Evaluate at least 3 business units or stakeholder groups that should be subjected to further evaluation to support the strategic initiatives of the organization, and provide your rationale and justification.

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Important note regarding Individual Projects in Units 1–5: This course uses a series of progressive Individual Projects in which you will focus on a real world and publicly-held health care organization. You are encouraged to use caution when selecting the organization that you intend to study in the Unit 1 Individual Project because it will be used in all Unit assignments in this course. You should review all five Individual Project assignments to understand the nature of the projects, the information requirements, the research required, and the expectations. Please make sure that the organization that you select is publicly-held and therefore has information that is readily available to the public. This is essential to your ability to complete all assignments. If you are uncertain about the suitability of organizations for these assignments, please speak directly with your faculty member before commencing work on this assignment.

You hired as the Director of Operations Director for a publicly-held hospital chain. You have been asked to evaluate the organization’s strategic planning approach because of changes in recent legislation (Affordable Care Act, Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Joint Commission, etc.). To gather data for your assignment, identify a publicly-held health care organization of your choice. You may use the Library to search for market information.

Prepare a report of 5–7 pages with at least 5 academic or professional references published in the past five years that indicates the following:

  • Identify all of the stakeholders that are involved and impacted by the organization.
  • Differentiate internal from external stakeholders, and evaluate the relationship between the organizational mission and vision for each stakeholder group based on strategic planning components.
  • Evaluate at least 3 business units or stakeholder groups that should be subjected to further evaluation to support the strategic initiatives of the organization, and provide your rationale and justification.
  • Analyze the mission and vision statements of the organization from the perspective of each of the identified stakeholders.
  • Assess the organization’s approach to addressing recent health care legislation, and provide an evaluation of the strategic response that is commonly employed.

.Discuss which proposal is best and why based on your analysis. 3.Discuss why you did not select the other two proposals as best based on your analysis.

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Comparing Goals and Objectives  During week 2, you should be writing your grant proposal’s goal statement, two objectives, and project narrative. Use the course lectures, information from the South library, and online research to create these parts of the grant proposal. The goal statement should be one sentence which includes the program’s main activity, the intended outcome, and the specific population served. Each objective should include elements related to time, place, target population, and anticipated increase or decrease. The project narrative should include all the details of the program.  This assignment will help you further understand and evaluate well written goal statements and objectives.  Search online for examples of grant proposals, and compare the goals and objectives of at least three proposals using the following criteria (Tip: Use the term “sample grant proposal” when you conduct your search): •How well do the goals and objectives address the identified need •Are the objectives measurable in terms of target population, time, place, and anticipated increase or decrease •Does each proposal contain concrete ways of measuring progress toward meeting the objectives •Are the methods or activities outlined in each proposal likely to result in progress toward the stated objectives 1.Present detailed information related to the four criteria for each proposal in a Microsoft Word table inserted into the assignment. 2.Discuss which proposal is best and why based on your analysis. 3.Discuss why you did not select the other two proposals as best based on your analysis.  Submission Details: •Cite all sources and provide references in APA format on a separate page. •Submit your answers in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document. •Name your document: SU_MPA6105_W2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. •Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.  Attachments           Submissions       No submissions yet. Drag and drop to upload your assignment below.         Upload Submission    Drop files here, or click below!  Upload   Record Choose Existing        You can upload files up to a maximum of 1 GB.                                                                                                                                                                              Reflect in ePortfolio      Previous  Next         Activity Details               Task: Submit to complete this assignment

Would your style be a good fit for an online environment?  Why?  Is it consistent with other assessments you have taken? How do you think the TPI could be useful for a T&D professional?

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This week’s tool is the Teaching Perspectives Inventory (TPI), a free assessment tool. If you are a trainer or an instructor, or are interested in becoming a trainer or instructor, you might find your TPI results illuminating. The TPI allows teachers to assess their own actions, intentions, and beliefs regarding teaching and learning. The TPI can help you understand what “good teaching” means to you by giving you scores on five perspectives toward teaching: transmission, apprenticeship, developmental, nurturing, and social reform. You can read more about the five teaching perspectives in an article by Pratt (2002) called Good Teaching: One Size Fits All? The article is in the eReserves section of our classroom (in the Course Resources module) and is also available through the UMUC library. However, I encourage you not to read the article until after you have taken the TPI.

To take the TPI, click on this link: http://www.teachingperspectives.com/tpi/ The site will ask for your name and email address. Note that UMUC is not a member of any of the groups currently using the TPI.  You will be asked to focus on a specific group of learners and specific content.  If you are not currently a trainer or instructor, think about a situation where you have had to teach someone else.  Perhaps you had to train a new coworker or a new employee, or you potty-trained your child, or you taught your teenager how to drive.  Once you finish the inventory, you will receive an immediate report with your scores and interpretive information.

Was your teaching perspective what you expected? Would your style be a good fit for an online environment?  Why?  Is it consistent with other assessments you have taken? How do you think the TPI could be useful for a T&D professional?

ReferencePratt, D. D. (2002, Spring). Good teaching: One size fits all? In J. M. Ross-Gordon (Ed.), Contemporary viewpoints on teaching adults effectively. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 98, 5-15.

How would you rank the procedures in terms of effectiveness and appropriateness for an elite marathon runner in Denver, CO?

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You have been hired as a performance consultant for an elite marathon runner in Denver, CO.  The athlete is interested in non-nutritional, non-pharmacologic procedures that enhance physiologic response to exercise and increase performance and aid in recovery after exercise.  Based on the information in your textbook and your own research substantially address the following:

  • What are the pros and cons of each of the four procedures discussed in the textbook?
  • How would you rank the procedures in terms of effectiveness and appropriateness for an elite marathon runner in Denver, CO?
  • Given the moderately high altitude of Denver, discuss which procedure(s) you would recommend, if any, to the athlete.

Your research and claims must be supported by your course text and a minimum of one additional scholarly source.  Use proper APA formatting for in-text citations and references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Guided Response: Find two classmates who identified different procedures from the one(s) you chose.  Explain how the evidence that your peers have presented either shows strong support for their conclusions or weak support for their conclusions. Be sure to present counter-evidence or corroborating evidence when possible.  You must use at least two scholarly sources to support your explanation.

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