: 8 to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, not including title page and references; (You may wish to include appendix pages in your presentation to accommodate any tables, figures, or images that do not fit within your presentation.)

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THERE IS 2 PARTS TO THIS ASSIGNMENT – A ONE PAGE PAPER AND A POWERPOINT – DUE ON SUNDAY, 9/8/19 AT 6:00 PM

Week 5 – Assignment 1: Compute and Interpret Present and Future Values

Answer the following questions (for quantitative questions, show your work):

How does the present value of a lump sum compare to the present value of an annuity?

How does the future value of an ordinary annuity compare to the future value of an annuity due?

How does the present value of an annuity compare to the present value of an annuity due?

What is the value today of $500 received in 3 years if the going rate of interest is 10% per year?

An individual has $3,000 today. What will that be worth in 7 years if the going rate of interest is 4% per year?

What is the present value of $250 received at the end of each year for the next 8 years if the interest rate is 4.5% per year?

Length: 1-3 pages, not including cover page and references

References: Please include three sources with your submission.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Week 5 – Assignment 2: Create a Budget and Financial Plan for a Vacation Trip

Here is your opportunity to dream! Choose a vacation destination anywhere in the world (to which you must fly) for a 2-week trip (assume you have vacation time from work to take the trip) that you would like to take exactly 10 years from today. This can either be an individual vacation, a couple trip, or a family excursion, depending on your life circumstances. After you pick your destination (remember, dream big), determine the following:

Determine travel expenses for all members of the group.

Identify lodging expenses for the entire time period of the trip.

Estimate the daily food expenses.

Make a list of activities that you would like to engage in every day of the trip. Determine a cost for each day’s activity list (e.g., tickets to amusement parks, museum entrance fees, boat trips, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, entertainment venues).

Make a list and associated cost estimate of any other expenses that you believe should be included in a total cost estimate for your vacation (e.g., pet boarding, house sitting, airport parking fees).

Determine if someone earning a high income or someone earning minimum wage would be able to afford this trip?

Note: You must research all aspects of your list to substantiate your cost estimates; that is, you must demonstrate and/or document how you derived each cost estimate in the list.

After gathering and organizing all collected data, prepare a document describing your destination (including your reason for choosing that location), listing (and substantiating) all costs of the trip (this can be done in a table and must be clear and provide sufficient detail so that the reader understands your interest and passion for your vacation), and determining a total cost of your dream vacation from the time you leave to the time you return.

Assuming that your estimated total cost will grow by 2.5% per year (due to inflation), demonstrate how you would compute the expected future cost of your dream vacation.

Suppose that you can invest money every month into a fee-free mutual fund and that this fund is expected to have a 10% nominal annual rate of return. Using your estimated future cost (including inflation) as future value, determine the amount of money you must save each month for the next 10 years (i.e., 120 months) to achieve your goal. Then, determine the monthly amount you must save if you delay your trip for an additional 5 years (that is, you will take the trip 15 years from today = 180 months) instead of 10 years from today. (Note: Be sure to add the 5 additional years of inflation to the estimated future cost.) Write an explanation for your calculations so the reader is completely clear on how you derived your required monthly deposits.

Based on this numerical representation of your dream vacation, write a well-contemplated critical analysis of your trip. For example, explore questions such as: is this something that you think is worth saving for, have you changed your mind after seeing the reality of the required sacrifice, are you rethinking the location or luxury level of your accommodations or daily outings, and so on.

Note that you must properly cite all reference sites that you used to collect data to estimate your costs value, etc.

Length: 8 to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, not including title page and references; (You may wish to include appendix pages in your presentation to accommodate any tables, figures, or images that do not fit within your presentation.)

References: As this is your dream vacation, you will be responsible for researching and providing your references. Please list at least three references.

Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Create a PowerPoint presentation that outlines what you believe will be the biggest challenges facing organizations in the next twenty (20) years.

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In this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that outlines what you believe will be the biggest challenges facing organizations in the next twenty (20) years.

Faculty Note: For students taking this course online, if there is a hardship for any student in being able to secure a microphone to complete this assignment, the student is allowed to use the notes section of PowerPoint to write a narrative of what they would say if actually presenting / narrating.

Write an eight (8) slide presentation in which you:

  1. Provide a title slide (as indicated in the format requirements below) followed by a slide with an introduction to your presentation.
  2. Presentation should include your choice of the five (5) challenges you believe organizations will face in the next twenty (20)years. Only include one (1) challenge and your explanation for choosing that challenge per slide for a total of five (5)slides.
  3. Provide one (1) summary slide which addresses key points of your paper.
  4. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Understand human behavior in organizations and the forces shaping that behavior while analyzing the individual differences within those organizations and their impact on organizational behavior.
  • Analyze the facets of organizational culture, including influences and functions, challenges related to changing the culture, and the impact of culture on organizational performance.
  • Use technology to research issues affecting organizational behavior in order to deliver assignments which are clear, concise and have proper writing mechanics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

NOTE: Do not write on the following companies: Google, Verizon or Facebook.

NOTE: Please use the notes section of PowerPoint to write a narrative of what I would say if actually presenting / narrating.

Develop a 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation that covers the ethical implications of social media in healthcare. 

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Develop a 5-6 slide PowerPoint presentation that covers the ethical implications of social media in healthcare.

Be sure to address email communication, texting, and Facebook (at a minimum) and provide the “pros/cons” of using each in healthcare (from the perspective of the healthcare provider).

Deliverable 4 – Code of Ethics Intake Packet

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Competency

Assess current legal and ethical principles and the application of such principles in healthcare practice.

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.

Three Mountains was recently in the news after employee emails were published in which patients were discussed in very negative terms, although patient names were not used. The employees that sent these emails were fired. The CEO and the Board of Directors has tasked you with developing an intake packet for new patients that will reestablish patient trust in the facility, employees, and staff. The patient packet will address new patient concerns by including information about HIPAA, informed consent, a confidential health history report, and a living will. The new packet will also include the values of the organization and a code of ethics.

Your intake packet will start with the Hospital’s Code of Ethics that includes at least 10 ethical points. The code of ethics should include (at a minimum):

  • Patient relations
  • Physician activities
  • Billing for services
  • Political activities
  • Conflict of interest
  • Communication, including social media
  • Privacy

The Code of Ethics should be submitted in bullet format in a Word document with an introduction. APA formatting for the ethical points and proper grammar is required.

Upon completion of your code of ethics, please prepare a PowerPoint presentation (or other shareable Webware/software you prefer) with narration in which you explain each ethical point and its relevance in the healthcare industry with examples to the CEO, so that she can answer questions from the Board.

  1. The PowerPoint should have a minimum of 5 slides and a maximum of 12.
  2. Describe each ethical point in the Code of Ethics.
  3. Use the notes area on each slide as needed to expand on the key points.
  4. You may use a free screen capture site such as Screencast-O-Matic to record a video of your presentation. Screencast-O-Matic is a site and program that can perform screen desk and audio capture up to 15 minutes for free, and can be utilized on a Windows or Mac computer. (Note: You can use another, similar program if you prefer. Screencast-O-Matic is only a suggestion). Make sure that both your voice and the PowerPoint slides are captured on the video.

Your audio presentation should include an introduction, a concise discussion of each slide, and a conclusion. The presentation should demonstrate your overall knowledge of the content, pronunciation of words, organization, proper recording, professionalism, and clarity.

Your presentation should be 10 minutes or less. Be sure to include the following:

  • Include a link to the location of your live video on the last slide of your PowerPoint presentation.
  • Make sure to use audience specific language and tone in your PowerPoint. Remember, you would be presenting this to the CEO of your facility.

Save both your Word document and PowerPoint presentation to a folder on your computer. Then zip or compress your folder. This resource from the Library and Learning Services offers help with zipping your folder. Upload the zipped folder to the assignment drop box.

APA formatting for the References slide, and proper grammar, punctuation, and form are required. APA help is available here.

Deliverable 5 – Finalize Project Schedule and Mitigate Any Delays

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Deliverable 5 – Finalize Project Schedule and Mitigate Any Delays

As the Project Manager, your manager has asked you to prepare a report on unplanned events that have occurred. You have been asked to present this report to a group of managers, and should discuss your course of action for two unplanned events (below) that have occurred for SuperPacks. You will need to analyze the impact of these events in your project management report as a presentation; this can be PowerPoint, Prezi, or any presentation tool. Make sure you address the following questions in your presentation as you will be giving it to the management team.

Discuss your analysis on the following events:

  1. It is discovered the refrigerated module is too large for the designed refrigerated backpack pouch. What is your course of action?
  2. The subcontractor assigned to build the radio module for the backpack has shut down. What is your course of action?
  3. Discuss four areas affected by these unexpected events. Three of the areas of the project affected by the events should include changes to budget, human capital, and impact to schedule. Identify one additional area affected by these events.

Deliverable 6 – Closing Out a Project

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Competency

Examine the activities and roles of project integration, time, cost, quality, and resource management when managing projects within organizations.

Scenario Information

You are assuming the role of the project manager for a company called SuperPacks to provide a new backpack product with a built-in refrigeration pouch and radio module. Your customer for this project is the U.S. Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations. As the project manager for your team, you will be submitting to your manager a project management report.

Instructions

You are now in the final phase of being a Project Manager for SuperPacks and need to create a closeout plan on how to terminate or closeout the project. Management has asked you to consider the following checklist below for your closeout plan in a presentation to your team. Your presentation can be created using PowerPoint, Prezi, or any presentation tool. You have been asked to address the following questions in your presentation as you will be giving it to the management team:

  1. Create a closeout checklist for your project. What are the key components that you should include?
  2. Discuss how you would successfully close out this project, such as verifying project scope, contracts, administration, etc.
  3. In your closeout plan, identify the type of termination/closeout process you will use, and explain why that process is appropriate.
  4. Consider the control process you plan to use for managing this project to ensure quality is met.

Create a ten to twelve (11) slide presentation in which you:

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Create a ten to twelve (11) slide presentation in which you:

  1. Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
  2. Narrate each slide using detailed speaker notes with your  presentation.
  3. Briefly summarize your idea of a public leader. Cite experiences and research to support your assertions.
  4. Discuss  the specific leadership theories and styles that support your  definition of a public leader. Provide a rationale to support your  answer.
  5. Discuss  gender diversity in the workplace, including the increasing numbers of  women in the workplace and leadership positions. What are the main  barriers to women’s political participation and expression? What is the  role of government and political parties to address this gap?
  6. Predict three (3) public leadership trends that you believe will be particularly significant within the next decade.
  7. What  is the most important idea that you have learned in the course? How can  you apply what you have learned? What will you do with whom, where,  when, and, most important, why?
  8. Include  at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than 1 year old)  from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed  references include scholarly articles and government websites.  Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other  than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Include  a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title  slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Include  a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while  completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The  reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Format  the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three  (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant  graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the  presentation is visually appealing and readable from eighteen (18) feet  away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
  • Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.).

Deliverable 7 – Healthcare Intake Packet

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Scenario

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.

The CEO and the Board of Directors have tasked you with developing an intake packet for new patients that will help establish patient trust in the facility and its employees. The patient packet will address new patient concerns by including information about HIPAA, informed consent, a confidential health history report, and a living will. The new packet will also include the values of the organization and a code of ethics.

Instructions

You are now ready to take the basic components you have created so far and, using those as a foundation, create the final Intake Packet the hospital will use during admissions. The Intake Packet will be comprised of the following elements:

  • A New Patient Letter to accompany the Intake Packet
    • The letter should be in business letter format (Here is a library resource for help writing a business letter.)
    • The letter should address the following points for the patient:
      • An explanation of the importance of ethics
      • Why each part of the packet is included
      • How the packet is to be used
    • The letter should also include a HIPAA/Confidentiality statement
    • The letter should also include a Privacy Pledge
  • The Code of Ethics
    • Based on your PowerPoint Presentation, create a one-page bulleted Code of Ethics
  • A sample Living Will
    • Make any necessary changes to your Living Will template and include it as part of the Intake Packet
  • Create a new form for the patient to sign, acknowledging receipt of the above documents

In addition, you will craft an email to the CEO and the Board of Directors, explaining the purpose of the Intake Packet and all its components. Your email should use proper email formatting (including subject line description) and contain language appropriate to the receiver. (Here is a library resource for help writing a professional email.)

Finally, develop a PowerPoint presentation with audio for placement on the Facility website. (Here is a library resource for help creating a PowerPoint presentation.) Your audience includes past, current, and future patients. In the PowerPoint presentation, you will address the following:

  • The Ethics and Values of the organization and an overview of the Code of Ethics
  • The Purpose of the Intake Packet
  • Explanation of the Privacy Policy
  • Explanation of HIPAA, and its goals and purpose
  • Description and encouragement to sign the form acknowledging receipt

The PowerPoint presentation (or other shareable Webware/software you prefer) should be done with narration in which you explain each component of the Intake Packet.

  1. The PowerPoint should be between 10 and 15 slides.
  2. Describe each component of the Intake Packet.
  3. Use the notes area on each slide as needed to expand on the key points.
  4. You may use a free screen capture site such as Screencast-O-Matic to record a video of your presentation. Screencast-O-Matic is a site and program that can perform screen desk and audio capture up to 15 minutes for free, and can be utilized on a Windows or Mac computer. (Note: You can use another, similar program if you prefer. Screencast-O-Matic is only a suggestion). Make sure that both your voice and the PowerPoint slides are captured on the video.

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

Create an executive summary addressing how best to successfully manage the problem outlined in the scenario. This plan has two parts. First is the executive summary followed by a PowerPoint presentation with audio.

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Introduction

Public health problems are diverse and can include infectious diseases, chronic diseases, emergencies, injuries, environmental health problems, as well as other health threats. The following project will allow you to demonstrate your ability and skill in applying major organizational healthcare theories, innovation, and change concepts that impact leaders and the decisions they make when facing operational challenges in the healthcare industry.

Scenario

Acting as the president of a local hospital in an economical and socially deprived county in the US, you have just received a phone call from the state’s CDC office advising the hospital of an outbreak of Whooping Cough. As of now, a majority of the state is being affected by the outbreak and resources are becoming scarce. Your hospital is the only medical center that serves the county. Based on trends and tracking, the CDC believes that your county in which can expect a major increase in patients in the next 48-72 hours with the disease. As the president of the 300-bed hospital which serves a diverse population of 50,000 citizens, it is the president’s responsibility to create a plan of action to help address and treat patients of the county who might become ill in the next 48-72 hours.

The first task you will undertake is to research the disease, its course of treatments, and cures to help effectively treat the potential outbreak. Once you have done so, you will create a presentation that you can give to the county board and CDC showing how your hospital will combat the disease, treat patients, and develop strategies to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

As the president, you will need to work with internal and external vendors on ensuring that the hospital has enough resources and that more resources can be ordered and delivered as quickly as possible.

You will need to reach out to and gain assistance from other healthcare organizations in the area to help you track, treat, and control the spread of the disease.  As the leader of the hospital, you will have to make decisions on how to properly manage the shortage of beds, doctors and nurses, and resources that may occur due to the outbreak.

Instructions

Create an executive summary addressing how best to successfully manage the problem outlined in the scenario. This plan has two parts. First is the executive summary followed by a PowerPoint presentation with audio.

Step 1 – Write an Executive Summary covering the following:

  • Develop an action plan to share with the hospital staff and CDC local office to address and contain the outbreak in an effective and efficient manner at the hospital.
  • Outline the process of developing alliances and partnerships to help treat and contain the outbreak through the use of efficient and effective approaches to the healthcare delivery systems.
  • Analyze the organizational decisions needed to be undertaken as a leader; that would play a part in addressing and containing the outbreak along with the use of limited resources.
  • Determine the best leadership style to use to effectively bring together multiple departments and agencies to work together as one team in containing and treating the outbreak.
  • Summarize innovative processes needed to address the outbreak given the shortage of resources and time to implement a strategy.
  • Outline any ethical considerations that should be addressed as part of the strategy in treating and containing the outbreak due to the shortage of resources such as money, manpower, and medicine.
  • Write a conclusion on the process changes needed to help improve reaction time and containment from the standpoint of the hospital.

Step 2 – Create a PowerPoint presentation with audio

As president of the hospital, you will need to create and record a 5-minute presentation using PowerPoint made up of at least 12 slides covering your findings and suggestions in dealing with the outbreak and containment of the disease. The presentation will be presented to local health officials including the officials from the counties identified by the CDC. Therefore the style of the presentation needs to be formal. You may use applications such as Screencast-O-Matic (research for tutorial videos if needed) to record your presentation.

Resources

NOTE – APA formatting for the References slide and proper grammar, punctuation, and form are required. APA help is available from this link – APA.

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Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for an undergraduate psychology  research methods course in which you synthesize and evaluate key components and principles of case study research. To do so, you will need to locate at least two peer-review articles in which the researchers used a case study design.

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Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for an undergraduate psychology  research methods course in which you synthesize and evaluate key components and principles of case study research. To do so, you will need to locate at least two peer-review articles in which the researchers used a case study design. You will use these studies as well as three peer-reviewed articles related to the topic; effects of divorce on children’s education (academic performance) , to help illustrate points throughout your presentation.

The presentation should critically demonstrate the following:

  • Identify the strengths, challenges, assumptions, and limitations of the design.
  • Appraise the role of the researcher in this qualitative design method. Note any potential ethical considerations.
  • Generate sample research question(s) based upon your topic choice  from Week 1 that would be appropriate for this design, justifying your  questions.
  • Define the essential components of case study design, and explain  how these components fit within the overall framework of this design.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well  as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised  of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 10-12 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 200-300 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.