Discuss what you discover about the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program and any potential negative impact for healthcare professional(s) when reporting unethical practices.
In the Week 7 readings, employee rights and responsibilities are discussed. One item briefly mentioned is the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program. Do some research and see if you can find any current literature about whistleblowing activities as reported by healthcare professionals. Summarize and/or share the information you find. A good place to start is the United States Department of Labor Whistleblower.gov site. Demotion, intimidation, reassignment, and other punitive actions are prevented by the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program.Discuss what you discover about the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program and any potential negative impact for healthcare professional(s) when reporting unethical practices.To complete this discussion board assignment:
How successful are drug courts?
Drug courts first began in Florida in 1989. How successful are drug courts? In what ways do they help society and the criminal justice system? Use evidence to support your answer.
Find an example of a drug court in Florida. What are the eligibility requirements to enter drug court? What are some characteristics of the drug court you have chosen?
Assignments must be between 300-400 words, in a standard 12 pt font. If citations are used, APA style should be implemented.
research and evaluate the challenges faced in the implementation of healthcare analytics in the Health Care Organization (HCO) or health care industry using the following tools
According to Davenport (2014) the organizational value of healthcare analytics, both determination and importance, provide a potential increase in annual revenue and ROI based on the value and use of analytics. To complete this assignment, research and evaluate the challenges faced in the implementation of healthcare analytics in the Health Care Organization (HCO) or health care industry using the following tools: (see attached diagrams)
The paper must also address the following:
- Application of PICO (problem, intervention, comparison group, and outcomes) to the challenge identified in your research.
Examine influences on leadership success. Explain how leadership visibility is a critical influence leading to organizational success.
PSY Foundation FE
QUESTION 1 Examine influences on leadership success. Explain how leadership visibility is a critical influence leading to organizational success. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
QUESTION 2 Analyze culturally diverse aspects of leadership that help achieve organizational success. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
QUESTION 3 You are newly appointed as a CEO in a construction company. The last CEO resigned after being arrested for unethical conduct within the union. Your frontline managers are not trusted, and employee discontent is widespread. Select and explain which leadership model you will deploy to take control of the situation. Then, determine which leadership style you will embody. Explain how the characteristics of the model will support your leadership style and the company’s success. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
QUESTION 4 You have been newly assigned as a profit/loss business leader for a tech startup. The market is highly competitive, and there is discontent from current frontline managers regarding their compensation. Please summarize major psychological foundations of leadership that apply to this situation, and assess which influence tactics you could utilize to alleviate this situation. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
What difficulties have you encountered in finding good sources for writing assignments?
Learning Outcome: The purpose is to evaluate the performance level that students have achieved in the practical application of skills taught in the basic courses: 1) critical reading, 2) critical thinking, 3) critical writing, 4) information literacy before moving forward in the course. Students may be referred to the Center for Academic Excellence for assistance in deficient areas.
Reference Material: Chapter from Writing Spaces, Vol 2.Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using SourcesDownload link available here: https://writingspaces.org/?page_id=172
Requirements: Students must submit at least 2-4 single-spaced pages answering these questions in all 3 Parts. Part 1: SummaryAnswer the following questions (found at the end of the chapter)
- What writing assignments have you received from your various professors? How many of them involve working with sources? What kinds of sources do your professors ask you to use?
- What difficulties have you encountered in finding good sources for writing assignments? How have you overcome those difficulties?
- How helpful is the “recipe analysis” technique for understanding how to go about your assignments? What other analysis techniques have you used to understand writing assignments?
- The metaphors in this dialogue explain some aspects of using sources, but not others. What other metaphors can you think of for working with sources? How would those other metaphors add to an understanding of writing with sources?
Part 2: Reflection
- What did you find most interesting about the reading?
analyze how this blockchain has achieved significant efficiencies for the member companies.
The formation of komgo, a private blockchain linking the financial interests of global trade is an interesting case in how interested parties can collaborate to streamline operations across the globe. Read the “komgo Case Study – May 2019” along with reading chapters 1-4 and analyze how this blockchain has achieved significant efficiencies for the member companies.
develop your action plan specifically to improve upon your leadership and supervisory skills.
For this assignment, develop an action plan that includes two goals for each content area identified in the previous assignment, at least two objectives related to each goal, and metrics used to evaluate the effectiveness and achievement of each goal. Learners use the principles related to developing SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-limited) goals and objectives. It is important when designing goals and objectives, to consider leadership and technological changes that are occurring in the profession of social work.
Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, develop your action plan specifically to improve upon your leadership and supervisory skills.
Begin your work for this assignment by reflecting on the previous assignment where you reviewed the text, articles, and additional resources, and used several NASW resources to develop your model of best practices in social work supervision and leadership skills with a theoretical foundation. You then completed a self-reflection of your strengths and areas for development in these content areas:
· Developing effective organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
· Managing time and tasks effectively.
· Managing different personalities and conflicts.
· Hiring, performance evaluation, disciplinary action, and termination.
· Maintaining ethics, confidentiality, and liability.
· Practicing professional development, self-care, personal reflection, and self-correction.
· Developing and managing an effective culturally competent practice including organizational culture and environment.
· Being a collaborative leader in training supervisees in the effective use of technology.
Section 1
Create an evidence-based action plan.
· Use the eight categories identified above as subheadings in Section 1 of your paper.
9. To aid in your development of this assignment, use the multimedia piece on SMART goals from this unit’s study activity, as well as your text, course readings, new articles you have reviewed, and other internet resources including (but not limited to) NASW Best Practice Standards for Social Work Supervision, the NASW, ASWB, CSWE & CSWA Standards for Technology in Social Work, and the NASW Code of Ethics. These resources will be helpful as you complete your assignment.
Apply critical thinking in the development of goals, objectives, and metrics for each content area, including leadership and technological change in advanced generalist practice.
4. Under each subheading, you create:
10. Two SMART goals for each content area in the Unit 8 assignment, and also listed in this activity.
10. Identify at least two SMART objectives to aid your achievement of each goal.
10. Identify the metrics you select as a way of evaluating the effectiveness and achievement of each goal. Be sure you choose evaluation methods that help you determine degree of change (improvement or decline) and easily identifies if the goal is met.
What are the potential research areas that this could apply to?
Prompt:In chapter three you learned about the biological foundations of behavior. In this discussion, I would like for you to watch the following video. How does this relate to what you learned in this chapter? What are the potential research areas that this could apply to? How does this impact what we know about the brain? Feel free to add any relevant information you may find interesting. Also, please note that this does not meet the requirements for having an outside source included in your discussion. You still need to include one outside source that is not your textbook or this video, in APA format.
Requirements:
- The INITIAL post is due THURSDAY and should be a minimum of 200 words and contain a scholarly reference that is NOT your textbook or video I provided.
Similarities and differences of leadership and management (Related to nursing)
Similarities and differences of leadership and management (Related to nursing)
500 words APA format
What are the essential differences among nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales?
Discussion Question 1:
What can we measure about the four objects listed below? Be as specific as possible.
a.) Laundry detergent
b.) Employees
C.) Factory output
d.) Job satisfaction
Discussion Question 2:
What are the essential differences among nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales? How do these differences affect the statistical analysis techniques we can use?
