What are the positive and negative results of Affirmative Action legislation?

As the human resources manager, you are now ready to complete your diversity training manual to be used for training and sensitizing your employees on diversity issues. This final section will cover actual legislation. You would like your employees to not only be aware of issues dealing with discrimination that may not be addressed in legislation (the moral component) but to be knowledgeable of the seriousness of the discriminatory practices that have been made into law.

Affirmative Action is one of the most contentious issues; its intent and the discriminatory result of applying it in practice has become a major issue in today’s workforce.

Using this Web site (or any others you find), write a paper of 4-6 pages that will summarize the following points and become part of the training manual:

What is Affirmative Action?
What was the initial intent of Affirmative-Action legislation?
What did the landmark Bakke v. Regents case conclude? Click here to read the case.
What was the basis for the conclusion?
What are the positive and negative results of Affirmative Action legislation?
In your evaluation, is Affirmative Action legislation is still appropriate?

What type of team building concepts does the videos/resources promote?

Go to YouTube™.com and search for “team building” or use any other resources to find information. You are required to find at least two “team building” videos or other resources. You will need to be able to contrast and compare the two videos or resources.

After viewing the video or other resource answer the following questions in a Word document and submit it to the course Dropbox:

What type of team building concepts does the videos/resources promote? What type of team dysfunctions does the video/resources address?
Do the videos/resources employ techniques you believe would benefit or enhance team performance? Why or why not?
Have you experienced this type of team building within your organization? If so, how did it work? If not, do you believe this type of team building would work within your organization? Why or why not?
Do you believe one technique is better than the other? Why or why not?
How would you employ this technique within your organization? What changes would you adopt? Why or why not?

Requirements

Two different team building methods should be researched and discussed. The two team building methods should be contrasted within the paper utilizing and addressing each one of the above questions. The paper should be at a minimum 1000 words

How would you employ this technique within your organization? What changes would you adopt? Why or why not?

Go to YouTube™.com and search for “team building” or use any other resources to find information. You are required to find at least two “team building” videos or other resources. You will need to be able to contrast and compare the two videos or resources.

After viewing the video or other resource answer the following questions in a Word document and submit it to the course Dropbox:

What type of team building concepts does the videos/resources promote? What type of team dysfunctions does the video/resources address?
Do the videos/resources employ techniques you believe would benefit or enhance team performance? Why or why not?
Have you experienced this type of team building within your organization? If so, how did it work? If not, do you believe this type of team building would work within your organization? Why or why not?
Do you believe one technique is better than the other? Why or why not?
How would you employ this technique within your organization? What changes would you adopt? Why or why not?

Requirements

Two different team building methods should be researched and discussed. The two team building methods should be contrasted within the paper utilizing and addressing each one of the above questions. The paper should be at a minimum 1000 words.

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper in which you compare the effectiveness of each company’s marketing communication channels and tools to achieve desired branding and positioning.

Continue using the two companies you worked with last week. (Coca-Cola & Pepsi)

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper in which you compare the effectiveness of each company’s marketing communication channels and tools to achieve desired branding and positioning.

Which communication channels did each company use?
Which communication tools did they use in each channel?
How was it effective or ineffective for each company?
How did you assess the effectiveness

Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.

Due Week 6 and worth 125 points

Imagine that you work for a company with an age diverse workforce. You have baby boomers working with millenials. Their backgrounds are different, and how they view work is different. This is causing some friction within the workforce. Before the tension escalates, you need to have a meeting to discuss the issue. Prepare a five to seven (5-7) slide PowerPoint presentation for your staff meeting that addresses this issue and proposes a solution.

Create a five to seven (5-7) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

Propose a solution that will relieve friction in your company’s age diverse workforce.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and at least one (1) relevant graphic (photograph, graph, clip art, etc.). Ensure that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from up to 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.

Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment

Write a one page report about the difference between induction and deduction reasoning with an example from your area of research.

In the above report give an example from your area of study.

In the above report give an example from your area of study.

Write a one page report about the difference between induction and deduction reasoning with an example from your area of research.

APA Style should be followed, and citation to all references is required

APA Style should be followed, and citation to all references is required

Discuss types of private health insurance in the US. How has private insurance been impacted by the Affordable Care Act?

Many modifications need to be made to a bath room to handle bariatric patients, for example special designed showers, and grab bars and hand rails. With bariatric patients it is even more important to make sure that these grab bars and hand rails are secured properly so they won’t pull loose under the weight of a bariatric patient. What other bathroom modifications would you (any student) recommend?

3.What impact does the emergence of electronic medical records, minimally invasive surgical capabilities, and/or pharmaceutical robotics have on the health care facility planning process? What additional measures must we consider when planning for radiologic or nuclear medicine?

4.Choose a country (either one in discussed in chapter 4 of Shi, 2014) or another. List one positive lesson the US could learn from this country’s health system, and one “negative” lesson.

5.Choose a factor you believe to be a root cause of the high cost of health care in the US. Explain why you believe that this issue is a root cause (and not merely a symptom of a larger problem), and provide one possible way to begin addressing this issue.

6.How do national economic trends, indicators, and challenges apply to health care policy?

7.What are the sources of public health insurance in the US? Compare the

8.Discuss types of private health insurance in the US. How has private insurance been impacted by the Affordable Care Act?

Do you think there are benefits to living together with someone before getting married?

The reflection paper is worth 10 points. The reflection should be one page typed written, single space, size 12 font. The reflection response must include your name, date, reflection paper number and the reflection topic. Reflections are deemed late the moment I do not receive them on the due date in class. Late reflection papers will be accepted for one week following the due date but will incur a 50% penalty (whether the paper is one hour late or a week late). Except under exceptional circumstances, I will not accept papers after one week has passed. Evaluation is based on definitions (3), linking the right figures with the concepts presented (1), grammar (1), spelling (1) and the discussion of sociology links to sociological issues (4).

Please answer all the reflection queries below:

1. How do you define the term family?

2. What causes inequality among families?

3. Do you think there are benefits to living together with someone before getting married? Give two reasons for your response

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the payment methodologies reviewed from the provider and hospital point of view.

Current Trends and Issues in Managed Care

Compensation and reimbursement models are another method of controlling access, cost, and quality in a managed care environment. An MCO doesn’t have direct control over physicians or hospitals but through contractual agreements that set incentives for meeting agreed-upon standards, it can exert influence.

This week, you are required to write an essay on the following topics:

Managed care hospital reimbursement
Managed care provider reimbursement

Using South University Online library (e.g. CINAHL) or the Internet, review at least two articles for each topic and write a review for each source of information. Use the following guidelines for developing your essay:

Write a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that topic.
Analyze the market forces that would favor using one reimbursement method over another.
Evaluate the key differences between different types of payment methodologies from the provider and hospital point of view.
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the payment methodologies reviewed from the provider and hospital point of view.
Evaluate new payment methodologies resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and discuss future changes in reimbursement methodologies.
Compare and contrast each article to the information discussed in the course textbook.

Based on your understanding, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the questions for the above topics.

Support your responses with example

Write a minimum 500 word article discussing the perception of the experience from your topic’s point of view.

Pick a research topic that is of interest to you. Make certain that the topic is notable enough to locate at least one published article. Some examples of effective topics could relate to: home town, a prominent family member, place of worship, annual (local) cultural event, locally specific profession/interest, or local leader. After you have selected your topic, locate at least one peer-reviewed article about your selected topic’s experience in the years between the world wars (1920-1936) and write a minimum 500 word article discussing the perception of the experience from your topic’s point of view.

Make certain to include the following:

 how the return from war, and return to war, affected families and surrounding demographics;

 how economic challenges might have affected your topic’s experience;

 how the migrations of numerous social and economic groups during this time impacted your topic;

 any impact that social movements, such as Flapper Culture, Lost Generation, or the Harlem Renaissance, had on the cultural interests of your topic; and

 any New Deal programs which may have affected your topic.

If you are unfamiliar with the expectations of this assignment, the supplemental resources in the study guide include a tutorial. Failure to use appropriate resources or resources that are available in the university library, or if your source(s) do not meet the expectations of this assignment, it can lead to deductions. Articles used for this project need to be accessible to the class and professor