Before completing this discussion, review all the materials posted in the Chapter 1 module. This includes a lecture guide, lecture slides, and two video links. The next step is to visit DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY (Links to an external site.)  (Links to an external site.)
( https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/ ) and choose another video in the series to watch. You will have watched videos number 1 and 2 already, so please choose another video to watch from the list (read the brief descriptions and choose one you find interesting). After viewing the video of your choice, please answer the following questions below:
video number 1
( https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/past-present-and-promise/?jwsource=cl )
Video number 2
( https://www.learner.org/series/discovering-psychology/understanding-research/?jwsource=cl )
Questions to answer:

1.  What video did you choose to watch? What area of psychology was the video about? In 5-7 sentences, please summarize the video.
2. Please elaborate on any specific facts that you learned from the video that you did not know before watching the video. You may also discuss any misconceptions you held about the topic. Please write 3-5 sentences to explain the new information you learned from the video.
3. Can you relate any of your behavior to what was described in the video? If not your own behavior, you can choose to discuss the behaviors of your friends, family members, co-worker, etc. I would like you to relate the information in the video to real life. Please write 2-3 sentences for this question.

Please make sure to refer to the names of researchers and the outcomes of their studies from the video as well

n this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:

1. Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
2. Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
3. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
4. Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader versus manager described in your readings.
5. Discuss what additional aspects mangers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
6. Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.

Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
PLEASE FOLLOW RUBRICS
A clear description of the issue is presented. How the issue impacts quality of care and patient safety is detailed and accurate.
A through discussion of how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct is presented. An understanding of the importance of professional standards of practice in resolving issues and maintaining professional conduct is demonstrated. Strong rationale supports discussion.
A detailed explanation of the differing roles and approaches for nursing leaders and nursing managers is presented. A well-developed explanation of how the roles and approaches relate to the selected issue, and how they would promote patient safety and quality care, is provided. Rationale using theories, principles, skills, and nursing manger or nursing leader roles is used. The explanation demonstrates insight into exercising the roles of professional nursing leadership and management in the promotion of patient safety and quality care.
A detailed discussion on what additional aspects mangers and leaders would need to initiate to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue is presented. The aspects presented clearly continue to address the selected issue and relate to a diverse health care setting. The items proposed in the discussion support the exemplification of professionalism in diverse health care settings.
The characteristics of the identified leadership style are clearly described. A detailed explanation of why this style could be successful in this setting is presented. Strong rationale is provided for support.
Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
Clear and convincing argument presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.
Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.
All format elements are correct.
Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.

Assignment  is about leadership, systems analysis and personal productivity.  Review the miniature case studies in the attached document and evaluate the actions of the managers involved.  Make sure you support your answers with research into the positions you take.  This is the final assignment and your ability to support your work with APA style citations and references will also be scrutinized.
Answer the following questions and critique the actions of IBM, Best Buy and Unilever in resolving their problems with systems analysis in APA 6th edition with in text citation and references .
a.  Specifically, did IBM get so big that management simply didn’t see what was happening right under their noses?
b.  It took IBM five years to fix their systems problem, Is that reasonable or was this a fault in leadership?
c.  At Best Buy, it became clear that sales forecasts weren’t very accurate but nobody seemed to be willing to do much about it.  Can we put it down to poor leadership?
d.  At Best Buy, the solution of crowd casting was utilized as a way to increase forecasting accuracy.  Is this really a method a of statistical analysis or that a respectable business should be involved in?
e.  At Unilever, they seemed to solve health problems but they did so in a way that really increased their bottom line in the Indian marketplace.  Is this really ethical?
f.  If Unilever hadn’t been able to make a profit on their products, do you think they would have still offered them up to the Indian market dispite the fact that they actually did have a positive impact on the lives of the poorest Indians?
g.  Thinking back to the example of the lost keys, can you see a correlation between that systems analysis and your own actions and can you apply what you learned about systems analysis to problems with your personal productivity?

Public Policy – Flooding
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas on August 25, 2017. It caused $180 billion in damage, making it the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. To give you a sense of that number, the budget for the entire state government of Texas is about $109 billion per year.
The Houston Chronicle ran an extensive six-part story last December on public policy decisions by federal, state and local officials before and during the hurricane. While nobody is blaming government for the hurricane, the Chronicle story claims that unwise policy decisions and missed opportunities had a lot to do with why the damage was so extensive.
Houston has always been a pro-business, pro-growth place, as we studied back in the first chapter of our book. Did Houston’s pro-growth policies make this disaster worse?
Write our standard 3 – 5 page essay explaining some of the public policy decisions – good and bad – that impacted the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. What should we do going forward, and how should we pay for it?
Submit in Word. Cite your sources.
Additional Resources
Here’s the Chronicle series: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/hc-investigations/harvey/ 
This article has a lot of statistics and links to other useful sources: https://www.thebalance.com/hurricane-harvey-facts-damage-costs-4150087 
When we widened the Katy Freeway in the 1990’s, we had a “once-in-a-lifetime” chance to build a huge conveyance culvert underneath it to move water from the reservoirs straight to the ship channel: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/harvey/2017/09/05/houston-grew-officials-ignored-lifetime-chance-spare-thousands-flooding
Federally subsidized National Flood Insurance, while well-intended, is part of the problem: https://www.forbes.com/sites/omribenshahar/2017/08/30/lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-federal-flood-insurance-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/#4aa054925013 
Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has some ideas: https://spacecityweather.com/harris-county-judge-releases-15-point-plan-to-address-houston-flooding/
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