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Opportunities of the U.S Navy

SWOT Analysis: Opportunities of the U S Navy

CAPSTONE ON THE US NAVY
SWOT Analysis: Opportunities of the U S Navy
We now have the first few sections of your SWOT analysis completed, covering the basic background information about your organization along with its strengths and weaknesses. Next we will move into the opportunities of your organization! This is where your organization is looking for advantages or opportunities to improve or expand. Opportunities can come in the form of many things. When you consider this section of your SWOT, think about some of the factors listed in the instructions. Really work hard to find some of the things your organization might be able to do that will make it bigger and better! And remember folks, opportunities can include employees or services as well as equipment and procedures within the company. What you are trying to find is any way to make the company or organization better.
For this assignment you will research the opportunities of your organization and provide a detailed paper on your findings. Consider the factors listed below and remember the given outline from Module One is there for your use. This outline is a great tool for getting your different sections fully completed and researched. In addition, remember that this paper on the opportunities of your organization will become the fourth Section of your overall SWOT paper due at the end of Module 8.
Research and thoroughly explain at least TWO major opportunities of the organization. Discuss why these opportunities are present and what can be done to seize on them. Many of  you  have probably heard the saying, “when opportunity knocks, you better be ready to answer!” You should write a minimum of at least one full paragraph for each of the opportunities presented. Be sure you use relevant business theories, concepts, and practices to support the statements and findings. Note that bullet points are not acceptable.
Each of these opportunities must come from a force or forces occurring within a dimension of the general environment within the organization’s external environment (keep in mind an opportunity can stem from more than one dimension within the general environment). Be sure to include in your analysis the relevant dimension of the general environment from which each of these forces is derived.
Factors to consider when you think about company opportunities:
· Finding unfulfilled customer needs that will support and increase company loyalty and increase the consumer base, allowing the company to grow and expand.
· Utilizing new technology, both hardware and software, to reach more potential customers. This includes social media.
· Staying informed about the ever-changing laws and regulations that can provide an increased consumer base along with increased company profits.
APA Style, 3 pages (Not including cover and reference page)
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organization's production function

Select an organization with which you are familiar or an organization where you work.
Develop a 16-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to be presented to the CEO’s executive committee that addresses how your chosen organization determines what quantity of labor to demand and what events could shift the demand and supply of that labor.
Explain the following in your presentation:

  • How your organization’s production function is related to its marginal product of labor.
  • How your organization’s marginal product of labor is related to the value of its marginal product.
  • How your organization’s marginal product is related to its demand for labor
  • Examples of events that could shift the demand or supply of labor and why they do so.
  • Reasons a worker’s wages might be above the level that balances supply and demand.
  • An analysis of the impact that government policies addressing income inequity and poverty could have on labor demand or supply.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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Financial Statements

3-4 pages not including title, abstract and reference.  APA format
Your facility has the following payer mix:
40% commercial insurances  25% Medicare insurance  15% Medicaid insurance  15% liability insurance  5% all others including self-pay
Write a 3-4 page report that addresses the following requirements: 
Assume that for the time in question you have 2000 cases in the proportions above. (What are the proportions of the total cases for each payer?)    The average Medicare rate for each case is $6200- use this as the baseline. Commercial insurances average 110% of Medicare, Medicaid averages 65% of Medicare, Liability insurers average 200% of Medicare and the others average 100% of Medicare rates. (What are the individual reimbursement rates for all 5 payers?)

  1. What are the expected rates of reimbursement for this time frame for each payer? What is your expected A/R?
  2. What rate should you charge for these services (assuming one charge rate for all payers)? (This gives you your total A/R.) Calculate the total charges for all cases based on this rate.
  3. What is the difference between the two A/R rates above? Can you collect it from the patient? What happens to the difference?
  4. Which of these costs are fixed? Which are variable? Direct or indirect?
    • materials/supplies (gowns, drapes, bedsheets)
    • Wages (nurses, technicians)
    • Utility, building, usage exp (lights, heat, technology)
    • Medications
    • Licensing of facility
    • Per diem staff
    • Insurances (malpractice, business etc.)
  5. Calculate the contribution margin for one case (in $) with the following costs for this period, per case: a. materials/supplies: $2270 b. Wages: $2000 c. Utility, building, usage exp: $1125 d. Insurances (malpractice, business etc.): $175
  6. Using the above information, determine which is fixed and which cost is variable. Then calculate the breakeven volume of cases in units for this period.
  7. Suppose you want to make $150,000 profit between this period and next period to fund an expansion to the NICU, how many cases would you have to see? At what payer mix would this be optimal?
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Company Analysis Report

Review the following scenario:
Assume that you have recently been hired as the director of continuous improvement of a company. You are an outside hire with limited history of the firm and personal capital at the firm, and you are responsible for lean production, total quality management (TQM), six sigma, and best practice implementation.
Lean production means doing more with less, such as less inventory, fewer workers, or less space. A recent trade in quality management is lean six sigma (also known as lean sigma) that integrates six sigma and lean production.
The capacity for which you were hired has existed for three years with a direct line of report to the vice-president of operations and dotted line of report to the head of information technology (IT), the chief information officer (CIO), and the director of internal controls and audit. You are the second person to fill in this position. You have a team of internal consultants; half of your team has six sigma black belt or equivalent capabilities with the remainder having a solid understanding of operations and IT. You also have a budget for two external vendor resources.
You have taken six months to familiarize yourself with the organization and its people, mission, goals, strategy, and structure. In this time, you have also evaluated current operations. At the end of this period, you are assigned to deliver a report identifying the three most promising avenues for achieving best practices within the company. You have already been told that the company suffers from both aging and complex information systems and that your recommendation must include a major upgrade of those systems. The executive officers anticipate major investments in IT over the next several years. Your best practice implementations, coupled with new technology, must be measurable in terms of speed, quality, productivity, and efficiency or other key performance indicators that you identify in your report.
For this assignment, you will choose a company with which you are familiar. You are encouraged to choose a company for which you currently work or have worked, but you may choose some other firm if you believe it will be a compelling analysis.
You may choose one area of the company, such as a manufacturing plant or product design, to focus on if you can make a strong case. Your recommendations should have the following features.

  • Repeatable: If you “fix” three things in a manufacturing plant, you should be able to tackle the “next” three in iteration.
  • Scalable: If they work in one plant, they should work in all of them.
  • Replicable: Your process for improvement should be repeatable in different, disparate parts of the organization.

This is a key initiative at the “C” level, and your recommendation will reach the board of directors.
Your paper must include the following sections:

  1. Strategic Overview: (1 page)
    Provide a brief description of the following elements:

    1. The company, including its products or services
    2. Marketing strategy: target market segments, value proposition, market position, and source of competitive differentiation
    3. Organizational structure
    4. Any other relevant facts
  2. Analysis of the Supply Chain: (4 pages)
    Analyze the supply chain for your identified company by explaining the following key elements of the supply chain:

    1. Identify key inputs, including less tangible assets, such as human resources and information. How are these key inputs sourced, reconfigured into a product or service, and delivered to your customers?
    2. Identify the key processes that add value, and evaluate the supply chain performance relative to the competition. What are the key inputs for each process? How are these inputs processed or configured into the final offering for your customers?
    3. What is the value added at each step?
    4. What is the role of information technology and e-commerce in serving your customers?
    5. What are the key performance measures for evaluating your supply chain?
    6. Research online sources to explain how the performance on these measures compares to that of your competitors?
  3. Plan to Improve Operating Processes: (3 pages)
    Create a plan for improving the performance of three specific operating processes in your company. Your plan should address the following:

    1. Identify three elements of the supply chain that you recommend as targets for improvement.
    2. State the performance improvement opportunity for each element, and indicate how it will improve process speed, quality, efficiency, and productivity.
    3. Explain what specific action or change you recommend for each supply chain element selected.
  4. Explanation of the Results of Performance Improvements Regarding Product or Service: (2 pages)
    Explain the following:

    1. How will your product or service be improved as a result of these changes to the supply chain activities?
    2. How are you altering the specific features or attributes of your product or service?
    3. Why are these specific changes important to your customers?
    4. How do these changes enhance the value proposition and competitive position of your company?
    5. What lasting capabilities and improvement are you introducing into your company through these changes?
    6. How will you measure the scope and impact of your improvements? What are your key performance indicators?
  5. Assessment of the Impact on Human Resources: (1–2 pages)
    Detail how your plan impacts your company’s HR and human capital strategy by explaining how the organization’s structure supports the new process configuration you are recommending. Your response should address the following questions:

    1. Are the roles and responsibilities in your organization properly defined and aligned to enable these changes? Who will perform these new/modified process activities, and what changes to their jobs do you anticipate?
    2. Is decision-making authority assigned so that the process changes you propose can be implemented and properly managed under the current structure? Who will own the process and the results? Based on the current structure, will they have the authority to make changes as necessary?
    3. Are the individuals with the right skills in place to implement these changes? If not, how will you attract the talent necessary to implement your changes? How will you retrain the existing employee base? How will you handle attrition? How will you reduce the risk of impacted protected classes?
  6. Changes:
    Explain changes to the compensation and incentives at your company that are necessary to reinforce your recommendations and increase efforts for continuous improvement throughout the organization. Explain how your plan motivates employees, customers, and suppliers better.

Write an 10–12-page paper in Word format. You may rearrange the above sections if it improves the quality of your paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
LASA 2 Grading CriteriaAssignment ComponentProficiencyMaximum Points
Content Knowledge: Understanding
Communicates understanding of assignment by synthesizing data to explain a strategic overview ofyour company, its services, and all other required data.
CO 1
MSM PO: 2, 4, 5
MBA PO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
ILO 1, 3, 6
Response incorporates analysis and synthesis of central concepts of the assigned topic.
Response reflects understanding of the nature of the specific topic within the discipline and its applications in contemporary times.
Response provides necessary details and specific examples.48
Content Knowledge: Application Component 1
Communicates the ability to analyze the supply chain for your identified company by explaining all the following required key elements of the supply chain.
CO: 3
MSM PO: 2, 4
MBA PO: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3
ILO: 1, 2, 3, 6
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge.
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real-world contexts.
Response is adequately supported by current and relevant literature56
Content Knowledge: Application Component 2
Communicates the ability to synthesize data to create a plan for improving the performance of three specific operating processes in your company (including answers to all required elements).
CO: 3
MSM PO: 2, 4
MBA PO: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3
ILO: 1, 2, 3, 6
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge.
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real-world contexts.
Response is adequately supported by current and relevant literature.56
Content Knowledge: Application Component 3
Communicates the ability to synthesize data to explain results of performance improvements regarding the product/service (including answers to all required elements).
CO: 2
MSM PO: 2, 3, 5
MBA PO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3
ILO: 1, 3, 5, 6
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge.
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real-world contexts.
Response is adequately supported by current and relevant literature.56
Content Knowledge: Application Component 4
Communicates the ability to synthesize data to create a set of 4–6 performance measures for evaluating mangers that integrate with IKEA’s values, and explain how you would implement them in the workplace.
CO 1
MSM PO: 2, 4, 5
MBA PO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
ILO 1, 3, 6
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge.
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real-world contexts.
Response is supported by current and relevant literature
56
Written Communication/
Personal Effectiveness
Conveys through written word understanding and application of an understanding and application by delivery of a report identifying the three most promising avenues for achieving best practices within the company.
CO 2
MSM PO: 2, 3, 5
MBA PO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3
ILO: 1, 3, 5, 6
Writing is concise and clear in content, language use, grammar, organization, and sentence structure.
Writing is free of major grammatical and usage errors.
16
Oral Communication/
Personal Effectiveness
Conveys through oral communication, such as a PowerPoint presentation, an understanding and application delivery of a report identifying the three most promising avenues for achieving best practices within the company.
CO 2
MSM PO: 2, 3, 5
MBA PO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3
ILO: 1, 3, 5, 6
Presentation is concise with a logical flow of thought.
Content includes clearly articulated key points that are free of major errors.
Presentation is visually appealing and addresses audience considerations adequately.
12Total: 300

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case analysis

For each case analysis write-up that you complete, you should answer the corresponding questions in your write-up. However, neither your presentation nor your write-ups should just include a list of the questions and your answers. Instead, you should use the questions and your answers to drive your analysis of the case and the organization of both your presentation and your write-ups. Please note that your write-ups should be 1-2 pages in length (single-spaced)
Case #3: Building a “Backdoor” to the iPhone 1. Describe the ethical dilemmas faced by Tim Cook. 2. What were Tim Cook’s primary responsibilities that would have influenced his decision to refuse to succumb to the U.S. government’s pressure to build a backdoor to the iPhone? Identify how these responsibilities may have conflicted. 3. Identify and assess the ways that Tim Cook can resolve the ethical dilemmas he is facing. 4. Of these different courses of actions, what do you think Tim Cook should do? 5. What important OB-related lessons can we learn from the case?

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envisioned dissertation research

Instructions: Based on your research interest, corporate culture, write a Theoretical Perspective section for your envisioned dissertation research. Note: Please do not confuse this with writing an entire research proposal, and please do not submit assignments from previous courses. Theoretical frameworks provide a basis for the study; examples include social and psychological theories, organizational theories, leadership theories, economic theories, and educational theories.
Support your paper with a minimum of 5 resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-pages not including title and reference pages
References: Minimum of 5 scholarly resources.
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Review APA Form and Style.
Number of Pages: 5 Pages
Deadline: 2 days
Academic Level: College
Paper Format: APA

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Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence

Class,
The first part of the project. Please refer to the syllabus for the due date.
Description:  
The main project: In this project, you are either work on the hypothetical company or an existing company. In either case, you are supposed to develop a Business Intelligence Development Plan for a local corporation. In this project, you will follow the process and format part
1: The document should be in the following format (use Word document):
Part 1
· Business Intelligence Development Plan – Use the APA template
. Title page
Course number and name project
1. name
1. Student name
1. Date
. Table of contents
. Use the auto-generated TOC.
. Make it a maximum of 3 levels deep.
. Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project
. Section headings (create each heading on a new page)
·
.
. Business Intelligence Justification
. Business Performance Plan
. Business Performance Methodologies
. Data Classification and Visualization Assessment
. Data-Mining Methods and Processes
Provide, a rough draft of the company incorporate the conceptual foundations of decision making does
. Simon’s four phases of decision making: intelligence,
. design, choice, and implementation apply to your project?
. How the process works in relates to the essential definition of DSS
. Explain the important DSS classifications
How DSS support for decision making can be provided in practice review
. DSS components and how they integrate
You will work on this project incrementally as it is posted. Each week; you will do part of this project and submit at the due date.Your project must be supported by the scholarly sources and that you cite each source both in-text and in the References section using APA. The first section of new content will be as follows:
Business Intelligence Justification (Week 1 IP): 6- 8 pages describe )excluding from the cover page and the reference sheet)
the background and the general business environment for the project define
. at least 10 problems related to decision making that currently exist in the organization.
. Describe the typical organizational response to the above 10 problems using the business pressure-responses-support model.
. Describe the quantitative and qualitative impact of the organizational response to the 10 problems on managerial decision making.
. Describe how business intelligence can be used to support problem-solving and decision support in the case study organization.
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Workforce 2020 Executive Report

Assignment 2: LASA 2 Assignment—Workforce 2020 Executive Report

Both leadership and organizational strategy in the next decade will see major trends affecting the way organizations conduct business. These include the deployment of more technology to extend reach and access, increased globalization, increased diversity, more focus on extended supply chains, and a more nomadic workforce. In this assignment, you will consider these trends and analyze how they may impact your selected organization and what actions are necessary to get ready to address these trends.
You have been appointed by your organization (either a hypothetical one or one you are familiar with) to prepare its Workforce 2020 executive report.
The report should be as detailed as possible for the CEO of your organization. That means it should include the key points of your research, analysis, and findings. The report should also contain examples of specific application to your company in a clear, concise, and informative document.
In Module 4, you began your research on Workforce 2020. In this module, you will expand on the work you did in Module 4. Take Module 4’s paper, and incorporate the items below into your work. Be sure to use the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, including federal guidelines. Select at least 3–4 scholarly resources for use in this assignment.
Complete the following:

  1. Analyze your organization in its present form. Explain your organization’s structure, workforce diversity, market/customer diversity, and communications technology.
  2. Forecast future trends. Identify the economic, social, demographic, and workforce parameters that are expected to be in the U.S. in the year 2020. Explain how those trends will or will not be reflected in your organization. Consider addressing the following:
    1. What are the general workforce trends?
    2. How will these trends impact your industry?
    3. What are the general trends in leadership/management that are impacting your organization?
  3. Synthesize data and recommend changes needed for the future. Identify and recommend leader, organizational, and workforce trends that must be considered for change in the larger macro environment (for example, advances in technology or globalization) in your organization. Identify related outcomes for each specific topic: Consider addressing the following:
    1. What leadership actions should the organization take?
    2. What competencies will be needed?
    3. What does the organization need to do to be prepared?To conduct a holistic assessment of your selected organization and the challenges and opportunities it faces in addressing the noted trends, consider some of the concepts listed below as you develop your recommendations for the organization. It is not necessary to include all the concepts, but you should include 2–3 of them to do a thorough analysis. For example, leadership models and diversity management are likely to be pivotal areas for the organization. You could talk about the environment trends that were noted in the beginning of this assignment and then discuss how leadership practices and approaches in your selected organization may have to change to meet or address those trends.
  4. Analyze how the following concepts apply to your organization:
    • Diversity management
    • Leadership models
    • Ethics
    • Decision-making models
    • Problem solving
    • Conflict management processes

Ensure that your paper includes the following:

  • An integrated report with an introduction and summary
  • A set of recommendations that will enable the organization to meet the expected challenges of 2020
  • Trends in your own organization
  • 3–4 credible, cited sources supporting your projections

Support your assertions using the selected scholarly resources.
Your final product will be in a Word document and be approximately 12–15 pages in length and utilize 5–7 scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Click here to download the grading rubric for this assignment.Assignment ComponentsProficientMax Points
Content Knowledge: Understanding
Communicates understanding of the organizations structure.
Response incorporates analysis and synthesis of central concepts of the assigned topic.
Response reflects understanding of the nature of the specific topic within the discipline and its applications in contemporary times.
Response provides necessary details and specific examples./100 pts.
Content Knowledge: Application Component 1
Communicates the ability to explain how economic, social, demographic, and workforce trends will be reflected in an organization.
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge.
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area  using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real world contexts.
Response is adequately supported by current and relevant literature ./40 pts.
Content Knowledge: Application Component 2
Communicates the ability to recommend leader, organizational, and workforce trends to be considered in the larger macro environment, and Identify related outcomes for each specific topic.
Response demonstrates a working command of the disciplinary content knowledge .
Response examines the specific issue within the context of the topic area  using relevant details and examples.
Response analyzes the specific aspect of the issue to applicable areas within the discipline and their relevance to real world contexts.
Response is adequately supported by current and relevant literature./100 pts.
Written Communication/Personal Effectiveness
Conveys through written word understanding and application of the essential assignment components.
Writing is concise and clear in content, language use, grammar, organization, and sentence structure.
Writing is free of major grammatical and usage errors./60 pts.Total: /300 pts

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nursing theory

For week 5 Discussion question, you will start working on your signature assignment and receive feedback from your peers. For the discussion board you will choose and define a nursing theory that appeals to you and is appropriate for your area of advanced practice nursing, identify the fundamental constructs of the theory you chose and how they compare to the Theory of Human Caring.
Follow up from unanswered questions, theory and personal philosophy of care