Using the example of childhood immunizations, identify and briefly discuss three or more issues or questions that are likely to arise in making economic evaluations (e.g., cost–benefit or cost-effectiveness analyses) of health interventions.
For this discussion, suppose you work for a healthcare organization and your local government is considering establishing something called a health effectiveness analysis program (HEAP). The purpose of this program would be to look for areas of intervention that would promote health and save money for the state and its people.
You have been asked to write a brief memo for your organization’s leadership. Using the example of childhood immunizations, identify and briefly discuss three or more issues or questions that are likely to arise in making economic evaluations (e.g., cost–benefit or cost-effectiveness analyses) of health interventions. What impact would this intervention have on demand and consumer behavior in the long run?
considering the sub-industry your organization belongs to, what kind of impact do the economic principles of demand and market/consumer behavior have on this organization’s financial statements?
Prompt: Select the organization you would like to analyze in part two of the final project using the following resources: DBHoovers, ProPublica, or American Hospital Directory. Present your proposal to the instructor for approval to ensure that you will have access to sufficient financial information on the healthcare organization to complete the final project.
In your proposal, address the following elements:
What organization is the focus of your report?
Analyze the organization by identifying the sub-industry or type of organization it belongs to (e.g., home care, hospital) and the financial background of
the organization.
Based upon the information you researched in Module Two, is the organization you selected a nonprofit or for-profit?
Finally, considering the sub-industry your organization belongs to, what kind of impact do the economic principles of demand and market/consumer
behavior have on this organization’s financial statements? For example, do the statements reflect a spike on revenue during the winter due to increased
injuries and accidents related to ice?
Support your proposal with a minimum of two cited sources.
Guidelines for Submission: Proposals should be 2–3 paragraphs, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your proposal must also follow APA formatting and all resources and references should be cited appropriately.
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identify and analyze at least two key areas of disparity in healthcare.
Using current research and scholarly information (within the last five years), identify and analyze at least two key areas of disparity in healthcare. What economic policies do you think economic policies have impacted these disparities? What recommendation related to each disparity would you make for an organization to plan for this to minimize the negative impact while still delivering quality care?
Explain five key differences between a Sales Representative and a Key Account Manager.
Explain five key differences between a Sales Representative and a Key Account Manager.
Focus in the areas of Lead Generation, Customer Relationship, Sales Strategy, Teamwork, and Accountability to top management of the company.
Use this link as a reference: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/differences-between-key-account-management-sales-roland-teuchert/
Calculate the present value of the company offer for each of the employee groups.
Instructions
· Please show your work in order to earn part marks.
· Answers must have correct units.
· Accuracy should be to the nearest dollar, percentages to the nearest 0.1%, and decimal equivalents to the nearest 0.0001.
· The assignment should be submitted in document format.
· Each of your final answers should be in statement form with correct notation.
Project Case
Should they go on strike?
Total 40 marks
The Situation It is time to negotiate a new contract with some of Lightning Wholesale’s unionized employees. The company believes in dealing fairly with its employees. Based on the current economic environment, cost of living increases, and the financial health of the organization, management feels that the best it can offer is a 3% wage increase. From its own analysis, the union believes that the company is holding out and that a 5.5% wage increase is more than possible. Unfortunately, negotiations have broken down, and the union has turned to its employee group seeking strike action. The union is certain of achieving its wage increase through the strike action, though it advises the employees that they may need to go on strike for three months to achieve the goal. The employees are trying to figure out their best course of action—should they vote to go on strike or not?
The Data
• The typical an employee in the unionized group currently earns $48,000 per year, which is paid out at the end of every month equally.
• Six employees have five years until retirement.
• Eight employees have 10 years until retirement.
• Nine employees have 15 years until retirement.
• Seven employees have 20 years until retirement.
Important Information
• During the three months that employees would be on strike, employees receive no wages from Lightning Wholesale.
• The time value of money is unknown, but employees have three annually compounded estimates of 6%, 5% and 4%.
• Assume employees make their strike vote according to their best financial outcome.
• The decision to go on strike is determined by the majority vote.
• No future wage increases are important when making this decision to strike or not.
Your Tasks
The employees are uncertain of the time value of money, so they need to run a few scenarios. Perform steps 1 through 3 below using EACH of the time value of money estimates as a different scenario. Determine the outcome of the strike vote (go on strike or not go on strike).
1. Calculate the present value of the company offer for each of the employee groups. (12 marks)
2. Calculate the present value of the union increase for each of the employee groups. (12 marks)
3. Cast the votes according to your results and determine the strike vote outcome under each time value of money possibility. (12 marks)
4. Management is trying to figure out the most likely outcome of the strike vote so that they can adjust their bargaining strategy if necessary. Based on the completed scenario analysis, what outcome should management plan on?
Are we born with morals or do we learn them? On what are your personal views of right and wrong based?
Students striving for a superlative grade should go far above and beyond the minimum requirements of the assignment.
Assignment:
View the short videos/articles:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/morality-definition/
As the videos show, we all have some sense of our own morality. Are we born with morals or do we learn them? On what are your personal views of right and wrong based? Discussion must be 200+ words long.
discuss why you consider yourself more of either a ‘deontologist’ or ‘utilitarian.’
Deontology and Consequentialism (most often referred to as Utilitarianism) are two of the primary schools of ethical decision-making. After completing this week’s readings and viewing the videos, discuss why you consider yourself more of either a ‘deontologist’ or ‘utilitarian.’ Also, consider the following situation: You are walking through the woods and come to a clearing. You see 10 people standing at gun point. For our purposes, you know they are all equally innocent people (none deserve to die more than any other). The men with the guns inform you that they want you to pick one person that will die and then they will let the other 9 go free. If you do not choose, they all die. There are no other options such as choosing yourself (though a noble choice) or defeating the gunmen. Will you choose? If so, how? If not, how do you justify your decision?
Discussion must be 200+ words long.
Do you agree with ATN’s decision not to proceed with the cloud migration for the myTrendek application?
Assignment
Taking all of the information that we have discussed in our readings and the case study below, please prepare a 3-5 page analysis for your CIO which will be used to highlight potential risks within your organization.
In your analysis, you will need to perform independent research beyond the course text materials in order to discuss and explain the elements of your evaluation.
- Do you agree with ATN’s decision not to proceed with the cloud migration for the myTrendek application?
- Can the risks identified be responsibly mitigated?
- Are there other risks that your research identified?
You may find that an appendix with examples could be helpful in presenting your analysis.
Your analysis should include the following pieces:
- Cover page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- References in APA format.
- Checklist or appendix if necessary
Respond
Answer the following questions in a substantive manner:
- Do you agree with ATN’s decision not to proceed with the cloud migration for the myTrendek application?
- Can the following risks be mitigated: no complex passwords; no encryption; data must be deleted after six months. Please explain.
How would you have decided if you were the boy’s mother or father?
Watch the short video:
Though it is old and a bit hokey, watch how various individuals make decisions in the video. Specifically, what ethical standards are each applying to make their decisions? Consider and discuss the decisions of the night watchman, the boy’s mother, the owner, the police officer, the boy, and Mr. Barker. How would you have decided if you were the boy’s mother or father? If you were the boy? Or, any other of the characters?
Discussion must be 200+ words long.
Compare and contrast THREE threats to cloud computing either from your textbook or independent research.
Threats to Cloud Computing
As you craft your initial post, you will be using information from your texts, along with conducting independent research with sources outside of the required texts. Start your discussion with the following:
- Compare and contrast THREE threats to cloud computing either from your textbook or independent research.
- Based on your research, of those three threats what threat do you feel poses the biggest risk to the cloud provider as well as the cloud customer?
- What countermeasures can be implemented to try to stop this threat?
- Do the countermeasures outlined impact operations?
- Pretend that you preparing to brief your team on this topic… In preparing for your discussion, how do the above factors impact negotiations between a cloud provider and customer?
Keep in Mind: You will need to perform independent research beyond the course text materials in order to discuss and explain the elements of a comprehensive and well-thought-out position. Consider all facets that are necessary to be proactive and successful in evaluating not only what is happening now, but also the potential future landscape.
