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The United States is one of the remaining countries in the developed world that does not have a single-payer health care insurance system in place. With the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act being uncertain, we hear continuing discussion as to whether the United States could (and/or should) adopt a single-payer system. Could a single-payer system be possible, even though it is forecast to cost trillions of dollars? How would it affect health care costs, coverage networks, types of covered vs. noncovered services, patient waiting times (for appointments, testing, procedures, and surgeries), coinsurances, and (finally) our taxes? Would currently working employees be required to give up their existing coverage for what will be provided under the single-payer system?

Once you have read the assigned background readings, as well as completed some peer-reviewed research of your own, address the following:

1. Describe an example of how a single-payer system (such as ‘Medicare For All’, as just one example) works in the United States.
2. Looking at examples of other countries with a single-payer system, what are the specific benefits of having such a single-payer system? Include at least three specific benefits, citing credible sources for your facts.
3. Looking at examples of other countries with a single-payer system, what are the specific drawbacks of having such a single-payer system? Include at least three specific drawbacks, citing credible sources for your facts.
4. Are you in favor of a single-payer system in the United States? Justify your position for or against this with credible sources.

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to support your analysis.
2. Provide a response of 3-5 pages, not including title page and references.
3. There are multiple required items to be addressed herein; please use subheadings to show where you are responding to each required item and to ensure that none are omitted.
4. Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals:
   Angelo State University Library. (n.d.). Library Guides: How to recognize peer-reviewed (refereed) journals. Retrieved from https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
5. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment:
   Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General APA guidelines. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
6. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source:
   Georgetown University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content

Please review the following scenario and place yourself in the position of the new Human Resource Manager for Acme Manufacturing. Once you understand the circumstances of the problems in this organization, please respond to the questions that the General Manager has posed.

Scenario: You just started work as the new Human Resources Manager for Acme Manufacturing, a Fortune 1,000 company. The job was vacant for 6 months prior to your hiring. You have wondered about this, especially since reading about employee harassment incidents and fights recently in the news.

The General Manager (GM) calls you into his office the minute you arrive. He shuts the door after saying a quick word of welcome and begins to tell you about an incident that happened last week that needs your immediate attention. The company’s manufacturing operation runs three shifts of production workers so that the plant is operating 24/7. Over the past 6 months, hostilities have arisen between employees on the third and first shifts. What started out as jeering and criticisms by the first shift, claiming they have to clean up the mess and complete all of the work left undone by the third shift, has escalated to physical confrontations and altercations. Although the GM says that aggressive bantering back and forth is common for shift workers in manufacturing, he admits that he is worried about further violent escalation. The GM says he needs your help.

• Where do you think that this evaluation should begin? In your reply, explain your reasoning.
• Explain the different levels of disciplinary actions that will be used for the Acme Manufacturing Company. Your reply should include the levels of discipline and 1 example of a disciplinary action for each level.
• How would you determine the disciplinary action appropriate for the employees involved in this scenario? Your response should include your reasoning.
• Why would you draft policies and procedures associated with disciplinary actions for the workplace? Provide a minimum of 2 reasons in your response.
• How would you ensure that the entire workforce is trained on these new policies and procedures? Provide 1 example in your response.

Write a 5–7-page memo to the GM that provides your responses to his questions above. Be sure to cite any references used in proper APA format.

This project entails a performance assessment, results analysis, and the creation of a development plan for focused career improvement. You will be required to solicit performance feedback (anonymous and confidential) for developmental purposes from multiple sources (e.g., supervisors, co-workers, subordinates, or customers). We will use an online 360 feedback tool administered by an outside vendor. Less than 6 pages.

The ability to demonstrate social work practice skills is a key component of any social work field education experience. As you demonstrate social work practice skills in your field education experience, you will develop your professional identity as a future social worker.

For this Assignment, reflect on your personal and professional goals or objectives that you hope to achieve by participating in this course.

The Assignment (1–2 pages):

• Identify and describe your personal professional goals and objectives within the parameters of the field education experience.
• Explain how your personal professional goals and objectives that you identified might be reflected in your agency learning agreement.

Assignment Instructions

Imagine that you are a project manager with a large hospital. You are responsible for facilitating the selection of a new healthcare information system.  You are asked to preview the Allscripts MyWay EMR and Waiting Room Solutions demos.

• -Explore all of the product modules and functions, such as the user friendliness (interface and ease of use), patient search functionality, release of information and retrieval, record tracking, web-based standards, internet and intranet use, regulatory requirements, etc.
• -Create a comparison table or matrix for the various functions.
• -In a 2-page paper, provide an assessment and explanation of how product features would or would not potentially support interoperability and basic integration standards.
  Submit the comparison table and paper.

  Resources:

• Waiting Room Solutions. Go to youtube and search “Waiting Room Solutions Demo” to view this product.
• Allscripts MyWay EMR. Go to youtube and search “Allscripts Demo” to view this product.

Grading Rubric

Assignment 1: Integration and System Functions

Student created a comparison table or matrix for the various functions. 20 points

Student provided thorough outline of the functions for each product. 40 points

Student provided an assessment and explanation of how product features would or would not potentially support interoperability and basic integration standards

40 points

Total

100 points

Wayne McGraw greeted Robert Peters, his next interviewee, warmly. Robert had an excellent academic record and appeared to be just the kind of person Wayne’s company, Beco Electric, was seeking. Wayne is the university recruiter for Beco and had already interviewed six graduating seniors at Centenary College.

 Based on the application form, Robert appeared to be the most promising candidate to be interviewed that day. He was 22 years old and had a 3.6 grade point average with a 4.0 in his major field, industrial management. Robert was not only the vice president of the Student Government Association, but also activities chairman in his social fraternity. The reference letters in Robert’s file reveal that he was both very active socially and a rather intense and serious student. One of the letters from Robert’s employer during the previous summer expressed satisfaction with Robert’s work habits.

 Wayne knew that discussion of benefits could be an important part of the recruiting interview. But he did not know which aspects of Beco’s benefits program would appeal most to Robert. The company has an excellent profit-sharing plan, although 80 percent of profit distributions are deferred and included in each employee’s retirement account. Health benefits are also good. It also has long-term care insurance. The company’s medical and dental plan pays a significant portion of costs. A company lunchroom provides meals at about 70 percent of outside prices, although few managers take advantage of this. Employees get one week of paid vacation after the first year and two weeks after two years with the company. Two weeks are provided each year for sick leave. In addition, there are twelve paid holidays each year. Finally, the company encourages advanced education, paying for tuition and books in full, and, under certain circumstances, allowing time off to attend classes during the day. It also provides scholarships for dependents.

QUESTIONS

Refer to the questions below and write your answers in not more than 2000 words. Identify and explain the following 

1. Based on this case study, what is the importance of job analysis and how talent management programs will help the employees in this organisation. 
2. Explain the importance of providing benefits to employees and what aspects of Beco’s benefits program are likely to appeal to Robert.
3. In today’s work environment, what additional rewards and benefits might be more attractive to Robert and what aspects of Beco’s benefits program would likely be the least appealing to Robert? Discuss.
4. How can this organisation improve their recruitment and selection method? Discuss. 
5. Explain what would be the best way of interviewing job candidates for this organisation. 

responding to questions 1-4 of the case study paper that I attached. should be 3 pages 

Topics to choose from:

1. Relationship development

2. Consultation

3. Organizational performance

Select an article within one of the three categories above – all of which are covered within this module. Your selected article must be sourced from a news or professional resource (not a personal blog). The following are three sample sources but you are not limited to using only these resources:

1. OD Practitioner

2. Harvard Business Review

3. Journal of Organizational Behavior

Conduct an article analysis, integrating the concepts from the articles, textbook readings, other research, and/or module presentation.

Describe the article and the reason it is pertinent to the course. What are the main points the author(s) make in the article? What are the key inferences and conclusions the author(s) make? What evidence or information is given to support the points, inferences, or arguments? What data, if any, was presented? Is the evidence consistent with the argument?  Is the argument convincing?  If yes, explain why.  If not, explain why not.

* Your assignment should be approximately 500 words in length (typically, two double-spaced pages), not counting cover page, reference list page, appendices, figures, or tables.

* Your assignment should include a title page and a reference list page (if using references), and be completed in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, with appropriate header, page numbers, one-inch margins, and meet all other requirements of APA Stylebook.

* A minimum of two references must be used. Please format them in the most current APA format.

* An abstract is not required.

case study based

Case provided
The word count for each question is given

use of proper harvard referencing Intext as well

 Masters Degree

Deliverable 3 – Workshop on Hiring People with Disabilities

Competency

Design reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of employees and the organization.

Scenario

You are the HR Director of a regional, non-franchised chain of restaurants. In a strategic meeting last month, you presented to the CEO that the diversity of the chain’s workforce is not up to standards. The CEO wants to increase the diversity of the staff and has asked you for recommendations. As you review the employee data for your firm, you realize that people with disabilities are not represented well in the organization and advise the CEO that an authentic effort should be made to increase hiring from this category of employees. She agrees but cautions that there will likely be pushback from the line managers about doing so. The CEO instructs you to gain support and buy-in from the line managers for hiring people qualified individuals with disabilities. You decide to do this by hosting a mandatory workshop designed to educate line managers on ADA and hiring people with disabilities.

Instructions

Prepare an outline for the workshop. Content should be listed in bulleted form. Include the time needed to cover each topic and provide an agenda for the workshop. The content should cover the following points:

• Demonstrates a business case for hiring people with disabilities, to include information stated in the ADA ACT.
• Discriminates between facts and common misconceptions regarding ADA, to include the legal definitions of impairment, and which disabilities are protected by the ADA.
• Provides examples of reasonable accommodations and actual costs of the same.
• Explains what constitutes a qualified individual according to ADA and how qualified individuals with disabilities can benefit the organization in the same way as those without disabilities.
• Provides attribution for credible sources used in your outline.