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...Business communication Proposal for mandatory staffing ratios
Introduction: Reflection
Public Policy Issue
This policy will mandate that mandatory staffing ratios be met by hospitals throughout the nation. This is an important public policy issue because it would oblige hospitals that are part of the Medicare program to create a committee that is partly made of nurses who can discuss the issue of staffing. As Fowler and Comeaux (2017) point out, staffing is still a major challenge for nurses. If there are too few nurses on staff it can lead to nurse burnout. The right ratio of nurses to patients is required to prevent nurses from being overburdened (Martin, 2015). The reason I selected this policy is because it is clearly important to nurses’ own health and ability to do their jobs. It can also play a part in preventing turnover rates from going too high (Laschinger & Fida, 2015). Therefore, this is……
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Target Market Persona
Griffin et al. (2015) states that personas in product design has obtained considerable attention from scholars and innovative business over the past decade. Scholars and innovative companies focus on personas in order to ensure that product manufacturing and distribution efforts enhance focus … Klammer (2016) highlight the significance of developing customer personas by showing how companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google benefit from it. As service-oriented business, the three companies develop online customer communities through which they understand the needs and demands of their specific target market or customers. Through … resources. The creation of customer persona requires identifying who the customers are, their needs and demands, and how they can interact with the business across the board (St Louis, 2017). Customer personas influence product design plans, help to develop relationships between the business and its customers, and helps to incorporate everyone in the……
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… point was that government service and security should be provided within an ethical framework, which means the government should not be in the business of spying on citizens or of violating the constitutional rights of citizens.
A lot has changed since the 1920s when Stimson made those … accept the following as par for the course, a matter of fact, a price that is paid to have cell phones and instant communication—but at the time, the Snowden revelations were controversial to say the least because they begged the question of just what kind of IO … accessed by individuals who may not be authorized to have it, and because information flows are so essential in the transfer of data communication, making it possible for people to share messages and data in ways that are easier today than ever before, there has to be ……
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… has migrated from old media to new media to focus on targeted consumers. The Digital Age has ushered in a new era of communication: more and more people turn to the Internet for information and communication purposes; more and more use social media to disseminate ideas about news and what brands to trust. As Hawn (2009) points out, social ……
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… include members of the community/public. Other differences include the fact that in private administration, the idea is that the administration is overseeing some business organization that focuses on a goal related to its mission, its business model. Public administration, on the other hand, refers to a political process wherein official administrators are elected or appointed to do a job … of the three will view administrative federalism differently.
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Reengineering is, simply put, the process of looking at how an organization conducts its business at every level and finding ways to improve the process at each level.……
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… elements of the Opportunity Triangle (commit, conceal, convert) present in Miller’s case that allowed him to circumvent controls when embezzling funds from Associated communication consisted of the fact that he could get around the requirement for two signatures on checks by asking executives leaving on vacation to ……
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… based on the actuality that personnel can share their knowledge and competencies across the various functional divisions, permitting for better and more effective communication, in addition to understanding the role of every function. Furthermore, by working in tandem with the different functions, the personnel can widen their ……
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… major vulnerability for the African American community in Travis County. Without the appropriate fiscal resources, and lacking the robustness of a firm small business financial foundation, African American individuals, families, and companies are at a much greater risk of losing everything in the wake of a disaster. … inequities (p. 2). Debt, low income, low property values in African American neighborhoods, low rate of savings, low educational attainment, and low entrepreneurial/small business ownership are the specific wealth gap-related vulnerabilities this strategy seeks to address.
Social Justice
Reflecting nationwide trends, Travis County African Americans “experienced significantly … Travis…[break]…by which African Americans have overcome the scourge of slavery and racism. Empowerment through initiatives like these help stimulate interest in building small business, promoting community cohesion, and ensuring a supportive environment in which neighbor helps neighbor and in which black business also support each other to combat wealth disparities. Providing incentives for……
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… volume, and low prices keep customers happy. Promotion is where the pub could stand to improve its marketing strategy, and promotional activities include communication via social media, sponsoring local events, and getting user generated content. One idea for user generated content is to offer a weekly free ……
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