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Quality Indicators and the Business of Quality

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Within the Discussion Board area, write 600–800 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Discuss the concept of pay-for-performance (P4P) initiatives and the role they may or may not have in improving health care quality.

Additionally, explain and discuss some of the challenges and concerns that surround P4P to improve quality and reduce health care costs.

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Financial incentives for health care organizations

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There can be few financial incentives for health care organizations to invest in quality management; however, there are many other reasons as to why organizations should engage in quality management. For this assignment, construct a business case that defines the need for quality management in any health care organization. The following are some things to consider discussing in your business case:

How quality management returns are presented in economic terms

Government mandates
Improved outcomes

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Strategic planning

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Part 1

Discussion

Must be 1 page and include:

a description of one strategic planning challenge that you have experienced or anticipate experiencing in forming an NPO/NGO.
Recommend a best practice to overcome this challenge.
If you have implemented a best practice, justify its effectiveness. If you have not, explain why you believe it is the most appropriate for your anticipated challenge.

References

Ott, J. S., & Dicke, L. A. (Eds.). (2016). Understanding nonprofit organizations: Governance, leadership, and management (3rd ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Chapter 10, “Capacity Building: Strategies for Successful Fundraising” (pp. 157-166)
Tschirhart, M., & Bielefeld, W. (2012). Managing nonprofit organizations. Somerset, NJ: Wiley.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Chapter 5, “Formulation of Strategy” (pp. 85–109)

McHatton, P. A., Bradshaw, W., Gallagher, P. A., & Reeves, R. (2011). Results from a strategic planning process: Benefits for a nonprofit organization. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 22(2), 233–249.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Part 2

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International economics

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individual Project

Unit:
Pricing and Exchange Rates

Deliverable Length:
900 words

Assignment Description

One of the more important measures in regard to international economics is the balance of payments. Think of it as a national accounting measure that looks at the flow of goods and services into and out of an economy in a given period of time. It also shows capital flows into and out of a country. Until 1980, the United States tended to run a positive-to-neutral balance of payments position and was a creditor nation. In the course of the past 30 years, the United States has moved to a negative balance of payments and to being a debtor nation.

Review and discuss the following:

Discuss the importance of the balance of payments as an accounting measure.

Discuss the current account and its components and the capital and financial accounts and their components.
How important is the U.S. deficit in traded goods in regard to the balance of payments?

Here are some relevant articles to help you with this assignment:

The Changing Nature of the U.S. Balance of Payments

Balance of Payments

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Manipulation

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Zero marks will be given if you try to bypass SafeAssign (e.g., misspell words, remove spaces between words, hide characters, use different character sets or languages other than English, or any kind of manipulation

I advised making your work clear and well-presented

Write the solution in the concept by writing the keyword keys without copying from other paper or from the book

Use Times New Roman font size 12 for all your answers.
write the reference with APA Style
write the taxation
While your opinions do not need to be cited, they do need to be backed up with evidence. It is important to refer back to the textbook, articles, activities, other course content, or additional research using scholarly works to support your position or idea. All sources should be cited according to APA style: material needing citation should be marked with parenthetical citations in the body of your response and bibliographic entries

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Final Fund Development Plan

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For the final Fund Development Plan assignment, include the following:

Use APA template. Maximum APA paper length should not exceed 15 pages. Length includes your cover page, abstract and reference page. Submit your paper using the assignment link.
Be sure to use headers to clearly identify your response to the final project elements that follow.

Header “Abstract” – Create an Abstract Page: Define your organization’s overall fundraising type and what elements will be included in your fundraising plan.
Header “12-Month Plan” – Use Appendixes 5-A and 5-B (pages 96-98) as the structure/framework, to create a 12 month fund development action plan to raise funds for your nonprofit organization. Use your check in’s #3 and #5 to get “real, relevant” feedback from your nonprofit point of contact. Be sure to cite your interviews on your reference page for any content they share in the form of their responses/feedback to you,.
Header “Calendar” – Create the strategies for your action plan calendar, as done in Appendix 5-B for your nonprofit organization. Use your check in’s #3 and #5 to get “real, relevant” feedback from your nonprofit point of contact. Be sure to cite your interviews on your reference page for any content they share in the form of their responses/feedback to you,.
Header “Strategies and Action Steps” – Complete your fund development plan using template 5-C on page 99. Be specific in noting your strategies/action steps and to whom you would assign the responsibilities for your nonprofit organization. Use your check in’s #3 and #5 to get “real, relevant” feedback from your nonprofit point of contact. Be sure to cite your interviews on your reference page for any content they share in the form of their responses/feedback to you,.
Header “Profiles” – List at least two specific donor prospects in sections 5, 6, 7 OR 10. (Provide a maximum two paragraph -summarized profile – of each of your targeted donors in sections 5, 6, 7 OR 10. Note: Refer back to Week 2 Stakeholders Profile assignment. Describe what is important to your donors to financially support your cause. This will help validate that you are targeting the right person/groups to support your cause).
Header “Marketing and Communications” – Create a Marketing and Communications plan: Describe the marketing tools you will use to raise funds. How will you promote your nonprofit and its programs? Which social media avenues (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram etc.) would be included in your fundraising plan? What information would be incorporated into your agency’s website to raise funds?

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Stages of process development

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Based upon the six stages of process development. Can you explain the six and how they can apply to your daily life? Additionally, there is a dotted line between Policy evaluation and production identification, Policy evaluation and Policy implement, and Policy evaluation and Policy formulation. Can you explain this line and why they are important?

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International Trade

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Write a 500 to 750 word paper in APA format conveying the salient points of this reading material. Comment on the current state of international trade based on this material and offer observations based on current affairs.

Stark, J. (2010). Is the global economy headed for a lost decade? A European Perspective. Business Economics, 45(3), 147-151

Capling, A., & Higgott, R. (2009). Introduction: The future of the multilateral trade system-what role for the world trade organization? Global Governance, 15(3), 313-325

Bishop, T., Reinke, J., & Adams, T. (2011). Globalization: Trends and perspectives. Journal of International Business Research, 10(1), 117-130

Weiss, J. (2010). Changing Trade Structure and its Implications for Growth. World Economy, 33(10), 1269-1279

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Value of Teams in Organizations

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Consider Table 1.1 in the Learning Activity titled “Why Organizations Build Teams.” What effect do teams have on performance? Please give two examples from the reading to illustrate your response. According to the reading, how do you determine whether a team is necessary? Do you agree that team-based organizations have more motivation and involvement? Now, think back to a time in your career when you worked on a team project. Were you more motivated and/or more involved in the project because you were on a team? Why or why not?

Why Organizations Build Teams
Introduction

Teams have a positive impact on the overall performance of organizations. After reading this section, consider your own team experiences. In what ways did you have a larger impact as a member of team than you would have had acting as an individual? Record your response in your Learning Journal.

Why do major organizations now rely more and more on teams to improve operations? Executives at Xerox have reported that team-based operations are 30% more productive than conventional operations. General Mills says that factories organized around team activities are 40% more productive than traditionally organized factories. According to in-house studies at Shenandoah Life Insurance, teams have cut case-handling time from twenty-seven to two days and virtually eliminated service complaints. FedEx says that teams reduced service errors (lost packages, incorrect bills) by 13% in the first year (Fisher, 2008; Greenberg & Baron, pp. 315–316).

Today it seems obvious that teams can address a variety of challenges in the world of corporate activity. Before we go any further, however, we should remind ourselves that data like those we’ve just cited aren’t necessarily definitive. For one thing, they may not be objective: companies are more likely to report successes than failures. As a matter of fact, teams don’t always work. Indeed, according to one study, team-based projects fail 50 to 70% of the time (Greenberg & Baron, 2008, p. 316; Thomson, 2008, p. 5).

The Effect of Teams on Performance

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Multiculturalism in Global Businesses

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Using APA style, prepare a 500-600-word synthesis paper following these guidelines.

First, select a focal point based on the three case studies we have read this semester (From Regional Star to Global Leader, L’Oreal Multiculturalism, and Managing Cross-Cultural Communication).

Construct a thesis that makes a claim about this focal point.
Support your thesis with evidence from at least 2 of the 3 sources, integrating their material with your commentary. Avoid too much summary – include only enough to explain your ideas.
Include the major components of an academic paper, including an introduction (with a thesis statement), a body (with topic sentences for each paragraph), and a conclusion. Paragraphs should be coherent and demonstrate unity.

Avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing and quoting the sources appropriately with proper APA in-text and reference citations. Remember that a sentence cannot consist of just a direct quotation (use attributive phrases/reporting verbs).
Drawing from feedback from previous assignments, edit your paper carefully.

Your essay will be graded on the following:

Essay structure: introduction, body, thesis statement, and conclusion (2 points)
Paragraph structure: Topic sentences, support, conclusion, coherence, and unity (2 points)

Evidence of proper integration of relevant sources (2 points)
Ability to summarize and synthesize sources (2 points)