As an employer wants to reduce the production cost during the economic recession, he/she could choose to (1) lay off some workers without changing wages or (2) keep all workers but cut wages for all. Which method would you choose? Why?
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“Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven” (Colossians 4:1, NIV).
“Look at the birds of the [a]air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?” (Matthew 6:26, NIV).
“He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him” (Proverbs 14:31, NIV).
“…Encouraged by Wall Street investors, many companies over the past decade have slashed their full-time workforces, reduced benefits and demanded more output from the remaining workers…Many workers sense that they’re merely expendable components of an impersonal production process involving the manipulation of employees for the sole objectives of the maximization of profit and shareholder value.” — John Stapleford, Bulls, Bears, and Golden Calves. IVP Academic (p. 104)

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Due to the current pandemic, many large organizations have decided to reduce wages or lay off workers due to the economics downfall. Between the two options, it would be wise for an organization to reduce wages rather than opting for layoffs. This will ensure that the employer has a job during the recession or in this case a pandemic which will help those individuals pay bills and supply food. In addition, hiring new employees in a foreign country for a lower wage compared to the U.S. would not be wise due to the time to train those employees. Several organizations have decided to hire employees where the cost to employee that individual is cheaper than the U.S. due to all the costly benefits. Therefore, reducing the wages can be applied by removing the bonus, reducing percentage for 401k and salaries. The CEO and managers will need to constantly motivate the employees in performing well and meeting the organizations goal during the recession.
Organizations must be prepared for a recession or pandemic as both affect the economy which affects the employees and the firm. “Recessionary actions should in practice reduce some of the organizational slack or X-inefficiencies in the organization unless the changes are simply adjustments to meet declining demand” (Wood & Ogbonnava, 2018, p. 3073). Once the recession period is over, the firm will not encounter any additional cost since all the employees are still with the organization. Overall, this will help the organization learn how to use this experience for any future recession as its essential to provide a job to current employees. Ultimately, each organization will use a different option based on the funds that can be used to pay the employees. The bible includes different verses that reminds that each person should be valued and provided the truth. Isaiah 52:13 states, “See, my servant will act wisely, he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted” (New International Version, 2011). This is a verse that in every trail we encounter he will be with us through it all.
References
New International Version. (2011). Bible Gateway. https://classic.biblegateway.com/ (Original work published 1978).
Wood, S., & Ogbonnaya, C. (2018). High-involvement management, economic recession, well-being, and organizational performance. Journal of Management, 44(8), 3070-3095. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206316659111 

Part one SALES PRESENTATION TOPIC AND REFERENCE PAGE ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONSOVERVIEWChemical Dependency is an issue facing every community and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) initiated coverage for treatment which provided marketing opportunities for health care organizations.Choosing a topic early in the term provides you additional time to reflect on and prepare the sales presentation to the Employee Assistance Professionals within the organization. INSTRUCTIONSThe purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for your Sales Presentation Assignment – Final Submission that you will submit in Module 7: Week 7. Choose a topic focused on chemical dependency and create a reference page of at least 5 scholarly sources in current APA format. Topics includeA. A specific chemical dependency such as opioids, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, heroin, etc.B. The specific target audience needs to be mentioned, which as required in the Sales Presentation, is an Employee Assistance Professional (EAP) of a large organization.C. Biblical Integration- a verse with at least a sentence or two stating how the verse applies to the topic. i. For example why as Christians must we take on a subject of this mannerLength of assignment o One pageThe topic should have a brief paragraph outline what you a e planning to discusso Excluding cover/title pageo Reference page APANumber of citationso Five peer-reviewed sourceso One Biblical Integration Acceptable sources o Scholarly articles published within the last five years Part two SALES PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONSOVERVIEWThe final step in a marketing plan is the action of selling. This assignment connects the theory of marketing, advertising and selling to an actual experience of development and implementation of selling a healthcare service. There are three basic approaches that are utilized in the action of selling a healthcare service with the goal of obtaining a positive consumer response. INSTRUCTIONSDevelop a short sales presentation of 7–10 minutes about a chemical dependency program that you would make to an employee assistance professional of a large company using 3 different marketing sales approaches. Use YouTube or screencast to record your presentation and upload it to the assignment link. You may use graphics and images, but they must enhance the presentation and not detract from it. You will use an updated version of the reference list originally submitted in Sales Topic and Reference Page Assignment and must use at least 2 of those references in your presentation. Create a separate reference page slide using current APA format.Items to include are outlined as follows:Length of assignment o Develop a short sales presentation of 7–10 minutes about a chemical dependency program that you would make to an employee assistance professional of a large company. (Topic chosen in Sales Topic and Reference Page Assignment)Presentation addresses how the presentation would change using 3 marketing sales approaches: o The stimulus-response approach, o The selling formula, and o The need satisfaction method. Format o Use YouTube or screencast to record your presentation and upload it to the Sales Topic Presentation Assignment link.o Create a separate reference page slide using current APA format for the citationsNumber of citations o Updated version of the reference list originally submitted in Module/Week 4 and must use at least 2 of those references in your presentationo Acceptable sources o Scholarly articles published within the last five years

Discussion Question:
Change is inevitable in healthcare and in nursing. When thinking of the change process, what is the role of the nurse leader/manager in the change process? What impact does change have within health care organizations as a whole?
PART II
Assignment Description
Qualities of a Nurse Leader
It is important for nurse leaders to engage with other nurse leaders to understand professional roles; a practice experience is assigned to achieve this end. It is expected that you will spend 8-10 hours with the nurse leader, shadowing them in their position, observing them go about their day, and interviewing them. The interview can take place before, during, or after the shadow period or can be on a different day.
**All students are to submit a completed Practice Hour Log of at least 8-10 hours into the Mod 6 dropbox. Note: Students who hold an RN license in the state of Washington must complete a minimum of 10 hours of practice experience as noted on their Log. Upload the Log as a separate document. **
You will engage with and interview a nurse leader in person. You should begin thinking about this activity as soon as possible and identify how you will identify and gain access to the interview. You may include photos, graphs, or charts.
1.Choose a nurse leader who holds a leadership nursing position in their organization who have direct reports (they supervise other employees). Examples of this include Director of Nursing, Director, Unit Manager. *You may not be employed in the same facility as your interviewee or shadow during personal work hours* (If special accommodations need to be made, approval by your instructor is required first). 
2.Develop an interview guide before conducting the interview. Identify information that you want to know before the interview and plan clarifying questions. You must include at least one question about technology/informatics.
3.Conduct an interview regarding their professional role in the organization, and a current health care issue that is of interest to you (ethics, conflict management, budget, staffing, culture of safety, “just culture”, career advancement, quality improvement, etc.). Identify the name of the organization and use names of all involved (no anonymity).
4.Prepare a written report of the interview.
Required questions below. Feel free to add to the list below but these questions must be asked to your interviewee and answered.

Please describe the nursing and inter-professional teams that operate in this facility/on this unit.
Can you provide an example of a nursing practice that has been changed in the last year based on current best evidence?
Please identify the impact of change within your organization and your role as leader/manager in this change process
Please identify strategies used for fiscal and human resources that contribute to the organization’s ability to deliver quality cost-effective patient-centered care
What do you consider your biggest challenge as a leader/manager?
What do you love most about your job?
Why did you choose this job?
What other kinds of nursing/other job did you ever do?
How would you describe your company’s culture?
How would you describe your role in admission and staffing decisions? • What is your leadership style?

* If you are employed in a large healthcare facility that has more than one location, you may interview the nurse leader in that organization with prior permission from your instructor. The purpose of this is to get you out of your organization and explore other nursing leadership roles that you might be familiar with.

Simplified Personal/Professional Marketing Plan Elements 1. Plan introduction and duration. This is a brief introduction to the purpose of the plan,
including the duration of its scope (1 year, 2 years, 3 years, etc.). The duration must be for
at least one year. 2. Summary/synthesis of your personal raw materials. (This was accomplished as part of
your Raw Materials Assessment.) Summarize and synthesize your personal raw materials in a
manner that allows a reader to understand the opportunities and challenges that may face
you as you construct and develop “Brand You.” 3. Market segment(s) that are to be targeted. (This was accomplished if you completed the
Product/Audience Match assigned earlier in the semester.) This section should include any
relevant portions from your Product/Audience Match Strategy assignment that would apply
to this marketing plan:a) The potential target markets for your personal/professional brand (from “Part 1:
List Current Audiences” and “Part 4: List Prospective Audiences”). b) Why these audiences are being targeted (from “Part 2: Importance of
Current Audiences” and “Part 5: Importance of Prospective
Audiences”). c) What the people in those segments desire in a person, employee, boss, etc.; that is,
the attributes of the ideal candidate to be courted by that market segment
(from “Part 3: What Current Audiences Want from You” and “Part 6: What
Prospective Audiences Want from You”).Note: Even though you will only mention in this document the target segments that are
applicable to this marketing plan, you must still include the complete Product/Audience
Match Strategy assignment as an Appendix to this assignment.4. Objectives/Goals for your brand. (Much of this was accomplished if you completed the
Personal Marketing Strategy assigned earlier in the semester.) List at least five clearly identified
goals that have a measurable component and a time (deadline) component. Delineate how
each goal will be measured to ensure, eventually, that it has (or has not) been accomplished.
You can have multiple-level objectives and combine this section with multiple-level strategies
from the next section if desired. The key is that all objectives must lead you to your overall goal
of winning the hearts of your target audience(s).NOTE: Even though you will only mention in this document any objectives/strategies that you
feel are relevant to this marketing plan, you must still include the complete Personal Marketing
Strategy assignment as an Appendix to this assignment.5. Strategies and tactics designed to reach the objectives. (Much of this was accomplished if
you completed the Personal Marketing Strategy assigned earlier in the semester.) Your
strategies should have direct-line connections to the objectives they are designed to reach. As
mentioned above (in Part 4), you can combine this section with the Objectives or leave it as a
separate section. In either case, you must include a one-page figure/chart/image that depicts
how the strategies and objectives are connected. 6. Marketing Plan Timeline. Create a timeline for your plan where you detail the start and end
dates for each strategy and tactic. You must include a one-page figure/chart/image of the
timeline. You can be as creative as you like to create the timeline.Notes from ME: I will send you my raw materials assessment that is mentioned in part 2 , as well as my major is logistics and supply chain management, Please note that I am a senior.-Please make sure it is single spaces and it can be up to 7 pages including cover pager or 8 pages.

Unit I ProposalWeight: 10% of course gradeGrading RubricDue: Monday, 07/12/2021 11:59 PM (CST)Instructions
Project ProposalThroughout this course, you will work in each unit to build a project plan that will ultimately become your final deliverable for Unit VIII. Starting in Unit II, you will begin creating components that will cumulatively make up your final project plan. Your professor will grade each component and offer feedback. The feedback can then be used to make any improvements before submitting all components of the final project plan in Unit VIII.The outline below represents how your final project plan should be organized.Project Overview (Units II and III)1.1 Purpose, Scope and Objectives, and Business Case1.1.1 Scope1.1.2 Statement of Work (SOW)1.1.3 Business Case1.2 Project Deliverables1.3 Project Organization1.4 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)1.4.1 Task Description Documentation1.4.2 Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)1.5 Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)1.6 Work Authorization1.7 Work CharterRisk Assessment (Unit IV)2.1 Risk Identification2.2 Assessment of Probability and Consequence (Qualitative)2.3 Assessment of Probability and Consequence (Quantitative)2.4 Mitigation StrategiesQuality Management Report (Unit IV)Project Schedule (Unit V)4.1 Activity Duration Estimates4.2 Gantt Chart4.3 Activity NetworkProject Budget (Unit VI)5.1 Project Resources5.2 Other Costs5.3 Cost Estimates5.4 Time-Phased BudgetCommunications Management (Unit VII)Tracking and Status Updates (Unit VII)7.1 Tracking Method7.2 Notification Record7.3 Control SystemsProject Closeout (Unit VIII)8.1 Close Cost Accounts8.2 Lessons LearnedIn the assignment for Unit I, you will start the project process by providing the professor with your idea for a project. The professor will provide feedback so that you can adjust your project, as needed, for Unit II.Take the considerations below into account.The project’s timeframe should be about two months in duration. In other words, building a hotel would not be considered an appropriate project for this course because it would likely take at least 6 months to build.The project team should include at least six people from different areas of your chosen organization.The scope of the project should be neither too simple nor too complicated. An information technology (IT) project that involves replacing the desktops in the customer service department would be too simple because it would likely only involve a couple of employees and one or two tasks. An IT project involving an organization replacing all of their legacy systems across its U.S. operations would likely be too complicated. Find some middle ground, and remember that you will need to break down the tasks and assign responsibilities to team members.Your project may be initiated from any functional unit (e.g., IT, operations, accounting, customer service, product development, marketing, sales), but be prepared to create your team using employees from multiple functional units.For this unit’s assignment, include the components listed below in a minimum of a one-page document using proper APA formatting.Include the title of your project.Provide a description (abbreviated scope) of the project.Specify the project timeframe.Identify those involved in the project.Once the professor provides you with feedback on your project idea, you can make the needed adjustments for Unit II and begin to develop your project plan.
ResourcesThe following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.Citation GuideSubmit Writing Center RequestSubmit Unit I Proposal »