Martinez Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product The estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows: Capital LaborIntensive Intensive Direct materials $5 per unit $5.50 per unitDirect labor $6 per unit $8.00 per unitVariable overhead $ 3 per unit $ 4.50 per unitFixed manufacturing costs $ 2,508,000 $ 1,538,000 Martinez’s market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $ 30. The incremental selling expenses are estimated to be $502,000 annually plus $2 for each unit sold regardless of manufaturing method. a. Calculate the estimated break-even point in annual unit sales of the new product if Martinez company uses the:1. Capital – intensive manufacuring method2. Labor – intensive manufacturting methodb. Determine the annual unit sales volume at which Martinez Company would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods.

Martinez Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product The estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows:
Capital LaborIntensive Intensive
Direct materials $5 per unit $5.50 per unitDirect labor $6 per unit $8.00 per unitVariable overhead $ 3 per unit $ 4.50 per unitFixed manufacturing costs $ 2,508,000 $ 1,538,000
Martinez’s market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $ 30. The incremental selling expenses are estimated to be $502,000 annually plus $2 for each unit sold regardless of manufaturing method.
a. Calculate the estimated break-even point in annual unit sales of the new product if Martinez company uses the:1. Capital – intensive manufacuring method2. Labor – intensive manufacturting methodb. Determine the annual unit sales volume at which Martinez Company would be indifferent between the two manufacturing methods.
c. Explain the circumstance under which Martinez should employ each of the two manufacturing methods.

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.

Describe at least three issues that make the health care market behave differently from other markets. According to economic principles, what forces go into play as demand for nursing goes up? What role could nurses play, enlarge, or expand in value-driven care delivery models such as Primary Care Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organization?

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Prepare a  2- 3 page document plus a title and reference page (total of 4-5 pages).
Choose at least two of the scholarly resources below to address and support your answers to the following questions/statements:

Describe at least three issues that make the health care market behave differently from other markets.
According to economic principles, what forces go into play as demand for nursing goes up?
What role could nurses play, enlarge, or expand in value-driven care delivery models such as Primary Care Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organization?

Scholarly Resources

What do you think are the most important types of collaboration in an online class? Is student to student interaction always necessary? Why or why not?  Explain your reasoning. How important is faculty involvement in these activities and what should that look like?

 
Collaborative Learning
Student collaboration and faculty involvement are considered best practices for online education. This week, we will discuss how to facilitate a collaborative learning environment. There are many ways to encourage collaboration in online courses other than discussions, including group projects, blogs, and synchronous group activities such as webinars/Zoom meetings.  Remember, this is not about discussions.  Think about other types of group/collaborative activities.

What do you think are the most important types of collaboration in an online class?
Is student to student interaction always necessary? Why or why not?  Explain your reasoning.
How important is faculty involvement in these activities and what should that look like?
Find an article on collaborative learning that would be of interest to your peers. Cite the source appropriately.

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.

Explain any ethical considerations you should keep in mind in relation to your research problem statement. Then, explain how addressing this research problem may bring about positive nursing practice change

Post a proposed research problem statement (psychiatric related), including your study variables and hypothesis to make your problem statement clear. Explain any ethical considerations you should keep in mind in relation to your research problem statement. Then, explain how addressing this research problem may bring about positive nursing practice change. Be specific and provide examples. provide at least 3 references

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.

Successful grant writers know that it is not enough to have a great idea and a well-crafted proposal. To get funded, it is necessary to find funders whose needs and/or mission aligns with your particular proposal idea. This requires getting to know potential funders beyond what is provided on their website. In your response, list and evaluate at least two practical and inventive ways in which you might network with representatives of potential funders. How, specifically, would you go about creating opportunities to learn more about the funding agency’s needs, goals, and mission and to give its representatives information on your organization?

Successful grant writers know that it is not enough to have a great idea and a well-crafted proposal. To get funded, it is necessary to find funders whose needs and/or mission aligns with your particular proposal idea. This requires getting to know potential funders beyond what is provided on their website.
In your response, list and evaluate at least two practical and inventive ways in which you might network with representatives of potential funders. How, specifically, would you go about creating opportunities to learn more about the funding agency’s needs, goals, and mission and to give its representatives information on your organization?

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.

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?