Discuss the differential diagnosis

  • “Bonnie: PTSD” (located in the Start Here area of the classroom –> MyPsychLab, Video Series link).
  • “Phillip: Generalized Anxiety Disorder” (located in the Start Here area of the classroom –> MyPsychLab, Video Series Link).

(c)  Discuss the diagnosis presented in one of the videos (Bonnie or Phillip). According to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, explain whether the individual either meets or does not meet full criteria for the diagnosis in DSM-5, based on the symptoms reported in the video.

(d) Discuss the differential diagnosis. (i.e., several disorders may have overlapping symptoms. Which other diagnoses have similar symptoms, and why would they not be diagnosed in this particular case?)

Why it is important to develop a professional identity and how to write a professional identity statement

Why it is important to develop a professional identity and how to write a professional identity statement

Developing a professional identity requires three important steps: (1) gaining knowledge, skills, and values held by other practitioners in the chosen profession; (2) differentiating oneself from those who are not part of the chosen profession; and (3) identifying with the chosen profession.

Questions

  1. Why it is important to develop a professional identity and how to write a professional identity statement.
  2. Describe the values and beliefs that influence you as an advanced human services professional practitioner concerned with leading change efforts to benefit individuals and communities and create a more just society.
  3. Explain how you define yourself as a practitioner working in a leadership position.
  4. Describe your special interests (e.g., specific issues and populations of interest to you, including those that speak to a social justice passion).

Write one page draft and include draft authenticity.

Health Indicators Graphical Representation 

Wk 4 Team – Health Indicators Graphical Representation

Assignment Content

  1. Resources: Centers for Disease Control

    Consider the information discussed in Ch. 7 regarding the three indicators of health: life expectancy, infant mortality, and subjective well-being.
    Determine what these indicators are for each state ( MICHIGAN ) and gender within your Learning Team.
    Create a visual representation of each culture using graphs in Microsoft®Word, Excel®, or another program. You can view some examples of visual representations on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website.
    Consider what factors may contribute to the differences found in your results.
    Discuss these results in 350 to 700 words.

    Incorporate a minimum of three credible, peer-reviewed references.
    Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
    Submit your assignment.

    Resources

What can Kickstarter do in the coming years to reinforce their competitive advantage? 

What can Kickstarter do in the coming years to reinforce their competitive advantage? 

From their inception, the founders of Kickstarter were largely aligned in how they prioritized a culture rooted in achievement and ethical behavior.

However, they ran into numerous problems and have also dealt with competitive threats due to the exploding interest in crowdfunding.

Question: What can Kickstarter do in the coming years to reinforce their competitive advantage? 

Instructions:

* I HAVE PROVIDED A TEMPLATE for you to use. CLICK HERE for the Template. 

* Answer the question listed above by providing TWO core strategic actions. You may list additional information and discussion, but focus your efforts on these TWO recommendations that Kickstarter should incorporate. For each recommendation, associate a threat/opportunity with a strength/weakness.

* Also, pay very close attention to the consulting frameworks we have introduced thus far and the criteria that constitute a sustainable competitive advantage.

* Ensure that you adhere to the norms of written communication, including message, grammar, and spelling.

Critique communication styles in healthcare leadership settings

Critique communication styles in healthcare leadership settings

Effective leadership requires the leader to have a way with people. This is not necessarily the same as being a people person. The leader must, at least, have a way with people because ultimately the people should want to follow.

Week 2 examines how leaders can develop their way with the people they lead. In this week, you will also learn how to cultivate the skills required to improve your leadership people skills.

Your Learning Objectives for the Week:

  • Critique communication styles in healthcare leadership settings.
  • Develop strategies to provide mentoring and professional development in people.
  • Contrast team-building processes to building trust and cohesiveness among team members

article about an antitrust decision against a U.S.-multinational company

article about an antitrust decision against a U.S.-multinational company

Find a recent (within the past year) article about an antitrust decision against a U.S.-multinational company by a foreign entity or country. Once you do, accomplish the following:

  • Share your web link and summarize your article in three to four bullet points.
  • What are some strategies management can put in place to address future reoccurrences of this type of decision?
  • Do some brief web research and share trends and thoughts on “trust busting” and “antitrust” legislations and decisions. Is the antitrust war growing? Is antitrust legislation and trust busting politically motivated and simply a political tool?

Create a brief synopsis with your answers.

Your initial post should be 200 to 300 words. You should use at least two credible and recent sources in addition to the course textboo

Managing performance

Managing performance- apa – 1 page-

Within an organization, when an employee is assessed based upon his or her

performance, it is critical that the employee can provide feedback associated with their

performance review. In fact, employees should be able to disagree with aspects of the

performance review (as applicable).

Many organizations have processes associated with appealing a performance review.

Explain what factors you believe should be included in the appeals process. Then,

justify who you believe should be involved, at each step of the appeal, in the process.

Additionally, explain how two of the errors found in Section 7-3 (page 206 in your

textbook), can impact performance reviews. Then, identify how these errors can be

corrected/prevented.

It is important to present an in-depth analysis and integrate sufficient support from

scholarly resources throughout the assignment. Use suitable headings and

subheadings to organize the work in an appropriate manner. Be sure to support your

statements with logic and argument, citing any sources referenced.

Case Discussion: Smithfield Custom Furniture

Case Discussion: Smithfield Custom Furniture (Part 4 Conclusion)

This case discussion continues with the Smithfield Furniture Company. (You may desire to briefly review the facts provided to you in Discussions 1—3  to address this week’s discussion.)

It is now April 1, 2020. The 2015 purchase of You Figure it Out was culminated and the planned integration of their manufacturing and sales, as described in Discussion 3, fully completed.

The company now has 411 stores and 24,000 employees. 344 of the 411 retail outlets all sell the upscale and moderately priced lines; 51 retail outlets (Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4)) sell only the You Figure it Out brand. These 51 stores employ 2,000 of the 24,000 workers.

There are 16 stores overseas, Spain (4), France (4), Germany (4), and England (4), that sell all 3 product lines. These stores employ 1,000 workers. Half of these employees work in the retail stores and the other half work at various seaports in their countries receiving furniture and delivering the furniture produced in the US to various stores and customers.

In 2015, Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors purchased You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture.  The furniture and furniture-related accessories of You Figure it Out were all made in China, but with the 2015 acquisition, all furniture is manufactured at 1 of the 5 furniture manufacturing plants in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4).

2019 Gross Sales (all product lines) $1.6 Billion US.  2019 Net Profit $440 Million   April 30, 2020 (Cash Reserves) $2.8 Billion

60% of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with the upscale product line. 25% of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with the You Figure it Out product line. 15% of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with overseas outlets. In other words, for the purpose of this case activity, all 3 product lines are proportional in terms of revenue and expenses.

The Management Issue: Presently, it is believed that as early as March 2020, the possibility exists for the company to be in the throes of a worldwide rapidly spreading, high contagious, debilitating, and often fatal viral pandemic.  The company must plan for this eventuality to occur.

Your Task for Your Initial Post 

Margot Smithfield has requested you, based on the course materials you have studied the past seven weeks related to Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling, to briefly discuss (supported by course materials. in-text citations, and references) the major impact this pandemic will have on Smithfield Custom Furniture’s Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling functions. You can assume a vaccine will be available and distributed worldwide 18 months from the start of the pandemic.

After you have discussed the major impact the pandemic will have on the company’s Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling functions, you must indicate for each of those functions the most significant action the company will need to take to ensure its survival, assuming the pandemic’s effects will last 18 months.

Format for Your Initial Post

You must use the exact numbers and their corresponding headings for each of your initial post.  You are required to use when appropriate in-text citations and a reference list.

1. Pandemic: Major Effects on Planning for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

1A: Pandemic: Most Significant Planning Action for Company

2. Pandemic: Major Effects on Organizing for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

2A: Pandemic: Most Significant Organizing Action for Company

3. Pandemic: Major Effects on Leading for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

3 A: Pandemic: Most Significant Leading Action for Company

4. Pandemic: Major Effects on Controlling for Smithfield Custom Furniture Company

4A: Pandemic: Most Significant Controlling Action for Company

Use only these sources:

http://www.systems-thinking.org/stada/stada.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP7hMdnNrH4

https://learn.umgc.edu/content/enforced/547071-001033-01-2212-OL2-6982/The%20Ten%20Principles%20of%20Collaborative%20Organizations.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=e8zE5ML5f1E21lMb4ElCNgjbN

https://www.managementstudyguide.com/introduction-to-agile-business.htm

https://www.managementstudyguide.com/being-agile-and-future-proof.htm

Describe the reasons why an internally consistent compensation system is necessary.

Describe the reasons why an internally consistent compensation system is necessary.

Instructions

You are the human resources (HR) manager for a technology company that provides technical support for hospitals using computer systems that share information. Your company has just been awarded a new contract that is requiring a huge increase in the organization’s workforce. The contract will involve providing technical support for several large hospital systems in the Midwest. As a result, you have been asked to outline the process that you will use to develop an internally consistent compensation system and present it to the owners of the company for approval.Create a two-page essay in which you address the following issues:

  • Describe the reasons why an internally consistent compensation system is necessary.
  • Outline the process involved in creating an internally consistent compensation system.
  • In the introduction to your essay, create a fictional name and location for your company.

Make sure that your essay includes enough information to convince the owners that the time, effort, and manpower that this process will take will be worth it to the company in the long run. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Google Is Now Alphabet—But What’s the Corporate Strategy?

Corporate diversification strategies raise a wide range of strategic management issues. For this week’s critical thinking assignment, read the case study found in your textbook (Case 19): Google Is Now Alphabet—But What’s the Corporate Strategy?

Remember, a case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific case and study questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:

  1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course area which apply to the situation described in the case study.
  2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the course area issues. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current course area. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.
  3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.
  4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life examples or cases from textbooks.
  5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.

Case Study Questions:

  1. What is Google’s corporate strategy? Does Google have a clear vision of what it wants to become?
  2. Use Porter’s Essentials Test (Chapter 12) to determine if this strategy creates competitive advantage. If so, how? If not, why not?
  3. Look beyond the conventional sources of synergy and consider complementarities, bargaining power, and rivals. What threats does Google face?
  4. Does Google need to refocus? How should Google delineate its corporate boundaries and which businesses, or products would you recommend abandoning or divesting, if any?

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title page or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.