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You are a senior manager tasked to develop a virtual team that will evaluate current business practices. Your boss wants this team assembled quickly and expects a short turnaround on any outcomes. Using some of the concepts and types of assessments described in this chapter, describe how you would quickly […]

Consider someone like Ted Kaczynski and for purposes of our threaded discussion, give us your thoughts on whether you think Kaczynski was a terrorist with a political agenda, or simply a serial killer with a faux political manifesto designed to make the law enforcement authorities consider him a politically motivated “warrior,” rather than […]

This week’s materials emphasize the complexity surrounding processes designed to maximize team efficiency and performance. For your initial post to this discussion forum, begin by describing how the impact of conflict on teams may be “good, bad, or ugly” and how conflict in some cases may be necessary to bring […]

Discussion: Contemporary medical ethicists and clinicians are concerned about the role of patient autonomy in providing health care.Medical ethics and law have enshrined patient autonomy in guiding treatment decisions and refusing care, but how far this principle extends is not clear.Some ethicists have suggested that patient autonomy trumps all other […]

The Federal Government is extending the regulatory reach of federal agencies. State governments impose regulations upon businesses and industries within their boundaries and local governments have regulations that affect businesses and industries. There is a huge debate over how much government intervention and control should exist in a free market […]

Discussion: Nurses are Changing the World! As a future Walden nursing graduate, you will take your place beside the many Walden scholar-practitioner nurses that have preceded you. The current political milieu in the world of health care creates abundant opportunities for nurses like you to move health care toward positive […]