Operational Management

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The purpose of this assignment is to identify and apply OM (Operations Management) concepts/tools to solve operational problems and improve operational performance. To this purpose, you should find an interesting operational problem from the real business world and think about how you can apply the OM concepts/tools that you learned in this course to solve the problem. More specifically, should: • Find an operational problem from the real business world (from his/her own work or from any company) • Identify specific OM concepts/tools that can be applied to the problem • Apply an appropriate OM concept/tool or a set of appropriate OM concepts/tools to propose a solution to the problem

• Analyze the expected results that may be obtained when the solution is implemented. The report should be 8 – 10 pages in length including the cover and appendices, with 1” margins on all sides, double-spacing, and 12 point font. The report must follow the outline below: 1. Executive summary (no more than one page) – Summarize what is the problem, what OM concepts/tools have been applied to the problem, and what are the expected results of the proposed solution. 2. Background information – Clearly state whether the problem is from your own work or from business articles/cases. If it is from business articles/cases, provide its source (title, author, name of the journal, date published).

– Briefly introduce the company background (e.g., name, products, business size, location, internal/external interesting facts, etc). 3. Problem Description – Describe the problem clearly and specifically. – You should focus on a single OPERATIONAL problem, although you can introduce several other issues for informational purposes. General management problems are not acceptable. – The problem may involve either operational decision-making or process improvement.

Identifying and avoiding ethical challenges in project procurement management

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Identifying and avoiding ethical challenges in project procurement management

*******Make sure to cite ethical issues and cases from both united states government and commercial projects or procurement.************* Using outside sources, research, review, familiarize yourself, and understand one of the suggested topics from the list below as it relates to project procurement management. Then write a minimum 5-9 page report on the topic. **********Note: Due to their past use in in this class, use of either the Springfield Interchange or Chunnel projects is not permitted. For obvious reasons (I hope), the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is also not an acceptable topic for this final paper.****************

Sustainable Business Practices Operations Management

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Sustainable Business Practices Operations Management

Search the internet for a company (any company except the one that is the focus of our case study, can’t use Nissian) that claims to use sustainable business practices. Describe its practices.

Does the company mention all three components of the triple bottom line? Are any operations functions specifically used as part of its sustainability strategy? Do you feel the company is honestly reporting its practices and goals, or do you suspect any “green-washing?”

The Role of the Nurse Informaticist in Systems Development and Implementation

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Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be
implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses
impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.

Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and reflect on the scenario
presented.
Consider the benefits and challenges associated with involving a nurse leader on an
implementation team for health information technology.
The Assignment: (2-3 pages)
In preparation of filling this role, develop a 2- to 3-page role description for a graduate-level nurse
to guide his/her participation on the implementation team. The role description should be based
on the SDLC stages and tasks and should clearly define how this individual will participate in and
impact each of the following steps:
Planning and requirements definition
Analysis
Design of the new system
Implementation
Post-implementation support
APA Citation

Adaptive Reuse

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M3 Practitioner Application-Adaptive Reuse
Your M3 Practitioner Application will require devoted inquiry, assimilation, reflection, and
refinement in order to achieve the highest possible score. Specifically, you are to take the
scenario listed below, address it in full, and submit your work in accordance with the instructions
contained herein. Importantly, this is an independent assignment to be completed by you and
you alone.

Your M3 reading assignments include an article on adaptive reuse (see “Adaptive Reuse in the
Healthcare Industry: Repurposing Abandoned Buildings to Serve Medical Missions”), a practice
which has vast implications for healthcare strategy. It also represents a very good opportunity for
you to leave your “desks” and get out into the field to explore possibilities. Here’s the scenario:
A dentist desires to establish a clinic in or around your given marketplace and he has reached
out to you for assistance. He will serve as the sole dentist within the given clinic and he will offer
the customary array of services available at most any general dentistry practice. The dentist
desires operational efficiency and also takes opportunities where possible to make
environmentally responsible decisions. Having learned of adaptive reuse, he enlists you to
search the local marketplace seeking abandoned and available commercial buildings which
might be able to be converted into a dental practice through adaptive reuse. Your mission is to
identify three potential adaptive reuse candidates in your area, identifying their physical address,
describing them in detail, and ranking their potential to be converted successfully. The
candidates must be actual commercial properties which currently are for sale, so best to consult
commercial real estate websites and conduct good old-fashioned, boots-on-the-ground
investigations to identify prospects. Feel free to supply links in your text to real estate listings, if
available, or other resources to identify your selected candidates. If no such properties exist in
the immediate market, expand its boundaries until you find accommodations meeting desired
specifications.
Note that in the real world, a project such as this would represent quite the undertaking, requiring
possession of an extensive array of information (e.g., spatial needs, financial resources
available, location preferences, etc.). Such rich detail (and the time needed to make use of it)

isn’t available due to obvious course parameters, but you certainly have sufficient time to perform
a cursory examination within your local marketplace for purposes of identifying a few potential
candidates. That’s exactly what you must do, and through this, you’ll have a better understanding
of adaptive reuse.
The Submission Requirement
Attachments of any kind are prohibited and will carry no points value. Your submission must be
supported by 4 (minimum) to 10 (maximum) references, with at least 3 being from scholarly
academic journals. References may be prepared using the style guide of your choice (APA,); just
be sure to consistently use the selected style.
In presenting your work, identify the title, your name and student ID number, and submission
date at the top of your submission and supply the following sections, exactly as they appear
below, placing each heading in bold text:
• Introduction
• Adaptive Reuse Candidates
o Candidate 1
o Candidate 2
o Candidate 3
• Conclusions (one paragraph; summarize your candidate rankings here)
• References

Balanced Score Card in Healthcare Organization

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Balanced Score Card in Healthcare Organization

Preparation Select

Select a health care organization that has readily available data for the four categories from Kaplan and Norton’s 1996 model. Those categories are:

  • Financial performance measures.
  • Internal business processes.
  • Learning and growth.
  • Customer satisfaction.

You may wish to select your employer; however, please do not disclose proprietary data without prior written consent from your employer. You may wish to review the websites of large global organizations to research case study articles on best practices for organizations.

Instructions

PowerPoint Slides

To complete this assessment, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation with 10–12 slides that describes how you would apply a balanced scorecard to your selected organization. Include the following in your PowerPoint presentation:

  • A brief description of the organization you selected.
  • Your balanced scorecard analysis of the organization, including how vision and strategy connect to the four balanced scorecard elements.
  • Four recommendations for the organization.
  • At least one APA-formatted in-text citation and accompanying, congruent APA-formatted reference.

Audio Recording

  • A two-minute introduction.
  • The four elements of a balanced scorecard for the organization.
  • Four area recommendations for the organization.
  • A two-minute conclusion.

Include the notes or script of your audio recording. You may choose to include this in the form of the completed Notes section of the PowerPoint presentation slides, as a script you may have used when you created your recording, or in the form of a detailed outline. This will serve to clarify any insufficient or unclear audio.

Note: If your notes are not included in the PowerPoint presentation itself, attach them in a separate document along with the other presentation elements.

Additional Requirements

  • Written communication: Written communication should be free from errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Resources and citations should be formatted according to APA style and formatting guidelines.
  • Number of resources: At least one APA-formatted in-text citation and accompanying, congruent APA-formatted reference.
  • Length: The PowerPoint presentation should contain 10–12 slides.
  • Duration of audio recording: Maximum of 10 minutes.
  • Font and font size:
    • Headline type should be 24–28 points.
    • Bullet or body type should be 14–18 points for readability.
    • Avoid decorative type; use Arial or Times.

 

Definition of the Balanced Scorecard

The Balanced Scorecard Institute: The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. The balanced scorecard performance measurement framework considers non-financial performance measures in addition to financial metrics to provide a more balanced view of organizational performance.

Using the Scorecard in the Health Care Industry Within the health care industry, the scorecard must reflect a framework that incorporates patient safety, regulatory compliance, and a variety of other operational factors (Gunduz & Simsek, 2007). The contemporary version of the balanced scorecard transforms the organizational strategic plan into a dynamic document that provides a snapshot of performance measurement across the organization. Recall from earlier units that performance measurement is a condition of participation for some government and privately sponsored reimbursement sources.

 The Four Perspectives

The balanced scorecard indicates that organizations should be examined from four perspectives: learning and growth, business processes, customer satisfaction, and financial performance (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). Additionally, each perspective requires metrics for which data can be collected and analyzed (Balanced Scorecard Institute, n.d.). The analysis takes place within the context of the organizational strategic direction. When used to its full potential: The balanced scorecard is a management system (not only a measurement system) that enables organizations to clarify their vision and strategy and translate them into action. It provides feedback around both the internal business processes and external outcomes in order to continuously improve strategic performance and results. When fully deployed, the balanced scorecard transforms strategic planning from an academic exercise into the nerve center of an enterprise. (Balanced Scorecard Institute, n.d.) Once the balanced scorecard is applied to an organization, it is important that managers effectively communicate results and take appropriate action. Applying the balanced scorecard results to key risk management areas is equally important when using the scorecard to minimize risk and develop a quality improvement strategy.

 

Organizational Leadership in Healthcare

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Organizational Leadership in Healthcare

You have been asked by organizational leadership to develop a PowerPoint presentation for
department managers on building leadership and trust in collaborative teams. Use the notes
section of each slide to expand your talking points and reference your resources.
This assessment examines two critical components for interprofessional team success:
leadership and trust. Develop a PowerPoint presentation in which you:
* Identify at least three leadership behaviors that build trust within a team.
* Identify at least three leadership behaviors that undermine trust within a team.
* Explain the consequences of a team that does not trust its leader in terms of patient safety.
* Describe strategies team members can use to build trust among one another in terms of skill,
knowledge, and responsibility.
* Describe principles of effective interprofessional team leadership. In other words, what skills
and qualities should a good team leader possess? Is there a difference between being a good
leader and being an effective leader?

The Nurse Leader as Change Agent and Role Model

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The Nurse Leader as Change Agent and Role Model

Topic: The Nurse Leader as Change Agent and Role Model
A change agent is an individual who has formal or informal legitimate power and whose purpose
is to direct and guide change (Sullivan, 2012). This person identifies a vision and rationale for the
change and is a role model for nurses and other health care personnel. Nurse leaders’ behaviors
influence staff actions that contribute to change (Drucker, 1999; Yukl, 2013). The significant
number of changes that nurse leaders face require new ways of thinking about leading change
and adapting to new ways of working. Moreover, leaders work closely with frontline care
providers to identify necessary change in the workplace that would improve work processes an patient care. As such, nurse leaders must have the requisite skills for influencing human
behavior, including supervisory ability, intelligence, the need for achievement, decisiveness, and
persistence to guide the process (Gilley et al., 2009). Effective change management requires the
leader to be knowledgeable about the process, tools, and techniques required to improve
outcomes (Shirey, 2013).
** PAPER MUST CONTAIN A COVER PAGE, REFERENCE PAGE AND BE 7 PAGES LONG!**
CATEGORIES POINTS
CONTENT
•Topic Match Proposal 5
•Cover page 2
•Introduction 5
•Background 5
•Aim/Purpose 10
•Research Method 10
•Review of Literature10
•Implications for Nursing Practice 10
•Conclusion 5
•Reference page 8
ORGANIZATIONAL 10

APA 6th Edition Format 10
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation and use of graphics 10

Nursing Leadership in COVID

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Nursing Leadership in COVID-19

Part I:

There are multiple – each quite different – styles of management, some of which are better suited to specific organizational cultures, work groups, and/or circumstances. Research various management styles and read about what makes each one different, and detail the pros and cons of each one. Create a small chart for yourself to use as reference in the discussion.

Reflect on individuals – not necessarily people who are in healthcare – who you consider to be leaders. Identify for yourselves the characteristics that these leaders embody, focusing on characteristics and qualities that make them stand out as leaders.

Finally, review healthcare ethical principles. Be certain you understand the differences between and among the primary principles that guide the nursing profession and medical/health care.

Part II:

Crisis situations (for example the current COVID-19 pandemic, terrorist acts, or natural disasters) often are breeding grounds for the exacerbation of ethical dilemmas and workplace issues. Healthcare environments are not excluded from these challenges.

Discuss at least one (1) ethical dilemma (an ethical dilemma is defined as a situation in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion) AND two (2) workplace/Hospital issues that may be more prevalent during a crisis.

Be sure to explain the ethical principles that are conflicting.

Give examples from your readings and/or your experiences regarding the potential workplace issues. Include your thoughts regarding why the workplace issues may surface or become worse during a crisis.

Which management style do you think is best for dealing with the workplace issues you raised. Explain.

Do you think it is better to have strong leaders or strong managers during periods of prolonged or severe crisis? Why?

Collaborative Decision Making Through Shared Governance

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Attend a committee meeting in your health care organization. If you are not currently employed in
a health care setting, you may elect to attend a committee meeting at another company, a
community center, a local school, local chamber of commerce or other professional organization.
Observe the interactions between committee members and the process used by the committee
to arrive at decisions.
In 500-750 words, describe the function of the committee and the roles of those in attendance.
Describe your observations of the interactions between members of the committee and
determine whether the process used to arrive at decisions is a form of shared governance.

A minimum of two academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment.
Submit the completed “Collaborative Committee Meeting Verification Form” with the assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located
in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the
assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the
assignment.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical
Support articles for assistance.