Marjorie Benton

Lifespan management and the laws protecting long-term care populations

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An article was written in your local newspaper about lifespan management and the laws protecting long-term care populations. The article ends with this question: “Does the law do enough?”
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word letter to the editor answering the question from the perspective of someone working in the lifespan management field. In your letter:

Include your opinion on what should or should not be changed in the laws to best protect populations needing lifespan management services.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.

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Risk management ensures that people live safely and reduce mortality rates related to terrorism or accidents. Today, the government of the U.S has implemented regulations in all sectors to minimize risks in the population. For instance, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) are enforced under the federal government to regulate the operations of facilities that use or manufacture dangerous chemicals so that such chemicals do not get into the hands of terrorists (Klessman & Callahan, 2011). There is a relationship between the CFATS regulations and census management because the enforcement of the regulations is made based on the facility’s effect on the population (dhs.gov, 2009).

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Lifespan management and the laws protecting long-term care populations

Marjorie Benton

Civil Service Reform in Florida State Government

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Although under the “Service First” reform, Bush managed to downsize the administration, this system is not a useful initiative. As much as cutting down on spending is essential, this should not mean that the measures taken should include reducing workers’ pay. Having a workforce where employees are satisfied with their jobs increases performance. However, as illustrated by Crowell and Guy (2010) and Bowman et al. (2003), the system alters job satisfaction due to cutback measures on bonuses, remuneration, and training opportunities. Moreover, the system heightens job insecurity issues considering that with the at-will policy, employees can lose their employment out of petty issues like airing their views about the reform. Such a policy can promote favoritism, which heightens organizational politics and reduced working morale. Moreover, the workforce’s reduction without a clear plan of the right individuals who should take over the positions increases spending due to shifted workload, which goes to outsourcing and privatization.

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Civil Service Reform in Florida State Government

Marjorie Benton

Ethical Dilemma

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Complete ETHICAL DILEMMA Culture of Deceit, Questions 16-10, 16-11, and 16-12 on page 573 inn textbook.

o Requirements: minimum 360-words

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Some organizations are likely to encourage their employees to engage in corrupt and dishonest behavior. The organization tends to promote fraudulent or dishonesty behavior to evade law violations or increase benefits.  Organizations encourage their employees to commit unethical behavior to increase profits.  For instance, a company may encourage employees to inflate the stock value.  Secondly, an organization may encourage employees to be dishonest hide some irregularities (Low, Davey, & Hooper,2008).  There are no personal benefits to the corruption that the organization can gain. It ruins its reputation more than the benefits it can get from engaging in dishonest and corrupt behavior.

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Ethical Dilemma

Marjorie Benton

Managing diversity

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1) One of the challenges in the Canadian workplace is managing diversity. Managers must address the differences among diverse groups of people. Describe what is meant by diversity in the workplace and then explain how organizations of today must manage and/or accommodate this diversity. Provide examples to support your response.

2) What is perception? Describe in detail the three factors that influence perception. Give specific examples to illustrate your answers.

3) Compare and contrast some of the values of the Asian, Aboriginal, Francophone, and Anglophone cultures. For each culture, explain at least one way in which their values may impact management practices and strategies.

4) Describe and discuss equity theory and explain how a manager might apply it in the workplace. Give specific examples to illustrate your answer.

5) Describe in detail at least five barriers to effective communication within organizations and explain how these barriers can be overcome. Give specific examples to illustrate your answers.

6) Discuss in detail the concept of organizational politics. What constitutes political behaviour, why and how does it occur in organizations, and how do people use politics for their own benefit? Give specific examples to support your answer.

7)Do men and women lead differently? Compare and contrast men’s and women’s leadership characteristics and styles, and their general effectiveness in the workplace. Give specific details to support your answer.

8) Discuss in detail the four ethical decision criteria and relate them to issues and decisions about corporate social responsibility. Give specific examples to support your answer.

9) Why do people and organizations resist change?Discuss the tactics that organizations use to overcome resistance to change. How are some of these tactics related to organizational power and politics? Support your answers with specific examples.

10) Consider a group situation in which you have worked. To what extent did this group rely on the technical skills of the group members vs. their interpersonal skills? Which skills seemed most important in helping this group function well?

Submissions that receive a grade of 80% or higher were significantly more comprehensive in the responses provided to all 10 questions in the assignment. In addition they usually include links with the textual material that formed the basis for the questions. Importantly, their answers provide substantive discussion of the questions posed and are supported by illustrations/examples. They display a significant and comprehensive understanding of the relevant theories and concepts applicable to each question and case scenarios. Variations in this range reflect the level of comprehension displayed in responses but do not indicate any significant gaps in understanding of the key theories and concepts.Responses display an appropriate level of professional writing, clarity, and formatting and are free or significantly free of any grammatical or stylistic issues

Submissions in the 70-79 range show evidence of an acceptable level of comprehensive understanding of the relevant theories and concepts applicable to each question. They tend to provide correct and/or defensible responses to all questions but the level of discussion and linkage with the course theoretical and practice content, i.e., the text, were less comprehensive than a submission in the 80+ range.. Variations in this range reflect the level of comprehension displayed in responses but do not indicate any significant gaps in understanding of the key theories and concepts and their application. They may be less than the 500 word range per question suggested in the guidelines. Note, however, that there was no penalty in terms of grades directly because of this – it is simply that often submissions that are less than 500 words merited a grade of no more than 79 because of the level of content and discussion they provided. They also may display (but not necessarily) issues with writing style, clarity and comprehension, as well as issues with grammar and spelling. Formatting issues may also be present.

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Organizations need to embrace diversity to the extent that it becomes engrained and endorsed within the company as its culture (Patrick & Kumar, 2017). Every employee that comes into the organization should get indoctrinated into this culture. Training workshops are vital when seeking to promote and maintain a culture centered on diversity and inclusivity. Getting people to ignore their differences and work in harmony is very difficult, considering how discrimination gets ingrained in certain sections of society. For example, companies are increasingly adopting affirmative action policies geared toward increasing the number of female employees within the workplace. However, some people still look at the women who either get promoted or hired based on such policies as less qualified than them.

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Managing diversity

Marjorie Benton

Human Resource Management

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Recruiters are beginning to heavily use artificial intelligence (AI) and other smart technology recruiting tools in their jobs. One of the major selling points besides the fact that these programs save significant amounts of recruiter time is that artificial intelligence can make better decisions than human recruiters because of the lack of bias. However, most of the companies selling this software also note that AI programs are only as good as their programming.

Would you like AI to be used if you were applying for a job position? Why, or why not? How would you prepare your resume to ensure that, when AI is used, your resume if chosen?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

They are just journal questions so no real research needed and no references required.

Question 2:

The three primary options for what to evaluate in performance appraisals are traits, behaviors, and results. What are the pros and cons of measuring each of these options? As a manager, which option would you choose? Do you think your option would vary at all by employee, rank, or industry?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

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. As a manager, I would choose Management by Objectives (MBO) as a method of performance appraisal for my staff. Under this, the manager, together with the employees’ pinpoints, strategizes, consolidates, and communicates on the long- and short-term objectives to focus on during a certain appraisal period. The manger and the employees are then able to discuss progress, if any, and make informed decisions on the feasibility of the method and achievement of goals. This method does not vary at all by employee rank and industry. It applies to all organizations that match overarching goals and individual employees using smart methods to validate their objectives. At the end of it, the employees are judged.

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Human Resource Management

Marjorie Benton

Project management methodologies

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Wells, H. (2012). How effective are project management methodologies? An explorative evaluation of their benefits in practice. Project Management Journal, 43(6), 43-58. doi:10.1002/pmj.21302.

The author discussed several project management methodologies: agile, PRINCE2, and waterfall.

Do you think organizations should adopt a single Project Management Methodology for all their projects? Why or why not?

What are some of the pros and cons of having a single methodology in an organization vs. the pros and cons of having multiple methodologies?

Reminder: A high-quality post is one that explicitly links your personal opinion or experience with the course materials or other relevant outside sources using proper APA format. The Total words between 200 to 300.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

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Each of the methodologies chosen for a project has its accompanying upsides and downsides. A manager can decide to adopt a single methodology such as the Agile, waterfall, or PRINCE2, to manage their project (Wells, 2012). Doing so comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. One of the benefits of soldering on with a single methodology is that there are little chances of interruption. Using such an approach ensures that every person is aware of what they need to do at the beginning of every project. However, the single methodology approach will become problematic when the circumstances around the project change. Adapting to these changes will be very tough, an aspect that might curtail the prosperity of the project. Conversely, having multiple methodologies ensures that a project will run smoothly, irrespective of any shifts that may occur (Wells, 2012).

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Project management methodologies

Marjorie Benton

Christian and Secular Principles

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Prompt: Choose three topics from the list below to research. Choose two organizations, one that adheres to Christian principles and one which adheres to secular principles. For each of the three topics you have chosen, compare and/or contrast the role these topics play in each organization. Based on your research, discuss if one organization outperforms the other organization. Explain your reasoning.

Topics:

 Attitudes and job satisfaction
 Emotions and moods
 Personality and values
Perception and individual decision-making  Motivation concepts and applications

 Groups and teams in the workplace  Communication
 Leadership
 Power and politics

 Conflict and negotiation  Organization structure
 Organizational culture
 Organizational change

o Requirements: Your responses should be submitted in a 1,500 – 2,000-word essay. Type your answers and submit via Canvas prior to start of class. Your paper should include APA-compliant formatting, including title and reference pages. You should use 5-7 scholarly references.

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According to Solomon (2017), CTC is established under Christian values.  The company has its own unique culture that enables it to remain one of the country’s competitive logistic companies.  Its Christianity principle empowers the company to survive in the industry. Although employees are not only needed to be Christians, they are expected to follow and adhere to the company’s fundamental principles and core values. Solomon (2017) highlights that’s CTC core values must transcend in each key player in the company and unite them as one unit working for a common purpose or goal. The company shared values help it makeup team chemistry that not only allow to excel in freight and logistic industry but also excel to its new heights. It is those core values that CTC is committed to preserving as a component of its organizational genes.  Some of the CTC core values include. First, the company expects employees and other company subsidiaries to treat others as they want to be treated. Secondly, employees should put others before themselves.  Also, they should act with integrity, fairness, and honesty in business dealing with vendors, customers, or their colleagues.

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Marjorie Benton

Gerontological Nursing

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Chapter 20

What elements go into the idea of “quality of life” for the elderly? So many times we discuss the quality of life when someone elderly becomes very ill. The topic of quality is usually brought up for discussion as the ethical standard.

Instructions:

  1. Read Chapter 20 carefully.
  2. Describe what “quality of life” aspects are relevant when a very elderly person is near death and you are the caregiver.

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Finally, the aspect of veracity, which includes confidentiality, truthfulness, and fidelity, is essential when caring for a patient about to die. The nurse-patient relationship is a close one, especially when the patient is about to die as they are highly dependent on the nurse. Patients tend to share many memories and experiences with their caregivers (Mauk, 2010). As such, I will need to observe these three qualities in maintaining a healthy relationship with patients at the end of their life. A positive relationship characterized by three qualities is a way of offering emotional comfort to the patient. In conclusion, observation of ‘quality of life’ aspects by nurses

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Gerontological Nursing

Marjorie Benton

Elder Abuse and Neglect

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Elder Abuse and Neglect

You are a charge nurse in the emergency department. An elderly woman arrives with bruises all over the upper torso of her body and down her left arm. She was brought in by her grandson who resides with her, and the grandson shares that he brought her in to be checked out because he thinks she may have fractured her wrist when she fell on the last step going down in the cellar to do laundry. He appears extremely stressed and states that his grandmother suffers from Alzheimer disease. When you put the patient’s name and demographic information into the electronic medical record it indicates that this patient was in 2 weeks prior with a concussion.

Instructions:

  1. Read the scenario above and answer the following question:
    1. How would you assess the situation?
    2. What nursing interventions would you utilize to help both the elderly woman and the grandson?
  2. Your paper should be:
    • One (1) page or more.
    • Use factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.
    • Cite your sources – type references according to the APA Style Guide.

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One intervention of the woman is hospitalization until she recovers. Hoovers & Poolson (2014) says that if the injuries are serious, then the patient can be hospitalized pending reporting to social services. Another intervention is contacting other family members. If the woman has other relatives, then they can be contacted to house the woman or move to live with her. The woman and her grandson have to be counseled to determine the reason for the bruises so that a solution can be formulated to sort the case.

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Elder Abuse and Neglect

Marjorie Benton

Managing stress and coping with life’s challenges

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Through relevant resources, research the health related topic and its implications. Within a final product you’ll then 1) present this information, and 2) also share how the topic has impacted you personally or is relevant in your life. Throughout the assignment feel free to use pictures, quotes, lyrics to a song, etc. to enhance the expression of your attitude, feelings or understanding of the topic. Rename your project using your topic name. Then you will complete and submit your final assignment using one of the three different submission options below.

Option 1: Written Paper

I chose this topic: “Managing stress and coping with life’s challenges”

There was a list of topics and I chose this “Managing stress and coping with life’s challenges”

his was my notes for the professor upon topic selection:

For the final project, I chose to write about stress and how to manage and cope with it. The reason I chose this topic is because I have been affected by stress many times and because of this class I found it an opportunity to learn more about it. I learned from the class more on ways to manage stress like yoga and other exercises.

Although we talked about how our minds perceive stress as stimuli during the second week of the class, I plan on presenting way to manage stress and cope with it. The option I am planning on taking will be a written paper and I hope I can deliver something good.

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In my experience, the repetitive exposure to stress contributed by workplace pressure heightened my anxiety levels, and having poor coping mechanisms made me socially withdrawn. I found it challenging to talk about my challenges due to the fear that my friends would not understand my feelings. From what I have learned, people adopt different ways of coping with stress, which can be positive or harmful. In my case, choosing to stay away from my social circle was a negative coping mechanism with adverse health implications. In this sense, feelings of loneliness become a burden, contributing to poor behavioral practices like emotional eating, alcohol and drug abuse, or even suicide ideations (Schneiderman et al., 2008). Hence, other than yoga and physical activities, which are appropriate stress management techniques, I have realized the benefit of using music as a coping mechanism that cools down one’s stress levels. Music interventions, including “Music listening, and music-making/singing,

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Managing stress and coping with life’s challenges