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Bottling Company Case Study

Imagine you are a manager at a major bottling company. Customers have begun to complain that the bottles of the brand of soda produced in your company contain less than the advertised sixteen (16) ounces of product. Your boss wants to solve the problem at hand and has asked you to investigate. You have your employees pull thirty (30) bottles off the line at random from all the shifts at the bottling plant. You ask your employees to measure the amount of soda there is in each bottle. Note: Use the data set provided by your instructor to complete this assignment. 


Bottle Number


Ounces


Bottle Number


Ounces


Bottle Number


Ounces


1


14.23


11


15.77


21


16.23


2


14.32


12


15.80


22


16.25


3


14.98


13


15.82


23


16.31


4


15.00


14


15.87


24


16.32


5


15.11


15


15.98


25


16.34


6


15.21


16


16.00


26


16.46


7


15.42


17


16.02


27


16.47


8


15.47


18


16.05


28


16.51


9


15.65


19


16.21


29


16.91


10


15.74


20


16.21


30


16.96


Write a two to three (2-3) page report in which you:

  1. Calculate the mean, median, and standard deviation for ounces in the bottles.
  2. Construct a 95% Confidence Interval for the ounces in the bottles.
  3. Conduct a hypothesis test to verify if the claim that a bottle contains less than sixteen (16) ounces is supported. Clearly state the logic of your test, the calculations, and the conclusion of your test.
  4. Provide the following discussion based on the conclusion of your test:  
  1. If you conclude that there are less than sixteen (16) ounces in a bottle of soda, speculate on three (3) possible causes. Next, suggest the strategies to avoid the deficit in the future.

Or

  1. If you conclude that the claim of less soda per bottle is not supported or justified, provide a detailed explanation to your boss about the situation. Include your speculation on the reason(s) behind the claim, and recommend one (1) strategy geared toward mitigating this issue in the future.
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communication

Watch these clips from the Ellen show. Notice how a simple change in words, or language creates some very interesting quandaries. Please watch the videos and answer the following questions:

  1. As we strive for more and more technology, what makes these clips funny?
  2. What element in language makes the communication ineffective?
  3. What elements of the reading from this week could you apply to explain the communication you have seen in the clips?
  • CLIP One

    Search Auto Correct Not So Correct, The Ellen Show
  • CLIP Two
    Search These Thumbsies Are Pretty Clumsy, The Ellen Show
  • CLIP Three
    Search These Clumsy Thumbsy: On Erection, The Ellen Show
  • CLIP Four
    Search Clumsy Thumbsy: Has Your Package Aroused?, The Ellen Show
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technology

We have discussed how technology is always changing in an organization. Imagine that you are the leader of an organization and your company is going through some new technology changes (updates to programs used within the company, website, and security systems). Employees in an organization may be nervous and unsure of some of these changes. How will you model enthusiasm and support for this new technology? How will you ensure your employees are excited for the new changes?
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Contemporary Issues in Health Care

Deliverable Length: 3-5 Pages
 
Funding preventative care in the United States has created huge financial challenges. For example, most drinking water contains fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay; however, in implementing this prevention strategy, much financial efforts needed to be made.
 
 
It has been greatly advertised by politicians that preventative care saves money; however, in their arguments, neither data nor any scientific evidence was introduced, making this statement more of an opinion than a fact.
 
 
For this assignment, you are to discuss evidence-based findings that examine this. An example of an evidence based study that examines preventative care can be found in this article.
 
 
For this assignment, consider the following questions:

  • What is preventive care? Give examples.
  • Does preventive care save money in the health care sector?
  • Does preventive care increase the total cost of health care?
    • Provide specific instances for each scenario.
  • Is there a general rule in terms of the effect that preventative care has on expenditure, or is it purely circumstantial? Explain.

Reference
Cohen, J. T., Neumann, P. J., & Weinstein, M.C. (2008). Does preventative care save money? Retrieved from the New England Journal of Medicine Web site: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0708558

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Electronic Health Records Specialist Employment Opportunities

Complete Parts A and B of this worksheet.
 
 
 
Part A
 
 
 
Resource:Ch. 2 of Essentials of Health Information Management: Principles and Practices (3rd ed.)
 
 
 
Choose two of the following health information management professional roles based on the information contained in Ch. 2 of Essentials of Health Information Management: Principles and Practices (3rd ed.).
 
 
 

  • Health records specialist
  • Health records clerk
  • Health insurance specialist
  • Vendor sales
  • Health data analyst
  • Office secretary
  • Other role approved by your instructor

 
 
 
Complete the following table for the twoprofessions you have chosen. Each box must contain 25 to 50 words per box that do the following:
 
 
 

  • Describe how health records are used as well as the duties performed in the role.
  • Explain the training and credentials needed for the role.
  • List any professional organization(s) available for membership associated with the position.
  • List the work environments in which these positions can be readily found.

 
 
 

Role Duties Performed Training Credentials Required Associated Professional Organizations Work Environments
Role One
Role Two

 
 
 
Part B
 
 
 
Use the Internet or other means to search employment opportunities for the EHR specialist roles you selected in Part A.
 
 
 
Answer the following questions based on your search.
 
 
 

  1. What are the titles of the positions you found? What type of organization(s) are they found in?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  2. What experiences or qualifications do you have that would fulfill the requirements for these positions? Explain in 50 to 100 words.
     
     
     
     
     
     
  3. Suppose you were applying for the positions you found. Using 25 to 50 words for each position, list and describe three ways that you would use your education and experience to stand out from other candidates applying for the position. Be specific about qualities and strengths unique to you.
     

 
 

  1. List and describe three areas for improvement that might hinder your ability to get hired for these positions. For each area for improvement, describe a specific way that you are working on or will actively work on to overcome and strengthen this area. Explain in 25 to 50 words for each area of improvement in each position.
     

 
 

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cost accounting

  1. Buffay Book Company has two divisions: The Brick and Mortar division sells books through more than 100 bookstores throughout the United States; the Internet division was formed 18 months ago and sells books via the Internet. Data for the past year are:

 
 
 
                                                           Brick and Mortar                     Internet 
 
                                                                          Division                    Division
 
Operating assets                                       $ 172,200,000            $ 14,400,000
 
Total revenues                                            285,600,000               86,500,000
 
Net operating income                                    27,740,000                    985,000
 
Cost of capital                                                         13%                          15%
 
# of full-time equivalent employees                         900                           360
 
 
 

  1. Compute the return on investment (ROI) of each division, and break down each division’s ROI into components that measure operating efficiency and the efficiency in asset utilization. Based on the information above, would you expect any difference between the ROIs of each division?

 
 
 

  1. Presented below are some average financial statistics (over the past three years) of two of Buffay’s competitors—Bing Bookstore, a largely brick-and-mortar book retailer, and Rainforest.com, which sells books (and all sorts of other things) over the internet. Given these data, how would you suggest improving the ROI of each division of Buffay Book Company? What other information would be helpful in measuring the performance of each division?

 
 
 
                                                                          Bing Bookstore               Rainforest.com
 
Net operating profit margin                              0.0%                               1.8%
 
Operating asset turnover                                    3.75                                4.63
 
 
 
 
 

  1. The CFO of Buffay has solicited feedback on how to improve the system of performance measurement at the company, and has received the suggestions below. Evaluate each of the following proposals. Explain how these may (or may not) improve the performance measurement and evaluation system.

 
 
 

  1. a) Construct and implement two balanced scorecards, one for each division, and measure performance of both managers.

 
 
 

  1. b) Include a total-company financial performance metric (such as total-company ROI) in each manager’s compensation contract.

 
 
 

  1. c) Evaluate the performance of each manager subjectively.

 
 
 

  1. d) Establish a belief system by articulating the company’s mission statement (which has not been created).
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Henri Fayol and Systematic Management

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 2 and 3 in the textbook and the Moynihan (2009) article, The Response to Hurricane Katrina.
Every organization within the field of criminal justice has a management hierarchy of some sort. Included among the many tasks assigned to managers are budget planning, financial decision making, and effecting personnel decisions. However, what is missing at times in criminal justice agencies is effective leadership. Too often policy makers confound leadership with management. The two can be, and often are, quite dissimilar.
In the City of New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina, a variety of political and local managers and leaders congregated in the Central Business District in an effort to arrive at a consensus as to the wisest course of action. Among those present was Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans, and various state politicians. No action plan could be developed as each respective politician was so focused on their own needs that they soon became blinded to effective alternatives. Added to those problems were the combined effects of serious deficiencies in communication and coordination of rescue efforts.
Consider the information provided in your required sources for this discussion and include the following elements in your initial post:

  • Explain the major characteristics of leadership. Describe the primary traits of management.
  • According to the five functions of management developed by Henri Fayol, explain the ways in which the response to Hurricane Katrina failed.
  • Evaluate the financial constraints that affected the situation at the time and describe which organization or individual you believe offered the most effective leadership after the storm. Provide a rationale supporting your statements with evidence from the required readings.

Your initial post should be at least 400 words in length.
 

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Strategic Management and Stakeholders

think about your own current or previous place(s) of employment and examine the function of strategic management within the organization. In your journal, identify the organization and its stakeholders. Explain how the strategic management plan takes the needs and demands of those individuals and groups into consideration when preparing budgets. In addition, explain two ways that the identification of stakeholders has increased the effectiveness of the organization or improved public relations.

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Stereotypes Set by Culture and Society

Stereotypes Set by Culture and Society
Sociology came into existence in the 19th century to explain the enormous changes occasioned by the Industrial Revolution, urbanization, and an individualistic mind-set. Unlike agrarian communities, the emerging urban populations were large, numbering in the tens of thousands.
These city dwellers neither grew their own food nor knew each other. In characterizing individuals, they found it convenient to speak in categories or stereotypes. According to the structural-functional perspective, stereotypes served an important communication function, helping them to compare and contrast groups.
The social-conflict perspective, on the other hand, argues that stereotypes serve the needs of those groups and categories benefitting from social inequality. Stereotypes help dominant groups to contrast social categories and to justify subordinating the less powerful. Furthermore, by lumping subordinate groups into faceless statistical categories, members of the dominant group dissipate the guilt they would have felt were they dealing with the subordinate categories as individuals.
Based on your readings, the online lectures, and your understanding of the above-noted issues, prepare a response to the following question:
Is it possible to speak of ethnic groups in America in terms other than stereotypes?
Create a response in 3 paragraphs to the discussion question. Cite sources and include references in your response.