Category: Business and Management

a research proposal witha title, with separate bibliography describing the form and methodology that your research will take.

The Financial Analyst at Mount Moreland Hospital, Pranjali Kashyap, asked for your help with a
program that involves healthcare services in the Baltimore neighborhoods from a van that has
been equipped with medical equipment and supplies. She needed help with the mobile
computing side of things related to this service. Your final management summary can include
more information on this topic, but for this deliverable, answer the questions below and site
your sources. : Be sure to write this
deliverable as if your team has already implemented this for the hospital. This is to show your
current client how you helped this company. 
• What were current trends related to the IT component? Were there any measurable
industry trends? 
• Who uses this IT component? What business functional areas were most impacted?
• Why was this IT component being used? What was gained by using the IS/IT, was
something changing in business or technology that is driving business interest in this
IS/IT, or what problems were businesses trying to address by using this IS/IT?
• What were benefits, limitations, risks related to this IT component  

Description
Assignment Details
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations strive hard to provide comprehensive benefits packages to attract and retain workers at all stages of their careers. These benefits are provided in a cost-effective way to meet the needs of staff and comply with federal guidelines. (Sampson & Fried, 2015)
You are appointed to the benefits administrator at San Jose County Hospital to address employee benefits issues. In a 5-page report, address the following questions:
What is an employee benefit?
How do benefits affect the recruitment and retention efforts of healthcare staff?
What are the challenges faced by healthcare managers in designing and implementing incentive programs and benefits packages?
List four employee benefits, and discuss them in terms of the following:
What is the purpose of the benefit?
Who pays?
Who determines the amount?
What are the types of plans?
Why is it important to do a cost–benefit analysis in HRM activities, especially recruitment and retention?
How do financial issues or concerns like benefits influence HR policies?
Make a recommendation in your summary on the types of benefits that San Jose County Hospital should offer to its employees.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

Chief Transformation Officer
[WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 3, 4] [NACE: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Read Week 5 Lecture Notes. (copied & pasted down below)
Review the article, Three Key Principles To Guide Ethical Decision-Making In The Digital Era (Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2022/02/07/three-key-principles-to-guide-ethical-decision-making-in-the-digital-era/?sh=79e2c6d75900)
Review the article, The Rise of Ethical Leadership In Modern Business Enterprises (Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2023/02/28/the-rise-of-ethical-leadership-in-modern-business-enterprises/?sh=7f5bd05737dd)
Weekly Learning Objectives Covered
Analyze the various strategies associated with proficient communications.
Define the skills required to effectively communicate change initiatives.
Analyze the use of ethics in change processes.
The Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) is an organizational position that is gaining recognition within many organizations. You will explore the CTO’s role, which is a relatively new type of leadership position.
| Prepare
In your paper,
Develop an introduction informing your audience of the purpose of the assignment.
Define the role and function of the CTO.
Explain how a CTO can help an organization with change initiatives.
Analyze how using an ethically focused approach can benefit the CTO when leading organizational members through change processes.
Explain some of the disadvantages or limitations of the CTO position.
Describe how an organization’s employment of a CTO is different than the “Changing from the Middle” approach (mentioned in Chapter 12 of the course textbook).
Complete the assignment by developing a conclusion that restates the main points in your assignment.
| Write
The Chief Transformation Officer paper
must be 3 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style.
must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
title of the paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
student’s name
name of institution
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date
must utilize academic voice. 
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style.
must include in-text citations and a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style.
Week 5 Lecture Notes
During the stages of planning, designing and implementation, leaders should pause and ask questions such as,
Is the change process ethically focused?
Has the team considered the ethical responsibility of the organization?
Has the company carefully considered possible risks?
How can those risks be minimized so that harm does not occur or is greatly reduced for stakeholders.
Having a strong ethical focus, when designing any change process will help create sustainable change.
If the change action has been properly designed to reduce or eliminate risks and implemented, it is now imperative that the leader pursues the organization’s culture and sees that the change is sustainable and embedded in the organization’s structure. This sounds like a simple task; one would assume that the change would be visible and therefore successful. However, here too, questions have to be asked, such as,
How does the leader know if the change initiative is actually embedded and part of the culture?
How does the leader know that the organization has become the new dynamic and is not just something they do – like a bullet point on the agenda?
How can the change practice be measured?
The leader must be fully committed at this point to devote their time and energy to ensure that the change is streaming throughout the organization.
The communication process plays a vital role to the success or failure of change. The leader has to take effective measures that will help the embedding process, such as:
Clearly explaining the roles of each player, so that they realize the purpose and importance of their role in the change process
Ensuring that change actions are tied to the strategic plan within the organization, thereby setting the path for its future growth and initiatives
Measuring the progress and celebrating the successes, as these will lessen the chaos that often accompanies change
Recognizing that productive failure is part of the process that allows participants to own the problem
Redesigning helps to develop collaborative effort
Review the video Lead Like the Great Conductors (Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors).
Each of the conductors in the video had a specific technique and style of communication. The orchestra understood the visual actions of the maestro and performed the expected behaviors to achieve the desired outcome. While every situation required the same ending, the guidance of the leader was very different. Developing the communication pattern was not something that happened overnight. The understanding took time and effort.
“Crying wolf” is not an attractive behavior of the change manager. It is crucial that the change manager understands when to develop an urgency and an escalation of commitment for seeking ownership and assistance. If everything becomes an urgent matter, then nothing is an urgent matter! Likewise, declaring victory too soon could cause a critical aspect of the implementation to be overlooked. The savvy change manager carefully paces the process and the communication throughout the initiative. Exploring clear and concise leadership from within the organization helps to establish a new culture.
The leader must mirror the new culture and the behaviors expected with the initiative (Cignoranelli, 2003). Taking change to the personal level encourages the participant to develop an ownership and partnership in the change, often ensuring the desired outcomes. The language of change must fit the audience. The dialogue for selling change to the internal culture will likely differ when communicating the same to external shareholders.
The bottom line? Communication is a key ingredient for change implementation and overall sustainability. Recognizing that each phase of change requires a new path of dialogue will help participants move through each phase and partner in the process
Forbes School of Business Faculty
References:
Cignoranelli, D. A. (2003). Communicating change initiatives. The practicing CPA, 27(8), 3–4.
Talgam, I. (2009, July). Lead like the great conductors [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors

Competencies
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Recommend operations management methods and techniques to increase value for customers
Evaluate how operations management generates value for an organization
Explain local, national, and global sustainability in relation to functional areas of business
Scenario
You work as the chief supply-chain officer at the large international corporation, NationaliTeas. NationaliTeas manufactures and sells tea worldwide. Its motto is “Keeping people and their taste buds awake (when they want to be awake).” Its mission is “Make the world more awake through rejuvenating and refreshing beverages and sustainable practices that uplift workers, communities, and souls.” Its vision is “to be the most respected tea manufacturer across at least three continents for our tea and our actions, which will be driven by a commitment ethical sourcing, minimal waste, and empowerment of our employees.”
You would like to establish an operational goal of having your corporation apply for a B Corp Certification within the next two years. You believe this would add value to the organization and help it to prioritize a stronger focus on sustainable operational practices. You have conducted a preassesment based on the recommendations for applying for B Corp Certification, and you’ve evaluated the corporation’s current strengths and areas for improvement.
Now you need to develop a proposal for the board of directors that explains why prioritizing the triple bottom line (TBL) through working toward B Corp Certification has organizational value. You must also propose three high-impact initiatives to help strengthen the corporation’s commitment to people, planet, and profit based on your evaluations.
Directions
Part One: Justification of Benefits: Justify the value of working toward more intentionally incorporating the TBL framework into organizational decision making, specifically how ethical business practices regarding people, planet, and profit can benefit society, the environment, and the company’s profit. Specifically, address the following:
Key Components: Explain the three key components of the TBL framework and how each component benefits businesses and society.
Organizational Value: Provide a justification regarding the value and benefits of using the TBL framework to inform corporate decision making, and explain connections between the organizational mission and the organizational vision.
B Corporation Benefits: Briefly describe the organizational benefits of attaining B Corp Certification.
Part Two: Operational Recommendations: Read through the Preassessment Evaluation Summary (located in the Supporting Materials section) for each aspect of the TBL (people, profit, and planet). You will need to provide a detailed description of the initiatives that will create the needed improvement. You should note the organizational and societal value of the initiative along with the operational management techniques recommended to plan and complete each initiative. For each of your three initiatives, address the following:
Organizational Impacts: Describe the organizational benefits of each initiative, specifically noting the expected positive impact of completing each. Examples of positive impacts include better alignment to the organization’s mission, vision, and culture statements; increased amounts of funds or resources saved; and improvements to the organization’s brand.
Societal Impacts: Describe the societal benefits of each initiative, specifically noting the expected positive impact of completing each. Examples of positive impacts include increased community building and positive environmental impact.
Customer Impacts: Describe the consumer benefits of each selected initiative, specifically noting the expected positive impact of completing each. Examples of positive impacts include increased alignment to target markets, improved product access and availability, and improved customer satisfaction.
Business Risks: Explain the business risks associated with prioritizing, planning, and resourcing each initiative and how these risks will be considered and monitored.
Operational Management Techniques: Recommend an operational management strategy or technique (e.g., project management, lean manufacturing, or Six Sigma) that is appropriate to implement for each selected initiative, and explain why.
Defining Requirements and Scope: Define the requirements for the successful implantation of each selected initiative as well as the scope of each. Describe how changes to the requirements and scope would impact timelines, budget, and risk.
Roles and Responsibilities: Explain the key internal and external stakeholders who would be involved in planning and implementing each selected initiative, as well as why each identified stakeholder is needed to successfully implement the initiatives.

Situation:
The HSS Program Manager, his staff, and his PMO Team seemed very receptive to all of your Integrated Papers that covered the PMO as a Standards Organization, Knowledge Organization, and as a Consulting Organization. But, the questions the PMO Team is struggling with are, “Who are the stakeholders involved?” and “What does the HSS RASMOS Program require from a PMO?” Also, The PMO Team Lead wants you to give her team some guidance on how to select which model they should use. However, you know it is not necessary to restrict an organization to a pure form of any one of the models. Rather, in most organizations a blend of the models allows an organization to select the specific aspects of each of the three models to shape a design for their organization.
Assignment:
On the Discussion Board in 400 to 450 words, opine your perspective of who you think the HSS RASMOS Program stakeholders are and what you think the HSS RASMOS Program requires from a PMO. Also, describe to your classmates a blend of the three models you think would work well for the HSS RASMOS Program, and substantiate why you think your approach would work well. After you have posted your primary post, engage in a participative discussion with your classmates about the various aspects of the blends your classmates have proposed. After you have posted your primary post, engage in a participative discussion with your classmates to further the discussion topic.

Buying a business is one way to own a small business. The process to purchase and take over a small business is comprehensive and difficult. Research and write a paper discussing the process of buying an existing small business. Describe the process, the items that are necessary to think about and the process to follow to ensure you have enough information to make a good decision. Discuss in detail the differences between Acquisition “Multiples / Goodwill / Blue Sky / and Assets” in the Business Acquisition Process. There are a lot of good resources if you Google them.
Use credible online website sources(Forbes and such), no peer review journals.
I have attached the rubric and an example of my writing style for reference.

Throughout this course we will discuss retailing strategies including the planning process, operations,
customers, competitors, etc. In Chapter 7 we will focus on market selection and retail location analysis.
For this project you have been hired as a consultant to determine the best location for a children’s
clothing store such as Children’s Place (http://www.childrensplace.com ). Your placement options are
Pineville, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Charlotte, or Chester (you can only pick 1 location). You will need to create
a 5-7 page report (business format – single space and 12pt font in Times New Roman) along with a cover
and a reference page. In this report you should discuss the key factors in determining the best location
such as economic growth, number of families, income, number of children, etc. A great source to use
(Census Bureau) is located at http://www.census.gov/. 

Using the theories and concepts of consumer behavior covered in AMB200 course, explain why consumers tend to apply more rational approach in making consumption decisions involving expensive products or services. Your essay should be approximately 300 words (+/- 10%). You must demonstrate adequate understanding of the theories covered in class and integrate relevant literature resources. Use 2 to 3 literature sources. Your essay should be brief and precise.
Lecture slides: Must read before start doing it
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QFXSZuzVRQEVv0EHFPxyNfzAmex_5VETG?usp=sharing 

Overview
To measure the financial performance of any company, it is important to analyze its four key financial statements: balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and shareholders’ equity statements. In this assignment, you will:
Visually present the balance sheet to depict what each company owns and what it owes over the past three years.
Visually present the income statement to depict how much money a company made and spent over the past three years.
The visual presentation and analysis will help you understand and compare the performance of both the companies to be acquired and eventually will help you build your recommendation for the acquisition.
Prompt
Use the provided data sets of Company A and Company B to create data visualizations of their financial performance in Power BI. Then, based on the visualizations, write an executive summary interpreting the financial performance of Company A and Company B. Include screenshots from your data visualizations as needed in your summary. Follow the directions in the Power BI Executive Summary Assignment User Manual.
To complete this assignment, you will use Power BI software that is located within the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
Specifically, you must address the following criteria:
Assets, Liability, and Equity: Summarize how the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity have changed over three years for Company A and Company B. Include screenshots of your data visualization as follows:
Company A: In Power BI, use the provided Company A Financials and construct a set of three clustered column charts, representing:
The assets of Company A as represented in the data during each of the three years
The liabilities and owners’ equity over the same three years
Once the column charts are created, summarize the insights about how the assets, liability, and equity have changed over three years, as presented in the visualizations using Power BI
Company B: In Power BI, use the provided Company B Financials and construct a set of three clustered column charts, representing:
The assets of Company B as represented in the data during each of the three years
The liabilities and owners’ equity over the same three years
Once the column charts are created, summarize the insights about how the assets, liability, and equity have changed over three years, as presented in the visualizations using Power BI
Revenue and Earnings: Use the provided income statements to summarize the gross revenue and net earnings for Company A and Company B over three years. Include screenshots of your data visualization as follows:
Company A: In Power BI, use the provided Company A Financials document and construct a line chart illustrating the visual relationship of revenue, gross profit, total expenses, earnings before tax, net earnings, and taxes.
Company B: In Power BI, use the provided Company B Financials document and construct a line chart illustrating the visual relationship of revenue, gross profit, total expenses, earnings before tax, net earnings, and taxes.
Conclusion: Summarize your observations about the financial performance of both companies. Include any insights you may have about their performance trends or how they have performed compared to each other over the past three years.
What to Submit
Submit a 2- to 3-page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations