...to support a children’s charity, to support St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Central Idea: Many charities are deserving of support, but St Jude is truly special. Everything they do for these children makes their lives and their family’s lives just a little bit easier. Pattern of Organization: Problem-Solution Introduction: Attention: How many of you here think that one day, you will choose to support a charity, whether through donating your money or volunteering your time? Reveal Topic: There are hundreds of deserving charities across the nation, but a really special one is St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Credibility: If you remember from my introductory speech, I’m a member of Delta Delta Delta and our sorority nationally supports St Jude as our philanthropy. I have toured this hospital and have seen first-hand how incredible St Jude really is. Relate to the Audience: As college students, we don’t all necessarily have the means to donate to a charity like this, but there are many little things that you can do that will help more than you think. For example, the last Monday in September, Chili’s, who also is a huge contributor to St Jude, donates 100% of that days profit nationwide to the hospital. It’s as easy as going out to lunch or dinner. Preview: Today I’m going to share with you some information on pediatric cancer, what St Jude is and how they are setting the standard for children’s research hospitals (Connective: Signpost- First I’m going...
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...St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Finding Cures. Saving Children. Moises Sandoval. Specific Purpose: To persuade the members of my audience in becoming a Partner in Hope by donating/volunteering to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Thesis Statement: Since 1962, St. Jude hospital has been a symbol of hope for children and families in the need. As one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers, St. Jude hospital continues to provide the quality of research and treatment relying on the support of many donors to continue its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Introduction (Attention) I. Attention-Getting Device—Eggs dynamic: Draw faces on 4 eggs to make 4 members of the audience figure that those eggs were their children. Then, paint a mark on two of those eggs to show in one of them that the stain represented cancer and we didn’t know what caused it; the mark on the second egg would try to illustrate that we can try to remove the mark (or resolve the problem with cancer) ourselves but we are not able because it is not in our capacity and that would bring us to the breaking of the third egg that would represent that sometimes when we try to resolve so serious problems ourselves such as cancer we would only make it worse. II. Introduce Your Topic—The topic of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is introduced in connection with the eggs dynamic by stating to the audience...
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...Group Behavior within St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Throughout our society there is defiantly a lot of categorizing of people. Rather it is in schools, friendships, sports, religious groups or within organizations everyone belongs to a group. “Being able to understand the dynamics of group behavior allows one to manage individuals and groups more effectively in a workplace.” (Losh, 2011) Throughout this paper will see how St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital came about and how teamwork and trust has kept this organization together. However we will also examine the problems within their group behaviors that could impact their group productivity and some recommendations to resolve these problems. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is one of the only hospitals in the world that is fully a not-for-profit organization. From the very beginning this organization was built on teamwork and trust. Without knowing the history of this organization and how it was created it would be hard to understand why teamwork and trust was and is so important. Danny Thomas was the founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962. (AboutUs, 2013) St. Jude’s was developed after keeping a promise during one of his prayers to the St. Jude Thaddeus. (AboutUs, 2013) At this time his life he was a young struggling actor just trying to make it big. He was big on religion and always prayed to the St. Jude Thaddeus during good times and bad times asking for help and guidance in...
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...External/Internal Factors University of Phoenix Management: Theory, Practice and Application MGT/330 Oren Gilbert May 29, 2011 Abstract In this paper we will analyze the functions of management at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Looking at the four management functions (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and how the functions are affected by internal and external factors. An explanation of how globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics affect the four management functions will are discussed. Lastly how managers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital use delegation to manage each function (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling). As well as how each factor (globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics) is affected managerial delegation. External/Internal Factors This paper is based on the St Jude’s Children Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital was started in 1962 by founder Danny Thomas. Thomas’s goals were to change the lives of all the children that would walk through the hospital doors. He created a hospital that specialized in research and treatment of catastrophic diseases and illnesses. It was not until 2005 that St Jude’s added on a massive expansion that heightened the hospitals efforts to find cures, treatments, vaccines, and rehabilitation for children. This paper will include an explanation of how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management, and...
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...St. Jude Children’s Research Hospitals mission statement “The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.” Business Strategy and Global Competitiveness Plan. Located in the heart of Memphis Tennessee is an internationally recognized not-for-profit hospital that is known for pioneering research for finding cures and saving children with catastrophic diseases and cancer. They treat patients from around the world in all 50 states, never requiring families to pay for treatment that isn’t covered by their insurance and with regard to their ability to pay. St. Jude is currently ranked number one in Children’s Hospitals for the cancer care and is the first and only pediatric cancer center selected by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 2010) The Board of Directors and Governors for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are responsible for establishing the objectives and policies. They select, appoint, support and review the performance of the Chief Executive Officers, approve annual budgets, strategic planning, accounting, ethics and compliance, insuring the availability of adequate financial resources and compliance, and performance of the organizations (St...
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...costs can save no- profit hospitals thousands of dollars. St. Jude is a non-profit hospital that treats all children regardless of health insurance or financial status. Since no child is ever denied treatment, any type of revenue is welcomed and greatly appreciated. “The daily operating cost for St. Jude is $1.6 million, which is primarily covered by public contributions. On average, 5,700 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis” (St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 2013). The overhead costs of such an organization are significant and can exceed 35% of total hospital costs. Overall, the hospital’s overhead costs may be caused by volume, capacity, and complexity. In other words, this may include number of patient days, discharges, available beds, and number of medical services. Other overhead costs may come from transport or travel, uniforms, catering, laundry, utilities, furniture and other equipment purchases, and rent. Annual overhead costs can be overwhelming. There are multiple ways to reduce the overhead costs and still be productive. Appreciatively more than 9 million people make contributions to St. Jude each year. The enormous benefit St. Jude has, is that they have an enormous chain of contributors that help with minimizing overhead costs by providing and donating supplies time, and have a family of corporate partners (large corporations) who reduce their prices and provide the hospital with profound discounts...
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...15. Balance Sheet/Statement of Position: The nonprofit organization St. Jude presents its audited combined financial statements using a fiscal year that begins in July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. For the year ended in June 30, 2014, according to its Combined Statements of Financial Position there was a huge change from 2013 to the 2014. This statement shows that the biggest change happened in its Cash and Cash Equivalent account. In 2013 the total in this account was 42,378,176, and in 2014 it was $129,701,765. The Cash and Equivalent account had an increased of $87,322,589 in 2014. There is nothing on the notes that mentions why is there such a big difference. According to medcity.com this was predicted to happen due to a medical device tax of about $60 that St. Jude would have to pay in 2013. The receivables actually decreased a little in 2014, but the unrestricted investments increased by 362,101,566. Its net...
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...St. Jude’s Code of Ethics The founder, Danny Thomas, was the individual who had first opened the doors to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962. His intentions were to clear the way as a non-profit hospital, which had a goal of finding cures for adolescents “with cancer and other fatal diseases through research and treatment” (2013, para. 1). From there they had started working to provide treatment to adolescents from all 50 states, as well as children from around the world. In addition to the incredible treatments they provide to their patients, St. Jude is special because the children and their families receiving care from St. Jude pay for nothing. In addition to administering remarkable care to their patients, St. Jude is also one of the leaders in research for childhood cancers and other fatal diseases. Goals, Principles, Role, and Importance of Ethical Values The main goal for their organization is globalizing medical care and prevention of fatal diseases in adolescents. Ultimately, they will persevere this goal by accommodating above and beyond patient care by doing the following: regulating fundamental, explanation, and scientific research intended to exemplify biological devices; comprehend disease pathogens; promote better diagnosis; improve medical care outcomes; and avert diseases as well as minimizing unfortunate results from treatment. During their perseverance they will also educate health care and scientific research experts. Thus, St. Jude’s will...
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...Victoria Aucoin Mrs. Manetta English IV (H)/5th hour 7 October 2014 Hope for a Hopeless Cause “Never give up. Where there is life…there is hope!” -Lynn Hill. Keeping hope in stressful situations is a trait that families with child cancer patients need to have. A family that has a child with cancer not only has to worry about the child’s schoolwork and illness, but also has to worry about the medical bills. What the St. Jude Foundation does is enable the families to focus on the child, not worry about the payments. The family of the patients at St. Jude never receive a bill for treatment, therapy, or housing. St. Jude Children’s Research Center does more than just treat pediatric cancer patients; it also plays a role in the dynamics of...
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...Almost all of the 7.6 billion people living on this planet are living healthy, active lives. Yet, this is not true for the over 14.5 million adults and children that are living with cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer is a disease in which part of the cells in the body divide without stopping, and they spread throughout the cancer victim. There are many varieties of cancer, and they can affect all ages, including children. While cancer is treatable, there isn’t a specific “cure” yet. As a preschooler, Ellee Large, a young girl from Abingdon, Virginia, loved riding her trike. Ellee rode one hundred laps during the St. Jude Trike-A-Thon - a fundraiser for St. Jude. However, when Ellee was six years old, she was diagnosed...
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...Saint Jude Research Hospital for Children Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital is one of the largest, fastest growing and most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. They are committed to finding cures for childhood cancers and other catastrophic diseases. They were founded in 1962 by actor Danny Thomas. It’s National Fund Raising campaign is the primary source of funds, along with federal grant money. The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic disease through research and treatment (Stjudeorg, 2015). This mission is being accomplished daily with the significant research done in the field of pediatric oncology. Founder, Danny Thomas believed that no child should be denied treatment, regardless of the family’s ability to pay and even after his death, no child is turned away. St. Jude has also partnered with other charities such as the Ronald McDonald house to allow families to have an extended stay in its hotel in close proximity to the hospital, so that the family’s financial burden is even further lessened. In 2012 Senator Steve Cohen authored an amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that fed 10 Billion dollars into the National Institutes of Health (Housegov, 2015). This organization is responsible for funding research on diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and diabetes. The funds are distributed through an application process. When the ARRA went...
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...Fiscal Policy Government Spending and Taxes According to Colander (2013), the government has the ability to change the spending and taxes but due to the lengthy budget process it takes approximately two years to implement a fiscal policy. The budget is split between mandated government programs and discretionary spending. The mandated government programs consist of two thirds of the budget which include Medicare, Social Security, and interest on past government debt. According to Federal Spending: Where Does The Money Go (n.d.), Social Security compromises a third of mandatory spending. Medicare is 23% of mandatory spending. Discretionary spending is defense programs and government agencies. According to Government Spending (n.d.), in 2013 total government spending was 6.1 trillion dollars. Government spending has slowly increased with a total spending of 6.2 trillion in 2014, 6.4 trillion in 2015, and 6.7 trillion in 2016 (Government Spending, n.d.). Income tax is a government tax enforced on individuals and entities in the United States. Income tax began in 1812 during the War of 1812 to help repay war costs to the government (Investopedia, 2016). Income tax is a divided subject between politicians. Republicans lobby to lower taxes while Democrats lobby to promote infrastructure, which increases income tax rates. Our most recent taxes that were due in April 2016, the income tax rate ranged from 10%- 39.6% (Efile, 2016). The United States has a progressive tax system, so...
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...motivation, successful conflict resolution practices, positive organizational culture, and an emphasis on the development of employees. Communication Management Style There are many various management styles for both organizations. An effective manager should know when the right management style needs to be used in an organization. Understanding how managers collaborate with individuals or groups in an organization in everyday situation can be the main key for assisting managers in becoming more efficient and effective in directing both their activities and working well with others within the organization. Management in health care plays a vital role when it comes to helping with change without patient care disruption. Both St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Veterans Health Administration managers handle various tasks from technology decisions, oversight of staff, and government relations, and patient care. Since the role of management may affect...
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...to others. This part of the report on st. Jude will include the most common ways people can identify a scam and how St. Jude is legitimate. As seen One of the most common charity scams include donations required to be in cash or wire transfer. Cash contributions are easily lost or stolen simply because they are easily...
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...Unit 5 Individual Project HCM620-1501D-01 American InterContinental University Online Raenecia Gordon May 18, 2015 Abstract The objective of this paper is to discuss the skills and knowledge and behavior that a executive should have in order for him or her to be politically competent and to be a good cooperate citizens and also to determine whether or not the testimony of Ways and Means in regards to Medicare financing are politically competent or not. Good corporate citizenship is the extent to which businesses are socially responsible for meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim is for businesses to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the communities in which they are operating, while still preserving profitability for stakeholders. Political competence is the ability to understand what you can and cannot control, when to take action, anticipate who is going to resist your agenda, and determine whom you need on your side to push your agenda forward. Political competence is about knowing how to map the political terrain, get others on your side, lead coalitions. More often than not, political competence is not understood as a critical core competence that is needed by all leaders in organizations is interconnected. The knowledge, skills and behavior that a executive must have in order to be politically competent in order to be a good corporate citizen, are the ability to...
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