Apply Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

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ch17: Apply Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis

e-mail Adventure

The toy industry is highly competitive and can be as cutthroat

as any pirate adventure. Yo-ho-ho! Snooping, corporate

espionage, and efforts to keep emerging ideas under

wraps are all part of life in the toy industry. A certain level

of managerial paranoia is expected. But when the private

e-mail of an industry CEO was discovered and began

making the rounds, it unleashed a firestorm and brought

disastrous results on company morale, unwanted media

attention, and public embarrassment.

Howard Tannenbaum is the long-time CEO of a major

toy company. Over the past few years, his company worked

to develop a new product line, called Brainchild, that all

concerned believed would be a blockbuster. The passion of

Tannenbaum, the new line of toys was so top-secret that

portions of the line were created and produced, piecemeal,

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among the various divisions. In the beginning, it was all

very hush-hush. But as the line moved closer to completion

and the expected Christmas season launch date more than

a year away, press and industry rumors gained momentum.

At 8:00 a.m. on a June morning, Barry Paine, Tannenbaum’s

attorney and longtime friend and confidante, arrived

at his office, opened his e-mail and saw a flagged message

from Howard:

Barry:

We have a disaster in the making here. Looks like I’m going

to have to come down hard on all of my managers. Somebody

will go—perhaps several people before this situation is

over. They’re obviously getting EXTREMELY slack on design

security. I won’t say now how I discovered the breach or what

was stolen with regard to the new product designs, but suffice

it to say that at this point, EVERYONE is suspect. Needless

to say, I am FURIOUS! When I find out who it is—and it

could be anyone—believe me, heads will roll!!! I’ll call you

later this morning. WE NEED TO MEET. Thanks for letting me

vent. Now, I can compose the REAL e-mail to managers.

Howard

Later that same morning, managers throughout the

company received the following:

TO ALL MANAGERS:

We have a situation here in which product design information

on the new line, information that should have been under the

HIGHEST SECURITY, has been breached. Let me make it clear

that each of you is responsible for investigating your division

and finding the source of the leak. Please be thorough in your

investigation and be TOTALLY HONEST with me in presenting

your findings in this matter. Someone will pay for this. THIS IS

TOP PRIORITY!

Howard Tannenbaum, CEO

Many recipients of the e-mail felt personally attacked

and threatened. Before day’s end, e-mail, phone calls, and

rumors were flying. By the following day, Tannenbaum

felt pressured into trying to defuse the anger by issuing a

second, apologetic, e-mail. However, events were already

spiraling out of hand, as somehow the contents of the

original e-mail to Barry Paine began circulating throughout

management and beyond—to employees and at least one

member of the press, who dubbed the debacle Toy-Gate.

The perception of a CEO and a company out of control

increased and the stock price took a minor hit.

“The first e-mail left me stunned,” one long-time

manager said. “But when I saw the e-mail to Paine about

how Howard really felt and the level of contempt he

showed for all of us, making us all appear incompetent and

dishonest—that, for me, is the last straw. Even if I stay, it

has destroyed the relationship with Howard forever.”

Now Tannenbaum sat, head in hands, in Paine’s office.

“Barry, I was simply trying to find the truth.”

Paine walked over to a bookshelf and pulled an old,

well-used volume. “Do you remember your Sophocles from

school, Howard? In one Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King

and his persistent search for truth in the murder of his predecessor,

King Laius, followed a path that abandoned reason

and led to his own undoing. My friend, in your case, it’s not

the search for truth, but it’s the path you take—what you say,

how you say it, and to whom you say it—that is important.”

“OK—what do you think I should do next?”

Questions

1. What is the underlying communication mistake in this

case? Why do you think Howard Tannenbaum sent

those e-mails?

2. How do you think Tannenbaum should have communicated

his concerns about the information link? Why?

3. What should Tannenbaum do now to try to recover

from the negative impact of his e-mails? Suggest

specific steps.

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  Earliest nurses were often a response to wars and the need for medical care for injured soldiers.

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MSN degree, APA format 1 page 3 references 1 from walden university library,

Due 3/2/2019 at 7pm EST

 

Wars and Nightingale

New Fields and Technology

Research and Respect

Past

Earliest nurses were often a response to wars and the need for medical care for injured soldiers.  These women were patriotic but not truly educated as nurses and often caused more damage than good related to their lack of basic healthcare knowledge (Keating & DeBoor, 2018).  Florence Nightingale was a proponent of nursing education from her own experiences during the Crimean War (Davida, 2012).  She influenced some of the first nursing schools with her idea that the education should stand alone and not be associated with an apprenticeship with the teaching hospital (Keating & DeBoor, 2018).

Present

Nurses of today specialize in all sorts of fields from the operating room to pediatrics to hospice to just name a few.  This specialization has made the nurse workforce incredibly diverse and nursing educators and programs have had to respond accordingly.  Economically, nursing schools have become expensive programs and often difficult to staff as experienced nurse educators retire (Keating & DeBoor, 2018).  Immense changes in technology from how a nurse charts to how IVFs are given have dramatically changed how nurses do their work and how they are educated.

Future

Higher education for nurses will continue to evolve with an emphasis on nursing research as well as life-long learning (Laureate, 2012c).  The need for evidence-based nursing research will influence healthcare to the extent that the solutions garnered from nursing investigation will be on the same par as medical studies done by providers.  This increased respect for nursing could lead to increased interest in nursing as a career and in nursing education overall.

References

Davida, M. (2012).  History of nursing education:  In our past, lies our future.  Retrieved from

http://nursingeducationhistory.org/

Keating, S.B. & DeBoor, S.S. (Ed.). (2018).  Curriculum Development and Evaluation in

Nursing (4th Ed.).  New York, NY:  Springer.

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012c).  Requirements through the years.

Baltimore, MD:  Author.

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PROMOTING AND EVALUATING HEALTH BEHAVIORS

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Module 3 – Case

PROMOTING AND EVALUATING HEALTH BEHAVIORS

Case Assignment

According to Mokdad & Remington (2010), “health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States” (p. 1). Reflecting on this statement, write a paper (3 pages) discussing the importance of being able to measure health behaviors and describing methods to assess health behaviors in a target population.

The following items in particular will be assessed:

  1. Discuss reasons for measuring health behaviors.
  2. Identify at least two methods to assess/measure smoking behaviors among adolescents in your community.
  3. In your opinion, do you agree or disagree that measurement of health behavior is useful for program planning. Defend your position by providing empirical evidence.

Assignment Expectations

Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric. You can view it under Assessments at the top of the page. Review it before you begin working on the assignment. Your work should also follow these Assignment Expectations.

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For this assignment, you will be pretending that you are a training supervisor in a hospital. As the supervisor, you have to educate your staff on a healthcare topic that needs to be explained. Examples: Confidentiality, OSHA, Handwashing Techniques.

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Checklist/Rubric for Research Assessment Assignment

 

For this assignment, you will be pretending that you are a training supervisor in a hospital. As the supervisor, you have to educate your staff on a healthcare topic that needs to be explained. Examples: Confidentiality, OSHA, Handwashing Techniques. To educate your staff, you will be giving a PowerPoint presentation.

 

Outline of PowerPoint deck:

· Title slide – topic, your name, and your role in the hospital

· Agenda slide

· At least 10 slides on:

· Introduction to the topic – ex: definitions, why is it important, etc.

· Slides on the topic – related information to train the hospital staff on the topic, what should hospital staff be aware of / steps they should

· Conclusion slide / Key takeaways

· References slide – needs to include textbook and at least 3 other references

· Thank you / Any questions slide

 

Checklist/Rubric (approximately 3 points off each for missing a requirement):

· Outline (as mentioned above) is followed

· PowerPoint presentation is a minimum of 10 slides (not including Title slide, Agenda slide, Reference slide, etc.)

· It is clear from the presentation what the hospital staff is being trained on

· Relevant information is included and make sense

· Presentation is interesting and informative

· Slides contain appropriate visuals

· Content is not just copied and pasted from references

· Textbook and at least 3 other references are used

· References slide is in proper APA format. In-text citations included in proper APA format.

· No spelling or grammar errors

· “Notes” section of slides are filled out

 

 

Assignment is due Saturday, November 3rd, at 11:59pm

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