Describe recommended data collection and evaluation methods during the intervention.
Prior to beginning work on this final assignment, read Chapter 10 in the course textbook, and review Chapters 3 through 9 if you need to (it is recommended). Additionally, read Finally! Global OD Competencies (Links to an external site.) and Dialogic OD (Links to an external site.).
The Action Research Case Study assignment in Week 3 had you select a case study, identify the change challenge of the case, and design an action research process for the change process. During Week 4, the Intervention Selection and Application assignment had you select an intervention method that best suited the change challenge within the organization. You are now ready to complete the final paper based on the case study selected in the Action Research Case Study assignment from the Week 3 – Assignment. Be sure to incorporate all instructor feedback from prior weeks’ assignments in your final paper.
Consider that you have been hired as a consultant to help the organization with the change challenge. In your paper, you will introduce the overall purpose of the project as related to organizational development and change challenges.
Section 1
For Section 1 of your paper, you will
- Summarize the Action Research Case Study assignment in Week 3.
- Justify why it is a problem and the type of problem.
- Example: is it turnover, diversity, ethical, job satisfaction, downsizing, restructure, or other?
- Define the selected action research process based on the Week 3 Action Research Case Study assignment paper.
- Identify the intervention type selected in the Week 4 Intervention Selection and Application assignment.
- Describe the intervention process.
Section 2
For Section 2 of your paper, you will
- Describe the role of the consultant during the intervention.
- Categorize the competencies and ethical behaviors needed for the intervention.
- Define the recommended research methods that will be utilized during the intervention.
- Describe recommended data collection and evaluation methods during the intervention.
- Define a timeline for the intervention process.
- Identify anticipated resistance to the change and the process for reconciliation.
Section 3
For Section 3 of your paper, you will
- Hypothesize the projected outcomes for the OD change project.
- Validate your reasoning for the projected outcome.
Conclusion
Conclude your paper with a comprehensive summation of the project.
Determine the legislative intent of the bill you have reviewed.
Assignment: Legislation Grid and Testimony/Advocacy Statement
As a nurse, how often have you thought to yourself, If I had anything to do about it, things would work a little differently? Increasingly, nurses are beginning to realize that they do, in fact, have a role and a voice.
Many nurses encounter daily experiences that motivate them to take on an advocacy role in hopes of impacting policies, laws, or regulations that impact healthcare issues of interest. Of course, doing so means entering the less familiar world of policy and politics. While many nurses do not initially feel prepared to operate in this space effectively, the reward is the opportunity to shape and influence future health policy.
To Prepare:
· Select a bill that has been proposed (not one that has been enacted) using the congressional websites provided in the Learning Resources.
The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Legislation Grid; 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement)
Be sure to add a title page, an introduction, purpose statement, and a conclusion. This is an APA paper.
Part 1: Legislation Grid
Based on the health-related bill (proposed, not enacted) you selected, complete the Legislation Grid Template. Be sure to address the following:
· Determine the legislative intent of the bill you have reviewed.
· Identify the proponents/opponents of the bill.
· Identify the target populations addressed by the bill.
· Where in the process is the bill currently? Is it in hearings or committees?
Part 2: Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement
Based on the health-related bill you selected, develop a 1-page Legislation Testimony/Advocacy Statement that addresses the following:
· Advocate a position for the bill you selected and write testimony in support of your position.
· Explain how the social determinants of income, age, education, or gender affect this legislation.
· Describe how you would address the opponent to your position. Be specific and provide examples.
· At least 2 outside resources and 2-3 course specific resources are used.
By Day 7 of Week 4
Submit your completed legislation grid and testimony/advocacy statement.
Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
· Chapter 3, “Government Response: Legislation” (pp. 37–56)
· Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 180–183 only)
https://www.nursingoutlook.org/article/S0029-6554(17)30262-2/fulltext
Write an email to a friend telling him or her about the entire incident and why you will not be able to do your work.
Part 1: (150 words) Imagine that you are unable to attend complete an assignment because of a family emergency. Write an email to a friend telling him or her about the entire incident and why you will not be able to do your work. Relate the incident in the casual register, using simple words, slang, jargon or dialect—the “insider” language you speak among friends and the type of language McWhorter discusses in the video above. If you speak English as a second language, you might mix your two languages even to the extent of using a few made-up or combination words. Let your sentences be incomplete, your grammar incorrect, your word choice colorful or even mildly offensive. Just make it sound like you might really write this way to your friend. In other words, keep it real.
Part 2: (150 words) Using the same story you related above, now rewrite the incident as an email to your instructor in the formal register. Your goal in this email is to maintain credibility with your instructor while asking for her to accept your excuse. This means you must carefully decide which details of the story you include and which details you omit. Remember, communicating with your instructor should be done in the formal register only, and you should use the conventions of professional communication. You will also need to include your name, student ID number, and course and section number, just as if you were sending a “real” email message. Click here to read a little about how to write a professional email message.
For what purpose does he relate his story about learning to read?
After reading Malcolm X’s text above, think about the audience and purpose he has for writing. To whom does he seem to be speaking? For what purpose does he relate his story about learning to read? After you’ve thought about it, write a response that shows what you think his audience and purpose are and why you think the way you do. Be sure to provide support for your thinking by using examples from the text.
Why would the price-earnings ratio be higher for the software company?
Activity
You have just won $2 million in lottery! Congrats! Realizing how fortunate you are, you have spent some of this money on a new car, a new condominium and a trip around the world. You have now returned back from your trip and would like to take the remaining $500,000 in the shares of one publicly traded Canadian company. You seek advice on which company to invest from one of your friends, who is a computer programmer. She tells you to invest in a new software company that just went public (the company’s shares begun trading on the stock exchange). The new technology company develops new online games and receives fees from players along with advertising revenue. This company has not had many sales yet, but expects to in the future due to the popularity of its product. Its price-earnings ratio is 80 times earnings, its return on common shareholder’s equity is 2.0% and its return on assets is 1.8%. (you may need to refresh your understanding of the underlined terms). Your uncle, on the other hand, suggests that you purchase shares in a large bank that has consistently paid dividends for over 100 years and has increased its dividends every year for the past 45 years. This bank has a price-earnings ratio of 11 times earnings, but unlike the software company, it has a dividend yield of 3.0%. The bank’s net income has barely risen over the past two years but its return on common shareholders’ equity is 10.2%, while its return on assets is 2.7%.
Instructions
1. Research and find the meaning of the bolded and underlined terms. Include this in your response.
2. Why would the price-earnings ratio be higher for the software company? (3 marks) 3. Why would the bank have dividend yield and the software company would not? (3
marks) 4. Why would the software company have lower returns on both assets and equity? (3
marks) 5. Why would a bank have such a large difference between its return on common
shareholders’ equity and return on assets? (3 marks) 6. Which company would you invest in? Explain your reasoning. (5 marks)
Please ensure that your response is written in full sentences and that you provide an explanation and/or a calculation to support your answers.
What is the procedure for administering and scoring the test?
Reading/Resources
Brookhart, S., & Nitko, A. (2019). Educational assessment of students (8th ed.).
· Chapter 19: Scholastic Aptitude, Career Interests, Attitudes, and Personality Tests
Part A-
After reading this week’s readings & resources, respond to the following prompt. How has this course informed your understanding of classroom assessment and evaluation?
Part B-Prepare at least a 15-slide presentation on the various types of tests: aptitude tests, career interest tests, aptitude tests, and personality tests. Identify the type of test and find an example of that type of test to report. For example, a type of personality test is called the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator. The slide presentation will include the required information below for each type of test.
Provide the type of test along with a general description. Make sure to provide a test example
by identifying the specific test you researched and briefly address the following:
· What does the test measure?
· How are the results used?
· Who uses the results?
· What is the procedure for administering and scoring the test?
· Sources – APA format
Part C-
Use the Data for Class Case Study document to complete the assignment.
Calculate the composite score for each student using the given grading model.
Calculate basic statistics (mean, mode, median, standard deviation, percentile ranks, and Z scores), do not include calculations – simply report the values in a table.
Identify and justify any grading category that may have bias.
Provide suggestions for the teacher to address any biases you identified.
Prepare a final report for the teacher. The report should include grading categories where instruction might be improved and identification of any student(s) who may need remediation in any particular area. Make sure you justify your decisions using evidence from the data and what you have learned throughout the course.
Prepare a final report for an individual student that will be shared with parent(s)/legal guardian(s). The report should include standing, growth, strengths, and suggestions.
Identify the emotion(s) meant to be elicited
In a short paper, present a website that includes imagery, text or interactive elements that appear to be designed to elicit a particular emotional reaction from the visitor.
1) Identify the emotion(s) meant to be elicited 2) Indicate the way, as exactly/precisely as possible, the emotion(s) are provoked. 3) Is there are targeted type of visitor? (Gender, race, SES, religion, etc.?) Or is this meant to affect indiscriminately all visitors alike? 4) Infer or speculate thoughtfully on the purpose (i.e., sales, subscription/joining group/club/religion etc.) 5) On a scale of 1 to 5, how effective (that is, hard to resist) do you believe manipulation is? Feel free to comment on anything else that you think is notable, important or relevant about what your selected website does with emotional content. As always, remember I care less about length than the quality of your work. 1.5 to 2 pages double spaced is a suggested length only, if your paper is slightly shorter, or longer, and gets the job done well, that is much more important to me than the count of words or pages. Please include a reference page (MLA or APA) with your site address, the textbook and/or notes and materials provided by the instructor here. Or any other sites or books your reference.
No Pages files (if you use Apple products, make your file into an RTF or PDF.) If you use google docs, make sure you save it as a Word docx or PDF and then upload it here in that form. Do not use the textbox for your example, find one of your own. If your formatting is sloppy or inadequate, the paper may receive a zero.
How do you think your images relate as a whole? Are they cohesive?
Create a Body of Work
In this assignment you are going to create a small body of work. Choose one of the types of photography covered in Unit 3, and create a group of 4 images in that type. You will need to choose a topic to take images of. The images need to be relative and cohesive as a group, meaning the viewer will be able to tell all images were created by the same person. You will need to explain your creative process from beginning to end. Submit your images with answers to the following questions. Please answer each question in a complete sentence.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TOOK ALL OF THE IMAGES YOU SUBMIT FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENTS. ***
· Why did you choose that type of photography?
· How did you decide what you were going to shoot?
· What did you find most difficult when creating these images?
· What aspect did you like the most? The least?
· How do you think your images relate as a whole? Are they cohesive?
· Explain your process from beginning to end. (How did you come up with the idea? Did you look at any influences or other artist’s work for inspiration? Did you write down your ideas or just go with the flow? How did you decide which images to use?)
It would be best to put all images and answered questions in one document. You can do this in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Google Slides.
If you are unsure, please look up other artist’s bodies of work. Here are some famous photographer’s examples. These may help inspire you. I have included 4 images from each of their books so you can see how they are cohesive. Below are also the types of photography to choose from.
Photojournalism – Robert Frank, The Americans.
Identify the qualities of an outstanding nurse leader and how those qualities help to build and develop their workforce and units.
Each topic is highlighted in red. You need to write 4-5 sentences in under each topic.
Introduction-this tells what your paper will discuss.
Identify the qualities of an outstanding nurse leader and how those qualities help to build and develop their workforce and units.
A good leader has the ability to motive and bring teams together, communicate well, delegate effectively, honest, integrity and transparency (Muteswa, 2016) and show empathy. When a leader shows that they trust their team and supports them through motivation employees will want to show up to work. Each member of the team will work up to their full scope of practice when the leader delegates effectively. Employees struggle with family and work issues, when the manager is empathetic the employee feels valued and will want to work.
Discuss delegation and prioritization of client and scope of practice for RN, LPN, and UAP
Identify two legal issues in nursing and the impact on care of the client.
Discuss the importance of time management and ways to improve your time management skills.
References
Muteswa, R. (2016). Qualities of a good leader and the benefits of good leadership to an organization: A conceptual study. European Journal of Business and Management, 8(24).
Which type of lease would produce the lowest risk?
Compare and contrast two types of leases and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each. Which type of lease would produce the lowest risk?
