An Alumnus Of West Virginia University

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An Alumnus of West Virginia University whishes to start an endowment that will provide scholarship money of $40,000 per year beginning in year 5 and continuing indefinitely. The donor plans to give money now and for each of the next 2 years. If the size of each donation is exactly the same, the amount that must be donated each year at I = 8% per year is closest to:

$190,820

$122,280

$127,460

$132,040

How much must be deposit in your retirement account each year for 10 years starting now if you want to be able to withdraw $50,000 per year forever beginning 30 years from now? Assume the account earns interest at 10% per year.

$4,239

$4,662

$4,974

$5,471

Additional Requirements

Level of Detail: Only answer needed

The Most Important Function Of Information Technology (IT)

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The most important function of information technology (IT) for the managed care organization (MCO) is to support the business of the MCO. How the IT department aligns with the operational dynamics of the MCO is a vital management consideration. A well-functioning IT department will help the MCO reduce risk (i.e., costs). The IT department should design, implement, and operate the systems that run the MCO. Efficiency is the hallmark of a good system.

Your task as the manager of the MCO is to determine what the IT department in your organization should consist of, what its function will be, and what critical elements will be turned over to the IT department.

Describe the key elements of an information system for an MCO. What elements are different than for a physician office or group?

Describe the technology that you think the MCO would need to operate fully.

Propose a specific electronic health/medical records (EH/MR) program that is HIPAA compliant. Describe the essential functions, costs, and projected savings for the MCO.

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of insourcing versus outsourcing your IT needs, and make a final recommendation based on that evaluation.

 

Additional Requirements

Min Pages: 5

Max Pages: 9

Level of Detail: Show all work

Other Requirements: Original work please!

Monitoring Our Home Planet

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Monitoring Our Home Planet
The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.
In this assignment, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.
Based on your research, do the following:
  • Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.
  • Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:
    • Geography
      • What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically identify the countries.
    • Resources
      • What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?
      • What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?
      • What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?
    • Politics
      • What political ramifications would this disaster-preparedness technology cause between more-developed countries and less-developed countries?
      • What kinds of issues could this technology cause between less-developed countries?
    • Economics
      • How would this technology directly impact the economies of those countries that have the technology versus those countries that do not?
      • Do you predict any indirect impacts? What current evidence supports your position?
    • Disaster Preparedness
      • What types of systems are in place in terms of disaster preparedness related to these monitored phenomena?
  • Summarize your findings. Evaluate how this technology will impact the future of humanity, both positively and negatively. Be sure to consider the political and economic issues discussed in your future predictions.
Support your statements with examples. Use a minimum of 6 reliable references, two of which should be peer-reviewed articles.

Write a 7–8-page paper in Word format.
Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Grading Criteria and Rubric
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identify a minimum of three different naturally occurring phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters and analyze the potential impact of the disaster.
104
Analyze ways different Web sites monitor phenomena by critiquing available Web resources. Analysis should include topics such as geography, resources, political/economic issues, and disaster preparedness.
104
Summarize and discuss future projections on humanity regarding the use of technology. Include research on political and economic issues.
28
Writing Components:
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)
64
Total:
300

· Images of Organizations Analysis

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Could you please read the SAMPLE APA Style as to be able to do the paper correctly. Thanks

 

·         Images of Organizations Analysis

Images, concept maps, and models all serve to facilitate an observer’s ability to conceptualize and analyze. In reading Morgan’s work, you have the opportunity to view organizations through a number of “images” — from machines to organisms to fluxes to prisons to instruments. These images serve to provide a conceptual framework for understanding organizational behavior, workforce composition, job-fit needs, and management philosophies. As a doctoral thinker, you will apply these images to the concepts and perspectives on human development that you have explored.

Develop an outline for your paper on Morgan’s images (due in Week 11) in APA format. In addition to your outline, provide your instructor with explanatory text that denotes your progress in addressing the topic of the Application. In other words, where are you in terms of preparing for this paper?

This Application requires you to apply Morgan’s ” images” from your course text to an organizational setting. In particular, you will look at issues of stakeholder relations, management thought, and sustainability consciousness as discrete elements in your paper. You will prepare an outline with explanatory text this week, and submit your 12- to 15-page paper in Week 11.

Here are the core questions for you to address in developing the full paper:

·         How can you see the images at work in your organization? Alternately, you may select a Fortune 100 company and research it as a basis for your discussion.

·         How might your understanding of these images help you, as a manager?

·         What are the consequences of these images on stakeholder relations?

·         Which images would be most compatible with a stakeholder view of organizations in an environment of sustainability consciousness?

In Week 10, your outline and explanatory text will be assessed according to the following criteria:

·         Captures the general ideas, as well as major controversies or limitations

·         Suggests how the theories might be useful to managers

·         Outline and discussion complies with APA formatting, in terms of style, tone, and content

In Week 11, you will submit your final 12- to 15-page paper, which will be assessed according to the following criteria:

·         Citation of research and applications of metaphors in the literature and analysis of their utility

·         Application of the metaphors at work with a discussion of some of the complexities of their functioning and implications for managers

·         Delineation of metaphors as they inform various stakeholder relationships and an illustration of how those relationships might be improved with insights derived from them

·         Analysis of how sustainability consciousness implies a set of values that influences organizational behavior in a way that demonstrates the appropriateness of certain metaphors instead of others

·         Organization and logical flow of ideas

·         Demonstration of your skill and knowledge area development necessary to move forward with doctoral-level expertise in management and organizational disciplines

·         Demonstration of an imaginative interpretation based on a defensible and supported position. Exhibition of high levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation

·         Application of new and original ideas to address the assignment with a unique approach

·         Follows APA writing style and conventions, including a properly formatted abstract