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• HCA 421 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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• 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

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• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy) (Ash Course)
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• 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?

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• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of Strategic
  Assets) (Ash Course)
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• Discussion 2
• Internal Audit of Strategic Assets Compare and
  contrast strategic "resources" and "competencies"
  and identify what role (if any) licensed health
  care

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• HCA 421 Week 2 Assignment Competition in
  Healthcare (Ash Course)
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• 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. The

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• HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
  Assessment Industry and Competition) (Ash Course)
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• 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 5 DQ 1 (Strategic Financial
  Management) (Ash Course)
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• 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. may influence (or not) these purposes.

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• HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 2 (Student's Choice) (Ash
  Course)
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• 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.

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• HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 2 (Market Segments) (Ash
  Course)
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• 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

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• HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future Direction of
  Health Care (Five challenges) (Ash Course)
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• 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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• HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 1 (Profits and Revenues) (Ash
  Course)
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• 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

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• HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational Mission) (Ash
  Course)
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• 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? How do they
  play into the

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• HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
  Planning Process (Ash Course)
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• 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) thus far and clearly integrate at
  least five of them into your presentation (with
  applicable reference and citations) along

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• HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy) (Ash
  Course)
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• 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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• HCA 421 Week 5 Assignment (Research Paper)
  Strategic planning and evaluation of the
  organization (Mayo Clinic) (Ash Course) 
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• 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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