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Please review the scenario below; then discuss the issue and possible solution(s) for your team. Note: This is team effort, and every member must contribute his/her suggestions and collectively decide what is best for the offices. You are expected to offer solution ideas of your own and to respond to at least two of your teammates? ideas.
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Recently Jane was hired as an office manager for a pediatric orthopedic practice in a large city. This practice has the main site at your location and several remote sites where doctors travel throughout the week. Because Jane is the office manager at the main site, she is also in charge of supervising a team of office managers at all remote sites.
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One of Jane?s first tasks was to create a ?uniform? set of documents that each site will use for basic office tasks. One document is a time tracking document that each office manager fills out. In the past, the ?honor system? was in place, and managers were allowed to fill out the form and turn it in without a supervisor reviewing their document. This process was explained to Jane as a decision made as a sort of ?perk? for all the office managers, as they did not need a supervisor reviewing their work.
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One day, she decided to review some of the past time tracking documents and immediately noticed that the method of adding up the total hours worked is not always correct in each document. As she continued to look through the documents, she noticed that some of the files are at least 5 years old. Even though this discrepancy existed, she wondered if the time needed to investigate the file was worth it. Jane decided to contact the office managers and inquire about her findings.
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She wants the team to meet with her and provide her with some solutions that could be implemented in the future throughout the offices.
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Your task as the team of office managers is to discuss the issue with the time tracking documents and create a solution to be implemented in all offices. You will submit a time tracking document at the end of the week for Jane to review and approve.
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Create a solution to this problem by clearly defining what steps you would take to ensure that a situation like this does not happen again. Your solution might include such things as communication improvements and modified documents.

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Note: You do not actually need to submit or attach a time document, as this is only the planning and brainstorming stage.
Since you will be reviewing this scenario along with your classmates, your answers may be similar; however, please keep in mind that your response cannot have the same answer as another student. Likewise a post of, ?I agree with Jane, and I have nothing to add? will not be considered for grading. Please create an original response, citing sources when necessary and following APA formatting guidelines.

Discussion 2: securing accountability | EDSD 7075 – Sustaining and Supporting Effective Practices in Special Education | Walden University

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The push toward accountability seen throughout the P-12 educational settings is now evidenced within teacher preparation programs, ensuring that universities and colleges are adequately preparing future teachers for the task. Such pressures are even more rampant within the field of special education. Special education teachers are tasked with the responsibility of not only ensuring students, individual needs are being met with meaningful curriculum and instruction, but that they are making adequate progress toward their goals and objectives. Student learning rests at the core of accountability within educational systems (Fullan & Quinn, 2016). While internal accountability focuses on individuals? and groups? efforts at continuous improvement and success for all students, external accountability focuses on leaders? responsibility to be transparent with the public about the system?s ability to meet expectations and requirements. Both internal and external accountability are integral to the Coherence Framework, strengthening the vision and collaboration of the organization, thus establishing deepening of learning goals. For this Discussion, you will analyze both internal and external accountability and their role in whole systems change. As the special education leader, how will you secure accountability?
To Prepare:

Review Chapter 5, ?Securing Accountability,? in the Fullan and Quinn text, focusing on the aspects of internal and external accountability. How would you distinguish between internal and external ÿÿÿÿÿaccountability?
Reflect on the Norman and Sherwood (2015) article, considering how internal and external accountability measures have shaped teacher preparation programs.
Reflect on the plans you have created for the case scenario viewed in Modules 2 and 3 so far and reflect on how you would secure accountability if you were a leader of the staff in this scenario.

An explanation of how you would build internal accountability based on the case scenario. What steps would you recommend to ensure effective implementation of external accountability? Include an analysis of each concept and evidence from the case scenario, as well as other learning resources to support your rationale.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Fullan, M., & Quinn, J. (2016). Coherence: The right drivers in action for schools, districts, and systems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Chapter 4, ?Deepening Learning? (pp. 77?108)
Chapter 5, ?Securing Accountability? (pp. 109?126)

Fullan, M. (2015a). Leadership from the middle: A system strategy. Education Canada. 55(4), 22?26. Retrieved from http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/leadership-middle
Leadership from the Middle: A System Strategy by Fullan, M., in Education Canada, Winter 2015. Copyright 2015 by Canadian Education Association. Reprinted by permission of Canadian Education Association via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Norman, P. J. & Sherwood, S. A. S. (2015). ÿUsing internal and external evaluation to shape teacher preparation curriculum: A model for continuous program improvement. ÿNew Educator, 11(1), 4-23. Doi: 10.1080/1547688X.2015.1001263
Leko, M.M., Brownell, M.T., Sindelar, P.T., & Kiely, M.T. (2015). Envisioning the future of special education personnel preparation in a standards-based era. Exceptional Children, 82(1), 25-43. doi:?10.1177/0014402915598782
Liu, P. (2015). Motivating teachers? commitment to change through transformational school leadership in Chinese urban upper secondary schools. Journal of Educational Administration, 53(6), 735?754. doi: 10.1108/JEA-02-2014-002
Rock, M.L., et al (2016). 21st century change drivers: Considerations for constructive transformative models of special education teacher development. The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 39(2), 98-120. doi:?10.1177/0888406416640634
Required Media
Grand City Community
Laureate Education (Producer) (2016c). Tracking data [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Go to the Grand City Community and click into Grand City School District Administration Offices. Review the following scenario: Tracking Data.
Required Media
Grand City Community
Go to the Grand City Community and click into Grand City High School. Review the following scenario: Mandate Meeting.

Understanding the work of the it governance board

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In this final week of your internship, your rotation assignment takes you back to the Chief of Staff’s Office where you started out seven weeks ago.
Among other things, the Chief of Staff’s organization is responsible for organizing meetings and providing support to the various internal governance boards and executive committees that comprise the internal governance infrastructure. Last week, you had a brief introduction to the work of one of these boards — the IT Governance board — when you helped the Chief Financial Officer and CFO staff put together a briefing to inform the board’s members about a technology problem.ÿ
The work of the company’s governance boards and committees is extremely important since these groups plan, design, negotiate, implement and provide oversight for the processes, policies, procedures, and other mechanisms used to guide,ÿ monitor, control, and assess the operations of the company. Each board is comprised of executives who each represent their functional areas or a group of internal stakeholders. Usually, there is a chair position that rotates among the members. If you would like to learn more about corporate governance in general, Deloitte’s report Developing an effective governance operating model: A guide for financial services boards and management teams provides a brief but comprehensive overview (see https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Financial-Services/dttl-fsi-US-FSI-Developinganeffectivegovernance-031913.pdf). You may also find this article What is a management system?, from the International Standards Organization, helpful as it explains what aÿmanagement systemÿis and why standards are needed to define repeatable steps that organizations can use to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of their management activities.
The IT Governance board operates under authority delegated by the corporate governance board. This board’s charter gives it responsibility for governance, risk management, and compliance management (GRC) for corporate IT processes, policies, and technologies. Members of the board each serve for a three year term. Of the 24 members, 8 have just begun their terms.
The IT Governance board focuses upon ensuring that the company achieves maximum value for each dollar spent on information technology capabilities. The board’s members must exercise diligence to ensure that the company complies with laws and regulations that apply to the use of Information Technology (including privacy and security requirements). The board is also charged with ensuring that the company complies with voluntary standards such as PCI-DSS since these have an impact on the company’s business operations (non compliance could result in the company not being permitted to receive payments via credit cards).
The next meeting of the IT Governance board will include a set of orientation briefings for the new members. Your assignment, as a support staffer, is to help prepare for this orientation meeting by developing a short (5-minute) briefing on one of the following IT management / IT security management frameworks, standards, and models.

COBIT
ITIL
ISO 27001 (ISMS Program Management)
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
NIST Security and Privacy Controls (NIST SP 800-53)
NIST Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-37)

See the weekly readings for information about your selected topic. Then, find additional sources on your own. (Each of these standards and frameworks is discussed in freely available materials on the Internet or in articles available through the university’s only library. There is no reason for you to pay for copies of any materials for this assignment.)
After you have researched your chosen framework, standard, or model, develop a written script for your briefing which you will deliver verbatim (as written). You should also prepare a one page handout for the board members to follow as you present your speech.

Pricing strategy and ethics: wet ?n wild case study

Wet ?n Wild is a chain of waterparks that are operated across Australia, the United States, and now China. The first waterpark in the chain was opened on the Gold Coast in Australia in 1984. Since that time they have expanded to eight locations, including Hawaii and Las Vegas.
In 2013, they opened a new water park in Sydney, Australia. Despite Sydney being a major international city with a population of over 5 million, it does not have a major theme or amusement park. Therefore, the new Wet ?n Wild facility was able to obtain a virtual monopoly in the Sydney area.
Obviously, Sydney is relatively well known for its famous beaches, including Bondi Beach. To counteract this indirect competitor, Wet ?n Wild located their new waterpark around one hour inland, away from the beaches. This location was still within large residential areas and easily accessible by road.
Because Sydney was lacking a major theme park, Wet ?n Wild was able to attract significant publicity and media attention prior to opening, particularly as the park was promoted as ?the largest waterpark in the world?. This was supported by significant advertising expenditure, which was primarily focused on selling season pass tickets.
The pricing structure for the new Wet ?n Wild waterpark was designed to sell season passes, rather than individual visits. For example, a season pass cost $120 as compared to a one-day visit pass of $70. This meant that there was a significant incentive to buy the season pass.
As a result, these season passes were enormously popular. The Christmas period in Australia is in the middle of summer, so these season passes became popular Christmas gifts as well.
As you can imagine, as consumers have paid for multiple visits ? many of them want to get great ?value for money?? which means as many visits as possible. As a consequence, the park become very crowded at times. On several occasions, in the middle of summer, the waterpark was at full capacity. That means that season pass holders, who had paid for their tickets, were unable to enter the park because it was full.
The other contributing factor to this overcrowding situation was that Wet ?n Wild was not open every day. Although their season ran from September to April (the warmer months in Australia), they were not open seven days a week ? sometimes only being open on weekends.
With a waterpark operating at full capacity on a hot day, you can imagine that the queues were quite long and uncomfortable. It was not uncommon to wait 1 « to 2 hours for a waterslide. This resulted in significant customer dissatisfaction that was expressed through social media, including Wet n? Wild?s own Facebook site.
Discussion Questions

As a new facility, Wet ?n Wild was keen to recoup their infrastructure investment as quickly as possible. Therefore, do you agree with their pricing strategy or would there be a more appropriate approach to pricing?
As the number of season passes sold was significant, do you think that is ethical of the company to keep promoting these passes or do you think that they have a responsibility to their shareholders to maximize profitability?
Given that season pass holders paid for a service that was not always available (that is, the park was full), do you think that they should be entitled to some form of refund or compensation? If so, how could this be implemented given thousands of people could have been affected.
As there were reasonable numbers of dissatisfied season pass holders, what do you think would be the long-term implications of Wet n? Wild?s objective to sell as many season passes as possible?

Source: https://www.greatideasforteachingmarketing.com/pricing-strategy-and-ethics-wet-n-wild/

Term paper: disaster recovery plan week 10

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Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.ÿInstructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Term Paper: Disaster Recovery Plan Week 10 and worth 200 points
This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a written paper and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit both parts as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
In recent years, organizations have witnessed the impact of having effective and non-effective business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. ÿIn today?s environment, with significant potential natural disasters, terrorist threats, and other man-made threats, it is critical that organizations develop effective business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. Select an organization that you are familiar with, such as where you currently or previously have worked, contact a local organization, or search on the Internet for the needed detail of an organization you are interested in. Prepare a disaster recovery plan policy for that organization.
Part 1: Written Paper1.1. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
a. Provide an overview of the organization that will be delivered to senior management, defining the business goals and objectives and the size, layout, and structure of the organization.b. Include a diagram of the organization?s network architecture and the proposed network architecture of an alternate computing facility in the event of a disaster (or the actual network architecture of the alternate computing facility if one already exists) through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.c. Develop the DRP Policy, including:
i. Disaster declaration
ii. Assessment of security
iii. Potential disaster scenarios and methods of dealing with the disaster
iv. Disaster recovery procedures
d. Develop an Incident Response Team (IRT) charter, which includes the following sections:
i. Executive summary
ii. Mission statement
iii. Incident declaration
iv. Organizational structure
v. Roles and responsibilities
vi. Information flow and methods of communication
vii. Methods and services provided by the IRT
viii. Authority and reporting procedures
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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 assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the infrastructure document. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the infrastructure document.

Part 2: PowerPoint PresentationUse Microsoft PowerPoint to:2. Create a twelve to fourteen (12-14) slide presentation that will be presented to the agency?s management, in which you:
a. Summarize the elements of the DRP Policy and IRT Charter, covering the main elements from Steps 3 and 4 above.ÿb. Include an introduction and conclusion slide.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the different ISS policies associated with risk management.
Compare and contrast the different ISS policies associated with incident response teams (IRT).
Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Q1, q2 | History homework help

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History Assignment: Progressive Era Through the Great Depression
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1. Explain the main themes of the Progressive Movement. What were the key reforms that the movement endorsed?
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2. Explain the role that the Spanish American War played in America?s development of an Empire. Do you think the Spanish American War was as example of imperialism ? why or why not?
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3. Explain President Woodrow Wilson?s decision to allow the US to be neutral during the beginning of WWI? What was the impact of his decision?
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4. Why are the 1920?s categorized as the ?Roaring Twenties? in American History? Provide three reasons.
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History Assignment World War II Through the 1970?s
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3. What were three civil rights breakthroughs after WWII that moved the cause of African Americans Forward?
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P5 | Marketing homework help

Using the same organization, you selected in Week 1, imagine that you will be making a Microsoft Power Point presentation to the organization’s board of directors or other decision-making leaders (depending upon the type of organization you are using). Your work this week will consist of two parts for the presentation.

First, you will synthesize the key insights you have learned during the past five weeks.
Second, you will present an Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) strategy, a pricing objective, and a pricing strategy to the board of directors. Because this second part involves new material in the project, it will probably require the most research and analysis to complete this week’s presentation.

The following sections provide greater detail about the two pieces of your presentation.
Note: The expectation for this project is a scholarly presentation. A scholarly presentation has two main distinctions:

The notes sections of slides contain research citations, evaluation, and conclusions?just like in a good scholarly paper. In other words, a reader should be able to read your notes section as if he or she is reading an academic paper. The grading rubric suggests a level of critical thinking for the presentation (in the notes section particularly) that is on the level of a good academic paper.
Key points and information on the slides are highlighted. A good slide contains no more than six lines of text. The slide should just contain the “big ideas” to help guide your reader through the main points.
In addition, for this project in particular, the first several sections of your presentation will use material you composed in the previous weeks of the project. However, use the slides and notes sections to show that you can do more than just copy from the previous weeks’ papers. Show that you can summarize the material and present the most important points to your audience.

Part 1: Summary of Key Insights from the Course Project to Date
Using course work (and feedback!) you have completed so far in the course project, summarize key points regarding the organizational mission and how the new product/service and your proposed service delivery enhancements contribute to the organization’s ability to complete the mission.

New Mission; New Product/Service (2 slides)

Provide a brief overview of the new/improved mission statement and the new/improved product or service you are proposing.
Provide the board of directors with supported rationale for how the new product/service contributes to achieving the new/improved organizational mission.

Service Delivery Enhancements (2 slides)

Provide a brief overview of service delivery enhancements to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Provide the board of directors with supported rationale for how the service delivery enhancements contribute to achieving organizational mission.

Part 2: Communication Strategy
As new material for this week, you need to communicate to your “organization’s” market segment the key benefits that make the organization distinct from the competitors. In addition, you need to announce the improvements in the delivery of the services by the company. Justify an Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) strategy that includes the following:

Advertisement (5?7 slides)

Propose an advertisement featuring the new (improved) services and containing the following elements:

A headline
A subhead line
A brand?positioning statement
An artwork
A layout

Justify traditional and nontraditional channels to carry the advertisement.
In the notes section, justify your channel selection. Use research to support your work.

Pricing (2?3 slides)

Justify both a pricing objective and a pricing strategy for the company on the basis of the information gathered from the case study, an understanding of the competition, and the likely attitude of current customers.
In the notes section, justify why the organization should adopt the pricing objective and follow your pricing strategy, using appropriate examples, research, and reasoning.

Conclusion (1 slide)

Conclude with a statement positioning the brand around the new service delivery.
In the notes section, defend the statement. Support your work with research.

APA Format

5 small assignments – on 10/4/19 | communications

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Assignment 1: 1 page
Assignment 2: Approximately 1 page
Assignment 3: Approximately 1 page
Assignment 4: 200 words
Assignment 5: Approximately 1 page
(1)Romance in the Workplace
Objective:
To increase student awareness of the negative and positive impacts and implications of romance in the workplace.
Instructions:
Please respond to these questions by October 4, 2019 by pm
Discussion Questions:
1. Given the risks of workplace romances ? a relationship that will likely eventually end and depending on circumstances may negative impact your career ? and the benefits ? a relationship with someone who shares your experience and in close proximity that ends in marriage more than 30% of the time ? do you think that workplace romances are worth the risk? Why or why not?ÿ
2. If you or someone close to you were about to enter into a workplace romance, what rules (at least 3) would you recommend they follow to be ?subtle and discreet? in their behavior?ÿ
3. In general, how do you feel about intimate displays of emotion in the workplace?
(2)When Friends Get in the Way
To reflect on the impact of friendships on romantic relationships.
Please the following questions:
1. Have you found that your friendships sometimes sabotage your love life? Or conversely, has your love life intruded on your friendships? What do you think is the ideal balance?ÿ
2. What kinds of conversations would you need to have with your friends?or with your romantic partners?to bring about an appropriate balance?ÿ
October 4, 2019 by pm
(3)Element of Communication Process Assignment
In Chapter One, we learned communication is the process of creating or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking. To understand how the process works, we described the essential elements in the process.
For the following interaction, identify the contexts, participants, channels. message, interference (noise), and feedback.
“Maria and Damien are meandering through the park, talking and drinking bottled water. Damien finishes his bottle, replaces the lid, and tosses the bottle into the bushes at the side of the path. Maria, who has been listening to Damien talk, comes to a stop, puts her hand on her hips, stares at Damien, and says angrily, ” I can’t believe what you just did! Damien blushes, averts his gaze, and mumbles, “Sorry, I’ll get it- I just wasn’t thinking.” As the tension drains from Maria’s face. she gives her head a playful toss, smiles, and says, Well, just see that it doesn’t happen again.
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(4)Discussion: Communication Analysis
Search on the internet on sites such as www.youtube.com and http://www.ted.com/ to find good speeches. ÿ
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In this discussion, you will analyze the speech for invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Further, look for logos, pathos, and ethos. ÿPost the link to the speech, and your analysis.
(5)Attending a Speech Outside of Class
Analyze the speech for invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
Further, look for logos, pathos, and ethos.
Write about your overall impression.

Business plan final | Business & Finance homework help

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: your final business plan and your business plan financials. Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
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You have completed all of the necessary sections of your business plan and will now create a final draft. Use any / all feedback you have received to polish your plan to the point that you could confidently show it to investors and potential partners or customers.
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Refer to the Outline of a Business Plan, beginning on p. 399 of the course text. Not all businesses will include all of these components in this order, but use the outline as a guide. Specifically your plan will not require the Development, Milestones, and Exit Plan section of the business plan.
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Section 1: Business Plan (MS Word or equivalent)
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Construct a ten to thirty (10-30) page business plan. Note: Twenty (20) pages are sufficient for most businesses.
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Write a one to three (1?3) page executive summary for your business plan, in which you justify:

A clear and concise business concept.
A thoroughly planned business concept.
A capable management structure.
A clear-cut market need.
Significant competitive advantages for your business.
Realistic financial projections.
That investors have an excellent chance to make money.
A realistic and developed exit plan.

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Combine all of the sections stated below and revise your initial business plan draft, which you submitted in Week 8, based on feedback you have received.

Executive Summary
Company Description (Assignment 1)
Industry Analysis and Trends ( Assignment 1 )
Target Market ( Assignment 2 )
Competition ( Assignment 2 )
Strategic Position & Risk Assessment ( Assignment 1 )
Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy ( Assignment 2 )
Operations Plan ( Assignment 3 Part 1 )
Technology Plan ( Assignment 3 Part 1 )
Management & Organization ( Assignment 3 Part 1 )
Ethics & Social Responsibility ( Assignment 3 Part 2)
The Financials ( Week 7 Discussion )

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The Financials and the Management description?must spark enough interest to convince a reader to continue. Enhance the two (2) mentioned sections to appropriately engage the reader.

Hints: The financial section of your business plan will be derived from the previously completed financial worksheets.

Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
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.

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Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets bundled with course textbook)
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Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
Create a plan to implement a firm?s strategy and manage the change from current operations.
Analyze strategies for exerting the internal leadership needed to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives and improve operating excellence.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics

Fixing the health care plan case study

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You are the Vice President of Compensation & Benefits for Wolfman Enterprises, a large, high-technology products manufacturer that employs approximately 65,000 in the United States.ÿ
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You have been asked by Wolfman?s top management to develop a custom-designed health insurance program for the organization that would hold down health-care premium costs to a reasonable level while ensuring that employees would retain adequate health care coverage.ÿÿ
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The current health care plan is relatively traditional.ÿ The company pays the entire health care premium for single employees (approximately $480 per month); dependent coverage is available, but the employee pays the entire cost of this coverage.
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There is a $250 deductible, and no preferred provider network.ÿ Once the employee?s deductible is met, the policy pays 80% of all covered expenses up to $5,000.ÿ Once the $5,000 threshold is met, the policy then pays 100% of covered expenses up to a lifetime maximum of $2,000,000 per person.ÿ Thus, each employee has an annual out-of-pocket maximum of $1,250.ÿ
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Preventive care (an annual physical, routine Pap smears and annual mammograms for women, and PSA for men) are covered at 100% with no deductible.ÿ Employees also have a prescription drug benefit.ÿ After payment of a $100 annual deductible (per person), generic prescription drugs are available with a $10 copay; brand-name prescription drugs are available with a $25 copay.ÿÿ
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Top management has asked you to provide them with a preliminary list of ideas to be considered, and how you believe employees would accept these changes, because the company is concerned about employee retention and does not want to lose valued employees.ÿ
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Based upon the material presented in the textbook and your outside research, prepareÿaÿreport that addresses what health care initiatives Wolfman might undertake in order to deal with the rapidly escalating health care costs.ÿ Make certain that you consider the effects the initiatives would have on the employees and their acceptance of the changes.ÿ
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You should use a minimum of two (2) outside sources in this paper.ÿ Please be sure to appropriately cite all sources using APA formatting.
Your assignment should be 3-4 pages long, double-spaced, using 12-point font, excluding cover page, attachments, etc.ÿ
Keep in mind that, while there is no one single “absolutely correct” approach to this problem,ÿthis is not an opportunity for opinion alone.ÿ Grading will reflect your reasoning and critical thinking skills, your ability to integrate what you have assimilated from course material, the clarity of your response and its appearance.ÿ Please see the rubric posted under the “Resources” tab in the main menu of the course for additional guidelines on grading.