Analyze the functions of management and ethical principles for executing effective decision making in organizations

The final project for this course is the creation of a decision-making and principles of management paper.
As you continue on your path to earn a degree in business administration, you will deepen your understanding of how effective management is a crucial aspect of overall business success, especially in today’s complex business world. As business and society continue to evolve, there will continue to be a demand for managers who are able to organize their resources and strategically implement the functions of management to achieve the goals of an organization.
The final paper for the course is divided into two parts: Final Project One and Final Project Two. Both parts of the assessment will focus on decision making and the fundamental principles of management.
In Final Project One, with the help of your instructor, you will select a successful company from the list provided. You will analyze the company’s best practices and effective implementation of the fundamental principles of management. Final Project One is divided into two milestones which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Module Two and Module Three. Final Project One will be submitted in Module Five.
In Final Project One, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

Analyze how an organization’s goals influence organizational planning that informs strategic decision making
Analyze the functions of management and ethical principles for executing effective decision making in organizations
Apply management techniques that ensure the continuous improvement of personnel and business processes to measure organizational performance
Apply communication techniques aimed at increasing employee performance, thus achieving organizational goals and objectives
Illustrate the important connection between management and organizational culture

You are expected to provide a brief overview of the successful company that you have chosen to benchmark for management best practices. You should also include specific examples related to the fundamental principles of management and the company’s mission and vision statement. Instructor feedback should be applied to your Final Project One submission.
You must select a company from the list of suggested companies below. Resources related specifically to the successful companies listed are provided.
RESOURCES BELOW:
https://www.southwest.com/about-southwest/?clk=GFOOTER-ABOUT-ABOUT
https://www.forbes.com/sites/airchive/2014/04/22/southwest-airlines-opens-for-business-customers/?sh=1b2386d4329b

Effective Management at Southwest Airlines from Slash621

Investigate and draw the structure (and provide the name) for 3 common antioxidants that arecommonly consumed and write a detailed description of how these antioxidants work. Then, provide a mechanism clearly illustrating how one of the antioxidants works.

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Your Name:
Antioxidants typically don’t normally involve a typical 2 electron oxidation mechanism that you
might expect. What antioxidants typically do is quench free radicals that form in your body.
1. Investigate and draw the structure (and provide the name) for 3 common antioxidants that arecommonly consumed and write a detailed description of how these antioxidants work. Then,
provide a mechanism clearly illustrating how one of the antioxidants works.

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2. Radical (mono)halogenation can also be useful in synthesis as well. Using the carbon sources
provided below and any necessary reaction that has been covered in Chapter 10 as well as previous
chapters in the text, propose a synthesis of the alkyne product shown below. Show all necessary
steps and include the reagents/conditions needed for each step. Draw the major organic product
expected after each step as well. Remember, you must use the carbon sources provided and these
carbons need to be incorporated into the product shown. You do not need to draw arrow-pushing
mechanism for ANY of the steps. To help you with the forward synthesis, also design a viable
retrosynthetic scheme that illustrate the key bond disconnects you will utilize in your proposed
synthesis.

 Child abuse incidents are some of the most heartbreaking cases that police officers investigate.  Not only are children often abused physically and emotionally in their home environment, but they are sometimes victimized again by the criminal justice system. Discuss your thoughts and feelings on how these cases are now handled by the police and by the courts.

 Child abuse incidents are some of the most heartbreaking cases that police officers investigate.  Not only are children often abused physically and emotionally in their home environment, but they are sometimes victimized again by the criminal justice system. You’ve read Chapter 8.  Children are not only vulnerable as victims.  They are also extremely sensitive to the process of prosecuting their abusers.  Giving a detailed statement of their abuse and testifying in a courtroom setting can be traumatic for adults.  Imagine how frightening this can be for a child.  There have been advances over the years to reduce the trauma of these proceedings and provide a more sensitive process for child victims.  Based on your readings from Chapter 8, discuss your thoughts and feelings on how these cases are now handled by the police and by the courts.  In addition, do you have any thoughts or recommendations on how this process can be further improved?  

A nurse is providing care based on Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursing activities is this approach useful? The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow’s basic human needs is being met by this nurse?  

A nurse is providing care based on Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs. For which nursing activities is this approach useful?
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow’s basic human needs is being met by this nurse?  

You are a medical professor in charge of creating college assignments and answers for medical college students. You design and conduct lectures, evaluate student performance and provide feedback through examinations and assignments. Answer each question separately. Include and Introduction. Provide an answer to this content

Find the percent of students who complete the project in less than 2.5 hours (150 minutes), with the statistics below. For your second post, find the z-score and number of minutes that represent the 90th percentile of times, which gives the time cutoff for the 10% of students who take the longest):The times follow a normal model with a mean of 184.2 minutes and a standard deviation of 47.5 minutes.

Find the percent of students who complete the project in less than 2.5 hours (150 minutes), with the statistics below. For your second post, find the z-score and number of minutes that represent the 90th percentile of times, which gives the time cutoff for the 10% of students who take the longest):The times follow a normal model with a mean of 184.2 minutes and a standard deviation of 47.5 minutes. I already started it but not sure if what I have is correct

Describe how does your culture feel about depression, anxiety and other mental health issues?

 In response to your peers, suggest an activity to incorporate into working with a client experiencing these challenges. 
1#.  In working with patients who have experienced pressure to leave their thinking racial practice, my approach would highlight racial sensitivity and respect their common experience. “Culture is frequently classified as a  wide and vexed definition  in million of ways depending on the area of study  and opinion of humans using the definition” (Gopalkrishnan,2018 Page 1). I would make a secure, not judgemental space for them to tour their feelings and skills, motivating an open dialogue. Furthermore,  I would assist patients to tour the strengths and resources they can gain from their cultural background and point out the morals of cultural diversity. “One of the primary complication  experiencing in mental health experts  is comprehending the difficult duties  and cultural diversity
2#.  My approach would be to be empathetic to my client. I would have them tell me what beliefs are important to them and how adopting new ideals and customs would change who they are as a person. I would let them know that pressuring someone to give up something that is important to someone can make that person resentful.  I would ask them if they feel that fitting in to the customs of the culture they are currently in supresses their heritage and ethnicity in ways that bother them, and if so how can they keep true to their own true roots while adopting some of the new ideals, if that is what they truly want and value. I would also challenge them on why (what is their motivation) and who they are trying to fit into ways of the dominant culture for, is it for themselves or someone, something (job, college) they are trying to impress? Understanding what motivates them to want to change can be helpful in deciding what is helpful for them. Also, asking what cultural traditions are important they keep. Is there a way they can do both, and knowing that I am supportive of whatever they chose or dont’t chose. 
Another thing I would bring up with my client is how will this change effect their family structure. Certain cultures are very family focused and follow cultural ways faithfully. How will giving up some of their cultural practices for different ones change how the family feels toward them or functions together.
Question to class: How does your culture feel about depression, anxiety and other mental health issues?

Discuss the goals of effective business messages and the process for creating them.

Test your Knowledge (Question):Q-1 Discuss the goals of effective business messages and the process for creating them=========================================================5.2 Action Required:Watch the short video in the following link and answer the questions that follows:Q-2 5.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):How do you see the imperative working in your own life? Within your family? In your personal and professional relationships? Does Kant’s understanding of the relationship between art and beauty accord with your own?==========================================================Q-3 6.2 Action Required:Watch the short video in the following link and answer the questions that follows:6.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):How would you go about making the decision about what to do? Is there a right or wrong answer? What values and criteria would you use to make your decision about whom to save?==============================Action Required: 6.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):Q. What do you understand by Process break down and bottleneck of a process?=====================================Action Required:6.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):What are the main elements of public decision making?======================================ReadingChapter 6.  Strategy Formation: Situation Analysis and Business StrategyTextbook: Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2014). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780133126129 (print), 9780133126433 (e-text)RecommendedMintzberg, H. (1978). Patterns in Strategy Formulation. Management Science, 24(9), 934-948. 6.3. Test your knowledge (Max 100 words for every question)Question 1What is the relevance of the resource-based view of the firm to strategic management in a global environment?How can value-chain analysis help identify a company’s strengths and weaknesses?Q-7 Action Required:Click on the following link to read about communities of practice, how they support the organization and different types of communities. 6.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):Q. How communities of practice support organizations? Which type of community is best for the organization you work in?

Select a state health policy reform innovation. Discuss the rationale for the policy, how it was adopted (e.g., federal waivers, passage by state legislature), the funding structure, and (to the extent statistical data are available) its impact.

This assignment is an analysis of local, state, or federal health policy.

Select a state health policy reform innovation. Discuss the rationale for the policy, how it was adopted (e.g., federal waivers, passage by state legislature), the funding structure, and (to the extent statistical data are available) its impact. ethical outcome based on evidence.
Examples of state innovations include Maryland’s hospital rate setting, Vermont’s single payer system, and Massachusetts’ health reforms

Submission Requirements:

The assignment is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

Consider performance measurement in a department that you work in or are familiar with. Do you use a balanced scorecard? What are the key performance indicators that you drive towards? What type of behaviors do they drive?

Discussion Post  Consider performance measurement in a department that you work in or are familiar with. Do you use a balanced scorecard? What are the key performance indicators that you drive towards? What type of behaviors do they drive? Are they discussed extensively and have become part of the corporate culture? If you don’t use them, do you think they could be useful? What types of KPI’s would you choose for your department or area that you are familiar with that would drive employee learning & growth, customer perceptions, internal processes, and financial growth? If you currently are using them, which of these 4 areas are your KPI’s mostly focused on? How are they measured? If you aren’t using KPI’s yet, how would you measure the ones you have chosen? How easy are these to find?I will send 2 peer post later for responses:Kylah LarsonSince I’ve started working I’ve held a variety of positions and jobs, however at every point at least one job was related to the food-service industry. In this field the balanced scorecard is likely utilized by the major companies but on a corporate level rather than the service level. By definition the balanced scorecard, “is a strategic management performance metric that helps companies identify and improve their internal operations to help their external outcomes” (Tarver, 2023). Looking at past performance the corporate office would perform inspections and provide feedback on operations, efficiency, sales, and performance metrics quarterly to direct management within the company. Often these performance reviews would reflect things found on the balanced scorecard as corporate would adjust procedures or make changes in attempts to boost sales and net profits over time. There are a few KPIs that the balance scorecard was looking to drive towards and promote. While quite a few were monitored and adjusted overtime in response to other changes, some closely tracked KPIs include financial and operational. The primary financial KPI that was closely monitored revolved around labor costs. When sales were low it was important as a company to track the labor cost percentages and adjust the shifts staffing as necessary in response. Labor was tracked by management every hour or so on slower days with the corporate expectation of labor costs remaining below 17% by closing that day. If the labor was above this percentage it was flagged in the closing system and affected the managerial bonuses and reflected in upcoming inspections and reports, as corporate looked for reasons as to why the labor costs were allowed to remain so high without sending home staff to reflect sales volumes. When looking at operational KPIs an article by Spider Strategies Inc. highlights the importance of monitoring both waste percentages and inventory turnover rates (2023). The inventory and waste percentages were impacted alongside each other in the method used to track them. Weekly inventory counts were done and orders placed that showed which ingredients or supplies were being used in higher or lower quantities than normal. Sometimes when product usage was higher than anticipated it showed that product was either being wasted or overused to make menu items, resulting in additional training and other techniques being enforced by corporate to keep product quality and servings not only consistent but at a sustainable level to reflect the product pricing.These KPIs help drive the minimization of waste that could result in a loss of net profits overtime, especially if left uncorrected for extended periods. By ensuring both labor and product costs remained at an appropriate and efficient level the company is able to boost profits and better track future performance, helping to more accurately predict future needs. The ease of finding and monitoring these KPIs was relatively easy through our primary computer system and operations, it could be accessed within about a minute at any point throughout the day if some areas needed more monitoring as changes or corrections were being made. While the understanding of the KPIs may have varied the management understood the positioning that corporate provided and was looking to promote. The spread of the culture throughout all levels of company management helped to easier track and promote changes and expectations, since explanations were provided and goals were kept to manageable expectations. Timothy AllenThe balanced scorecard is a concept that was first introduced by David Norton and Robert Kaplan in 1992 to identify, improve, and control a business’s various functions and resulting outcomes(Tarver, 2023). It is a tool that many companies use to monitor what exactly it would like to accomplish. This is done in four categories; learning & growth, internal process, customer, and financial.AAA is a company that does use a balanced scorecard regarding their key indicators being sales and claims. This will allow them to understand whether they are reaching their desired goals and have a balance between their drivers and outcomes(Jackson, 2023). This is done in a few different ways, the first is the sales cycle with percentages by step, the second is training and how it rates to claim ratio. The first goes from the percentage of calls that move to leads, which are customers who have been contacted and spoken to. After that, the percentage of leads that turn into meaningful conversation, which is a conversation talking about a specific product. Then the percentage of meaningful conversations that become sales is calculated. With this information, variables can be added that will change the outcomes during the sales cycle. Will more training lead to more meaningful conversations or would calling at different times lead to more contacts? These are numbers that are compared month to month to make sure that agents are using their limited time in the most productive manner possible.Another aspect of the balanced scorecard that AAA uses is claim ratios. The less claims that are made, the more money that AAA would make. This has led to more hours of training. When I started with AAA, there was a three week training cycle but now it is six weeks. This is done so that customer representatives are able to identify clients who would have the least chances of having a claim. These will lead to higher costs for clients that will have a higher risk of having a claim, such as young drivers or people with multiple accidents in the past.

Identify three (3) personal cultural identities. Describe how these identities inform the way you communicate with others.

 Overview:For this assignment, you will prepare a creative deliverable that details how personal cultural identities inform communication. You will be able to choose whichever format you wish for your deliverable.  Please follow the instructions below and be sure to follow APA formatting guidelines. For more guidance about APA formatting, please visit the APA Resources folder in the Student Resources course menu tab.*To view the grading rubric for this assignment, click the name of the assignment (above), then click “View Rubric”
Instructions:As part of the Module 2 Lesson, you were tasked with creating a list of the different groups you belong to (church, interest groups, family, etc.) that help shape your personal cultural identity. 

For this assignment, you will create a deliverable of your choice (written document, infographic, PowerPoint, video, etc.) that communicates the information below. See the attached handout to view resources that can assist you in creating some of these types of deliverables.

Identify three (3) personal cultural identities. Describe how these identities inform the way you communicate with others.