Determine the pros and cons of the innovative technology from the perspective of the primary users or stakeholders.

Health care administrators must be able to see into the future, or at least make educated guesses, particularly when it comes to anticipating the strategic value and practical impact of health information technology. For this final Discussion, you will explore technological innovations in an area of health care of particular interest to you.

Prepare for this Discussion as follows:

Review the information from credible online sources about technological innovations that may influence the growth over the next five or so years of health information technology.

Select a significant trend in an area of health care of interest to you, and focus on one or two technological innovations that illustrate this trend. For example, you might wish to examine the trend toward greater productivity, and select a particular application for improving physician productivity.

Conduct a literature search to learn more about this trend and innovative technology related to it. What are the factors driving, or limiting, this trend?

Health care administrators must be able to see into the future, or at least make educated guesses, particularly when it comes to anticipating the strategic value and practical impact of health information technology. For this final Discussion, you will explore technological innovations in an area of health care of particular interest to you.

Prepare for this Discussion as follows:

  • Review the information from credible online sources about technological innovations that may influence the growth over the next five or so years of health information technology.
  • Select a significant trend in an area of health care of interest to you, and focus on one or two technological innovations that illustrate this trend. For example, you might wish to examine the trend toward greater productivity, and select a particular application for improving physician productivity.
  • Conduct a literature search to learn more about this trend and innovative technology related to it. What are the factors driving, or limiting, this trend?
  • Determine the pros and cons of the innovative technology from the perspective of the primary users or stakeholders.
  • Consider the challenges this innovation will pose to managers, and how they can best anticipate and manage its ramifications. Be sure to incorporate in your thinking the various principles on IT design and management that you have learned throughout this course, as well as any articles and Web sites you located this week.

Post by Day 4 a response to the following:

  • Identify in the first line of your post the trend and technological innovation(s) within health care that you selected.
  • Describe one or two emerging technological innovations that you think will significantly impact this trend or aspect of health care.
  • What driving factors are influencing the development of this technological innovation? Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Discuss managerial challenges this technology will pose. What role do you see for yourself in addressing these challenges?

Consider the challenges this innovation will pose to managers, and how they can best anticipate and manage its ramifications. Be sure to incorporate in your thinking the various principles on IT design and management that you have learned throughout this course, as well as any articles and Web sites you located this week.

Post by Day 4 a response to the following:

Identify in the first line of your post the trend and technological innovation(s) within health care that you selected.

Describe one or two emerging technological innovations that you think will significantly impact this trend or aspect of health care.

What driving factors are influencing the development of this technological innovation? Provide a rationale for your response.

Discuss managerial challenges this technology will pose. What role do you see for yourself in addressing these challenges?

How can your company combat these strategies? Support your answers.

Case Analysis Please note: In order to thoroughly research the company you have chosen, you should work on this project throughout the course.

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL UNIT VIII TO BEGIN YOUR WORK.

Research ONE of the following four companies:

1. Apple

2. Google

3. Coca Cola

4. American Airlines

Respond to the four writing prompts below. Your responses must include information from your course materials and from outside research, including at least two resources from the CSU Online Library and at least two online sources. Suggestions for online sources can be found in Appendix 12.A in your textbook. The CSU Online Library can be found in the myCSU Student Portal. The library offers several research resources, such as short tutorials on subject research guides and accessing the library. You can also reach out to the librarians at thevirtuallibrarian@columbiasouthern.edu.

1. Create a case study summary of the company you have chosen including a general overview of the company and its external environment, a list of its current strategies and objectives, and a financial analysis of the company using ratio analysis.

2. If the company continues with its present strategies and objectives, where will it be in five years?

3. If you were the CEO of the company, what strategies would you recommend and why?

4. Describe the competitive strategies used by the company’s main competitors. Which of these strategies are the most effective? How can your company combat these strategies? Support your answers.

If you paraphrase or quote words or ideas from your course textbook or other resources, you should cite your sources using APA guidelines. Your case analysis should be at least eight pages in length

Describe the competitive strategies used by the company’s main competitors.

Case Analysis Please note: In order to thoroughly research the company you have chosen, you should work on this project throughout the course.

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL UNIT VIII TO BEGIN YOUR WORK.

Research ONE of the following four companies:

1. Apple

2. Google

3. Coca Cola

4. American Airlines

Respond to the four writing prompts below. Your responses must include information from your course materials and from outside research, including at least two resources from the CSU Online Library and at least two online sources. Suggestions for online sources can be found in Appendix 12.A in your textbook. The CSU Online Library can be found in the myCSU Student Portal. The library offers several research resources, such as short tutorials on subject research guides and accessing the library. You can also reach out to the librarians at thevirtuallibrarian@columbiasouthern.edu.

1. Create a case study summary of the company you have chosen including a general overview of the company and its external environment, a list of its current strategies and objectives, and a financial analysis of the company using ratio analysis.

2. If the company continues with its present strategies and objectives, where will it be in five years?

3. If you were the CEO of the company, what strategies would you recommend and why?

4. Describe the competitive strategies used by the company’s main competitors. Which of these strategies are the most effective? How can your company combat these strategies? Support your answers.

If you paraphrase or quote words or ideas from your course textbook or other resources, you should cite your sources using APA guidelines. Your case analysis should be at least eight pages in length

Provide a brief overview of each site you visited and list the pros and cons of using each as an aid for time management.

On page 395 of your textbook, in the section titled “How Technology Can Help You Manage Time”, there are several software programs and applications listed that can assist with communication and time management.

Visit the websites for at least two of the programs or applications listed.

Provide a brief overview of each site you visited and list the pros and cons of using each as an aid for time management.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 2

Take the “Where your time goes” inventory (pp. 384-385). Evaluate your results and write a short essay covering: a) Your results, b) Discuss any changes you would like to make in allocating your time, c) Elaborate on how these changes might make you a more effective leader.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 3

Read Communication Skills for a Digital Age box (Pg. 139). After reading the do’s and don’ts of Facebook for work, create a list of at least three rules your company would use for Facebook. Also include why these rules are needed.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 4

Discuss your conflict style(s) and how they affect your communication in the workplace. Write a short essay explaining what skills for managing emotions and conflict you use as aids when you communicate in the workplace or at home (pp. 133-137).

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

Discuss your conflict style(s) and how they affect your communication in the workplace.

On page 395 of your textbook, in the section titled “How Technology Can Help You Manage Time”, there are several software programs and applications listed that can assist with communication and time management.

Visit the websites for at least two of the programs or applications listed.

Provide a brief overview of each site you visited and list the pros and cons of using each as an aid for time management.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 2

Take the “Where your time goes” inventory (pp. 384-385). Evaluate your results and write a short essay covering: a) Your results, b) Discuss any changes you would like to make in allocating your time, c) Elaborate on how these changes might make you a more effective leader.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 3

Read Communication Skills for a Digital Age box (Pg. 139). After reading the do’s and don’ts of Facebook for work, create a list of at least three rules your company would use for Facebook. Also include why these rules are needed.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 4

Discuss your conflict style(s) and how they affect your communication in the workplace. Write a short essay explaining what skills for managing emotions and conflict you use as aids when you communicate in the workplace or at home (pp. 133-137).

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Examine the differences and similarities between the state’s and the three hospital’s DNR requirements.

Review your State Government’s website and search for its official Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Form. Along with the form will be information and instructions regarding the form. In addition, research three area hospitals to determine if they provide separate DNR forms. Then, perform additional research regarding DNR and prepare your Final Paper by analyzing the issues through these steps:

Analyze the requirements of your State Government’s DNR.
Identify the requirements of the three hospital’s DNRs.
Examine the differences and similarities between the state’s and the three hospital’s DNR requirements, and address the following questions:

What are they?
Which one should you follow?
Explain how a DNR is applied if a patient is under hospice care and EMTs are called

When would an extinction procedure be more beneficial than punishment?

Ethics of Punishment Paper

Write a 700 to 1,000-word paper discussing the following:

Briefly describe a personal situation in which punishment could be used. Describe this process.

What are some of the possible areas of concern with punishment? (Include ethical considerations.) Which do you feel is most concerning?

What is the difference between punishment and extinction?

When would an extinction procedure be more beneficial than punishment? Briefly describe a scenario in which a behavior is extinguished.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines; please be sure to use concepts and terminology from our text to address each topic. (This means you’ll need to list and cite our text as a reference.

Describe the reciprocal relationship between behavior and attitudes.

Discussion 1 – attribution theory – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations – Discuss how behavior can be explained using attribution theory.

Discussion 2 – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations -Describe the reciprocal relationship between behavior and attitudes.

Discussion 3 – Rationalizing using cognitive dissonance – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations – Explain how individuals rationalize their behavior, using cognitive dissonance theory.

Discussion 4 – Priming – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations -This chapter helps us explore how we perceive the social world. We do take 4 specific steps to perceive the social world, with the first step being priming. How would you explain Priming and the other 3 steps we take to perceive the social world? Which do you think is most crucial? Please explain.

Discussion 5 – relationship between attitude and behavior – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations – What is the relationship between attitudes and behavior? Please explain your answer and provide an example that supports your answer.

Discussion 6 – Attribution – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations – According to our text, what is attribution theory? What is the difference between dispositional and situational attribution? Do you tend to use dispositional or situational attribution most when explaining the behaviors of others? Please give an example.

Discussion 7 – Analysis of article on intuition – Discuss this in 150+ words with in text citations –

The discussion on intuition brings up that many of us think we are using intuition/trusting our gut, yet there are many things for us to consider before we can say that trusting our intuition is always right. It is not always right…and what we may be calling our “intuition” has many layers to it.

Many factors play a part in our judgments/decisions…and what we may term as our intuition or “gut.”. The following article may give you a different perspective on intuition and whether we should always trust our intuition or “our gut.”

After reading the article, answer the following:

What points does the author make about being cautious with intuition? What points do you agree or disagree with? Explain.

After reading the article, have your thoughts about “trusting your gut,” (your intuition) changed? If so, how?