Complete both of the assignments below for week 8. Please include your name, class number, and assignment number on your paper. Follow APA formatting standards, especially for citations and references.

Week 8 Assignment 1: Policy Frameworks

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Create an organizational policy implementation plan for a combined organizational structure.

AssignmentIn this assignment, you are to create a policy framework implementation plan for a fictional dental clinic: Small Town Dentist. The clinic is being acquired by a larger parent organization Distributed Dental Services (DDS). Both are required to follow HIPAA Security and Privacy laws. The parent organization is a hierarchical structure with multiple departments and clinics throughout the area. Small Town Dentist is a small business with a flat organizational structure. Following is an outline of those areas of the plan you need to include:

Distributed Dental Services (DDS)

Acquires Small Town Dentist

Publish Your Policies for the New Clinic

{Explain your strategy.} 

Involve Human Resources and Executive Management

{How do you do this smoothly?}

Communicate Your Policies to the New Clinic Employees {How are you going to do this?}

Incorporate Policy Awareness Training for the New Clinic {How can you make this fun and engaging?}

Release a Monthly Organization-Wide Newsletter for All {How can you make this newsletter succinct?}

Incorporate Ongoing Security Policy Maintenance for All {Review and obtain feedback from employees and policy-compliance monitoring.}

Obtain Employee Questions or Feedback for Policy Board {Review and incorporate into policy edits and changes as needed.}

Complete each of the areas above in the brackets. Your product should be professional, use complete sentences, and it should be as if you were going to present it to management.

Week 8 Assignment 2: Industry Policy Frameworks

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Describe the industry policy framework approaches.

Assignment

Table 8-1 lists a sample of IT policy frameworks. Pick one and summarize it in your own words. In your summary, include steps for incorporating it within an organization and explain how it addresses policy creation, management, and ongoing maintenance.

Your explanation should be approximately two pages. Include citations and references as needed.