Evaluate the relationship between the strategic plan and your organization’s mission, vision, and values

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By definition, a strategic plan is designed to be used for 3 to 5 years or more. For your individual Strategic Plan project, you will write a strategic plan using the following outline. You may choose a health care organization you would like to focus on or develop a new health care business. Choose something you are passionate about and may implement in the future. It is recommended that if you choose to work with an existing organization that you add a new program or project to your plan. Suggestions for appropriate new projects include a new program or service for an existing organization, a new product line for an existing business, a new joint venture or acquisition, a new health care payer model for a state, or a new health care business.
Read the entire document. This is a multi-week assignment that has five components:
Part I: The Organizational Structure (Week Two) Part II: Environmental Analysis (Week Three) Part III: Financial Planning (Week Four) Part IV: Implementation (Week Six) Part V: Evaluation and control (Week Six) Select a health care organization you would like to focus on.
Research your chosen organization’s governing structure.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word report on your findings that address the following:
Identify the organization’s mission, vision, and key values. Analyze the framework of a strategic plan. Describe the strategic planning model your chosen organization uses. Evaluate the relationship between the strategic plan and your organization’s mission, vision, and values. Describe the organizational structure of your chosen organization. Identify the current key leaders in your chosen organization and describe their roles. Describe the change management model your chosen organization uses. Evaluate the impact of governance on implementation of strategic goals. Consider the role of the Board of Directors on formation of strategic goals. Analyze the organization’s major service delivery and support activities in its value chain. At a minimum, include the following: Location Target market Programs and services Clinical operations Marketing Billing Follow-up Organizational culture Strategic resources Analyze how the organization uses its value chain to implement its strategic plan. Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar resources to support your information.

Describe at least two career options someone with an accounting education can pursue.

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Accounting is the study of how businesses track their income and assets over time. Accountants engage in a wide variety of activities besides preparing financial statements and recording business transactions. These activities include computing costs and efficiency gains from new technologies, participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions, quality management, developing and using information systems to track financial performance, tax strategy, and health care benefits management.
Use the Internet or the Strayer Online database to research career options within the accounting field and accounting job postings in your local area to respond to the questions in the assignment.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
1. Describe at least two (2) career options someone with an accounting education can pursue. Be sure to reference sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
2. Describe one (1) researched accounting position, and explain the essential skills that would make a candidate successful in the position. Articulate the primary manner in which the researched accounting positions could add value to the company seeking candidates.

Determine if any points are out-of-control. If so, remove those data points and recalculate the limits.

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In this assignment you need to consider a measure or metric that you want to track or improve upon. It needs to be something that you can measure and is relevant to either your work or personal life. The measurement may be one that is already tracked at your place of employment or a measurement that you track in order to monitor your personal or professional progress; something such as tracking your weight or blood pressure. More personal examples are: time to travel to work or school, dollars spent on groceries each week, number of missed calls each day, average wait time at a fast food restaurant. In the workplace you could measure number of errors made, number of requests for information, number of hours spent at the copier, number of documents that you print on a daily basis, number of daily emails. Watch the introductory video which discusses more details regarding this assignment and provides examples. Click to view Whatever you choose to measure, you will need at least 25 data points, i.e collect data at 25 different times. From these 25 points, calculate the control limits; either for X-bar and R chart or a p-chart. Determine if any points are out-of-control. If so, remove those data points and recalculate the limits. Once you have your limits, collect at five more data points and comment on whether or not the process is in control. Explain why. Comment on whether or not you found this assignment interesting and useful. This assignment must be done using excel and the excel file submitted in canvas. Include your write-up in the excel file. Refer to the videos in the week 3 module for ideas in the workplace, specifically the one for the healthcare industry. See this link if you are collecting variable data and one sample for every point in time. You can’t use the X-bar formulas provided in the book, you have to do a moving average and there is no R chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shewhart_individuals_control_chart (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Watch the video on calculating a moving range chart. Refer to the excel file for control chart examples. You can use this as a template. Chp 3 Control Chart Examples.xlsxPreview the document Your document should have the following elements: 1) summary of results and findings, 2) description of data collection methods and interpretation of data, 3) actual data, 4) calculations (show your work) 5) charts showing data points and control limits that are properly labeled. Grading rubric: element 1) 20 points for interpretation, element 2) 10 points for description of data element 3) 30 points for data collection element 4) 30 points for calculations element 5) 10 points for chart(s)

How many qualifying children does Mike have for the earned income credit?

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Tracy is 40 years old, single, and a U.S. citizen with a valid Social Security number. She has a filing requirement.
• Tracy tells you she has chosen not to claim her son, Chris, as a dependent so he can get a higher refund.
• During the interview with Tracy, you determine the following facts:
• Tracy’s son Chris, age 19, is unmarried and was a full-time student during 2016.
• Chris’ income was $6,500 in wages. He does not provide more than half his own support.
• Chris lived with Tracy all year.
• Chris is a U.S. citizen with a valid Social Security number.
1. Chris can claim his own personal exemption since his mother has decided not to claim him as a dependent.

True
False
Using Publication 4012, Who Must File tab, Chart B, Chris has a filing requirement and must file a tax return.

True
False

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Mike is 45 and made $36,000 in wages in 2016. He is single and pays all the cost of keeping up his home.
• Mike’s daughter, Brittany, lived with Mike all year.
• Brittany’s son, Hayden, was born in November 2016. Hayden lived in Mike’s home since birth.
• Brittany is 18, single, and had $1,700 in wages in 2016.
• Mike provides more than half of the support for both Brittany and Hayden.
• Mike, Brittany, and Hayden are all U.S. citizens with valid Social Security numbers.
• Mike and Hayden had health insurance that qualified as minimum essential coverage. Brittany did not have health insurance at all in 2016.
3. Who can claim Hayden as a dependent?

A. No one can claim Hayden because he was not a member of the household for more than six months.

B. Mike cannot claim Hayden because Hayden is not Mike’s child.

C. Brittany can claim Hayden because she is his parent.

D. Mike can claim Hayden; Brittany cannot claim Hayden because Brittany qualifies as Mike’s dependent.

4. How many qualifying children does Mike have for the earned income credit?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

If Brittany does not qualify for a health coverage exemption, Mike must make a shared responsibility payment.

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• Henry and Claudia are married and want to file a joint return.
• They have one child, Alyssa, who is 5 years old and lived with them all year.
• Henry and Alyssa are U.S. citizens and have valid Social Security numbers.
• Claudia lives with Henry and Alyssa in the U.S. but is not lawfully present in the U.S and has an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN).
• Claudia did not have any health insurance for all of 2016. Henry and Alyssa had minimum essential coverage (MEC) all year.
• Henry earned $37,000 in wages and had no other income. Claudia had $5,000 in earned income.
• Henry and Claudia provided all the support for Alyssa.
6. Henry and Claudia are eligible to claim the earned income credit.

True
False

7. Claudia must make a shared responsibility payment.

True
False
• Martin is married, but did not live with or have contact with his spouse this tax year. He does not know where she is. He indicated on the intake sheet that he is not legally separated.
• Martin does not have any dependents.
• Martin worked as a clerk and earned $36,000 in wages. He had no other income.
• In 2016, he took a computer class at the local university to improve his job skills.
• Martin has a receipt showing he paid $1,095 for tuition. He paid for all his educational expenses and did not receive any assistance or reimbursement.
• He paid $350 for a course book from an online bookseller. Purchase of the book was not a requirement of enrollment.
• Martin paid $90 for a parking permit. It was not a requirement of enrollment.
• Martin does not have enough deductions to itemize.
• He is a U.S. citizen with a valid Social Security number.
8. Martin’s filing status is Single.