NHS 8002 Unit 5 Discussion DQ1 Diversity in the Health Care Workforce
Discussion Preparation
Examine “Case 67, Diversity in the Health Care Workforce” in your Cases in Health Care Management textbook. Also, refer to the articles you have located through the research guide and the unit readings.
Instructions
You are the human resources manager in this case. Address the issue of hiring the new business manager for the outpatient clinic within the framework of cultural competency, diversity/inclusion, and leadership. In your post, answer the following questions:
Should cultural proficiency and community awareness be rated more highly and given greater importance than other qualifications in the hiring process?
What management, training, and leadership practices support a new manager and ensure clinic programs and services respond to community needs?
Health care organizations must engage the communities they serve in order to improve cultural proficiencies and reduce health disparities. What are one or two community-engagement strategies that leadership might use in this scenario?
How does employing a diverse workforce contribute to and support effective leadership?
What leadership style/styles or communication strategies might be used to address the issues in this scenario?
Based on your analysis, who would you hire for this position from the candidates in the scenario?
If you use references to support your choices and position, be sure to cite them according to APA guidelines.
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of your peers. Please choose posts that have had few responses thus far and refer to the Faculty Expectations for Response Guidelines. Comment on the similarities and differences that you see in your peers’ posts and yours. Make an argument to support your position if you disagree with any points. If you need more information from your peer, be sure to ask for clarification.
APA Writing Checklist
Use this document as a checklist for each paper you will write throughout your GCU graduate program. Follow specific instructions indicated in the assignment and use this checklist to help ensure correct grammar and APA formatting. Refer to the APA resources available in the GCU Library and Student Success Center.
☐ APA paper template (located in the Student Success Center/Writing Center) is utilized for the correct format of the paper. APA style is applied, and format is correct throughout.
☐ The title page is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ The introduction is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ Topic is well defined.
☐ Strong thesis statement is included in the introduction of the paper.
☐ The thesis statement is consistently threaded throughout the paper and included in the conclusion.
☐ Paragraph development: Each paragraph has an introductory statement, two or three sentences as the body of the paragraph, and a transition sentence to facilitate the flow of information. The sections of the main body are organized to reflect the main points of the author. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ All sources are cited. APA style and format are correctly applied and are free from error.
☐ Sources are completely and correctly documented on a References page, as appropriate to assignment and APA style, and format is free of error.
Scholarly Resources: Scholarly resources are written with a focus on a specific subject discipline and usually written by an expert in the same subject field. Scholarly resources are written for an academic audience.
Examples of Scholarly Resources include: Academic journals, books written by experts in a field, and formally published encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Peer-Reviewed Journals: Peer-reviewed journals are evaluated prior to publication by experts in the journal’s subject discipline. This process ensures that the articles published within the journal are academically rigorous and meet the required expectations of an article in that subject discipline.
Empirical Journal Article: This type of scholarly resource is a subset of scholarly articles that reports the original finding of an observational or experimental research study. Common aspects found within an empirical article include: literature review, methodology, results, and discussion.
Adapted from “Evaluating Resources: Defining Scholarly Resources,” located in Research Guides in the GCU Library.
☐ The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. Utilize writing resources such as Grammarly, LopesWrite report, and ThinkingStorm to check your writing.
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