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HCS/325
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
The Latest Version A+ Study Guide
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HCS 325 Week 1 Roles and Functions Paper
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that defines the roles and application of management
functions used by today's health care managers. Address the following in your paper,
based on this week's readings:
The functions of management in a heath care setting
How these functions apply to managing others or even yourself in your current or
previous job
Roles of managers and leaders in the diversified health care industry
The most significant aspect related to health care management you want to gain
by taking this course
Cite at least three references, one of which may be your course textbook, to support your
position.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 2 Case Study
Required Prior Knowledge: Ch. 1-3 & 13
Read the "Choosing a Successor" case study at the end of the textbook.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of what you have learned during this case study. It
may help to reflect on the following questions provided at the end of the case study:
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate for the leadership role.
Which of the factors you consider important would most favor Taneshia? Felipe?
Amanda?
Do you think the ethnicity of the candidate influence the person selected?
Which of the three candidates would you recommend to be the next leader? Why?
If Taneshia is chosen, what do you think would be her biggest problems as a
leader and being able to work with the others? Felipe? Amanda?
Should Paul have considered an outside candidate to be his successor?
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HCS 325 Week 2 Organizational Structure Presentation
Audience and Action Plan, Part I
Resource: Organizational Structure Presentation, due in Week 5
Consider the following scenario:
You are a manager of a large rehabilitation center that provides short-term care
rehabilitation services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Your center is proposing a
new addition of long-term care services and, with this expansion, you must hire and train
several new employees.
Identify the audience--for example, a board of directors or a new management team
following an acquisition or a merger--for your final presentation due in Week 5. Provide a
rationale for your audience selection.
Develop an action plan for the final presentation. Determine what process you will follow
to complete the assignment.
Submit your audience selection and action plan to the facilitator for approval.
Cite two to three references, one of which may be your course textbook, to support your
position. You will use these references to complete your final presentation.
Format the reference list consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 2 Effective Communication Paper
Workplace trends within and outside health care require employees to connect with an
ever-widening array of coworkers, consultants, off-site employees, and other resources.
Sharing knowledge is critical to any organization's success, especially in the health care
industry.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following questions:
Which organizational model best describes your organization or an organization
with which you are familiar?
How does your organization currently share knowledge or involve employees in
formulating solutions to problems?
Include the following in your paper:
The techniques that have been most effective for sharing information and ideas
The techniques that proved to be ineffective
How these techniques might be applied or modified in a health care work
environment
How technology might also affect this process
Cite a minimum of three references, one of which may be your course textbook, to
support your position.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 3 Importance of Teams
Resources: The five step planning process covered in course and the SampleBusiness
Proposal at the Center for Writing Excellence
Consider the following scenario:
As the manager of a busy call center for a health care organization, you note that the
volume of calls has doubled over the past year. Although you do not have the budget to
hire additional staff, you do have an additional $20,000 to spend on your department to
improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word proposal, using the five step planning process that describes
how your team might improve efficiency and customer service in your department by
focusing on teamwork. Address the following in your team's proposal:
Why teams are essential to health care
How teams are used in other industries, such as aviation, auto racing, and the
military
How lessons from other industries might be applied to the health care industry
Which organizational processes support problem solving
Cite three references, one of which may be the course textbook, to support your position.
Format your proposal consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 3 Organizational Structure Presentation
Annotated Bibliography
Resources: Reference and Citation Examples and the Reference and Citation Generator
at the Center for Writing Excellence
Submit an annotated bibliography containing five to seven references to be used in the
Organizational Structure Presentation due in Week 5.
Format the references consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 3 Organizational Structure Presentation
Communication Methods
Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you address the effects of organizational
structure on communication regarding the following scenario:
You are a manager of a large rehabilitation center that provides short-term care
rehabilitation services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Your center is proposing a
new addition of long-term care services, and with this expansion, you must hire and train
several new employees. Address the following points in your response:
What ; appropriate communication methods for managers within this
organization?
What is the importance of these communication methods within this organizational
structure?
What internal relationships must be considered?
What external relationships must be considered?
Format paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Note. You will also use this information to complete the Organizational Structure
Presentation due in Week 5.
HCS 325 Week 4 Motivational Methods Paper
Consider the following scenario:
Within your organization, upper management has decided that your department must be
downsized, and it is up to each manager to begin preparing his or her team for the
changes. One of the changes to be addressed involves motivational techniques. As
manager, you must research and understand various motivational methods to lead and
implement change within your area.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which your team discusses the motivational
methods you would use when introducing such a significant change to your organization.
Address the following:
Which three motivational methods would you as a manager apply?
What theoretical concepts from your reading support the points you are making?
Cite a minimum of three outside sources to support your team's position.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 4 Organizational Structure Presentation Action
Plan, Part II
Continue working on the Organizational Structure Presentation due in Week 5.
Submit an updated action plan for the final presentation that describes the steps you
have completed since Week 2, as well as the steps you have yet to complete.
Summarize, in approximately 350 to 700 words, the process you used. Address the
following in your summary:
What worked well?
What challenges did you encounter?
How did you overcome these challenges?
What would you do differently if you had the opportunity? Why?
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HCS 325 Week 5 Reflection Management Style
As the Health Care Management course draws to an end, refer back to an essay you
created as an individual in the first week of class. As a team create a reflection using the
individual essays as well as think about the following proposed topics. Analyze how
yours and your teammates' opinions and definitions have changed as a result of the
material covered in class. It will be helpful to retake the leadership quiz you completed for
your first essay.
Write a 350- to 700-word essay reflecting on your team's management style. It may help
to include the following:
Has your definition of a manager changed based on this course? Discuss.
Do you still agree with the good qualities originally identified? Would you add or
delete any original qualities?
Do you still agree with the poor qualities originally identified? Would you add or
delete any original qualities?
Do the qualities change based on different situations (social environment, work
environment, or home environment)?
Discuss the results of your management quiz (pre and post).
Did your results change? Discuss.
Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.
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HCS 325 Week 5 Organizational Structure Presentation
Consider the following scenario:
You are a manager of a large rehabilitation center that provides short-term care
rehabilitation services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Your center is proposing a
new addition of long-term care services, and with this expansion, you must hire and train
several new employees.
Develop a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the organizational
structure of the rehabilitation center described in the scenario above. Create the
presentation for the audience you selected in Week Two.
Address the following in your presentation:
The effects of organizational structure on communication.
o Identify communication methods for managers within this organization.
o Explain the importance of the identified communication methods within
this organizational structure.
o Explain what internal relationships must be considered.
o Explain what external relationships must be considered.
The steps involved in organizational planning and functions of management
o Identify the steps to plan and implement change within the organization.
o Explain how the steps may be applied to the scenario.
Strategies and methods needed to influence organizational change and to
minimize conflict
o Analyze strategies that might be used to bring about change in the
organization.
o Explain how the strategies may be used to prevent or to minimize conflict.
o Explain strategies that can be applied if conflict does arise.
o Explain the manager's role in conflict management.
The ethical issues considered important in today's health care organization
o Explain how ethical issues may alter the way change is conducted in the
organization.
The effects of financial and human resource management controls
o Explain how financial and human-resource control issues affect the
decision-making process.
The analysis of the administrative process needed to track outcomes and improve
quality
o Analyze environmental influences related to health care which may affect
outcomes and quality within the organization.
o Analyze how the implemented change will be tracked or evaluated.
List major points in the slides. Include detailed explanations in the speaker notes section
that correlate to each point.
Include videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs as appropriate.
Include at least five references to support your presentation.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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