Week 5 Assignment – TA

Strategic Planning for the Harbor City Behavioral Health Center

Now that you have explored a variety of resources on strategic planning, you will apply what you have learned to the Harbor City Behavioral Health Center.

Resources

 

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review the Harbor City Behavioral Health Center media, and consider the vision, mission, and goals of this organization. Specifically review the following:
    • HCBHC Brochure with mission statement, goals, and services.
    • Organizational Chart with major departments: Human Resources, Operations (including IT), Comptroller, Legal (including Regulatory), and Clinics, as well as department overviews covering functions and roles.
    • HCBHC Corporate Policy Document with mission statement and organizational vision in context.
    • HCBHC Annual Report with findings/recommendations and associated assessment data.
    • Corporate Memo on the community need for additional services to support the aging population and the alarming increase in adolescent substance abuse.
  • Specifically consider readings from the current and preceding weeks:
    • Burns, L. R., Bradley, E. H., & Weiner, B. J. (2020). Shortell & Kaluzny’s health care management: Organization design & behavior (7th ed.). Cengage.
      • Chapter 9, “Improving Quality in Health Care Organizations (HCOs)” (pp. 213-240)
      • Chapter 10, “Strategy and Achieving Mission Advantage” (pp. 241-276)
    • Bogen, B. (1997). A marketing research plan for mental health services. Marketing Health Services, 17 (4), 46–49.
    • Ferreira, M. R., & Proença, J. F. (2015). Strategic planning and organizational effectiveness in social service organizations in Portugal. Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 20 (2), 1–21.

The Assignment:

Submit a 2-4 page strategic plan for the Harbor City Behavioral Health Center per the following guidelines:

  • Use the provided template located in the HCBHC media to create your strategic plan for HCBHC. The provided template can be edited/tailored as required for your strategic plan.
  • Provide clear and measurable objectives for the Harbor City Behavioral Health Center and identify potential key performance indicators.
  • Describe what the essential goals should be for HCBHC to address in the coming year, short run (1-3 years,) and longer term with respect to the targeted improvement areas and new efforts to provide services to the community.
  • Describe the process to market, implement, and assess your strategic plan. Make sure to include how you will evaluate progress on the strategic plan objectives.

By Day 7

Submit your Assignment.

submission information

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  2. Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
  3. Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.

Rubric

PBHL_8012_Week5_AssignmentRubric

PBHL_8012_Week5_AssignmentRubric

CriteriaRatingsPts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFormatting

35 to >31.4 ptsEXCELLENTPaper demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper provides significant detail, including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other sources, and discerning ideas.

31.4 to >27.9 ptsGOODPaper demonstrates a good understanding of most of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper includes moderate detail, evidence from the readings, and discerning ideas.

27.9 to >24.4 ptsFAIRPaper demonstrates a fair understanding of the concepts and key points as presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper may be lacking in detail and specificity and/or may not include sufficient pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.

24.4 to >0 ptsPOORPaper demonstrates poor understanding of the concepts and key points of the text/s and Learning Resources. Paper is missing detail and specificity and/or does not include any pertinent examples or provide sufficient evidence from the readings.

35 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization

15 to >13.4 ptsEXCELLENTPaper is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper contains multiple, appropriate, and exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.

13.4 to >11.9 ptsGOODPaper is mostly consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper may have some small or infrequent organization, scholarly tone, or APA style issues, and/or may contain a few writing and spelling errors, and/or somewhat less than the expected number of or type of sources.

11.9 to >10.4 ptsFAIRPaper is somewhat below graduate-level writing style, with multiple smaller or a few major problems. Paper may be lacking in organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and/or contain many writing and/or spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting vs. original writing and paraphrasing. Paper may contain inferior resources (number or quality).

10.4 to >0 ptsPOORPaper is well below graduate-level writing style expectations for organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and writing, or relies excessively on quoting. Paper may contain few or no quality resources.

15 pts

Total Points: 50

 
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Week 5: Assignment- TA

Understanding Academic Integrity and Plagiarism as a Psychology Professional

As you have progressed through this course, you have learned the importance of developing your scholarly voice, you have learned about critical thinking, you have practiced paraphrasing, and you are beginning to understand the importance of crediting the sources of ideas and of presenting the literature in your own words. You are still at the early stages of mastering these many skills. Luckily, Walden provides resources and tools to help you along the way.

For this Assignment, you will familiarize yourself with a tool that can aid you in avoiding plagiarism: Turnitin.

Resources

 

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare for this Assignment:

  • Review the Academic Integrity resources located in this week’s Learning Resources and consider the different aspects of plagiarism.
  • Review the media, “Turnitin” in this week’s Learning Resources. Also, the weekly required resources of this course provides additional information related to Turnitin as well as how to read the Originality Report.
  • In Week 3, you submitted “Paraphrasing: Putting It In Your Own Words” Assignment and submitted your Assignment to Turnitin to generate an originality report.
  • Review the Similarity Index and the Match Overview.
  • Review the matches in detail.

The Assignment (1–2 pages):

Describe the Turnitin Originality report for your Assignment from Week 3:

  • Provide the Similarity Index.
  • List the source that constitutes the highest match with your written work.
  • Explain why a high Similarity Index might not necessarily indicate plagiarism and why a low Similarity Index does not necessarily indicate a lack of plagiarism.
  • Based on the review by Turnitin, what changes would you make to your paper?
  • Explain how you would use Turnitin in the future to minimize issues with plagiarism.
  • As a future psychology professional, explain how academic integrity will impact/influence your academic and professional practice.

 

Readings

  • American Psychological Association. (2020).Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
    • 1.17, “Implications of Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism”This section discusses plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
  • Walden University. (2022). TurnitinLinks to an external site.. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com/This document reviews the Turnitin Originality Report and points out important areas in the document to examine.
  • Walden University Student Affairs. (n.d.). Academic integrity: Overview.Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/studentaffairs/academicintegrity
  • Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.). Plagiarism prevention resource kit: HomeLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/plagiarismThis web page covers topics related to plagiarism.
 
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