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Complete an initial discussion post for the attached assignment using attached background notes and any other scholarly notes 275 words; APA format with proper citations.

Using Earned Value Analysis

One of the key elements of effective project management is bringing together multiple concepts of scope, budget, and schedule management to have a system’s view of a project.

• Explain how earned value analysis and the balanced scorecard are both useful tools for project managers, if they are.
• If your manager said that there was only time to collect data for EVA or the balanced scorecard which would you select to use and why?

You may find Table 7-1 in the PMBOK® Guide of use in this discussion.

Support your statements and conclusions using at least one current, peer-reviewed scholarly article. Current means that the article was published in the most recent five years. Be sure to include your citation/reference pair in accordance with CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).

Competency

Analyze ethical and legal dilemmas that healthcare workers may encounter in the medical field.

Instructions

You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed.

An important aspect of the provider/patient relationship pertains to open communication and trust. Patients want to know that their doctors and the support staff associated with their care understand their wishes and will abide by them. Ideally, these conversations happen well before an emergency or procedure takes place; however, often times this information is missing from a patient’s file. As part of Three Mountains’ initiative to build trust with their patients, an increased emphasis has been placed on obtaining living wills from the patient as part of the intake process to ensure that the healthcare team has written directives of the patient’s wishes in case of incapacitation. You will be creating a living will for a patient and provide educational information as to why the patient should fill it out during the admission process before a procedure.

1. Introduction: Explain the definition of a living will and its key components. This section will provide an educational overview of the document for the patient.
2. Living Will Template: Create a living will that can serve as a template to the patients. This should cover the basic treatment issues such as resuscitation, feeding tubes, ventilation, organ and tissue donations, etc. Provide instructions in the template that can be easily altered, depending on each patient’s wishes.
3. Summary: In this section, you will discuss the importance of this document and encourage patients to complete it. Address how this document ensures that a patient’s wishes are known and followed by the healthcare team.

NOTE – APA formatting and proper grammar, punctuation, and form required. APA help is available here.

As a leader, it is expected for you to be able to identify with the workers within the organization. This process can take place during basic observation, performance evaluations, attendance, interaction with others, and basic characteristics or behaviors. The leader must identify different personality types or behaviors and apply the suggested tactics for properly handling each type.

Research the CSU Online Library or another external source for an article(s) that addresses different personality types or behaviors in the work place and how to apply tactics for properly handling of each type.

Provide your opinion on the article as it applies to the following questions:

• What is the author’s main point?
• Who is the author’s intended audience?
• Do the author’s arguments support his or her main point? Explain different personality types or behaviors and how to apply the suggested tactics for properly handling of each type.
• What evidence supports the main point?
• What is your opinion of the article? (Do not simply summarize the article.)
• What evidence, either from the textbook or additional sources, supports your opinion?

Your article critique should be at least two pages in content length, including an introduction, a body of supportive material (paragraphs), and a conclusion. Be sure to include a title page and a reference page and follow all other APA formatting requirements. The title page and reference page do not count toward the total page requirement.

Select a publicly-traded company to research. Evaluate its human  resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and  ways it markets its company regarding human capital. The following are  some of the company websites that provide this information:

• Allstate: Human Resources Careers.
• State Farm: Human Resources & Training Careers.
• Ford: Careers.
• Aruba Marriott Careers. (You can also search for other companies from the Marriott website.)

In addition, refer to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website, which identifies detailed roles for HRM personnel and offers you some insight into HRM positions.

Requirements

Write a 2 to 3 page paper in which you:

• Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
• Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
• Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
• Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
• Propose three ways that the company can increase diversity.

As we begin to study performance management, a significant aspect of success is team performance. According to the text, the chapter that focuses on managing a team’s performance provides team definition as well as why teamwork is so pervasive in today’s global marketplace.

Organizations that choose to include a team component in their performance management system face various challenges. Please describe the three (3) main challenges discussed in the readings and share your recommendations (as HR Manager) for overcoming these challenges. 

Substantive response

APA format

175 word minimum

At least 1 reference

Respond to the following:

Cherese Mason

Rosa,

Interpersonal skills go a long way in HR and in healthcare as a whole. In healthcare one will encounter many different people from the physician’s, the nursing/technical staff, and the patients. Therefore the manager should possess a diverse set of “people skills.” Communication is one of the top interpersonal skills that can go a long way with patients and staff alike. Patients want to be feel like their concerns are being heard, and that the physicians genuinely care about their well being, and they are well informed as it pertains to their health. Staff members want similar aspects a manager who they respect enough to lead them, one that is approachable enough to direct their concerns to with an “open ear,” and a manager that wants to see their staff succeed.

1/26/20 at 10:27 PM

 Type of service

Academic paper writing

Type of assignment

Case study

Subject

Management

Pages / words

4 / 1100

Academic level

Junior (College 3rd year)

Paper format

APA

Line spacing

Double

Language style

US English

You saw most stuffs were taken from the doc I sent to you

I want the writer to revise it and make sure it doesn’t reflect what’s on the doc I sent to you, which is the instructo’s material

And remind the writer
To answer it as a question and answer
Not to draft it all like an essay.
16:55
Question 1 and answer
Question 2 and answer
Till question 5

Discussion 1

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the article by Hayley Peterson, 15 Companies That Are Defying the Retail Meltdown by Opening Hundreds of New Stores (Links to an external site.).

While many retailers are closing stores, some are rapidly building new locations, with at least one—Dollar General (NYSE: DG)—adding as many as 900 stores this year (Peterson, 2018).

Obtain Dollar General’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017. Form 10-K can be obtained either from the SEC (Links to an external site.)’s EDGAR Filing system or the “Investor Relations” link on the company’s website at www.dollargeneral.com (Links to an external site.). Read the “Growth Strategies” and the “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” sections of Dollar General’s 10-K Form to answer the following questions in an initial post of at least 200 words:

• How many stores is Dollar General planning to open during its 2018 and 2019 fiscal years? By what percentage would these new stores increase the size of the company?
• How much cash did General Dollar spend on investing activities during its 2016, 2017, and 2018 fiscal years? Do you think the amount spent on investing activities represents the full costs that General Dollar incurred to open new stores? Explain you answer.
• Where did General Dollar get the cash used to make these investments?

Discussion 2

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the article Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques: A Survey of Current Usage (Links to an external site.) by Sangster (1993).

After setting the company’s goals, managers evaluate capital investment projects and decide which should be funded. Suppose a company has four different capital budgeting projects from which to choose but has constrained funds and cannot implement all of the projects.

The following table contains information about four projects in which X Corporation has the opportunity to invest. This information is based on estimates that different managers have prepared about the company’s potential project.

Project

Investment Required

Net Present Value

Life of Project

Internal Rate of Return

Profitability Index

Payback Period in Years

Accounting Rate of Return

A

$ 226,000

$ 36,908

5

21%

1.17

2.97

20%

B

$ 406,000

$ 50,740

6

24%

1.13

3.13

15%

C

$1,040,000

$152,325

3

19%

1.16

2.18

14%

D

$1,630,000

$ 19,870

4

14%

1.02

3.00

23%

Part 1: Rank the four projects in order of preference by using the following table:

(a)
Net Present Value

(b)
Profitability Index

(c)
Internal Rate of Return

(d)
Payback Period

(e)
Average Rate of Return

1st preferred

Project A, B, C, or D?

2nd preferred

3rd preferred

4th preferred

Part 2: Write a response in an initial post of at least 200 words discussing the usefulness of capital investment techniques (net present value, profitability index, internal rate of return, payback period, and average rate of return) in selecting the four alternative investment opportunities in part 1.

  it is important to treat it like a real interview and prepare accordingly. 

After completing the interview, in no less than 4 pages, please answer the following questions. 

1.  What were you thinking going into this mock interview?  

2.  Did you feel prepared when it started?  

3.  What steps did you take to prepare? 

4.  What steps do you wish you took?  

5.  How did it feel while you were being interviewed? 

6.  Did you ever tell the interviewer what you were thinking/ feeling? 

7.  Reflect on your actual responses.  

8.  Did you feel your responses were adequate or could you have done better?

9.  What questions were easy?  

10.  What questions did you find difficult?

11.  As a result of this unit what did you learn?  I realize these interviews were not for “real” but now that you have been through this process what should you do to prepare for when it is for real?

12.  Evaluate this experience. Be honest. What did you think was positive about this experience? How could the experience be improved? 

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