Create a one-page overview of the history and background of each company vying for the government contract.
Federal Contracting Activities and Contract Types
Note: Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks in order to complete this assignment.
The Department of Defense plans to issue a $400,000 government contract to a company that specializes in drone navigation technologies. As a result, a government auditor has been contacted to examine the operational data VectorCal and one competitor (previously identified as your company) in order to decide which company should win the government contract.
Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Create a one-page overview of the history and background of each company vying for the government contract.
Specify at least one (1) of the recent major contracts that was awarded to both companies. Explain the fundamental reasons why both companies were awarded the contract(s) that you specified.
Determine the type(s) of contract for which both companies might be eligible (e.g., fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.). Justify your response.
Discuss at least three (3) direct costs and three (3) indirect costs that each company incurred during the production of its navigation system. Explain the manner in which this data would factor into your decision as to which company would be more eligible to receive the contract.
Suggest which company should be awarded this government contract based on the data that was presented for each company. Next, provide three to five (3-5) reasons to support your stance.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources
Explore the different aspects to billing and coding fraud.
Professional Billers and Coders have a moral, legal, and ethical responsibility to submit claims properly. It is vital that students understand the high stakes. To help you get a feel for the scope of the issue of fraud explore this site.
Explore the different aspects to billing and coding fraud.
Include ALL the following aspects in the discussion:
Choose two examples of fraud that interest you
Summarize the case
Discuss the role the coder played in the fraud
Consider what your response would/should be if you were asked to be a part of the fraud
Discuss if ignorance of the billing/coding rules provides sufficient legal protection?
develop a supporting human resource (HR) plan for an organizational strategy.
For this homework assignment, you will develop a supporting human resource (HR) plan for an organizational strategy. In a paper of three to four pages (750-1000 words) of text, offer your ideas for a promising HR assignment, development plan, and sustainment plan to support the strategy of an organization expanding to open offices in sub-Sahara Africa. Drawing from appropriate sources, develop a scenario that provides the business of the organization, identify how much expansion is taking place, and identify the countries in which the expansion is taking place. ? A useful starting point is estimating the total number of relocating employees that can be supported in the host country. ? Will the organization need to establish a commissary (for grocery purchases), banking and currency exchange, and limited urgent-care stations? ? Should the organization set assignment lengths of one year or two with families? What does research say is the optimal time period? ? If there are families, what would be the childrens school arrangements? ? How will the employees be housed? ? Do they need an increased housing allowance, or does the organization need to procure its own compound of apartment housing? Your homework assignment must be at least three pages in length. You are required to use at least one outside source to support your explanation. Your homework assignment response should be formatted in accordance with APA style.
What does it mean to say that HRM plays a strategic role in driving organizational performance?
Discussion boards:
Topic 1: HRM
What does it mean to say that HRM plays a strategic role in driving organizational performance? Consider recruiting, training, performance appraisal, and compensation strategies as part of your answer.
Topic 2: Recruiting and Retention
The function of organizing in management is vital in recruiting, training, and retaining people. Evaluate how the growing use of telecommuters, temporary and part time workers, virtual teams, and social media will affect human resource management in finding the right people. Assume the role of a human resource manager and discuss specific ideas how an HRM department could improve recruiting and retention of employees.
Consider and then comment on the issue of emotional labor in the culture of capitalism, including how the emotional labor can spill over beyond the immediate field of market exchange
The essay should be at least 3 pages long, double spaced and typed in 12 font. Any system of citation is welcome; however, you must be consistent in the style of citation you use throughout your paper. Look online for info on how to cite using MLA, APA format
Topic:
American Beauty: Consider and then comment on the issue of emotional labor in the culture of capitalism, including how the emotional labor can spill over beyond the immediate field of market exchange and paid labor (ie into everyday life, personal relationships, and within the self) using the psychoanalytic defense mechanisms covered in class to guide your analysis. Making connections between the emotional techniques and habits outlined in The Managed Heart and characters/scenes of the film American Beauty, illustrate how the spill over occurs and the implications it has for our emotional lives and contemporary culture in general
suggest at least three (3) ways that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had an impact on access to higher education for American citizens.
Access and Growth of Adult Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning Please respond to the following:
· From the readings, suggest at least three (3) ways that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had an impact on access to higher education for American citizens.
· Investigate the impact that the law has had on your career as a student, or as a current or future educator.
Need at least 2 references and please cite
Why is having knowledge crucial to creating a just Republic?
In Book V of Republic, Plato provides his definition for the term knowledge. How does he define this term? Are you satisfied with his distinctions between knowledge and opinion? Why is having knowledge crucial to creating a just Republic? In your answer, provide a contemporary example to illustrate these points in a modern context.
Discuss the importance of effective communication in the personal relationship, the therapeutic relationship, and the relationship within the interprofessional health-care team.
1. Discuss the importance of effective communication in the personal relationship, the therapeutic relationship, and the relationship within the interprofessional health-care team.
2. What similarities and differences can you identify among the above interactions?
3. Explain the concept of congruence between verbal and nonverbal communication.
4. There are many pitfalls to electronic communication. Identify a situation in which an electronic form of communication may result in a miscommunication. What other method of communication would have been more effective?
5. How have you seen ISBAR used during your clinical experiences?
6- Develop a hand-off report for yourself. Include items that you believe are pertinent for safe and effective nursing care. Refer to the information in the chapter for creating this report form. Using the information from the chapter, determine the effectiveness of the system currently in use on your unit for communicating shift-to-shift reports.
7-Dr. Roberts comes into the nurses station demanding, Where are Mr. Adamss lab reports? I ordered these stat, and theyre not here! Whos responsible for this patient? How would you, as the nurse, respond?
8-Explain the concept of accountability in delegation. What are the legal ramifications of accountability in delegation?
9. Dennie and Elias arrive in the unit for the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift. Both nurses completed orientation 4 weeks ago. They find that they will be the only two RNs on the floor that night. There is a census of 48 clients. The remaining staff consists of two NAPs/UAPs and one LPN. What are the responsibilities of the RN, NAP/UAP, and LPN? Can Dennie and Elias effectively delegate client care tasks and care safely for all 48 clients? Use the Delegation Tree to make your decisions.
10. Discuss the differences between direct delegation and indirect delegation.
1. You have to observe delegation procedures in your assigned unit:
A-What considerations does the RN take into account when delegating patient care?
2-You have to look at the unit census and prioritize the patient care:
A- Give the rationale foryour choices.
3.Answer the following questions during your clinical experiences:
a. What specific tasks did your patients require that you might have been able to delegate?
b. How effective was your nurse/preceptor in delegating tasks to others?
c. How did your nurse/preceptor ensure that the tasks were completed safely and appropriately?
Choose three parental challenges to address at a Parent Information Night
Choose three parental challenges to address at a Parent Information Night from the list below.
Financial issues
Limited opportunities for recreation and leisure
Sibling issues
Constant care and supervision of a child with a disability
Increased potential for marital problems
Logistical issues such as transportation
Difficulty getting time away from job
Frequent disability-related crises
Health issues of family, other members
Difficulties obtaining appropriate educational services
Design a 10-15 slide electronic presentation (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi or other presentation software) that describes each challenge and include potential solutions, strategies, and resources that could help parents facing such a challenge. Include presenters notes, a title slide, reference slide, and in-text citations within your presentation.
Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Identify a current event that highlights how the changing IT environment affects public sector entities.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
After completing this weeks required learning activities:
Identify a current event that highlights how the changing IT environment affects public sector entities.
What are two concepts covered throughout the course that may address the issue or that the current event may facilitate?
Support your statements using APA style references.
