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An MBA Capstone Consulting Experience in the Midst of COVID-19
Get PDFIn alignment with Molloy College’s commitment to civic engagement, the MBA program requires prospective graduates to complete its Capstone course, which entails providing consulting services to a not-for-profit organization. The course requires students to apply their cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills to solve real problems for their clients. In one short semester, students must form working relationships with fellow project members, develop an understanding of their client’s mission and objectives, and propose solutions that address their client’s challenging problems. The semester culminates with the delivery of a written proposal, a formal presentation to the client, and a final reflection. This paper describes the consulting problems faced by a class of Spring 2020 MBA students and the additional challenges they encountered due to the COVID-19 epidemic. It also describes the local organization the students worked with (the I’m Not Done Yet Foundation) and the solutions the students designed to increase awareness of the organization, improve its financial position, and streamline its internal operations
Young Adults Achieving for Local Non-Profit: Ambassadors of Social Change
Get PDFMolloy College students in conjunction with a local non-profit have joined forces to not only move an organization forward, but to be agents of change toward social good in their local community. The students take their newly learned skill sets and develop a business plan that will allow Board members to implement shortly after their consulting projects are complete. What happens over the course of this project is not only are the students’ efforts rewarded by making strides to assist a local non -profit, but their demeanor changes throughout this entire process. The students transform themselves into ambassadors, making the capstone project a rewarding course for all that are involved: the partnering non-profit, those that support the non-profit, the faculty, and the graduating students. There are three consulting teams that come together to address three separate charges that are pressing for the assigned nonprofit. The students need to provide turnkey recommendations to the Board of the non-profit so it may effectively implement their timely ideas. The new twist to this project is the impact of the national pandemic where the students pivoted beautifully to fulfill their obligations making this so much more of a rewarding project toward social good
Bridging the Gap in the Technology Commercialization Process
Get PDFCogeneration merges the production of usable heat and electricity into a single process that helps to reduce carbon emissions, energy waste and energy costs. Until now, this source of sustainable energy has been used mostly in the industrial sector, the consumer market is unknown. One type of cogeneration system, the Stirling engine, is a heat engine that is operated by a cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas at different temperatures. This cogeneration system is capable of charging a smartphone’s battery using the heat of everyday objects like a hot cup or a radiator, or a human hand. There are two main goals of this project; 1) is to design and build a small prototype using the Stirling engine technology to generate electricity; and 2) to conduct a market test to assess the appeal of the Stirling sustainable charger among consumers. Online surveys will be employed to conduct research to evaluate overall purchase interest in this new technology. The information to be collected will include demographic and attitudinal characteristics that can be used to help build consumer profiles, and identify which profiles correlate with higher levels of purchase interest for the Stirling sustainable charger. This research will be used to help position the Stirling charge, and to identify key target segments for the marketing of this product
Maintaining Substainable Growth: The Strength of Partnerships
Get PDFThe impact of fruitful partnerships can go a long way to improve society and better the communities in which we live in. Student consulting teams have taken the initiative to conduct field research and establish a wide range of partnerships in order to raise awareness of a local non-profit and continue its mission toward sustainable growth. This past semester has brought about additional challenges that normally would not be present in order to complete their charge assigned by their client (e.g. non-profit) and do it with finesse. The capstone course is transformational in nature due to the students working with a live non-profit and completing real-world research. If we add to the current learning environment the uncertainties of the global pandemic, we see this transformation of our students amplified due to their unwavering commitment to their client, but also society at large. This one consulting team’s turnkey recommendations really speaks to their perseverance throughout this process and in our current environment. They were able to solidify solid partnerships for this non-profit and push through adversity by coming together as a community for the greater good
The Role of Music in Personal Therapy in Advanced Music Therapy Training: A Self-Inquiry
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to explore the role of music through the similarities and differences of an Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy (NRMT) trainee. The study employed a first-person research design and thematic analysis to assess three AMT and three NRMT personal therapy sessions. Music as well as the verbal interactions during the music therapy sessions were transcribed and analyzed. Five themes were constructed from the data, three similar themes and two different themes: (1) music as a place of meeting and the foundation of the therapeutic relationship, (2) using the voice to strengthen the therapeutic and musical relationship, (3) music making and meaning making, (4) collaboration in music making, (5) music as a referential meaning or an experience. The study indicated that the role of music in AMT and NRMT had many purposes for the researcher, such as, a representation of emotional content for the client. There were also differences between the role of music for AMT and NRMT, in which the therapeutic themes were addressed in different ways. The findings of this study bring up questions about integral thinking in music therapy practice as well as understanding the theoretical basis and traditional models of AMT and NRMT with an emphasis on the role of music. The data also indicates benefits of personal therapy as an advanced music therapy trainee. There is limited research comparing the experience of multiple advanced music therapy trainings
A Narrative Analysis of Psychological Adjustments of Professionals Transitioning to Work Following Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)
Get PDFThis research study was a narrative analysis of the psychological adjustment of professionals transitioning to work after a cerebral vascular accident, commonly known as a stroke. The purpose of this research was to explore the psychological adjustment of professionals who returned to work after a stroke following their subsequent rehabilitation. This has been an important subject because stroke research predominantly addresses older adults, which means that there has not been enough information on the experience of affected working-age professionals. The Roy Adaptation Model and Social Cognitive Theory were the frameworks for the study. The data collected were from audio-recorded and transcribed answers to open-ended interview questions completed on a sample of 10 post-cerebrovascular accident (CVA) professionals. The data analysis involved the steps of the paradigmatic narrative analysis approach, with results compared to the previous literature review and discussed in light of the frameworks established for the study. The paradigmatic analysis revealed eight major thematic events experienced and shared by the majority of the sample as they told their stories about the psychological adjustments of transitioning to work after a CVA. This narrative inquiry enabled subjects to share their stories and experiences to help fill a gap in knowledge regarding the psychological adjustment of professionals after a stroke experience. The results of the study led to recommendations for leaders and suggestions for future research
Great South Bay, Long Island, New York Summer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Get PDFThe Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CERCOM) visits 11 locations in the Great South Bay from Memorial Day – Labor Day to monitor for dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, salinity, clarity and temperature. Students are trained and assist in CERCOM’s water quality data collection by research assistant Mr. Kyle Maurelli. This monitoring program has been conducted for the past 16 years. These parameters are critical in determining long term water quality conditions in Long Island estuaries
Melding Ethical Behaviors into Leadership Expectations: Seeking to Make the Phrase, Ethical Leadership No Longer Necessary
Get PDFRemember \u27E-Commerce\u27? It was a distinct and emerging discipline. Now E-Commerce concepts are easily integrated into traditional business courses. The term ‘e-commerce,’ seems redundant. YET, we as scholars still maintain a distance between ‘Leadership’ and ‘Ethical Leadership’. When will the phrase, ‘Ethical Leadership,’ fade from the business vernacular as redundant? As scholars, we can study the distinction and seek to meld them so fully that the terms become synonymous. This paper presents an educational path to help leaders see the overlap so that each can develop a personal roadmap to tightly integrate the concepts in to their business practices
Temporal Pain Pattern Sequencing in the Older Adult After Joint Replacement Surgery
Get PDFBackground
Large joint replacement surgery, including hip and knee arthroplasties, are two of the most common surgical procedures that American adults aged 65 years and older undergo annually. While postoperative pain is expected, if it is not properly managed, it can have deleterious effects on postoperative recovery, including an increased length of stay, increased risk for postoperative complications, and decreased patient satisfaction.
Problem
Postoperative pain is primarily managed pharmacologically, typically with opioid pain medications are administered as needed (i.e., pro re nata [PRN]). Patients request pain-relieving medications when they are experiencing escalating pain, which can be challenging to maintain comfort when medications are administered reactively. Additionally, there is a movement in the orthopedic surgery community to transition to opioid-sparing postoperative care as a result of the opioid-misuse epidemic.
Method
This was a descriptive secondary analysis study using a large data source from the institutional data source (DataCore) extracted for analysis based on the research questions. The sample included more than 4,000 patients who met the criteria of \u3e 65 years of age undergoing joint replacement surgery between September 30, 2015, to September 28, 2018, with more than 36,000 data points in the data set.
Findings
This retrospective study explored temporal patterns of postoperative pain after joint replacement surgery by using extracted electronic health record data, including pain medication administration records and other nursing flowsheet data. The data were analyzed descriptively and displayed using data visualization software. Temporal patterns of pain medication administrations were observed, with four discernable peaks noted at 6 a.m., 9 a.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m. Another finding included trends in pain medication administration patterns during weekdays versus weekends. It was also noted that patients who had undergone knee replacement surgeries had a higher average pain score, had more pain medication administrations and longer lengths of stay than those patients who had hip replacement surgeries.
Conclusion
The discovery of these temporal peaks in pain medication administrations may allow nurses and ordering providers to move from a reactive model of postoperative pain management to one that is proactive. Administering pain medications at targeted times, before pain intensity peaks, may act as an adjunct to pain medications, which is increasingly important as practice shifts to opioid-sparing postoperative care pathways
Soaring House Prices Reflect a Shortage of Homes Rather than a New Housing Bubble
Get PDFHome prices have soared by 58 percent during the past seven years and now stand 15 percent above boom-time highs. Although this steep rise is reminiscent of last decade’s housing bubble, the root cause is very different and implies a sharply divergent path for the housing market in coming years. The price rise during the housing boom was a symptom of excesses in housing. In contrast, the current price rise signals the need for more construction as the market faces growing shortages. This paper introduces a new housing supply metric to show that the massive overbuilding during the housing boom set in motion an extended period of underbuilding that is still ongoing ten years after the recession ended. The current housing underbuilding explains the recent price rise, and the new metric suggests that construction activity and prices will continue to increase