The purpose of this assignment is to examine servant leadership practices with regard to religions and cultures other than those associated with Christianity.

While servant leadership is often associated with Christianity and the Bible, one could argue that it is compatible with most religions and philosophies and that it transcends cultures.

This assignment presents you with an opportunity to explore other cultures, philosophies, and religions and asks you to think critically about how servant leadership practices are apparent in other religions and cultures.

Begin by selecting and examining one cultural context and one religious viewpoint outside of mainstream Christianity. In a 1,250 -1,500 words (2-3 pages), discuss the following:

• Explain how the principles of servant leadership are evident in your chosen culture and religion.
• Identify similarities and differences between servant leadership philosophies and the values from your selected cultural context and religious viewpoint.
• Identify specific examples of servant leadership practices evident in your chosen culture and religion.

You are required to locate a total of four articles that address servant leadership in your chosen cultural context and religious viewpoint. Two of the articles should examine servant leadership from a different cultural perspective and two articles should examine servant leadership from a different religious perspective. The articles must be peer-reviewed and have been published within the last 5 years. You must use and cite the articles within each content area in your paper to strengthen your claims.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

The purpose of this assignment is to create a design challenge that highlights various problem-solving techniques. This assignment will build on the concepts on the “Hypothesis Statements – Overview and Template” assignment.

To complete this assignment, create a PowerPoint presentation that is 10-12 slides (including title and reference slides). Include a minimum of two scholarly sources in your presentation. Address the following:

1. What problem are you trying to solve based on your problem statement and hypothesis from Topic 2?
2. Who is most affected by the problem (i.e., your target customer) and where/when does the problem affect the customer?
3. Identify the key demographic factors of your target customer.
4. Consider what new technologies are being developed and are emerging through the hype cycle. Imagine three of the emerging technologies within the next 2-5 years that might enable a solution to your problem. Conduct research on companies or groups that are working on these emerging technologies. Discuss how human-centered design and technological advances could offer possible solutions to the problem you are trying to solve.
5. What are some of the initial constraints that may limit or hamper the introduction of your new technology? For example, does the target customer segment have money to pay for it? Is a particular resource too expensive? Does the target need to be educated about how to use the product?
6. What are some possible variants to the design challenge? For example, are there substitute resources, different adjustments to the value property, or other modifications to the business model that could make it viable?
7. Describe the value your solution has created for customers.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

PART 1

Deconstruct the Relationship Between Concepts, Constructs, and Variables

The purpose of this assignment is to help you better understand how to conceptualize and operationalize healthcare measures (variables) of interest for research or analytic purposes. More so, this assignment will assess the degree to which you understand and can apply the concept of measurement in healthcare services settings.

Using measures in the healthcare services setting, discuss the relationship between concept, construct, and variable. How are these terms similar or different? How are they applied in the conceptualization and operationalization of healthcare measures? Explain using examples as needed.

Length: 1-2 pages, not including title and reference pages

Resources: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.

PART 2

Create a Healthcare Measurement Chart

Demonstrate your understanding of the concept of measurement in the healthcare field by populating the concept/construct table as shown.

From the healthcare services setting, provide one example for each concept and each construct that you might be interested in measuring. Align these examples with their corresponding variables, operational definitions, data categories (continuous or categorical), and level of measurement (e.g., nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio). A clear understanding and distinction between a concept and construct are key to the success of this assignment.

Note: Depending on the construct or concept, the example selected may or may not require multiple variables. If the concept/construct requires more than three variables, you will need to add additional rows to accommodate the number of variables required.

Table 2^{: *}Data category (Continuous or categorical)

^**Levels of measurement (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio)

Length: 1-2 pages of a completed table, not including title and reference pages

Resources: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.

Should the results of sociological research be only used for doing more research and reporting the conclusions to the American public? Or should results be used to advocate for certain societal changes and improvements?

Travelink Solutions Case Study (100 points)

Read the case study “Travel Solutions” at the end of Chapter 7 of your textbook, follow the following directions and then respond to the case study questions

A case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:

1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course module, which apply to the situation described in the case study.
2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the module. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current module. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.
3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.
4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life examples or cases from textbooks.
5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.

Case Study Questions:

1. What is your assessment of the situation at Travelink at the end of the case? What are the underlying problems in the organization?
2. If you found yourself in Will or Robert’s situation, what would you do? Why?
3. If Will and Robert both decide to stay and try to advance needed changes, what changes would you recommend they focus on and how would you recommend they go about it? Would you, for example, share Will’s documentation of the problems within the company? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever been in a situation where you were a recipient of change and things went poorly? How did it affect you and others in the organization?

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 4-5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
• Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
• Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
• It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
• Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.