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www.hca421master.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)
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HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy) FOR MORE
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  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 CLASSES VISIT
www.hca421master.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 CLASSES VISIT
www.hca421master.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.
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HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
Assessment Industry and Competition)   FOR MORE
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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 2 DQ 2 (Market Segments) FOR MORE
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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 needs of a diverse
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HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future Direction of
Health Care (Five challenges) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca421master.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.  
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 1 (Profits and Revenues) FOR
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  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.
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational Mission)
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  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?
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HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
Planning Process FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca421master.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  
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HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy)
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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)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca421master.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 (Strategic Financial
Management) (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca421master.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 (Student's Choice) (Ash
Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca421master.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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