This case study needs to be edited. Please only address and correct the sections with the professor’s comments. The professor suggested that I focus on one organization, one in which I am familiar. I work for the local VA Medical Center (Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center). Please solely concentrate on one VA Medical Center and not the VA Healthcare System.
The Prompt: Managers tend to shy away from discussing ethical issues or find ways to redescribe them as bottom-line economic problems rather than moral concerns. Why is this so? How is this problematic?Please do not include the header in the 500 word minimum.Please include some of the key words:*willful blindness*moral muteness*The Abilene ParadoxBe sure to specifically refer to assigned materials to support and elucidate your answer.professor says: It is not enough to simply assert your moral beliefs; you must give reasons in support of your answerYou must use some of the provide document/videos (whatever you find interesting) and something from elsewhere.The document are attached here are the videos that come from the assigned material also:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5JRgz3W0ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikQjCWOLIPo&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoekw7e-3Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzicXbnmllc
Identify and describe a real world example of an oligopoly. What characteristics of this market fit the definition of an oligopoly? What role does advertising play in this market? Is this consistent with what you’ve learned about advertising and oligopoly in this course?
The Annie Smith Dance CenterThe Director of Annie Smith Dance Center is asking for assistance with the financial aspects of running a professional group of performers. She wants financial information presented in an easy to read format and a better understanding of the profitability of the concerts and the organization as a whole.The Annie Smith professional group features three styles of dance concerts each year. Two of the dance concerts showcase a different genre. The third performance is a Christmas Spectacular, which is the most popular and is therefore scheduled every year. The table below provides information about expected ticket sales for the performances.Lower Orchestra Section (A) Upper Orchestra Section (B)s No. of Seats. Ticket Price Tickets sold per performance No. of seats Ticket Price Tickets sold per performanceHip-Hop Performance 150 $85 100% 450 $50 90%Jazz and Tap Dance 150 $85 100% 450 $50 60%Christmas Spectacular 150 $125 100% 450 $50 100%Ms. Smith has prepared a tentative schedule for the coming season. The table below also shows the type and number of performances and direct cost per type of concert.s Number of Performances Cost per Dance Concert(direct fixed costs)*Hip-Hop Concert 10 $48,000Jazz and Tap Dance 5 86,000Christmas Spectacular 20 22,000Total Direct Fixed Costs $156,000*Examples of direct fixed costs are costumes, rehearsals, royalties, guest artist fees, choreography, and salaries of production staff, music, and wardrobe for each of the concerts. This amount does not change with the number of performances.Additional costs:Variable costs associated with each performance are shown below.Musicians $6,100Rental of auditorium 2,500Dancers’ compensation 6,700Annual general administrative and operating costs for the dance center are:Administrative staff $185,000Insurance 25,000Marketing 115,000General office expenses 90,000Case AssignmentRequired:Computations (use Excel)• Summarize key financial information in a table as shown below.TitleName of Dance Concert Revenues/Performance Variable Costs/Performance Contribution Margin/Performance Number of Performances Total Contribution/Type of Dance Concert Direct Fixed Costs Segment Margin/Type of Concert1.2.3.Total• Use the information in the table you completed to compute the number of performances required to break even for each concert. Do not include general and administrative expenses. These are separate computations for each dance concert.• Compute break even for the organization as a whole (include all fixed expenses) and express the result in revenues instead of the number of performances.• Ms. Smith wants the Dance Center to generate at least $200,000 in operating profit. What level of revenues does the performance group need to achieve to meet this goal? Prepare an income statement in good format to support the computations.• Give a recommendation about changes Ms. Smith can implement to achieve the target profit. Support your idea with computations.Memo (use Word)Write a 4- or 5-paragraph memo to the owner of the dance center to assist her in interpreting the financial analysis. Start with an introduction and end with a recommendation. Each of the four or five paragraphs should have a heading.Short Essay (use Word)Start with an introduction and end with a summary or conclusion. Use headings.• What are some shortcomings of multi-product even analysis?• How does demand and resource constraints affect this type of analysis.Assignment ExpectationsEach submission should include two files: (1) An Excel file and (2) a Word document. The Word document shows the memo first and short essay last. Assume a knowledgeable business audience and use required format and length. Individuals in business are busy and want information presented in an organized and concise manner.
The AHCA (Links to an external site.) is a very significant change in healthcare policy that may affect the lives of all Americans in one way or another. Using your knowledge of health policy analysis (weeks 6 and 7) answer the following question in relation to the AHCA implementation. Question: If you could only have implemented one major provision of the American Health Care Act which one would it be and why? How does the AHCA differ from the ACA (Obamacare) NOTE: You must support your answer using a prospective health policy analysis approach that explores what you expect to happen (or what impact) if your provision is implemented. Remember to use credible citations.
e-Journal
Purpose: Short e-journal activity asking you to think about your personal interests and connection to career choices.
Instructions:
Reflect on the content from chapters 1-3
Examine personality traits that can affect your career and academic choices
Explain how self- knowledge affects career search and satisfaction
Write up a 1-2 page journal reflecting on your personal career interests and how the content from chapters 1-3 could help you.
Choose 1 topic from each chapter to show how you can develop yourself for your career choices.
Format 12pt font, 1 inch margins, 1 -2 pages max single spaced.
Writer, parts – Discussion and Exercise 4. Discission InstructionsReview your figure for Exercise 3. Identify (1) the figure that you think is the best representation of the data presented and (2) the figure you think is the most aesthetically pleasing. Provide an informal critique of both figures identifying what works well and areas for improvement (one paragraph max for each figure). Things to look out for:1. Figure title2. Data source3. Legend (if necessary)4. Does it accurately represent the data?5. Does it stand alone?6. Is it easy to understand?Part 2 Exercise 4 For this exercise, you will access pre-defined tables from the Census using American FactFinder and then use a secondary source, Social Explorer, to look at these same data at the neighborhood level. The presentation from the Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian, Census sources outside of American FactFinder, February 8, 2019 will be helpful. For this week and as a future librarian, a realistic goal is to understand what is available from the Census and the kind of research and analyses these data can support. You should know how to access summary statistics for a city and other geographies as well as the types of things to watch out for when using these data to make comparisons. You should also have a good understanding of the difference between the American Community Survey and the decennial Census.
Discuss the steps involved in conducting black box testing.
November 12 five journal papers are due. Journals are also called essays, write-ups, reaction papers.
Each paper is 500 words in response to five chapters for a total of 2,500 words.
The source is Howard Zinn, ” A People’s History of the United States “
Health policy advocacy can do conducted on a number of levels by a host of individuals. As DNP prepared advanced practice nurses (APN) you must understand your role in advocating for your profession, and clients. Given all of the change in healthcare proposed by the AHCA and the implementation of the IOM report on the Future of Nursing (reviewed last week as part of your assigned reading) answer the following question for this weeks discussion. Question: Discuss ONE recommendation of the IOM Future Initiative of Nursing Report that as a DNP prepared APN you are willing to advocate for to others outside of nursing as a change in current health policy. NOTE: State why you think the recommendation you choose is important to the nursing profession and what actions/steps you are ready to engage in to advocate for its implementation. Remember to cite literature and other resources to support your perspective.
