Scenario

As the new business analyst for your health organization, you are charged with the task of completing a community needs assessment in order to support the Chief Executive Officer’s proposed mobile clinic unit. The unit will contain a variety of services including health education, medical and dental screenings, HIV testing, a syringe exchange program, and diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease management services. Your first step in conducting the needs assessment is to develop a draft of the proposal of the assessment for your CEO’s approval. Once the CEO has approved the assessment proposal, the complete assessment will be conducted.

Instructions

Your draft of the proposed assessment should include:

• An executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community (you may focus on any community, including your own).
• A description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community). You will need to research the demographics in your selected community using sites such as the Kaiser Family Foundation.
• A discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.
• An assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary (e.g., high incidence of obesity or drug dependence).
• Recommendations for resources, both human and technical.
• Create a survey to gain input from the community. (You should also discuss how you plan to administer the survey and analyze the results).

Rubric:

• Criterion 1
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryComprehensive executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community.0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community.0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community.0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community.0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0
• Criterion 2
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryClear and thorough description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community).0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community).0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community).0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community).0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0
• Criterion 3
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryClear and thorough discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0
• Criterion 4
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryComprehensive assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary.0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary.0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary.0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary.0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0
• Criterion 5
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryClear and thorough recommendations for resources, both human and technical.0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed recommendations for resources, both human and technical.0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic recommendations for resources, both human and technical.0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient recommendations for resources, both human and technical.0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0
• Criterion 6
  0% of total gradeA – 4 – MasteryComprehensive survey created to gain input from the community.0B – 3 – ProficiencyDetailed survey created to gain input from the community.0C – 2 – CompetenceBasic survey created to gain input from the community.0F – 1 – No PassInsufficient survey created to gain input from the community.0I – 0 – Not SubmittedNot Submitted0

ASSIGNMENT 04

BZ440 Quality Control

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.

One of the philosophies mentioned in your text includes the strategy of Plan, Do, Check, and Act. Please keep this philosophy in mind when considering the information required below.

1. Discuss the premise of TQ. Then, design a TQ initiative for a company of your choosing, outlining steps that will provide internal and external support for your initiative. 

2. Outline a plan for a team meeting with your managers, and elaborate how together you will disseminate this plan to the entire company.

3. Evaluate the potential impact of your meeting and the launching of your TQ plan, including two (2) strengths and two (2) weaknesses of the plan.

E20-18B (Pension Worksheet—Missing Amounts) The accounting staff of Poe Inc. has prepared the following pension worksheet. Unfortunately, several entries in the worksheet are not decipherable.

Instructions
(a) Determine the missing amounts in the 2014 pension worksheet, indicating whether the amounts are debits or credits.
(b) Prepare the journal entry to record 2014 pension expense for Poe Inc.
(c) The accounting staff has heard of a pension accounting procedure called “corridor amortization.”
Is Poe required to record any amounts for corridor amortization in (1) 2014? In (2) 2015? Explain.

Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Respond to the following prompts: “What do I feel are the most important aspects of my learning in the chapters this week?” and “What about this learning was really worthy of my time and understanding?” Then explain how important it is in society or business.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Describe the organizational structure of your school or company. What difficulties have you encountered working within this structure?
2. Write a job description for a project manager in a matrix organization. Assume that only the project manager is employed full time by the project.
3. Henry Ford invented mass production. In doing so, he perfected the assembly line concept in which each worker does only one job or a handful of jobs and is given little other responsibility. This worked well for 70 years; however, it became apparent in the 1990s that an increasing number of U.S. companies could not produce a high-quality product by sticking to the assembly line model. What has changed?

Respond to the post of at least two peers, using 100 words minimum each.

1. Review the first 13 pages of the attached paper which discusses the effect of government intervention on recessions.  

2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.  

3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.

4. Write minimum of 3 pages.

5. Please post (in APA format) your article citation.