Hospital Waste Reduction Presentation Identifying waste Assignment Content NOTE: This is a Two (2) Part Assignment. You will submit: A Power Point Present
Hospital Waste Reduction Presentation Identifying waste
Assignment Content
NOTE: This is a Two (2) Part Assignment. You will submit: A Power Point Presentation and an Executive Summary. If you miss submitting one or the other part late assignment point deduction will apply.
Think about the clinical environment where you work or one in which you previously worked.
Identify opportunities for waste reduction. Consider the following:
Setting: administrative, operational, clinical
Efficiency
Value to patient
Suggest process changes to improve the situation.
A. Write a 175-word communication to frontline staff and nurse leaders explaining your findings.
Format your 175-word communication work, using UOPX approved Executive Summary Format provided to you by the University. There is no other format accepted for this assignment, this week.
B. Develop a 7- to 10-slide presentation for your department.
Include detailed speaker notes that are cited. Note: The title slide and the reference slide(s) do not count. Title slide and references are formatted per APA format requirements to include double spacing, hang indent.
Submit your presentation and communication. Cite and reference as needed to support the information you are presenting. Executive Summary
The purpose of an executive summary is to summarize a report. Executive
summaries are written for executives who most likely do not have time to read the
complete document. Therefore, the executive summary must cover the major points and
be detailed enough to mirror the content yet concise enough for an executive to
understand the substance without reading the entire report.
An executive summary differs from an abstract. Readers use an abstract to
decide whether to read the complete document. They read an executive summary to
obtain information without having to read the report in full.
The executive summary should be written as a document that can stand on its own
and is usually written on one or two pages, depending on the length of the report. It
restates the purpose of the report and describes any results, conclusions, or
recommendations made in the report so that the reader understands the reasons for the
conclusion or recommendations. Acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations must be written
out. Tables and figures in the report should not be referred to by number in the executive
summary.
The audience for an executive summary is receptive to the message, so the writer
should assume that the audience wants to know and understand the message. It is written
in a formal tone using an impersonal style and eliminating first person pronouns (I, we,
our, etc.).
Use the following guidelines when writing an executive summary:
State clearly the purpose of the report.
Present the major points in the same order they are written in the report.
Summarize the results, conclusions, or recommendations made in the report.
Write headings, as needed, for clarity, but word headings differently from the
headings used in the report.
Format the executive summary the same way as the complete report.
Following is an Executive Summary of a report prepared by Sonoma Consultants
for Jones Williams, a stock brokerage firm that specializes in long-term, stable
investments for an upscale client base. Sonoma conducted a study of the most efficient
means to recruit new investment clients to the firm.
There is no APA standard for the writing of an Executive Summary. APA is designed to prepare documents for
publication, and does not provide requirements on the correct format or content of an Executive Summary. This sample is
to provide basic guidelines for the writing of Executive Summaries, and in the event that the faculty members standards
differ from the sample, the faculty members own standards will always prevail.
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Sample Executive Summary
Jones Williams stock brokerage clientele has remained static over the last few
years. At Jones Williams, aggressive recruiting techniques have been viewed in the past
as being unprofessional, and new clients have been obtained solely through referrals by
other clients. Since two young aggressive brokers have joined the firm, it is now a good
idea to implement recruiting programs to increase the client base. Sonoma Consultants
has identified the problem, defined the objective, investigated alternatives, and identified
the best solution to recruit new clients.
The problem is how to obtain new clients, and the objective is to increase the
broker commissions by increasing the client base. After reviewing the alternatives and
studying the market and successful recruiting techniques of other companies, Sonoma
representatives discovered that there are three choices for recruiting that could be
successful in bringing in new clients:
1.
Free investment courses to individuals
2.
Advertising in national and local publications
3.
Informational services through large companies
The first two options were rejected for the following reasons:
Providing free investment courses to individual investors could, in fact,
increase the client base. However, the investor with a small salary and
small percentage of income to invest would not do much to increase
broker commissions. The goal is to increase the number of commissions,
so the most appropriate scenario would be to attract large-scale investors.
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Advertising in national and local publications might place a stigma on
Jones Williams because the firm has always been identified with upscale
clients and a stable investment portfolio. Advertisements in print media
could belittle the image of the firm and might even cause a loss of some of
the upscale client base.
Recruiting upscale clients through their companies would be the most profitable
and cost-efficient method for adding individuals to Jones Williams client list for the
following reasons:
1. These clients already familiar with the successful performance of Jones Williams
because the firm manages their retirement portfolios.
2. They have more disposable income to invest.
3. They are interested in stable, long-term growth, which is Jones Williams area of
expertise.
4. The percentage of income for executives to invest is higher than that of the small
investor.
Because Jones Williams currently manages multimillion dollar retirement
accounts for several major national companies, providing informational services to
employees of large companies where Jones Williams already has a presence would be the
best option to obtain new upscale business clients.
The process for recruiting this new client base is as follows:
Develop marketing/informational tools for potential investors
Provide an initial breakfast meeting for executives of the companies
whose retirement portfolios are managed by Jones Williams
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Present reasons why using the same broker for both investment and
retirement accounts is practical and preferable to maintaining accounts
with more than one brokerage firm.
Schedule one-on-one meetings with executives to present individual
investment plans.
Schedule meetings with supervisors and lower-level employees to present
the same plan. This would cement a good relationship with management
because all company employees would be included in the campaign.
Although this approach will not provide as much commission as the largescale investors, it is a worthwhile effort to pursue to increase investors and
promote the reputation of the firm as a credible and knowledgeable source
in the investment world.
Using the above recruiting techniques will bring in two types of new clients: those
with substantial funds to invest and those with smaller amounts to invest regularly.
These new clients already have an investment philosophy that matches the firms
objective of providing long-term, stable growth for investors.
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Summary Title
Student Name
Course/Number
Due Date
Faculty Name
APA standards do not provide guidance for a summary. This sample is meant to provide
basic guidelines for writing a summary with certain APA-formatting standards incorporated
for consistency with other assignments.
A summary you submit for a class assignment can include an APA cover page as well as a
reference page if sources are used. Refer to your assignment instructions if you are unsure
of formatting requirements for your assignment.
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Summary Title
A summary is a brief synopsis of a report, an article, a discussion, or a business proposal.
The purpose of a summary is to recap the important parts of the source material for an audience
that does not have the time to read the full report or participate in the full discussion. Often a
large proposal or report will begin with what is known as an executive summary. In your courses,
you may be asked to write and submit various types of summaries. Using the information
provided in your assignment instructions and the guidelines in this sample will ensure you have
an effective and well-formatted summary.
To prepare for your summary, consider the following questions. What is the main idea of
the original material? What are the major points that support the main idea? How do the points
relate to the main idea? These questions will prepare you to think critically about the subject of
the original work so that you can capture the important aspects of it in your summary.
The tone of a summary should remain objective. The writer does not typically pass
judgment on the original work or make recommendations on its behalf within
a summary. To maintain this objective stance, write in third-person point of view.
Avoid
introducing
new content
in your
summary. If
it is not in
the original
work, it
should not
be in the
summary.
Tone matters. The tone
of your summary should
convey professionalism,
clarity, and brevity.
The content of your summary will include the purpose, scope, and conclusions of the
original work. A summary is not merely a restating of the original content, but an analysis of that
content. Consider these questions when analyzing the original text or conversation. What
assumptions are present in the original? What types of evidence are offered in support of the
main idea? The length of your summary will be determined by your assignment parameters. Keep
this in mind when planning the content for your summary.
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References
The reference page always begins on the top of the next page after the conclusion. Eliminate this
section if your summary does not use references.
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