From the first e-Activity, analyze the Affordable Health Care Act, and determine the fundamental influence that such reform has exerted on the social, political, and economic environment of the country. Provide at least two (2) examples to support your rationale. Differentiate between two to three (2-3) key components of a free market healthcare system […]

From the discussion preparation, examine Marshall McLuhan’s half-century-old perspective of technology’s role in influencing learning within the global village—a concept McLuhan had coined. Next, evaluate the relevance of McLuhan’s pronouncements in relation to technology’s fundamental role in adult education policies and practices within today’s global village. Video Link:

From readings in the textbook or peer-reviewed journal articles, analyze Michael Porter's technique for a competitive analysis. Determine one factor for each of Porter's five forces of an environmental analysis that would apply to a health care organization. Compare and contrast the answers to a competitor of the pediatric health care organization that you chose […]

From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of Resistance Globalization, Globalism, and Cosmopolitanism as an Educational Ideal Transnationalism and Anti-globalism Read these articles from Week 2: Introduction to Global Issues A Global Ethics for a Globalized World Virtue Ethics and Modern Society Classical Stoicism and the Birth of a Global Ethics: Cosmopolitan Duties in a World […]

Founders as Culture Creators In Chapter 8 of the text, Schein uses several case examples to show how strong organizational founders create cultures within their organizations. Schein explains how founders’ assumptions on leading and operating are tested early on in their careers; the impact on how they lead, react, and adapt in the early stages […]