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ACTi 6691
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International
Executive
Case
In this case a full set of budgets wil ...
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International Executive, writing homework help
ACTi 6691
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International
Executive
Case
In this case a full set of budgets will be
prepared and presented in appropriate format.
Reports will be prepared to explain how budget numbers were
determined. The following are general requirements for this
budget case. Specific requirements are
listed after the relevant case data.
·
Read the case and analyze the
information.
·
Prepare an operating budget in
standard “income statement” format.
·
Prepare a narrative report (or
notes to the income statement) addressing why/how quantitative items were
selected. The following items must be
explained:
1.
Sales Forecast
2.
Purchases budget (raw
materials, labor, all resources)
3.
Operating Expenses
·
Prepare a cash budget using any
acceptable format. The following items
must be explained or shown on the budget:
1.
The process by which cash
inflows were projected.
2.
The process by which cash
outflows were projected.
3.
The process by which financing,
if applicable, was determined.
4.
How interest and other
financing charges were calculated.
·
Prepare a capital budget using
any acceptable format.
You will be graded on your understanding of
the underlying concepts related to determining budget amounts (for example, how
purchases are determined) as well as your ability to prepare and explain standard
business reports. The rubric attached as
the last page of this document will be used to grade the case.
Harvey’s Budget1
Harvey Manufacturing manufactures and sells
two industrial products: a
self-balancing screw driver and a self-balancing saw. Both products are manufactured in a single
plant.
Harvey’s general manager, Mr. Lipscomb, and
president, Mr. Owens, want a budget prepared for the fiscal year 2013. They have asked various employees to gather
information that they believe will be necessary for preparation of a
budget. The information is presented
below.
Neither Mr. Lipscomb nor Mr. Owens is
skilled in budget preparation. Both
executives have used budgets and have participated to some degree in budget
preparation in prior years, but neither has prepared a full budget.
Sales and selling price per unit
Historical sales for 2012 the two products are
shown below.
Harvey’s sales typically peak in the summer
months, beginning with May. Harvey’s
general manager, Mr. Lipscomb, recommends that the budget be prepared with the
units sold in the high sales months of May, June, and July be used as the bases
for determining the annual forecast. Mr.
Lipscomb’s recommendation is that annual sales be budgeted at 64,000 per month
for screwdrivers and 42,000 per month for saws.
Mr. Lipscomb also believes that the
budgeted selling price per unit should be equal to the highest selling price
that could be achieved in 2012. He would
like to budget 102 per unit for screwdrivers and 130 per unit for saws. Mr. Lipscomb states that his management team
experimented with pricing in the prior year, beginning with the first month of
the year.
You review the unit sales and unit selling
price information for 2012 and recommend a budget based on 60,000 units of
screwdrivers at 100 each and 40,000 units of saws at 125 each. Mr. Lipscomb challenges your conclusion. Likewise Mr. Owens, the company president, would
like to hear an explanation of the budget numbers and how or why you calculated
those numbers.
Production Requirements
Each unit produced requires the following
materials, labor, and overhead, all of which is variable.
Inventories
Inventories are listed below. The beginning inventories are the actual
amounts on hand at the beginning of the year.
The ending inventories shown are the amounts that the operations manager
has determined to be necessary to ensure smooth production processes.
Other information
Fixed
manufacturing overhead
Fixed
manufacturing overhead is 214,000, including 156,000 of non-cash expenditures.
Fixed
manufacturing overhead is allocated on total units produced.
Beginning cash
is 1,800,000.
Sales are on
credit. Sales are collected 50 percent
in the current period and the remainder in the next period. There are no bad debts.
Sales for the
last quarter were 8,400,000.
Purchases for
direct materials and labor costs are paid for in the quarter acquired.
Manufacturing
overhead expenses are paid in the quarter incurred.
Selling and
administrative expenses are all fixed and are paid in the quarter incurred.
Estimated
selling and administrative expenses for the next period are 340,000 per
quarter, including 90,000 of depreciation.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Prepare a sales budget in good form.
2. Prepare a narrative report explaining how your
sales budget was determined. Use the
table above in your analysis.
(Hint: Many companies would
develop their budgets using average sales and average unit costs.)
Whatever budget
determination method you use should be explained. In your explanation, you should include a
discussion of why you believe sales and selling prices fluctuated last year.
3. Prepare a production budget in units.
4. Prepare a purchases budget.
Remember that you will need to purchase enough materials to have the
required ending inventories shown. You
will also need to purchase enough to manufacture and sell the products on your
sales forecast. Do not forget that you
have beginning inventories.
5. Prepare a narrative report explaining how you
prepared the purchases budget. Be as
detailed as necessary to be sure that the president and general manager will
understand the calculations and costs.
6. Prepare a budgeted income statement.
7. Prepare a
contribution margin income statement.
8. Prepare a narrative report explaining how the
expenses on the income statement were determined.
9. Prepare a cash
budget. Be sure that you show all cash
inflows and outflows.
10. Prepare a narrative report explaining your cash
budget process.
11. If necessary,
prepare a capital expenditure budget. Explain your entries. Use only the facts in this case to prepare
the budget.
Summary:
Your finished case will consist of six or seven budgets (a
sales budget, a production budget in units, a purchases budget, a budgeted
income statement, a contribution margin income statement, a cash budget, and,
if necessary, a capital expenditure budget.)
You will also have four or five narrative
reports (a sales budget report, a purchases budget report, an income statement
report, a cash budget report, and an explanation of your capital budget, if
necessary).
Narrative reports are reports that are in
the form or a white paper that clearly explains the numeric entries on your
budgets. The length of the narrative
reports will depend on the particular report.
In general, you should be able to prepare the sales budget report on one
or two pages, the purchases budget report on one or two pages, the income statement
report on one page, and the cash budget report on one page. In this case, the capital budget report would
be less than one page. You should not
worry if one of your reports is more or less than the recommendation given
here—just be sure you cover all of the important points and satisfactorily
explain the numeric entries in your budget.
Also, be sure you explain the process of “how” your numbers were
determined. In this regard, it is not
necessary or desirable to explain the exact calculations. Consider your audience and prepare a report
that would be suitable for executives making plans and decisions for the
upcoming year.
1Harvey’s budget is adapted from a published case. (Source and citation are available upon
request to faculty only).
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Student:
Case Grading Rubric
Criteria
for Case
Meets
Expectations
Partially
Meets Expectations
Fails
to Meet Expectations
Comments/Score
Content
Analysis (worth 40% of the case grade)
Analysis
addresses all aspects of case in sufficient depth.
Analysis
addresses most aspects of case in sufficient depth.
Analysis
does not address most aspects of case and/or fails to do so in sufficient
depth.
Content
Solution (worth 40% of the case grade)
Described
solution demonstrates an understanding and correct use of problem solving
skills
Described
solution demonstrates a sufficient level of problem solving abilities but
fails to address correctly as aspects of the case.
Described
solution does not demonstrate an acceptable level of problem solving
abilities and the ability to use case information correctly.
Presentation
Style (worth 20% of the case grade)
No
significant errors in presentation style, consistent with case requirements
and consistent with business standards
Errors
in presentation style, compliance with case requirements, and normal business
standards
The
presentation was limited, demonstrated a minimal effort to meet case
requirements and present your solution in an acceptable business style.
Late
Submission - 10% per day regardless of the reason for the late submission.
Total Points
Walden University Evidence-Based Practice in nursing
Overview of Evidence-Based Practice Many people have ways ...
Walden University Evidence-Based Practice in nursing
Overview of Evidence-Based Practice Many people have ways of doing things that they follow for no other reason than “this is how it has always been done.” Have you ever encountered this in your experiences as a nurse? Do you follow certain processes because they have been shown to contribute to better health outcomes? Or, is the reasoning behind many of your practices simply based on how you were trained or how you have observed others in your practice setting? Consider, for example, the taking of post-operative vital signs in the general surgical setting. According to Zeitz and McCutcheon (2003), specific regimens of collecting vitals at certain set intervals are based on tradition only, with no evidence that they are relevant or even useful. But diligent nurses worldwide still faithfully monitor these vital signs at specific time-intervals within in the post-operative setting. This week, you examine the role that evidence-based practice (EBP) plays in nursing. You consider how EBP is demonstrated within clinical settings and healthcare organizations, and why it is important to base health care practices on evidence. You will formulate background questions and a PICOT question. Finally, you explore barriers that may prevent EBP from being used more consistently. Reference: Zeitz, K., & McCutcheon, H. (2003). Evidence-based practice: To be or not to be, this is the question! International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9(5), 272–279. Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate the use of evidence-based practice in clinical settingsFormulate strategies for overcoming barriers to evidence-based practiceFormulate background questions and a PICOT questionLearning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Required Readings Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 1, “Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment” This chapter provides an introduction to nursing research, its history, and the evolution of evidence-based practice. It includes an overview of credible sources of evidences and a description of the different paradigms used in nursing research. Chapter 2, “Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice” The focus of this chapter includes an overview of the key aspects of evidence-based practice, a review of how to identify credible research and appraise its value, and, finally, a discussion on how to take the identified evidence and convert it into a practice. Chapter 3, “Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research”In this chapter, quantitative and qualitative research models are compared and the major steps in each approach are described. Information is also presented on the different sections of a research journal article and how you can identify the research model that was utilized. Adams, J. S. (2010). Utilizing evidence-based research and practice to support the infusion alliance. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 33(5), 273–277. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article examines how evidence-based research and practice supports infusion alliances. The text also specifies the increasing challenges that infusion nurses face. Mallory, G. A. (2010). Professional nursing societies and evidence-based practice: Strategies to cross the quality chasm. Nursing Outlook, 58(6), 279–286. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article describes strategies for reducing the gap between research knowledge and practice. The article also details how nursing societies could use these strategies to improve the quality of care. Newhouse, R. P., & Spring, B. (2010). Interdisciplinary evidence-based practice: Moving from silos to synergy. Nursing Outlook, 58(6), 309–317. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. In this article, the authors examine the state of interdisciplinary evidence-based practice (EBP). The authors detail efforts to promote interdisciplinary EBP, academic and clinical training regarding interdisciplinary EBP, and strategies that may facilitate EBP translation across disciplines. Majid, S., Foo, S., Luyt, B., Zhang, X., Theng, Y-L., Chang, Y-K., & Mokhtar, I. A. (2011). Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: Nurses' perceptions, knowledge, and barriers. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 99(3), 229–236. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article reviews a study that sought to determine nurses’ awareness of, knowledge of, and attitude toward EBP. The article also describes factors likely to promote barriers to EBP adoption. Shivnan, J. C. (2011). How do you support your staff? Promote EBP. Nursing Management, 42(2), 12–14. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article explores the role of the nurse manager in supporting evidence-based practice. The article also explains barriers and strategies to promote EBP for a nurse manager. Walden Student Center for Success. (2012). Clinical Question Anatomy. Retrieved July 9, 2014, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/content.php?pid=183871&sid=2950360 Media Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Timeline of nursing research. Baltimore, MD: Author. This multimedia piece features a timeline of major events in nursing research. The timeline highlights how historical events and seminal research have contributed to nursing practice. Discussion: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice In your practice as a nurse, you may use procedures and methods that did not necessarily originate in evidence, but instead were derived from informal and unwritten conventions, traditions, and observations. While these techniques may have merit, practices are constantly being updated and contradicted by information from scholarly research studies and professional guidelines. This new information serves as “evidence” for revising practices to improve outcomes across health care. Based on this evidence, you can formulate a question. In this Discussion, you consider the use of evidence-based practice in your own organization and formulate a question that you will need to answer for your portfolio project. This is called a PICOT question. You will also investigate strategies for overcoming barriers to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP). To prepare: Consider a recent clinical experience in which you were providing care for a patient. Determine the extent to which the care that you provided was based on evidence and research findings or supported only by your organization’s standard procedures. How do you know if the tasks were based on research?What questions have you thought about in a particular area of care such as a procedure or policy?Review Chapter 2, pages 31–34 on “Asking Well worded Clinical Questions” in Polit & Beck and consult the resource from the Walden Student Center for Success: Clinical Question Anatomy & examples of PICOT questions (found in this week’s Learning Resources). Formulate your background questions and PICOT question.Reflect on the barriers that might inhibit the implementation of evidence-based practice in your clinical environment.Review the article “Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making” in this week’s Learning Resources. Select one of the barriers described that is evident in your organization and formulate a plan for overcoming this barrier. Write an evaluation of the use, or lack thereof, of EBP in a recent clinical experience. Identify which aspects of the care delivered, if any, were based on evidence and provide your rationale. List your background questions and PICOT question about this nursing topic. Critique how the policies, procedures, and culture in your organization may hinder or support the adoption of evidence-based practices. Identify the barrier you selected from the article and explain how this barrier could be overcome within your organization.
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Refer to the included resources ...
White Papers Question
Choose two companies - one you consider to be ethical and one you believe to be unethical.
Refer to the included resources to create a short white paper to analyze the topic of ethics. (NOTE - if you're unfamiliar with the format of a white paper - Google "white paper" for sites)
Intro - Define ethics.
Body - Answer the following for each company:
Does this company have a published code of ethics?
Does it offer evidence of social responsibility?
Does it practice sustainability?
Conclusion - Why do you consider this to be an ethical company or not? Provide specific references to support your position. Consider the following questions in your conclusion.
In what ways does a company’s ethics (good or bad) influence your buying decisions?
Did your research for the assignment change your views on that company?
What companies in your industry have a high level of corporate ethics?
Do corporate ethics differ in a global environment?
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ACTi 6691
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International
Executive
Case
In this case a full set of budgets wil ...
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International Executive, writing homework help
ACTi 6691
Financial/Managerial Accounting for International
Executive
Case
In this case a full set of budgets will be
prepared and presented in appropriate format.
Reports will be prepared to explain how budget numbers were
determined. The following are general requirements for this
budget case. Specific requirements are
listed after the relevant case data.
·
Read the case and analyze the
information.
·
Prepare an operating budget in
standard “income statement” format.
·
Prepare a narrative report (or
notes to the income statement) addressing why/how quantitative items were
selected. The following items must be
explained:
1.
Sales Forecast
2.
Purchases budget (raw
materials, labor, all resources)
3.
Operating Expenses
·
Prepare a cash budget using any
acceptable format. The following items
must be explained or shown on the budget:
1.
The process by which cash
inflows were projected.
2.
The process by which cash
outflows were projected.
3.
The process by which financing,
if applicable, was determined.
4.
How interest and other
financing charges were calculated.
·
Prepare a capital budget using
any acceptable format.
You will be graded on your understanding of
the underlying concepts related to determining budget amounts (for example, how
purchases are determined) as well as your ability to prepare and explain standard
business reports. The rubric attached as
the last page of this document will be used to grade the case.
Harvey’s Budget1
Harvey Manufacturing manufactures and sells
two industrial products: a
self-balancing screw driver and a self-balancing saw. Both products are manufactured in a single
plant.
Harvey’s general manager, Mr. Lipscomb, and
president, Mr. Owens, want a budget prepared for the fiscal year 2013. They have asked various employees to gather
information that they believe will be necessary for preparation of a
budget. The information is presented
below.
Neither Mr. Lipscomb nor Mr. Owens is
skilled in budget preparation. Both
executives have used budgets and have participated to some degree in budget
preparation in prior years, but neither has prepared a full budget.
Sales and selling price per unit
Historical sales for 2012 the two products are
shown below.
Harvey’s sales typically peak in the summer
months, beginning with May. Harvey’s
general manager, Mr. Lipscomb, recommends that the budget be prepared with the
units sold in the high sales months of May, June, and July be used as the bases
for determining the annual forecast. Mr.
Lipscomb’s recommendation is that annual sales be budgeted at 64,000 per month
for screwdrivers and 42,000 per month for saws.
Mr. Lipscomb also believes that the
budgeted selling price per unit should be equal to the highest selling price
that could be achieved in 2012. He would
like to budget 102 per unit for screwdrivers and 130 per unit for saws. Mr. Lipscomb states that his management team
experimented with pricing in the prior year, beginning with the first month of
the year.
You review the unit sales and unit selling
price information for 2012 and recommend a budget based on 60,000 units of
screwdrivers at 100 each and 40,000 units of saws at 125 each. Mr. Lipscomb challenges your conclusion. Likewise Mr. Owens, the company president, would
like to hear an explanation of the budget numbers and how or why you calculated
those numbers.
Production Requirements
Each unit produced requires the following
materials, labor, and overhead, all of which is variable.
Inventories
Inventories are listed below. The beginning inventories are the actual
amounts on hand at the beginning of the year.
The ending inventories shown are the amounts that the operations manager
has determined to be necessary to ensure smooth production processes.
Other information
Fixed
manufacturing overhead
Fixed
manufacturing overhead is 214,000, including 156,000 of non-cash expenditures.
Fixed
manufacturing overhead is allocated on total units produced.
Beginning cash
is 1,800,000.
Sales are on
credit. Sales are collected 50 percent
in the current period and the remainder in the next period. There are no bad debts.
Sales for the
last quarter were 8,400,000.
Purchases for
direct materials and labor costs are paid for in the quarter acquired.
Manufacturing
overhead expenses are paid in the quarter incurred.
Selling and
administrative expenses are all fixed and are paid in the quarter incurred.
Estimated
selling and administrative expenses for the next period are 340,000 per
quarter, including 90,000 of depreciation.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Prepare a sales budget in good form.
2. Prepare a narrative report explaining how your
sales budget was determined. Use the
table above in your analysis.
(Hint: Many companies would
develop their budgets using average sales and average unit costs.)
Whatever budget
determination method you use should be explained. In your explanation, you should include a
discussion of why you believe sales and selling prices fluctuated last year.
3. Prepare a production budget in units.
4. Prepare a purchases budget.
Remember that you will need to purchase enough materials to have the
required ending inventories shown. You
will also need to purchase enough to manufacture and sell the products on your
sales forecast. Do not forget that you
have beginning inventories.
5. Prepare a narrative report explaining how you
prepared the purchases budget. Be as
detailed as necessary to be sure that the president and general manager will
understand the calculations and costs.
6. Prepare a budgeted income statement.
7. Prepare a
contribution margin income statement.
8. Prepare a narrative report explaining how the
expenses on the income statement were determined.
9. Prepare a cash
budget. Be sure that you show all cash
inflows and outflows.
10. Prepare a narrative report explaining your cash
budget process.
11. If necessary,
prepare a capital expenditure budget. Explain your entries. Use only the facts in this case to prepare
the budget.
Summary:
Your finished case will consist of six or seven budgets (a
sales budget, a production budget in units, a purchases budget, a budgeted
income statement, a contribution margin income statement, a cash budget, and,
if necessary, a capital expenditure budget.)
You will also have four or five narrative
reports (a sales budget report, a purchases budget report, an income statement
report, a cash budget report, and an explanation of your capital budget, if
necessary).
Narrative reports are reports that are in
the form or a white paper that clearly explains the numeric entries on your
budgets. The length of the narrative
reports will depend on the particular report.
In general, you should be able to prepare the sales budget report on one
or two pages, the purchases budget report on one or two pages, the income statement
report on one page, and the cash budget report on one page. In this case, the capital budget report would
be less than one page. You should not
worry if one of your reports is more or less than the recommendation given
here—just be sure you cover all of the important points and satisfactorily
explain the numeric entries in your budget.
Also, be sure you explain the process of “how” your numbers were
determined. In this regard, it is not
necessary or desirable to explain the exact calculations. Consider your audience and prepare a report
that would be suitable for executives making plans and decisions for the
upcoming year.
1Harvey’s budget is adapted from a published case. (Source and citation are available upon
request to faculty only).
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Case Grading Rubric
Criteria
for Case
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Expectations
Partially
Meets Expectations
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Comments/Score
Content
Analysis (worth 40% of the case grade)
Analysis
addresses all aspects of case in sufficient depth.
Analysis
addresses most aspects of case in sufficient depth.
Analysis
does not address most aspects of case and/or fails to do so in sufficient
depth.
Content
Solution (worth 40% of the case grade)
Described
solution demonstrates an understanding and correct use of problem solving
skills
Described
solution demonstrates a sufficient level of problem solving abilities but
fails to address correctly as aspects of the case.
Described
solution does not demonstrate an acceptable level of problem solving
abilities and the ability to use case information correctly.
Presentation
Style (worth 20% of the case grade)
No
significant errors in presentation style, consistent with case requirements
and consistent with business standards
Errors
in presentation style, compliance with case requirements, and normal business
standards
The
presentation was limited, demonstrated a minimal effort to meet case
requirements and present your solution in an acceptable business style.
Late
Submission - 10% per day regardless of the reason for the late submission.
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Walden University Evidence-Based Practice in nursing
Overview of Evidence-Based Practice Many people have ways ...
Walden University Evidence-Based Practice in nursing
Overview of Evidence-Based Practice Many people have ways of doing things that they follow for no other reason than “this is how it has always been done.” Have you ever encountered this in your experiences as a nurse? Do you follow certain processes because they have been shown to contribute to better health outcomes? Or, is the reasoning behind many of your practices simply based on how you were trained or how you have observed others in your practice setting? Consider, for example, the taking of post-operative vital signs in the general surgical setting. According to Zeitz and McCutcheon (2003), specific regimens of collecting vitals at certain set intervals are based on tradition only, with no evidence that they are relevant or even useful. But diligent nurses worldwide still faithfully monitor these vital signs at specific time-intervals within in the post-operative setting. This week, you examine the role that evidence-based practice (EBP) plays in nursing. You consider how EBP is demonstrated within clinical settings and healthcare organizations, and why it is important to base health care practices on evidence. You will formulate background questions and a PICOT question. Finally, you explore barriers that may prevent EBP from being used more consistently. Reference: Zeitz, K., & McCutcheon, H. (2003). Evidence-based practice: To be or not to be, this is the question! International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9(5), 272–279. Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate the use of evidence-based practice in clinical settingsFormulate strategies for overcoming barriers to evidence-based practiceFormulate background questions and a PICOT questionLearning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Required Readings Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. Chapter 1, “Introduction to Nursing Research in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment” This chapter provides an introduction to nursing research, its history, and the evolution of evidence-based practice. It includes an overview of credible sources of evidences and a description of the different paradigms used in nursing research. Chapter 2, “Evidence-Based Nursing: Translating Research Evidence into Practice” The focus of this chapter includes an overview of the key aspects of evidence-based practice, a review of how to identify credible research and appraise its value, and, finally, a discussion on how to take the identified evidence and convert it into a practice. Chapter 3, “Key Concepts and Steps in Qualitative and Quantitative Research”In this chapter, quantitative and qualitative research models are compared and the major steps in each approach are described. Information is also presented on the different sections of a research journal article and how you can identify the research model that was utilized. Adams, J. S. (2010). Utilizing evidence-based research and practice to support the infusion alliance. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 33(5), 273–277. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article examines how evidence-based research and practice supports infusion alliances. The text also specifies the increasing challenges that infusion nurses face. Mallory, G. A. (2010). Professional nursing societies and evidence-based practice: Strategies to cross the quality chasm. Nursing Outlook, 58(6), 279–286. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article describes strategies for reducing the gap between research knowledge and practice. The article also details how nursing societies could use these strategies to improve the quality of care. Newhouse, R. P., & Spring, B. (2010). Interdisciplinary evidence-based practice: Moving from silos to synergy. Nursing Outlook, 58(6), 309–317. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. In this article, the authors examine the state of interdisciplinary evidence-based practice (EBP). The authors detail efforts to promote interdisciplinary EBP, academic and clinical training regarding interdisciplinary EBP, and strategies that may facilitate EBP translation across disciplines. Majid, S., Foo, S., Luyt, B., Zhang, X., Theng, Y-L., Chang, Y-K., & Mokhtar, I. A. (2011). Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: Nurses' perceptions, knowledge, and barriers. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 99(3), 229–236. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article reviews a study that sought to determine nurses’ awareness of, knowledge of, and attitude toward EBP. The article also describes factors likely to promote barriers to EBP adoption. Shivnan, J. C. (2011). How do you support your staff? Promote EBP. Nursing Management, 42(2), 12–14. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article explores the role of the nurse manager in supporting evidence-based practice. The article also explains barriers and strategies to promote EBP for a nurse manager. Walden Student Center for Success. (2012). Clinical Question Anatomy. Retrieved July 9, 2014, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/content.php?pid=183871&sid=2950360 Media Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Timeline of nursing research. Baltimore, MD: Author. This multimedia piece features a timeline of major events in nursing research. The timeline highlights how historical events and seminal research have contributed to nursing practice. Discussion: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice In your practice as a nurse, you may use procedures and methods that did not necessarily originate in evidence, but instead were derived from informal and unwritten conventions, traditions, and observations. While these techniques may have merit, practices are constantly being updated and contradicted by information from scholarly research studies and professional guidelines. This new information serves as “evidence” for revising practices to improve outcomes across health care. Based on this evidence, you can formulate a question. In this Discussion, you consider the use of evidence-based practice in your own organization and formulate a question that you will need to answer for your portfolio project. This is called a PICOT question. You will also investigate strategies for overcoming barriers to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP). To prepare: Consider a recent clinical experience in which you were providing care for a patient. Determine the extent to which the care that you provided was based on evidence and research findings or supported only by your organization’s standard procedures. How do you know if the tasks were based on research?What questions have you thought about in a particular area of care such as a procedure or policy?Review Chapter 2, pages 31–34 on “Asking Well worded Clinical Questions” in Polit & Beck and consult the resource from the Walden Student Center for Success: Clinical Question Anatomy & examples of PICOT questions (found in this week’s Learning Resources). Formulate your background questions and PICOT question.Reflect on the barriers that might inhibit the implementation of evidence-based practice in your clinical environment.Review the article “Adopting Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Decision Making” in this week’s Learning Resources. Select one of the barriers described that is evident in your organization and formulate a plan for overcoming this barrier. Write an evaluation of the use, or lack thereof, of EBP in a recent clinical experience. Identify which aspects of the care delivered, if any, were based on evidence and provide your rationale. List your background questions and PICOT question about this nursing topic. Critique how the policies, procedures, and culture in your organization may hinder or support the adoption of evidence-based practices. Identify the barrier you selected from the article and explain how this barrier could be overcome within your organization.
White Papers Question
Choose two companies - one you consider to be ethical and one you believe to be unethical.
Refer to the included resources ...
White Papers Question
Choose two companies - one you consider to be ethical and one you believe to be unethical.
Refer to the included resources to create a short white paper to analyze the topic of ethics. (NOTE - if you're unfamiliar with the format of a white paper - Google "white paper" for sites)
Intro - Define ethics.
Body - Answer the following for each company:
Does this company have a published code of ethics?
Does it offer evidence of social responsibility?
Does it practice sustainability?
Conclusion - Why do you consider this to be an ethical company or not? Provide specific references to support your position. Consider the following questions in your conclusion.
In what ways does a company’s ethics (good or bad) influence your buying decisions?
Did your research for the assignment change your views on that company?
What companies in your industry have a high level of corporate ethics?
Do corporate ethics differ in a global environment?
AIU Employee Recruitment Laws Essay
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Employee recruitment is about finding and attracting the applicants for one’s open positions within a ...
AIU Employee Recruitment Laws Essay
Assignment Details
Employee recruitment is about finding and attracting the applicants for one’s open positions within an organization. Numerous federal, state and local laws restrict what an employer can and cannot do when recruiting employees, such as it is unlawful to provide false or misleading information regarding employment opportunities within an organization.
Write a minimum 5-page analysis, addressing the following:
Identify 4–5 employee recruitment laws that pertain to pre-employment recruitment activities.
Describe each selected law.
Discuss the impact of each law from both an applicant's perspective and an employer’s perspective.
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