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HCA 421 Entire Course  For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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) Â For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com    Discussio
n 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) Â For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
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.snaptutori
al.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
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HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
Assessment Industry and Competition) Â For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Discussion
1Â 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) Â For more
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n 2Â 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
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HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future Direction of
Health Care (Five challenges) Â For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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) Â For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com    Disc
ussion 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 references.
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HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational
Mission) Â For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com    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
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HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
Planning Process  For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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
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HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy) Â For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com    Impl
ementing 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) Â For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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) Â For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.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 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) Â For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com    Discussio
n 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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