Review one research article that explores the values and/or ethical principles involved in the promotion of self-management for people living with one or more long term conditions.
The Patchwork Essay
Summative assignment: Patchwork Essay
The summative assignment for this module is a Patchwork essay. This means you develop your assignment by completing 5 short writing activities or patches.
These will be submitted together, as one single document via Canvas on the day directed.
Successful completion of this assignment demonstrates your knowledge and understanding of the core module themes and learning outcomes.
Completing each patch?
The description of the content required for each patch is detailed below.
Review one research article that explores the values and/or ethical principles involved in the promotion of self-management for people living with one or more long term conditions.
Discuss the leadership role of the healthcare professional in promoting and facilitating self-management in people with long term conditions.
With reference to a chosen long-term condition, describe the key principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Describe one national policy/framework which supports the effective long-term management of physical and/or psychological health for people living with one or more long-term conditions.
What strategies did you use to develop the theme in your story?
Write a 750-word maximum short story. Your story will include one feature from each of the following categories.
First Person
Second Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Category 2: Choose a theme
Acceptance is a vital ingredient in friendships
Dreams can become a reality through hard work and dedication.
Our first impressions and feelings can be misleading.
An individuals greatest enemy can be themselves
Write a one page reflection on the following questions.
What strategies did you use to develop the theme in your story?
How might the creative writing process be a form of power messaging?
Write a memo as the sales director of a company to both in-house sales department employees and the sales representatives
New dress policy
Write a memo as the sales director of a company to both in-house sales department employees and the sales representatives. Announce and describe a new dress code policy and diplomatically explain why the policy is more strict for the sales reps. Remember to keep the tone informal but professional, to format the memo properly, and to provide adequate information regarding the new dress code.
Pay attention to the standard parts of a memo.
Use whatever word-processing program you have to write your memo, but save the file as a docx or Rich Text Format.
Discuss what you see are the reasons for and against using management practices in the diagnosis of organizations.
Discuss what you see are the reasons for and against using management practices in the diagnosis of organizations.
Given the diagnostic methods and practices in use today, what would you recommend be done differently in the future to evolve and improve the discipline of organizational diagnosis?
Describe one narrative that has significantly influenced the contemporary understanding of your historical event.
Human Rights and Inequlities
Module Four Activity Template: Historical Narratives
Locate an additional secondary source relevant to your historical event. Use all four of your sources (two primary and two secondary) to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed text with your responses.
Attempt to write the APA style citations for your four sources. Include links to each source. You will not be penalized for incorrect citation format.
Compare the narratives presented in your primary and secondary sources relevant to your historical event.
Describe one narrative that has significantly influenced the contemporary understanding of your historical event.
Explain how the chosen narrative helps you better understand your historical research question.
What are the healthcare leaders day-to-day responsibilities within the organization?
In this experience, you will identify a healthcare leader at your place of employment or in your area . Ideally, this healthcare leader will be involved in making unit- or organizational-level decisions, such as the addition of evidence-based initiatives and/or analyzing data to determine compliance or quality improvement concerns. You will interact with the healthcare leader for approximately 45 minutes.
During this period, you will interview the healthcare leader to determine the following:
1. What are the healthcare leaders day-to-day responsibilities within the organization?
2. What education and practice experiences have prepared the leader for their current role?
3. What type of organizational structure is present within the organization? For example, is it a hierarchical structure or a decentralized, shared governance structure?
4. What types of communication patterns or issues are present and affected by the current organizational structure?
5. How does the leader address conflict related to divergent opinions? Discuss differences in professional background and experience, race and ethnicity, and culture.
6. What type of leadership style does the healthcare leader have, and is that style impacted by the current organizational structure and function?
7. Develop two additional questions related to the healthcare leaders role and experiences within the organization. Consider question topics from the course such as improvements in the performance evaluation process, code of ethics training, implementation of shared governance, reduction of risk, development of tracer methodology, or any quality-improvement idea.
How does the organization work with the gig economy? Do they hire temporary employees, contract employees?
Etsy and Gig Employees
Use the company website, 10K report, and other sources. https://www.etsy.com/
Provide an overview of the organization:
1. What products or services does the organization offer?
2. What is the organizations core competencies?
3. What industry/market does the organization serve?
4. Is the organization US domestic or global?
5. What are the main objectives of the organization?
6. What are the major challenges for the organization to meet its objectives?
7. How long has the organization been in operation?
8. Any unique traits/facts about the business?
How does the organization work with the gig economy? Do they hire temporary employees, contract employees? What is the companys involvement with the gig economy?
How does the organization manage and support the gig workforce?
Is the gig workforce the right fit for the organization?
How does the gig workforce impact the company financially, ethically, its culture, impact on full-time employees etc
How do such skewed views affect real-life interactions with members of minority groups?
Social and Cultural Norms
Overview
In this assignment, you will argue a pro or con position involving minorities, women, or LGBTQ individuals given an audience with opposing views.
Presenting stereotypes of minorities/women/LGBTQ individuals affects viewers conceptions of different groups.
How do such skewed views affect real-life interactions with members of minority groups? Is there a difference among such genres as comedies, dramas, police procedurals, childrens shows, cartoons, and reality shows, in how marginalized people are portrayed? Can you cite any examples from your own experiences?
The media should be trusted to provide the means to change peoples perceptions of minorities. Argue for or against this statement.
Requirements
Your paper must outline specifically the nature of the problem and demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion, and credible support that is cited correctly.
Why are retention efforts critical to the success of strategic enrollment planning?
Retention Efforts
Why are retention efforts critical to the success of strategic enrollment planning? Who should be the key players in making retention and student success initiatives positively impact institutional enrollments?
Critically discuss the issues that contribute to international project failure
Managing international projects can be both challenging and complex. Many projects fail due to many different reasons. Both the literature and practice indicate that projects fail because of several reasons including issues related to people management. In this assignment, you are expected to produce a report that critically discusses the issues that contribute to international projects failure and how they can be addressed.
The assignment is worth 60% of the final grade. The report should include the following indicative areas;
a) Introduction
Provide background and indicate the rationale of the report
b) Reasons for Project Failure
Critically discuss the issues that contribute to international project failure. Also, you are required to show your understanding of the relevance between organisational strategy, projects and project selection criteria, and the management of inter-organisational relations.
c) Minimising or mitigating project failure .
Identify and analyse project management approaches, techniques and people management skills that could be applied to mitigate against project failure when managing international projects.
d) Conclusion
Reflect on your discussion, summarise the key points and bring closure to your report.
e) Presentation, Grammar and Spelling Communicate and present complex information clearly and accurately. A report layout is expected, as is attention to detail. Make sure that you run a spell check and read through your work before submitting it.
f) Citations and References presented in Harvard Format
Use of appropriate referencing style and notation. Your references should be relevant and rigorous.
The maximum word limit for this assignment is 2400 words +/-10%. This is an individual assignment.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
Apply managerial perspectives, techniques and people management in projects.
Understand the relevance between organisational strategy, projects and project selection criteria, and the management of interorganisational relations.
Analyse the requirements necessary for managing international projects.
Communicate information and present complex arguments, clearly and accurately using oral, written communication and/or ICT, where necessary
