Based on your chosen organization, compare and contrast the various contract types such as firm-fixed-price (FFP), cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), cost-no-fee (CNF), and cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF) contracts.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Based on your chosen organization, compare and contrast the various contract types such as firm-fixed-price (FFP), cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), cost-no-fee (CNF), and cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF) contracts. You may also find other contract types applicable to your commercial or governmental organization. Include the following information in your discussion:

What type of contract is most relevant for the chosen organization?
Why is this contract type most relevant?
What is the significance of cost management from a strategic perspective?

 How can a change in one element of an ecosystem affect the overall function of that ecosystem? Discuss changes in an ecosystem that you have observed or read about in your state. 

 How can a change in one element of an ecosystem affect the overall function of that ecosystem? Discuss changes in an ecosystem that you have observed or read about in your state. 

You have chosen a country for the Walmart Case Study. International Logistics Services (ILS) has acquired a new warehouse and truck fleet in your selected country and within the vicinity of one or more Walmart stores. The newly acquired warehouse has 100 employees. The new director for logistics services (DLS) plans to address all the employees on Thursday. The DLS will present the vision, mission, and values. The DLS will also explain the strategic objective to secure Walmart as a customer. The DLS asks that you, the start-up project manager, follow with a presentation. The DLS asks you to deliver an audio-narrated presentation that Explains what a project is. Describes project management.

 
You have chosen a country for the Walmart Case Study. International Logistics Services (ILS) has acquired a new warehouse and truck fleet in your selected country and within the vicinity of one or more Walmart stores. The newly acquired warehouse has 100 employees. The new director for logistics services (DLS) plans to address all the employees on Thursday. The DLS will present the vision, mission, and values. The DLS will also explain the strategic objective to secure Walmart as a customer. The DLS asks that you, the start-up project manager, follow with a presentation. The DLS asks you to deliver an audio-narrated presentation that

Explains what a project is.
Describes project management.
Provides a brief outline of the project goals.
Illustrates the project planning steps.
Summarizes how corporate social responsibility will be an important element of your project.

Your initial response should contain three PowerPoint slides (five to 10 minutes total). If needed, review the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) resource. Graduate school students learn to assess the perspectives of several scholars. Support your response with at least one scholarly or credible source in addition to the text.

Describe how you plan to lead your group to make the best decision; address the four major steps. What tools or techniques would you use to prevent group think?

 Your stakeholders have asked the project team to recommend a solution to an unanticipated issue in the project.

Describe how you plan to lead your group to make the best decision; address the four major steps.
What tools or techniques would you use to prevent group think?
Describe how you would respond if a team member makes the following suggestion: "We should brainstorm and then critique each other's ideas."

200-250 words

Explain what you need to know about accounting and budgeting as a practice leader. Compare the two levels of financial benchmarking (i.e., internal comparison and external comparison), and explain the strategic purpose and importance of benchmarking as a financial tool for a medical practice.

 
Week 8 Assignment – Group Practice Operations Plan Part 3
Overview
According to the text, a significant amount of revenue that the health care industry generates can be linked directly to the care that physicians provide for their patients. In addition, physicians in a medical practice add to this revenue stream by admitting patients to a hospital, prescribing prescription medication, ordering home health services and medical equipment, and referring their patients to other health care providers for care and treatment.
Scenario
This is Part 3 in the development of the operations plan to guide you in managing the practice and leading the staff.
Instructions
Part 3:
Develop Part 3 of your operations plan. It should be 3–4 pages and include at least two?quality academic resources in which you:

Explain what you need to know about accounting and budgeting as a practice leader.
Compare the two levels of financial benchmarking (i.e., internal comparison and external comparison), and explain the strategic purpose and importance of benchmarking as a financial tool for a medical practice.
Explain the role telehealth and telemedicine services have in medical group practices and how they affect patient care safety and quality. Support your response.
Recommend a health information technology (HIT) system that includes an electronic health record (EHR) for the new practice to implement, and include three main benefits of having the HIT system.
Propose a strategy to mitigate the impact of a specific hazardous risk associated with one of the risk categories; property (general liability and safety), technology, or financial practices could have on the practice. Support your proposal with a real-life example.

Note: Include a cover page and reference page as required in the SWS Writing Standards.Note: Incorporate the instructor feedback once you receive it to improve Part 3 of your operations plan to be used in the Week 9 Activity and Week 10 Assignment.This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcomes?associated with this assignment are:

Examine the accounting, finance, and budgeting roles in the management of a physician’s group practice.
Create an operations plan for a physician group practice that promotes medical excellence, and includes organizational forms, organizational goals, HRM, marketing, health information technology, accounting and finance, disaster preparedness, laws, regulations, and compliance.

Ethnocentrism can potentially lead to prejudice, which, in turn, can lead to discrimination.  This is a negative “social chain reaction” that social workers often observe in their clients’ lives.  Describe an example of this three-stage social chain reaction, then use this example to discuss one way in which this cycle can be broken in order to stop discrimination from happening.

Ethnocentrism can potentially lead to prejudice, which, in turn, can lead to discrimination.  This is a negative “social chain reaction” that social workers often observe in their clients’ lives.  Describe an example of this three-stage social chain reaction, then use this example to discuss one way in which this cycle can be broken in order to stop discrimination from happening.

Every year, hundreds of billions of grant dollars are awarded. In your response, identify three types of grant money sources and summarize why foundations award grant monies. Evaluate the motivations driving grant agencies to award grants. Analyze how understanding these motivations help guide you as a grant writer.

Every year, hundreds of billions of grant dollars are awarded. In your response, identify three types of grant money sources and summarize why foundations award grant monies. Evaluate the motivations driving grant agencies to award grants. Analyze how understanding these motivations help guide you as a grant writer.

Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation, complete with speaker notes for Caterpillar Inc.’s leadership team, in which you summarize your key findings, propose recommendations, and provide rationale for your recommendations.Address the following topics and prompts in your presentation:Topic: Caterpillar Inc.’s Vision Summarize your evaluation of the alignment between what Caterpillar Inc. is currently doing and their mission, vision, or values statement. Recommend any changes you would make to Caterpillar Inc.’s mission, vision, or values statements to improve organizational goals.

 12 slides with speaker notes. Due in 2 days
Create a 12- to 14-slide presentation, complete with speaker notes for Caterpillar Inc.’s leadership team, in which you summarize your key findings, propose recommendations, and provide rationale for your recommendations.Address the following topics and prompts in your presentation:Topic: Caterpillar Inc.’s Vision

Summarize your evaluation of the alignment between what Caterpillar Inc. is currently doing and their mission, vision, or values statement.
Recommend any changes you would make to Caterpillar Inc.’s mission, vision, or values statements to improve organizational goals.

Topic: Caterpillar Inc.’s Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages

Summarize your analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages and disadvantages.
Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages and business performance.
Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes in Caterpillar Inc.’s competitive advantages to achieve organizational goals.

Topic: Caterpillar’s Global Strategy

Summarize your assessment of Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy.
Recommend operational changes to improve Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy and business performance.
Propose a plan to measure and monitor the effectiveness of your recommended operational changes to Caterpillar Inc.’s global strategy to achieve organizational goals.

Research the role of an administrator versus that of a nonmanagement staff member in dealing with a workers’ compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting duties for each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizational compliance with regulatory requirements at the staff level?

 
Research the role of an administrator versus that of a nonmanagement staff member in dealing with a workers’ compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting duties for each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizational compliance with regulatory requirements at the staff level? Support your analysis with a minimum of one peer-reviewed reference.

Now that you’ve developed a list of resources, a budget, a list of tasks, and a timeline, it's time to check in again with your customer(s). In this activity, imagine you've just finished up a Progress Review Meeting with your customer(s) where you discussed the current status of the project, project progress, and any troubleshooting that has occurred. Now, you need to write a follow-up email to go over what was discussed in the meeting. You will write a professional email to the customer(s) of your project, recapping the progress report you delivered in your meeting.

Overview
Now that you've developed a list of resources, a budget, a list of tasks, and a timeline, it's time to check in again with your customer(s). In this activity, imagine you've just finished up a Progress Review Meeting with your customer(s) where you discussed the current status of the project, project progress, and any troubleshooting that has occurred. Now, you need to write a follow-up email to go over what was discussed in the meeting. You will write a professional email to the customer(s) of your project, recapping the progress report you delivered in your meeting.

Instructions
For this activity, complete the following:

Write a follow-up email, recapping an imagined Progress Review meeting you had with your customer(s). There is no template for this assignment, so you will need to create your own document.

In your email, include and highlight the following eight key terms, using each term correctly and in a professional context:

"Risks"  
"Project stakeholders" and "ethics" 
"Project vision"
"Met expectations"
"Project performance", "baseline", and "compare plan vs. actual"

Your email should be clear, well-organized, and formatted according to SWS style. Your email should be between 300 and 500 words and should use accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.