Were you surprised by the inclusion of any of Ekvall’s ten dimensions? Are there any additional dimensions that you think should have been included? Which dimension of creative climate was the hardest to evaluate?

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Discussion – Discussion: Evaluating Ekvall’s Dimensions of a Creative Climate

For this assignment, you will investigate metrics for determining success in an innovative organization as well as critical factors that can help identify organizations that will be successful at innovating. You will apply and discuss Göran Ekvall’s method for measuring the creative climate at an organization by examining ten climate dimensions he identified.

Review the creative climate document and then complete the Dimensions of Creative Climate worksheet which assesses Ekvall’s ten dimensions of a creative climate for your current organization; alternatively, you can measure another organization by interviewing one of its employees.

Then, write about your thoughts and address the following in your initial post:

Were you surprised by the inclusion of any of Ekvall’s ten dimensions? Are there any additional dimensions that you think should have been included?
Which dimension of creative climate was the hardest to evaluate?
Share any insights or thoughts about the creative climate for the organization you evaluated. Discuss the one to two dimensions that received the highest and lowest scores.
In addition, upload the following file:

Your completed Ekvall’s dimensions of a creative climate assessment using the dimensions of creative climate worksheet

Write a program that calculates the total amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant. Calculate the amounts of an 18 percent tip and a 7 percent sales tax.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Write a program that calculates the total amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant. The program should ask the user to enter the charge for the food, then calculate the amounts of an 18 percent tip and a 7 percent sales tax. Display each of these amounts and the total.

After your read the program directions, for those of you wondering where to start…remember INPUT, PROCESSING, OUTPUT

Design – Think of what variables you will need. Perhaps write them out on scratch paper. Make your variables have MEANINGFUL names so that you know WHY you are creating them and the purpose they will serve.

Below are design instructions. Once you have completed this assignment you will upload the text file with your Python code. Also, in comments put in your repl.it link from browser like you did for program 1.99

MAKE SURE you put Comments at top of program, listing your name, Name of your program, and a brief description of your program.

INPUT SECTION

The program should ask the user to input the charge for food.

PROCESSING SECTION

Your program will calculate the amount for an 18 percent tip and 7 percent sales tax. NOTE: The tip is calculated BEFORE you add in the tax. In other words, if I had a 10.00 charge for food, my tip would be 18% of 10.00, which is 1.80

Tax is ALSO calculated on JUST the amount of food purchased. Again, if I had bought 10.00 worth of food, tax of 7% of 10.00 would be .70 cents

OUTPUT

want 2 digits of precision to the right of decimal point for output

Sample output run is shown below. User input is highlighted in bold

Enter the charge for food: 78.54

Tip: $ 14.14

Tax: $ 5.50

Total: $ 98.17

 

Discuss how this case relates to patient autonomy AND health care professional autonomy.

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CASE STUDY

1. Case: Imagine you are in a position to decide whether or not a patient should receive an amputation. However, this is not a typical case – this particular patient has been diagnosed with a rare psychiatric disorder. Patients afflicted by this disorder – called Body Integrity Dysphoria – express a strong desire to become disabled. Furthermore, the patient has a history of attempting to remove his left leg from the knee down without medical supervision and has stated that he will carry out the self-amputation on his own. When asked why he so badly wants to remove his leg, he reports that the leg feels as though it does not belong, as though it is an impostor limb that feels as foreign to him as when he looks at the limbs on other people. The patient realizes that this feeling may appear irrational to outside observers, but shows no other signs of psychiatric illness, no neurological disorders, and is an otherwise fully competent adult. Finally, the patient has not responded well to medication or CBT – that is, none of the only known effective treatments have been successful with this patient.

If the procedure is carried out, you will work on the surgical team to remove the limb, but first, you must decide whether or not it is ethical to perform the amputation before the team proceeds. In your response, refer to the patient as Mr. X or Patient X.

FIRST TASK: Discuss how this case relates to patient autonomy AND health care professional autonomy.

SECOND TASK: Argue FOR the amputation or AGAINST the amputation. USE ONE AND ONLY ONE MORAL THEORY (Utilitarianism, Deontology, Virtue Ethics, etc.) to help argue for your case. You must discuss how the moral theory you chose functions / plays a role in your argument.

Make it very clear to me which parts you are responding to, what your argument is, and how the moral theory you chose to apply fits with your response.

Give a brief introduction to the development and different theories of psychodynamic modality.

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A brief introduction to the development and different theories of psychodynamic modality

Review different stages and development in the psychodynamic modality. How they related to each other, what’s the difference in their theories. such as Freud start the modality, and then there are new theories branches from it, object relation theories, attachment theories.

Discuss how that critical thinking model could be used in support of homeland security, using one historical event that might have been prevented or mitigated by using this model.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Discuss how that critical thinking model could be used in support of homeland security, using one historical event that might have been prevented or mitigated by using this model. The event should be something that occurred in the past 20 years and may relate to international or domestic security. Also reference any fallacies of logic you found (including poor statistics) that influenced decisions (or non-actions) regarding this event.

Choose 4 variables from Table 1 and define the type of variable (categorical nominal or ordinal, numeric discrete or continuous).

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PM 510 Homework 1 Economics

Problems not marked with [SPSS] should be done by hand, as problems similar to those could be on the Midterm and/or Final. (Of course, feel free to check your work using SPSS!)
Problems marked with [SPSS] are intended to be done with SPSS. For these problems, please attach the output file.

How do ordinal data differ from nominal data?

State whether each of the following observations is an example of discrete numeric or continuous data.

The number of suicides in the United States in a specified year.

The concentration of lead in a sample of water

The length of time that a cancer patient survives after diagnosis

The number of previous miscarriages an expectant mother has had

Use Table 1 from the W01 – Dexamethasone article to answer the following questions.

Choose 4 variables from Table 1 and define the type of variable (categorical nominal or ordinal, numeric discrete or continuous).

 

Discuss several ways HR can positively or negatively affect organizational culture. Give four examples of ethical issues you have experienced in jobs and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.

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The Environment of Human Resource Management

Several current HR trends affect how companies manage people at work. For example, employees are expected to have the proper knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform in an environment that presents constant changes and new expectations. This requires HR professionals to be at the top of their game when developing policies that help people get better at what they do. Here are some issues that are currently trending in HR:

The rapidly changing workplace focuses HR efforts on developing human capital factors that address organizational needs (e.g., productivity, customer service, quality, and innovation). Once employees are developed, they need to be placed in the proper jobs with positive work cultures that enable them to use their talents effectively.

Globalization and workforce diversity present ways for individual differences to help companies. However, challenges associated with properly placing employees and developing positive HR policies in diverse environments are common.

When managing human resources, technology is viewed as a key means to an end. Increased social media, online interactions, and software to manage traditional HR functions can enhance how individuals interact with their employers, supervisors, and coworkers.
The importance of ethics policies, social responsibility, and sustainable practices has never been greater. Misconduct in organizations has raised the profile of organizational culture and sound HR practices to ensure appropriate workplace behavior. Developing an ethical culture, providing ethics training, and encouraging employees to report offenses are all ways that HR leaders can help improve business ethics.

This module provides a strong overview of how firms can use HR strategies and initiatives to deal with external and internal challenges, which are then explored in detail in later chapters.
What is Human Resource Management (HRM)?

HRM focuses on the legal implications of policies and procedures affecting employees. In the 1990s, facing globalization and competition, human resource departments became more concerned with costs, planning, and the implications of various HR strategies for organizations and their employees. More recently, human resource professionals in some companies have been involved with mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, and managing technological advances in the workplace. Recent high-profile corporate scandals and unethical behavior also require HR professionals to get more involved in programs that increase ethics, compliance, and social responsibility.
Human resource management is designing formal systems to manage human talent to accomplish organizational goals. Whether you work in a large company with 10,000 employees or a small nonprofit organization with ten employees, employees must be recruited, selected, trained, rewarded, managed, and retained. Each activity requires knowledge about what works well, given current employee concerns and company conditions. Research into these issues and the knowledge gained from successful approaches form the basis of effective HR management.

Why do organizations need HR Management?
There are many benefits associated with having a dedicated HR department. Firms that implement effective HR practices tend to have better outcomes, such as higher profits, increased stock price, and greater productivity, than those that do not use such practices. HR professionals must respond appropriately to current business challenges and opportunities to help the organization succeed.
Contemporary organizations’ significant issues include building the “organization of the future;’ delivering a superior employee experience, and capitalizing on diversity and inclusion. HR professionals can make a difference by implementing solutions to these challenges.

Additional trends include a globalized workforce, greater age diversity, a focus on sustainability, and an emphasis on social media. HR leaders can address these issues by adopting an interdisciplinary business approach (e.g., working with marketing, operations, and finance staff), connecting with outside constituencies, identifying critical organizational challenges, and facilitating organizational change.

HR professionals might also adapt HR processes to fit workplace changes, work more closely with IT personnel to manage technology, hire more high performers with the right skills, and be innovation leaders. The following “HR Perspective: Transforming HR at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen” feature highlights some of these emerging trends, as well as others.
Human Capital Organizations must manage four types of assets to be successful (see Figure 1-1):
Physical assets: Buildings, land, furniture, computers, vehicles, equipment, and so on.
Financial assets: Cash, financial resources, stocks, bonds or debt, etc.
Intellectual property assets: Specialized research capabilities, patents, information systems, designs, operating processes, copyrights, etc.
Human assets: Individuals with talents, capabilities, experience, professional expertise, relationships, etc.

Based on this information answer the following questions, indicate the answer for each question

1-1. Discuss several ways HR can positively or negatively affect organizational culture.

1-2. Give four examples of ethical issues you have experienced in jobs and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.

1-3. Why is it important for HR management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to a more strategic contributor?

How did your purpose and audience shape the way in which you wrote your argument? What was the most difficult part of writing your argumentative essay?

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Argumentative Essay

ASSIGNMENT: For Touchstone 2, you will be writing an argumentative essay on a topic of your choice. The topic you choose must be debatable and you must take a clear stand on one side of the issue. Your topic must also be on a small enough scale that it is appropriately narrow for a 1,000-1,500 word (3-5 page essay).
Your essay must include a title, an introductory paragraph, which contains your argumentative thesis statement, at least three body paragraphs, which provide support for your argument, and a conclusion paragraph.
Research from at least two outside sources is required to provide evidence and support for your argument. Research must be cited using APA style.
You must include a reference page, which lists the specific sources you used and properly cite the sources within your essay.
An example essay is provided below for reference. Please read this before writing your essay.

DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

How did your purpose and audience shape the way in which you wrote your argument? (1-2 sentences)
What was the most difficult part of writing your argumentative essay? (2-3 sentences)
Which appeals did you use and how do you think they strengthened your argument? (3-4 sentences)
How has your understanding of argumentative writing changed after completing this unit? (2-3 sentences)

What is capital budgeting? Explain its needs and importance. What are the stages of capital budgeting process? Explain the various methods of capital budgeting techniques.

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Financial Management

  1. What is capital budgeting? Explain its needs and importance.
  2. What are the stages of capital budgeting process?
  3. Explain the various methods of capital budgeting techniques.
  4. What is risk and uncertainty?
  5. Calculate the payback period from the following information: Cash outlay Rs. 50,000 and cash inflow Rs. 12,500. (Ans. 4 years)
  1. From the following information, calculate the pay-back periods for the 3 projects.

Which liquors Rs. 2,00,000 each? Suggest most profitable project.

Year Project I Project II Project III

1 50,000 60,000 35,000

2 50,000 70,000 45,000

3 50,000 75,000 85,000

4 50,000 45,000 50,000

5 50,000 – 35,000

  1. The machine cost Rs. 1,00,000 and has scrap value of Rs. 10,000 after 5 years. The net profits before depreciation and taxes for the five years period are to be projected that Rs. 20,000, Rs. 24,000, Rs. 30,000, Rs. 26,000 and Rs. 22,000. Taxes are 50%. Calculate pay-back period and accounting rate of return. (Ans. 4 years 3 months and 11.2%)
  1. A company has to choose one of the following two actually exclusive machine. Both the machines have to be depreciated. Calculate NPV.

Cash inflows

Year Machine X Machine Y

0 –20,000 –20,000

1 5,500 6,200

2 6,200 8,800

3 7,800 4,300

4 4,500 3,700

5 3,000 2,000

Capital Budgeting 145

  1. A machine cost Rs. 1,25,000. The cost of capital is 15%. The net cash inflows are as under:

Year Rs.

1 25,000

2 35,000

3 50,000

4 40,000

5 25,000

Calculate internal rate of return and suggest whether the project should be accepted of cost.

  1. Which project will be selected under NPU and IRR? A B

Cash outflow 2,00,000 3,00,000

Cash inflows at the end of

1 Year 60,000 40,000

2 Year 50,000 50,000

3 Year 50,000 60,000

4 Year 40,000 90,000

5 Year 30,000 1,00,000

Cost of capital is 10%.

  1. SP Limited company is having two projects, requiring a capital outflow of Rs. 3,00,000. The expected annual income after depreciation but before tax is as follows:

Year Rs.

1 9,000

2 80,000

3 70,000

4 60,000

5 50,000

Depreciation may be taken as 20% of original cost and taxation at 50% of net income:

You are required 10 calculated

(a) Pay-back period (b) Net present value

(c) According rate of return (d) Net present value index.

(e) Internal rate of return.

 

  1. From the following information, select which project is better. Cash Inflows (Year) I II

0 –20,000 –20,000

1 7,000 8,000

2 7,000 9,000

3 6,000 5,000

Risk less discount rate is 5%. Project I is less risks as compared to project II. The management consider risk premium rates at 5% and 10% respectively appropriate for discounting the cash inflows.

  1. There are two mutually exclusive projects I and II. Each projects requires an investment of Rs. 60,000. The following are the cash inflows and certainly co-efficient are as follows.

Project I Project II

Year Cash inflow Certainty Cash Inflow Certainty

Co-efficient Co-efficient

1 30,000 .7 25,000 .9

2 25,000 .8 25,000 .8

3 25,000 .9 30,000 .7

Risk-free cutoff rate is 10%. Evaluate which project will be considered.

  1. Mr. X is considering two mutually exclusive investment I and II. From the

following details advice Mr. X.

Project I Project II

Cost of investment 75,000 75,000

Annual income for 5 years Optimistic 37,500 41,250

Most likely 26,250 22,500

Pesionistic 15,000 15,000

The cutoff rate is 12%.

Capital Budgeting 147

  1. Two mutually exclusive projects are being considered. The following detail is

available.

Year Project A Project B

Rs. Profitability Rs. Profitability

1 12,000 – 12,000 –

2 10,000 .2 10,000 .2

3 15,000 .6 20,000 .6

4 25,000 .2 20,000 .2

  1. Mr. A is considering two mutually exclusive investment projects, from following information select the Project on the basis of standard deviation and co-efficient of variation method.

Cash Project I Project II

Rs. 15,000. Rs. 15,000

Cash inflow Rs. Probabilities Rs. Probabilities

Year

1 3,000 .3 4,000 .1

2 4,000 .2 6,000 .4

3 7,000 .3 7,000 .3

4 6,000 .2 3,000 .2

  1. Mr. X is considering the project an investment of Rs. 26,000. The expensed returns during the life if the project of are as follows:

Year I Event Cash inflow Probability

a 12,000 .2

b 14,000 .6

c 9,000 .2

Year II

Cash inflows is year I are.

Rs. 12,000 Rs. 14,000 Rs. 9,000

Cash inflow Probability Cash inflow Probability Cash inflow Probability

1 18,000 .3 22,000 .2 28,000 .4

2 20,000 .4 26,000 .7 32,000 .5

3 20,000 .3 30,000 .1 35,000 .1

Using 10% as the use of capital, advise about the acceptability of the proposal.

 

 

 

 

Apply the skill of associating as described in the course materials by identifying critical insights from the course and your individual and teamwork. Discuss these critical insights and use them as inspiration when describing how they can help develop a solution to the organization’s current problem.

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DISCUSSION QUESTION

PURPOSE

This assignment builds on the individual pre-assignment (EssayFactory order nr #780311) and the course learning journey, focusing this time on a particular organization you select and assisting by associating your learning from the course to develop your design thinking and innovation capabilities. The organization can be for-profit, non-profit, or a government agency located anywhere in the world, as long as you prepare for this assignment thoroughly, with the support of relevant literature and external sources, and preferably interviewing someone from the company.

The purpose of the assignment is to associate your newly captured insights with an organization of your choice. Choose an organization you are passionate about that could do with your expertise. Consider this an excellent opportunity to reflect and advise the chosen organization in growing its design thinking and innovation capacity in times of considerable uncertainty.

 

GUIDANCE

Complete the following tasks:

– Review your pre-assignment, all course materials, and team assignment-related materials one more time.
– Explore and decide on a target organization you are excited about and want to advise.
– Make a deep dive market research based on published materials, observation, and personal email or live interviews to scope a significant problem worth solving in the organization context.
– The problem could relate to something the organization could do significantly better (e.g., customer offering), is not currently doing at all (e.g., employee-related benefits), or something they are doing that must stop to implement your alternative solution (e.g., unethical behavior).
– Based on research findings, proceed to design a novel and intriguing solution by applying design and business thinking as described in the course and other materials covered during the course.
– Write all this in an executive-level advisory report, which your target company can use as a base for action in their next leadership meeting.

 

DELIVERABLES

– Cover with heading and name, max 6-pages of pure text with page numbering and subheadings as requested: professional document with APA references, unlimited number of complete appendices including relevant and readable tables, graphs, images, etc. Font 12, 1.0 spacing, and standard margins.
– Note: executives are busy people who crave evidence to make sound decisions, so ensure you stick to the core, reference, and if you need more pages, refer to relevant appendices in the main text.
– Before starting this assignment, check the rubric for what determines a quality contribution.
– You are expected to submit a detailed description of your problem-solution set for the chosen organization by referring actively to relevant sources to strengthen your problem argument and then responding to the following critical areas of importance (use these headings):

1. Introduction and Problem Statement: Introduce the paper by leading the reading to the theme, the problem, and critical findings, along with a brief document flow overview. Remember to introduce your chosen organization briefly and any key stakeholders you plan to advise as an outcome.

2. Market Research: Identify and define the problem area based on your research findings regarding currency, relevancy, and societal and business significance (actively referenced, both academically and professionally).

3. Associate to course learnings: Apply the skill of associating as described in the course materials by identifying critical insights from the course and your individual and teamwork. Discuss these critical insights and use them as inspiration when describing how they can help develop a solution to the organization’s current problem. As you may recall, associating is the idea that you borrow ideas from one area and then use them as inspiration in another.

4. The Problem-Solution Fit: Describe your solution and provide evidence to the extent possible that it solves the problem as defined in this paper.

5. Concluding Discussion: Conclude by arguing, based on your newly gathered research and analyzed intelligence, why solving this problem is worthwhile, especially from a business and data collection perspective. Why is it novel and fresh, despite potential competition / alternative solutions? Finally, list concrete actions for your team to proceed and succeed in building a state-of-the-art solution.

6. Personal Reflection: Discuss critical findings from this assignment and the course at large for yourself; what was most valuable learning? Discuss how enhanced your knowledge with your team members throughout the course.