HA3220D – Health Information Systems 

Discussion 3.2: Is It Relevant?

As a healthcare manager, you may encounter situations where you have to use your knowledge of system tools and resources. Imagine that you attend an implementation team meeting and one of the team members (Kevin) does not believe that the systems development life cycle is relevant. He further explains that the use of such a tool may hinder a project rather than move it forward. Moreover, Kevin says that schedules and project timelines are a hindrance as well. How would you respond? Discuss how you would support or refute Kevin’s points of view.

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Page requirement is 4-6 pages mgmt ip4

Path-goal theory focuses on the ability of leaders to motivate followers to achieve success. The theory built upon the foundation of expectancy theory that states followers will be motivated when they are confident that they can be successful in achieving the goal. However, there have been many instances related to social movements as far back as the 1700s when followers have been motivated against many odds and barriers with a low likelihood of success. When you look at social movements like the Abolition Movement, Women’s Rights Movement, Labor Movements, Civil Rights Movement, and even Occupy Wall Street, followers were highly motivated, and the likelihood of success was not evident.

• Do you think these social movements contradict the path-goal theory? Justify your  answer. 
• Formulate your own theory as to how these movements are able to motivate so many followers. Support your theory with scholarly research. 
• Why do you think so many of these movements are called “leaderless” movements? 

If you have little knowledge of our experience with social movements, please read the Unit Four Learning Material article by Nepstad & Bob, “When Do Leaders Matter? Hypotheses on Leadership Dynamics in Social Movements,” Mobilization, 2006

 Since this is the final course in your journey through the PPA program, it is worth reflecting on what you are learning and how it connects with work you have done up to this point. In this module, we are examining how to devise best practices. Consider your prior coursework. How has your prior learning shaped your experience in, or provided a foundation for, your perspective on this topic? 

• ead the article titled, “Sarbanes-Oxley Act: HR’s Role in Ensuring Compliance and Driving Organizational Change.” Next,  suggest two (2) actions that HR should take in order to ensure an  organization’s compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Explain the manner in  which HR policies and practices are instrumental in implementing, and  ensuring compliance, with legal mandates.
• Examine the key  individual and organizational factors that influence an ethical  decision-making framework in resolving ethical dilemmas. Outline a guide  that HR can use to implement principles and core values in ethical  decision making in an organization. Provide a rationale for your  response.

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Read “Case Study 3: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance  Challenges,”  Then, research and  read two or more articles related to Walmart and ethics.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has  impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee  stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in an unethical  situation. 
2. Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies. 
3. Analyze two (2) of the legal mandates that workers and U.S.  government has accused Walmart of violating. Provide an explanation as  to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations. 
4. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical  decision making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions.  Provide a rationale for your response. 
5. Recommend two (2) actions that Walmart’s Human Resources  Department should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives  of Walmart’s human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your  recommendations. 
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu  to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this  assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as  academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),  with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow  APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any  additional instructions. 
• Include a cover  page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the  professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the  reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.  

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the business ethics issues and definitions, theories,  and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making and  the role of a human resource professional. 
• Determine the role of stakeholder interests, the  interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility, and the role of  corporate governance in ethics. 
• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business. 
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics. 
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals. 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,  logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,  using the following rubric.