Case Study 1: Understanding the Court System

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The U.S. Court System is a complex system that includes both federal and state-level courts. The federal system includes the judicial branch of the government. This system is designed to help society interpret the U.S. Constitution and provide guidelines for society. Court cases may concern many different topics and have an unlimited number of outcomes. 

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research a civil or criminal court case in which you are interested.

Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Summarize the seminal facts of the case that you chose.
  2. Explain the main laws that have been violated in the case that you chose.
  3. Describe the possible penalties that could be associated with the laws that you just described.
  4. Explain whether your specific case was heard in the state or federal court system, and include any related jurisdictional requirements. Explain the fundamental reasons why it was necessary for the case to be heard in that particular court system.
  5. Summarize the outcome of the case, and indicate whether the judge or jury made the decision.
  6. Discuss whether or not you believe that the outcome of the case was justified. Provide a rationale for the response.
  7. Use at least (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.
  8. 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

Points: 200

Case Study 1: Understanding the Court System

Criteria

 

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

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60-69% D

 

Fair

70-79% C

 

Proficient

80-89% B

 

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Summarize the seminal facts of the case that you chose.

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2. Explain the main laws that have been violated in the case that you chose.
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3. Describe the possible penalties that could be associated with the laws that you just described.

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4. Explain whether your specific case was heard in the state or federal court system, and include any related jurisdictional requirements. Explain the fundamental reasons why it was necessary for the case to be heard in that particular court system.

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5. Summarize the outcome of the case, and indicate whether the judge or jury made the decision.

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6. Discuss whether or not you believe that the outcome of the case was justified. Provide a rationale for the response.

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7. 3 references

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8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

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International Human Resource Management

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An organisation was established 3 years ago and has earned an outstanding reputation throughout Singapore. It is planning to send a team of ten senior level executives to an overseas assignment in their newly established offshore subsidiary for a period of one year to handle different aspects (roles) of an important project that requires strong team spirit and creative mind.

 

You are the Human Resource Director of this organisation and have been appointed by your CEO to prepare and equip the team members with the necessary knowledge and information of this country and the climate/culture of the overseas subsidiary. This is aimed to assist them to not only survive but also perform well in the overseas assignment as a team. 

 

The CEO prefers to send a good mix of diverse team members for this posting, in attempt to achieve a better level of creativity and innovation. Taking these into consideration, you plan to research on the subsidiary country with regard to its history, climate, culture, language, custom, working style etc. so as to cater to the following diverse characteristics/background of the assignees and their preferences:

• Different religion

• Different gender

• Different family background

• Different Languages 

• Different diets

• Different sports and leisure activities etc.

 

When researching on the country that the team members are going to stay for the next one year, you must bear in mind that these team members have not worked overseas before. Your pre-overseas assignment briefings and trainings are all very crucial to their performance in future. 

 

Your write-up must critically analyse the following aspects based on:

 

1. Introduction of the chosen country and scenario & context of International HRM (Human Resource Management) 

 

2. Organisation design and structure of the overseas subsidiary in comparison with the headquarters in Singapore (Apply Hofstede national cultural dimensions to discuss the differences between home and host countries) 

 

3. Analysis of the staffing process for the overseas assignment. Critically analyse the staffing strategy of the right candidates for the overseas assignment. E.g., In Recruitment, do you want to deploy people from within or recruit employees from outside? For selection, which THREE (3) selection tools (including test) do you want to adopt? 

 

4. Analysis on the training and development process of the international assignees. Training and developing the international assignees taking into consideration of the before-and-after-overseas posting of human resource development. 

 

5. Analysis on the remuneration package of the international assignees. The remuneration package of the international assignees taking into consideration of compensation approach (e.g., balance sheet approach) and of the before-and-after-overseas posting of remuneration package adjustment) 

 

6. Conclusion (submission and conclusions are well considered and take into account the personnel strategies of the company)

 

You can choose any country as your host country (except your own home country and Singapore) to write this essay.

MINIMUM 15 Reference in APA style (Must include website and url links for reference and in-text citations)

You are expected to write 2000+- 10% and the citation format should be in APA style. 

 

Ethics and Moral Development

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Ethics and Moral Development
Prepare Icon Prepare: In preparing for this discussion, you should first review the Week Two required resources that focus on ethics and morals. You will examine your own development of ethical and moral responsibilities.
  
Reflect Icon Reflect: Take a deeper look at your own life and determine which experiences have inspired ethical and moral reasoning. Were there any huge influences in this process?
  
Write Icon Write: For this discussion you will

  • Explain what it means to be ethical as it relates to personal, academic, and professional growth.
  • Provide at least one ethical dilemma you have encountered and describe how the issue was resolved.
  • Describe how your general education courses influenced your ethical values.
  • Explain why a college-educated person might have different duties to society than someone not as educated.
  • Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references.
  • Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length.

Required Resources

 

Articles

  • Beed, T. (n.d.). Societal responsibilities of an educated person [PDF file]. Retrieved from http://www.newaccountantusa.com/newsFeat/wealthManagement/societalresponsibilities.pdf
    • This article makes the case that those with advanced education bear the duty of helping the society advance to a more just, fair, and or equitable state. All of society depends upon its educated people, from doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc., and so those people ought to do their best to help build a better society.
  • Bell, C. (2014, December). Critical evaluation of information sources. P. Frantz (Ed.). Retrieved from http://library.uoregon.edu/guides/findarticles/credibility.html
    • This website provides information regarding the evaluation of information sources based on several criteria: Authority, Objectivity, Quality, Currency, and Relevance. Each of these factors help researchers decide whether the information in an article is worth considering. The site includes tables that illustrate comparative features of different kinds of sources and source materials.
  • Cunningham, N. (n.d.). Choosing and narrowing a topic to write about (for research papers). Retrieved from http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/choosing-and-narrowing-a-topic-to-write-about-for
    • “The process described here simplifies choosing a topic for a research paper and narrowing it down. Those who go through the steps outlined by this process will be able to identify their topics more precisely while making their research efforts more efficient” (Cunningham, n.d., Objective].
  • Gampel, E. H. (2010). A framework for reasoning about ethical issues. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/4323854/A_Framework_for_Reasoning_about_Ethical_Issues
    • This essay offers a systematic framework for reasoning about ethical issues. After an introduction to ethics, the essay sets out the major principles that are important to ethical reflection, and then describes a five-step procedure for analyzing and resolving ethical issues that incorporates those principles. The procedure offers a principled alternative to the appeals to gut instinct, tradition, and politics that all too often characterize how people think and talk about ethics. In closing, the essay introduces the fields of moral theory and moral philosophy, areas for further study that can also improve ethical decision-making.” (Gampel, n.d., p.1)
  • Jwood00. (2012, December 10). Responsibilities of an educated person [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://jwood00.hubpages.com/hub/Responsibilities-of-an-educated-person
    • The author makes the case that an educated person’s responsibilities and duties extend beyond the family and work place and must be extended into a wider context that includes others in the world and into the future. These responsibilities grow from the wider and deeper breadth of knowledge that comes from a college education.
  • McDevitt, T. M., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010, July 20). Kohlberg’s three levels and six stages of moral reasoning. In McDevitt, T. M., & Ormrod, J. E,Child Development and Education (2007 ed.) (p. 518). Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/kohlbergs-moral-reasoning/
    • After obtaining hundreds of responses to moral dilemmas, one groundbreaking cognitive-developmental psychologist, Lawrence Kohlberg, proposed that the development of moral reasoning is characterized by a sequence of six stages grouped into three general levels of morality: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. The table below lists and describes Kohlberg’s three levels and six stages of moral reasoning.
  • Newton, L. (1998). Doing good and avoiding evil. Retrieved from http://www.rit.edu/~w-ethics/resources/manuals/dgae1p7.html
    • The author discusses the differences between good and evil principles and their relations to critical reasoning. The author then discusses the ways in which critical thinking may be used in resolving ethical dilemmas.
  • The Blogxer. (2012, March 17). Responsibilities of an educated person [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://enlighten-me-not.blogspot.com/2012/03/responsibilities-of-educated-person.html
    • The article provides the three main responsibilities that educated persons must take on. These responsibilities are an outgrowth of their education and can be the basis for helping make the world a better place for everyone.
  • Yirinec, J. A. (n.d.). Incorporating evidence into a research paper [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://writingcommons.org/research/integrate-evidence/incorporate-evidence/392-incorporating-evidence-into-a-research-paper
    • This article explains why evidence is necessary in support claims. The article further explains the research process and how it helps discover appropriate evidence that can be used in supporting claims, conclusions, and theses. The author explains ways in which to incorporate evidence into research papers either through direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.

eBook

  • Bhargava, V. K. (2006). Introduction to global issues. In V. K. Bhargava (Ed.), Global issues for global citizens: An introduction to key development challenges (pp. 1-22). Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/lib/ashford/detail.action?docID=10137781
    • The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the ebrary database in the Ashford University Library. These few pages provide a brief summary of globalism, the globalist movement, and some of the major issues that result from an increasingly globalized society. Some of the more troublesome issues are especially highlighted.
  • Widdows, H. (2011). What is global ethics? In Global ethics: An introduction (pp. 1-18). Durham, GBR: Acumen. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/lib/ashford/detail.action?docID=10553876
    • The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the ebrary database in the Ashford University Library. This article puts ethical theories into the context of an increasingly globalized society, global citizenship. In an increasingly global society, the narrow definitions of traditional ethics need to be examined in their relation to the greater, broader, and more complex modern context.

Websites

  • Benedictine University Library. (2015, October 16). Incorporate sources into your research paper. Retrieved from http://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=261722&p=1748596
    • This website provides a video illustrating how you can effectively incorporate the sources you’ve gathered into your research paper. It also demonstrates how you can structure and analyze your sources, as well as use the sources to develop a good argument on the topic.
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  • Charles W. Chestnutt Library – Reference Department. (n.d.). Develop a research topic. Retrieved from http://library.uncfsu.edu/reference/intro-to-library-research/develop-a-research-topic
    • This website provides information on how to choose a topic of interest, how to narrow down or broaden your topic, how to select keywords and search terms, and how to organize and track your sources.
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Communication Challenges

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Communication Challenges

Select either Option A or Option B and indicate in your post which option you have selected.  

Option A: Compared to a non-healthcare organization, a manager must have a special skill set for communicating with health professionals and non professionals within a health care organization. What do you believe are those particular skill sets? What are the ethical, financial, and legal implications for communication within a health care organization? What are the some of the primary barriers to communication between a manager and his/her staff? 

Option B: Case Study: Your Word Against His 

Review the details of the case “Your Word Against His” in your course text. Describe in detail any options you could pursue to set the matter straight for all parties who received the wrong information, while incurring the minimum possible public disfavor by the vice president. In addition, describe what you think went wrong this in case. Where was the communication breakdown, and how could it have been avoided?

Guided Response for Option A and Option B: Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers. Discuss the reasons why effective communication is so important in organizations. What tools could managers use to foster better communication in both cases?

 

Required Resources

Required Text

  • Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.): 
  • Chapter 14: Communication: The Glue that Binds Us Together
  • Chapter 15: Day-to-Day Management for the Health Professional-as-Manager

Liebler, J. G., and McConnell, C. R., 2012, Management Principles for Health Professionals, 6th Edition, Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett


Recommended Resources

Required Text

  • Management principles for health professionals (5th ed.): 
  • Chapter 13: Human Resource Management: A Line Manager’s Perspective


Articles

  1. Bujak, J. S.  (2003).  How to improve hospital-physician relationships.  Frontiers of Health Services Management, 20(2), 3-21.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
  2. Raelin, J. A.  (1998).  An anatomy of autonomy:  Managing professionals.  The Academy of Management Executive, 3(3), 216.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. 

 

Assignment 4: HR Training Class Week 8

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Assignment 4: HR Training ClassDue Week 8 and worth 200 pointsImagine that you are a member of the HR department of a small retail company and upper management has asked you to create a new employee customer service training class for all new employees. Write a six to seven (6-7) pages paper in which you:1. Justify the use of a needs assessment of your company�s proposed employee customer service training, stressing five (5) ways in which such an assessment would expose any existing performance deficiencies.2. Develop a customer service training implementation plan and determine the method  of training( i.e., Presentation, discussion case study , discovery , role play simulation, modeling, or  on- the  job training)3 Justify why you selected  the training method that you did.4. Propose two (2) ways to motivate an employee who  has no interest in attending a training class.5 Develop a survey to collect feedback from the employees who attend the training.6. Use at Least three (3) 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: Design job and task analyses that align with the overall HRM strategy. Design training and development systems to improve employee performance. Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development. Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing

Need this paper to be a first time paper!!!!!!!

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Assignment 2: Middleville Regional Healthcare

Due Week 9 and worth 160 points

 

Middleville Regional Health Care is one (1) of three (3) hospitals serving a community of 350,000 people. Summary statistics on Middleville and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown below in Table 1. All three organizations are not-for-profit.

 

Table 1: Middleville, Brierfield, and Greystone Health Care Systems

 

Name

Beds

Admissions

Census

OP Visits

Births

Expenses (000)

Personnel

Middleville

575

13,000

350

221,000

2,300

$125,000

2,000

Brierfield

380

17,000

260

175,000

1,200

$130,000

1,875

Greystone

350

10,000

180

40,000

900

$80,000

1,200

 

The governing board of Middleville hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance, specifically in the areas of Human Resources, Information Technology, Financing, and Marketing. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Middleville’s units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.

 

You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction you would recommend as part of your list. Because you know there were about two (2) dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Explain the governing board’s role in these strategic initiatives, determining its responsibility and involvement.
  2. Evidence-based management means that operational and strategic decisions are made based upon the evidence that goals and objectives are actually being met. Quantitative measurements must be identified and measured. This data is then used to evaluate the HCO’s performance. Name three (3) performances Middleville can use to measure its success in providing quality healthcare to the community, and identify quantifiable, measureable indicators that can be used to do so. Explain the importance of each performance measurement.
  3. Given the statistics of Middleville and its two (2) competitors provided in Table 1, recommend to the HCO what areas it should focus on to maintain its competitive market share as well as continue to provide healthcare to the community in the 21st century.
  4. Some of Middleville’s Board members are very interested in pursuing advanced technology systems over the next five (5) years, while others are concerned about the enormous expense and need assurance that the investment in technology will be worthwhile. In both monetary and process terms, describe the costs and benefits associated with implementing EMR and associated health data systems. Lay out a plan for how various systems can be implemented.
  5. Middleville has faced many challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses and other clinical employees. The economy has hit the area very hard and budgetary limitations have reduced the amount of money available for salary increases. The Board knows it needs to provide other benefits to their valued employees. Provide at least two (2) suggestions to Human Resources to promote employee satisfaction and, therefore, retain experienced personnel.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
  7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a.     Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b.    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 is not included in the required page length.

c.     Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Examine how healthcare management concepts and theories are applied to critical issues in healthcare organizations.
  • Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
  • Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.

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