Day: August 30, 2018

Assignment: Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives

Earlier in the quarter we discussed Southwest Airlines’ use of game theory to create new strategy. Continue to research Southwest Airlines or a company of your choice and write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty.

2. Offer advice for improving risk management.

3. Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions.

4. Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it.

5. Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability.

6. Examine the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability.

7. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: One of your references regarding your should have been published within the last 6 months. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Discussion Question:

 

In what way did Sir Robert Peel influence the development of policing in the United States?  How did English policing differ from early policing in the Northern colonies?  Briefly describe the evolution of policing. 

 

 Reflection Discussion Posts: You are required to post items to the course online discussion forum (that add value to the topic that is covered that week linking theory to real world examples. You will need to read the article posted and then write a reflection piece about what you have read. Be sure to link what you read to real world examples and promote discussion between your fellow classmates. Each post should be 3-4 paragraphs. 

 

Cultural Proficiency

Cultural Proficiency” Please respond to the following:

 

· What are the benefits of implementing programs to address cultural competence within an HCO?

· Describe how you would put in place initiatives for cultural proficiency at a medical clinic.

Please write a 1500 words essay about the plant ,Basil, with the following prompt. （100% no plagiarism）

 

 Short introduction of basil

 

 

Common Uses of basil

 

 

Basic information of basil

 

 

Treatments, cures of basil

 

 

Growth habitats of basil

 

 

Preparation for medicinal use of basil

 

 

Include  pictures of your chosen plant. Make sure they are integrated nicely in the text, not separate or all at the end. Also make sure they are an appropriate size.

 

Write An Essay About Basil

Please write a 1500 words essay about the plant ,Basil, with the following prompt. （100% no plagiarism）

 

 

 

 Short introduction of basil

 

Common Uses of basil

 

Basic information of basil

 

Treatments, cures of basil

 

Growth habitats of basil

 

Preparation for medicinal use of basil

 

Include  pictures of your chosen plant. Make sure they are integrated nicely in the text, not separate or all at the end. Also make sure they are an appropriate size.

 

Social innovation a solution for financial inclusion as a Global Issue.

 

The paper should include data that show a systematic style of identifying the problem, the steps taking in the past and current and the result and creating a narrative of how social innovation thinking can help using the current or previous methods identified. Data Data Data. And this should be focused on Developing countries especially Africa. Data should not be more then 3 years old. Harvard Style of reference. And this is a 10 pages paper excluding the the reference pages

Assignment 4: The Sexual Response Cycle According to Masters and Johnson

 

 

 

Differentiate the sexual response cycles of males and females. What are the differences between males and females, and what do they share in common? 

 

 

 

Please create this assignment in a word documentand write your response in narrative format.  Use complete sentences and original wording.  Do not copy from our text or any other source.  Your assignment must be a minimum of 500 words.

 

 

 

All assignments and forums in the class are designed for you to demonstrate your understanding and your knowledge of the material content.  It is never acceptable or appropriate to simply provide information that is copied and pasted from a source – any source.  Even if the information were cited properly, copying and pasting does not demonstrate knowledge.   

 

All assignments are submitted to Turnitin, which is a plagiarism checking tool.  Any assignment receiving a score of 30% or better raises serious concerns about the originality of your work.  An originality score should generally be no more than 20%.  Originality scores between 20 and 50% will be graded with a point deduction.  Any originality score over 50% will be graded with a 0.  Please keep this in mind as you are submitting work. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:  scores outlined above are a guideline only and the final outcome/grade will be dependent upon the review of the Instructor of the assignment and the report

Assignment 3: The Convergence of Healthcare Financing and Economic Trends and Forces

Prepare  a fifteen to twenty (15 to 20) slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®  presentation with detailed scholarly speaker notes in which you: 

 

1. Compare  the three (3) current health care financing and funding models (i.e.,  employee based, government based, and individual based) used with the  healthcare delivery system of the United States.
2. Compare and  contrast key economic goals of public and private health insurance  plans.  Evaluate the success potential of key economic goals in terms of  populations covered, services included, financing arrangements,  reimbursement strategies, and economic competition policies.
3. Analyze  the key effects of labor market, insurance market, and competitive  market factors on health care delivery requirements at your current or  previous organization of employment.
4. Determine what changes are  occurring in the economy or concerning labor and regulatory factors  that must be considered in the future.
5. Suggest the key national trends that you believe currently affect competition and pricing initiatives. Justify your response.
6. Suggest the main quality indicators that typically affect health insurance pricing at the local level. Justify your response.
7. Use a minimum of six (6) reputable references sources including three (3) sources from peer reviewed journals.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the  assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,  and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in  the required assignment page length. 

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to care.
• Analyze  the impact of managed care on cost, quality, and access within managed  care organizations and the health insurance market.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
• Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

Evidence Based Practice

Competent social workers have many types of skills to complement a wide variety of theoretical knowledge. This skill set and knowledge base is often informed by research. Whether research is quantitative, qualitative, or a mixture of both, the information that well-formed studies yield contribute to the knowledge base of the social work profession as a whole.

 

 

For this Discussion, consider how evidence-based research informs social work practice. Think about how research findings translate into social work actions.