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• HCA 459 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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• Organizational Survival Strategies. This
  discussion has two options. Please choose either
  Option A or Option B to respond to. Be sure to
  indicate within your post which option you chose.
• Option A Hospitals frequently seek ways to
  ensure survival. Sometimes an adversarial climate
  cannot be avoided when the action that is being
  considered is controversial. For example, a
  hospital may seek to expand its market reach by
  opening an inpatient drug treatment facility in a
  small suburban township.

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• HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 1 Organizational Survival
  Strategies (Ash Course)
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• Organizational Survival Strategies. This
  discussion has two options. Please choose either
  Option A or Option B to respond to. Be sure to
  indicate within your post which option you chose.
• Option A Hospitals frequently seek ways to
  ensure survival. Sometimes an adversarial climate
  cannot be avoided when the action that is being
  considered is controversial. For example, a
  hospital may seek to expand its market reach by
  opening an inpatient drug treatment facility in a
  small suburban township.

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• HCA 459 Week 1 DQ 2 The Challenge of Change (Ash
  Course)
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• The Challenge of Change. Change is usually
  positive, but it can also be difficult to embrace
  at times. Employees can be resistant to change,
  while managers may feel that it is necessary for
  organizational stability. Discuss the challenge
  of change as it relates to health care
  organizations. What is the overall impact of
  change on the organization, its employees, and
  its constituents, and what role does the manager
  play as an agent of change? In addition to
  responding to these questions

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• HCA 459 Week 1 The Health Care Scene Contemporary
  Trends (Ash Course)
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• The Health Care Scene Contemporary Trends. As
  health care leaders, it is important to
  understand that health care is quite a dynamic
  field. Its constant changes are a result of
  continuing trends in regulation, policy, patient
  and provider advocacy efforts, as well as
  increasingly sophisticated technology and
  industry benchmarking guidelines. Review the
  possible topics for your Senior Project located
  in the Senior Project prompt in Week Five, and
  decide what topic your training program will
  address. If you choose not to select a topic from
  the approved topic list, you must have your
  original topic approved

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• HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 1 Policy and Planning
  Constraints (Ash Course)
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• The Control Process. The control process involves
  three phases that are cyclic establishing
  standards, measuring performance, and correcting
  deviations. Examine the manner in which health
  care leaders progress through each phase of the
  control process to manage organizations. What is
  the management function of controlling as related
  to performance improvement? What tools are used
  to measure and monitor performance? Please
  describe at least two functions and two tools in
  your response.

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• HCA 459 Week 2 DQ 2 The Control Process (Ash
  Course)
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• The Control Process. The control process involves
  three phases that are cyclic establishing
  standards, measuring performance, and correcting
  deviations. Examine the manner in which health
  care leaders progress through each phase of the
  control process to manage organizations. What is
  the management function of controlling as related
  to performance improvement? What tools are used
  to measure and monitor performance? Please
  describe at least two functions and two tools in
  your response. 

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• HCA 459 Week 2 Senior Project Summary (Ash
  Course)
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• Senior Project Summary. Write a short summary
  paper on the selected topic from Week One, which
  outlines your Senior Project. In your paper
  include the topic, your thesis statement, your
  research methodology, your decision-making
  process for choosing your resources, and at least
  three resources you will be using. The Senior
  Project Summary should be two- to three- pages
  (excluding title and reference pages) in APA
  format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  Your summary must contain

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• HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 1 Strategic Planning and
  Budgeting (Ash Course)
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• Strategic Planning and Budgeting. Imagine you are
  considering the possibility of operating a small
  business or practice related to health care,
  either as a provider of some sort of care or as a
  service intended to support various provider
  organizations in their care-delivery activities.
• 1. Describe the kind of entity you plan to
  establish by stating the service or services you
  propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or
  customers you would be serving.

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• HCA 459 Week 3 DQ 2 Committees and Teams (Ash
  Course)
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• Committees and Teams. Select either Option A or
  Option B to respond to and indicate within your
  post which option you chose.
• Option A Identify what you believe are the top
  three challenges in setting up a hospital-based
  committee from a managerial perspective. In a
  250- to 300- word post, discuss your rationale
  and address the following questions
• 1. Why are committees advantageous for health
  care organizations?

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• HCA 459 Week 3 Senior Project Progress Report
  (Ash Course)
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• Senior Project Progress Report. Complete a one-
  to two-page report on the progress you have made
  to date on your Senior Project. Your report and
  any citations used must be in APA style as
  outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your
  progress report should cover the following
• 1. Topic Identify the topic that you have
  selected for your project and provide a brief
  explanation for why you have chosen this topic to
  address.

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• HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 1 Case Study Authority and
  Leadership (Ash Course)
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• Case Study Authority and Leadership. Review the
  details of the case Authority and Leadership
  Rising From the Ranks from your course text, and
  respond to the following questions
• 1. Identify the potential advantages Julie might
  enjoy in becoming manager of a group of which she
  has long been a member, and contrast these with
  the possible disadvantages that might present
  themselves because she has long been a member of
  this group.

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• HCA 459 Week 4 DQ 2 Motivation and Conflict
  Resolution (Ash Course)
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• Motivation and Conflict Resolution. Select either
  Option A or Option B and indicate in your post
  which option you have selected.
• In any organization, regardless of the industry,
  some level of conflict and/or office bickering is
  inevitable and may have a damaging impact on
  productivity and motivation or morale. However,
  it is the responsibility of the manager to ensure
  that conflict is avoided whenever possible and,
  when it does occur, that it is handled in an
  appropriate and respectful manner. With this in
  mind, listen to the podcast, Stop the Medical
  Office Bickering and respond to your selected
  option.

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• HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 1 Communication Challenges (Ash
  Course)
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• Communication Challenges. Select either Option A
  or Option B and indicate in your post which
  option you have selected.
• Option A Compared to a non-healthcare
  organization, a manager must have a special skill
  set for communicating with health professionals
  and non professionals within a health care
  organization. What do you believe are those
  particular skill sets? What are the ethical,
  financial, and legal implications for
  communication within a health care organization?
  What are the some of the primary barriers to
  communication between a manager and his/her
  staff?
• Option B Case Study Your Word Against His
• Review the details of the case Your Word Against
  His in your course text. Describe

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• HCA 459 Week 5 DQ 2 The Health Professional as
  Manager (Ash Course)
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• The Health Professional as Manager. Select either
  Option A or Option B and indicate in your post
  which option you have selected.
• Option A Imagine your colleague and friend, Jane
  Smith, has recently been promoted to department
  manager for your facility. You have worked
  side-by-side with Jane for the past ten years and
  can speak to her excellent skills as a health
  professional. However, Jane has no prior
  management experience and many of your co-workers
  are fearful that she does not possess the
  necessary leadership skills to effectively lead
  the team. You feel conflicted because you agree
  with your colleagues but you also have faith that
  Jane will do her best. Considering Janes
  situation, describe the dual role of the health
  professional as manager.

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• HCA 459 Week 5 Final Paper Senior Project (Ash
  Course)
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• To start, select one of the following approved
  topics for your Senior Project. You may also have
  a topic of your choice approved by the instructor
  in Week One. Many of the approved topics have
  specific subtopics outlined and, while these
  topics are not all-inclusive, they do provide
  insight into specific areas to consider.
• Approved Topics
• 1. Examine how participative leadership functions
  in todays modern health care organization and
  compare it to other types of leadership styles.
  Evaluate how each type of leadership style may
  impact organizational culture, employee
  performance, and how it may help or hinder the
  legitimacy of authority.

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