It’s 4:45 P.M. on the day before the 3-day Labor Day weekend. A new associate at your firm bursts into your office and begs for your help. A spokesperson for one of the hospitals that your firm represents called to ask for advice regarding treatment of a 33-year-old patient, recently admitted for a heart attack but otherwise healthy, who has refused implantation of a pacemaker. […]

Assume you are planning to start a new business that will sell innovative consumer products via an online store.  You will be pitching your idea to potential investors with the goal of securing funding.  Your investors are very savvy and want to review a well thought out financial forecast.  Using the examples provided in Chapter 6, construct a hypothetical 5 year Cash Flow estimate including […]

Power is the potential for exerting influence because it is the basis for influencing the environment for public policy. The power that is used by entities is used to exert influence in the public policy environments and this derives from positional power, expert power, or reward or coercive power. Positional power is based on where the organization’s place is and what role they play within […]

This paper will summarize the findings of the first two power point presentations and incorporate them into a paper that will add an action plan of major tasks, persons or departments accountable for the actions, time to complete. The time line with be explained in a narrative manner but will also include an action plan in graphic plan such as a Gantt chart, PERT chart, […]

The leadership challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner describe how leaders can influence others to make extraordinary things within organizations by using fives principles. The five principles refer to the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership; they are model the way, inspired a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act and encourages the heart. The book encourage the readers to take the leadership […]

Advocating for Public Health Policy   Imagine that you have been chosen to represent a public health advocacy group as they begin a campaign to get legislation related to a health issue passed in your state legislature. You have been tasked with the role of presenting a proposed policy to the legislature and advocating that the legislature vote for the policy. You have been told that […]

Suppose you work as a human resource (HR) executive at Total  Solutions, Inc., a culturally and geographically diverse organization. A  recent government study on human statistics indicates that colleagues  who share culturally similar backgrounds perform more efficiently and  effectively on the job. These study findings, however, appear contrary  to the basic research on the value of diverse workforces. John, the vice  president of HR has […]

Discussion post: President Trump, after failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act in congress in past months, finally took his own first steps last Thursday toward fulfilling his vow to dismantle Obamacare, signing an executive order that he says will bring affordable health insurance to millions more people. The order broadly tasks the administration with developing policies to increase health care competition and choice in […]

Assignment 1: Culture  Imagine you work for a company that has recently merged with a global company. Write a brief introduction to your company as well as the company that merged with the company . Then develop an eight to ten (8-10) point checklist detailing what steps you would take as the HR manager to help unify the culture of both companies.  Create two (2) […]

This week’s Assignment is based on the “Contemporary Approaches” section of Chapter 2 and the environments of a business, explained in Chapter 3. The contemporary approaches to management include: socio technical theory, quantitative management, organizational behavior, and systems theory. Regarding environments, an organization has an internal environment, a competitive environment, and a macroenvironment.  After reading and reflecting on the above concepts and completing this unit’s […]