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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy)
ASHFORD HCA 421 Entire Course
  Discussion 1 Basic Strategy Describe the key
dimensions of an organizational strategy as well
as how they would, or would not, be relevant to
the "strategic mindset" or the ability to think
"strategically" of an organization's management.
Do you think these are learned or innate traits?
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic
Strategy)ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal
Audit of Strategic Assets)ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 2
Assignment Competition in HealthcareASHFORD HCA
421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External Assessment
Industry and Competition)
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 2 Assignment Competition in
Healthcare
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of
Strategic Assets)
  Competition in Health Care  One of the trends
marking the continuing transformation of the U.S.
health care industry is the dramatic increase in
the pace of competition.
  Discussion 2 Internal Audit of Strategic
Assets Compare and contrast strategic
"resources" and "competencies" and identify what
role (if any) licensed health care providers in
an organization play in the competitive advantage
of a health care organization.
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 2 (Market Segments)
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
Assessment Industry and Competition)
Discussion 2 Market Segments If the movement
toward "consumer-driven health care" continues to
advance, speculate on how a health care
organization may want to improve the way that it
assesses and interacts with its market and
customers, including providing health services
and programs to meet the needs of a diverse
Discussion 1 Strategic External Assessment
Industry and Competition Describe Michael
Porter's Five Forces Model. What does he attempt
to explain? How might the forces function and
affect industry profits?
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 1 (Profits and Revenues)
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future
Direction of Health Care (Five challenges)
Discussion 1 Profits and Revenues Explain the
four fundamental ways in which a business can
grow its revenues and profits. Then, describe the
five generic types of growth strategy available
to individual SBUs. Hypothesize what metrics a
program executive might use to monitor these
strategies. Must be at least 300 words with two
recent scholarly references.  
  Future Direction of Health Care In a three- to
five-page paper a. Describe a minimum of five
challenges from the list below that are defining
the future strategic direction of health care.
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication
in the Planning Process
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational
Mission)
Communication in the Planning Process Explore the
role of communication in the strategic and
program planning processes in a health care
organization. Consider the topics discussed (both
in the text and in the discussions)
  Discussion 2 Organizational Mission Explain,
in your own words, the terms "mission," "vision,"
"goals," and "values" statements. What is the
practical purpose of a statement of
organizational values? Under what circumstances
should an organization consider changing these -
if at all?
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 5 Assignment (Research
Paper) Strategic planning and evaluation of the
organization (Mayo Clinic)
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing
Strategy)
  Focus of the Research Paper For your Research
Paper, you will choose one of the health care
organizations listed below and conduct an
analysis of their strategic planning and
evaluation of the organization in an eight- to-
ten (excluding title and reference page) paper.
  Implementing Strategy Discuss which is more
important - the formulation of a strategy or its
implementation - as well as the tribulations
associated with your choice.   Respond to at
least two of your classmates' postings.
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ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 2 (Students Choice)
ASHFORD HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 1 (Strategic Financial
Management)
  Discussion 2 Student's Choice Five weeks and
the information read and discussed. Present to
the class a topic that has not been covered in
class that you find important to the course
material, one that applies to you professionally,
or one that is perplexing to you for further
exploration.
  Discussion 1 Strategic Financial
Management Describe the four primary purposes of
a professional strategic financial management
function in an organization. Further elaborate on
how reimbursement, supply and demand, contractual
adjustments, patient mix, regulatory legislation
etc.
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