• What is the importance of accounting in a health care manager’s role? 
• How will you use it in your health care career? 175 words minimum 

Critical review article on Blockchain and Human Resource

Main Post: For this week’s main discussion post, you want to look in detail at the characters in the short story to produce a character portrait, a description of the personality, psychology, world-view, attitudes and values of a single character. This will involve looking at the different ways that the author creates and shapes the character. To write the assignment:

Choose a character—either Twinkle or Sanjeev.

Create a short post that answers the following questions:

1. What is the character’s personality?
2. What do they value?
3. How do they think/feel about their world?
4. What, if any, is their overall emotional tone (angry, frustrated, etc)?
5. How do they respond to the conflicts that arise in their world?
6. Choose a single word to sum them up, or to symbolize them.
7. At the end of our work time, share your findings with the class.

For your Peer Response post, choose at least one assertion that your peer makes about the character and, using evidence from the story, offer an alternative interpretation. For example, if your peer suggests that Sanjeev is controlling, find evidence in the text that suggests an alternative interpretation, such as evidence that suggests actions that seem controlling may stem from frustration, or just a different personality type.

Human Resource Initiatives (Primary Research Assignment)

Primary research for this assignment can be in the form of a personal or telephone interview.  With COVID-19, please utilize technology to conduct your interview, so the interview is not face-to-face (teleconference, video conference, etc.).  The person must be an expert in the human resource field, someone who has first-hand experience with the initiative or issue, reporting of direct observation from you in a researcher role or a human resource role.

Secondary research does not require an interview and we continue to gather data by utilizing existing research.

Topic: Human Resource Working Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Topic Selections:

• Remote Working Plan (telework)
• Business Continuity Plan
• Managing Employee Communication
• Maintaining Organizational Culture
• Talent Acquisition and Retention
• Engaging Remote Employees
• Essential versus Non-Essential Employees
• Implementation of Preventative Measures
• Considerations to Remain Open or Re-Opening
• Investment in Technology
• Handling of Sick Leave and/or Time-Off

Our paper must select a minimum of 5 COVID-19 HR related topics.

• Person to interview
• Consider the COVID-19 learning objectives or concepts of interest to research
• 5-6 page paper demonstrating an understanding of Human Resource application of course concepts
• A minimum of 6 references
  • We must use a minimum of 3 references from our Annotated Bibliography. 
  • We must use information from the course textbook to support your paper.  
  • Find additional peer-reviewed journal articles from Welder Library E-Resources or Google Scholar to support your paper (minimum of 5). Your articles must be within the last 10 years. 

Paper Requirements:

Write a 5-6 page paper demonstrating an understanding of the application of course concepts. A good rule of thumb is to introduce the subject discussed and use the information from your interview to support the subject. You must include citations from the course textbook and a minimum of four scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles (from Welder Library E-resources) to support your paper. Also, make sure how to review how to cite an interview in APA.  (Links to an external site.)

• Your paper is required to be in APA. 
• Include a title page 
• You do NOT need an abstract
• Avoid first person. 
• Include a reference page with a minimum of 6 sources (the course textbook and 5 peer reviewed journal articles). If you list a source as a reference,  you must include an in-text citation within your paper for that source.v

Prepare an essay response of at least one page in length that addresses the following items:

• What factors distinguish the labor relations system in the public sector from that in the private sector?
• Propose a public-sector labor relations system for the employees of the city government.
  • What would it borrow from the private sector?
  • What would it not be able to borrow? Why?
  • How would you modify your system to account for specific aspects of city government? Why?

Option #1:

To start your Capstone Project you will develop an audio script. The audio script should be a detailed script and reflect what you would say to executives during the presentation. The script will be read/used to present human resource strategies to executives. The script will be the first part of the Capstone Project which will be added to the benchmarking and audit tools, detailed below, that can be used to assist an organization to transform the human resource function to a strategic business partner.

The introduction audio script needs to include the following:

• An introduction to the Capstone Project.
• An assessment of the knowledge and competencies that a global human resource leader should possess. Describe how the denoted knowledge and competencies can be acquired and why these KSAs are critical.
• Create strategies for transitioning HR from a transactional/process-oriented role to a strategic partner role.

Your audio script will be the introduction to your portfolio and should meet the following requirements:

• Be 2-3 pages in length.
• Be formatted according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Build your Capstone Project to be either a report 20-27 pages long or 12-17 slide Power Point presentation, which includes the following:

• Audio Script Introduction that recommends strategies for transitioning human resources from a transactional/process-oriented role with an organization to one in which it is a strategic partner in determining the future of an organization.
• Strategies for ensuring a legal and inclusive workplace (Week 2 Assignment)
• HR Best Workforce Management Practices Audit (Week 3 Assignment)
• Compensation and Benefits Plan (Week 4 Assignment)
• Organizational Intervention and Evaluation Plan (Week 6 Assignment)

Your project should meet the following requirements:

• Be 20-27 pages in length as a paper report or 12-17 slide power point presentation.
• Include at least 12 different scholarly sources.
• Be formatted according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Final Project

For your Final Project, you are asked to use theories, strategies, and concepts from the course to develop a crisis management plan for your community.

Your Final Project must be presented as a 12–15 page (not including references, title page, or abstract), double-spaced, APA-formatted project in the form of a paper that is submitted by Day 4 of Week 11. See Week 11 for specific instructions for submission.

Crisis Management Plan Guidelines

The Final Project must include the following:

• A strategy for identifying and selecting a crisis management team
• A description of the organizational resources available to you in a crisis (community, state, national, and international organizations). Explain what they are and how they might be used in a crisis in your community. Then explain how you might promote or expect collaboration between and among them.
• A description of the trained professionals available in your community
• A summary of ethical and legal issues/considerations that you might encounter when responding to a crisis in your community
• A description of issues/considerations related to diverse populations that you might encounter when responding to a crisis in your community
• A description of a model that you would use to train counselors for a crisis
• A description of how you would use empirically-supported treatments with survivors and care takers
• A description of how the crisis management plan would be evaluated (after the fact)

Note: You may wish to use the bulleted items above as the basis for topic headings throughout your paper.

Your Final Project will be graded on a 20-point scale and is worth 30% of your final grade.

 Cultural Competence Profile – My Practice Skills

Select one of the four self-assessments of cultural competence that you completed in the Unit 6 study, identify three strengths you believe you possess, and identify three areas you need to improve.

Select one of the stories from Thomas and Schwarzbaum (2017), “Section III: Immigration and Acculturation,” and discuss how your identified strengths and areas of needed improvement would impact therapeutic work with this person.

CULTURAL COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT

Part 1: Self-Assessment

Instructions: This 34 item assessment was developed to heighten your personal awareness of your cultural knowledge, cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural action.

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Cultural Knowledge

Please rate the extent to which you do the following.

1. I am knowledgeable of my own racial and ethnic heritage.
2. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own race.
3. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own ethnicity.
4. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own social class.
5. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own religion.
6. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own gender.
7. When in public or at work, I only engage and interact with people of my own age.
8. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own race.
9. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own ethnicity.
10. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own social class.
11. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own religion.
12. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own gender.
13. During leisure and personal time outside of the public eye, I only engage and interact with people of my own age.
14. I have firsthand knowledge of others specific cultural facts and insights through direct one-to one personal interactions and communications.
15. I have firsthand knowledge of others specific cultural facts and insights through direct social interactions and communications.
16. I have second hand knowledge of others cultural facts and insights through intentionally reading, viewing (documentaries/films), and talking about people whose culture differs from my own.

Cultural Awareness

Please rate the extent to which you do the following.

1. I am mindful of my thoughts, attitudes, and feelings of others cultural differences when I interact with them.
2. I recognize the impact of my specific thoughts, attitudes, and feelings I have regarding a culture different from my own.
3. I recognize the affect my lack of cultural knowledge has on someone’s safety and well-being.
4. I am always aware (conscience and responsive) to the needs of those whose culture differs from my own.
5. I always distinguish between others worldviews and my own when interacting with those whose culture differs from my own.
6. I am always subjective and empathetic when interacting with those whose culture differs from my own.

Cultural Sensitivity

Please rate the extent to which you do the following.

1. I always demonstrate a welcoming attitude (approach and outlook) of respect when speaking about those whose culture differs from my own regardless of the setting and audience.
2. I am always genuine (authentic) in my interactions with those whose culture differs from my own regardless of the setting and audience.
3. I am always aware that I can be effective as a professional and still not be genuine in my interactions with those whose culture differs from my own.
4. I am proficient in cultural awareness and am aware that certain products and practices can cause harm to those whose culture differs from my own.
5. I am always able to distinguish between my attitude and the attitude others whose worldviews differs from my own.
6. I am always responsive and mindful of my attitude when interacting with those whose culture differs from my own regardless of the setting and audience.

Cultural Action

Please rate the extent to which you do the following.

1. I always respond to the needs of others whose culture differs from my own regardless of the setting and audience.
2. I always take into consideration cultural differences of when making decisions about others well-being.
3. I always seek to improve my understanding of how intercultural communications of those whose culture differs from my own can affect decision-making and administrative practices.
4. I always adjust my tone and approach when I am aware that in doing so fosters trust in certain cultures.
5. I always take action when I encounter an in justice or offense that occurs due to lack of knowledge and awareness regarding a specific cultural practice.
6. I always self assess my current knowledge and adjust my attitude toward others in an effort to move beyond barriers of limited traditional assumptions about culture to include the idea that cultures are closed and self contained systems, individuals are primarily part of one culture, there is internal homogeneity and coherence and there are clearly defined borders.

REFERENCES

• Carrizales, T. (2010). Exploring cultural competency within the public affairs curriculum. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 16(4), 593-606.
• Rice, M.F. (2015). A post-modern cultural competency framework for public administration and public service delivery.
• Sharp, B. S., Aguirre, G., & Kickham, K. (2011). Managing in the public sector: A casebook in ethics and leadership. Boston, MA: Longman. ISBN: 9780136039754.

CREDITS

Subject Matter Expert:Carolyn AllenInteractive Design:Tara Schiller, Alyssa JensenInteractive Developer:Dre AllenInstructional Designer:Marisa JohnsonProject Manager:Andrea Thompson, Marc Ashmore
 

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

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

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the marketing research process and market segmentation strategies in the health care industry.
• Analyze business planning based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics (supply and demand), commercialization, and product-market expansion.
• Explain how branding strategies apply to the health care market for existing and new products.
• Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.

Select 2-3 of the journal questions located on the LHRD 4804 Professional Development Internship Instructions and answer them.

Make sure your submitted word document has a heading at the top including your name, course number, and date. Your journal entry should be no less than one page (as measured by Microsoft Word, Times New Roman 12 point font.) You are required to keep a copy of this journal entry.