:

• What are the challenges that exist?
• What systemic changes are required to make a sustainable difference for addressing those challenges? What benefit would the team/organization realize from the changes?
• How would these systematic changes align with the overall organization design?
• What are some potential consequences or impacts to the people involved? How would you reduce any negative impacts?
• What are the action steps for the change process?
• How would you lead this change process?
• What internal team dynamics would you apply?

Be sure the action plan presents systemic solutions to address the team’s challenges and that your plan is clear, concise, and time bound. Assume you are the person in charge; you have the power to make the changes, or you are making the presentation to the executive board.

Your paper must be 7–10 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page and must include at least five scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.

 

Submission Details:

Due by 11/25/24 at 11:30pm CST 

 

Requirements:

1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Butterfield, J. (2017). Teamwork and Team Building (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.  ISBN: 9781337119276

2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.

3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin

Major Project Scenario

During the course project, you have been analyzing teams within an organization that you chose at the start of the course. In Week 1, you evaluated the teams’ purpose, leadership, development, and dynamics. In Week 2, you constructed a values statement. In Week 3, you created a new virtual team, analyzing how to make it successful. In Week 4, you assessed the power dynamics in the teams. Along the way you’ve also looked at other topics such as conflict resolution and boundaries.

Company Name: Amazon

Building on your thorough review of the teams (and the organization through the lens of the teams), identify 4 to 6 challenges (i.e., problems, weaknesses, gaps, threats, opportunities for improvement, etc.) facing one or more of the teams and organization you have chosen for the final project.
 

3 Teams Mentioned in Week 1: 

Company: Amazon

· Operations Management Team

· Customer Service Team

· Product Development and Innovation Team

Then, based on the knowledge you gained in this course, through previous course work, and through outside research, create a complete action plan to address the challenges you identified. Make sure you include the main concepts of the course and your weekly discoveries as you create and present your intervention action plan. 

Consider the following questions as you are planning to make a sustainable difference in the team and organization:

• What are the challenges that exist?

   

• What systemic changes are required to make a sustainable difference for addressing those challenges? What benefit would the team/organization realize from the changes?

   

• How would these systematic changes align with the overall organization design?

   

• What are some potential consequences or impacts to the people involved? How would you reduce any negative impacts?

   

• What are the action steps for the change process?

   

• How would you lead this change process?

   

• What internal team dynamics would you apply?

   

Be sure the action plan presents systemic solutions to address the team’s challenges and that your plan is clear, concise, and time bound. Assume you are the person in charge; you have the power to make the changes, or you are making the presentation to the executive board.

Your paper must be 7–10 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page and must include at least five scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.

Submission Details:

Due by 11/25/24 at 11:30pm CST 

Requirements:

1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Butterfield, J. (2017). Teamwork and Team Building (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.  ISBN: 9781337119276

2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.

3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin

Group Project (Canvas)

Maximum 250 words.

Analyze the following company pair at the time that the disrupter started, not now:

• Amazon when it started (Disrupter) v. Borders or Barnes & Noble (Disrupted)

Analyze:

Answer the following question using bullet points (use and include terms, strategies, lessons discussed in the class — to get points, you need to reference the specific concepts and name them and the chapter(s), and where they are covered for each question):

• What could Disrupted have done and why did they not succeed? 

Login instructions for the book (Strategic Management: Text and Cases):

1.     Go to: https://accounts.mheducation.com/login?app=connect.mheducation.com&redirectUrl=https:%2F%2Fcaas.mheducation.com%2Fcaas%2Fheclr%2FlaunchConnect

2.     From courses select: Strategic Management MAN 4720 F 24

3.     To read the book select:

FYI – Chapters read in class (to use a reference to answer the question): 1,8,12,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 & 11

 

Scenario

Due to recent financial strains, the Board of Directors at Wynn Regional Medical Center wants to implement a negotiation policy for hospital suppliers. As the Vice President for Human Resources at WRMC, you have been tasked with creating the negotiation process that the Purchasing Department will use when dealing with medical suppliers.

Instructions

Create a PowerPoint presentation for the Board of Directors with the proposed negotiation policy. The proposal should address the following and provide support and examples for each:

• Which negotiation model will you use for the policy?
• What are the phases of negotiation?
• Why did you choose this model?
• What are common mistakes made in negotiation?
• List three to four mistakes
• How will you avoid these mistakes?
• Explain how cultural diversity influence negotiations.
• What are steps that HR professionals can take to avoid diversity and cultural related conflicts during negotiations?
• The presentation should contain speaker notes for each slide  to discuss the above information.

Part 2: Slide Presentation (Assignment 15)✓ Create a slide presentation informing us about your organization and client.✓ The format and organization are important and will affect your grade.✓ Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure will affect your grade.o Create a slide presentation informing us about your organization and client.o You must reflect on professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities as well as barriers,struggles, and changes to make for the future

 

Point system

___/10 Font, graphics, and colors are used in a way that allows for easy read.

HUS4321 Advanced Service Plan Project and Rubrics Revised 2024 Page 4 of 4___/10 Titles clearly relate to key information.___/40 Presents required information, and findings and conclusions are appropriate and in an organized manner.___/30 Presentation on professional, legal, and ethical responsibility are clearly delivered.___/10 Presentation has little to no misspelling or grammatical errors

Case Study: FORTUNE – 100 Best Companies to Work For!

Each year, Fortune Magazine publishes a list of the best companies to work for in the United States. Editors of the magazine base their selections on an extensive review of the human resource practices, as well as on surveys of those organizations’ current and former employees.

• Using      the below web link, identify three organizations on the year 2020 list      that impressed you.
• FORTUNE: 100 Best      Companies to Work For – Website
   
• What      information on the websites interested you the most and why?
• Based      on the information posted on the websites, what are the implications for      you as a future healthcare executive who will be planning and implementing      HRM practices?
• What      information will you include on your organization’s website that will      attract and retain employees?

All written assignment must be formatted in APA using a cover letter, page numbers, running head, and reference page. Student are required to complete this assignment in 2-3 pages. However, sources must be cited in text per APA guidelines.  

After successfully completing analyses of your company’s internal and external business environments, you have now reached the final project milestone.

In this assignment, you will conduct a buy-build-ally analysis of the company and recommend a strategy that the company can implement over the next five years to achieve the targeted growth.

Prompt

Perform a buy-build-ally analysis for your company (TOYOTA MOTOR) and recommend actions the company can take to realize the identified opportunity within five years. Use resources such as the company website, which will have pertinent information including its most recent sustainability report, and other relevant sources to help complete this presentation. You can also use the resources in the MBA Library Research Guide to conduct further research about your company.

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to show the results of your analysis and present your recommendations. Use both on-slide text and narration or speaker notes in your PowerPoint slides to convey your information effectively. If narration is not possible, precise and extensive speaker notes should be used, while addressing all of the rubric elements in the presentation. For example, you can use brief, bulleted lists summarizing the highlights of your analysis on the slide and include more detailed explanations in your speaker notes.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Implementation strategy (slides 1–3): Recommend an implementation strategy for your company.
   1. Determine whether the company will need to buy, build, or ally with another company. Consider the skills, facilities, products, and services the company will need to capitalize on the identified opportunity.
   2. Use the speaker notes of your presentation to explain the strategy behind your buy, build, and ally recommendations.
2. Timeline (slides 4–5): Construct a timeline showing what your company should achieve by the end of each year for the next five years.

What to Submit

Create a PowerPoint presentation with on-slide text and narration or detailed speaker notes. Your presentation should be 5 to 7 slides in length. Sources should be cited according to APA style. 

Unit 13-Screenings for Neurocognitive Issues  400w initial posting and 400w peer response. 4 references. Due 11-26-24

 Initial Response

Instructions:

Neurocognitive disorders are characterized in children by a clinically significant deviation in normal cognitive development, some of the children get neurological disorders through their genes by parents or could be through gene mutations and this affects the development of the brain and the nervous system of the child.

·        Discuss intellectual disability and communication disorders in children and adolescents.

·        Define how you would progress with a comprehensive assessment of a child suspected of having any of this disorder.

·        Support your statements with a minimum of 2 scholarly articles.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Peer Response

Instructions:

Please read and respond to at least two of your peers’ initial postings. You may want to consider the following questions in your responses to your peers:

·        Compare and contrast your initial posting with those of your peers.  

·        How are they similar or how are they different?

·        What information can you add that would help support the responses of your peers?

·        Ask your peers a question for clarification about their post.

·        What most interests you about their responses? 

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Extra resource

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6345136/

 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9923626/

 

Neurocognitive functioning incorporates social and self-care. There are limitations in

childhood that can make the child develop and learn slowly or typically differently. There are

communication disorders such as speech sound disorder and onset-fluency of a child, which

we refer to as pragmatic. Adolescent psychiatrists have a more considerable responsibility to

address the multifaceted nature of optimizing functional outcomes in most cases. Deficits in

selecting information describe intellectual disability, and the psychosocial domain comprises

empathy, social judgment, and control over other talents. Language management aims to

increase output and understanding while also assuring academic knowledge with progressing

to the next life phase. Language stimulation in the discourse, dynamic, universally applicable

treatment, regular respondents chose, and personalization of goals of care and tactics based

on individual learning styles, development, and requirements are all principles of effective

intervention. Early intervention is indicated because rapid language growth occurs earlier in

childhood rather than later, and faster and more prolonged interventions have been proven to

be more effective (Stein, 2019).

Children below five years are majorly diagnosed with delays in global development that

requires or more domains. A complete examination is undertaken to verify identity for

educational needs and pinpoint strengths and specialized educational needs. Cognitive

impairments, particularly delays in language and appropriate functions, are among parents’

top chronological concerns. Both are symptoms of intellectual impairment (ID) or, in the case

of language difficulties, disturbances of the language. Child psychiatrists frequently see these

disorders due to their link to an increased risk of challenging behavior and psychopathology.

When engaging with disrupted children and family people, child doctors should diagnose

relevant clinical manifestations, control mental comorbidities, link to experts for

comprehensive assessments and multidisciplinary therapies, and promote community care.

In conclusion, Details on the duration and timeframe of delays in vocabulary, motor,

interpersonal, and dynamic operating are included in the marriage and child history, family

history, testing of each unit parentage. it provides some information on the length of delays in

verbal, motor, interpersonal, and adaptive functioning, as well as the timing of those delays.

Affiliation causes delays in chatting, sitting up, crawling, walking, infant play and social

contact, and complete misunderstanding, education, and decision-making in children. The

Ages and Abilities Checklist, for example, can be used to help determine the scope of these

issues.

References

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. Author manuscript;available in PMC 2018 July 01

Stein, A., Dalton, L., Rapa, E., Bluebond-Langner, M., Hanington, L., Stein, K. F., … &

Yousafzai, A. (2019). Communication with children and adolescents about the diagnosis of

their life-threatening condition. The Lancet, 393(10176), 1150-1163.

Unit

Part 1: Paper (Kinesiological Analysis Report)

Objective:

The objective of the paper is to analyze a specific motion of the human body from a kinesiological perspective, including anatomical, biomechanical, and muscular analysis.

Topic-SQUATS

Instructions:

• Select a Movement: Choose a simple movement (e.g., a squat, tennis serve, soccer kick, running stride, basketball jump shot, etc.) or a more complex skill that can be easily filmed. Ensure the movement is one you can break down into phases.
• Paper Structure:
  1. Introduction 10 points (1-2 pages):
     • Provide an overview of the chosen movement.
     • State the purpose of the analysis and the significance of improving the mechanics of the movement.
     • Discuss the key goals of the motion (e.g., increased efficiency, injury prevention, performance enhancement).
  2. Kinesiological Analysis 10 points (3-5 pages):
     • Movement Phases: Break down the movement into distinct phases (e.g., preparation, execution, follow-through).
     • Anatomical Analysis:Describe the joints and muscles involved during each phase of the movement. Include which muscles are active (agonist/antagonist/synergist), types of muscle contractions (isotonic, isometric), and ranges of motion (flexion, extension, abduction, etc.).
     • Biomechanical Principles:Analyze the key biomechanical principles at play, such as force production, balance, velocity, angular momentum, and center of gravity during the movement.
     • Common Errors & Inefficiencies: Identify typical mistakes or inefficiencies related to technique or execution. Discuss their potential consequences, such as performance issues or increased risk of injury.
  3. Improvements and Recommendations 10 points (2-3 pages):
     • Based on your analysis, provide detailed recommendations to improve the movement’s efficiency and reduce injury risk.
     • Suggest corrective exercises, drills, or interventions that could be implemented to enhance performance.
  4. Conclusion 10 points (1 page):
     • Summarize key findings from the analysis.
     • Discuss the importance of applying kinesiological principles to real-world movement.
  5. References 10 points:
     • Cite all sources used in the analysis (books, articles, research papers, etc.) following APA format.

Paper Guidelines:

• Length: 7-10 pages (not including references).
• Format: Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
• APA citation format for references.

InstructionsBackgroundThere are several tools and methods that can be used to gauge patient satisfaction and quality of care. Examples include:surveyspersonal interviewsobservationfocus groupsThe AHRQ Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) surveys ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with health care. CAHPS® surveys ask patients to report on their experiences with a range of healthcare services at multiple levels of the delivery system. Several surveys ask about experiences with ambulatory care providers such as health plans, physicians’ offices, and behavioral health plans. Some of the surveys ask about experiences with care delivered in facilities such as hospitals, dialysis centers, and nursing homes.In this project, you will apply concepts learned in Assignment 3: Measurement Resources. You will use one of the four surveys you reviewed in that assignment as a guide to create your own survey as part of this project.As a reminder, the four categories of CAHPS surveysLinks to an external site. and the types of surveys within them are:Patient Experience With Providers: CAHPS Clinician and Group Survey or Hospice; Home Health Care; Surgical Care or American IndianPatient Experience With Condition-Specific Care: Cancer Care; Mental Health CareEnrollee Experience With Health Plans and Related Programs: Health Plan; Dental Plan; Home and Community Based ServicesPatient Experience With Facility-Based Care: Emergency Department; Hospital (Adult or Child);In Center Hemodialysis or Nursing Home; Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery.Final Project InstructionsStep 1: Review an Existing Validated SurveyReview the four surveys that you analyzed in Assignment 3.Select one of the four surveys that interest you and would be applicable to current or future employment.From that one survey you selected, select five (5) closed-ended survey questions. Cut and paste into a Word document.Convert the five (5) closed-ended questions to five (5) open-ended questions (but save the original five closed-ended questions. Note: Change to an open-ended question by eliminating the answer choices and leaving a blank for the person to fill in an answer.Now you should have ten (10) questions, five (5) open-ended and five (5) closed-ended questions in your Word document.Step 2: Create a Survey in SurveyMonkeySet up a free account on SurveyMonkey (if you already have an account, you may use it).Select “sign up” in the upper right-hand corner.It should show you a registration form for a free account.Note: Remember your login name and password because you will have to log back in to get your survey results.Use the ten (10) questions you created above (five open-ended and five closed-ended questions) to develop a survey in SurveyMonkey.Post the survey in the module’s SurveyMonkey Links Discussion area by the middle of the module week. Confirm the topic by indicating the assigned topic in your thread.Step 3: Answer Posted Student SurveysRespond to five classmates’ surveys using the links posted in the Survey Assignment Discussion Board by the due date in the Calendar of Activities.Indicate in the reply that you have taken the survey.Note: The answers to the survey will post automatically to your SurveyMonkey account.Step 4: Evaluate Your Created SurveyYou will use SurveyMonkey to evaluate the different responses between open- and closed-ended questions once five or more students have answered your survey. Remember, five of the questions were close-ended questions, and five were open-ended questions. There should be a total of ten (10) questions in your survey.Review the data analytics that SurveyMonkey generates.Download and use the Final Project Measuring Healthcare Quality Download Final Project Measuring Healthcare Qualitytemplate to answer questions A –E below and prepare your submission. Based on the information learned throughout this course, analyze the data to answer the following questions:What did the data tell you about the close-ended questions?What did the data tell you about the open-ended questions?How the information (results) differed between closed- vs. open-ended questions.Give two examples highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of using each type of question.Include/integrate the graphs from SurveyMonkey into your analysis and Word document for submission.FormatDownload and use the Final Project Measuring Healthcare Quality Template to complete the assignment.Follow the instructions and address all components on the template.Use APA format and cite sources as necessary. If you need a refresher on APA, reference the APA Research and Resources in the Start Here module.Include the following in your final submission:Cover pageIntroduction paragraphContent—Each answer should be a minimum of three paragraphs, with a maximum of five paragraphs.Include the graphs/charts of the data from SurveyMonkey as part of your project submission and analysis.Conclusion paragraphReference page