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October 29, 2023

Operations Management

Operations Management. Your Furniture Store is a 30-year-old furniture manufacturing company producing medium-density fiberboard (wood composite) dining room, living room, and bedroom furniture in high volume at low cost for wholesale customers. The organization has a competitive advantage by providing high volumes at low cost while maintaining a quality product backed by excellent service. In the last 2 years, the company has slipped from #1 in its market down to #2 due to increasing customer complaints about the availability of its products (resulting in back-orders) and frustrations with the customer service provided by the company’s call center. As a result, the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO) has directed the chief operating officer (COO) and her operations management team to do the following:

Devise an operations management strategy to align with the company’s competitive advantage strategy, as well as utilize some, or all of the operations functions (e.g., marketing and sales, finance, and operations), to improve the customer’s experience relative to production and service.

Given the proposed operations management strategy, differentiate how the organization’s production operation and its service operation contribute to the company’s competitive advantage. Address the following.

Introduce the reader to how organization and operation strategies align to drive competitive advantage. Introduce the reader to the operations functions (marketing and sales, finance, and operations) and how they collaborate to manage a business operation.
Devise an operations strategy that aligns with the company’s current competitive advantage strategy.
Examine how the proposed operations strategy enables the company to improve its competitive advantage, including explaining to the CEO how the strategy utilizes operations functions (marketing and sales, finance, and operations) to achieve competitive advantage.
Given the proposed operations management strategy, differentiate for the CEO how the organization’s production operation and its service operation contribute to the company’s competitive advantage.
The conclusion should summarize key points from the research methods and sampling analysis discussed above.

Deliverable Requirements: The Operations Strategy and Competitive Advantage Analysis should be 5 pages in length. Be sure to cite sources using APA properly; include references and in-text citations.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography, but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation. Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Evidence-Based Practice Change

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Evidence-Based Practice Change

To Prepare:

Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT.
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection.
Consider the best method of disseminating the results of your presentation to an audience.

The Assignment: Nursing. (Evidence-Based Project)

Part 4: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change

Create an 8- to 9-slide narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:

Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Be sure to provide APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.
Add a lesson learned section that includes the following:
- A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted.
- An explanation about what you learned from completing the Evaluation Table within the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template (1-3 slides). Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Grant Proposal

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Grant Proposal. Good news! The Executive Director was able to get the board to approve seeking a grant for the new program. You will now need to determine what your specific needs are for the tutorial program.

The development of the problem/need statement is critically important, as this is the first impression the potential funder will have of your program and to determine its suitability for funding. The problem/need statement should answer the following questions:

Why is it that at-risk youth in your community need tutoring?
How does this program relate to your organization’s mission, goals, and objectives?
What will happen if this program is not funded?
And what do you need the money for specifically?

Here is what you know so far about the program:

The program is specifically for high school students, grades 9–12.
There is currently no community-wide tutoring program for high school students.
The current drop-out rate has increased overall the last several years and currently sits at 30%.
Students will likely have other needs met by other organizations that may contribute to their success in school (ex: food security)
Ideally it will not only improve graduation rates but also the number of students that go on to pursue some kind of post-secondary opportunity. Grant proposal.

Part 1 Grant proposal

To develop your problem/need statement, use the table provided in Winning Grants Step by Step, Worksheet 3.1A. Fill out the table using information provided in this assignment as well as research you complete on your community. See Worksheet 3.1B for an example.

Worksheet 3.1A: Statement of Problem Questionnaire (Example)Who? Where? When? What? Why? Evidence of Problem Impact If Problems Resolved Who is in need (people, animals, land, and so forth)? What? Why? (Get specific) What evidence do you have to support your claim? Impact If Problems Resolved? Where are they? (General: city/state; and specific: neighborhood, geography) Why does this problem exist? When is the problem evident? How is the problem linked to your organization?

Part 2

Using the information gathered in your table, write a 2-3 paragraph problem/need statement. This statement should be succinct and grab the attention of the funder and compel them to want to assist with solving the problem.

When developing a problem/need statement it is important to utilize statistics that clearly document the unmet need or problem (i.e., lack of tutorial programs); provide citations of persons who have authority on the problem, document appropriately the resources utilized for the development of the statement, use compelling and anecdotal stories of people to provide examples, and provide a coherent sense of urgency of the request.

The written proposal should meet the following requirements:

2-3 paragraphs in a Word document.
2-3 outside resources/references (these can be government websites, statistics, expert opinions, etc.). Each of the resources should be appropriately cited using the Strayer Writing Standards format. (References are not part of the 2-3 paragraphs.)

The problem or need statement should fully but succinctly answer each of the four questions outlined in the assignment instructions and should include statistics, citations, anecdotal stories, and examples that emphasize the need and provide a sense of urgency.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Write a proposal for a grant. Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Styles of Leadership

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Styles of Leadership

Identify two well-known leaders who used different styles of leadership. Specifically, identify one leader who leaned more towards the autocratic decision-making process and another leader who leaned more towards participative leadership. You can use examples from any field, as long as both leaders are from the same general field or leadership position. Several examples have been presented in this week’s material; your text has others.

Respond to the following questions in a Microsoft Word document:

Provide an overview of each leader and their leadership skills. Which leader was more effective overall in their position? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more autocratic style of leadership? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more participative leadership style? Why?
Do you believe that their occupations can be handled better through one particular form of leadership—participative or autocratic? Why?

Identify two well-known leaders who used different styles of leadership. Specifically, identify one leader who leaned more towards the autocratic decision-making process and another leader who leaned more towards participative leadership. You can use examples from any field, as long as both leaders are from the same general field or leadership position. Several examples have been presented in this week’s material; your text has others.

Respond to the following questions in a Microsoft Word document:

Provide an overview of each leader and their leadership skills. Which leader was more effective overall in their position? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more autocratic style of leadership? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more participative leadership style? Why?
Do you believe that their occupations can be handled better through one particular form of leadership—participative or autocratic? Why?

Identify two well-known leaders who used different styles of leadership. Specifically, identify one leader who lean.

ed more towards the autocratic decision-making process and another leader who leaned more towards participative leadership. You can use examples from any field, as long as both leaders are from the same general field or leadership position. Several examples have been presented in this week’s material; your text has others.

Respond to the following questions in a Microsoft Word document:

Provide an overview of each leader and their leadership skills. Which leader was more effective overall in their position? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more autocratic style of leadership? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more participative leadership style? Why?
Do you believe that their occupations can be handled better through one particular form of leadership—participative or autocratic? Why?

Respond to the following questions in a Microsoft Word document:

Provide an overview of each leader and their leadership skills. Which leader was more effective overall in their position? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more autocratic style of leadership? Why?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the leader who used a more participative leadership style? Why?
Do you believe that their occupations can be handled better through one particular form of leadership—participative or autocratic? Why? Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Annotated Bibliography

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The purpose of this assignment is to make sure you are using VALID RESOURCES.

If you are not sure if you are using a valid resource, go to this website.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/index.html

You must prepare an annotated bibliography for your references. You must have at least THREE annotated references for this assignment using the format in the following link:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

THREE is considered a MINIMUM for this assignment only.

NOTE: You will add a minimum of THREE ADDITIONAL annotated references for the final submission of the annotated bibliography (Portfolio Assignment).

Please note that a reference page using the following guidelines is submitted when you complete a research

The purpose of this assignment is to make sure you are using VALID RESOURCES.

If you are not sure if you are using a valid resource, go to this website

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/index.html

You must prepare an annotated bibliography for your references. You must have at least THREE annotated references for this assignment using the format in the following link:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

THREE is considered a MINIMUM for this assignment only.

NOTE: You will add a minimum of THREE ADDITIONAL annotated references for the final submission of the annotated bibliography (Portfolio Assignment).

Please note that a reference page using the following guidelines is submitted when you complete a research

The purpose of this assignment is to make sure you are using VALID RESOURCES.

If you are not sure if you are using a valid resource, go to this website

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/index.html

You must prepare an annotated bibliography for your references. You must have at least THREE annotated references for this assignment using the format in the following link:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

THREE is considered a MINIMUM for this assignment only.

NOTE: You will add a minimum of THREE ADDITIONAL annotated references for the final submission of the annotated bibliography (Portfolio Assignment).

Please note that a reference page using the following guidelines is submitted when you complete a research. Use APA referencing style

October 28, 2023

Mental Measurement Yearbook Review

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Mental Measurement Yearbook review and ethical use of assessments. Complete a review of an assessment in your specialization area using the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY).Read the review for your chosen assessment tool in the MMY and other scholarly articles that establish the appropriate use of the assessment and what it purports to measure.

Complete the following for your assignment:

Identify the history of assessment in counseling. Describe the importance of assessment in counseling and the role of assessment in your specialization.
Complete a review of the selected assessment. What is the reliability and validity of the assessment?
Analyze the theoretical basis for the selected assessment tool in your area of professional practice. (All assessments are rooted in theory. For example, the Beck Depression Inventory is rooted in Beck’s Cognitive Theory.)

Apply ethical considerations associated with administering the selected assessment. Provide an example to demonstrate that you understand how ethical considerations apply to the use of your selected assessment. Some considerations include counselor competency, client rights, counselor responsibilities, and legal issues.
Evaluate the appropriateness of the assessment tool for use with the diverse groups that you may encounter in your specialization using the reviewer’s evaluation of the assessment and your own conclusions. How does this comparison inform making an ethical judgment of administering the selected tool with diverse groups of clients? Be certain to integrate these codes into your discussion and cite the relevant sections of the code of ethics for your profession (ACA or ASCA, which you can find in the Week 4: Mental Measurements Yearbook Review and Ethical Use of Assessment Links to an external site. Reading list).—- see link below
Discuss how an analysis of this review convinced you to use or not use this assessment in your specialization.
Incorporate a minimum of five scholarly research studies applying the selected assessment tool in professional practice. Mental Measurement Yearbook.

https://www.schoolcounselor.org/About-School-Counseling/Ethical-Responsibilities/ASCA-Ethical-Standards-for-School-Counselors-(1)

Mental Measurement Yearbook Review. Complete a review of an assessment in your specialization area using the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). Read the review for your chosen assessment tool in the MMY and other scholarly articles that establish the appropriate use of the assessment and what it purports to measure. Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Journal Entry

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Journal Entry. In this activity, you will create a journal entry where you consider your hopes for your learning in this course and engage in initial brainstorming for your assignments. Reflection is the necessary bridge in the learning process that takes place when you are involved in a learning experience. Beginning in your Week 5 Assignment and continuing through the Week 8 and 10 Assignments, you will have the opportunity to explore a specific location of your choice through the lens of urban planning.

To prepare, you should use this reflection activity to brainstorm your ideas for next week’s assignment, make connections to previous work completed in the course, and analyze how you might apply what you learn to your personal and/or professional life. Please address the following as you craft your journal entry:

What location do you plan to explore?
What connections to what you’ve already learned in the course do you plan to explore as you conduct your PESTEL analysis next week?
How could you apply what you’ve learned so far in this course to your personal and/or professional life?

Provide specific examples in your response.

All we are doing in preparing for our Week 5 assignment journal assignment. What I want to is the Atlanta, GA Crime.

The Course I am taking is Urban Planning

In this activity, you will create a journal entry where you consider your hopes for your learning in this course and engage in initial brainstorming for your assignments. Reflection is the necessary bridge in the learning process that takes place when you are involved in a learning experience. Beginning in your Week 5 Assignment and continuing through the Week 8 and 10 Assignments, you will have the opportunity to explore a specific location of your choice through the lens of urban planning.

What location do you plan to explore?
What connections to what you’ve already learned in the course do you plan to explore as you conduct your PESTEL analysis next week?
How could you apply what you’ve learned so far in this course to your personal and/or professional life?

Provide specific examples in your response. Journal Entry.

All we are doing in preparing for our Week 5 assignment journal assignment. What I want to use is the Atlanta, GA Crime.

The Course I am taking is Urban Planning. Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Culture Journal

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Culture Journal. In this assignment you are asked to author a self-reflexive journal about how the culture you are immersed in affects you. This requires you to examine your daily routines in a new light, adopting the point of view of a foreigner for whom many of your actions and words would be puzzling.

As you live your normal everyday life, try to make notes (mental or otherwise) of any normal actions, expressions, and habits that would be strange, maybe even inappropriate to someone not familiar with your culture. This may include also reflecting on your cultural heritage or context and how it influences you. As a goal, try to make one of these notes a day.

Periodically (I recommend weekly but the minimum frequency due will be approximately every other week), write your notes and reflections down on a Google doc or word document. The syllabus has detailed rubrics, but plan for approximately 2 (double spaced) pages of content per submission. The journal entries are the periodic summary of your normal life experience, and thus should not be hard to create. The difficult part is the switch in mindset!
That’s it! Your cultural journal has two separate submissions due throughout the course. As your submission, upload your same Google doc link each time, or upload a new word document each time.

The format of this assignment can be very informal and relatively unstructured (like a real journal), but you will be graded on your ability to recognize your own culture’s influence over your life. Bullet points format is acceptable, but full sentences and some depth of explanation is required.

I live in Indian culture in vegetarian family. I am Hindu.

I have attached the rubrics and culture entry 1 below. Culture entry should be used in order.

October 28, 2023

Financial Statement Analysis.

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Financial Statement Analysis. Examine a health care scenario to gain an appreciation for business realities that are not readily reflected in financial statements. Then craft and explain a likely operational question relevant to a department of your choosing.

View this scenario:

https://media.capella.edu/coursemedia/sumid000160/wrapper.asp

Download the Villa Health Financial Statement from the scenario. A link to it can be found in the scenario.
Select an operational area of a typical hospital such as the emergency room, IT, intensive care, purchasing, et cetera, upon which to base this activity.

Scenario

Financial Statement Analysis. Imagine you are the leader for your selected hospital operation and were sitting in the Villa Health board meeting. At the end of the meeting, the CFO asked, “Are there any other questions?” You have been considering this question with respect to your department. What financial questions should you be asking to improve the performance of the department?

Instructions

Financial Statement Analysis. Considering the scenario, craft a question that represents a likely operational concern or issue for your department. Explain why the question is important to the operational success of the department, using a specific example to illustrate. Make and state any assumptions that are not directly addressed in the scenario to help you support the rationale for your question.

View this scenario:

https://media.capella.edu/coursemedia/sumid000160/wrapper.asp

Download the Villa Health Financial Statement from the scenario. A link to it can be found in the scenario.
Select an operational area of a typical hospital such as the emergency room, IT, intensive care, purchasing, et cetera, upon which to base this activity.

Scenario

Instructions

of the department success, using a specific example to illustrate. Make and state any assumptions that are not directly addressed in the scenario to help you support the rationale for your question. Use APA referencing style.

October 28, 2023

Chief Johnson – Discussion Post

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Chief Johnson – Discussion Post

Bay Harbor has a midsized police department of around 70 officers, including two captains, four lieutenants, and a number of sergeants. It is among the most well-known police departments in the state, mainly due to its progressive chief, Bill Murray. He is so popular that when he took early retirement three months ago, he successfully ran for the position of mayor.

When Murray was chief, the department had a friendly and accessible image among the citizens. He encouraged informal interaction between department employees and the public, and he streamlined department procedures to cut down on bureaucracy and empower employees. All officers, especially his favorite ones, enjoyed considerable professional latitude under him. Murray, in return, was assured of their loyalty and commitment to the team. The department appeared to be well run, with high levels of employee satisfaction, but it was only moderately successful in controlling crime.

Murray’s designated successor, Chief Tim Johnson, came from nearby Meadow Pines, where there was a much smaller department of only 13 officers. Yet, under him, Meadow Pines had the lowest crime rate ever. He is known as a strong authority figure in Meadow Pines. He reinforces that image by involving himself in every departmental decision and implementing rules with an iron hand. He monitors his officers closely, and they have to seek his clearance for almost all actions, except those that arise in an emergency.

Like Murray, Johnson drove considerable policy changes as the chief of Meadow Pines; however, he rarely requested any employee feedback on the revisions. Generally, these policy changes were designed to increase supervisory control and formalize the department’s procedural guidelines. This resulted in a more bureaucratic structure. Although Johnson does not appear to be as popular as Murray was, he is respected by his subordinates and by the public for lowering his community’s crime rate.

Chief Johnson – Discussion Post. Many members of the hiring committee believe that Chief Johnson’s stern nature will make Bay Harbor more efficient. Other members disagree and feel that his style of functioning might not work in a larger department. They also fear that citizen satisfaction with the department will decrease and that some of the more experienced officers may leave the Bay Harbor department because they do not like Johnson’s leadership style.

Can the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory be used to describe the relationship that Murray and Johnson shared with their subordinates? Why or why not?
What are the potential benefits and pitfalls of hiring someone with Chief Johnson’s style for the position at Bay Harbor? Why?
What could be reasons for Chief Johnson’s lack of delegation? Which approach should he use to delegate and empower officers at Bay Harbor?
Is participative leadership more effective depending on the size of the department? Why? How does Murray’s delegation and empowerment of his subordinates benefit a police department?
What principles of relationships should Johnson use for correcting performance deficiencies at Bay Harbor? Why? Use APA referencing style.

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