The Cost of Worksite Wellness Scoring Guide Due Date: End of Unit 7. Percentage of Course Grade: 7%. The Cost of Worksite Wellness Scoring Guide Grading Rubric Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished Write a justification letter to a CFO using appropriate language and resources. 30% Does not write a justification letter to a CFO using appropriate language and resources. Writes a letter to a CFO, but may not use appropriate language or resources. Correctly writes justification letter to a CFO using appropriate language and resources. Writes a justification letter to a CFO using appropriate language and resources, and includes similar case studies. Analyze work site wellness program behavioral outcomes in relation to cost savings to the organization. 30% Does not identify behavioral outcomes in relation to cost savings to the organization. Identifies behavioral outcomes in relation to cost savings to the organization. Describes at least two behavioral outcomes in relation to cost savings to the organization. Describes and evaluates at least two behavioral outcomes in relation to cost savings to the organization. Develop a plan of action to address necessary changes in a work site wellness program to appeal to a CFO. 30% Does not identify a plan of action to address necessary changes. Identifies a plan of action to address necessary changes. Describes at least two plans of action to address necessary changes. Describes and evaluates at least two plans of action to address necessary changes. Substantiate thoughts and ideas for a CFO audience based on referenced research. 10% Does not provide a reference list. Provides incomplete reference list, or the list is not in APA format. Provides a partial reference list in APA format, but list may contain errors. Provides complete reference list in proper APA format. ·  The Cost of Worksite Wellness Resources [img width="18" height="16" alt="Website icon" src="file:///C:/Users/Gail/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1">.Consider the following scenario:You are the worksite wellness manager of a health care organization in tight economic times. You realize the organization must make budget cuts. The worksite wellness program seems to be a money pit, and the CFO is encouraging the organizational leader to have it dropped.Write a one- to two-page professional letter to the CFO justifying the value of your program. Use a bit of creativity. Address the following in your letter:What positive behavior changes due to your worksite wellness program can you show?What cost savings can you show?How might you change the program to produce better financial outcomes?Remember, the CFO is finance-oriented, so he or she will want to hear facts that support your justification. Search for articles on this subject to support your statements, and gather statistics that show real dollar-cost savings. Provide complete APA references for your resources.Be sure to complete the entire assignment. As with all of your assignments, examine the scoring guide (linked in the Resources) for guidance on earning optimal credit for your work.

Public Policy Project Guidelines Description: The purpose of the public policy project is for you to research a specific area of public policy of your choosing, to learn about the substance of the policy area, how that policy is made, and then tie it back into what the textbook had to say about how policy is made. Guidelines: 1.  You must pick one policy that is made by the federal government (examples would include: farm subsidies, income taxes, homeland security, etc.) 2.  Research the policy area in question. a.  Look at the relevant government websites   i.  Find out what agency is in charge of the policy and look at their website   ii.  Federal regulations can be found at www.gpoaccess.gov b.  Look for news articles dealing with the policy c.  Look for journal articles dealing with how the policy is made/implemented   i.  Check out the website for JBU’s library—it has lots of electronic resources you can use for scholarly articles, including databases such as JSTOR 3.  Put together a power point presentation for your policy project.  This presentation should include the following sections: a.  Description of the policy area you chose b.  Historical background to the policy area c.  What agency/agencies make the policy d.  How the policy is made—this in particular is where you show me and the rest of the class how this policy area fits into the matrix the authors laid out in chapter 13 of the textbook. e.  A works cited section that provides helpful links and data for finding the material you used to prepare the presentation 4.  You will present your project using Tegrity. Grading Rubric Mechanics (15 points)   A—the student demonstrates the ability to write clearly, using standard written English, making no more than 1 spelling/grammar error per slide. The works cited section provides ample information for finding the material used.   C—the student writes in an organized fashion, making no more than 2 spelling/grammar errors per page.  The works cited section provides somewhat incomplete information for finding the material used.   F—the student’s writing is disorganized, and the presentation is hard to follow.  There are 3 or more spelling/grammar errors per slide. The works cited section is either non-existent or incoherent. Background/Description Slides (30 points)   A—the student accurately and concisely describes the policy area they chose, and the relevant agencies that govern the area.   C—the student presents some information regarding the policy area they chose and the relevant agencies, but overlooks some of the basic facts and/or agencies that govern the chosen policy area   F—the student fails to discuss the relevant rules and/or government agencies that govern the policy area. Analysis (30 points)   A—the student makes a clear argument for what type of policymaking their chosen policy area represents.  How the costs & benefits are spread widely or narrowly concentrated is clearly delineated with specific examples given.   C—the student’s argument does not clearly show what type of policymaking the policy area represents.  Costs/Benefits may be discussed, but not in a way that clearly shows how they are allocated.   F—the student makes no attempt at showing how their chosen policy area represents one of the types of policymaking in the text.

The experiment data in below table was to evaluate the effects of three variables on invoice errors for a company. Invoice errors had been a major contributor to lengthening the time that customers took to pay their invoices and increasing the accounts receivables for a major chemical company. It was conjectured that the errors might be due to the size of the customer (larger customers have more complex orders), the customer location (foreign orders are more complicated), and the type of product. A subset of the data is summarized in the following Table. Table: Invoice Experiment Error Customer Size Customer Location Product Type Number of Errors - - - 16 + - - 19 - + - 4 + + - 2 - - + 21 + - + 25 - + + 15 + + + 20 Customer Size: Small (-), Large (+) Customer Location: Foreign (-), Domestic (+) Product Type: Commodity (-), Specialty (=) Reference: Moen, Nolan, and Provost (R. D. Moen, T. W. Nolan and L. P. Provost. Improving Quality through Planned Experimentation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991) Use the date in table above and answer the following questions in the space provided below: 1.  What is the nature of the effects of the factors studied in this experiment? 2.  What strategy would you use to reduce invoice errors, given the results of this experiment?