Week 2 - Discussion 1 Policy and Planning Constraints Locate an example of a policy or guideline from an external source to a healthcare organization. Explain how this policy or guideline may be a constraint to a healthcare organization’s planning, or how it may shape the healthcare...
The Control Process The control process involves three phases that are cyclic: establishing standards, measuring performance, and correcting deviations. Examine the manner in which health care leaders progress through each phase of the control process to manage organizations. What is the management function of controlling as...
Week 2 - Assignment Senior Project Summary Restructuring of health care organizations Write a Senior Project Summary paper on the selected topic from Week One. In your paper include the following: I. Title Page a. Anticipated title (this may change for the completed project) b. Your name c. Course name and number d....
Week 3 - Discussion 1 Strategic Planning and Budgeting Imagine you are considering the possibility of operating a small business or practice related to health care, either as a provider of some sort of care or as a service intended to support various provider organizations in their...
Week 3 - Discussion 2 Committees and Teams Select either Option A or Option B to respond to and indicate within your post which option you chose. Option A: Identify what you believe are the top three challenges in setting up a hospital-based committee from a managerial perspective....
Week 4 - Discussion 1 Case Study: Authority and Leadership Review the details of the case Authority and Leadership: Rising From the Ranks from your course text, and respond to the following questions: 1. Identify the potential advantages Julie might enjoy in becoming manager of a group of...
Week 4 - Discussion 2 Motivation and Conflict Resolution Select either Option A or Option B and indicate in your post which option you have selected. In any organization, regardless of the industry, some level of conflict and/or office bickering is inevitable and may have a damaging impact...
Use the Internet to research rolling forecasts as an alternative to budgets. Next, take a position as to whether or not a flexible budget approach dilutes the value of a budget process in the organization. Provide a rationale for your position. Evaluate the impact to a...
Disorders of the Reproductive Systems While the male and female reproductive systems are unique to each sex, they share a common function—reproduction. Disorders of this system range from delayed development to structural and functional abnormalities. Since many reproductive disorders not only result in physiological consequences but...
Write a 2–3-page paper explaining the artichoke idea of the self. Remember to explain specific theories with supporting citations from the textbook and online lectures. • What is the existential idea of the self? • What do you make of the feminist, existential, and non-Western critiques of/alternatives...