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Research a scholarly paper on “Project Management” and reflect on only one (1) of the following:
“PMI”: PMI identifies a number of Process Groups, Knowledge Areas and individual Processes. Which ones seem the most critical or the most demanding or the most complex.
“3-legged stool”: Name and describe how each leg of the 3-legged stool of project management affects the other legs.
This exercise is adopted from your textbook: Rascati, K. (2013). Essentials of
pharmacoeconomics. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
You are interested in comparing the costs and outcomes over 1-year time period of preventive
strategies for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. You plan to compare three options:
1) Oral Cal-More, 10 mg/day
2) Nasal Cal-More, 200 IU/day
3) Long-acting Cal-More, 70 mg once a week. (Note: These are not real product names.).
The main outcome measured is incidence of bone fracture and the effect on QALYs. Each year,
about 5% of the patients taking once-a-day oral Cal-More have a fracture (95% do not), about
10% of those taking nasal Cal-More experience a fracture (90% do not), and 5% of those taking
long-acting Cal-More experience a fracture (95% do not). The cost of treating a fracture is
$3,000, and a fracture decrease a person’s QALY by 0.5 QALYs. Once-a-day oral Cal-More
causes gastrointestinal (GI) complications in 5% pf the patients. Nasal Cal-More causes nasal
irritation or bleeding in 10% of the cases. Once-a-week oral Cal-More causes GI complications
in 2% of the patients.
The average cost of treating GI complications is $200, and QALYs are decreased by 0.2. the
average cost of treating nasal problems is $100, and QALYs are decreased by 0.1.
The costs per year of the three medications are:
• Once-a-day oral Cal-More = $600
• Once-a-day Nasal Cal-More = $800
• Once-a-week oral Cal-More = $1,000
1) Draw a decision tree (3 points)
2) Calculate path probabilities (1 Point)
3) Calculate the average QALYs for each treatment (1 Point)
4) Calculate the average cost for each treatment (1 Point)
5) Calculate the average cost per QALYs for each treatment (1 Point)
6) Calculate the ICER between treatment options oral once a day and nasal once a day (1
Point)
7) Calculate the ICER between treatment options oral once a day and oral once a week (1
Point)
8) Provide your conclusion (1 Point)
Hint: individual has perfect health has 1 QAL
The surrogate role is not one that is frequently mentioned in recent nursing practice literature. Is that role as defined by Peplau relevant to nursing practice as currently experienced? If so, in what way? If not, why?
Write a 300-word strategy evaluation report on a chosen company.
Introduction
Research from the Internet and from printed information can enhance strategy evaluation. Competitors’ performance information can help bring perspective to an organization’s performance evaluation. It is also important to look at changes, externally and internally, as an indicator for the need to modify strategy.
A strategy evaluation framework can help achieve annual and long-term objectives. Evaluation allows an organization to use internal strengths and to capitalize on external opportunities as they surface, defending against market shifts and correcting internal weaknesses before they become a problem. Successful organizations formulate, implement, and evaluate strategies intentionally and continually evaluate their strategic position—shaping their future intentionally as opposed to being shaped by external forces. Strategic management allows an organization to make effective decisions, execute those decisions efficiently, and take corrective action. The key to effective strategy evaluation is the integration of intuition and analysis. Strategic management is first a people process and a mechanism for fostering organizational communication. The planning process is more important than the written plan. In fact, the written plan is only a snapshot and because of the rapid rate of change, leaders must plan continuously.
Strategic management also includes formulating, implementing, and evaluating organization-wide decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives (David, 2014). Formulation includes the organization’s mission, internal and external assessments, and the establishment of strategies. Implementation includes the creation of short-term objectives and allocation of resources to achieve strategies. Evaluation reviews performance and recommends corrective action. There are many benefits to strategic planning, including financial and competitive sustainability in a global market. Globalization, e-commerce, and attention to the environment have become important strategic concerns. Engaging employees in the strategic management process can facilitate the implementation of a well-planned strategy and enhance competitive advantage. Through this course, you have learned about the importance of mission and involvement in a sequential planning process.
Reference
David, F. R. (2014). Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach, concepts & cases (15th ed.). Pearson Prentice Hall.
Preparation
Select an organization to analyze. Ideally, the company you choose will be a familiar one and one to which you have easy access, such as your place of employment or a company close to where you live. You may use the same organization for other assessments in this course.
Deliverable
Complete the following:
Use the Capella library and the Internet to locate three articles written in the last six months, or as current as possible, about the industry of your selected organization.
Consider the following questions as you do your research:
What new opportunities and threats, or strengths and weaknesses seem to be emerging in this industry?
Do you feel that your selected organization is using effective strategies?
What recommendations would you offer?
Write a 300-word document titled “Strategy Evaluation Report” in which you include the following:
Summarize your organization’s strategy and performance in the current year.
Identify strategic information about your organization’s competitors.
Identify new opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses that seem to be emerging in the selected organization’s industry.
very brief biography
how their formal and information education helped to shape their creative contributions in their field
family life and relationships
personality
what are the similarities/differences of this creator and me (yourself personally – personal application)?
What is the main difference you see between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Give an example of differences. (250 words minimum)
You are a new employee at an IT help desk. The organization that you work for has computers that are due
for an operating system (OS) upgrade. Your supervisor has provided you with tasks needed to facilitate a smooth upgrade process. You will use the provided
elements to explain and illustrate the implementation of an operating system upgrade. You will write a report design a presentation and create two brief
tutorials.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Written Report:
I. Using the provided coding, determine modifications to the code in order to communicate to employees about the pending operating system upgrade
through a display on their desktop computer screen.
A. Identify five components of the code, indicating their role in programming. Be sure to address all five components.
B. Modify existing code to generate a new message to employees that informs them of the anticipated date for the upgrade. Use screenshots to illustrate the working code before and after modification.
C. Describe the changes made and why they were necessary.
II. Using the provided illustration of the network configuration for the organization, give a detailed description of the computer network. The description will be used by Help Desk staff to provide necessary support to employees.
A. Network Configuration – Explanation: Describe the configuration of the network, explaining the role of each component and connection
Explain, with concrete examples, the differences among leadership, management, and followership. Then, discuss the following:
At times, do the examples overlap with a nurse acting in all three capacities at the same time?
Are two of the three capacities more likely to overlap? If yes, which two capacities?
Pick a current local, state, or national political leader and differentiate the leadership and management qualities of the leader. Who are these leaders and followers?
Write a 2–3 page evaluation of the quality improvement program that you have created. This should be the annual summary of the hypothetical data. Make sure your hypothetical data are credible.
Part 2:
As you may recall from Week 1, your Course Project was to prepare a total quality improvement program, with a focus on one high-risk area. Continuous quality improvement covers many areas. Throughout the course, you have learned about the attributes that constitute a quality improvement team and what questions this team attempts to answer. The assignments toward this project that you completed each week can now be assembled into a single instructional document.
Make necessary adjustments to your document so that each segment flows smoothly into the next. Evaluate your project using the criteria given below.
Are the indicators and their measurements appropriate to the high-risk area? Do the indicators capture the risk?
Are the fictional incidents realistic and plausible?
Is the filled chart consistent with the fictional incident?
Is the plan of correction feasible? Will it prevent the occurrence of the incident in future?
How do you know the plan worked? What measures will you use to identify effectiveness?
Include an introduction, conclusion and reference page to this assignment.
Need to quote a non-internet source
Need to quote Arete by Miller thorughout
Need to quote Ancient Greek Athletics by Miller
Guidelines:
Give appropriate background to the site of Olympia. Where is it? How is the site controlled as the venue for one of the Crown Games? (Think: who controls Olympia?) When did religious activities start at the site—and what did that entail? Are there important myths that are connected to the site that add to its history?
Explore the site, with a brief overview of important elements that illustrate that this is not only a religious sanctuary—but also a site for athletic competitions. Choose at least three of the following structures to describe and briefly explain their cultural and historical significance at the site of Olympia:
Temple of Hera
Temple of Zeus and its architectural decoration
Stadium
Treasuries
Bouleuterion
Leonidaion
Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus and Regilla
When concluding your paper, consider thinking about: why is Olympia, the site and the games that occurred there, so important for Greek society and culture?