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Review at least 4 articles on Balanced Scorecard and complete the following activities:

1.  Write annotated summary of each article. Use APA throughout.

2.  As an IT professional, discuss how you will use Balanced Scorecard to manage IT resources efficiently.

Please use APA throughout in your main post and responses to other posts.

Below are additional suggestions on how to respond to your classmates’ discussions:

· Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

· Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

· Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research.

· Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

· Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

· Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Reply to class mates:

class mate1:

Balanced Scorecard: –

Article 1:

This article talks about the strategic plans and its benefits of lean six sigma projects and how they used the scoreboards to solve the problem. They used this in the bank sector. In the first step, they used the six measures of the balanced scorecard to select the strategic process. The second step is the collected information using the method in step one is on the satisfactory level and it is used to rank the bank efficiency score (Ardeshir et.al, 2018).

Article 2:

This article main aim is to explain the importance of balanced scorecard(BSC). They have studied by adopting the BSC method in an oil company and comparing it with the other methods in the organization and found that there is very low adoption with BSC culture in the organization. The article explains variations in the organizational practices by analyzing their consistency with the needs, objectives, and structure of the adopting company, especially considering the cultural and political aspects involved in the adaptation process (de Barros et.al., 2016).

Article3:

The purpose of this paper is to explain the advantages and the benefits that resulted from the BSC adoption. They have read a lot of articles and concluded that the BSC is not a simple method, it is a strategic management tool which makes the organizational mission by making the communications, strategic and organization learning easy. It also tells about the current knowledge as they have used the BSC method (Patrícia et.al., 2018).

Article 4:

This article is very interesting, as they said many of the managers don’t have the knowledge of understanding the BSC. So they have conducted a study of students understanding the functional areas of business giving a course of BSC to the students by assigning the BSC project course and after the students finished the course. They have asked the students if the course has improved their knowledge about the business (Hunt et.al., 2016).

As an IT manager, Balanced Scoreboard plays a significant role in drawing significant strategy, establishing communication to all employees the goals and visions set by the executives of the company. It offers as a measurement gauge for increasing efficiency and gives decision makers a focused approach to improve on the weak links in an organization.

Class mate 2:

The expression ‘balanced scorecard’ essentially alludes to an execution administration report utilized by an administration group, and commonly this group is concentrated on dealing with the usage of a methodology or operational exercises in a current survey 62% of respondents revealed utilizing balanced scorecard for technique usage administration, 48% for operational administration. 

Balanced Scorecard is additionally utilized by people to track individual execution, yet this is less regular – just 17% of respondents in the overview utilizing Balanced Scorecard along these lines, in any case, it is clear from a similar overview that a bigger extent (around 30%) utilize corporate Balanced Scorecard components to educate individual objective setting and impetus counts. 

The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a vital arranging and administration framework that associations use to: 

Convey what they are endeavoring to achieve 

Adjust the everyday work that everybody is doing with the procedure 

Organize tasks, items, and administrations 

Measure and screen advance towards vital targets 

Balanced Scorecard implies diverse things to various individuals. At one extraordinary, an estimation based balanced scorecard is essentially an execution estimation structure for gathering existing measures into classes, and showing the measures graphically, for the most part as a dashboard. The measures in these frameworks are typically operational, not key, and are utilized basically to track creation, program activities and administration conveyance (information, yield, and process measures). 

At the other extraordinary, the balanced scorecard is a hearty association wide vital arranging, administration, and correspondences framework. These are technique based frameworks that adjust the work individuals do with association vision and procedure, impart vital expectation all through the association and to outer partners, and give a premise to better adjusting vital goals to assets. In procedure based scorecard frameworks, key and operational execution measures (results, yields, process and sources of info) are just a single of a few essential segments, and the measures are utilized to better educate basic leadership at all levels in the association. In technique based frameworks, achievements and comes about are the principle center, in view of good technique executed well. 

An arranging and administration scorecard framework utilize key and operational execution data to quantify and assess how well the association is performing with budgetary and the client comes about, operational effectiveness, and association limit building. 

A balanced scorecard takes a gander at your association in alternate points of view to gauge its wellbeing. The inner business forms viewpoint takes a gander at how easily your business is running. Proficiency is essential here. It’s tied in with lessening squander, speeding things up, and accomplishing more with less.This point of view likewise urges you to make a stride back and get somewhat philosophical about your organization 

The subsequent stage in making a balanced scorecard is picking a few vital targets for every viewpoint. Up to this point, we’ve managed expansive, obscure ideas. This is the place things get concrete. Some key goals may be: 

Lessen Injuries

Enhance Call Times 

Increment Profits 

The last building squares of a balanced scorecard are measures. Each vital target ought to have maybe a couple things that you measure to decide how it’s performing. These measures require objectives and ought to be estimated on a standard calendar.

motivation

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 Instructions

Your goals and motivations are driven by your underlying values—the reasons you desire to achieve certain things. Values inform our thoughts, words, and actions, and they help us to grow, develop, envision and create the future we want to experience. 

Now that you have viewed videos and a reading that covered goals, motivation, and values, you’ll reflect on your own goals, motivations, and values and capture your reflections to complete the Week 1 assignment. This assignment is about understanding your motivations for coming to the university and what drives you to accomplish milestones.  

For the assignment you will download the “What Are Your Motivations?” assignment template, then use it to complete the three parts of the assignment. 

Part 1: The first step in better understanding your values is by writing three to five goals for yourself. These could be personal or professional goals, and they could be short-term or long-term goals. 

Part 2: Once you’ve established your goals, think about what is motivating you to achieve those specific goals. Is it to get to a certain level in your career? Is it to achieve something you’ve always wanted to for personal reasons? Is it to set a good example for your family or friends? The second piece of this assignment is to establish two or three motivations for each goal you’ve identified. 

Your motivation for doing anything generally stems from your values. Motivating forces could be values instilled in you from a young age, or values you hold because of what you’ve learned or been exposed to. Your core values are those that drive your behaviors, actions, and words. They are the reasons we dedicate our time and energy to most things in our lives. They are our guiding principles. 

Part 3: Now that you’ve established goals and acknowledged your motivations, look at what’s motivating you, and write the underlying reason for each goal: These are your values. There could be one or several values for each goal that you have, and the values might be the same or similar for different goals.  

There are no wrong answers for this exercise. The purpose is to establish your values and to recognize what drives you to accomplish milestones. 

Once you have captured your goals, motivations, and values in the assignment template, upload your completed assignment to the Assignments Folder. Submit your assignment by the end of Week 1 to stay on track.  

Contact me if you have questions or concerns about the assignment or the submission process. 

Group Processes and their Impact on Individual Behavior

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 Humans are influenced by other people. The effects of being socialized in a socio-cultural environment are profound and pervasive. In this Discussion, while taking cultural variables into account, you are asked to consider how group processes may impact individual behavior. For instance, how you conform in your social behavior is influenced by culture and may impact your decisions and your behaviors in many aspects of your life at work, at home, and at play. For example, in some cultures people may adhere to adages such as “the squeaky wheel gets the oil” which emphasizes the role of independent action whereas in other cultures, the adage group members are expected to follow “the nail that sticks out gets pounded down” which emphasizes the value of group cohesion over independence. 

 For this Discussion, you will examine the impact of group culture on individual behavior. 

Consider the following topics and select one topic for this Discussion: 

  • Romantic love/interpersonal attraction 
  • Obedience and conformity 
  • In group vs. out group 

 Based on the topic you selected, search the Walden Library for an article related to your topic as well as related to culture, group processes, and behavior/cognition.

Article: Social Influence and Conformity is attached

 Note: Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and identify current relevant literature to support your work. 

Resource

 Credit Line: Karandashev, V., & International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. (2015). A Cultural Perspective on Romantic Love. Retrieved from ​dx.doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1135​. Used with permission of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. 

Global Perspectives

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Per the instructions: “Choose a country and explain which one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) you believe is most relevant for addressing the global burden of disease in that country, and support why. Then, explain how achieving health related SDGs may impact global society in that country. Specifically, in your response be sure to discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels. Provide examples and remember to cite your sources.”

What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how do they inform global health?

The eight MDGs serve as a framework that all the world’s countries and development institutions have agreed to, through the guidance of the United Nations. The MDGs represent a commitment to address and meet the needs of the world’s poorest population by also raising standards for quality of life. The MDGs range from efforts aimed at increasing educational opportunities, providing stable nutrition, and access to food resources for populations, to providing access to healthcare and prevention for populations most in need. 

While MDGs may be more indicative of conditions or needs in one country versus another, all MDGs merit attention and continued efforts within the global landscape. Increasing political, social, and economic challenges have affected the degree to which certain efforts are administered in respective countries. Similarly, provision for the tenets of each MDG will require continued collaboration between governmental and community agencies.

For this Discussion, review the Learning Resources for this week and reflect on each MDG. Consider how each MDG might apply to your country or region and how the MDGs address the global burden of disease. Then, reflect on how achieving the goals of the MDGs may impact global society and influence your current or future work in public health in a global context. .

Choose a country and explain which one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) you believe is most relevant for addressing the global burden of disease in that country, and support why. Then, explain how achieving health related SDGs may impact global society in that country. Specifically, in your response be sure to discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels. Provide examples and remember to cite your sources.

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H‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ealth History This paper is regarding a the Health History a Nurse Practitioner should use to gather information, and assess a new patient. A Health history provides the Nurse Practitioner a background on the patient, covering everything from their current health conditions, their parents, their environment, spirituality, occupation, everything that will provide the Nurse Practitioner with a well round view of the patient, so they may provide the appropriate care, and teachings for the patient. This paper MUST include the following: o Provide an overview of interviewing techniques for the Nurse Practitioner to use when obtaining a Health History from a new patient.

o Construct relevant health history questions for all body systems as included on the review of systems (ROS). o Provide the expected‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ normal subjective findings for each body systems on the ROS. o Advanced interview techniques. o Analyze and discuss how you might adapt your interviewing techniques to accommodate each of the following specific populations: 1. Infant/pediatric 2. Pregnancy 3. Geriatric o Identify one disease process or condition that may significantly hinder conducting a Health History interview. https://prohomeworkhelpers.com/essayquestions/

o Synthesis and discuss the expected abnormal physical examination findings that may be associated with this disease or disease process. o Summarize the key points. o References in correct APA format Scholarly sources:Only scholarly sources are acceptable for citation and reference in this course. These include peer reviewed publications, government reports, or sources written by a professional or scholar in the fiel‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍d

Signature Assignment: Binary Search Tree – Algorithm Visualization

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It’s time to demonstrate your skills and perform a Binary Search Tree – Algorithm Visualization. For this assignment:

  • Complete the Steps outlined for Part 1 and Part 2. You will complete Participation Activities, found in the course zyBook, and use a tree simulator. Take screen captures as indicated in the steps for Part 1 and Part 2. Access the BST Tree Simulator for this assignment.
  • In a Microsoft® Word document, write a Reflection for Part 1 and Part 2. Include all required screen captures for Part 1 and Part 2 and responses to the prompts outlined in the Reflection sections. Label Part 1 and Part 2 of your reflection accordingly.
  • Submit your Reflection for Part 1 and Part 2 as a single Microsoft Word document.

Part 1

Validate zyBook Participation Activities 4.5.2, 4.5.3, and 4.5.4 in the tree simulator. Take screen captures of your trees as indicated in the steps below. You will have 6 images to submit for your Part 1 Reflection.

Complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Binary search tree visualization link. This will open in a separate window. Leave open.
  2. In the zyBooks course, return to 4.5.2: BST insert algorithm Participation Activity. If possible, place the two windows side-by-side for easier visualization.
  3. Enter the data you see in the 4.5.2 Participation Activity tree (20, 12, 23, 11, 21, 30) by inserting each node in the simulator. Reflect on what you see. Is it the same as the tree in zyBooks? If different, how?
  4. Validate 4.5.2 questions 1-4 again by using the simulator to check your answer. Screen capture and paste into a Microsoft Word document.
  5. Validate 4.5.3 questions 1-5 again, but this time use the simulator to check your answer. Screen capture each tree and paste it into a Microsoft Word document. You will have four trees for this section.
  6. Validate 4.5.4 questions 1-4 again, but this time use the simulator to check your answer. Screen capture each tree and paste it into Microsoft Word document.

Part 1 Reflection

In a Microsoft Word document, write your Part 1 Reflection. Include the required screen captures for the steps in Part 1 and your responses to the following:

  • Reflect on your experience using the BST simulator with this insert algorithm complexity in mind:
  • “The BST insert algorithm traverses the tree from the root to a leaf node to find the insertion location. One node is visited per level. A BST with N nodes has at least log2N levels and at most N levels. Therefore, the runtime complexity of insertion is best case O(logN) and worst case O(N).”
  • Reflect on how you observed this behavior in the simulator. You can reference a specific participation activity in your response. If you use research in your answer, be sure to cite your sources.

Part 2

Validate the 4.6.1, 4.6.2, and 4.6.3 Participation Activities in the tree simulator. Take screen captures of your trees as indicated in the steps below. You will have 6 images to submit for your Part II Reflection.

Complete the following steps:

  1. In the zyBooks course, return to 4.6.1: BST remove algorithm Participation Activity. If possible, place the two windows side-by-side for easier visualization.
  2. Enter the data you see in the 4.6.1 Participation Activity tree (19, 14, 25) by inserting each node in the simulator. Remove the leaf and reflect on what you see. Is it the same as the tree in the zyBooks simulation? If different, how?
  3. Answer 4.6.1 questions 1-4 again, but this time use the simulator to validate your answer. Screen capture and paste into a Microsoft Word document. Rather than answering the question in the participation activity again, use the simulator to answer and validate your answers.
  4. Answer 4.6.2 questions 1-5 again, but this time use the simulator to validate your answer. Screen capture each tree and paste into a Microsoft Word document. You will have four trees for this section.
  5. Answer 4.6.3 questions 1-4 again, but this time use the simulator to validate your answer. Screen capture and paste into a Microsoft Word document.

Part 2 Reflection

In a Microsoft Word document, write your Part 2 Reflection. Include the required screen captures for the steps in Part 2 and your responses to the following:

  • Reflect on your experience using the BST simulator with this remove algorithm complexity in mind:
  • “The BST remove algorithm traverses the tree from the root to find the node to remove. When the node being removed has 2 children, the node’s successor is found and are cursive call is made. One node is visited per level, and in the worst-case scenario, the tree is traversed twice from the root to a leaf. A BST with N nodes has at least log2N levels and at most N levels. Therefore, the runtime complexity of removal is best case O(logN) and worst case O(N). Two pointers are used to traverse the tree during removal. When the node being removed has 2 children, a third pointer and a copy of one node’s data are also used, and one recursive call is made. Thus, the space complexity of removal is always O(1).”
  • Reflect on how you observed this behavior in the simulator. You can reference a specific participation activity in your response. If you use research in your answer, be sure to cite your sources.

Benchmark – Part A: Population Health Research and PICOT Statement

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In this course, you will be complete a 2-part assignment in which you conduct research about a population of focus, develop a PICOT statement, and write a Literature Review. The PICOT statement and Literature Review you write in this course can be used for your evidence-based practice project in the next course so be sure to select an issue you want to continue working on in your next course.

PICOT (Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time to achieve the outcome) is a method that helps clarify the qualities needed to create a good question out of a practice issue or problem affecting the population of focus. Additionally, the information derived from a good PICOT makes it easier to perform a literature search in order to find translational research sources that can be used to address the clinical problem.

Use a national, state or local population health care database to research indicators of disparity. Choose a mortality/morbidity indicator to identify a clinical problem or issue that you want to explore pertaining to a population of focus. Use this indicator to begin to formulate a PICOT and conduct research on the population.

Write a 750-1,000-word paper that analyzes your research and focuses on the population you have chosen. Describe the population’s demographics and health concerns, and explain how nursing science, health determinants, and epidemiologic, genomic, and genetic data may impact population health management for the selected population. Provide an overview of a potential solution for solving the health issue related to your population and the intended PICOT statement. Describe how the solution incorporates health policies and goals that support health care equity for the population of focus.

You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the 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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MS Nursing: Public Health

MS Nursing: Education

MS Nursing: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

MS Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner

MS Nursing: Health Care Quality and Patient Safety

4.1: Synthesize nursing science, determinants of health, and epidemiologic, genomic, and genetic data in the management of population health.

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Due Date: 09-Dec-2020 

Can someone do my Week 3 Assignment in General Education Capstone?

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Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

[WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) web pages, and Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) tutorials.

Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.

Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines downloadand address the following prompts:

  • Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).
    • Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
  • Thesis statement.
    • Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
  • Annotated bibliography.
    • Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
    • Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
    • Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.
    • Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.
    • Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

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Inventory Management

 

Instructions

Research two manufacturing or two service companies that manage inventory and write a 5–7 page paper in which you:

  1. Determine the types of inventories these companies currently manage and describe their essential inventory characteristics.
  2. Analyze how each of their goods and service design concepts are integrated.
  3. Evaluate the role their inventory plays in the company’s performance, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
  4. Compare and contrast the four different types of layouts found with each company; explain the importance of the layouts to the company’s manufacturing or service operations.
  5. Determine at least two metrics to evaluate supply chain performance of the companies; suggest improvements to the design and operations of their supply chains based on those metrics.
  6. Suggest ways to improve the inventory management for each of the companies without affecting operations and the customer benefit package. Provide a rationale to support the suggestion.
  7. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Propose improvements to the inventory management practices of businesses.

The review must be properly word-processed

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Any references to outside sources (though not required!) must be properly cited using an acceptable reference notation style (such as Chicago or APA).

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 1) Any references to outside sources (though not required!) must be properly cited using an
acceptable reference notation style (such as Chicago or APA). Students are free to choose any
such style – but must stick to that style, and state which one you chose on the title page. 

2) The review must be properly word-processed and submitted on-line through Nexus, in the proper place, as a PDF document through the dropbox on the Nexus course site. Essays that are not pdfs must be resubmitted, and late penalties will apply. 

3) The review must begin with an introductory paragraph, laying out your initial, overall assessment of the book. The point of a review is not just to offer your opinion of the book, but to persuade the reader whether they should purchase and read it themselves. Whatever you think about it, outline your reasons at the start – this is the thesis of your argument. 

4) The second paragraph (no more than 150 words) must provide a summary of the contents of the book and the argument that the author makes. 

5) Pick one of the chapters in the book, and reread it closely, noting on the opening page of the chapter the level of precision the technological systems had achieved by that point. https://weassistessays.com/essayquestions/ Explain in your own words why the technological systems described in that chapter required more precision, and what drove the changes that then led to the next level of precision that Winchester identifies – and therefore the next chapter. 

6) Reread the quotes from Lewis Mumford that open the book – and then reread Chapter 10 (“On the Necessity for Equipoise”). Discuss whether the drive for precision/perfection has always been a good thing, in view of the global situation that we find ourselves in now (caught between pandemic and climate change). https://convenienthomeworkhelpers.com/blog/ For a sustainable future, what changes are required in how we live together, according to Winchester? For a sustainable future, what changes are required in how we live together, according to you?