Assignment 2

 

Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice large closet. Roger noticed that although newly painted, the exterior of the apartment did show a little bit of wear. Because of the condition of the exterior of the building, Roger asked Larry about any roof leaks. Larry stated that he had never had a leak and was not aware of any leaks.

 

Roger and Larry entered into a valid contract for the rental of the apartment. (Note: The issue of whether or not a contract exists is NOT part of this question. For purposes of this question assume the contract is valid and there are no issues with the contract.)  

 

Roger Renter was very happy in his new location; the apartment was quiet and the neighbors were friendly. Larry Landlord was also very happy because Roger Renter was a model tenant. Roger Renter paid on time and was quiet and respectful to other tenants.

 

The part of the country where Roger rented was rainy in the summertime. Roger rented and moved into the apartment in October. In June, a tremendous rainstorm occurred and Roger’s roof began to leak. The leak was minor at first and Roger merely put a trash can under the leak and had no other issues that month. When handing over his monthly rent check, Roger told Larry about the small leak. Larry thanked Roger for letting him know about the leak and told Roger he would have it fixed. 

 

The next month the rains came again and the leak grew larger in Roger’s apartment. Roger was not home at the time of the rain and therefore the leak damaged some of Roger’s furniture. Roger called Larry to let him know that there was a leak and asked when it might be fixed. Roger also stated that he thought Larry had fixed the roof. Larry curtly stated, “When it rains, sometimes it pours. When it pours, sometimes it leaks.” Roger did not like Larry’s tone or response and called back to ask when the roof might be fixed. Larry stated, “When I get to it.” The following day, Roger sent Larry a note about the roof leak and asked Larry to please address the issue.

 

The week before the rent was due, another rainstorm occurred and the leak was even larger. This time the leak damaged Roger’s clothing, furniture, and some precious items he had inherited from family members. Roger called Larry and asked Larry to fix roof immediately. Larry responded in a similar and condescending manner. Roger hung up the phone and threw his baseball bat against the wall, damaging the drywall and knocking out an electrical socket.  

 

Since it was the rainy season, Roger knew it would rain again and therefore simply moved his items away from the leak and did nothing to help mitigate the damage from the leaking roof.

 

Larry came into the apartment to investigate the leak and found damage from not only the leak but also from the thrown baseball bat. Roger states that the baseball bat damage was a direct result of Larry’s inability to fix the leak based on his anger from Larry’s curt response. 

 

Suppose you are a mediator. In five to seven (5-7) pages discuss the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and the tenant in which you:

 

1.     Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord. 

 

2.     Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages. 

 

3.     Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not.  

 

4.     Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage. 

 

5.     Support each response with facts presented in the scenario.

 

6.     Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses. 

 

7.     Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment

 

 

 

o   Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

 

o   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 is not included in the required page length.

 

o   Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format.

 

 

 

Grading Rubric

 

 

 

Assignment 2: Landlord-Tenant Law
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely explored the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.	Insufficiently explored the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.	Partially explored the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.	Satisfactorily explored the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.	Thoroughly explored the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord.
2. Decide whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely decided whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.	Insufficiently decided whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.	Partially decided whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.	Satisfactorily decided whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.	Thoroughly decided whether or not the landlord and / or the tenant had a legal duty to mitigate damages.
3. Determine whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Explain why or why not. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Did not submit or incompletely explained why or why not.	Insufficiently determined whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Insufficiently explained why or why not.	Partially determined whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Partially explained why or why not.	Satisfactorily determined whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Satisfactorily explained why or why not.	Thoroughly determined whether or not Larry has legal grounds to evict Roger. Thoroughly explained why or why not.
4. Describe whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and determine whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely described whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.	Insufficiently described whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and insufficiently determined whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.	Partially described whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and partially determined whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.	Satisfactorily described whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and satisfactorily determined whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.	Thoroughly described whether or not Roger has a legal obligation to pay for the damage he caused and thoroughly determined whether or not Larry would be liable for any direct damage.
5. Support each response with facts presented in the scenario. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely supported each response with facts presented in the scenario.	Insufficiently supported each response with facts presented in the scenario.	Partially supported each response with facts presented in the scenario.	Satisfactorily supported each response with facts presented in the scenario.	Thoroughly supported each response with facts presented in the scenario.
6. Use proper legal terminology throughout your responses. Weight: 5%	Did not submit or incompletely used proper legal terminology throughout your responses.	Insufficiently used proper legal terminology throughout your responses.	Partially used proper legal terminology throughout your responses.	Satisfactorily used proper legal terminology throughout your responses.	Thoroughly used proper legal terminology throughout your responses.
7. 3 references Weight: 5%	No reference provided; or, does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; most references poor quality choices.	Meets the required number of references; most references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; most references high quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 15%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

An organisation was established 3 years ago and has earned an outstanding reputation throughout Singapore. It is planning to send a team of ten senior level executives to an overseas assignment in their newly established offshore subsidiary for a period of one year to handle different aspects (roles) of an important project that requires strong team spirit and creative mind.

 

You are the Human Resource Director of this organisation and have been appointed by your CEO to prepare and equip the team members with the necessary knowledge and information of this country and the climate/culture of the overseas subsidiary. This is aimed to assist them to not only survive but also perform well in the overseas assignment as a team. 

 

The CEO prefers to send a good mix of diverse team members for this posting, in attempt to achieve a better level of creativity and innovation. Taking these into consideration, you plan to research on the subsidiary country with regard to its history, climate, culture, language, custom, working style etc. so as to cater to the following diverse characteristics/background of the assignees and their preferences:

• Different religion

• Different gender

• Different family background

• Different Languages 

• Different diets

• Different sports and leisure activities etc.

 

When researching on the country that the team members are going to stay for the next one year, you must bear in mind that these team members have not worked overseas before. Your pre-overseas assignment briefings and trainings are all very crucial to their performance in future. 

 

Your write-up must critically analyse the following aspects based on:

 

1. Introduction of the chosen country and scenario & context of International HRM (Human Resource Management) 

 

2. Organisation design and structure of the overseas subsidiary in comparison with the headquarters in Singapore (Apply Hofstede national cultural dimensions to discuss the differences between home and host countries) 

 

3. Analysis of the staffing process for the overseas assignment. Critically analyse the staffing strategy of the right candidates for the overseas assignment. E.g., In Recruitment, do you want to deploy people from within or recruit employees from outside? For selection, which THREE (3) selection tools (including test) do you want to adopt? 

 

4. Analysis on the training and development process of the international assignees. Training and developing the international assignees taking into consideration of the before-and-after-overseas posting of human resource development. 

 

5. Analysis on the remuneration package of the international assignees. The remuneration package of the international assignees taking into consideration of compensation approach (e.g., balance sheet approach) and of the before-and-after-overseas posting of remuneration package adjustment) 

 

6. Conclusion (submission and conclusions are well considered and take into account the personnel strategies of the company)

 

You can choose any country as your host country (except your own home country and Singapore) to write this essay.

MINIMUM 15 Reference in APA style (Must include website and url links for reference and in-text citations)

You are expected to write 2000+- 10% and the citation format should be in APA style. 

 

Communication Challenges

Select either Option A or Option B and indicate in your post which option you have selected.  

Option A: Compared to a non-healthcare organization, a manager must have a special skill set for communicating with health professionals and non professionals within a health care organization. What do you believe are those particular skill sets? What are the ethical, financial, and legal implications for communication within a health care organization? What are the some of the primary barriers to communication between a manager and his/her staff? 

Option B: Case Study: Your Word Against His 

Review the details of the case “Your Word Against His” in your course text. Describe in detail any options you could pursue to set the matter straight for all parties who received the wrong information, while incurring the minimum possible public disfavor by the vice president. In addition, describe what you think went wrong this in case. Where was the communication breakdown, and how could it have been avoided?

Guided Response for Option A and Option B: Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers. Discuss the reasons why effective communication is so important in organizations. What tools could managers use to foster better communication in both cases?

 

Required Resources

Required Text

• Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.): 
  
• Chapter 14: Communication: The Glue that Binds Us Together
• Chapter 15: Day-to-Day Management for the Health Professional-as-Manager

Liebler, J. G., and McConnell, C. R., 2012, Management Principles for Health Professionals, 6th Edition, Sudbury, MA, Jones and Bartlett

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Recommended Resources

Required Text

• Management principles for health professionals (5th ed.): 
  
• Chapter 13: Human Resource Management: A Line Manager’s Perspective

Articles

1. Bujak, J. S.  (2003).  How to improve hospital-physician relationships.  Frontiers of Health Services Management, 20(2), 3-21.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
   
2. Raelin, J. A.  (1998).  An anatomy of autonomy:  Managing professionals.  The Academy of Management Executive, 3(3), 216.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. 
   

 

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Assignment 2: Middleville Regional Healthcare

Due Week 9 and worth 160 points

 

Middleville Regional Health Care is one (1) of three (3) hospitals serving a community of 350,000 people. Summary statistics on Middleville and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown below in Table 1. All three organizations are not-for-profit.

 

Table 1: Middleville, Brierfield, and Greystone Health Care Systems

 

 

The governing board of Middleville hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance, specifically in the areas of Human Resources, Information Technology, Financing, and Marketing. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Middleville’s units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.

 

You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction you would recommend as part of your list. Because you know there were about two (2) dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Explain the governing board’s role in these strategic initiatives, determining its responsibility and involvement.
2. Evidence-based management means that operational and strategic decisions are made based upon the evidence that goals and objectives are actually being met. Quantitative measurements must be identified and measured. This data is then used to evaluate the HCO’s performance. Name three (3) performances Middleville can use to measure its success in providing quality healthcare to the community, and identify quantifiable, measureable indicators that can be used to do so. Explain the importance of each performance measurement.
3. Given the statistics of Middleville and its two (2) competitors provided in Table 1, recommend to the HCO what areas it should focus on to maintain its competitive market share as well as continue to provide healthcare to the community in the 21^st century.
4. Some of Middleville’s Board members are very interested in pursuing advanced technology systems over the next five (5) years, while others are concerned about the enormous expense and need assurance that the investment in technology will be worthwhile. In both monetary and process terms, describe the costs and benefits associated with implementing EMR and associated health data systems. Lay out a plan for how various systems can be implemented.
5. Middleville has faced many challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses and other clinical employees. The economy has hit the area very hard and budgetary limitations have reduced the amount of money available for salary increases. The Board knows it needs to provide other benefits to their valued employees. Provide at least two (2) suggestions to Human Resources to promote employee satisfaction and, therefore, retain experienced personnel.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a.     Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b.    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 is not included in the required page length.

c.     Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Examine how healthcare management concepts and theories are applied to critical issues in healthcare organizations.
• Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
• Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.