Which particular structural and/or infrastructural aspects of the supply chain contribute significantly to the good (or bad) business performance of the supply chain and why?
You are to write an individual 1500 word analysis in which you consider a supply chain of your choice from the 3 angles – inline with the first 3 lectures of the module (excluding the Intro).
Your chosen supply chains will need to be in line with guidance from the teaching team.
There are three questions you must answer on your selected supply chain. It is recommended that each question is answered separately within your report and that you give approximately 400 words to each answer, leaving 300 to be split between the introduction and conclusion.
Questions to answer:
Which particular structural and/or infrastructural aspects of the supply chain contribute significantly to the good (or bad) business performance of the supply chain and why?
Identify key areas where value is added within the supply chain. Give specific examples of how value could be improved within this supply chain.
Which is the dominant order fulfillment strategy and are there any current or emerging market, product or production factors that could cause the strategy to change?
Critically evaluate global health issues in terms of social, environmental and political determinants and the role of key national and international organisations and initiatives;
Summary of module
Global health is a broad discipline that attracts multidisciplinary involvement.
This module aims to enhance students’ understanding of global health challenges and public health responses with an ability to critically evaluate these issues from political, social, and epidemiological perspectives.
You will be able to identify the major causes of global morbidity and mortality and the underlying determinants of those causes including social determinants.
The module will provide a comparative view across the globe, along with depth case studies for a within-setting historical view, to highlight key determinants, approaches to analysis, possible interventions and metrics for evaluation.
By the end of this module you will be able to critique the role of the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals in driving health systems and the global health agenda in High income, middle and low income countries.
Module Aims
This module aims :
– To enhance student understanding of global health challenges and public health responses with an ability to critically evaluate these issues from political, social, and epidemiological perspectives.
– To gain in-depth understanding of health protection and public health improvement in the context of economic development, governance, and human rights.
– To provide a comparative view across low, middle- and high-income settings, along with depth case studies for a within-setting historical view.
– To highlight key determinants, approaches to analysis, possible interventions and metrics for evaluation.
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What should I start to think about?
At its core, global health is concerned with policy and practice that aim to understand global challenges. In this module, you will be able to draw upon success and failure in addressing communicable and non-communicable public health issues globally. The COVID-19 outbreak currently is a global challenge; try to think what are global health and data-driven policies for emergency responses in a pandemic?
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
Knowledge
1. Critically evaluate global health issues in terms of social, environmental and political determinants and the role of key national and international organisations and initiatives;
2. Judge relevance of evidence-based solutions for addressing population health needs and the differences in low, middle and high-income countries.
Thinking skills
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of relevant global health issues through research from primary and secondary sources.
Subject-based practical skills
4. Provide a critical review of a public health issue and response within a global context using an appropriate political, social, and epidemiological lens.
Skills for life and work (general skills)
5. Integrate concepts from the epidemiological and social context for a given global health challenge to inform policy debates when working with variable levels of data, resources and political commitments.
Reading and Resources List
Core
• Born A, Pulley Y, Holtz THE. (2017) Textbook of Global Health (Fourth Edition). New York: Oxford University Press
• Jacobsen, Kathryn H. (2018). Introduction To Global Health
• ISBN 10: 1284123898, EAN: 9781284123890. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Warwick-Booth, Louise, Cross, Ruth (2018). Global Health Studies. ISBN 10: 1509504176. EAN: 9781509504176. Polity Press. UK
• Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Yogan Pillay, Timothy H. Holtz (2017).
• Textbook of Global Health (4th ed.). Oxford University Press; January 2017. ISBN: 9780199392292. Edition: 4. Oxford University Press
• Jones AND Bartlett Publishers, INC International Concepts (2016). Rev. ed. of: Essentials of global health. ISBN-10-0763797510, ISBN-13-9780763797515. United States
• Detels, R Gulliford, M Karim, Q Tan C (2017) Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health (Sixth edition). Oxford University Press.
Recommended
• Paper collection from The Lancet Global Health Commission on High-Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30101-8/fulltext
• Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker (2017) Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs. Little, Brown and Company.
Please check the Moodle site for specific readings, which relate to the scheduled seminars.
Other resources which will be useful for reference purposes are:
• Freedman, L.P., W.J. Graham, E. Brazier et al (2007). Practical lessons from global safe motherhood initiatives: time for a new focus on implementation. Lancet, 370(9595): 1383-91.
• Janes, C. (2009). Anthropology of Global Health, Ann Rev Anthr, 38:167-83.
• Lawn, J.E., J. Rohde, S. Rifkin et al (2008). Alma-Ata: Rebirth and revision 1 – Alma-Ata 30 years on: revolutionary, relevant, and time to revitalise. Lancet, 372(9642): 917-27.
• Fillinger, U. and S. Lindsay (2011). Larval source management for malaria control in Africa: myths and reality. Malaria Journal, 10:353.
• Parker, M., T. Allen and J. Hastings (2007). Resisting the control of neglected tropical diseases: dilemmas in the mass treatment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in north-west Uganda. Journal of Biosocial Science 40(2):161-181.
• Molyneux, David H.; Malecela, Mwele N. (2011). Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Millennium Development Goals-why the “other diseases” matter: reality versus rhetoric. Parasites & Vectors, 4: 234.
• Anon (2010). Editorial: Gender equity is the key to maternal and child health. The Lancet 375(9730): 1939.
• Abdool Karim, S.S., G.J. Churchyard, Q. Abdool Karim and S.D. Lawn (2009). HIV infection and tuberculosis in South Africa: an urgent need to escalate the public health response. The Lancet 374 (9693): 921-933.
• Castro, A. and P. Farmer, (2003). Infectious disease in Haiti: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and social inequalities. EMBO Reports, 4:S20-S23.
• Prince, R., & Geissler, P.W. (2001). Becoming “one who treats”: a case study of a Luo healer and her grandson in Western Kenya. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 32(4), 447-471.
• Tylee, A., Haller, D. M., Graham, T., Churchill, R., & Sanci, L. A. (2007). Adolescent health 6: youth-friendly primary-care services: how we are doing and what more needs to be done. Lancet, 369(9572), 1565-1573.
• WHO. (2003). Adolescent friendly health services: An agenda for change. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2003/WHO_FCH_CAH_02.14.pdf
• Barimah, K., and E. Van Teijlingen (2008). The use of traditional medicine by Ghanaians in Canada. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 8:30.
• Nichter, M. (2008). Global health: why cultural perceptions, social representation and biopolitics matter. Tuscon: Univ Arizona Press.
• Nichter, M. (2008). Global health: why cultural perceptions, social representation and biopolitics matter. Tuscon: Univ Arizona Press.
Journals:
You should access the library databases for journals. Try Science Direct, Pub Med or EBSCO (there are others). Paper versions of journals as also kept in the library. There are plenty of other journals in the library that would be useful to you. Please make sure you obtain an Athens account in the library, which will enable you to search a variety of databases when you are not on campus.
Useful websites:
These websites may contain useful information, although most of your references should come from recent journals and books.
• The PH England https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england
• The Stationary Office www.official-documents.co.uk
• Office of Public Health Information www.opsi.gov.uk
• Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk
• The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
• London Health Observatory www.lho.org.uk
• World Health Organization www.who.int/en
• Health Development Agency/National Institute for Health www.nice.org.uk
• Spiked (online debates and articles designed to provoke!) www.spiked-online.com
• Office of National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk
• UCL Institute of Health Equity: ………….. www.instituteofhealthequity.org
• WHO – list of all the up-to-date information on the COVID-19 outbreak https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Discuss the strengths, skills, and other positives that were revealed in the assessments that you took. Do these strengths surprise you or reinforce what you already thought? How do you use these strengths currently?
Prepare a 2-3 page business report in which you analyze your leadership strengths and develop a statement of who you are as a leader.
Introduction
This portfolio work project helps you define who you are as a leader. It is something that would be useful to you in annual performance reviews or to use as a reminder of your strengths and best qualities.
Scenario
Your leader is interested in your development as a leader in your organization. You have recently taken a variety of self-assessments designed to better understand your strengths, areas of improvement, communication ability, and values. Your leader would like you to spend some time reflecting on the results of your assessments and gathering some additional information from those who know you best.
Your Role
Your role is to prepare a report in which you review and reflect on your strengths; collect additional information from 3–5 colleagues, friends, or others who know you well; and create a portrait of yourself as a leader.
Preparation
This assessment requires you to collect feedback from 3–5 people who know you best.
Because not everyone is likely to respond, you should identify at least 10 people to ask. Choose a variety of people who have had extended contact with you, such as:
• Colleagues (former or current), such as vendors, customers, or board members.
• Friends (old or recent), neighbors, or fellow volunteers.
• Family members.
• Others who know you well. Be creative in your choices.
Try to give your respondents sufficient time to respond. You can create a feedback form or keep it simpler.
The questions you should ask are:
• Who am I when I am at my best?
• Can you provide a specific example of a time when I was at my best?
You can reach out by phone, e-mail, text, or in person. Analyze your leadership strengths.
Requirements
For this paper:
• Discuss the strengths, skills, and other positives that were revealed in the assessments that you took. Do these strengths surprise you or reinforce what you already thought? How do you use these strengths currently? Be sure to clearly explain which assessment gave you the information and cite the assessments in APA format.
• Discuss your strengths further by summarizing the responses you received and relating how what you learned from the people you talked to and the assessments fits in with what you already knew about yourself, and with the work you currently do or hope to do in the future.
• Develop a statement of who you are as a leader, based on your analysis. This statement should include your values, strengths, goals, and more. You should include in your statement who you want to be as a leader—what you aspire to become. This way, your statement becomes your own vision of who you want to be and an affirmation to help you grow.
• Describe some of the areas that you learned are growth opportunities (where you did not perform so strongly). How did you feel about this? What areas do you feel are most important to strengthen? What steps might you take to do so?
What could help people living with HIV make decisions about HIV cure clinical research participation?
1) Assess the literature to evaluate the differences between oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular vaccine delivery.
2) Investigate the efficacy of vaccine development for a small number of diseases to illustrate the variability of vaccine development strategy.
3) Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV-1 vaccines trials to identify the strategy with the most potential.
MODULE OBJECTIVES
Describe HIV cure clinical research in the context of the broader HIV research agenda
Discuss inclusion of people living with HIV in cure research, including under-representation of certain populations
Provide overview of the various types of HIV cure-related studies enrolling participants
Provide the patient perspective and explore considerations for participation in HIV cure-related research, such as managing expectations
Start to understand factors that would facilitate or deter participation in HIV cure-related research
How were Principles of Project Management Applied to the Project?
Personal Project Experience
Indent five spaces. Think about something that you have done that fits the definition of a project. Discuss how the project progressed through the different phases of the project life cycle of Initiating, Planning, Executing and Closing. List the activities that were part of the phases.
Project was Different than an Operation
Discuss how a project is different than an operation.
How were Principles of Project Management Applied to the Project?
Discuss how the project used project management principles to improve probability of success.
Skills and Knowledge Led to Success or Lack of Skills and Knowledge Led to Failure
Discuss what skills and knowledge were applied for success. Discuss what skills and knowledge were lacking that caused failure.
Lessons Learned
What lessons were learned in this project that could be applied to future projects?
Type some concluding remarks. It is not necessary to provide a subheading for the conclusion paragraph.
References
Use these examples to create your own APA-formatted references in 7th edition. Be sure to insert in-text citations in the body of the text where you will indicate specifically where you used the references. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Delete these instructions. Delete the reference examples before you submit your paper.
APA block quotation. (n.d.). http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/wc_web/school/apa_block_quotation.htm
Cuddy, M. F., & Fisher, E. R. (2010). Investigation of the roles of gas-phase CF2 molecules and F atoms during fluorocarbon plasma processing of Si and ZrO2 substrates. Journal of Applied Physics, 108(3), 033303. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3467776
Stevens, J.R. (2008). The signal phrase. http://www.englishdiscourse.org/signal.html
Wilhew, R. B. (2019). Gas phase investigations. Routledge. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/
Yelway, P. A. (2017). The roles of gas-phase molecules. Pearson. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/
discuss how these authors may (differently) explain what it may mean to become a society without work.
Answer the following prompt in 2,000 – 2,100 words:
Technology pundits have long warned of a future where all manner of work will become automated with the result that work will either become unnecessary or unavailable. Writing for The Atlantic, authors like Derek Thompson (2015) have even predicted that living in a world without work will become a new normal, where the expectation that work will be a central feature of adult life dissipates for a significant portion of society. How might authors writing about free, invisible, and essential labor respond to such claims? Drawing on the ideas articulated within any three of the following texts (*authors by last name: Kraemer, Christopher, Vinsel and Russel, Gray and Suri, Roberts, Rubio) discuss how these authors may (differently) explain what it may mean to become a society without work.
Consult only material provided in composing your response. Remember to provide in-text citations for the work you reference. Choose quotations wisely. You can always paraphrase an author instead of quoting him or her verbatim. You must also include a complete Works Cited page at the end of your paper.
Identify and describe an example of an external force for change.
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.
Additional Information:
Leroy Banks is the Director of Change Management for Red Carpet, a national hospitality and entertainment company. He has contracted you to be an OD Consultant because Red Carpet has recently acquired a movie theater company and needs to manage the change process. External forces for change are those that come from an organization’s outside environment. Internal forces for change are those that arise from employees within the organization. Leroy has asked you to begin by assessing forces for change.
Review the Red Carpet scenario for this course and with your classmates; discuss the following:
Identify and describe an example of an external force for change.
Identify and describe an example of an internal force for change.
In your opinion, what are the biggest challenges of being in the role of an OD Consultant at Red Carpet?
Explain the activities that occur when initiating a project.
Competency
Explain the activities that occur when initiating a project.
Scenario
As a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited you have been assigned to create a business case. The Board of Directors for Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) is eager to move forward with the acquisition of their competitor. The acquisition of the competitor will enable KBL to expand operations and triple their workforce and will take 18 months to complete with a projected cost of $5 million. In order for this acquisition to be successful, you will need to use your project management skills to ensure success.
Instructions
Your task is to create a business case in Microsoft Word to justify the steps necessary to complete the acquisition. The business case is essential for providing justification and details of the scope of work for the project. You will need to be creative and develop the following items as if you were running the project.
Include the following (you will need to create these items):
Project scope
Funding schedule (this is how you project to allocate the $5 million budget)
Timelines for the acquisition (plan out the 18 months of the project)
Discuss how men and women differ in their leadership styles as it relates to power?
Discuss how men and women differ in their leadership styles as it relates to power? Which approach to power do you exemplify and why?
What kinds of research questions lead to a qualitative approach?
Research questions that lend themselves to a qualitative approach often address questions about how people construct meaning. In this way, qualitative research questions set the stage for open-ended, inductive inquiry.
For this Discussion, review the case study entitled, “Social Work Research: Program Evaluation.” Consider the kinds of questions that inform a qualitative approach. Think about the quantitative method described in the case study and consider methods you might use to investigate the effectiveness of a program from a qualitative perspective.
Post your explanations of the following:
What kinds of research questions lead to a qualitative approach?
If you chose to conduct quantitative research in your Week 4 proposal, how might you reframe the research question in a way that lends itself to a qualitative approach?
If you focused on a qualitative proposal in Week 4, describe the qualitative research question and explain the rationale for choosing a qualitative approach.
Be sure to explain how you might collect the data.
Consider which qualitative method (case study, grounded theory, ethnographic research, cross-sectional research, feminist research, or participatory action research) would be most suitable for answering the research question.
