Federalism Research Paper or Presentation Assignment Instructions

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Research Paper: Federalism Research Paper or Presentation Assignment Instructions

Overview

Public budgeting takes place at the national, state, and local levels. As you have seen, many of the debates related to public budgets arise from fundamental presumptions about the role and limits of government. Likewise, many debates arise from presumptions about which level of government, federal, state, or local has been appropriately authorized by the people and is in the best position to act in each area. To the extent that budgets are ultimately the avenue through which governments act, these debates very quickly become public budgeting issues. 

Instructions

In this assignment, you writing a research paper analyzing the concept of federalism as it applies to the politics and policy of public budgeting. Specifically, you will need to provide a nuanced analysis and explanation of

1) the role and/or impact of federalism in maintaining constitutionally limited federal government, 

2) the potential impact of federalism on federal level public budgeting. 

3) the impacts of federal agency spending on public budgeting; and 

4) a Judeo-Christian analysis of the concepts of federalism in public budgeting.

Research Paper Instructions

For this assignment, you should prepare a 5-7 pages research paper in APA format (not including title page, reference page, and any appendices). You must also include a title and reference page, citations from appropriate professional, scholarly, or other appropriate sources to fully support your assertions and conclusions. Additionally, your research paper must contain citations from the course text books, assigned readings, and a minimum of 5 additional sources which does not include the course textbooks, assigned readings, and the Bible.

This is a graduate-level research assignment designed to test your ability to carefully research, effectively organize, and concisely communicate a nuanced understanding of the concepts and issues raised in the assignment. While the minimum page limit is short (as is often the case in public policy/public administration briefings), students are expected to craft efficient, highly substantive papers. 

You are expected to comport with the highest writing, research, and ethical standards. Additionally, to do well on this assignment, you must conduct high-quality research and offer rich, well-supported analysis; mere opinion or conjecture will not suffice. 

There must be no careless or simple grammatical errors such as misspellings, incomplete sentences, comma splices, instances of faulty noun/verb agreement, etc. Such errors will result in significant point deductions.

Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited and may result in failure of the assignment, failure of the course, and/or removal from the program. It is your responsibility to ensure that you fully understand what constitutes the various forms of plagiarism and that you avoid all forms of plagiarism.

 

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to: 

  • Analyze implications of federalism on public budgeting.
  • Evaluate methods of applying federalism to issues of public budgeting.
  • Evaluate implications of federal regulatory mechanisms on public budgeting.

 Public budgeting takes place at the national, state, and local levels. Many of the debates related to public budgets arise from fundamental presumptions about the role and limits of government.  In this module, you will explore federalism and the avenue through which governments act on budgeting issues. 

Read “My Father’s Hands”

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  • The summary paragraph should be 100-150 words.
  • Begin the paragraph with a topic sentence that includes the title of the selection, the author(s), and the overall message. Here are examples: 
    • Sara Hansen discusses the importance of proper hand hygiene in the article “All Washed Up?” or 
    • In “How Dual-Earner Couples Cope,” Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds describe the different types of dual-income households and examine their effects on family members.
  • Include the major details used to support the author’s point.

The second paragraph should be your reaction to the reading. The reaction paragraph should be 150-200 words. For ideas, refer to the questions asked in the general instructions for all Reading Responses. If you have trouble writing your response, you may consider these questions:

  • How have attitudes toward people with different learning abilities changed since Worthington’s father’s time?
  • In your opinion, is illiteracy still a major problem in the United States? Provide evidence for your response.
  • Reflect on how Worthington closes the story. Discuss the connection between the title and the ending.
  • Worthing describes his father as a “great man.” Discuss, using evidence from the story.
  • Discuss a time when you tried to learn how to do something new; whether you failed or succeeded, how did you feel?
  • Imagine a day in your life if you did not know how to read and write. What obstacles would you encounter (at work, with friends, etc), and how would you try to overcome the obstacles?

OPP_Week8_Assignment

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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg along with other fellow Harvard College students. As of the end of 2018, the number of Facebook employees reached 35,587 full-time staff. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Amazon, Apple, and Google.From our Thompson text, read Chapter 10 Assurance of Learning Exercise #3 related to Facebook’s Career page and click on the website link to provide you with information to use in your response to the following:

  • How do Facebook’s internal management training programs integrate the traits and stated goals on the Careers page into specific and tangible construction of employee capabilities?
  • How does the internal training prepare Facebook employees of all types to “move fast and break things”?
  • Incorporate information from our coursework (Thompson text and other material) this week into your assignment analysis of the above.

  Thompson Jr. A. A, Peteraf, M. A., Gamble, J. E., and Strickland III, A. J. (2020). Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases. 22nd Edition. McGraw-Hill. 

Submission Details: 

  • Your analysis should be 500 words or less.
  • Incorporate a minimum of at least one course (Thompson text) and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your paper.  All written assignments must include a coverage page, introductory and concluding paragraphs, reference page, be double-spaced, and proper in-text citations using APA guidelines.

Start With Why Reflections

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  1. The title of the book is “Start With Why.” What does this mean to you?
  2. What is the “Golden Circle” that Simon Sinek discusses in his book?
  3. Do you agree with the author’s statement that “people don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it” (ch 3, p 41)? Can you think of a military example that supports your argument?
  4. How are the author’s ideas about starting with why related to identity?
  5. The author states for values or guiding principles to be truly effective, they have to be verbs. It’s not “integrity,” it’s “always do the right thing.”  Do you agree with the author’s statement?
  6. The author tells the story of two stonemasons (ch 6, p 94-95). The stonemasons do exactly the same work, but one considers it to be a job while the other sees it as a calling.  Why do the two stonemasons see their work differently?
  7. The author states “best practices are not always best” (ch 9, p 166). What does he mean by this?
  8. The author states “we trust those with whom we are able to perceive common values or beliefs” (ch 4, p 53). Do you agree with this statement?  If so, how is it related to the Army Profession?
  9. The author states “trust begins to emerge when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain” (ch 6, p 84). Do you agree with this statement?
  10. The author uses Apple as an example of a company that starts with why (ch 3, p 43). Do you agree with Sinek’s example?  How is this example related to trust?
  11. The author states “absent a WHY, a decision is harder to make” (ch 4, p 59). Do you agree?  Explain why or why not.
  12. What leadership attributes did Sinek discuss in his book?
  13. What leadership competencies did Sinek discuss in his book?
  14. The author discussed a special partnership between WHY and HOW for successful organizations. In this partnership, you often have one leader who provides vision while another has the talent to actually get it done.
  15. The author gives an example of Ben Comen, a runner with cerebral palsy, to make a point about competition (ch 14, p 224). Who should you be competing against?  Yourself or others?
  16. The author writes at some length about manipulation, motivation, and inspiration. Sometimes you see this referred to as a transactional versus transformational leadership.  Does the author believe one method is more effective for successful organizations?  Which one?
  17. Identify an inspirational leader. Conclude your paper with the name of a leader you have found to be inspirational.  Based on “The Golden Circle” discussed in Chapter 3, include a paragraph describing what you view to be his/her “WHY” or purpose. 

Choose a company to research. The company can be either a publicly traded company or privately owned

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MG5615: Organizational Economics

Final Case Study Instructions

Choose a company to research. The company can be either a publicly traded company or privately owned, perhaps a company you are familiar with (but not your current employer). The key elements in choosing a good company for your case study are:

1) Is the company relatively easy to research? Is there plenty of available information on the inner workings of the firm?

2) Is it a company you’re interested in and/or do you like their product or service? (This will make it more fun.)

3) Is the company newsworthy? (Perhaps they’ve had a stunning failure, legal issue or maybe they recently created a killer product everyone wants.)

Once you have picked a company, post your company to the final case study paper discussion forum – week 4. No two students can pick the same company and approval will be given on a first-come-first assigned basis.

Note that for a large, multi-line or multi-product company, you may want to choose a single business line within the firm for your analysis. https://excellentwriter.xyz/uncategorized/choose-a-company-to-research-the-company-can-be-either-a-publicly-traded-company-or-privately-owned/ For example, with Apple, you would concentrate on their iPhone business only or with Google/Alphabet you would concentrate on just their driverless car project. You will find it much easier to focus your business analysis on one business line within a large diversified company.

Your final case study paper should be 6-8 pages and will consist of 5 sections (each about 1.5-2.0 pages).

The first section should be an overview of the company:

· What does the company do?

· What product or service does it offer?

· Where is it located?

· Who are its main competitors?

· What is the market structure (e.g. pure competition, monopoly, oligopoly, etc.)?

· How is it regulated?

This first section should provide a background or base-line understanding of the company in support of the rest of the paper.

For the remaining four sections, should include the following:

· A demand analysis illustrating the most applicable terms, concepts, or ideas in Chapter 3 to include the following – consumer behavior (purchasing power and substitution effect), targeting, switching cost, positioning, price elasticity of demand (demand determinants), interpreting income and advertising elasticity.

· A pricing analysis illustrating the most applicable terms, concepts, or ideas in Chapter 14 to include the following – value in use/value based pricing (product specifications, ease of use, service frequency, change order responsiveness, loyalty programs, and empathy in order processing), couponing, bundling, price discrimination, and price skimming versus full-cost pricing.

· A “What they got wrong” analysis detailing a strategy mistake using the course concepts.

· A “What they got right” analysis detailing a strategy win using the course concepts.

If you are having trouble addressing or finding enough information for any of the sections above, you can augment your analysis by articulating what you think the company should do. For example, if you can’t find any information on your company’s value-based pricing, https://excellentwriter.xyz/uncategorized/choose-a-company-to-research-the-company-can-be-either-a-publicly-traded-company-or-privately-owned/ explain how you would price the product or service and why. This is Organizational (managerial) Economics; make some decisions on behalf of your company and support them using concepts and ideas from the course!

The goal of this paper is to illustrate that you understand the concepts covered in this course and that you can apply them to a real company.

Remember to document or source borrowed research using the standard APA citation style. Extensive quoting is not necessary (and not additive to your grade). Reference the source, but, to the extent possible, explain the concept or strategy in your own words. For example, if you find a great article on your company’s pricing strategy, explain the article and concepts in your own words and source it. Do not cut and paste long passages of text.

The paper should be 6-8 pages (or more) double-spaced, size 12 font Times New Roman, Calibri, or Cambria. The final paper is due on Sunday of Week 12.

Deliverable 1 – The Foundation of Healthcare Quality-HSA6200

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Competency

Analyze the history of healthcare quality improvement and how it shapes current and future quality initiatives.

Scenario

You are the Quality Director of a local health system. Your organization has decided to seek accreditation through the Joint Commission.Your first task has been penned by the CEO to prepare for the accreditation process by conducting a literature review on the impact of accreditation on quality of care. The review of literature should include the historical underpinnings of quality initiatives since the publishing of the blockbuster report by the Institute of Medicine – To Err is Human – and an evaluation of the developments in quality initiatives over the past two decades. Upon completing the review of literature, you are asked to compile a report highlighting the history of quality improvement and the significance of quality initiatives on the future of care delivery. Your report should support the organization’s goal of earning accreditation through the Joint Commission.

Instructions

Complete a report that encompasses the history of Quality Healthcare, which focuses on the ways in which quality improvement has changed over time and how past initiatives shape current and future quality initiatives. At a minimum, your report should include:

  • An assessment of the accreditation process and its role in improving quality of care.
  • A review of the quality initiatives that have been developed in recent years and the impact of the initiatives on the quality of care delivered.
  • Support for accreditation based on the review of literature on quality from the historical perspective to future implications.
  • A discussion on the fundamental changes that have been implemented since the IOM’s report and potential for continuous quality improvement.

Recommendations for your organization to prepare for the accreditation process based on your review of literature and your assessment of the overall process. 

RUBRICS:

1. Clear and thorough assessment of the accreditation process and its role in improving quality of care. Includes comprehensive examples with multiple supporting evidence. 

2. 

Clear and thorough review of the quality initiatives that have been developed in recent years and the impact of the initiatives on the quality of care delivered.

Included comprehensive descriptions with multiple supporting examples.

3. 

Comprehensive analysis of the

support for accreditation based on the review of literature on quality from the historical perspective to future implications.

Included three or more examples of the differences between quality assurance and quality improvement.

4. 

Report contained clear, concise, and thorough

discussion on the fundamental changes that have been implemented since the IOM’s report and potential for continuous quality improvement.

5. 

Comprehensive recommendations for your organization.

Leadership Proposal – 4 pages

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INTRODUCTION

Nursing is a practice discipline that includes direct and indirect care activities that affect health outcomes. As a baccalaureate nursing student, you are developing new competencies in leadership, and in order to achieve mastery, you must apply those competencies to live practice experiences and situations. This Leadership Learning Experience (LLE) is designed to allow you to choose a clinical focus (e.g., practice, policy, education, population) in which you apply your leadership problem–solving skills. The LLE requires engagement with other people within the setting to complete. 
 

You will develop a project within a practice setting that allows you to develop these leadership skills. You will identify a problem area in a practice setting that you specifically want to address (e.g., practice, policy, population, education) that aligns with organizational priorities. Example sources for the problem area may include the following:

             •  Practice: joint commission standards, core measures as quality indicators, other data

             •  Policy: legislation, staffing ratio, regulations from state boards

             •  Population: children with diabetes, adult obesity

             •  Education: future of nursing, Benner’s recommendations about nursing education

You will focus on a real-life solution for the problem. You should choose a topic that is timely, manageable, and realistic to the current healthcare environment. An external resource person (i.e., manager, clinical leader, clinical educator, policy expert, or population expert) must confirm the relevance of the selected project and your engagement in the setting as part of project completion. As with all projects, you should think how you, as a nurse, function in the following roles: detective, scientist, and manager of the healing environment.

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Note: Any information that would be considered confidential, proprietary, or personal in nature should not be included. Do not include the actual names of people, stakeholders, or other personally identifiable information. Fictional names should be used. Also, agency-specific data, including financial information, should not be included but should be addressed in a general fashion as appropriate.

Note: Your submission may be in a variety of formats (e.g., report, multimedia presentation).

A.    Develop a written proposal by doing the following:

1.    Identify a problem or issue related to practice, policy, population, or education that aligns with the organizational priorities you seek to solve.

Note: You may need to meet with your organization or practice setting, your manager, or your supervisor to help choose a current problem or issue.

a.    Explain the problem or issue, including why it is applicable to the area of practice you chose and the healthcare environment.

2.    Discuss your investigation of the problem or issue.

a.    Provide evidence to substantiate the problem or issue (e.g., organizational assessment, national source documents, evidence from a stakeholder).

3.    Analyze the state of the situation using current data.

a.    Analyze areas that might be contributing to the problem or issue.

4.    Propose a solution or innovation for the problem or issue.

a.    Justify your proposed solution or innovation based on the results of your investigation and analysis.

5.    Recommend resources to implement your proposed solution or innovation. Include a cost-benefit analysis of your proposed solution or innovation.

6.    Provide a timeline for implementation based on your proposal.

7.    Discuss why each key stakeholder or partner is important for the implementation of the solution or innovation.

a.    Summarize your engagement with the key stakeholders or partners, including the input and feedback you received.

b.    Discuss how you intend to work with those key stakeholders or partners in order to achieve success.

8.    Discuss how your proposed solution or innovation could be implemented, including how the implementation could be evaluated for success.

B.    Explain how you fulfilled the following roles during your process of investigation and proposal development:

1.    scientist

2.    detective

3.    manager of the healing environment

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On 1st of January 2018 Blink Ld. purchased a new truck to be used for the delivery of the merchandises produced by the company.

The price paid was $175,000. The residual value of the truck was estimated to $5,000 and the useful life to 9 years.

On 31st of December 2020 the company sold the truck for $107,000.

On 31st of December, Blink, Ltd obtained a 18 months loan from the bank for $200,000. Interest rate is 6%. The company will face monthly installment payments of $2,000  as from January 1st 2020.

  1. Calculate the gain or loss obtained for the sale of the truck considering that the company used the straight-line depreciation method. Explain your calculation and the steps followed. 35 points  (10 for accumulated depreciation, 10 for net book value, 10 for amount of gain or loss, 5 for the explanations)
  2. Calculate the gain or loss obtained for the sale of the truck considering that the company used the double declining balance method for depreciation purposes. Explain your calculation and the steps followed.  35 points (10 for accumulated depreciation, 10 for net book value, 10 for amount of gain or loss, 5 for the explanations)
  3. Explain the differences obtained between answer to questions 1 and 2. 10 points.
  4. Calculate the remaining unpaid balance of the loan at 28th of February 2021. Explain your calculation. 20 points

Week 3 Assignment: Healthcare Policy (graded) Submit Assignment

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Directions

  1. Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment: Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)
  2. View a short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment: Healthcare Policy Assignment Tutorial (Links to an external site.)
  3.  (Links to an external site.)This assignment will be in the format of a PowerPoint presentation (Bullet points may be used).
  4. You are educating your peers through this presentation regarding a federal bill you believe may be of interest to nurses.
  5. Go to https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/health/6130 (Links to an external site.)
  6. Choose a health-related federal bill of interest. Read through the bill and develop a summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name.
  7. Here is a link to our U.S. legislative process (bill to law) for review, if needed: https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process (Links to an external site.)
  8. For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft Office 365 Training (Links to an external site.) may be helpful.
  9. Include the following information in your presentation
    • Title slide (Your name, NR451, session, Healthcare Policy assignment)
    • Bill name and number (indicate either H.B. or S.B.)
    • Bill summary (in your own words)
    • Address how this bill might impact professional nursing practice standards if passed? If not passed?
    • How might the bill impact your own nursing practice?
    • How might you communicate your concerns about or support for this bill based on nursing practice, standards, or patient outcomes?
    • How might this bill impact your community?
    • References slide to include the Bill source in APA format.
    • No more than 12 slides

Template

There is no required form or template for this assignment. Please use PowerPoint best practices throughout your presentation.

Best Practices

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

  • Review directions and rubric thoroughly prior to beginning assignment.
  • Watch the short video tutorials on tips for completing the assignment and on developing a PowerPoint. Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.
  • Make slides easy to read with short bullet points and large font.
  • Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.
  • Please use your browser’s File setting to save or print this page.

Scholarly Sources and Citations

  • Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.
  • Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

**Academic Integrity**

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.

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The reading this week refers to the family as the cornerstone of American society.  What are the biggest changes in how we define “family” over the last 50 years?  According to research, what are people’s general thoughts on family and nontraditional family structures in the United States today? What are the social factors that have influenced this perception of “family?” What can the government and citizens do to strengthen families and marriages in American society? Provide examples to support your answer. Now, critique your answer from the point of view of a functionalist or a conflict theorist.

Meet the following course objectives:

-Apply a sociological perspective to the social world

-Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.

-Describe the family, education, and religion from a sociological perspective.

This post must demonstrate comprehension of the course materials, the ability to apply that knowledge in the real world.  Learners will engage with the instructor and peers throughout the learning week.  To motivate engaged discussion, posts are expected to be on time with regular interaction throughout the week.  All posts should demonstrate college level writing skills. To promote vibrant discussion as we would in a face to face classroom, formatted citations and references are not required.  Quotes should not be used at all, or used sparingly.  If you quote a source quotation marks should be used and an APA formatted citation and reference provided.