In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

• Craft a communication strategy for internal and external audiences
• Leverage internal and external intelligence to inform decision making
• Develop an adaptable leadership mindset and skill set

Scenario

The vice president of leadership and learning has shared your toolkit with the chief human resources officer (CHRO). The CHRO is impressed with the toolkit. She plans to roll it out to all people leaders in the organization—supervisors and above—and asks you to create a communication strategy for the rollout.

The CHRO shared her vision with you, which consisted of the following key points she wants you to take into consideration when crafting the communication strategy:

• Inform your audience of the who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• Ensure the new leadership development strategy moves from a lofty vision with idealistic targets to reality, with direct impact on and with our front-line supervisors, our “boots on the ground,” and managers up through the organization.
• Be clear when explaining WIIFM— “What’s in It for Me.”
• Define the timetable for the rollout and implementation.
• Ensure that the strategy defines what success looks like, with clear metrics and deliverables.

Directions

Construct an effective communication strategy that addresses all the deliverables the CHRO wants to achieve. The communication strategy will do the following:

• State the business problem that will be addressed in rolling out the new adaptive leadership toolkit.
• Explain why these specific leadership skills and behaviors are being targeted.
• Provide a summary analysis of the employee satisfaction survey, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
• Introduce the new adaptive leadership toolkit, including how it will be used and the value it provides.
• Utilize your own personal development plan as an example for others.
• Provide a strong conclusion that supports your thesis statement and goes beyond merely restating key points.

Ensure all key points are addressed in a logical order by using the Five Ws and One H as an outline when developing the specific detail for each step of the communication strategy.

Why:

• Why was the adaptive leadership toolkit developed?

Who:

• Define who the audience, stakeholder(s), and owners are.

What:

• What is the key message?
• What is the organizational goal?
• What is the personal goal?
• What types of communication media will be used?

When:

• What is the timeline for program implementation and achievement of program deliverables?

Where:

• Where is the adaptive leadership toolkit located? Where are supporting documents, such as the FAQ?

How:

• How will we measure success?
• How will we track progress? How will we define important milestones?
• How will we communicate updates?
• How can employees provide feedback on any roadblocks, issues, or ideas for improvement?

 

The endocrine system includes eight major glands throughout the body which affect such things as growth and development, metabolism, sexual function, and mood (National Institutes of Health). Some of the most commonly diagnosed endocrine disorders include hypothyroidism, diabetes, and Hashimoto’s disease. Not surprisingly, treating any one endocrine disorder may have effects on other body systems or their functions. As an advanced practice nurse, treating patients who may suffer from endocrine disorders requires an acute understanding of the structure and function of the endocrine system. Additionally, a solid understanding of patient factors and behaviors will assist in developing the best drug therapy plans possible to treat your patients. Some of most commonly diagnosed endocrine disorders include

This week, you differentiate the types of diabetes and examine the impact of diabetes drugs on patients. You also evaluate alternative drug treatments and patient education strategies for diabetes management.

Reference: National Institutes of Health. (n. d.). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders. Endocrine diseases. Retrieved July 3, 2019 from https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/endocrine-diseases

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Differentiate types of diabetes
• Evaluate the impact of diabetes drugs on patients
• Evaluate alternative drug treatments and patient education strategies for diabetes management

  

Discussion: Diabetes and Drug Treatments

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Each year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes (American Diabetes Association, 2019). If left untreated, diabetic patients are at risk for several alterations, including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, neuropathy, and blindness. There are various methods for treating diabetes, many of which include some form of drug therapy. The type of diabetes as well as the patient’s behavior factors will impact treatment recommendations.

For this Discussion, you compare types of diabetes, including drug treatments for type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.

Reference: American Diabetes Association. (2019). Statistics about diabetes. Retrieved from http://diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/

To Prepare

• Review the Resources for this module and reflect on differences between types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.
• Select one type of diabetes to focus on for this Discussion.
• Consider one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Then, reflect on dietary considerations related to treatment.
• Think about the short-term and long-term impact of the diabetes you selected on patients, including effects of drug treatments.

By Day 3 of Week 5

Post a brief explanation of the differences between the types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes. Describe one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Be sure to include dietary considerations related to treatment. Then, explain the short-term and long-term impact of this type of diabetes on patients. including effects of drug treatments. Be specific and provide examples. Atleast 4 reffereneces needed

 

This week you reviewed how to decide on the measurement scorecard that comes with implementing processes of global coordination. There are at least two cross-border performance measurement systems to consider—global scorecards that reinforce a global mindset and joint performance that encourages all organizations to be concentrating on the same goals.

Performance appraisals and rewards differ on a global scale. For instance, the standards used to evaluate performance may differ based on cultural values. The same could be said for the rewards that an individual or team finds meaningful. In addition, the entity with the authority to assess performance and provide rewards (e.g., peer, manager, HR, etc.) can differ based on culture. How does a company decide what rewards or incentives should be used and who should conduct the performance evaluation in a global organization?

For example:

Team incentives based on team performance

• At corporate level (gain-sharing and profit-sharing plans)
• At department level (gain-sharing and profit-sharing plans)

Team rewards based on performance

• Middle or upper management (e.g., spot rewards such as movie tickets, gift cards, etc.)
• Team allocates the incentive to team members based on the team member’s role

Individual performance-based incentives or rewards

• Quantity of work being produced by the employee
• Quality of the work by the employee
• Work safety records
• Work attendance

Provide a rationale your decisions. Your responses should be a minimum of 300 words.

 Overview

Currently, the most controversial food related issue being debated by members of the general public, farmers, farming corporations, and scientists is the use of genetically modified food plants (generally referred to as GMOs) to improve the characteristics of seeds, fruits, etc. such that they are improved in one or more of the following characteristics: contain more protein and vitamins, grow faster, withstand pests better, withstand drought conditions or grow in poor soil; require less fertilizers, fungicides, and or herbicides.

These new food plants are also called genetically engineered. Humans have been messing with the genetic makeup of plants for at least 12,000 years to make the edible parts more palatable, more nutritious, larger – dramatically larger in most cases – more resistant to drought, etc. This was done simply by breeding those plants that had the features we desired and not breeding those that didn’t. (That is exactly how we used wolves to create a few hundred breeds of dogs from Chihuahuas to Great Danes.) Over those 10,000 years of evolving agriculture, lots of mutations occurred in plants and when they favored what we were trying to achieve, we kept the plants with those mutations and progressively modified the genetics of our food plants to meet our needs and desires. One could say that we dramatically domesticated our desired food plants and, in fact, you would not recognize the wild versions of the plants that we eat today. Most of those undomesticated progenitors are still around so we can see exactly how much we’ve changed those species, just as we can stand a Chihuahua next to a wolf to see what we have wrought there as well. But in the same sense that a Chihuahua isn’t a wolf in terms of being able to take care of itself out there in the wilds of Yosemite, the plants we’ve created over the millennia aren’t very self-reliant either.

The plants that produce our big, yummy, pretty seeds, vegetables, and fruits survive and produce only when we protect them from insect and fungal predators with insecticides and fungicides and only produce abundantly when we help them by plowing, furnishing them with just the right amount of water and feeding them with fertilizers. All of that assistance is expensive in our resource dwindling world and genetic technology thinks it has the answer.

The idea is to have our cake and eat it too by inserting genes from other plants that still have the genetic ability to resist predators, produce seeds and fruit without so much protection from predators, thrive without so much water, etc. In fact, the genes from very different organisms such as insects, fish, fungi, and even mammals can be inserted into plants to give them unique, and human-desirable qualities.

This is what genetic engineering is and that is how GMO’s are created. That process and its products are very different from what was achieved over thousands of years by selective breeding. The process itself and its products are so technology based, so new, so unusual, and so untested that the whole idea makes many people uncomfortable even if they can’t explain exactly why. In fact, the word, “Frankenstein”, pops up occasionally in related conversations. On the other hand, the potential to solve many heretofore unsolved, food related problems in our increasingly food, water, fuel stressed, and over-chemicaled world is very, very tempting and probably necessary and without option.

In addition, there is a ton of money to be made by some huge US corporations such as Monsanto. There are some genuine concerns about possible harm that might be done by GMOs to ecological systems, possibly human health issues, and there are some very thorny legal issues related to who owns these technologically created organisms.

Instructions

What I want you to do for this discussion is to see what you can find on the web to answer the following questions.

1. What specific concerns do people have about the effect of GMOs given that almost all foods, both plant and animal, have been significantly, genetically modified by humans for about 12,000 years?
2. Is there any hard data in peer reviewed science literature that indicates that GMOs are harmful to human health? 
3. What are the ecological concerns about GMO crops?
4. Explain why you think the concerns about GMO crops are/are not justified.

Obviously, you are going to have to do some digging into the web to get answers to these questions and there are hundreds of “opinions” on the subject that claim to be backed by science or science-informed. If they do not cite a study in the primary literature to back their claims, you should not accept what is said as being supported by quality scientific research.

*Initial post should contain 4-5 academic references in APA format with in-text citations.