Throughout this course, you explored different methodologies, designs, and data collection strategies. Using those experiences and feedback, you will develop a final proposal for a hypothetical study. Specifically, for this assignment, you are asked to develop an expanded proposal that incorporates the feedback you have received as well as your own supported reflections on the readings. This is not meant to be a milestone document nor will it be approved as such, but the proposal should provide an opportunity to test out a possible idea and to get feedback that would be useful as you consider possible topics and research designs for your dissertation work.

Remember to use APA formatting and check for grammatical errors. Be sure to use scholarly sources to support all assertions and research decisions. It is also vital that you ensure there is alignment between the components of your paper; you should use Krathwohl’s Chain of Reasoning to assist.

The proposal needs to include:

• A statement as to the problem the research study will address as well as justification and evidence to verify that the problem exists.. Remember the problem statement should reflect your degree type (applied or theoretical)
• A purpose statement that outlines how you will address the problem.
• A list of the research questions, including hypotheses if a quantitative or mixed study. A description of the research methodology you have chosen (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) and a justification as to why this approach is best suited to address the problem and answer the specific research questions.
• A discussion on the research design you have proposed (e.g., case study, quasi-experimental, etc.) and a justification as to why this design is the best choice and aligns with other aspects of the study.
• A description of the data collection process, with justifications, to include a discussion of the following:
  • Overview of the population and sampling technique,
  • Instruments used (e.g., survey, interview protocol), and
  • Overview of process for collection and any challenges you envision.
• A brief discussion of the proposed analysis techniques with justification on alignment of techniques with problem, purpose, and questions.
• A brief discussion of how reliability and validity (or trustworthiness) will be maintained.
• A brief discussion of the limitations and ethical considerations, including how limitations, biases, and ethical considerations will be addressed.

Length: 12-15 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Business Policy and Strategy

Strategic Audit

The strategic audit system is a diagnostic tool to pinpoint an organization’s strengths and weaknesses. Use the Strategic Analysis Framework and other tools in order to conduct a strategic audit. You might consider using a SWOT analysis for both companies to analyze each of their situations.

For this assignment, a mini strategic audit will be conducted for two companies with an overall goal to compare how each company differs in the strategy management and implementation, while identifying the importance of strategic management.

• Conduct a Strategic Audit on two companies of your choice that are within the same industry. During this audit, you will be comparing each company, to do so be sure to create a SWOT analysis for each company.
• In addition, visit each company’s website and conduct research to identify key strategies that each company has. List a brief introduction of each company, to include the Mission Statement and compare key aspects of each company.
• Be sure to include the concepts identified in the readings for this week’s topics.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

This is discussion and essay. the essay is minimum of 750 words while the discussion is minimum of 300 words.

Follow the instructions below.Instructions: Please choose ONE question from the list, and write a minimum of 750 words answering it.. You may research beyond the readings provided – this will result in a better essay, and a higher grade, all other things being equal.Use the essay writing resources provided in the Resourcessection.

Please cite your sources – use MLA citation style – a guide for it is in Resources.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: do not plagiarize. Plagiarism is when you copy someone else’s words exactly, and you do not put in a citation to say where it came from. That is, plagiarism is where you copy from something, and you make it look as if the words are your own. These essays are all to be submitted through Turnitin – this is a plagiarism detecting program! It will show you the percentage of your work that looks to be copied – and it scans millions of sites on the internet, as well as other student papers. So – please don’t copy: you risk failing the course and getting a reputation for dishonesty.

Discussion:Turing and Searle disagree about machine intelligence. Explain the basic arguments each proposes for his view.

Essay questions please choose one.

1. In the Apology, Socrates speaks of being unafraid to die, and believes it would be worse for him to avoid death if he has to abandon his principles. Discuss Socrates’ views and principles, and what he means by “the care of the soul”.
2. Discuss Socrates’ method of questioning his fellow Athenians: what was he trying to achieve?
3. Empiricism and Rationalism are two theoretical approaches to human knowledge. Discuss their points of difference.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral…

Assigned Reading

1. Example of a traditional cost evaluation for a pharmacy system. Read► Slides► Calculations►
2. Elusive benefits of electronic health records Read► Slides►
3. Activity based costing of electronic health records Read► Slides► Listen► WMV► You Tube 1►You Tube 2► You Tube 3►
4. Causal analysis of business value of IT Read► Slides► Slides 2003► Listen► SWF►
5. Presentation by James L. Oakes, Jr., Principal Health Care Information Consultants LLC Slides►

Presentations

1. Calculating present value from future returns Slides► You Tube►
2. Example of a bottom up evaluation of cost of EHR Excel►
3. Current approaches, by Yumn Abduljawad Listen►
4. How to calculate correlations? Listen►
5. Scatter plot in Excel You Tube►

Do One Assignment: ROI on an IT Project

Adult learners understand a topic best by doing it. It gives them both new skills and confidence in their ability to carryout the recommended procedures. In this project, you will estimate the relative value of VistA for the Veterans Administration. In order to make sure that the project can be done in a short time interval, no data collection is necessary. All needed data will be provided by the instructor in response to your queries. Use the approach proposed in the course to calculate the business value of the Vista information system to the Veterans Administration.

1. In August 20, 2007 we asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide us two pieces of information under the Freedom of Information Act. We asked them for the budget of the Office of Information in the last decade (this office was recently organized and the FOIA officer had to estimate what the budget of the office would have been prior to the re-organization). We also asked for the number of patient records in VistA database. On October 16th 2007 they provided us with the following information:
   

   Fiscal Year	Budget of Office of Information	Number of Records in VistA	VHA Cost per Patient Index
   2004	533,190,714	4,976,773	0.8%
   2003	316,467,395	4,806,871	-4.6%
   2002	245,998,730	4,545,559	-9.1%
   2001	187,087,714	4,088,075	-7.3%
   2000	171,353,392	3,673,612	-6.5%
   1999	203,211,123	3,425,474	-8.6%
   1998	199,997,062	3,273,020	-6.2%
   Table 2: Investment in IT, Use of VistA and Cost per Patient Index

1. Calculate the correlations between (a) index on cost of care per patient, (b) number of records in VistA system and the budget of the office of information.
2. Provide scatter diagram showing the relationship between IT investment (budget of Office of Information) and cost of care (VHA cost per Patient Index)? How►
3. What came first, IT investment or changes in cost of care? How►