What is your statement of the problem solving competency and customer requirements (define the challenge, clarity and focus)

Using IDEO’s Five Steps of Design Thinking, compile responses to the following questions into a final project for this course, in relation to you, your venture, and your innovation: What: Discovery with Empathy What have you done to understand your customer (human-centered design process) What: Scope Definition What is your statement of the problem solving competency and customer requirements (define the challenge, clarity and focus) How: Generate and Ideate What divergent thinking technique have you used to create a design solution (idea generation) How: Experimentation and Prototyping What is your plan for building a prototype What questions do you need answered from your prototype How: Evolution and Testing How will you solicit feedback about your prototype

What are some of the most common forms of unethical behavior in our workforce today?

1. What are some of the most common forms of unethical behavior in our workforce today? How could leadership in organizations help to minimize this ethical misconduct? Explain and support your positions with relevant course content and outside sources. 2. As our businesses have developed over the last 100 plus years, have our modern day businesses evolved to be more ethical today? What are some of the factors that helped you come to your conclusion? Take a position and support your thoughts. 3. Would you describe the financial meltdown in our 2007-2008 financial markets as a failure of “people” or of our “capital market processes”? Why? Support your thoughts with ethical theory and examples. Use our library for added research if needed. 4. Tell me about why diversity and discrimination are two important ethical factors that leaders should focus on while attempting to manage their workforce? Provide one example of how mismanaging these issues have had an impact on an organization. How would you explain the importance of these to your employees? 5. Are corporate outreach and company sponsored volunteer programs a good idea for organizations to implement? Why? From an ethical leadership perspective, why would you choose OR not choose to implement these programs? Use course theory and specific examples to support your conclusion.

What are the potential risks involved with this program, and what processes can be put in place to manage these risks?

Every program has risks associated with it. This week, I want you to review your idea and provide a risk analysis. What are the potential risks involved with this program, and what processes can be put in place to manage these risks? One specific risk that I want you to discuss is related to cultural differences. Please assume that your company is a multinational corporation…will this program work in all areas of the business? If not, how can it be adapted for the other country/countries involved?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration as compared with the status quo of litigation? Are there any other alternatives worth considering?

Suppose that you are the HR manager for a company. Following a string of expensive law suits with former employees, your boss asks you to prepare a memo articulating whether or not your company should add a new policy in all employment agreements and employee handbooks which makes arbitration mandatory for any disputes arising out of employment with your company. Your boss is interested in reducing both the cost and public visibility of employment disputes, but she is also concerned about any legal problems with executory arbitration, including precedents, as well as any negative PR that might come out of such a move. Draft said memo thoroughly discussing the options and their implications. Be sure to address, at minimum, the following: 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration as compared with the status quo of litigation? Are there any other alternatives worth considering? 2. Is executory arbitration legal? Are there any circumstances under which such an agreement might not be enforceable? 3. Even if it is legal, how are such agreements viewed generally? Are they perceived as fair among the general public? Are there any potential repercussions in that respect worth considering? 4. What are the implications concerning arbitration in terms of precedent and privacy? Do arbitration decisions create legal precedent? If so, can employees disclose information discussed in arbitration hearings to other parties without the company’s consent, such that it may be used in subsequent disputes? Providing additional references to your assignments demonstrates your desire to conduct additional research on the topic area, and can improve your research skills.

What do you believe are the roles and functions of a professional nurse and how do you envision fulfilling these roles and functions at program completion?

Applying to a nursing program and need a personal statement. Question is: What do you believe are the roles and functions of a professional nurse and how do you envision fulfilling these roles and functions at program completion?

Discuss the barriers to health for this group resulting from culture, socioeconomics, education, and sociopolitical factors.

Select an ethnic minority group that is represented in the United States (American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander). Using health information available from Healthy People, the CDC, and other relevant government websites, analyze the health status for this group. In a paper of 1,000-1,250 words, compare and contrast the health status of your selected minority group to the national average. Include the following: Describe the ethnic minority group selected. Describe the current health status of this group. How do race and ethnicity influence health for this group? What are the health disparities that exist for this group? What are the nutritional challenges for this group? Discuss the barriers to health for this group resulting from culture, socioeconomics, education, and sociopolitical factors. What health promotion activities are often practiced by this group? Describe at least one approach using the three levels of health promotion prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) that is likely to be the most effective in a care plan given the unique needs of the minority group you have selected. Provide an explanation of why it might be the most effective choice. What cultural beliefs or practices must be considered when creating a care plan? What cultural theory or model would be best to support culturally competent health promotion for this population? Why? Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.

Identify a facility of your choice and then identify the different mental health services available.

There are many services available for older adults related to psychosocial, cognitive, and emotional issues. Identify a facility of your choice (based on where you would like to work in the health care field) and then identify the different mental health services available. Make sure you select a specific facility. What services does the facility offer to address the following areas: Psychosocial Cognitive Emotional Describe what you would recommend to fill the gap in service if the facility does not have a program that relates to one of the areas above. Prepare an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation outlining your findings. Your cover page and Reference Page does not count towards your minimum number of slides. Include detailed speaker notes of minimum 100 words per slide. This should be what you would say during the presentation. Create a one page handout to accompany your presentation – this is what you would give to your participants that attended your presentation – information drawn from your presentation about the mental health services provided and importance, an education piece for them to take away.

Write an essay analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of deficit spending and the effects of federal government borrowing on the economy i.e., the “crowding out” effect.

Assignment 1: Deficit Spending During the Great Recession, like any other economic downturns, as unemployment rises, aggregate income declines causing a major decline in tax collections. On the other hand, with the rise in unemployment, spending on safety net programs rise. So, there are not too many good options available to resort the health of the national economy. It will be very difficult to defend cuts in the federal government programs and especially the programs geared to sustain the minimum of the standard of living for the recent “poor.” So, government needs to increase its borrowing. Deficit spending refers to government spending exceeding what it brings in federal income and corporate taxes during a certain period. Deficit spending hence increases government debt. Most economists accept that deficit spending is desirable and necessary as part of countercyclical fiscal policy. In such a case, government increases its borrowing and hence its deficit to compensate for the shortfall in aggregate demand. This is derived from Keynesian economics, and has been the mainstream economics view. Following John Maynard Keynes, many economists recommend deficit spending to moderate or end a recession, especially a severe one. When the economy has high unemployment, an increase in government purchases creates a market for business output, creating income and encouraging increases in consumer spending, which creates further increases in the demand for business output. (This is the multiplier effect). This raises the real gross domestic product (GDP) and the level of employment and lowers the unemployment rate. Government borrowing under such circumstances increases the demand for borrowing and thus pushes interest rates up. Rising interest rates can “crowd out” (discourage) fixed private investment spending, canceling out some of the demand stimulus arising from the deficit Write an essay analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of deficit spending and the effects of federal government borrowing on the economy i.e., the “crowding out” effect.

Explain how the Noel and Blauner hypotheses apply to the contact situations of one of the immigrant groups we are learning about.

1) View the following presentation, “Chapter Three The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Pre-Industrial America: The Origins of Slavery:” http://slideplayer.com/slide/4051413/ Then, explain how the Noel and Blauner hypotheses apply to the contact situations of one of the immigrant groups we are learning about. How and why do you think group conflict varied when competition was over land rather than labor? OR 2) View our course material (video) titled “Balance of Power” here: https://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=F86AFDF53728AD8546727782563FC3F9E72134CE7E51789B521CA00072A993669A64AA9436281E58E48FB6DD9B369CD2AB742040840B43E6 Then, explain how you can connect the issues discussed in this video with events in U.S. immigration history from the Colonial and/or Pre-Revolutionary War eras as discussed in our other resources for this week (see our readings and multimedia materials for this week under Lessons). Do immigration histories play out today in the lack of “voice” in political and other realms?