DISCUSSION 1

Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. This journal is meant to help you consider what you have learned and come up with a plan to apply it to either your current or future profession.

In your journal, reflect on the following:

• Based on the readings, consider generally what the future of health information management might hold. How will advancements in technology affect the field?
• Reflect on one of the concepts you learned in this course. What makes this concept stick out to you?
• Finally, consider how you will apply your new knowledge to your program at SNHU. What about to your current or future profession?

What to Submit

Your journal assignment should be between 2 and 3 paragraphs. Any references should be cited in APA style. Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

DISCUSSION 2

For your initial post, answer the following questions in about 8 to 12 sentences:

• If you could pick only one factor of emotional intelligence to argue was the most important in a professional setting, which of the following 4 factors would you pick and why?
  • Awareness of self
  • Awareness of others
  • Self-regulation
  • Relationship management
• What is one strategy you could employ to promote an increase of emotional intelligence related to your selected factor?
  
  • For example, would modeling the behavior you'd like to see be effective? Why or why not?
• If you could sit down with any theorist covered in this course to discuss and debate your choice with, who would it be and why?
• Why is emotional regulation in the workplace (or in a job interview) important?
• In your experience, do healthy workplace cultures tend to be the exception or the norm?