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Describe and discuss the three most important legal issues in human resources management. As a manager, what will you do about the three issues’ respective importance?

Relate the concept of a union-free work environment to professionalism, and describe how professionals can accept the concept of unionization. What might you do as a senior healthcare executive to address this professional inconsistency?

What function in nature would make it important from a Materials Science viewpoint.

 

 What aspects of the natural material or structure give the unique behavior?

 

 Do the properties of the material or structure come from nanometer‐scale phenomena?

 

 Give a possible application of a material engineered to mimic the biological property.

 

 Speculate on how such a structure might be made and tested.

Final Research Project

The topic of your project needs to be a contemporary societal problem, such as healthcare reform, immigration reform, privacy rights, euthanasia, First Amendment Rights, stem cell research, capital punishment, corporate prisons, legalizing drugs, ageism, animal rights, cloning, prayer in schools, racial profiling, recycling/conservation, sexism, outsourcing jobs, workplace bullying, etc. The topic must focus on a single aspect, as in “How far do corporations intrude into the private lives of their employers?” or “The social costs of financing the distribution of custom-designed drugs.” You may suggest another topic to use, but the instructor must approve the topic during the Week Two Discussion.

The Final Research Project will present research relating the responsibilities of a critical thinker to contemporary society. In this assignment, you will do the following:

• Research one aspect of a contemporary social problem.
• Define the problem.
• Propose a possible solution for the problem.
• Create an argument that supports your thesis position. You should take on the perspective of a critically thinking researcher. The argument must present a thesis statement and evidence to support the thesis statement.
• Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from the position you take on the issue and explain how those outcomes would influence society and culture.
• Interpret statistical data from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
• Evaluate evidence using the following standards: validity, reliability, and bias related to the chosen topic and accurately identify strengths and weaknesses.

Research and Define the Problem

You must take on the perspective of your major field of study and explain in your paper what that perspective is and how it informs your view of the topic. The topics listed above are far too broad to write about in 10–12 pages (3,300–3,900 words). Instead, you must choose a narrowly defined thesis and approach it from the perspective of your field.

Example: If you are an economics major, and you are interested in immigration reform, you should approach a very specific aspect of immigration reform through the lens of economic theory and practice. A specific thesis question would not be, “How does illegal immigration influence the U.S. economy?” One could write thousands of pages on such a topic. Instead, a better question would be, “How do illegal immigrant hotel workers in Chicago impact the economy of Northern Illinois?” You would then want to do the research and determine the positive and negative impacts they have, ultimately trying to conclude how illegal immigration in this area should be approached ethically.

How to Hone Your Thesis: It is important that you start your research early in this course. Try to find the most important contemporary questions and theories in your field of study and then align the most important questions with a very specific aspect of the general topics above. For example, if you are a psychology major, you might want to start thinking within the realm of healthcare reform or aspects of mental health and criminality in the prison system.

Your Argument

You must present a complete argument, including a major claim with at least five points of evidence, information, or data that will prove the claim.

• The thesis statement must be
  • A clear, simple declarative sentence as the first or last sentence in the opening paragraph of the essay.
  • Of such a nature that it can be substantiated, corroborated, verified, and proved through appeal to primary or secondary academic research source materials.
• The introductory paragraph must
  • Present the thesis statement, an explanation for the importance of the topic, and its relation to the student’s field of study.
• Beliefs, opinions, and personal opinions must not be introduced at any point in the essay.
• All beliefs and opinions should be supported with academic evidence. Sweeping generalizations with no supporting academicevidence do not reflect adequate critical thinking skills.
• Do not include rhetorical questions in your essays. All the questions that are pertinent to your project need to be answered in your essay and your answers again need to be supported with evidence from peer-reviewed journal articles and academically published books.

Attributes of Good Critical Thinking in Papers

• Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue.
• The evidence that you use should come from high-level researchers engaged in your field of study.
• Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
• Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue.
• Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research.

Ethical Outcomes of the Position You Take

After you have defined the problem and created an argument about how one ought to respond to the issue, you need to explain the ethical outcomes of the position you have taken. This should again be in relation to the field of study in which you are working. There might be different ethical outcomes that result from your analysis. For example, going back to the example issue above, from an economic standpoint, illegal immigrants might contribute positively to the economy of Northern Illinois in a specific number of ways. Thus, an economist who believes that positive impact to the economy is the greatest good would say that one should promote the use of illegal immigrants. However, because these workers are often paid less than others and eliminate jobs that could be done by residents of Chicago, there could be other negative ethical outcomes that would outweigh the positive impacts to the economy. It is your goal to draw out the ethical implications of your thesis and explain the underlying rationale that is the foundation for your claim that one action is better than another.

• Critical thinkers are those who can outline the positive and negative ethical impacts of their positions. In addition, they are able to provide a rationale for why they believe a specific position is the right position, even when it leads to negative outcomes.
• Critical thinkers are also able to be honest and objective about the limitations and gray areas that pertain to their theses.

Final Research Project Requirements

The Final Research Project may be presented as a formal research paper (essay format), a PowerPoint presentation, a video, or a podcast equivalent to a minimum of 10 – 12 pages in APA format (approximately 3,300 – 3,900 typewritten words, excluding title page and reference pages). Written essays must adhere to all APA formatting standards and requirements, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

PowerPoint presentations must include the full text (at least 3,300 words) in the speaker notes portion of the slides, with appropriate citations, and full reference pages. PowerPoint presentations must adhere to the basic principles of PowerPoint presentation design and must include citations and references according to APA standards and requirements.

Videos and podcasts must include a full transcript, in APA format, including appropriate in-text citations and a references page.

Quotations:

There must be no more than 15% quoted content in the body of your essay. All quoted material must bear quotation marks and a full quotation citation.

Source Documents:

• There must be 10 or more source documents used, cited, and referenced.
• Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, then they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library.
• Where print documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) may not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) may not be used.
• Two of the peer-reviewed scholarly sources used must include statistical evidence, which must be accurately interpreted.
• Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia should not be used.
• Religious texts are neither peer-reviewed nor scholarly and so may not be used in any way.

Unit I Essay

 

 

Using the Online Library, research the topic of sales management with a focus on sales manager selection and training. Specifically address the following questions:

1. Why and how do you think the sales manager’s job will change as we move further into the 21st century?
2. What criteria would you propose for progressive companies to use in selecting salespeople for promotion to sales manager?
3. What kind of training would you provide to new sales managers? What about additional training for more experienced sales managers?
4. Describe how sales managers can use the latest telecommunications technology and developments in information management to more effectively and efficiently lead and direct the sales force.

Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced. References should include at least one additional credible reference beyond the textbook. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.

 

Unit I Case Study

 

For this assignment, read the case study, “J&R Company: Unethical Sales Practices,” on pages 54-55 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale:

1. What questions might Tom have asked himself during this situation to determine whether his actions were ethical?
2. Briefly describe the issues that, in your opinion, are raised in the case, and rate their importance.
3. How could a company code of ethics aid Tom in his decisions?
4. Recommend a course of action that Tom might have taken. Support your recommendations.

Your response must be a minimum of one page in length, double-spaced. References should include your textbook plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.

 

Unit II Problem Solving

 

Part 1

For this assignment you will conduct a comparative DuPont analysis of two companies. Using a search engine, find one large corporation included in the S&P 500. Then, find one of its largest competitors. Go to the investor relations portion of each corporation’s homepage and find their most recent annual report. Complete a DuPont analysis by calculating the ROE, ROA, the profit margin, total asset turnover, and equity multiplier. Also, critique the differences between the two corporations in approximately 100 words.

 

Part 2

Using the most recent income statements (annual) for the two corporations from Part 1 of the assignment, calculate a common size analysis. Then, discuss the differences in the two corporations in approximately 75 words. Insert your 75- word discussion just below your analysis.

 

1. What is the difference between research- and evidence-based practice projects? Provide an example of each one and the reason for the difference. Why should nurses be interested in learning about EBP?

In 300 words  & with reference

 

2. How would a nurse practitioner and a nurse manager differ with regard to how they use and incorporate EBP in their areas of practice?

In 300 words  & with reference

Sensory impairment may affect an individual’s ability to meet their higher level needs on Maslow’s hierarchy. Provide an example of a challenge a sensory impaired individual might have meeting their needs at each of the three higher levels. Discuss how the RN would assist sensory impaired individuals in meeting and achieving their needs at each of the three higher levels.

 

Scenario: The monthly report on medication errors was presented to all units within ECHO Hospital. Although the rate has decreased, staff identified that the primary cause of medication errors continues to be interruptions while preparing and administering medications.

The nurse manager has asked the staff members to offer assistance in solving the problem of preventing interruptions while RNs are preparing and giving medications.

Using the assigned readings, information from the literature and the above scenario, your knowledge of the, principles of safe medication administration create a discussion post in response to the following:

• Suggest at least three (3) changes that can be made to prevent medication errors due to interruptions.
• Select one (1) suggested change and write an outcome statement (realistic, measureable and contains a time frame).
• Select one (1) suggested change and outline the steps that would be taken to implement it.
• Describe how the selected change will be evaluated to determine its effectiveness in achieving your stated measurable outcome.

APA FORMAT NO MORE THAN A PAGE IF POSSIBLE ITS JUST A DISCUSSION> NEEDS AT LEAST 2 REF WITHIN 5 YEARS .. THANKS….

 

Journal Articles:

• Anthony, Maureen PhD, RN. July/August 2014. Patient Safety. Home Healthcare Nurse. 32(7):389-390.
• Burnette, M. (2011). Increasing medication safety. AORN Journal,93(3), C1.
• Dickson, G. L., & Flynn, L. (2012).Nurses’ clinical reasoning: Processes and practices of medication safety.Qualitative Health Research, 22(1), 3-16.
• Dreyer, Theresa. (2014). Care Transitions: Best Practices and Evidence-based Programs .  Home Healthcare Nurse. 32(5): 309-16.
• Miranda Jr., S. (2011). Back to basics, medication safety at the bedside: a nursing administrator’s perspective. Pennsylvania Nurse,66(3), 6-10.
• Petty, J. (2013). Medication adherence and patient outcomes: part 2: interventions and resources to overcome low health literacy. Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS, 27(6), 286-288.

Examine how Steinbeck presents the character Curley’s wife in ‘Of Mice and Men’?

Write a 2 page paper following MLA Guidelines. In the first part of this paper you must formulate a modern day example of Plato’s cave allegory using an example from movies, television, or politics. Make sure you explain precisely how your example correlates with the various elements of Plato’s cave. Then, in the second part of the paper, compare/contrast Plato’s metaphysical views with the metaphysical views of either Aristotle or Buddhism (but not both).

Why Teach Maths in Secondary Schools.