Is it ethical for a company to have a secret system like the one described? Explain.

Hannah Company maintains two separate accounts payable computer systems. One is known to all the users, and is used to process payments to vendors. Employees enter the vendor code, or the name and address of new vendors, the amount, the account, and so on. The other system is a secret one. It is used to cross-check the vendors against an approved vendor list. If a vendor is not listed as approved, the payment process is halted. Internal audit employees seek to verify the existence of a bona fide claim by the vendor. All inquiries are made at the top management level, and very discreetly. No one but top management, the internal audit staff, and the Board of Directors of the company is even aware of the second system. Is it ethical for a company to have a secret system like the one described? Explain.

Explain how strategic thinking maps apply to the different levels of strategy within a healthcare organization.

1. How has healthcare strategic management evolved in America? Examine the progress of strategic management over time leading up to today’s healthcare strategic planning process.
2. Strategic management exists at all levels of the healthcare organization. Explain how strategic thinking maps apply to the different levels of strategy within a healthcare organization.

Create a trends forecast outlining the possible changes (trends) that may affect efficiency and delivery in primary, secondary, and tertiary care in the U.S. healthcare delivery system over the next 10 years.

You are the newly appointed director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). With healthcare costs continuing to soar, the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) rollout and Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Plan in place, and the possible changes of the Affordable Care Act in progress, you are confronted with potential increases in payments for Medicare and Medicaid programs.

You are trying to understand how to best prepare the agency for the changes so that the efficiency of healthcare delivery is not compromised. As a courtesy, the Director for the Administration on Aging continues to send you data about the predicted rise in the number of older people and those with disabilities. Data is also sent on the forecasted needs of such persons for comprehensive care, not just acute care.

Create a trends forecast outlining the possible changes (trends) that may affect efficiency and delivery in primary, secondary, and tertiary care in the U.S. healthcare delivery system over the next 10 years.

The trends forecast should be in the form of a report used by such agencies as CMS, OIG, DHHS and include a Table of Contents, Introduction/Background, Appendices (if applicable), Executive Summary, Charts/Graphs (if applicable), and References. Be sure to include at least 5 references (e.g., government websites or scholarly articles) and cite your sources using APA format. Your trends forecast should include (at a minimum, but not limited to) the criteria below:

  • Outline the organizations and institutions that deliver care across the continuum including primary, secondary, and tertiary care providers that will be impacted over the next 10 years by changes in the U.S healthcare delivery system.
  • Appraise and describe how well primary, secondary and tertiary care providers deliver care to patients using preventative medicine, based on the current climate in healthcare.
  • Detail the impact of the changing consumer demographics will have on long-term care.
  • Explain how this focus will impact providers operationally.
  • Detail how CMS can expect facilities to focus on quality and outcomes relating to long-term care, based on the statistics from the Director of Administration on Aging.
  • Describe how these changes will impact the delivery of long-term care.
  • Explain what policies you would develop and/or consider using as the Director of CMS to address the predicted changes.
  • Detail what regulatory measures you would create and/or enforce as the Director of CMS to address the predicted changes.
  • Detail what additional long-term strategies you would pursue to make national resources meet the nation’s need for chronic care.

Discuss which ethical decision-making model you would use to help make decisions for this issue.

For your assignment, search the CSU Online Library for an article of your choice that focuses on an ethical dilemma in the medical field. Based on the article you read, write an article critique that includes the following elements.

  • Summarize the article.
  • Explain the ethical dilemma presented in the article.
  • Explain how the ethical dilemma was or was not resolved. Support your response with examples of evidence of how it was or was not resolved.
  • Discuss which ethical decision-making model you would use to help make decisions for this issue.

Your article critique should be two pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. In addition to the article you select, you will need to support your paper with at least one additional reference from the CSU Online Library.

What are professional development activities and organizational development activities according to Blau et al, (2008); what are the differences between the two?

This Case Assignment focuses on phenomena within an organization that enables or hinders learning about the business process. The discussion is one from a scholarly perspective, not from any given organization.

Case Assignment

Paste these instructions on the cover page of your case paper, using a small font.

After reviewing the required reading for this module (and if you have time the optional reading), write a 5-page paper addressing the following questions/topics:

· What are professional development activities and organizational development activities according to Blau et al, (2008); what are the differences between the two?

· Explain/describe and contrast organizational learning mechanisms according to Clifford and Thope (2007), as well as Bleu et al (2008).

· What are individual-level factors that deter from learning about processes according to Ng et al., 2006 and Orpen, 1997? Find 1 or 2 external sources if you can and compare them to those identified by these authors.

· Explain organizational environment issues that deter learning about processes. Compare and contrast the works of Alderfer & Smith, 1982 and Ashforth & Mael, 1989, as well as 1 or 2 external sources.

Summarize your findings on why individuals learn about processes in organizations or are hindered from learning within organizations.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.

Describe the flow of information in your company, or in a company at which you have been employed.

Describe the flow of information in your company, or in a company at which you have been employed. In your paper, discuss the following:

  • The intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural levels of communication within your company
  • How information travels up, down, and across your organization, and how it relates to the basic communications model
  • The functions of the Y hierarchy of managerial communications. Does it apply to your organization’s communication hierarchy?
  • A comparison of at least three managerial communication approaches you have observed in your organization