How are risk priority numbers (RPN) useful for health care administration leaders?

How are risk priority numbers (RPN) useful for health care administration leaders?As you continue your examination of the use of and purposes for FMEA, you will begin to critically evaluate the numbers associated with your analyses. That is, the rates with which certain processes may be failing in your health services organization will allow you to strategically assess and implement efforts aimed to reduce errors and to promote quality health care delivery.For this Assignment, review the resources for this week regarding chi-square, ANOVA, ANOM, and regression. Pay particular attention to the examples shown in the textbook. Consider how these tools may contribute to the value-chain perspective.The Assignment: (2–4 pages)Using SPSS and Microsoft Word, complete problems 1 through 4 on pages 405–406 in the Ross textbook. Show all work. Submit both your SPSS and Word files for grading.

Analyze the forces (in the home market and international market) that will help the organization succeed with its expansion and the forces that may act as barriers to that expansion.

Assignment Content:Choose 1 country that the organization you’ve been working on in this course could consider expanding into.Submit as a Word Document a business report that is based on your detailed analysis from week 2 assignment in which you:Analyzea potential international marketthat the company you selected in week one that you would recommend should expandinto. Provided your detailed justification considering the 4 aspects of the Diamond of National Advantage: industry rivalry, demand conditions, related and supporting industries, and factor endowments.Analyzethe forces (in the home market and international market) that will help the organization succeed withitsexpansion and the forces that may act as barriers to that expansion. Refer to your analysis of strengths and weaknesses completed in Wk 1, the Porter’s Five Forces worksheet from Wk 3, and your analysis of the Diamond of National Advantage.Evaluate the 4 adjustments leaders must make when expanding internationally (Burkus, 2012). Recommend 1 specific leadership action for each adjustment, such as developing a global mindset, developing sensitivity to cultural differences, decentralizing, deciding on the level of involvement, etc.Recommend whether the organization should expand into the chosen country. Explain your rationale.Cite references to support your assignment.Format your citations according to APA guidelines.******BELOW IS WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT, USE FOR REFERENCES********

discuss whether the greater monetary policy risk is inflation or recession, and share what actions you expect the Fed to take, regarding their strategies to alleviate inflation or recession risks.

By reading or watching the current news, determine the monetary policy issues that face our economy today. Specifically, discuss whether the greater monetary policy risk is inflation or recession, and share what actions you expect the Fed to take, regarding their strategies to alleviate inflation or recession risks.

Explain why some production costs are variable and some are fixed.

write a 2-3 page supporting report.ScenarioThe Acme Pickle Company has distributed pickles under the “Florida’s Best” brand for eight years from its production facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It sells the pickles to stores in the southeastern United States. Acme normally produces between 8,000 and 10,000 cases of pickles a month but has the capacity to produce 12,000 cases without adding equipment or personnel.The owner of a twenty-store supermarket chain in Wisconsin, called Super Deals, visits friends in Florida and is impressed with the quality of “Florida’s Best” pickles. He approaches you, an Acme Pickle account manager, with an offer to buy 2,000 cases of pickles to use in a special promotion at his stores. He is thinking of something such as:“Free jar of Florida’s Best pickles with every purchase of forty dollars or more—this month only!”He offers Acme a price of $9.50 per case, knowing that it is a very substantial discount from the normal selling price of $20 a case. Acme’s management is inclined to turn the offer down, because their cost is calculated at $10.00 a case. They believe they would lose money if they sold at $9.50 a case. You, on the other hand, believe that some errors have been made in the cost accounting.Your RoleYou are the account manager for Acme Pickles.RequirementsYour analysis for the Controller and Sales Manager is needed to suggest a different way of calculating the pricing of the pickles that may be lower. As part of your analysis, address the following items:Explain why some production costs are variable and some are fixed.Analyze the benefit of recalculating the cost of pickle production.How would you recalculate it?What would the result be?What is the benefit to the company of recalculating the cost?Analyze how financial accounting of production cost differs from managerial accounting of production cost.Explain the difference between the two accounting methods.Identify the benefits and drawbacks of each method.Recommend a plan of action to management regarding Super Deals’ offer.Below is the cost report for a recent month. In this month, Acme produced 9,000 cases and sold them at $20 per case, which is Acme’s normal selling price. Nine thousand cases are well beyond Acme’s break-even point, enabling Acme to record a substantial profit at the nine-thousand-case level.Acme Pickle Company Cost ReportItemCostCucumbers$15,000Spices and vinegar11,000Jars and lids10,000Direct labor, paid by the case30,000Line supervisors, on salary10,000Depreciation on factory10,000Property taxes on factory3,000Insurance on factory1,000Total Costs:$90,000Cost per case (9,000 cases produced) $10.00Deliverable FormatYour team lead wants to share this analysis across remote locations of the organization and is hoping you will set the standard for how analyses and decisions of this type should be presented and supported. Your team has requested either a recorded presentation (including slides and notes) or a presentation and supporting reporting that can be distributed as a model. Prepare a presentation of at least 9 slides using PowerPoint or software of your choice detailing your recommendation and the information you used to make your recommendation. You can either record the presentation or prepare a separate report supporting the presentation.If you choose to record your presentation, you may use Capella-supported Kaltura Media or another technology of your choice that produces a shareable URL. Kaltura is recording software that can be used to create webcam, screen, and audio recordings. Refer to the MBA Program Resources for the Using Kaltura tutorial to prepare for this option. If you choose to use something other than Kaltura Media, ensure that it creates a shareable URL and can be embedded in the courseroom to ensure faculty can access your recording.Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities, please contact [emailprotected] to request accommodations.Recommendation requirements:Create a 2–3 page report to support your slides.Related company standards:The recommendation report is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs.In addition to the presentation or report materials, include:Title (slide or page).References (slide or page).Appendix with supporting materials.At least two APA-formatted references.

What are the elements of an effective strategic plan?

Week 4 Activity – Elements of an Effective Strategic PlanOverviewWhat makes agood strategic plan? For this activity, you will explore this question and try to identify the elements needed to develop an effective strategic plan. You will be able to use your research to help you complete next week’s Strategic Plan assignment.Before you begin, make sure you have read Chapter 8 of the text from this week’s reading,“Strategy Formulation and Execution.”InstructionsComplete a 1–2 paper in which you:Use Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library and the Internet for ideas on what makes an effective strategic plan.Answer the following questions:Who should be involved in strategic planning?What are the elements of an effective strategic plan?

Provide her with a research report on these dangers and recommendations for how to correct this situation, if it is possible.

Note: Last week, you submitted Part 1 of this Assignment. This week, you will complete and submit only Part 2. You will complete and submit Part 3 in Week 5.As you will recall from Week 3, you are playing the role of a junior legal assistant for the legal department of XYZ Corporation. The organization has recently undertaken a number of efforts to increase its presence in the local community and is promoting corporate social responsibility and positive social change initiatives.To support these positive social change initiatives and efforts at ensuring compliance among XYZ Corporation’s employees, Kate Braverman, Chief Counsel of the Legal Department, leads the company-wide Business Law and Compliance Fair to showcase some upcoming policy changes and hold QA sessions for all staff members.Because you have been asked to assist with the QA, this week, you will continue your work of gathering information to present to staff members. This week, you will focus on contracts.Part 2: Contract Research ReportSue is a graphic designer at XYZ Corporation, and she also runs her own business as a photographer. She says:“Sorry, this is more personal, but I hope you can give me some advice. I just entered a contract to photograph the full line of a pottery company, a job that will involve nearly 1,000 photographs. The contract promises excellent pay, with a specific dollar amount stated in the contract, but unfortunately, I neglected to include any payment terms. Can you help investigate this for me?”To prepare for this Assignment:Review the Learning Resources.Review the Contract Research Report scenario involving Sue and her photography business, which will serve as the basis for your Assignment this week.Refer to the Academic Writing Expectations for 2000/3000-Level Courses as you compose your Assignment.By Day 7Submit a Contract Research Report that addresses the following prompt.Kate approves the request and asks you to help Sue. You will need to research the dangers that Sue might face by not spelling out the terms of payment within her contract. Provide her with a research report on these dangers and recommendations for how to correct this situation, if it is possible. (225–300 words, 3–4 paragraphs)Note: Be sure to reference at least two scholarly sources to support your work. Use the Week 4 Assignment Template, provided in this week’s Learning Resources, to complete this Assignment.

What is the difference between gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP)?

DATA EXERCISE #1consists of four partsPart 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP (weight 25% of the assignment grade)Complete the following exerciseVisit the Bureau of Economic Analysis Web site at www.bea.gov Select National, then Interactive Tables: GDP and the National Income and Product Account (NIPA) Historical Tables, click “Begin using the data”, and use Section 1 – Tables 1.1.5 and 1.1.6 to identify the GDP (nominal GDP) and real GDP for the past four quarters.a) Present the information that you received in your project as a table.b) Write a report (1 page double – spaced), which contains the analysis of the results you received.In this report consider, but do not be limited to the following:1. Why was nominal GDP greater than real GDP in each ofthose quarters?2. What were the percentage changes in Nominal GDP and real GDP for the most recent quarter?3. What accounts for the difference?Part 2: Income Approach to Calculating GDP (weight 25% of the assignment grade)Complete the following exercise:Go to http://www.bea.gov/Find the information on GDP in billions of current dollars for the past four quarters (in GDP and the National Income and Product Account (NIPA) Historical Tables –click “Begin using the data”- choose Section 1- domestic product and income- table 1.7.5 – Create the tablethat containsthe following information quarterly:GrossdomesticproductGrossnationalproductNetnationalproductNationalincomePersonalincomeWrite a report in your own words (1 page, double-spaced), which contains the analysis of the results you received. In this report consider, but do not be limited to the following:1. What is the difference between gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP)?2. Based on the table, what calculations must you make to determine GNP from GDP?3. What is national income (NI)?4. Which was higher in this year, GNP or NI? By how much?5. What calculations must you make to determine NI from GNP?6. What was the main component of NI?Part 3: GDP in Different Countries (weight 25% of the assignment grade)Complete the following exercise:Go to World Development Indicators database:http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/ddpreports/ViewSharedReport?CF=REPORT_ID=9147REQUEST_TYPE=VIEWADVANCEDChoose the country in the window on the top of the page.Fill in the table below. Calculate the per capita GDP for the most recent available year for the countries listed in the table with the equation given in the far right column.CountryGDP (in billions of U.S. dollars)Population (in million)Per Capita GDP (in thousands of U.S. dollars)1234 = 2/3United StatesJapanChinaMexicoRussian FederationSwitzerlandSwedenLuxembourgWrite a short report in your own words (1 page, double-spaced), which contains the analysis of the results you have gotten. In this report consider, but do not be limited to the following:1. List the countries by highest per capita GDP to lowest.1. Does the order remain the same for total GDP as for per capita GDP?2. If not, explain why is it different?Part 4: Index of Economic Freedom (weight 25% of the assignment grade)Log onto the Heritage Foundation’s website at http://www.heritage.org/Index/“The 2011 Index of Economic Freedom covers 183 countries across 10 specific freedoms such as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and property rights. The 2011 Index provides an even clearer picture of economic freedom by using data-driven equations which allows countries to be graded between scores of 0 and 100.”Click on RANKING to find the rank of economic freedom. Lower rank scores indicate a higher level of economic freedom.Click on EXPLORE to find the rank of business, trade, financial freedom, and property rights.1. Find the rank in economic freedom (overall) of the countries listed on the table in part III of the assignment.2. Find the rank in business, trade, financial freedom, and property rights of the countries listed on the table in part III of the assignment.3. Compare the rank in economic freedom (overall) and other indicators with the order of the countries using the per capita GDP in the table in part III of the assignment.Write a report in your own words (1 page, double-spaced), which contains the analysis of the results that you received.

Explain the difference between nominal and ordinal data.

Deliverable Length: 5-6 slides with speaker notes (75 word minimum per slide)Big data is everywhere, and various businesses around the world are driven by big data. While some businesses rely on big data for organizational decision making, this does not mean that the implications and applications of big data are properly used to ensure optimal effectiveness for the organizationFor this scenario, you have been appointed as a business analyst for Big D Incorporated, charged with providing authoritative recommendations to the Board of Directors. As the business analyst, the recommendations that you provide will be based upon data calculated from statistically appropriate formulas. Be reminded that you are not the company’s statistician yet. However, as the business analyst, you are therefore responsible for interpreting statistical data and making the appropriate recommendations.Big D Incorporated was offered a series of business opportunities, and it is your job as the business analyst to provide expert insight and justification for recommendations regarding these potential prospects.Assignment DetailsBig D Incorporated has a business opportunity to provide two different types of information to a new client. As the business analyst, you are tasked to assess the financial feasibility of this opportunity. The new client is a retailer and looking to expand its product offerings. However, the client is requesting Big D Incorporated to assist in the decision-making process.Prepare a presentation that addresses the following:Explain the difference between nominal and ordinal data.List 3 qualitative attributes of outdoor sporting goods that the client may want to ask consumers. Make sure 1 of the qualitative attributes is nominal.For each ordinal attribute, assign names for the endpoints of a 5-point rating scale.Explain the difference between interval and ratio data.List 2 quantitative attributes of outdoor sporting goods that market researchers might want to measure.Explain the difference between a population and a sample.