Select either an international service organization or a multinational corporation and conduct a preliminary assessment of their website.

In your review:

Explain your initial impression of the organization based upon your initial review of their corporate website.

Analyze their Vision, Mission and Goals  in reference to the company’s competitive strategy, branding and messaging

Analyze the company’s strategic approach to globalization and their approach to competition, sustainability, CSR, marketing, analysis (external, internal, industry), and cross border issues

Examine the company’s financials included in their most recent annual report and review the profit margin statement from the CEO. What conclusions can you draw from their financial statements?

Evaluate the firm’s Corporate Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. What expectations are presented in the policy? Explain the tangibility of the company’s policies

Include an organizational assessment using SWOT or Porter’s Five Forces

Explain the company’s capacity to be able to fulfill strategic missions while increasing profit margin

Include an Introduction and Summary statement in your review.

Your paper should be between 7 -10 pages in length, in correct APA format and use 4-5 outside sources.

Application: Creating a Flowchart

Workflow analysis aims to determine workflow patterns that maximize the effective use of resources and minimize activities that do not add value. There are a variety of tools that can be used to analyze the workflow of processes and clarify potential avenues for eliminating waste. Flowcharts are a basic and commonly used workflow analysis method that can help highlight areas in need of streamlining.

In this Assignment, you select a common event that occurs regularly in your organization and create a flowchart representing the workflow. You analyze the process you have diagrammed and propose changes for improvement.

To prepare:

• Identify a common, simple event that frequently occurs in your organization that you would like to evaluate.
• Consider how you would design a flowchart to represent the current workflow.
• Consider what metrics you would use to determine the effectiveness of the current workflow and identify areas of waste.

To complete:

Write a 4- to 5-page paper which includes the following:

• Create a simple flowchart of the activity you selected. (Review the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office document found in this week’s Learning Resources for an example.)
• Next, in your paper:
  • Explain the process you have diagrammed.
  • For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following:
    • Who does this step? (It can be several people.)
    • What technology is used?
    • What policies and rules are involved in determining how, when, why, or where the step is executed?
    • What information is needed for the execution of this step?
  • Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the workflow. Is it effective?
  • Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow.
  • Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity.
• Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper.

This Assignment is due Thursday 01/21/16.

Note: This paper will serve as the Portfolio Assignment for the course

Required Resources

Readings

• McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
  • Chapter 16, “Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use”

    This chapter reviews the reasons for conducting workflow analysis and design. The author explains specific workflow analysis and redesign techniques.

• Huser, V., Rasmussen, L. V., Oberg, R., & Starren, J. B. (2011). Implementation of workflow engine technology to deliver basic clinical decision support functionality. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(1), 43–61.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  In this article, the authors describe an implementation of workflow engine technology to support clinical decision making. The article describes some of the pitfalls of implementation, along with successful and future elements.

• Koppel, R., & Kreda, D. A. (2010). Healthcare IT usability and suitability for clinical needs: Challenges of design, workflow, and contractual relations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 7–14.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  This article points to many health information technology designs and workflow decisions that limit their value and usage. The authors also examine the structure of the conceptual relationships between HIT vendors and the clinical facilities that purchase HIT.

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.b). Workflow assessment for health IT toolkit.  Retrieved, June 18, 2012, from http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/community/health_it_tools_and_resources/919/workflow_assessment_for_health_it_toolkit/27865

  This article supplies a toolkit on the planning, design, implementation, and use of health information technology. The sections of the website provide a definition of workflow, examples of workflow tools, related anecdotes, and research.

• Document: Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office (Word document)

  Note: You will use this document to complete this week’s Assignment.

Media

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012f). System design and workflow. Baltimore, MD: Author.

  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.

  This video provides an overview of how workflow modeling can be used in a health care setting to target areas for revising current practices and procedures. The video also shows how technology and informatics can be used to improve workflow efficiency and increase the quality of care.

Develop a scholarly project that demonstrates an application of evidence to practice for substantive change. This project emphasizes critical appraisal and application of evidence-based research, scholarly writing, and critical thinking. The scholarly project will be submitted as a written paper in APA format/style. In addition, learners will present a summary of the final project orally or by creating a PowerPoint presentation.

Learners will select one of the following types of projects related to their specific advanced role specialization and target population:

• Educational program
• Evidence-based healthcare policy change
• Evidence-based clinical issue or protocol

Overview of the Evidence Based Project (EBP):

Part 1 of the project proposal in a one-page APA formatted paper (excluding the cover page and reference page). Be sure to reflect on feedback from faculty and classmates from this week’s discussion. Include:

Part 1: Introduction

• Summarize the practice issue in need of change providing background information and the perceived significance of the problem
• Describe the specific aims of the project – what improved outcomes do you hope to achieve
• State your question in PICOT format, labeling each part with P-I-C-O-T in parentheses
• Discuss the significance of the issue in terms of poor outcomes, cost, etc

Western Philosophy no outside resources!!!!

Discussion 1

Readings: Cornford Chapter 2

1.       Explain why scientific accounts of the time were different than they are now (starts on p. 32). What form did scientific accounts of the time tend to take and why was Socrates unhappy with Anaxagoras’ account?

2.       Sophists were a big deal during Socrates’ time (and not in a good way). Socrates was actually accused of being a Sophist at one point in the Apologia. Who were the sophists? (p. 38) How did Socrates feel about them and why was he accused of being one?

Discussion 2

1.       Who are the lovers of knowledge and what knowledge do they possess? How does this, for Plato through the mouthpiece of Socrates, equate to knowledge? (starts on p. 14 as well and the differences between the two is re-emphasized on p. 18)

2.       Building on question 5, according to Plato through Socrates, are the things we perceive (i.e. the things we see, touch, taste and feel) real? Do they represent forms or images?

Discussion 3

1.       On page 20 in “Demonstrative Knowledge and its Starting-points: Aristotle, Posterior Analytics,” Aristotle describes how we come to remember things through sense perception. What is sense perception and what is its role in memory, according to Aristotle?

2.       The “Categories” is the reason why Aristotle is considered the father of biology, which was another of his big contributions. How does Aristotle define substance in terms of his divisions of living things?

Discussion 4

1.       The dream argument is one of Descartes’ most famous positions in his Meditations. Explain the dream argument in detail. What does his argument call into question and why? (starts on p. 23)

2.       What is Descartes’ solution to his own doubts? (starts on p. 24 and ends on p. 25). Explain his solution. Based on this solution and our considerations regarding Plato as a rationalist and Aristotle as an empiricist, would you say Descartes is an empiricist or a rationalist?

Discussion 5

1.       Do we have any justification for believing the future will be like the past (this isn’t an opinion, but more about following what Hume is describing in the first passage here)?

2.       What are the necessary connections Hume is referring to on page 439? Are we justified, according to his account, in believing in necessary connections (i.e. is there anything, really, such as a causal connection or is it more our tendency to assume)?

Discussion 6

1.       On page 50, Moore lists a number of “truisms.” Identify a few of these truisms and how he claims to know them.

2.       On page 54, Moore writes, if “they are features of the ‘common sense view of the world’ it follows they are true. What is this view of common sense and why is Moore specifically proposing this take on common sense (i.e. what is his piece railing against or di

3 responses (1 to teacher and 2 to students that asks me a question) AND

Assignment: Philosophy and Justice: What is a Just Society?

The goal of this assignment is to explore the meaning of justice. In a 3–4-page paper, address the following:

1. Compare/contrast two social philosophies. For instance, you might explain Plato, Aristotle, utilitarianism, Marx, Rawls, race theory, and/or a feminist approach. Try and select two distinct approaches. Remember to explain the theories you reference with supporting citations to the textbook and online lectures before contrasting them, utilizing correct APA format. You may want to use examples to illustrate your understanding of key ideas in each theory. Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
2.  Explain how justice is understood in the two theories you contrasted.
3.  Illustrate your understanding of how social justice is conceived in each with a concrete example of an injustice, i.e. a practice or reality that fails to achieve the vision of justice in the theory you chose.

Submit your assignment in the W4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

Part I

What similarities or differences did you identify among the perspectives? Which do you feel are the most critical and why? (2–3 paragraphs)

Part II

What affect might the knowledge of curriculum theory have on educators and the way they manage their classrooms? (2–3 paragraphs)

Assignment 2: Response to Claims of Discrimination

• Review information about responding to EEOC charges and position statements from US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.Employers. Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/index.cfm

Based on your readings and additional research, develop a position statement, including the following:

• Explain the values of the company and its policy on race and gender discrimination.
• Summarize and comment on the facts in the EEOC claim.
• Explain the company’s position on the EEOC claim.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format based on EEOC recommendations for your position statement. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, January 20, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Write a 2-page paper on the strengths needed in the position you seek. As you assess your strengths, skills, and values, it is time to identify a career field/industry that you are interested in exploring. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you make better decisions.

• Introduce the position you seek and state four strengths needed for success in the role.
• Of these,what two strengths do you have? What are two strengths you need to develop? What have you been told you are good at?
• Conclusion/summary. Include the importance of determining one’s strengths and areas needing improvement.