Discussion Questions

•Your business sponsor is not familiar with earned value management (EVM). You have been asked to provide him with a quick overview of EVM. Using the information covered in the online readings, suggest the top three (3) EVM performance measures you would educate your business sponsor on. Provide a rationale for your selection of topics.•Compare and contrast strategic controls and financial controls. Provide specific examples of how each may be used to best serve a corporation.•As a strategic leader, determine if you would feel ethically responsible for developing your firm’s human capital and state why. Discuss whether or not you believe your position is consistent with the majority or minority of today’s strategic leaders. ***2 pages only **

evaluate the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the storage and retrieval techniques that two (2) search engine organizations currently use.

From the first e-Activity, evaluate the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the storage and retrieval techniques that two (2) search engine organizations currently use. Imagine that the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a new search engine organization has asked your opinion on which storage and retrieval technique he / she should use for his / her company. Suggest the key storage and retrieval techniques he / she should incorporate. Provide a rationale for your response.

What are the results of your HCAHPS? What is your organizations priority? How does the HCAHPS score affect the job description of nursing leaders? Quality leaders? Executive leadership

Numerous vendor-designed and home-grown instruments have been used in the past in an attempt to capture patient satisfaction data. Unfortunately, the methods had little comparability between sites of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) jointly developed and tested the first national instrument and methodology to directly survey patients\’ perception of care. The Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS) was first implemented in the hospital setting on a voluntary basis in 2006 and then required as part of CMS\’s Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update program (RHQDAPU) in 2008. What are the results of your HCAHPS? What is your organizations priority? How does the HCAHPS score affect the job description of nursing leaders? Quality leaders? Executive leadership Need at least 150 words references if any 

Presentation of Strategy Audit Findings

Assignment 2: LASA 2—Presentation of Strategy Audit FindingsIn this assignment, integrate all the pieces of work you have drafted and formally turn it into the capstone strategy audit.In previous assignments, you performed multiple, specified analyses of your company (or any company of your choosing). Those individual analyses provide the needed research to successfully complete the following LASA.Using the tools and framework learned in class and throughout the program, prepare a 15-page strategy audit of your company with a companion presentation. The strategy audit is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s business strategy and operating performance, and culminates in a series of recommendations for improving your company’s performance based on the findings and conclusions of your analysis.A strategy audit involves assessing the actual direction of a business and comparing that course to the direction required to succeed in a changing environment. A company\’s actual direction is the sum of what it does and does not do, how well the organization is internally aligned to support the strategy, and how viable the strategy is when compared to the external market, competitors, and financial realities. These two categories, the internal assessment and the external or environmental assessment, make up the major elements of a strategy audit.In your strategy audit:You are to write this report as though you are a consultant to your company, and are addressing the executive officers of this company. You will collect and analyze a large amount of data in producing your report, but your final product will be condensed and focus on presenting your analysis findings and conclusions.Your report should consist of the following sections in the given order.Use information from your previous assignments to support your conclusions and recommendations and conduct additional research when needed. Make sure you properly reference and cite so that the location of information is clear.Submit your 15-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.Finalize the companion with a 10-slide Power Point Presentation that summarizes the audit and recommendations in a compelling manner that persuades senior management to explore and possibly implement your recommendations. The elements of the presentation should include the following:Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.ppt.This assignment is worth 300 points and will be graded using the LASA rubric you can download. 

Discussion post due Thursday (2)

Read: \”Ethics in IT.\” Information technology is the engine that makes business run smoothly. Organizations today have policies guiding the use of company equipment, customer records, and use of the Internet. An organization\’s integrity can be questioned when the Internet is used capriciously, or if customer records are not carefully guarded. Systems for protecting customer records from \”hacking\” are essential and policies for reporting hacking activities are required. Using the principles outlined in the article, discuss how an employee has the responsibility of reporting known breaches of cyber-security. Further, discuss the consequences to a major retailer when a breach is discovered.To ensure your participation meets the expectations, refer to the G.R.E.A.T. Discussion and Feedback guidelines provided in the Resources. A well-developed post, one that would be considered \”distinguished,\” will usually be between 250 and 350 words. Also, please post your initial discussion (main post) by Thursday to allow time for your peers to respond.After posting your initial response, read your peers\’ posts. Respond to two of your peers. Are you in agreement that reporting violations of policy is always necessary?A well-developed response is generally stated in 50–100 words. Besides responding directly to your peers\’ comments, the responses should expand the dialogue by asking questions or adding new information.—————————————————————————————————————————   

imagine that you are an HR manager on a global HRM planning committee.

For this final assignment, imagine that you are an HR manager on a global HRM planning committee. You are required to present to upper management six (6) main concerns related to global human resources matters.You have already compiled data about four (4) of these concerns in previous assignments for this course, so you will need to add two (2) more elements to the presentation.The VP of Human Resource Management has asked you to put together a  presentation to show upper management. In this presentation, you will want to discuss your previous findings:In addition to presenting this data from your previous assignments, the VP of Human Resource Management also wants you to discuss compensation strategies as well as key strategies your company could use to enhance ethical behavior, labor relations, and work conditions.Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide  presentation in which you:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Compare and contrast each of the eight classes of mechanical hazards. Describe the type of injury that may result from these hazards. Provide at least one control method for each of the eight classes.

Compare and contrast each of the eight classes of mechanical hazards. Describe the type of injury that may result from these hazards. Provide at least one control method for each of the eight classes. full question  should be at least 200 words in length. apa format

Business Ethics: Contracts with foreign businesses

Currently, limited international laws exist in areas such as copyright/patent protection and confidentiality of information. Labor and environmental laws may vary significantly between the United States and many developing countries. In addition, although all countries have laws against bribery, there are some countries where corruption is quite common.In this Discussion question, you are the owner of a manufacturing company, and you are considering a contract with a clothing manufacturer in Bangladesh. (Please keep in mind that you will use some of this information in your ethics policy in the final project.)Please address the following in your response: