Finance and Accounting

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 Candidates must answer any TWO (2) questions. All questions are equally weighted.

1.  In ‘Managing 21st Century Political Risk’ (HBR, 2018), Rice and Zegart argue that for companies, 21st century political risk is essentially the probability that a political action will significantly affect their business—whether positively or negatively. Assess political risk in explaining how to tackle it in emerging markets.

2.  In ‘New business models in emerging markets’ (HBR, 2011), Eyring et al argue that ‘targeting the middle market can be lucrative’. Assess their new business models and the management challenges confronted by MNCs in emerging markets.

3.  In ‘The role of the EU in shaping FDI flows to East Central Europe (ECE)’ (Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014), Medve-Balint argues that the EU has actively shaped foreign capital flows to the region. Assess the locational advantages of ECE in explaining the dynamic interaction of EU’s approach to FDI and ECE’s response to it.

4.  In ‘The rise of middle kingdoms: emerging economies in global trade’ (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012), Hanson argues that specialization serves as a vehicle for middle income nations to transform the global economy. Assess specialization in relation to comparative advantage and the new trade theory/strategic trade policy.

kingston-bryce faq

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Deliverable 6 – Kingston-Bryce FAQ

Competency

Distinguish project management methodologies and tools.

Scenario

As a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited, you have been assigned to create a Frequently Asked Questionnaire (FAQ) document on the methodologies used in project management. Now that the acquisition is almost done, the Board of Directors for Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) wants to document some of the project methodologies and tools for future projects.

Instructions

You will develop a project management methodologies and tools FAQ document in Microsoft Word or Excel that evaluates:

  • various tools used in project management
  • methodologies used in project management

An FAQ document typically provides brief and clear information regarding the subject in a question and answer format.Requirements:

  1. You will include a total of 8 to 12 FAQs in your document.
  2. The FAQ document should give the Board of Directors enough information to understand the various tools and methodologies used in project management.
  3. Make sure to use audience-specific language and professional tone throughout the document.
  4. Clear organization, APA formatting for the references list, and proper grammar, punctuation, and FAQ formatting are required.

Your FAQ should contain a title and a list of questions and answers. They do not need to be numbered, but you should apply formatting to make the questions stand apart.

Transactional, Charismatic, and Transformational Approaches to Leadership

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Dr. Wassmiah is a leader in a local hospital and works well in the environment. The hospital’s environment is characterized by well-defined individual roles where each employee knows what is expected of him or her. Employee conflicts are minimized as everyone understands his or her responsibility, and the coordination of all activities leads to goal attainment. There is no duplication of work. Dr. Wassmiah encourages people to perform well and rewards positive behavior to boost productivity. Most goals Dr. Wassmiah sets are short-term, making them easier to fulfill, less intimidating to achieve, and as a result, employees are interested in obtaining the various rewards. When a problem arises, Dr. Wassmiah directs the employees in what to do and is quick to point out if the employee does not deliver results. However, Dr. Wassmiah suspects that employees are not working when there is no supervision.

What style of leadership is most likely described in this case and why have you reached that conclusion? What are the advantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position? What are the disadvantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position? What are the implications for employee motivation with this type of leadership? What other styles of leadership might be complementary to that described in the case and why?

Directions:

  • Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be 3 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
  • Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published in the last five years.
  • 100% free plagiarism. 

Managerial Decision Making – Case Study 1

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 “Commercial Space Travel” on page 16.

On October 4, 2004, at nearly 400,000 feet (70 miles)above the Mojave Desert, history and $10 million dollars were made. SpaceShipOne had completed its third required flight to claim the $10 million X Prize. The Ansari X Prize was created to jump-start interest in commercial space travel and was similar to the hundreds of aviation incentive prizes created in the early 20thcentury to help develop today’s $300 billion commercial aviation industry. The X prize achieved its goal with 26teams from seven countries spending over $100 million to make commercial space travel a future reality. Onceinconceivable for non-governmental agencies, there are now several for-profit companies looking to enter the space-travel market. Sir Richard Branson created a new company, Virgin Galactic, and has ordered five spaceships from the creators of SpaceShipOne.Branson’s ships will be larger, holding five passengers and one pilot. Virgin Galactic has already had 5,000people make serious inquiries about tickets, which are currently running at $190,000 apiece. Another company, Space Adventures, is selling space-travel tickets for less than $100,000 and has advanced deposits of $10,000 from 100 customers. Not only didSpaceShipOne make history in being the first non-governmental group to launch people into space, but it may also have made history by launching a new industry. Only time will tell!

Questions 1. Clearly, there are potentially great risks associated with being blasted into space and then gliding back to earth. Many systems must work almost flawlessly for day-in and day-out space travel. This is rocket science after all. From your perspective, would you be an early adopter and want to be one of the first to fly into space? Or would you wait until the industry was more mature? What factors would you include when thinking about commercial space travel?

Questions 2. The economics of space travel raises some interesting questions. These space-travel entrepreneurs believe that they can control costs better than governmental organizations. By being smaller and leaner, they can react quickly to changes in the marketplace. PeterDiamandis, the organizer of the X Prize, summed up this sentiment by stating that these entrepreneurs were the“furry mammal(s)among the dinosaurs of the aerospace industry.”Do you agree with this thinking, or do you believe that for-profit companies might cut corners to keep costs down and thereby be riskier?

Note:
1. Your Case Study should be 2 – 3 pages in length and written in APA style format.
2. Separate title and reference page (minimum of 2 references)
3. Double spaced with 12-point Times Roman font.

disc 1

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 **Use link below for article**

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2013/12/30/ups-holiday-season-fiasco-a-failure-of-strategic-planning/?sh=617b0cd0fcfe

Prior to beginning the discussion, read Chapter 1 of the course text for a tangible understanding of strategic methods. Read the UPS Holiday Season Fiasco: A Failure of Strategic Planning (Links to an external site.) article.

Strategic planning is crucial to an organization’s sustainability. According to Abraham (2012), how does strategic planning differ from strategic management, and where does planning fit in the development of a strategy? According to research, how should an organization’s strategy influence the business model?

After you have read the UPS Holiday Season Fiasco: A Failure of Strategic Planning (Links to an external site.) article, describe the problems in UPS and FedEx’s strategic planning process. Supporting your findings, how did the fear of losing market share affect the implementation and management of their organizational strategies? Research UPS and FedEx and describe the strategic changes made since the 2013 event. Based on the strategic models described in the course text, what type of strategy supports growth and sustainability during an ever-expanding or changing demand?

Guided Response: Your initial post must be specific and significant. The initial post must be between 300 and 350 words. You must support your post with at least two scholarly resources in addition to the text to defend your positions and findings. Use the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)document for additional guidance.

Respond to at least four of your classmates’ posts during the discussion week. Responses to classmates must be substantive and further the discussion by debating and advancing the key points of their post.

**Use link below for article**

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2013/12/30/ups-holiday-season-fiasco-a-failure-of-strategic-planning/?sh=617b0cd0fcfe

Evaluate a Source

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 ***I HAVE UPLOADED THE SAMPLE ESSAY THEY PROVIDED. ALL FORMATTING SHOULD MATCH THE UPLOADED ESSAY.***

ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the sources you have found through your preliminary research about your research topic. Which source you choose is up to you; however, it should be substantial enough that you will be able to talk about it at length, and intricate enough that it will keep you (and your reader) interested.

In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the Touchstone.

The introduction of this paper will involve introducing the source: Provide the author, the title, and the context (where you found the source, where it was originally published, who sponsored it, etc.)

You will then go on to evaluate the source on two levels:

  1. Credibility: Using the information in this unit as a guide, evaluate the source’s authenticity and reliability. Look at all the information that you can find about the source to establish the author’s (or sponsor’s) trustworthiness.
  2. Usefulness: Using a combination of summary and analysis, examine the source on a critical level. Determine what the source’s purpose (thesis) is, and how it arrives at that goal. Examine its value to you and the project you are working on. How will it help you prove your own points? How might it come in handy to back up a claim (or address a counter-claim)?

Finally, you will include a conclusion which shows your final assessments on both counts. 

 

Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.

1. Source Identification

The introduction of this paper will be introducing the source:

❒ Have you provided the author’s name?❒ Have you provided the source title?❒ Have you provided the context (where you found the source, where it was originally published, who sponsored it, etc.)?

2. Source Evaluation

❒ Have you provided a judgment on the source’s credibility?❒ Have you used specific examples from the source to illustrate your judgment on credibility?❒ Have you provided a judgment on the source’s usefulness?❒ Have you used specific examples from the source to illustrate your judgment on usefulness?

3. Reflection

❒ Have you answered all reflection questions thoughtfully and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?

B. Reflection Questions

DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

  1. What types of questions did you ask yourself when evaluating the credibility and usefulness of your source? (2-3 sentences)
  2. How do you feel this evaluation practice will help you as you continue to move through the research process? (2-3 sentences)

 

D. Requirements

The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:

  • Composition must be 2-3 pages (approximately 500-750 words).
  • Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
  • Use a readable 12-point font.
  • All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
  • Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
  • Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
  • Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
  • Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
    • Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.

Research Critiques and PICOT Statement Final Draft

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Prepare this assignment as a 1,500-1,750 word paper using the instructor feedback from the previous course assignments and the guidelines below.

PICOT Question  

Revise the PICOT question you wrote in the Topic 1 assignment using the feedback you received from your instructor.

The final PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).

Research Critiques

In the Topic 2 and Topic 3 assignments, you completed a qualitative and quantitative research critique on two articles for each type of study (4 articles total). Use the feedback you received from your instructor on these assignments to finalize the critical analysis of each study by making appropriate revisions.

The completed analysis should connect to your identified practice problem of interest that is the basis for your PICOT question.

Refer to “Research Critiques and PICOT Guidelines – Final Draft.” Questions under each heading should be addressed as a narrative in the structure of a formal paper.

Proposed Evidence-Based Practice Change

Discuss the link between the PICOT question, the research articles, and the nursing practice problem you identified. Include relevant details and supporting explanation and use that information to propose evidence-based practice changes.

General Requirements

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Discuss the ways in which a nurse demonstrates cultural competency in nursing practice.

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  Topic 4 DQ 1

In the field of nursing there are many things the nurse needs to be good at. We need to be good at listening, assessing, treating, and many other things. Today there are so many different cultures that nurses meet. To provide the best care for the patient the nurse needs to be culturally competent and be able to gain the cultural information from the patients. To gather that information, the nurse can do several things. They can ask the patient verbally or by a written questioner. The nurse can also observe the patient and pick up on their culture. asking the patient to get the information can sometimes be difficult but I think it is the best way. The nurse needs to ask questions in a non-judgmental way.

When a nurse is culturally competent they give better care. They can know what the culture wants and allows during care. Some cultures the husband makes all the decisions, some cultures do not allow a male doctor or nurse around a female patient. In my field certain cultures do not believe in pain management and some believe in a LOTUS birth. When the nurse knows the different cultural beliefs, they can give much better patient centered care. Allowing the patient to practice their beliefs if they are safe shows cultural competency on the nurse’s part. Not trying to force the patient to do something that they do not believe in, for example pushing the pain medication on the patient that does not believe in it. Being culturally competent is very important so there needs to be training to become culturally competent (Cuevas, O’Brien, Saha, 2017)

Respond to the above posting using 200-300 words APA format with references supporting the post

Reply 1 and 2 ,150 words each one by 05/28/2021 at 6:00 pm ,please add references and citations

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Reply1

 

What is the main issue for your organization in addressing a solution to evidence-based nursing practice? Discuss what might be the first step in addressing and resolving this issue.

Evidence-based practice (EBP), a problem-solving approach to patient care based on the best available and reliable evidence, improves care quality, lowers costs, and allows nurses and other health professionals to grow personally and professionally.Person as well as organizational barriers to EBP implementation exist. EBP is a consistency of nursing practice. The main issue my organization in addressing related to evidence-based nursing practice is the fact that many nurses hardly want a cahnge in the way they work and handle patient care.

As a result, familiarity with EBP is advised.One of the most significant obstacles to EBP adoption is a lack of awareness about how to use evidence-based practices(Wallis,2012). Some nurses have been shown to lack the skills necessary to incorporate research results into their practices. According to the findings of the study, there is little evidence that most nurses, especially inexperienced nurses, have knowledge of how to incorporate EBP in their practice. We need to include EBP concepts in entry-level education to encourage critical thinking, inspire potential research interest, and further develop the available body of knowledge in our increasing clinical practice (Manspeaker & Van, 2011). Today’s students are tomorrow’s clinicians; we need to include EBP concepts in entry-level education to promote critical thinking, inspire potential research interest, and further develop the available body of knowledge in our growing clinical practice (Manspeaker & Van, 2011).

Reference

Manspeaker, S., & Van Lunen, B. (2011). Overcoming barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice concepts in athletic training education: perceptions of select educators. Journal of athletic training, 46(5), 514–522. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-46.5.514

Wallis L, 2012. Barriers to implementing evidence-based practice remain high for U.S. nurses: getting past “we’ve always done it this way” is crucial. Am J Nurs. . doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000423491.98489.70. PMID: 23190655.

Reply 2

 
2 postsRe: Topic 2 DQ 2

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in nursing involves the application of knowledge obtained from various credible sources after critically evaluating the information and then using it to make informed decision on the most effective intervention to use to enhance patients’ outcomes (Goodman, 2013). For this reason, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is regarded as the golden standard for delivering competent and patient centered care to clients. Despite its benefits adoption of Evidence-Based Practice in healthcare system remains low. In the facility that I work, the main issue that emerged in the process of addressing a solution to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) was resistance to change. Notably, many of the nurses and even some of the organizational leaders had issues with incorporating Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) to different operations in the facility. In their view, things had always been done in a certain way and given that they were working, there was no need to make a change (Mahmoud & Abdelrasol, 2019). Additionally, addressing a solution to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) meant that there would be a change in the organizational culture at the facility. That was met with a lot of resistance due to the fear of the unknown, for example, how would the patients react to the change? In addition to that, there were concerns about an increase in workload for the healthcare professionals at the facility. That is because they had to research the evidence, appraise it, and finally proceed with the implementation. All that made nurses and other professionals resist the process of addressing a solution to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).

Given that, the first step to solving the problem mentioned above is through stakeholder engagement. It will mean having meetings with nurses and other professionals addressing their fears about the use of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). That will create trust, and hence the nurses will be more receptive to the use of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Additionally, it will help in collecting the views of nurses about Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and incorporating them in the process of implementation. That will make Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) have the capability to address the unique problems at the facility. After getting the buy-in from the nurses, then it will be easier to proceed with the process of addressing a solution to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).

References

Goodman, K. W. (2013). Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Mahmoud, M. H., & Abdelrasol, Z. F. (2019). Obstacles in employing evidence-based practice by nurses in their clinical settings: A descriptive study. Frontiers of Nursing, 6(2), 123-133. doi:10.2478/fon-2019-0019

Assignment 3-8-8-18

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Week 8 Assignment 3 Submission

Click the link above to submit this assignment.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” video in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 3: The Convergence of Healthcare Financing and Economic Trends and Forces

Due Week 8 and worth 100 points

Note: Use the textbook, course readings, Strayer online library, and other reputable online sources to complete this assignment.

Prepare a fifteen to twenty (15 to 20) slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed scholarly speaker notes in which you: 

Compare the three (3) current health care financing and funding models (i.e., employee based, government based, and individual based) used with the healthcare delivery system of the United States.

Compare and contrast key economic goals of public and private health insurance plans.  Evaluate the success potential of key economic goals in terms of populations covered, services included, financing arrangements, reimbursement strategies, and economic competition policies.

Analyze the key effects of labor market, insurance market, and competitive market factors on health care delivery requirements at your current or previous organization of employment.

Determine what changes are occurring in the economy or concerning labor and regulatory factors that must be considered in the future.

Suggest the key national trends that you believe currently affect competition and pricing initiatives. Justify your response.

Suggest the main quality indicators that typically affect health insurance pricing at the local level. Justify your response.

Use a minimum of six (6) reputable references sources including three (3) sources from peer reviewed journals.

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:

Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to care.

Analyze the impact of managed care on cost, quality, and access within managed care organizations and the health insurance market.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.

Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.