What are a few different ways that the supermarket chain could incorporate farm-to-table principles into its operations while still meeting consumer demands?

4-2 Discussion: Farm-to-Table and the Triple Bottom Line
You are the chief operating officer (COO) of a local supermarket chain that has 10 stores within an 100-mile radius. The farm-to-table movement has been gaining momentum locally, and now it’s a consumer demand as well as a good practice. This movement supports the use of local suppliers to limit the environmental impact caused by the long-distance transportation of food. It also supports small family farms that use sustainable practices, such as avoiding genetically modified organisms and pesticides or using organic fertilizers. The CEO of the supermarket chain has asked you to see if the supermarket can apply some of the farm-to-table principles to how it selects produce suppliers. Before moving too far in that direction, both you and the CEO agree that the inventory-management implications need to be understood.
 
Keep in mind that supermarket customers want a wide range of produce all year long—even produce that does not grow locally during parts of the year. For example, oranges cannot survive very cold weather, but local customers expect to be able to buy them even during snowstorms in winter.
 
In your initial post, address the following:
 
What are a few different ways that the supermarket chain could incorporate farm-to-table principles into its operations while still meeting consumer demands?
What are the benefits and risks associated with incorporating farm-to-table principles into the grocery chain’s supply chain?
What data and communication with the local farms is necessary for the supermarket to implement this endeavor?
What factors or metrics will determine whether you, as the COO, support applying farm-to-table principles to the supermarket, and why?
In your replies to at least two peers, address the questions below:
 
What considerations should decision makers keep in mind or prioritize when components of the triple bottom line don’t agree—for example, when an environmentally beneficial decision may negatively affect profit, or the reverse?
Which approach that your peers suggested in their initial posts do you feel would be the most effective, and why?

What do you think are the key items and issues that need to be implemented to manage a system engineering organization created for a project implementation?

Systems engineering organizations are often created for just one project.

What do you think are the key items and issues that need to be implemented to manage a system engineering organization created for a project implementation?
Consider the following in your response:

The major aspects of organizing and staffing a team.
Processes that are needed
How the project is staffed
Where personnel will be located
How personnel will be trained
Tools that will be needed

Describe the health organization your group has decided to form (hospital, small primary care physician office, health insurance company, billing company, healthcare IT company, or etc.). Do some research and think outside the box. If your are unsure if your organization falls within the framework of being healthcare-focused, be sure to confirm the type of organization with your professor first.

 
Group Assignment Overview 
Students will have the chance to work with their classmates to develop the perfect healthcare organization and defend their stance on why they feel the organization is complete (optimally maintained).
Assignment Instructions
The professor will divide students into groups of 4 (there might be a few groups of 5 or 3 depending on the number of students in each course) by the end of week 5. Students are not allowed to organize their own groups.
Within Canvas, students will have their own group discussion board. The assignment consists of making 12 posts (no more/no less) to that group discussion board. There will be an introductory post to set the stage/summarize the upcoming posts, and then, there will be a post for each chapter in the book. By completing the discussion thread, the students will do their best to form the “perfect” healthcare organization.

Each student should make at least 2 posts to contribute to the total number of posts (12).

Students who do not upload a minimum of 2 posts, for their group, will receive zero credit for the assignment. The other group members will receive points/grades. Other than that issue (a student not participating), every student is responsible for what is posted, and all students will receive the same score. Please, do not request another student be marked down separately from the group. So, be sure to double-check each other’s work.

Each post should be at least 250 words long but no longer than 500.
The posts should be grammatically correct.
Students should specifically cite (in APA format) where information was borrowed from the course textbook (page numbers should be included with each citation) or any other credible source.
There should be at least two additional external sources (in addition to the course textbook) referenced (not two per post but just two more across all 11). External sources beyond two are welcome and encouraged.
I strongly recommend students work on this throughout the semester and do not wait until the last minute.
Plagiarism is not tolerated. Borrowing another group’s ideas/concepts from this semester or another will result in an automatic failing grade (no excuses). All submissions should be original. If it is found that any portions have been copied from the internet or anywhere else, zero credit will be awarded, and the issue will be reported to the college so students can be punished appropriately.
For organizational purposes, be sure to number each post in its title to coincide with the instructions below (i.e. “post #1, post #2, etc.).
*The discussion board is what will be assessed for scoring. There is no actual file to upload to the assignment section for grading. 

Here are the details:
 

Post 1: Describe the health organization your group has decided to form (hospital, small primary care physician office, health insurance company, billing company, healthcare IT company, or etc.). Do some research and think outside the box. If your are unsure if your organization falls within the framework of being healthcare-focused, be sure to confirm the type of organization with your professor first.

Post 3: Use this slide to discuss the history of organizations similar to yours. Try to especially focus on the following concepts from Chapter 2: how data analytics will be used by your organization, project management, and your organization’s performance improvement philosophies.
Post 4: Heavily dwell on how evidence-based medicine will be used when operating your organization. Feel free to focus on other points from Chapter 3.

Post 11: This would be a summary post. It should contain each student’s name and a brief description of what they did to contribute to the assignment (i.e. John Doe – completed posts 1 and 2; also, he kept meeting notes).
Post 12: references 

Brainstorm the types of potential disasters that could occur in your community, resources available, strengths of the community that could be used in the event of a disaster, and available sources of information to report the aftermath of a disaster.   Respond to ALL of the following questions: 1. To what extent are the individuals and families in the area prepared for a potential disaster? 2. Have families in an disaster-prone region (earthquake, hurricane, etc), gathered supplies that will be needed, in the event of a disaster and placed them in an accessible location?

 
MASS DISASTERS
Brainstorm the types of potential disasters that could occur in your community, resources available, strengths of the community that could be used in the event of a disaster, and available sources of information to report the aftermath of a disaster.  
Respond to ALL of the following questions:
1. To what extent are the individuals and families in the area prepared for a potential disaster?
2. Have families in an disaster-prone region (earthquake, hurricane, etc), gathered supplies that will be needed, in the event of a disaster and placed them in an accessible location?
3. Have emergency escapes routes from homes, schools, and other buildings been identified?
4. Have families discussed an emergency contact person who can relay messages for and about family members separated in a disaster?
5. Do you conclude that these types of preparation have been ignored.
must be in APA
must be at least one page long 
must include at least one nursing journal article 

Choose and discuss three medical technologies from the following list that are forecast to improve or otherwise change in the future.  Give at least one example of how each might be applied in medical situations. Computer hardware Data storage Wireless technology Networking bandwidths and data compression

 After witnessing your presentation to the staff of the multi-specialty group practice the office manager and physicians are impressed and asks you to conduct more in-service training regarding the future of health information technology in the office. 

Choose and discuss three medical technologies from the following list that are forecast to improve or otherwise change in the future.  Give at least one example of how each might be applied in medical situations.

Computer hardware
Data storage
Wireless technology
Networking bandwidths and data compression
Data storage retrieval
Security and encryption
Internet
3-D computing
Database software
Sensors
Social media

choose two of the Nine Tenets of the Code of Ethics for Nurses and describe how you will personally apply each tenet in the practice setting with your patients. Describe in detail the purpose of the tenet and provide examples of the tenet applied in practice. Explain why it is important to uphold the tenet in maximizing the quality of patient care, and identify how it enhances your own practice as a nurse.

Reviewing Appendix B in Butts, choose two of the Nine Tenets of the Code of Ethics for Nurses and describe how you will personally apply each tenet in the practice setting with your patients. Describe in detail the purpose of the tenet and provide examples of the tenet applied in practice. Explain why it is important to uphold the tenet in maximizing the quality of patient care, and identify how it enhances your own practice as a nurse.This is the specific book reference: Butts, J. B. (2015). Nursing Ethics (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Do you prefer to work in groups or alone? Why? 2) How will you use the information learned in this class to further yourself personally and academically?  3) How will you use the information learned in this class to further yourself professionally?

1) Do you prefer to work in groups or alone? Why?
2) How will you use the information learned in this class to further yourself personally and academically? 
3) How will you use the information learned in this class to further yourself professionally?
This course (HUM 6100 Group Theories & Human Systems) will explore group theories and groups as human systems. Students will study how large and small groups are utilized in human service organizations. The students will also gain an understanding of group dynamics and functionality for the application of research and theory relating to large and small groups and human social systems for the enhancement of service delivery. The emphasis is on integrating theory and concepts from the behavioral and social sciences as a basis for understanding group systems theory and human behavior within human services and society.

Compare Psalm 23 and The Sermon on the Mount. The works have similar themes, or messages. What is the main idea of each work? How are the works alike? How are they different? How is the style, or genre, of each work appropriate to its purpose?

Answer the following question in a clear, well-crafted paper Be sure to cite specific details from the text in your answer. 
1.) Compare Psalm 23 and The Sermon on the Mount. The works have similar themes, or messages. What is the main idea of each work? How are the works alike? How are they different? How is the style, or genre, of each work appropriate to its purpose? (These questions are meant to give you some guidance to compare the two works, but you will need to choose one or two of these questions to answer, or create your own comparison. You can’t answer all of these questions well in 1-2 pages.) 
Save your assignment as a Word(.doc) document and submit as an attachment below.

  Write a proposa, outlining the research approach you will use for your Strategic Plan, due in Week 6. Include the following:   How you intend to ensure the organization’s vision, mission, and people strategies and values statements are aligned with the proposed strategic plan.  Sources you expect to use to perform an external environmental analysis  Sources you expect to use to perform an internal environmental analysis  

 
Write a proposa, outlining the research approach you will use for your Strategic Plan, due in Week 6. Include the following: 
 How you intend to ensure the organization’s vision, mission, and people strategies and values statements are aligned with the proposed strategic plan. 
Sources you expect to use to perform an external environmental analysis 
Sources you expect to use to perform an internal environmental analysis

Predict three ways an organizational layoff can affect a company’s future strategic direction. Support your propositions, assertions, arguments, or conclusions with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources synthesized in a coherent analysis.

 
Week 7 Assignment – Dismissal Meeting
Scenario
Imagine that you are an office manager tasked with coordinating and leading the dismissal meeting for an organizational layoff.
Instructions

Propose three ways, proven to be effective, that a manager can cope with negative emotions that accompany an organizational layoff.
Describe a detailed, step-by-step process for conducting a dismissal meeting.
Determine fair and equitable compensation, with justification, that the company may provide to the separated employee.
Create a chart depicting a fair and equitable timeline for disbursement of the compensation.

Use Microsoft Word or an equivalent application, such as OpenOffice.

Predict three ways an organizational layoff can affect a company’s future strategic direction.
Support your propositions, assertions, arguments, or conclusions with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources synthesized in a coherent analysis.

Cite each source on your source list at least one time within your assignment.
For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is well organized, grammatically correct, and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.