How can the identification of the variances help management control costs? Please explain.
How can the identification of the variances help management control costs? Please explain.
As you are considering the flexible budgeting topic of the week, it is important for you to look at this analysis as a significant contribution to the management of the company. Knowing what the bottom line profit or loss is important. But what is more important is to understand how your actual results varied in terms of units sold versus how the actual cost of each unit differed from the budget.
Please do watch the video available in this weeks resources you can turn the sound off and read the script on the right side if you need to. The lecturer has an excellent example that will help you.
Do you have an example that you can share? Sometimes thats the best way to answer the question.
Imagine your facility has just implemented EHR which will be used by all the staff at various levels in all disciplines. The Health-IT department has developed a 30-minute training on the privacy and security of health information to be contained in the EHR. All employees must complete the required training before using EHR.Which training method (one-to-one, workshops, self-paced web-/computer- based, on-the-job) would you use for each category of staff (Doctors, nurses, administrators, office staff) depending on their discipline and work schedule and why?
Imagine your facility has just implemented EHR which will be used by all the staff at various levels in all disciplines. The Health-IT department has developed a 30-minute training on the privacy and security of health information to be contained in the EHR. All employees must complete the required training before using EHR.Which training method (one-to-one, workshops, self-paced web-/computer- based, on-the-job) would you use for each category of staff (Doctors, nurses, administrators, office staff) depending on their discipline and work schedule and why? Chapter 24 Human Resources Management and Employee Training and Development, pgs. 743-759.Workforce Development Programs Strategies for Healthcare Workforce DevelopmentHealth Workforce Training Program Evaluation Toolkit The Seven Steps for Highly Effective Employee Training & Coaching Five Ways to Successfully Onboard New Hires Healthcare Workforce Training Institute The New Struggles and Strategies for Delivering Healthcare Workforce Training Modern Training and Development Tools for Healthcare Industry How to Develop Effective Hospital Training and Development Programs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjEN3peCJw (Links to an external site.)Why did Eleanor believe she made a mistake talking to the first psychiatrist she met?Eventually Eleanor found help from doctors who taught her to understand her symptoms of hearing voices as what?
Listen to the Ted Talk video by Eleanor Longden on Hearing Voices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjEN3peCJw (Links to an external site.)Why did Eleanor believe she made a mistake talking to the first psychiatrist she met?Eventually Eleanor found help from doctors who taught her to understand her symptoms of ‘hearing voices’ as what?
2. Write a summary of the video in three paragraph format including:
a. Why did Eleanor believe she made a mistake talking to the first psychiatrist she met?
b. Eventually Eleanor found help from doctors who taught her to understand her symptoms of ‘hearing voices’ as what?
c. What does she feel you need to do when you have psychological symptoms?
d. Eleanor is challenging mainstream psychology to change by asking ‘what has happened’ to people rather than ‘what is wrong’ with them. What can we do to change the psychiatric system to improve?
second question
Give two original examples of how a person uses Freuds defense mechanisms and explain what function they serve for the individual in each case.
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Describe the meaning of multiculturalism in your own words. Is the United States of America a multicultural country? Why or why not?
Assignment 2: The Application Paper
By Wednesday, January 20, 2016, using the textbook and Argosy Online Library references that you may select, write a paper using APA standards, of at least 750 words that focuses upon the following:
Describe the meaning of multiculturalism in your own words.
Is the United States of America a multicultural country? Why or why not?
Why is multiculturalism a controversial issue for some people?
How can the three sociological perspectives (structural functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interaction) be used to conceptually understand multiculturalism?
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Introduction of issue and a conclusion that reviews all main points you present.
12
Defined multiculturalism and applied the concept to the United States of America.
20
Discussed the reasons why multiculturalism is a controversial subject.
20
Gave a complete explanation as to how structural functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interaction can be used to understand multiculturalism.
20
Related essay writings to the concepts and theories discussed in the textbook and outside resources.
20
Submitted on or before due date, using correct spelling and grammar and appropriate APA format.
8
Total:
100
From your personal outside research please briefly compare and contrast the relationship between private prisons and their union experience at it relates to the earlier chapters in this course on unions in general. Compare and contrast criminal justice organizations with nonprofit organizations.
From your personal outside research please briefly compare and contrast the relationship between private prisons and their union experience at it relates to the earlier chapters in this course on unions in general.
Compare and contrast criminal justice organizations with nonprofit organizations.
Telework, that is sometimes known as working from home or from a mobile setting outside the usual office etc., can be a very flexible opportunity for many employees and in some cases very positive for an employer. Discuss the possible advantages of such a system as well as its negative pitfalls.
at least 2 scholarly citations in APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation(s) in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include scholarly or government resources (the textbook, the Bible, etc.)
What are the three principles upon which resident-centered care, in a modern nursing home, is guided and relates the challenges to a full integration?
PowerPoint presentation (8-10 slides), with speaker notes, in which you respond to the following:
What are the three principles upon which resident-centered care, in a modern nursing home, is guided and relates the challenges to a full integration?
What are the various skills and competencies associated with social services, admission, and discharge functions?
What are the six main activity programs that are valuable in LTC and how can you determine their effectiveness and implementation?
There are several considerations to ensure the effective purchasing of food and supplies; however, three considerations are fundamental to menu planning. What are they and why are they essential?
Summarize your key findings on one slide.
Use five sources to support your writing. Sources should be recent and published within the last five years. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
The article discusses common threads of safe patient care and optimal patient outcomes. If you were the nurse manager on your unit, how would you use these concepts to work with generational differences?
Step 1 Read the article.
Review the article, Managing Generational Diversity in the Hospital SettingLinks to an external site.
Step 2 Post your response to the discussion board.
Respond to the following question and, if appropriate, include personal experience as part of your answer.
The article discusses common threads of safe patient care and optimal patient outcomes. If you were the nurse manager on your unit, how would you use these concepts to work with generational differences?
Step 3 Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them by Friday at 11:59pm Mountain Time.
Use your personal experience, if it's relevant, to support or debate other students' posts. In your responses, provide one other example of how, as a manager, you would assist to meet patient/family needs. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.
Discuss the role of the change management committee and introduce its members (group members).
I NEED THE FOLLOWING FOR A POWERPT PRESENTATION HOWEVER, THIS WILL BE BASED ON THE PAPER I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL.
A definition of change management, and its relevance in the organizational behavior field.
Discuss the role of the change management committee and introduce its members (group members).
An introduction of the organization with a brief profile (i.e., the field of operations, vision, and mission); analysis of the organizations change pattern (i.e., open for innovation; change
culture/mindset or avoidance or not supportive of change. Note: For privacy issues use a pseudonym to replace the actual name.
Explain the focus/objective of the change project and the urgency for addressing it.
Discuss the change model selected to support/guide the change project
Discuss the essential actions of the change plan as per the selected change model, which should consider addressing potential resistors.
Discuss a communication plan.
Compare and contrast the various forms of healing and ethnomedicine exhibited in this week’s assigned articles and videos. How do cultural values and socio-economic conditions shape healing practices? Should western medical intervention have taken place in any of these examples? What differences and similarities do you see between this cultures health rituals and that of most contemporary Americans?
Health and Healing
Compare and contrast the various forms of healing and ethnomedicine exhibited in this week’s assigned articles and videos. How do cultural values and socio-economic conditions shape healing practices? Should western medical intervention have taken place in any of these examples? What differences and similarities do you see between this cultures health rituals and that of most contemporary Americans?
Your initial post should be at least Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references
Divine Drug (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/videos/divine-drug/)(This video examines the use of daime, or Ayahuasca, among the congregation of Santo Daime in Brazil.)
Africa: Spirit Healers (http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/regions-places/africa-tc/zimbabwe-healers-pp/)(This video examines the use of traditional healers in a society that has access to modern medicine.)
Vision Quest in the Jungle (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/videos/vision-quest-in-the-jungle/)(This video examines a vision quest among people practicing Bwiti religion in Central Africa using the psychotropic drug iboga.)
Write a Marketing Sales Letter to promote Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. The goal of any sales or persuasive letter is to sell the product/service or persuade a reader to take the recommended course of action. You will sell your product by building value, not by selling price. There is no definite number of paragraphs required; I will be grading based on the quantity and quality of rich detail. It is acceptable to write onto or even fill up a second page for this letter; you may include photographs, pictures or other graphics, but I will not evaluate these as part of your grade. Marketing Sales Letter Writing Tips: Be friendly and concerned about the customers interests.
Write a Marketing Sales Letter to promote Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. The goal of any sales or persuasive letter is to sell the product/service or persuade a reader to take the recommended course of action. You will sell your product by building value, not by selling price. There is no definite number of paragraphs required; I will be grading based on the quantity and quality of rich detail. It is acceptable to write onto or even fill up a second page for this letter; you may include photographs, pictures or other graphics, but I will not evaluate these as part of your grade.
Marketing Sales Letter Writing Tips:
Be friendly and concerned about the customers interests.
Use simple language.
Use testimonials or mention achievements and credentials to build trust.
Make a good offer or provide incentives.
Call to action is very important; always include contact info.
For more tips, and samples visit the following links:
https://www.letters.org/marketing-letter/sample-marketing-sales-letter.html
