Describe the current global economic conditions and their effect on local macroeconomic indicators for your good or service.
Describe the local economy’s stage in the business cycle.
Describe how current credit market conditions affect your planning or operating decision for your good or service
Suggest the salient reasons why quality of care would add value to and create a competitive advantage for the Sunlight Hospital.
Imagine that you are a hospital administrator at the Sunlight Hospital in California. The main complaint among the patients is the quality of care. Your job is to understand the state of the hospital, create value, increase efficiency, and turn the facility into a local hospital of choice. Whenever you are making visits in various wards to meet the employees and the patients, you hear how the patients love the hospital, but they would like to see certain improvements in care. The employees seem to be very busy executing their duties and not interacting much with the patients. The hospital board has asked you to compile a report of your findings and suggested strategy for achieving the hospital’s current goals.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Classify five (5) measurements of quality of care in a hospital, and justify the major reasons why you believe these measurements matter to patients in their process of choosing a hospital for emergency or inpatient care.
Specify four (4) main features in health care organizations that can be used to design a successful quality improvement plan. Articulate the significant manner in which the specified features can lead to failure or success of quality of care in Sunlight Hospital.
Suggest the salient reasons why quality of care would add value to and create a competitive advantage for the Sunlight Hospital. Justify your response.
Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length
Data Transmission. Please respond to the following:
Compare the four items related to channel capacity: data rate, bandwidth, noise, and error rate. Determine the most important and justify its significance over the remaining items.
Describe real-world examples of attenuation and white noise. Examine the effect on the information-carrying capacity of the link and present a way to avoid these types of interruptions
Demonstrate your understanding of the complexities of how we learn by evaluating the potential correlations between symbolic interaction ism and constructivism. Apply basic research methods in psychology to your post by synthesizing the principles from the articles in your own words with appropriate citations. Do not quote the articles directly. Based on your course resources, scholarly articles, and the knowledge you have developed throughout the past four weeks, critically consider how/if these correlations might affect a person’s ability and/or willingness to learn new material. Consider the following in your analysis:
Symbolic interactionism is actually a theory posed in sociological psychology. Do you believe this theory can be aligned with the framework of constructivism, which originates from learning psychology? Why, or why not? Support your statements with scholarly research and personal examples.
In your opinion, what prevents (or substantiates) their correlation?
Based on these theories, what possible needs should be considered when teaching skills to a group of diverse learners
You are to complete the following five assignments utilizing the principles of industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and the assignments should be supported by a minimum of eight scholarly resources:
You checked your voice mail and learned that one of your best salespeople has to have a major surgery next week. He has shared that he is having the surgery on his right knee. He has a week of vacation time left but will be out for about ten weeks during recovery. The first two weeks his doctor has told him that he will probably be taking significant doses of pain medication and will not be able to do much. For the following eight weeks, he will have physical therapy at minimum three times per week and has been told he should not drive. He has been working for the company for about eight months now. The company has a short-term disability policy, but that covers only 60% of weekly income and starts to pay seven days after the injury/event. He wants to know whether he will have a job when he comes back and what, if anything, he can do from home. His job is outside sales. You are concerned that the sales department cannot reach the current goals with a vacancy on the team, but you also have to consider that whatever precedent you set in this decision may impact a similar decision in the future, which may concern a less productive employee. Before you call him back, you have decided that you are going to e-mail the owners of the company to run your thoughts by them.
Compose an e-mail to the owners explaining the situation and your recommendation for action.
Communicate the importance of the decision from a policy-setting perspective and long-term implications of any decision.
Include a mention of potential legal issues, including the Family Medical Leave Act.
Explain any additional concerns about equitable treatment and include your recommendation for how to handle the situation and the response to the employee.
You are asked to contribute to the company website by producing a blog each month. This month, your topic is employee recruitment.
Develop a blog discussing the importance of tailoring recruitment strategies to the target candidate pool.
Provide clear, specific examples to support your points.
Search the Argosy University Online library resources for titles on how to write a blog. (Academic Resources > Library > Launch Library > Click on Find Books and more > Select ebrary > In the search bar, type in the word “blog” and click Search)
You have been asked to participate in a roundtable presentation at the local university. You will be in front of an audience of undergraduate students considering industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology as a career field. Each member of the roundtable has five to seven minutes to present. For this portion of the assignment, you are to develop an annotated outline of the presentation. You will present the differences between a career in human resources (HR) and one in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and provide examples of the practical applications of industrial/organizational (I/O). For your information:
An annotated outline is an outline of your main points.
Under each main point, one should have two to three supporting statements related to the content of the discussion and parenthetical citations that support those points.
Search in the Argosy University Online Library to learn how to write a resource in APA format.
Your bosses would like to work on employee wellness. The company has some excellent benefits but is concerned that an unhealthy population could dramatically increase premium costs for the next open enrollment. The company owners are interested in adding to their benefits offerings. They currently offer major medical coupled with a health savings account. The premiums for employees are already considerably low when compared to other organizations, and the company contributes to the health savings account. The company offers two hours of paid health time per week for employees who have committed to a regular exercise schedule; but at this point, only about 30% of employees are taking advantage of the opportunity. There is no exercise facility in the office building, but there is a large fitness center about 3 miles down the road. Most of the employees have desk jobs and are typically inactive at work. Many eat at their desks and only get up a few times per day. Work is in general busy—lots of new developments and projects and not a great deal of free time. Suggest an additional offering that would promote employee health and well-being. In approximately a page, answer the following:
Construct an e-mail to your bosses with your suggestions and support them with evidence.
Briefly explain the idea of implementing an exercise facility, potential costs and return on investment, benefits and potential drawbacks, and any implementation requirements. Your e-mail can be written in a Microsoft Word format.
As the company grows, more and more situations arise that require written policies to guide employee behavior. As a forward-thinking technology company, you have pushed the boundaries of the traditional workplace. Nonetheless, many of the issues that have plagued workplaces continue to exist. You have heard several employees commenting on how a particular employee spends a lot of time on Facebook. The employee is a technical writer who does submit all of her assignments on time. She does her job reasonably well but does not regularly exceed expectations. Some employees have complained that the content of some of the pages she views is offensive. She follows several political and religious pages. She also receives a daily e-mail that contains jokes usually focused on politics or religion but sometimes containing racial references. A few employees have commented that the information is potentially offensive, but no one has been specific about being personally offended. You believe that it is in the company’s best interest to create written policies addressing these issues. On the basis of the situation, perform the following:
Create a draft of a policy that will be included in the employee handbook.
Reference harassment in the workplace and the federal legislation enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
All your five assignments should be compiled into one Microsoft Word document where each assignment is presented as a section. Each section should start on a new page. Use at least eight scholarly sources to support your points, citing them using APA format. The document as a whole does not need to be in APA format. Instead, take a realistic approach to each task. The different components of the assignment should reflect their unique nature. So length, formatting, tone, and style should change as you write e-mails, blogs, outlines, and policies.
The final assignment is meant to be a reflection of your desk at work and typical activities you might encounter as an industrial/organizational (I/O) professional. While you have a lot to do, none of the tasks should be exceptionally long. As you write, consider the purpose of each task and your audience and the format of these documents that one would see in a typical workplace. Your assignment should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner appropriate to each task, purpose, and audience; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, where applicable; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Consider a preconceived perception you have about someone who comes from a different background. The differences can include regional, ethnic, class, values, beliefs, gender, or even generational factors. Review Shockley-Zalabak’s (2015) explanation of valuing diversity on pages 170-173, and explain which barrier(s) to valuing diversity you could apply to better understand and appreciate the contributions that this person�s differences can make. In your discussion, answer the following questions:
What preconceived ideas do I have about this person?
What is the source of those preconceptions?
How do my preconceptions facilitate or impede communication attempts with this person?
What personal communication habits (verbal or nonverbal) do I portray that this person may not understand?
How did I, or can I, overcome barriers and create genuine communication between us and in the organization as a whole?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. Support your ideas with content from the textbook or other credible source. Use APA style citations to show paraphrased or quoted content that corresponds to an APA style reference.
2.Interpersonal Communication
Describe your role within an organization, and explain how you communicate with members at various levels. What can you do to improve your interpersonal relationships within this organization? Use concepts from Chapter 5 in the course textbook to support your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. Support your ideas with content from the textbook and use APA style citations to show paraphrased or quoted content that corresponds to an APA style reference
Record the current price of the stock for each company you selected in Week 3’s Stock Journal. You may use any price during this week (e.g., day one price, the opening, the low, the high, the close, or any price you find when you check it during the day).
2. Determine the current value of your total investment. Do not make any changes to your investment at this time. Calculate your total based on the number of shares and the new price per share, for each company.
3. Provide your opinion / assessment of your investments. Evaluate the results of your current investment. Are you happy with the result and the trend? Are you upset because you’re investment is worth less than $25,000. Feel free to speculate / guess at why you believe the stock increased, decreased, or remained static.
Please use the information below from week 3 to answer the 3 questions above:
Q.1 Indicate the companies you are investing in:
The three main companies which I will invest my money is as follows: Conifer Holding, Inc, E-Compass Acquisition, and Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
Q.2 Indicate the amount you are investing in each company
I will invest $12,000 in Houlihan Lokey, Inc., $7,000 in Conifer Holding, and $6,000 in Inc, E-Compass Acquisition. The main reason for investing $12,000 in Houlihan Lokey is simply because it is one of the leading global independent investment bank with expertise in financial advisory services, financial restructuring, and those who are specialized in mergers and acquisitions. In addition to this, Houlihan Lokey, Inc serves clients from diverse backgrounds from the United States of America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Furthermore, Houlihan Lokey, Inc has a platform whereby are provided with differentiated and meaningful advice (http://www.nasdaq.com)
On the other hand, I will invest my $7,000 in Conifer Holding because through her this insurance company targets profitable classes of policyholders that are under-served by other insurers. Conifer Holding sells her insurance products through her 4,500 independent agents, and in addition to this, it has 2,200 sales offices in 44 different. Lastly, I will invest my 6,000 in Inc, E-Compass Acquisition because its aim is to enter into asset acquisition or merger share exchange thus it might take very long for me to get significant gain from my investment (http://www.nasdaq.com)
Q.3 Indicate the number of shares you are buying, and the price of shares you are buying for each company.
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., price per share is $21. Therefore it will be $12,000/$21 and it will be 571.43: thus I will buy 571 shares
Conifer Holding price per share is $10.50. Therefore it will be $7,000/$10.50 and it will be 666.67: Thus I will buy 667 shares.
Inc, E-Compass Acquisition price per share is $10.00. Therefore it will be $6,000/$10.00 and it will be 600 shares.
Audit Planning and Control
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It is common industry knowledge that an audit plan provides the specific guidelines auditors must follow when conducting an external audit. External public accounting firms conduct external audits to ensure outside stakeholders that the company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) standards.
Use the Internet to select a public accounting company that appeals to you. Imagine that you are a senior partner in a public accounting firm hired to complete an audit for the chosen public company.
Write a six (6) page paper in which you:
Outline the critical steps inherent in planning an audit and designing an effective audit program. Based upon the type of company selected, provide specific details of the actions that the company should undertake during planning and designing the audit program.
Examine at least two (2) performance ratios that you would use in order to determine which analytical tests to perform. Identify the accounts that you would test, and select at least three (3) analytical procedures that you would use in your audit.
Analyze the balance sheet and income statement of the company that you have selected, and outline your method for evidence collection which should include, but not be limited to, the type of evidence to collect and the manner in which you would determine the sufficiency of the evidence.
Discuss the audit risk model, and ascertain which sampling or non-sampling techniques you would use in order to establish your preliminary judgment about materiality. Justify your response.
Assuming that the end result is an unqualified audit report, outline the primary responsibilities of the audit firm after it issues the report in question.
Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Plan and design a generalized audit program.
· Determine the nature and extent of evidence accumulated to conduct an audit after considering the unique circumstances of an engagement.
· Evaluate a company’s various risk factors and the related impact to the audit process.
· Evaluate effective internal controls that minimize audit risk and potentially reduce the risk of fraud.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in auditing.
· Write clearly and concisely about auditing using proper writing mechanics
Compare and Contrast two philosophers
Assignment Option 1: Classical Influence on Current Policies and Politics
Compare and contrast at least two of the philosophers discussed in the text: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Mill, and/or Marx. Give examples of their philosophy being utilized in politics today. This may either be an active policy or the platforms or speeches of candidates.
Cite at least two credible outside sources to support your writing. As one of these, consider http://www.iep.utm.edu/polphil/. (Consider specifically Sections 3a, 3b, and 3c.) Be certain to add citations for your sources