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HCA 421 Entire Course (Ash Course)   For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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
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HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   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
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HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of Strategic
Assets) (Ash Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 (Ash Course)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     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 heightened competition is taking
place among hospitals, among health plans, among
physician groups, among drug companie
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  HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
Assessment Industry and Competition) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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) (Ash Course)   For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   F
uture 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)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     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
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational Mission) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
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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 strategic direction of an
organization? If
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  HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
Planning Process (Ash Course)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   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
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HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Implementing
Strategy Discuss which is more important - the
formulation of a strategy or its implementation -
as well as the tribulations
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HCA 421 Week 5 Assignment (Research Paper)
Strategic planning and evaluation of the
organization (Mayo Clinic) (Ash Course)   For
more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   F
ocus 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)
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HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 1 (Strategic Financial
Management) (Ash Course)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   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
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HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 2 (Student's Choice) (Ash
Course)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     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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