Write a composition in which you agree, disagree, or modify Thomas Frank’s argument that marketing no longer promotes conformity but, rather, promotes “never-ending self-fulfillment”and “constantly updated individualism” (“Commodify”; paragraph 6).

Write a composition in which you agree, disagree, or modify Thomas Frank’s argument that marketing no longer promotes conformity but, rather, promotes “never-ending self-fulfillment”and “constantly updated individualism” (“Commodify”; paragraph 6). Evaluate some current advertising in a magazine or on the Internet, to assess whether the countercultural idea and theassociated “iconography of the rebel” (para. 9) still prevail in advertising; how does this play intosaid ​individualism​?

Discuss lessons learned and propose actions that can be taken by your management to avoid similar anti- trust actions in your proposed merger.

Anti-Trust
You are a manager with five years of experience and need to write a report for senior management on how your firm can avoid the threat of a Federal Trade Commission investigation if you were to merge with other health care organizations. Research on your own to select a health care organization in the United States that has been charged with an antitrust action within the last five years and use this information as the basis for your paper. In your report

Summarize the charges and rebuttal or mitigation of charges used by the health care organization you researched.
Discuss lessons learned and propose actions that can be taken by your management to avoid similar anti- trust actions in your proposed merger.

Discuss how has the Patient and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the “Health Care Reform Act”) reshaped financial arrangements between hospitals, physicians, and other providers with Medicare making a single payment for all care received by a beneficiary from 72 hours before admission to 30 days after discharge from an inpatient facility?

Discuss how has the Patient and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the “Health Care Reform Act”) reshaped financial arrangements between hospitals, physicians, and other providers with Medicare making a single payment for all care received by a beneficiary from 72 hours before admission to 30 days after discharge from an inpatient facility?

According to Davenport (2014) there are four common areas of content and focus for best practices in healthcare analytics. Evaluate why these content areas are considered notable for healthcare analytics.

Four Common Areas
According to Davenport (2014) there are four common areas of content and focus for best practices in healthcare analytics. Evaluate why these content areas are considered notable for healthcare analytics.

Highlights the key points of what you have learned from your peer’s post.
Adds your content knowledge.
Compares and contrasts.
Provides further research.
Is topic-related.

Identify the independent and dependent variables.

Select one qualitative and one quantitative question that you are interested in investigating. Identify the independent and dependent variables. Next, create a hypothesis or set of hypotheses to go along with your research question. Identify your hypothesis as one of each of the four categories below and explain why your hypothesis fits into these categories.

Describes at least two examples from the article or elsewhere of things that you think are negative aspects of globalization and why you think they are negative.

The goal of this unit’s written assignment is to get you to think critically about the pros and cons of globalization. You will be reading the articles entitled, “Globalization: Is it Good or Bad?,” and “The Global Economy as a Contemporary Issue in the Practice of Economic Development.”

Read the following articles:
Globalization: Is it Good or Bad? (Links to an external site.)
The Global Economy as a Contemporary Issue in the Practice of Economic Development (Links to an external site.)
Write a paper at least 1 double spaced-page in length that follows the requirements detailed in the “Assignment Grading Rubric” below and addresses the following topics:
Describes at least two examples from the article or elsewhere of things that you think are beneficial aspects of globalization and why you think they are beneficial.
Describes at least two examples from the article or elsewhere of things that you think are negative aspects of globalization and why you think they are negative, and
Details your overall position as to whether globalization is a good thing or a bad thing, including evidence to support your position.

Was there any differences in what was accomplished in civil service reform in Georgia as compared to Florida?

This week’s exercise will require the student to focus on the concept of personnel management reform. Read information relating to personnel reform in the states of Georgia and Florida. In Georgia, they instituted the Georgia Gain system which assured bureaucratic responsiveness to executive leadership. Florida’s Service First personnel system was also about bureaucratic responsiveness to executive leadership. After reading the two reform efforts, answer the following questions:

(1) Was there any differences in what was accomplished in civil service reform in Georgia as compared to Florida?

(2) In your opinion, could such reform efforts prompt abuse of the system by supervisory and management officials?

In responding, be specific in detailing reform efforts in both states. Your dialogue responses are to demonstrate critical thought and are to focus on understanding reform concepts and their implications for application to work environments in each state.