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Reflect on the social and economic conditions that created the context for hip-hop. How do these documentaries and stories impact your understanding of American history, urban American history, and the history of hip-hop?

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8. Work on Creative Media Reflection Journal #1:

Journal 1 is in response to Style Wars and Rubble Kings documentaries. These two documentary films explore different aspects of the origins of Hip-Hop music and culture. Rubble Kings documents the social, political, and economic origins of Hip-Hop’s rise in the Bronx, whereas Style Wars focuses more on arts, culture, and aesthetics.

Reflect on the social and economic conditions that created the context for hip-hop. How do these documentaries and stories impact your understanding of American history, urban American history, and the history of hip-hop?

Summarize the article to include the healthcare setting, the quality initiative, the methodology, and outcomes. Was there a framework used to guide the implementation? Did the author(s) describe any barriers to implementation? Was there improvement and if so, was the improvement sustained?

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Discussion 333

For this week’s discussion, use the Saudi Digital Library to locate a scholarly journal article that details the use of implementation science to advance quality improvement in healthcare.

  • Summarize the article to include the healthcare setting, the quality initiative, the methodology, and outcomes.
  • Was there a framework used to guide the implementation?
  • Did the author(s) describe any barriers to implementation?
  • Was there improvement and if so, was the improvement sustained?
  • Discuss what additional or alternative quality improvement methods, implementation science approaches, and framework you would have used or recommended.
  • Describe two key takeaways from this article that you would incorporate into a similar quality improvement project in the future.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (which require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

You are required to make your initial post (create thread) in order to see others posts and make comments. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post’s answer. Normal course dialogue does not fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

Analyze the article and determine whether it’s an example of a “proactive” or “reactive” action strategy (on behalf of the business, organization or individual), and provide specific evidence that proves it is one or the other, e.g., proactive or reactive.

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In the news

The focus for this week’s In the News assignment is: Proactive or Reactive?

Choose a news story from the past week or two where a loss of public trust has affected the reputation of a business, organization or individual. This news story must include a comment or commentary from the business, organization or individual that the news story is about.

Analyze the article and determine whether it’s an example of a “proactive” or “reactive” action strategy (on behalf of the business, organization or individual), and provide specific evidence that proves it is one or the other, e.g., proactive or reactive.

The news item can be from any news source with English language content. Submit a short summary and analysis of the news including a link to the story (1 page minimum-400words).

Approach “In the News” with an analytical eye, and avoid simply repeating information from the article. Try to draw conclusions from the content provided, such as who are the target audiences, what are the key messages, and what is the reputational impact of the issue? Remember to analyze the situation through a “Strategic Communication” lens.

In addition to answering the questions below, make sure to cover specifically what caused the loss of public trust, what they seem to be doing to repair it, and why you think it’s an example of either a “proactive” or “reactive” action strategy.

  1. What happened, was announced or was reported publicly (shortest section)?
  2. How was the situation handled from a “strategic communication” standpoint (longest section)?
    • Are the stakeholders well defined; are the messages clear and delivered in a way that made a positive impact (give examples)?
    • How did the business, individual, or government agency appear to be executing a strategy to build reputation or repairing reputational damage, e.g., what are they trying to achieve strategically in their communication (longest section)?
    • What, if anything, is being done to repair public trust?

Have you ever considered why you do the things you do? Why you think what you think? Why do you get-up in the morning? What keeps you moving forward in life? What are your personal beliefs about your life? God? Death? Heaven? Hell?

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Writing a “Ethical Philosophy” Essay

(Voltura Philosophy Class)

Have you ever considered why you do the things you do? Why you think what you think? Why do you get-up in the morning? What keeps you moving forward in life? What are your personal beliefs about your life? God? Death? Heaven? Hell? What matters to you – what does not? Is success important? Is family? Are your possessions important to you? How do you know there is anything after you die? What is the ultimate meaning of life? What about relationships? How do they impact you? Are they important? What is love? What is faith and hope? What is religion? What is knowledge? What do you see as ethical or unethical? How do you define your morals? What conduct do you find especially distasteful and why? What bothers you about immorality? Why? What do you use a guide to make ethical choices? What gets in the way of being ethical? Why? Are there things that are always “wrong”? Is money the most important thing or just an annoyance? What is important to you?

These are only a few of the many questions you may think about each day – and if you’ve never thought about them, now’s your chance. This essay serves 3 main purposes:

  1. To help you clarify or develop you own philosophy about your life;
  2. Determine what’s important to you -what your values are; and
  3. Review, question, and perhaps change some of the assumptions you’ve been making about “truth.”

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Fontaine’s and Gaudin ‘s negotiating strategy in their deliberations with Reliant Chemical Company.

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Pacific Oil Case

1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Fontaine’s and Gaudin ‘s negotiating strategy in their deliberations with Reliant Chemical Company.

2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Hauftman’s and Zinnser’s negotiating strategy.

3. 3 What would you do at the end of the case? Would you agree with the last request? Explain why.

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What did the podcast discuss? Briefly describe in your own words. How do you feel about what you listened to? Negative/positive? Why? How does the podcast relate to theories that we have discussed this week or in another week?

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A $60 dollar tip will be provide

Response Papers (2 pages each). It MUST contain in-text citations and references. Only one direct quote is allowed per paper. You should paraphrase material and cite it to support your ideas.

Select one of these topics, or a topic of your own choosing. Focus on identified problems and improvement opportunities, key issues for planning, and implementation via your MAP components.

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Health & Medical Question

Instructions

Strategic Management Action Plan

Introduction: For your project in this unit, you will be developing what is known as a strategic management action plan (MAP). When all the strategic planning is done, it is time for management action planning based upon our strategies. This is where many healthcare organizations of all types fall short. The same level of effort that went into creating the strategic plan needs to continue as we take action, measure progress, and reassess over time. Management action planning is a step-by-step approach developed to help healthcare leaders plan the action steps that will lead to positive change for our organizations.

The strategic plan sets the direction for us, and our MAPs get the work done, turning strategy into reality. Developing a MAP is a seven-step process, and you will actually be practicing this MAP process as you create your project. Refer to the steps in your textbook, Chapter 10, pp. 407–412, for guidance. Some suggested MAP topics are provided here, and you are certainly free to propose your own topic. Perhaps you will choose something that truly needs to be addressed in your own organization. You may even find the MAP to be a valuable tool as you lead your own organization.

Suggested health care subjects include the topics listed below. Select one of these topics, or a topic of your own choosing. Focus on identified problems and improvement opportunities, key issues for planning, and implementation via your MAP components.

  • Nursing Recruitment and Retention in Health Care
  • Continuing Education Challenges
  • Patient Care Technology
  • Staff Safety on Duty
  • Patient Safety in Hospitals
  • Stakeholder Relationships
  • Community Education Programs
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Medical Director Involvement
  • Quality Improvement Program for Health Care
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Rural Health Issues
  • Funding for Hospital Programs
  • Neonatal/Pediatric Services

Your project should be a minimum of three to four pages in length and should include a cover page and reference page (cover and reference pages do not count toward the minimum page requirement). You need to include at least one graph, table, or chart to identify, analyze, and interpret your data for key issues concerning your MAP components. Also, show how this information and technology supports your MAP components. To supplement your MAP, you should include at least four sources, one should be from the CSU Online Library, and you can include your textbook. References and citations must be provided using APA style. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Analyze your current leadership skills based on what you have learned in this course. Identify your primary style of leadership. Identify 2 leadership theories/styles that would be beneficial to your current/future leadership role.

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Leadership style

  • Analyze your current leadership skills based on what you have learned in this course.
  • Identify your primary style of leadership.
  • Identify 2 leadership theories/styles that would be beneficial to your current/future leadership role.
    • Summarize your understanding of both.
    • Explain how you would apply both to make you a more effective leader.
    • Illustrate 2 positive outcomes that you would expect to occur from each.
  • Examine your results from the following assessments completed throughout the term: Authentic Leadership and Emotional Intelligence.
    • Summarize each area and identify 2 areas within each assessment you wish to further develop.
    • Identify how you will develop each over the next year and how it will make you a more effective leader.
    • Illustrate 2 positive outcomes that you would expect to occur from each.
  • Develop a personal leadership philosophy and support your ideas with material from this course and outside research.
    • Provide an example where your leadership philosophy can be applied to lead an organizational change.
    • Your leadership philosophy does not have to be any specific leadership model we reviewed. Rather, it should represent your trajectory of leadership as it applies to your career aspirations. Consider your leadership style, personality, career path, and the industry you work (or wish to work in) and determine which leadership skills will be most effective.

How did “you” experience the “peace to end all peace” in the Middle East?

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Essay, Historical empathy exercise

How did “you” experience the “peace to end all peace” in the Middle East? You have been assigned a particular perspective. Based on the information provided, write a brief memoir of “your” experiences. Consider how you would have responded to the postwar settlement and what experiences you would have had, based on your ethnic, social, and political background. You do not require a thesis for this essay. Be creative and “get into the role.”

 

Note: a good historian has the ability to put him/herself into the shoes of people in the past, as far as this is possible. This does not mean embracing their views but trying to understand what they thought and felt and why they thought, felt, and acted the way they did. Morally speaking, this is also an excellent exercise in understanding unfamiliar positions and, perhaps, to gain more insight into them.

Do you think selling products with built-in obsolescence is an ethical way to do business?

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Week 5: Interactive activity

5.1 Learning Outcomes:

  • Monitor and manage the solution
  • Verify the solution
  • Use adaptive techniques
  • Develop ethical solutions

5.2 Action Required:

Read the following statement:

Built-in obsolescence means designing products that will degrade over time or otherwise need to be replaced. Many products depend on built-in obsolescence to ensure sales, such as light bulbs, batteries, and electronic devices.

5.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

Do you think selling products with built-in obsolescence is an ethical way to do business?

5.4 Instructions

  • Answer the question in test your knowledge section.
  • Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week5: Interactive learning Discussion)