This module taught you that performance measurement has become a very important aspect of the program evaluation process as the stakeholders in the agency or program will want to see evidence that the outcomes are being met and, if not, what specifically needs to be addressed or fixed in order to meet those outcomes.

Tasks:

In about 300 words, respond to the following:

• How does performance measurement differ from program evaluation?
• What do you think are the key benefits of using performance measurement as part of the program evaluation process?
• If you were working for an agency that is in its upcoming year and that only has the money and manpower to develop and carry out either program evaluation capabilities (putting its resources into developing the capability to conduct performance evaluations) or performance measurement capabilities (putting its resources into measuring the key outputs and outcomes for its programs), which one of these would you do first? Why?

Overview.  The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand how the lecture and book material is applicable to the working lives of real people (including yourself).  You are asked to interview an individual who is experienced in a communication-intensive career. They must have worked in this field for at least three years, preferably more. Pick someone who is doing a job you would like to have someday or someone you admire. This person should not be a family member or personal friend. Use this informational interview to expand your professional network and maybe help with your job search process!

 

Be prepared for your interview.  Apply the interviewing methods you learned about in Com 308 or 309.  Prepare a list of questions but also follow-up with probing questions. Obtain the details you will need to write an interesting 4-page paper. Take excellent notes or (with permission) record the interview.

 

You will write a brief (4-5 typed, double-spaced pages) profile of this professional person and the communication practices they use at work. The audience for the profile is students contemplating a career in this person’s field. Your writing should be concise, engaging, and readable.  This is the kind of writing you would find if an executive was profiled in a business magazine or a corporate newsletter. However, you should use concepts from classto analyze and describe this person’s work.

 

I hope to compile the best profiles and make them available to other students, through the course Blackboard and other communication mechanisms.  If you don’t want your writing shared in this way, let me know when you submit the paper.

 

In addition, five points extra credit will be awarded if your profile is accepted for publication somewhere this semester (e.g., in a newspaper or company newsletter or on an edited website).

 

Make sure you gather and report this information in your profile:

 

1. Background information
2. Name
3. Age
4. Sex
5. Title/position
6. Current company/organization
7. Organization location
8. Years in this profession
9. Years in this organization
10. Educational background (including highest level attained)
11. Job duties

Describe the most significant duties performed by this person. Make sure you definitely describe their most important communication tasks. You might also describe the most unique, challenging, or rewarding aspects of their work.

 

III. Risk Analysis

1. Assess the trends. Introduce the idea of risk, as we are discussing it in class. Ask about the trends the interviewee sees in their workforce, company, industry or in the larger environment. What risks do they see developing? What aspects of their job could put them, coworkers, or their employer at risk?  What actions would help them or their organization manage the risks? (Make sure I can see that you are using class concepts as you report on this part of the interview).

 

1. Analyze a risky situation. Ask your interviewee to identify a risky communication situation they have faced on the job. Pick one of the risky situations we have discussed in class (each chapter of the WK book concerns a kind of risky situation). Drawing upon the Risk Negotiation Framework, devise questions about the (1) historical, contextual, or relational factors that made the situation risky, (2) the personal and organizational communication practices that exacerbated or managed the risk, and (3) the outcomes of the risky situation. (Make sure I can see that you are using class concepts as you report on this part of the interview).

 

1. Lessons learned

Note: You must ask these two questions. Report the answers verbatim, somewhere in your profile.

 

1. What is the best advice you ever heard about how to be a successful (fill in his/her profession)?

 

1. What is the best advice you could give to a young person wishing to become a (fill in his/her profession)?

 

 

Grading Criteria

 

1. Accuracy: Ample and correct use of class concepts (20 points)
2. Application: Provides concrete observations/examples             (20 points)
3. Writing: technically proficient, engaging, concise, thorough (20 points)

 

Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Identify two (2) aspects of Romanesque cathedral architecture, and explain their significance. Discuss two (2) details one might encounter or experience on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (i.e., on the way and / or once there) that you think a medieval Christian pilgrim might find especially meaningful. In modern times, identify the place you would find most meaningful to visit, and explain why. Write a paragraph from a letter you might send home about this “pilgrimage”.

Explore

Christian Structures and Pilgrimage

Chapter 10 (pp. 338-345), Medieval Christian pilgrimage and Romanesque cathedrals; review Week 5 Music Folder Video about Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCDUl04lfLs Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez talk about a pilgrimage on film: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/141077667/father-and-son-take-a-spiritual-journey-in-the-

As the country focuses on the restructuring of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role. It is expected that more and more nursing jobs will become available out in the community, and fewer will be available in acute care hospitals.

Write an informal presentation (500-700 words) to educate nurses about how the practice of nursing is expected to grow and change. Include the concepts of continuity or continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), medical homes, and nurse-managed health clinics. Share your presentation with nurse colleagues on your unit or department and ask them to offer their impressions of the anticipated changes to health care delivery and the new role of nurses in hospital settings, communities, clinics, and medical homes. In 800-1,000 words summarize the feedback shared by three nurse colleagues and discuss whether their impressions are consistent with what you have researched about health reform. A minimum of three scholarly references are required for this assignment. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Rubrics. Main concept is easily identified, and subconcepts branch appropriately from the main idea. Addresses all of the issues related to the evolving practice of nursing and patient care delivery. Evidence of feedback and forecasting of the nursing role from colleagues is described in detail, with relevant personal insight, reflection, or analysis. All of the recommended terms have been included in the correct context. Content shows significant evidence of originality and inventiveness. The majority of the content and many of the ideas are fresh, original, inventive, and based upon logical conclusions and sound research. The writer is clearly in command of standard, written academic English. All format elements are correct. In-text citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.

In terms of your cross-cultural experiences, identify one specific culture represented in your location, and describe the characteristics of this culture that may contribute to excellence in the classroom. While determining how the cultural attributes may enhance instruction, describe how these attributes could be turned into instructional strategies. For instance, in the case of a language difference, students could be paired or grouped according to language differences and given exercises that exchange words in each language.

After you read over the slide presentation posted for this weeks about some of the macro trends affecting the US healthcare system, think about how those trends may be affecting the future of the healthcare profession. For example, what do you think about these following future possibilities?

Chronic Care Management companies take charge of care that keeps these folks out of the hospital as much as possible. Geriatric Care Management companies use mobile technology as an alternative to institutionalization of old people. Companies reduce the cost of care by moving services currently provided in a hospital to out in the community. New mobile, robotic, and AI technologies become standard tolls for improving quality by reducing variations in the provision of healthcare services. The overall healthcare marketplace remains nervous as it faces major changes in the Medicare program and the still unclear future of the Affordable Care Act, so it keep looking for all kinds of new ways to do more with less

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Assignment 3: Training Design

Refer to the Scenario for Assignments 1-5 found here.

The next step in the training process is to design the training.

When designing the training program for your organization, consider the following questions:

• Why is the training needed?
• How does the training support the organization’s strategic plan (mission, vision, goals)?
• Who will be trained?
• What are the training objectives?
• What instructional methods or strategies will be used?

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

6. Revise Assignment 2 based on your professor’s feedback. (Revision is not included in the required page count.)
7. Develop three to four (3-4) complete (all three [3] levels) training objectives for the organizational training program, providing a rationale for each.
8. Apply 1-5 of Gagné-Briggs Nine Events of Instruction to the design of your training program, providing an example of how you would approach each of the first five (5) events.
9. Apply 6-9 of Gagné-Briggs Nine Events of Instruction to the design of your training program, providing an example of how you would approach each of the last four (4) events.
10. Include at least two (2) relevant peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old from material outside the textbook.

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. 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, revision, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze key components of developing a training program in an organization.
• Develop training goals and objectives that support the achievement of selected competencies for a specific role in an organization.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational training and development.
• Write clearly and concisely about organizational training and development using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

Offense, Defense, and Strategy Read the Tesla and Tata Motors case studies in the text (cases 17 and 18). Jot down any additional thoughts based on your general knowledge of the automotive industry and personal experience with buying, driving, fueling and maintaining cars. Background research may be needed to satisfy your curiosity and answer questions raised by your readings and recollections.

Questions Please answer all of the following questions:

Chapter 6 1. How have Tesla and Tata Motors both been on the offensive and defensive at different times? 2. Have Tesla and Tata Motors pursued horizontal integration strategies more than vertical integration strategies over the past 5 years, or vice versa?

Discussion 1: Case Analysis With Discussion: Stakeholder Analysis of Tesla Motors and the Global Automobile Industry

To develop effective strategies, a business must thoroughly understand its ecosystem, and the stakeholders within it, that can affect its success. To this end, effective businesses often analyze the political, economic, social, and technological forces (sometimes called P.E.S.T. analysis) and perform a comprehensive stakeholder analysis. Businesses can use each analysis to survey opportunities for strategic action, as well as to evaluate threats to current resource capabilities and strategies.

This week, you use a large-scale, industry-level case study to analyze critical forces and stakeholder interests and needs that shape the ecosystem of an organization and industry. You then examine the strategic implications of the critical forces and stakeholder analyses concepts as they apply to your Capstone Strategy Playbook.

Stakeholder Analysis of Tesla Motors

P.E.S.T. analysis is an important way to capture the general forces that affect industries and companies. Another way to obtain a more comprehensive perspective of the general ecosystem that a company like Tesla Motors works within, is to identify, as explicitly as possible, all the stakeholders that have an interest in a given business.

You might want to think about this from the “outside-in.” That is, given each of the major P.E.S.T. forces noted above, ask yourself, “Who are the people (stakeholders) behind each major force and how must I relate to them strategically?” So, for example, it is clear that international and national political figures may be relevant stakeholders in any given case, as would government regulators at local, regional, national, or international levels. You can’t change a local, regional, or national/international regulation directly—you have to know who to see and the action occurs among people—so a stakeholder analysis is, in many ways, a “personified” version of your P.E.S.T. analysis.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review all required readings, including the Weekly Briefing, which provides additional guidance on how to complete the Assignment.
• Review this week’s case study. You can, and should, scan it multiple times.
• Identify and review all relevant readings from the MBA Program Capstone Bibliography.
• Consider the elements of P.E.S.T. analysis that you learned earlier in the MBA program. These elements include:
  • Political (Legislative) and Legal Elements (regulatory environment, market access, technology regulation, zoning restrictions, industry specific, company specific legislation, anti-trust laws, insurance/liability requirements, safety regulations, child workforce protection laws, immigration laws, etc.)
  • Economic Elements (interest rate and equity market movements, capital liquidity, inflation prospects, exchange rate movements, workforce availability, discretionary income levels, etc.)
  • Societal Values and Ethics (risk taking propensity, family dynamics and behavior, cultural “in” behaviors, taboo activities, media focus, religious behaviors, ethical limitations on business, etc.)
  • Technology Elements (materials technology advances, electronics advances, communications advances, infrastructure access [communication, electricity, etc.], energy advances, etc.)And an important and too often forgotten element:
  • Demographic Changes (age distribution and trend, absolute population size and trend, birth and death rates, gender proportion and trend, ethnic mix and trend, location/mobility and trends.)
• Identify, as explicitly as possible, all the relevant stakeholders that have an interest in Tesla Motors, and how Tesla should manage them as part of a strategy.
• Research your stakeholder list initially this way, to ensure complete coverage:
  • General Ecosystem Stakeholders (the ones that are behind the specific P.E.S.T. influences, includes the press, interest groups, the public at large, communities, shareholders, etc.)
  • Industry Level Stakeholders (direct local competitors, potential substitute companies, other competitors or potential competitors outside your current markets, lenders, alliance or potential alliance partners, trade associations, suppliers in the entire supply chain, customers and their end-users, potential customers or end users, etc.)
  • Internal Stakeholders (these are the people who influence the company from inside, including the board of directors, senior leadership, management, skilled employees at any level, other employees, contract workforce, outsourced workforce, potential new recruits, etc.)
  • Potential New Stakeholders (at any level, but which may become stakeholders as you consider new strategic actions and activities)
• Then, reorder and rank the stakeholder list in order of “influence priority,” where stakeholders at the top of the prioritized list require more of Tesla Motor’s attention because they can/will influence your strategic choices for the future the most.

Post by Day 3:

An assessment of the stakeholder environment for Tesla (and the U.S. automobile industry) that includes a comprehensive and prioritized list of stakeholders and explains who the key stakeholders are that Tesla Motors must pay attention to and why; and then offers specific strategies for how Tesla must seek to manage or otherwise, legally and ethically, influence these stakeholders.

General Guidance: Your original post, due by Day 3, will typically be approximately 1 single-spaced page in length (cut and pasted into the Discussion) as a general expectation/estimate.

References

Applegate, L. M. (2008). Stakeholder analysis tool [Exercise]. Retrieved from https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/pl/28623611/28644117/653bbd82e156def6e1399535711fa0c5

• · Rothaermel, F. T., & Zimmer, E. (2014). Tesla Motors (in 2013): Will sparks fly in the automobile industry? (McGraw-Hill Education Case No. 0077645065). Retrieved from https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/pl/28623611/28636591/8b0a28d6c507858967e18f2e9d50a628

 

Health Care Marketing Reflection Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflection on current health care marketing techniques. Examine current health care marketing techniques in television, the Internet, radio, or any other media source. Some examples include advertising trends in pharmaceutical marketing, promoting specialized clinics and hospitals, public relations events related to health care, or promoting health care products or services. Address the following points: What types of marketing are being used? How are they being used? What is your opinion on current health care marketing techniques and trends? Do you feel current techniques are affecting consumer trends? If so, how? Do you see any positive or negative effects due to current techniques and trends? Format your reflection according to APA guidelines. Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.