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Assignment -

This assignment will require devoted inquiry, assimilation, reflection, and refinement in order to achieve the highest possible score. This is only one of your two major grades and your quality of work needs to reflect the importance of the assignment. You will have the opportunity to choose from the following topics. HOWEVER, you ONLY PICK and WRITE about ONE.

Option 1: In Chapter 2, we explored topics of diversity and the challenges of diversity in the healthcare sector. In this case, you have been asked to join the hospital's task force for developing a plan to increase the organization's workforce diversity from its current 10 percent level to 30 percent over the next five years. What recommendations would you make as a member of the task force?

Possible Deliverables for Option 1:

• Summarize the existing landscape as it relates to diversity in healthcare and in the US in general.
• Explore why healthcare organizations may not be as diverse as they should be.
• What is diversity today (i.e. sex, gender, race, ethnicity, education, culture).
• Find some theories to substantiate your work on improving diversity.
• Explore some of the challenges and opportunities as it relates to diversity.
• These are only ideas - that if I was writing the paper, I may try to address. I am just trying to give you ideas.

Your submission must be supported by 10 (minimum) or 40 (maximum) references, with at least 10 being from scholarly academic journals (peer reviewed journals). If you cannot ascertain whether a journal does or does not qualify as scholarly academic, please contact the Noel Library and request assistance. Citations are to be prepared in accordance with the standards set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Be sure to consult the style guide itself, as database listings often contain formatting errors which are not compliant and can hurt your grade. If you are writing about the current healthcare environment (i.e. competition, market structure, patient demographics), I would find the most recent literature. However, for some of the theories or the theoretical based literature - often we will have to cite "seminal" research that can be decades old. It is not recommended best practice to have all older literature as the field is constantly growing and changing. However, if there are some works that you believe are the cornerstones of your theory(s) than I would use them regardless of the age. I would not include more than five articles that are older than 15 years. Keep in mind that this is a formal research paper. As such, it needs to be written in third person.

Other Paper Important Info

In presenting your work, identify the title, your name, student ID number, and submission date in the title slide of your work. It is recommended that you include the following sections in your paper:

Title (Name, Id Number, Date, Title)

Abstract (200 word synopsis/summary of your paper...think of it as a paper movie trailer)

Introduction (one-two paragraphs)

Case Inquiries Addressed Introduction (body of paper; use sub-sections as you deem necessary)

• Review and Application of Theory (body of paper; use sub-sections as you deem necessary).
• You need to demonstrate a significant degree of knowledge regarding the theory you choose.
• Support with theories that are appropriate for each case.

Recommend you review the existing literature to further explore that theory and how it has been applied.

References (APA style).

Instructions: Words: 3000 Words.

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