Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan

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Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan

(Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan)

Question description

Create an 8–10-slide mobilization plan PowerPoint presentation.

OVERVIEW

Create an 8–10-slide mobilization plan PowerPoint presentation (with detailed speaker’s notes) for a mobilization plan by your health care organization to commit 20 nurses to participate in a 4-month-long multinational effort to treat patients exposed to a highly contagious virus in a hot zone in Africa.

Nursing leaders must incorporate approaches that are inclusive and respectful of all stakeholders in the health care workforce, patient population, and the larger community that is served by the organization. Communication among members of teams, between departments and service lines, within large networks, with strategic business partners, and with patients, families, or support persons requires awareness of various facets of effective communication and cultural competence. A mobilization plan for an international medical mission requires careful planning of organizational structure roles, power distribution, and team member empowerment.

(Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan)

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Identify nursing leadership priorities using a systems perspective.
    • Identify the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan.
  • Competency 2: Apply systems theory and systems thinking to facilitate health care delivery and patient outcomes.
    • Apply systems thinking to determine the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and care patterns.
    • Identify key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel.
  • Competency 3: Analyze the role of multiculturalism and diversity in organizational and systems structure and leadership.
    • Examine potential multicultural and diversity issues that mission personnel may encounter.
  • Competency 4: Evaluate how power relates to health care organizational structure, behavior, and leadership.
    • Describe the medical mission team’s organizational structure and how power is distributed.
    • Assess how the organizational structure empowers team members.
    • Evaluate potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.
    • Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • Correctly format citations and references using current APA style.

    CONTEXTPOWERLeadership is often referred to as a power relationship and to be in a leadership role is to have some degree of power (Grossman & Valiga, 2013). The power that comes as a natural part of being a leader can be used most effectively not by control; but by influencing the direction of a group and the accomplishment of a vision. Power does not come just from having a position of authority; but also from having self-confidence, knowledge, a sense of purpose, and commitment to an ideal. Good communication skills, flexibility, a willingness to collaborate with others, as well as being open to other ideas and risks are sources of power. Leaders empower others by sharing the vision and inspiring commitment to a project or mission.

    Reference

    Grossman, S. C. & Valiga, T. M. (2013). New leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

Capella Multimedia

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Power

1. POWER(Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan)

Dr. Abrams:
To continue our discussion on being persuasive and powerful and influential in your negotiations, let us talk a little about power. Most people have a negative reaction to power, but I want you to think of power as something neutral. That power is not good or bad. Power exists in all people, all organizations, all environments, how power is used and to what ends affect whether it is good or bad.

The researchers, French and Raven, did a study on power, and came up with six different kinds. One is expert power, that we grant people power because they are experts in the field. Also gives them a lot of logic and a lot of credibility.

Legitimate power is the kind of power that we grant people based on their title or their role.

Referent power is the power we give to people because we have a lot of respect for them, and we want to be like them, in a role model kind of situation.

Information, we give people power, because they have information that we want. One of the great killers of an organization is withholding information. Powerful people actually share information.

The other one is called punishment power/reward power. Well, we grant people power if they have the ability to punish us and/or the ability to reward us. For example, your boss, your professor, your parents. Individual resources and abilities impact power exercised by a person in a negotiation situation.

Individual differences and ability, political skills, and a willingness to use those skills and abilities within the organization are really important on how you define your BATNA, how you make a decision, and your walkaway point.

I think though, handling power in an organization is a skill. Part of learning to manage is learning to manage power.

Gaining power internally brings you a sense of self, which is different from power externally. So you want power in your organization, because of who you are, and people believe that organizations are rational. However, they are not.

One of the ways to understand organizations is to look at organizations as political, not rational, and that politics impact the organization internally and externally.

The equation goes like this, politics equals influence and equals power. I want you to think about who you grant power to in your organization and why, and who you grant power to in a negotiation setting and why.

2. FIVE REASONS ORGANIZATIONS BEHAVE AS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Dr. Abrams:(Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan)
I have five reasons that organizations behave as political institutions. I will just state them clearly and then you can let me know what you think. First thing is that humans have values. Our actions reflect our priorities and our priorities are reflections of our values.

So if you want to persuade me to do something in a negotiation, you are going to have to figure out what it is that I value.

Organizational effectiveness is a value. The issue or the criteria used to measure effectiveness is a value choice. So for some people it is bottom line, for other people, no one got fired today, other settings, no one got killed today. So I want you to think about how you define organizational effectiveness and how the people at the table will be defining organizational effectiveness.

Third one is, there is always competition for scarce resources. There is never ever enough internal resources and external resources, and the question is, who is going to get them and why? If you make your argument based on a value system of the organization and the person, you are more likely to get the resources you need.

Information is seldom complete. We never have enough information to make a decision. We fill in those gaps with our judgment. Judgments are based on experience and your value system, and your value system affects how you see things. So it is a good idea to find out somebody’s interest over position for the negotiation.

The last one is that we have a tremendous dependency on others in our organization, and we need to be persuasive, we need to be influential to get those people to come to the table. We are dependent on them, you have no control over them.

So to sum all this up, it is not a solution, it is a suggestion, is the idea of law reciprocity. You take care of people, they will take care of you. Sometimes you honestly compromise and then they will compromise. If you scratch my back, I will scratch yours. It is a really important concept.

Another one is currency. Find out what people’s currencies are. Find out what their values are and how you can attribute to those and create networks, so you could build coalitions and figure out how to make the best possible argument to fit your needs.

ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS

PREPARATION

Use the Capella library and the Internet to help you complete this assessment. For help using PowerPoint, refer to the Microsoft Tutorials and other resources located in the Suggested Resources and left navigation menu of the courseroom.

This assessment is based upon the scenario below. The scenario is very limited in detail; where more detail is needed, incorporate any assumptions you make to flesh out the scenario. It is intended to assess your ability to communicate your approach to a challenge by evaluating issues of organization, leadership, safety, quality improvement, multiculturalism and diversity.

Your approach should be very conceptual and high-level.

Scenario
Your health care organization has recently committed 20 nurses to participate in a 4-month-long multinational effort to treat patients exposed to a highly contagious virus in a “hot zone” in Africa. The director of your organization has asked you, because of your previous medical mission experience, to outline nursing-related plans for preparing for the mobilization and present this information at an upcoming staff meeting.

DELIVERABLE: MOBILIZATION PLAN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Create an 8–10-slide PowerPoint presentation (with detailed speaker’s notes) of your mobilization plan. It should be targeted toward members of the hospital’s administrative staff, nurses, and the physicians who will also participate in this medical mission.

  • Use bullet points and phrases on the slides.
  • The narrative, or explanation for each slide, should be in the speaker’s notes section.

The mobilization plan should address the following:

  • Identify the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan.
  • Analyze how the mobilization effort will impact staffing patterns and nursing care at the hospital.
  • Describe the medical mission team’s organizational structure of the mission team and how power is distributed.
    • Include one slide of an organizational diagram for the mission.
      • Describe the roles (in the speaker’s notes).
  • Assess how the organizational structure empowers team members.
    • Provide 1–2 examples of how team members will have power.
  • Identify key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel.
  • Evaluate potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent.
    • (Be generic; that is, do not address individual nationalities, races, et cetera.)
    • Consider interactions with health care personnel from other countries.
  • Examine potential multicultural and diversity issues that mission personnel may encounter.
    • Consider that the indigenous population may be hostile to treatment.
    • Outline possible training requirements to improve cultural competencies of the personnel.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS(Strategic Nursing Mobilization Plan)

  • Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
  • Length: Presentation should be 8–10 slides. Include speaker’s notes on each content slide.
  • References: Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources on the final slide (in APA format).
  • General formatting: Choose an appropriate theme if using a template.

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Mobilization Plan Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Identify the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan. Does not identify the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan. Identifies some, but not all of the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan. Identifies the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan. Identifies the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan, and evaluates the suitability of an organization for a medical mission.
Apply systems thinking to determine the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and care patterns. Does not apply systems thinking to determine the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and care patterns. Identifies staffing and care patterns at the hospital, but does not use systems thinking to examine the impact of the mobilization effort on staffing and patient care. Applies systems thinking to determine the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and care patterns. Applies systems thinking to determine the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and care patterns, and offers specific strategies to maximize staffing and maintain a high level of patient care.
Describe the medical mission team’s organizational structure and how power is distributed. Does not describe the medical mission team’s organizational structure and how power is distributed. Describes the medical mission team’s organizational structure but not how power is distributed. Describes the medical mission team’s organizational structure and how power is distributed. Describes the medical mission team’s organizational structure and how power is distributed; the structure is designed so that power is equal among mission team members.
Assess how the organizational structure empowers team members. Does not assess how the organizational structure empowers team members. Describes how the medical mission team’s organizational structure operates, but does not address how it empowers the team members. Assesses how the organizational structure empowers team members. Assesses how the organizational structure empowers team members, and provides examples of how all team members are empowered to make decisions within the context of their expertise.
Identify key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel. Does not identify key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel. Identifies key actions to assure quality of care and safety for patients, but does not address safety for mission personnel. Identifies key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel. Identifies key actions needed to assure quality of care and safety for mission patients and personnel, and organizes the actions by critical level.
Examine potential multicultural and diversity issues that mission personnel may encounter. Does not examine potential multicultural and diversity issues that the mission may encounter. Misidentifies or omits key multicultural and diversity issues that the mission may encounter. Examines potential multicultural and diversity issues that the mission may encounter. Examines potential multicultural and diversity issues that the mission may encounter, and proposes solutions or actions to address each issue.
Evaluate potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent. Does not evaluate potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent. Identifies some power issues that may arise during the mission, but does not specifically refer to a multinational contingent. Evaluates potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent. Evaluates potential power issues that may arise when dealing with a multinational contingent, and identifies the top priorities and suggests a strategy.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Does not write content clearly and logically, and there are errors in grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics. Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes clearly and logically, with correct use spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, and uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
Correctly format citations and references using current APA style. Does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style. Uses current APA to format citations and references but with numerous errors. Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with a few errors. Correctly formats citations and references with no errors.
 
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Descriptive Epidemiology

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Descriptive Epidemiology

(Descriptive Epidemiology)

HIV/AIDS was first recognized as an epidemic in the United States in 1981. At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, the life expectancy for infected persons was less than 7 years. Today, because of research and new treatment options, people who begin treatment soon after diagnosis can expect to live a nearly normal life span (Cairns, 2010). The HIV/AIDS epidemic was identified through descriptive epidemiology.

Descriptive epidemiologic studies are often conducted as precursors to analytic studies. Epidemiologic concepts are used to gather data to better understand and evaluate health trends in populations. Data such as characteristics of the persons affected, place where an incident occurred, and time of occurrence are collected and analyzed to look for patterns in an effort to identify emerging health problems. In this Discussion, you will apply the epidemiologic concepts of time, place, and person to a specific population health problem.

To prepare:

  • Consider      a variety of population health problems, and then select one on which to      focus for this Discussion.
  • Identify      a specific population affected by your selected health problem.
  • Research      the patterns of the disease in your selected population using the      epidemiologic characteristics of person, place, and time.
  • Explore      three to five data sources presented in the Learning Resources that could      aid you in describing the population and magnitude of the problem. Analyze      the strengths and limitations of each data source.
  • Consider      methods for obtaining raw data to determine the variables of person,      place, and time for your health problem. Ask yourself: How would the      methods I select influence the accuracy of case identification,      definition, and diagnosis?

By tomorrow Wednesday 03/07/18 by 4pm, write a minimum of 550 words in APA format with a minimum of THREE scholarly references from the list of required readings below. Include the level one headers as numbered below:

Post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1) Evaluate your selected health problem in the population you identified by describing THREE to FIVE characteristics related to person, place, and time.

2) Appraise the data sources you utilized by outlining the strengths and limitations of each.

3) Discuss TWO methods you could use to collect raw data to determine the descriptive epidemiology of your health problem, determine how these methods would influence the completeness of case identification as well as the case definition/diagnostic criteria used.

Required Readings

Friis, R. H., & Sellers, T. A. (2014). Epidemiology for public health practice (5th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Chapter 3, “Measures of Morbidity and Mortality Used in Epidemiology”

Chapter 4, “Descriptive Epidemiology: Person, Place, Time”

Chapter 5, “Sources of Data for Use in Epidemiology”

Chapter 3 examines several measures of disease frequency that are typically utilized in epidemiology.

In Chapter 4, the authors address a basic premise of epidemiology: that disease occurs in patterns reflecting underlying factors (rather than occurring randomly). Using the tools introduced in Chapter 3, it is possible to take a more detailed look at the occurrence of disease, focusing on characteristics related to person, place, and time. This chapter also notes the distinction between descriptive versus analytic epidemiology; descriptive studies characterize the amount and distribution of disease within a population, whereas analytic epidemiology is concerned with the determinants of disease.

Chapter 5 provides information about various data sources that are available to the general public, and the authors examine some of the critical issues related to data collection and use that require careful attention.

Nash, D. B., Fabius, R. J., Skoufalos, A., Clarke, J. L. & Horowitz, M. R. (2016). Population health: Creating a culture of wellness (2nd ed). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Chapter 12, “Information Technology”

In this chapter, the authors examine the use of information technology, noting that research based on richer, more real-time data will inform policy decisions in all parts of the health care system. The challenge of integrating individual patient is mobile applications into the electronic health record are presented.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Epidemiology and population health [Interactive media]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

“Descriptive Measures”

This presentation introduces you to the concept and calculation of important descriptive measures used in epidemiology—namely, incidence and prevalence. In addition, you will see how to use direct and indirect age-adjustment to compare mortality rates in two populations.

 
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Deliverable7 – Social Media Plan

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Deliverable7 – Social Media Plan

(Deliverable7 – Social Media Plan)

Competencies

  • Analyze the evolution of social media standards and practices and how it relates to the potential need for regulation of social media, along with ethical concerns.
  • Evaluate psychological theories and their insights into the widely varying opinions and attitudes that are expressed through social media.
  • Compare and contrast new social media marketing trends with more traditional forms of advertising.
  • Assess the development of societal standards in relation to social media and how this can alter social norms in everyday life.
  • Integrate the positive and negative effects of social media making global communication easily accessible.
  • Design a personal plan to use social media to benefit the student both personally and professionally as well as minimize online mistakes and their impact.

Instructions

Social media use is critical to a dynamic and competitive brand, whether that brand is something you sell, a group home, a non-profit organization, or your self-image. This project will get you thinking about effective ways to shape your social media tools to make the most of your brand, to keep consumers talking and thinking about your brand, and to get interaction from those you seek to sell to or to help. You will take a look at what you post to social media, possible responses or reactions you will receive, as well as use social media trends and society controls to keep your brand meeting your goals.

Your final project should include a plan for the following: how you will utilize a minimum of four social media sites; what your target audience will be; your use of contacts, outreach, and advertising best practices; your posting do’s and don’ts; and explanations of your choices using the sources from the course and others you find.

If you have a real business, brand, or site to work on, you can start by putting the site profiles into the four social media sites you have chosen (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Screenshots will work for these that you have really made. If you don’t really have a business or brand, you do not need to create faux profiles. However, you should write the information you would include in your profile for each one.

In summary, your plan should contain:

  • An introduction to your brand or company
  • Your social media goals and general goals for the brand
  • An analysis of the market comparables — similar businesses/nonprofits/brands, including what has been successful and what hasn’t worked for at least 3 good comparable brands
  • Discussion of societal norms for those comparables. What seem to be the “rules” they follow? Is there open or tacit regulation you’ve noticed? Include how you can expand your influence globally by overcoming potential language and culture barriersÂ
  • An analysis of advertising and its necessity along with the type of advertising you would do and why
  • An outline of the audience you intend to reach and how to reach them. Be sure to take into account the factors that are in play when attempting to reach an audience that includes a wide range of ages (consider generational differences)
  • A plan for how to use your contacts and add new ones when publicizing and staying connected
  • A plan for each of four social media sites, including profile information and posting ideas
  • Analysis of any of the theories you would use
  • A conclusion

Your project lengths will depend on how much depth you put into your analysis of each section, but to give you a general idea, several paragraphs for most of the bullet points is a good length, and should result in a total of around 10 pages.

 
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Nu500 Theory Application Paper

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Nu500 Theory Application Paper

(Nu500 Theory Application Paper)

Question description

Write a 4-5-page paper (not including title page and reference page) addressing the following: 1. Select and describe one nursing theory that best suits your area of practice and discuss your rationale for selecting that theory. I AM AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE, I ALSO TAKE CARE OF MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT’S AWAITING PLACEMENT TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY 2. Describe how you plan to implement the theory in your area of practice. 3. Discuss potential barriers or challenges to your plan and how you will overcome them. Include at least 5 references.

Nursing Theories that can be implemented successfully in an Emergency Room
Orem’s Self-Care Deficit
Patricia Benner’s Novice to Expert
Peplau’s Interpersonal Theory of Nursing Process

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Theories and Models

MAYBE FIND ONE THEORY THAT APPLIES TO BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND EMERGENCY NURSING AND SHOW HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER IN THE ER SETTING FOR A MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT

View this video with detailed instructions on how to complete the Theory Application Paper: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cF6VcvYjJW ; Multiple students have told me that the videos are very helpful!

THESE ARE TWO OF THE CLASS TEXT BOOKS

Chin, P. & Kramer, M. (2019). Knowledge development in nursing: Theory and process (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. ISBN 9780323530613.

McEwen, M. & Wills, E. (2014). Theoretical basis for nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781451190311

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Financial Health Analysis

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Financial Health Analysis: Profitability & Indicators

(Financial Health Analysis)

Question description

Case Study of Financial Analysis & Operating Ratios

In this assessment you will use the income statement and balance sheet information identified below and evaluate the firm’s financial condition based on three profitability ratios: a) Total Margin, b) Return on Assets and c) Return on Equity. You will be graded based on your description, understanding of the 3 ratios and description of at least 3 non-financial indicators. Grading will also reflect the accuracy of your calculations, the validity of your conclusions and your ability to clearly communicate your analysis. To complete this assignment, follow these steps.

  1. Review the reading requirements and power point summary for Week 6 Financial Ratios and non-Financial ratios.
  2. Examine the Income Statement and Balance Sheet provided in the excel file under Week 6 content. This data should be used for this assignment. The data also includes industry benchmarks for comparison.
  3. From this financial information calculate the three profitability ratios: a) Total Margin, b) Return on Assets and c) Return on equity.
  4. For each ratio, in a paragraph: define the ratio, explain what it measures, show your calculation and explain what the ratio tells you about your organization’s health and any limitations of using the ratio.
  5. Write a conclusion about your organization’s financial condition based on your ratio analysis.
  6. Describe and discuss the use of non-financial operating indicators in additional to financial ratios in measuring financial performance.

This Assessment should be done in APA format and include references to literature or items from the course. You are communicating your understanding of the concepts and equations to the faculty (or your boss). Use of examples and other information is highly recommended. For non-financial indicators you should discuss their role.

You will be graded base on the following rubric:

90-100 80-89 70-79 0 Points
The student demonstrates a thorough understanding of the meaning of the ratios measured and their applicability to the organization being analyzed. The student demonstrates a reasonable but not complete understanding of the meaning of the rations chosen and their applicability to the organization being analyzed. The student demonstrates a limited understanding of the meaning of the ratios chosen and their applicability to the organization being analyzed. The student does not demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of the ratios or how they can be used to assess the organization’s financial condition.
All of the ratios are calculated accurately Only 2 of the ratios are calculated accurately Only 1 of the ratios are calculated accurately None of the ratios are calculated accurately.
The student draws accurate conclusions for each of the ratios and for the overall financial health of the organization. The student draws some accurate conclusions for each of the ratios and for the overall financial health of the organization. There are a few mistakes The student draws few accurate conclusions for each of the ratios and for the overall financial health of the organization. There are several mistakes The student’s conclusions for each of the ratios are inaccurate and the overall conclusion on the financial health of the organization is not valid.
Writing quality: Writes clearly, concisely, and with few errors. Easy to understand. Writing quality: Writes with some errors but the paper can be readily understood. Writing quality: paper includes numerous errors. Requires some effort to understand. Writing quality: The paper is poorly written and is difficult to understand.
 
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Effective Team Communications

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Unit1 IP – Effective Team Communications

(Effective Team Communications)

Question description

600–900 words with 10 total pages, including empty sections

Overview

You will need to research and identify a project of your choosing to be the representative project for this course. The project identified by you will be applied for all of the assignments as appropriate.

It can be argued that one of your most important assets to a project is your “human” resource. Therefore, a key project management skill is leadership in terms of developing and motivating the project team. In this course, you will gain expertise in preparing a strategy incorporating good human resource practices based on accepted theories and models. You will select a project that you may have developed in a previous class or a known project in an organization that has a project team that could benefit from a Project Human Resource Management Strategy Plan.

Throughout this course, you will be working on developing several components of the final Key Assignment. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in the assignment description for this project.

In this first Individual Project, you are asked to develop the outline of the sections that will be included in your Project Human Resource Management Strategy Plan document and a draft of a proposal to submit to your instructor. The other information that you will include is a high-level description of the project that you will be developing the strategy plan for.

You will also be setting up the final Key Assignment outline that you will add to each week. The combined Individual Project (IP) assignments will be your final Key Assignment deliverable.

Project Selection

The first step will be to select a project that you plan to develop a human recourse strategy plan for. This project will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:

  1. Nontrivial: The selected project candidate should reflect a real-life project.
  2. Domain knowledge: You will be applying knowledge of this project to address assignments related to motivating and supporting the human resource component of the project.

Select a project that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first few days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.

Assignment Guidelines(Effective Team Communications)

Your first task in this process will be to select a project to use as the basis of your Key Assignment. You will also create the shell document for the final project Key Assignment document deliverable that you will be working on throughout the course. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add content to each section of the final document to progressively complete the final project delivery, which is the Project Human Resource Management Strategy Plan.

The following are the project deliverables:

  • Submit the project proposal to your instructor for approval.
  • Project Human Resource Management Strategy Plan document shell:
    • Use Word
    • Title page
      • Course number and name
      • Project name
      • Your name
      • Date
    • Table of Contents (TOC)
      • Use an autogenerated TOC.
      • This should be on a separate page.
      • This should be a maximum of 3 levels deep.
      • Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project.
    • Section Headings (create each heading on a new page with “TBD” as content, except for Week 1)
      • Project Outline
      • Communication and Leadership Style Assessment
      • Motivating Project Team Strategy
      • Project Conflict and Stress Identification Process
      • Consensus Decision Making Process
      • Conflict Management Strategy
      • Communications Plan
      • Project Leadership Strategy
  • New content to be inserted in above shell:
    • Project Outline
      • Brief description of the project
      • Overall project deliverable
      • Material can be taken from approved proposal submitted to instructor, and will serve as the draft for the proposal
      • Be sure project is approved by the instructor
    • Communication and Leadership Style Assessment (Effective Team Communications)
      • Select 1 of the links that you researched in this week’s Discussion Board, and assess your leadership style.
      • Put together a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis based on the results of the assessment, listing a minimum of 3 under each category.
        Strengths Weaknesses
        Opportunities Threats
      • Select 1 of the links researched in this week’s Discussion Board, and assess your communication style.
      • Discuss the results, placing emphasis on your strong forms of communication and a plan to develop the weaker areas that are important to managing projects.
  • Name the document “LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_MPM468_IP1.doc.”
 
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Resilient Spirit: Embracing Strength

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Resilient Spirit: Embracing Strength

(Resilient Spirit: Embracing Strength)

Trait

You are to complete this assignment as follows:

Access the Psych Central Personality Test: http://psychcentral.com/personality-test/start.php

Navigate to Quizzes then scroll down to Personality. Take the test by answering the questions as honestly as possible.  Upon completion, find your comprehensive personality report on the five personality traits and reflect upon the positive aspects of your relationship with each trait.  Choose the most positive information in the report and reflect upon how that trait is a personal strength that you possess.

To begin your essay, state and highlight or indicate in italics or bold your positive Trait.  It is not necessary to define the trait or reiterate the description of it from your results.

Now, describe your reaction in the following ways:  How does this trait represent who you are as a person? Were you surprised by the results?  How does this trait act as a personal strength, and in what ways do you find having it important and helpful to your quality of life?  Aside from the test results, what other character strength(s) do you feel you have, and how are they important or helpful in reference to your psychological well-being?  Some examples include leadership, gratitude, spirituality, bravery, honesty, justice, perseverance, appreciation of beauty, wisdom, etc. You will want to address the answers to these questions clearly and completely as this is 25% of your grade on the essay.

Next, explain how you can apply this personality trait / strength or your other strengths to the important areas of your life such as work, school, relationships, play, and/or parenting.  You may even wish to use your strengths in a way that you have not done before and report on that.  Again, please provide a thorough discussion, as this part is also worth another 25% of your grade on the essay.

Submit your Traits to Strength Project to the assignment folder no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This folder may be linked to Turnitin.)

 
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Culturally Sensitive & Responsive Counseling

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Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. I need this completed by 11/07/17 at 6pm.

Culturally Sensitive and Responsive Counseling

When you begin work with couples and families, you likely will conclude after only a few cases that all couples and families are different in at least a few ways. Members of these couples and families individually belong to many different population subgroups, with each group exerting cultural influence. Based on conflict resolution traditions or power distance index of a certain culture, for instance, you may need to modify the theoretical approach you take with a client with that background.

Keep in mind that the classroom study of theory and intervention integration cannot provide a description of how to modify or tailor your theory to all the potential relational and cultural presentations you will see. It should, however, provide you with a solid foundation and a toolbox with which to work. As an evolving marriage, couple, and family counseling student, you must rely on your wisdom, developed by reflecting on the work you have done to date, and on continuing to read current evidence-based research. Through such reflections, you will develop ways of altering aspects of your theory-in-action to enhance the potential therapeutic benefits of your services to future clients.

To prepare for this Discussion, select a cultural consideration (related to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) and think about how this consideration may impact the application of your theoretical orientation. Then, reflect on how you might modify interventions in client work in which this consideration is present.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief description of the cultural consideration you selected. Then, explain two challenges of applying your theoretical orientation to address this cultural consideration, and explain how you might modify interventions to be more culturally sensitive and responsive. Justify your response using evidence-based articles.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Readings

  • Course Text: Gurman, A. S., Lebow, J. L., & Snyder, D.  (2015). Clinical handbook of couple therapy (5th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
    • Chapter 19, “Couple Therapy and Intercultural Relationships”
    • Chapter 18, “Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Couple Therapy”
  • Article: American Counseling Association (ACA). (2014). ACA Code of Ethics. Retrieved fromhttp://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4
  • Website: American Mental Health Counselors Association. (n.d.). Transformation in action. Retrieved from http://www.amhca.org/
  • Article: Hernández, P., Rickard, J., & Giambruno, P. (2008). Transformative family therapy with a lesbian couple: A case study. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 20(4), 281–298.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Article: Hendricks, B.E., Bradley, L. J., Southern, S., Oliver, M., & Birdsall, B. (2011). Ethical code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. The Family Journal, 19(2), 217-224.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Article: Seto, A., & Woodford, M. S. (2007). Helping a Japanese immigrant family cope with acculturation issues: A case study. The Family Journal, 15(2), 167–173.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Website: American Mental Health Counselors Association. (n.d.). Transformation in action. Retrieved from http://www.amhca.org/
  • Website: American Counseling Association. (n.d.). American Counseling Association. Your passion. Your profession. Our purpose. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/
  • Website: International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. (n.d.). Excellence in couples and family counseling. Retrieved from http://www.iamfconline.org/
 
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Exploring Self-Esteem Dynamics

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Assignment 3: Final Project: Selecting a Topic

Developing a research proposal is a good way to experience the research aspects of social psychology firsthand without conducting an actual research study.

In this assignment, you need to develop a research proposal. Your research proposal must be a 10–12-page document and include the following sections:

  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References

Each week, you will concentrate on creating a particular section of the research proposal.  The Methodology section will be based on either of the two major research designs, quantitative and qualitative. You will develop the final project as the course progresses by collating all the sections and incorporating them into a final proposal due for submission in Week 10.

This Week

Create the Introduction section of the research proposal. Include the following:

  • Select a topic for your research project.
  • Explain why this topic is of interest to you.
  • Explain the topic and describe the potential research areas in the topic.

Choosing your topic:

The best way to choose a topic is to research the topic before you choose it.

One of the biggest challenges in finding articles for your topic is that your topic may not have much in the way of research. The remedy for this is, when you first have an idea for a topic, to go to the online library and do a quick search on current research for your topic. If you can find the several articles on your topic then you’re good to go. If you can’t then it would be good to modify your topic a bit or even change it until you find one that will generate the needed articles for your reviews.

When searching for articles scan first and read later:

You can speed up your article search if you focus mainly on three things.

  • Look at the journal name-it may provide some insight into access to other articles. Many journals are specific to a certain discipline or area of study.
  • Review the abstract first-the abstract will provide valuable information on what the article may hold.  Remember though it doesn’t contain all the information. It is still imperative to read the entire article if you choose it one of the ones you will use.
  • Identifying the article as research. There are many non-research articles in scholarly journal articles but they may not be viable to use for your paper.

 The directions for this part say that after selecting your topic you should explain why this topic is of interest to you. This need not be long–just a sentence or two about why it interests you. Then, explain the topic and describe the potential research areas in the topic. This is the most important part. You need to think in terms of how you might conduct an actual research project on the topic. You won’t be conducting actual research; this is just a proposal. It’s like if you were asking for grant money and had to explain to someone what you’d do. That explanation will be the entire paper. Here at the start all you have to do is offer a brief sense of what the topic is about and some of the possible things about it that could be researched.

 Topic to be done:

self esteem; make sure that you keep the above advisement in mind when completing this assignment. Thank you.

 
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Critical Analysis of DSM-5

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Scholarly Journal Article Review & Critique Writing Assignment Rubric

(100 points)

This assignment consists of obtaining an article on an approved psychological disorder from a scholarly journal and writing a critique on the article based on the required content below. Specifically, each student will select a research journal article based on empirical research on a Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM 5) Psychological Disorder. Examples of psychological disorders appropriate for use in this assignment can be found at the end of this rubric. While you may come across articles that are meta-analysis or case studies, it is required that you ONLY utilize an article that is first person research and is being published in a scholarly journal. You will be required to submit a copy of the article at a time certain (see rubric below in order to receive instructor approval to pursue a critique in completion of this assignment. Again, recall that your article must be directly related to the psychological disorder you have selected to review and the article must be one that was approved by your course instructor. Only approved articles will receive the points designated for the article approval requirement of this writing assignment. One of the best resources for you to find the article for this assignment would be to access the Psych Articles database through our library webpage.

Students who submit a Research article review based on an article that WAS NOT previously approved by the course instructor will receive a zero for the entire Research Critique assignment (0/100).

A.  Copy of the journal article for instructor approval (5 points) 

Items B, C, & D below (along with corresponding numbered sections) should be type written using 12 font, double spacing with at least 2 but not more than 4 pages that comprise your response to this assignment. Please be sure that your document follows the format provided and that you clearly label and number each section and that it is stapled and submitted by the required due date. Items B, C, & D are

B. One typed paragraph describing why you selected this particular article. (10 points). Be sure that your thoughts are clearly organized and written in complete sentences with attention to use of correct grammar and punctuation. Also, be sure that you clearly explain why you selected the particular article and psychological disorder examined in the study.

C. Journal Article Review – This is a typed report. There should be four sections each labeled using the headings below: 1. Background, 2. Hypothesis, 3. Methods and 4. Results). This paper should reflect YOUR understanding of the journal article. Do NOT plagiarize the article or simply restate the information. Instead, you should be written in your own words. The object of this assignment is for you to comprehend and explore current research.

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1. Background – (10 points)

This is generally the information which led to the current research. Typically this describes similar research and explains why the current research was necessary. Please include the outcome of at least one previous study cited in your article that relates to or supports the research article you are reviewing.

2. Hypothesis – (10 points)

This will be clearly stated in any scholarly article – it may be found in the abstract, background or methods sections. This section answers the question, “What are they expecting to happen?” You can use a quote from the article in this section, but please quote appropriately using APA style, including quotation marks.

3. Methods – (35 points)

In complete sentences using subheadings below, please provide a clear written response for each item.

a. Number of subjects

b. Method of selection of subjects

c. Procedures used & Description of “what they did”

d. What was measured? What were the variables?

e. How did they measure this

4. Results (may also be labeled Findings) – (10 points)

What did they find? Specifically note whether the hypothesis was supported or not. Be certain to analyze all variables.

5. Conclusion (may also be labeled Discussion) – (10 points)

This will be clearly outlined in any scholarly article. If you are studying applied research, include any applications which answer the question, “How could this information be used by the general population?” If your article is a basic research article, what potential uses could this information have? In this section also include what the authors indicate are the limitations of this study and the directions in which future research in this area could go.

D. Constructive Article Critique – (10 points)

6. Provide a short paragraph in which you critique the article. Be sure to comment on the following:

a.  Provide your thoughts on how well (or poorly) the article was written, organized and understandable to you as a lay person (non-expert) and why you are taking that position.

b.  Provide one suggestion for improving the quality of the article. In other words, if you were writing the article or conducting the research, what would you do differently and why? Be specific.

References – (Critical Analysis of DSM-5)

You will not need to provide a reference for the article you use but you MUST attach a copy of the article to your written submission. Failure to do so will result in your paper receiving a zero. If you review additional sources/articles to aid in your responses to the assignment, then you must include an APA formatted reference page with the references you used beyond your approved article.

Approved DSM Mental Disorders List

Directions: Please select and receive instructor approval of a Scholarly Journal Article based on an aspect of ONE of the Mental Disorders listed below. However, if the student has a strong interest in reviewing a scholarly journal on another mental illness found in the DSM 5 and not appearing in the list below, she/he must receive instructor approval to do so.

Note: While more than one student may select the same mental disorder, more than one student may not complete the assignment based on the same exact scholarly journal article.

 
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