Pick an artist you are interested in from any time period, working in any medium, except Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali. (Sorry these two are too familiar. I want you to find an artist you don’t know much about). Research that artist and address ALL of these prompts:

• the history of their life,
• events happening at the time they live or lived and were working,
• other art movements happening at the same time they were working,
• their theories on art,
• what if any art movement they belong or belonged to,
• a summary of their body of work- did they pioneer a new direction in their medium,
• what were the main elements and principles of design they tend or tended to use,
• what of the 6 functions does their art employ,
• what art criticism have they received (which of the theories are applied to their work) and do you agree or disagree with that assessment, does the artist?

You’ll have to read not only about the artist, but articles written about their work (from art magazines for example, books written) and research the time period in which they were working. Remember to cite resources correctly and use your own words.

Your notes, (expanded upon) and thoughts for the presentation should be written clearly. (FYI to be sure you have enough information prepared for the oral presentation you will record 500-600 words is the approximate equivalent of a 5-6 minute speech), create a powerpoint (or equivalent) presentation from your notes (include key points, images of work, the artist, other work going on at that time) and present it to the class. Plan on approximately a 5-10 minute presentation. Write a script for your presentation. Then you will record it and upload it to Youtube. (Instructions below). You will share the link with us to this discussion assignment (instructions below) for us all to view it. View classmates videos so you can learn about even more artists. Respond to 2 other presentations within 1 week of the due date.

For Part 1 of your course project will be completing the first three columns from the 9-box template. Please click here for the template.

Instructions

1. From the list provided on the Course Project Overview Page, please select your topic and populate the form. (Note, if you are choosing a topic that is not included on the list, you MUST reach out to your instructor early in week 1 for a discussion on this. Your topic will not be approved if you wait until Sunday night to reach out to your instructor.
2. Populate the form with the improvement effort, sponsor (this can be at your actual work site, somewhere you used to work, or hope to work). You will also want to fill in the Primary Customer.
3. Complete boxes 1 – 3 (note: the boxes will expand as you type) and include any ancillary documents (graphs, charts, pictures, etc.) Please remember you but include MEASUREMENTS so there is a way to evaluate the difference before and after the intervention.
4. Your TARGET state should be reasonable and based on current research.
5. Be sure to include at least ONE credible source on an APA formatted reference page and to use in-text citations in your papers when you use the information from these sources.

Minimum of 200 words each question (2 questions)

(TCO A). You are a healthcare consultant hired by the Midwest Healthcare System to assist them in developing their organization’s strategic plan that will shape the development of a comprehensive network of services for their community.
The organization provides the usual array of inpatient services expected in a moderate-sized community hospital. A local nursing home and retirement community is for sale, and the organization is considering the purchase of that agency. There is a regional hospital that is trying to establish a statewide hospital network. There is a local county health department that provides some clinic services, primarily for the uninsured.
Youve been asked to give a presentation to the board of directors on options for restructuring their local delivery of healthcare services. The hospital’s president has asked you to focus your presentation on the elements of a comprehensive delivery system and to highlight innovative methods to restructure the hospital. The presentation will lay out the requirements of an integrated healthcare delivery system.

(TCO B). You are the newly-hired Vice President of Human Resources for the Bayside Community Health System. You’ve been on the job for just 3 months and have considerable experience in human resource functions. You have responsibility for all of the usual human resources functions, including the recruitment process, the training and development functions, and the retention plan. In addition, you have the additional departments of volunteers and the hospital chaplain services.
You’ve identified a number of serious organizational issues that are impacting the hospital. Turnover is high, there are many vacant positions, and the organization has a very high number of positions that are considered hard-to-fill positions because of national workforce shortages in nursing, pharmacy, and radiology.
The board of directors and the president know that they have serious human resource issues that will have to change in order for them to compete in the local healthcare market as an employer-of-choice. As in any healthcare organization, fiscal resources are limited, but the board is firmly committed to investing in a well developed human resources plan to decrease turnover and stem the ever-growing turnover and vacancy rates. The president has asked you to attend the next board of directors meeting to share your plan for addressing these serious issues. What will you tell them in your presentation to address the retention and recruitment problems?