Create a work breakdown structure including numbered components. Submit your WBS by creating a table inside your assignment.

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Due Week 6 and worth 280 points

You have recently been appointed head of human resources and are now in charge of managing a small team. Your next project is to revamp the compensation and benefits package employees are receiving at your company. Design a plan for the human resource project without the use of MS Project or similar software. Note: You will have to make assumptions or create fictitious data for this assignment. Be clear about these assumptions and data for your professor to follow along.

Write a eight to eleven (11) page paper in which you:

  1. Construct a project charter to revamp the compensation and benefits package.
  2. Design a communication plan for the project.
  3. Define the scope of the project.
  4. Create a work breakdown structure including numbered components. Submit your WBS by creating a table inside your assignment.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed)resources in this assignment.

Your assignment must:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Determine the characteristics of a successful project plan.
  • Deconstruct the project planning process and how that affects human resource management.
  • Identify the scope of projects and the structure of the accompanying work.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

Explain the difference between direct and indirect costs for a healthcare organization. Provide and discuss at least one example of a direct cost in health care and one example of an indirect cost in health care.

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1. Who are the major stakeholders utilizing healthcare financial information? List the key stakeholders, and briefly describe how each of them uses financial information in their role.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

2. Why is financial ratio analysis crucial for understanding the financial position of a healthcare organization? Select any three of the commonly used financial ratios, provide the formula, and briefly explain what it tells us about the status of the healthcare facility.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

3. Everything in the hospital needs to be replaced. What a statement that is to make, but it is true! Every piece of equipment, every piece of furniture, every mechanical system, the hospital roof, the heating and air conditioning system, even the hospital building itself eventually needs to be replaced. Of course, not all of that can be done in one year’s budget. As a healthcare administrator, how will you determine how much money you can spend on capital replacements and upgrades in a particular year? Explain the three approaches to determining capital affordability.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

4. Explain the difference between direct and indirect costs for a healthcare organization. Provide and discuss at least one example of a direct cost in health care and one example of an indirect cost in health care.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Course Textbook :  Berger, S. (2014). Fundamentals of health care financial management: A practical guide to fiscal issues and activities (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Describe the brand strategy of the product you identified within the plot of the story. Directions for Submitting this Assignment:

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Goods and Services Marketing

The success of a product or a company in the marketplace is highly dependent on the target markets ability to distinguish a given product from another. One way this is accomplished is through branding. When it comes to branding, companies must make complex decisions that will have a prolonged effect on the perception of the product and company in the marketplace. In this discussion, you will discuss product placements based on brand name marketing in the film industry.

Scenario:

Product placement deals have been a common practice in the film industry for quite some time, but the focus on placing popular brands in movies and television shows was never as important as it is today. To execute this Assignment, watch one of your favorite television shows or a recent popular movie and discover a brand of a product that is featured in the plot of the story. Pay close attention, sometimes it can be tricky to identify a popular brand being featured if your mind is not consciously looking for it.

Directions to complete this Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 10 in your textbook to understand how companies make branding decisions.
  • Download an explanation of marketing uses for branding here.
  • Watch the video interview segment with a well-known management consultant, Tom Peters, by going to the YouTube™ video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgyLq7m1WJA to view Brand, Design, and Differentiation (Tom Peters Company ©1999-2014) to supplement your understanding of product branding Filmed by BVO in 2009.

Used by permission of Tom Peters.

 Rubric

Review the assignment instructions and grading rubric.

Assignment 7: Goods and Services Marketing The success of a product or a company in the marketplace is highly dependent on the target markets ability to distinguish a given product from another. One way this is accomplished is through branding. When it comes to branding, companies must make complex decisions that will have a prolonged effect on the perception of the product and company in the marketplace. In this discussion, you will discuss product placements based on brand name marketing in the film industry. Scenario: Product placement deals have been a common practice in the film industry for quite some time, but the focus on placing popular brands in movies and television shows was never as important as it is today. To execute this Discussion, watch one of your favorite television shows or a recent popular movie and discover a brand of a product that is featured in the plot of the story. Pay close attention, sometimes it can be tricky to identify a popular brand being featured if your mind is not consciously looking for it. Directions to complete this Assignment: ● Read Chapter 10 in your textbook to understand how companies make branding decisions. ● View marketing uses of branding. Download the transcript. ● Watch the video segment concerning Brand, Design, and Differentiation as discussed by Tom Peters (Tom Peters Company ©1999-2014) to supplement your understanding of product branding by Tom Peters-Filmed by BVO 2009 and now available via YouTube™ at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odw-0n5rJE Used by permission of Tom Peters. See www.tompeters.com for additional information. Checklist: In 250 words or more, answer the following questions: 1. Identify the television show or recent movie you watched, and introduce the brand of a consumer product that you found was featured in the plot of the story. 2. Discuss the type of consumer product (convenience, shopping, specialty, unsought) you identified in the plot of the story. Explain your answer. 3. Discuss how the television show or movie increases or decreases the brand equity of the product. 4. Describe the brand strategy of the product you identified within the plot of the story. Directions for Submitting this Assignment: Review the grading rubric below before beginning this activity. Respond in a Microsoft Word document in a minimum of 250 words to the checklist items above using APA format and citation style. Make sure to include an additional Title and references page. For additional help with your writing and APA citation, please visit the Writing Center accessed from the Academic Tools area, then select Academic Support Center and when you see the main page the Writing Center is located in the bottom left quadrant. Save your Assignment titled per the example (Ex: TAllen-MT219 Assignment-Unit 7.docx) and submit your file by selecting the Unit 7: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 7.

 Review the Major Paper Options here – Alternative FormatsDIRECTIONSThis week, you will construct a full outline for your paper

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Writing Assignment Weight: 12.5%Learning Objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Please review the rubric for this assignment by clicking here. Please review the rubric for this assignment by clicking here. – Alternative Formats    Review the textbook readings papers and prompts associated with each one. Review the Major Paper Options here – Alternative FormatsDIRECTIONSThis week, you will construct a full outline for your paper. You may choose any of the outline formats from the Week 3 Discussion. Other outline formats may be acceptable, but consult with your instructor first.Your outline should include the following elements:

  • An introductory hook (or a fully written introduction)
  • A thesis that ends your introduction
  • At least three body paragraphs
  • Quotations and citations from your textbook source, two academic journal sources (from Week 2), and possibly an additional reading (remember, your final paper requires a total of four sources to be used)
  • Comments to be included in your conclusion (or a fully written conclusion)
  • Three or more APA formatted references (your final paper will require your textbook source, two sources from Keiser’s e-Library, and one additional credible source)

REQUIREMENTS

  • Follow one of the examples from the Week 3 Discussion Board.
  • Your outline should contain 500-700 words. Remember, your final paper due at the end of this course will require at least 1,000.
  • Include APA formatted citations (Last name, YEAR, p. ___ or para. ___)
  • Include APA formatted references in a clear reference list.
  • No more than 20% of your outline should be outside sources
  • Submit your outline in the assignment area by Sunday, 11:59 PM