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  How lessons from other industries might be applied to the health care industry.The five step planning process covered in this course and the Sample business Proposal at the Center for Writing Excellence the following scenario:As the manager of a busy call center for a health care organization, you note that the volume of calls has doubled over the past year. Although you do not have the budget to hire additional staff, you do have an additional $20,000 to spend on your department to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. a 700- to 1,050-word proposal using the five step planning process that describes how your team might improve efficiency and customer service in your department by focusing on teamwork. Address the following in your team\’s proposal: 3 references, one of which may be the course textbook, to support your position. your proposal according to APA guidelines.the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.              

From the position of the IBEW Representative, detail the following information in a 2-4 page, APA formatted paper. Include support for your positions based on the facts provided. Be sure to proofread for grammar and spelling errors. In the paper include the following: Remember to use the contract data provided between CAC Company and the IBEW to defend your position. Using this material you will:APA format, cite sources, see attachment. 

Review the case study that you selected as well as the resources related to analyzing issues and developing and defending positions related to those issues. Examine the information in the case study to identify and problems related to the issue. Consider the information you need to obtain to develop a better understanding of the issue and consider how you might locate this information. a 2- to 3-page analysis of the case study in which you:Please see attachments related to this case study to help complete assignment, if you have any questions please ask before you take on the assighment.  Please ensure that you are familiar with the material if you\’re assigned this assignment.ScenarioYou are part of a team at a small medical device startup business called Setem Technologies that is looking to rapidly expand over the next five years. The CEO/Founder of Setem Technologies is working on next year’s budget and sees no reason to dedicate funds for training and development (T&D). Others in the company disagree with the CEO and see clear benefits to the business of a comprehensive approach to training employees. The suggestions for fitting T&D into the budget range from a training strategy developed in-house to solutions based around hiring external training vendors. It is your task to make a recommendation to the CEO as to the extent the company should focus on training given the budget constraints and whether outside vendors or internal staff should be employed to implement the company’s training programs.StakeholdersCompany Founder, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Director of Human Resources, Program Director, Sales Representative  

OL 211 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Overview: This milestone is designed to begin a critical analysis applying knowledge gained within the course. This short paper assignment is the first step in the analysis of the company that will become your final project. For the final project, you will review the human resource management (HRM) in an organization through a real scenario. This case study will give you the opportunity to explore various roles and processes within the human resources profession. A key skill for any professional working in human resources is the ability to develop and implement processes that align with a company’s strategic plan and mission. Begin by reading the first 13 pages of the case study A.P. Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives (up to HR-Customer Initiative at Maersk), located in your Harvard Business Review Coursepack. Start your short paper by briefly answering the following questions: 1. Explain why the human resource function should be aligned with an organization’s strategic plan (use ideas from the Module One discussion on this topic). 2. Explain how current global conditions in Maersk’s industry impact human resource management practices within this organization (use ideas from the Module One discussion on this topic). Then, using the material on recruitment strategies provided in this week’s lesson and the case study, address the following: 1. Compare and contrast recruitment and selection of internal versus external candidates in general. 2. Describe how Maersk has recruited and selected new employees who were aligned with the organization’s vision and goals over the years. 3. Assess the effectiveness of its recruitment process and determine what changes if any you would recommend to improve employee success and retention. Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be 2–3 pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure to list your references at the end of your paper. 

Technological advances have enabled media to provide near-instantaneous coverage from every corner of the world. This first became apparent during Operation Desert Shield in 1990, when the public was exposed to images of U.S. military operations in Kuwait and Iraq with minimal delay. The technology continued to evolve, and during Operations Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and Enduring Freedom in 2001, broadcasts were real-time, and many 24-hour news networks now existed. Images of violence such as suicide bombings and firefights inundated the daily lives of Americans. As you have already learned, terrorism depends on the ability to inspire fear. In the past, this influence was limited by an individual’s proximity to the event and word of mouth regarding the act. Today, although media outlets are rarely at the attack site during an attack, they usually broadcast the destruction that ensues. The media’s ability to report on these events increased the terrorists\’ audience exponentially. Western media coverage has ironically created a false proximity that has proven to be effective at spreading fear to the masses.For example, Spain’s decision to withdraw support for the Iraq War followed extensive media coverage of the Madrid train bombings. It has been said that the media coverage of the attack strongly influenced public opinion against the Iraq War to such an extent that government policy shifted. For this assignment, you are the public relations officer for the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. ISAF is the military command under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization responsible for security, stability, and reconstruction in Afghanistan. Your commander has indicated that the Taliban insurgents have been gaining in popularity primarily through their effective use of the media. He believes ISAF needs to develop a better relationship with the media to help mitigate the insurgents\’ attempts to gain support and positive public sentiment through their media efforts.You have been selected to lead the media campaign for ISAF. Through extensive liaison, you have been allowed to write 1 article that will run simultaneously in the major news publications throughout the United States, Europe, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.Your commander has given you the freedom to write what you feel is necessary, so long as it contains the following at a minimum:

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Analyzing a Social PolicyIn this course, you have learned that social policies are formulated to solve social problems considered important by a mass of voters, media, and political actors. Social policy is but one solution to the problem—not necessarily the most rational, effective, or socially just. Social policies are human creations and, as such, can be changed. In this paper you will analyze a social policy as a tool for social justice.Research one social welfare policy using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.Analyze the policy and address the following:The social problem addressed by the policyThe policy objectives, value premises, expectation, and target populationsEffects of the policyImplications of the PolicyAlternative PoliciesWrite a 4–6-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Make sure to include research in addition to the textbook from credible, scholarly sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

The following topic(s) will demonstrate what the discussion is about, but feel free to branch off or expand on the topics. At the end of the discussion, you will be asked to craft a 150 word reflection on what you have learned through this conversation and post it to the Weekly Reflection Journal. The more active you are in this part of the discussion, the more you will have to draw from in your reflection, so get involved, be active, help out your classmates when they need it, and, most of all, enjoy the conversation.Using the checklist on p. 130 of the text, evaluate your first draft. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses you found regarding your own writing and how you plan to build upon and/or improve what you discovered. Please respond (or give advice) to at least two of your peers.  This week, through our work, we are moving closer to assembling our research project, and we are practicing the habit of self-evaluating our work. Additionally, we have begun to explore the following course outcomes:In this reflection journal, in at least 150 words, reflect back on what you have learned so far through the course readings, assignment (if you’ve completed it yet), and our discussion. Consider the following questions to guide your reflection: This week, you will be posting the first draft of your course paper. While you should consider this draft to be a work in progress, you should take great effort in preparing the best draft you can create. The more complete your work, the better comments you will receive, and these comments will help you craft a much more effective course paper. Make sure you follow APA guidelines for formatting and citations, and refer to the following criteria to construct your draft.Please take the time to review the following documents to make sure the final version of your paper aligns to these requirements.In addition, please review the paper requirements listed below to ensure you craft your paper in a way that will cover everything.  

The purpose of this assessment task is for students to reflect on significant communication
issues arising from their studies or personal life. The issues may be drawn from positive or
negative communication experiences at home, Uni or work. For example: you may have had
an argument with someone. How did you resolve the issue? How would you relate differently
next time? What specific communication concepts and practices could you apply to this
particular issue? Marking criteria will assess the following: Quality of insight, range of topics,
ability to link your reflections to communication concepts and theories, application of theory
(in-text referencing), quality of writing and presentation. The reflective journal marking guide
can be accessed on Moodle.
Instruction files

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