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HCA 421 Entire Course For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1
(Basic Strategy) HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal
Audit of Strategic Assets) HCA 421 Week 2
Assignment Competition in Healthcare HCA 421 Week
2 DQ 1 (Strategic External Assessment Industry
and Competition) HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 2 (Market
Segments)
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HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy) For more
course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   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?
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HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of Strategic
Assets) For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com   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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HCA 421 Week 2 Assignment Competition in
Healthcare For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com   One of the trends marking
the continuing transformation of the U.S. health
care industry is the dramatic increase in the
pace of competition. The heightened competition
is taking place among hospitals, among health
plans, among physician groups, among drug
companies, between physicians and hospitals, and
between hospitals and health plans.
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HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
Assessment Industry and Competition) For more
course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   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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HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 2 (Market Segments) For more
course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   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
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HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future Direction of
Health Care (Five challenges) For more course
tutorials visit www.hca421.com   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. Proposed health care reform and
legislation Information technology advancements
including the electronic medical, or health,
record (EMR/EHR)
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 1 (Profits and Revenues) For
more course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   Profi
ts 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.
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational Mission) For
more course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   Organ
izational 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? How do they
play into the strategic direction of an
organization? If you are a departmental manager,
how do you implement and sustain these in your
organization?
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HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
Planning Process For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com   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) thus far and clearly
integrate at least five of them into your
presentation (with applicable reference and
citations) along with challenges and
recommendations for any organization to succeed
in their strategic and program planning processes
through communication.
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HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy) For
more course tutorials visit www.hca421.com   Imple
menting 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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HCA 421 Week 5 Assignment (Research Paper)
Strategic planning and evaluation of the
organization (Mayo Clinic) For more course
tutorials visit www.hca421.com 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.
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HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 1 For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com 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. may influence (or
not) these purposes. Respond to at least two of
your classmates' postings
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HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 2 For more course tutorials
visit www.hca421.com   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.
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it.....To Best way....
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