HCM 550 Module 3 Case Assignment

HCM 550 Module 3 Case Assignment

“The ‘stakeholder’ is one of the most important concepts in health care. Effective leaders know their stakeholders, paying close attention to the barriers that distort communication… Health care organizations are located in especially complex stakeholder environments. Take, for example, a large academic hospital. It can easily have more than two dozen stakeholders, as illustrated by Figure 6.5. Each stakeholder group has interests that predispose it to support or contest the hospital’s initiative” (Moussa, Chapter 5, p. 173).

Please write approximately 1,750-2,000 words addressing the following scenario:

You are a senior executive at a community hospital that is considering hiring a hospitalist physician. What stakeholders would you include in a stakeholder analysis to evaluate adoption of a hospitalist model of care?  For this paper, please perform a stakeholder analysis that:

• Assesses stakeholder interests and “stakes”
• Develops strategies for effective communication, gaining support, and reducing obstacles/opposition.

Reference:

Burns, Lawton; Bradley, Elizabeth; Weiner, Bryan. Shortell and Kaluzny’s Healthcare Management: Organization Design and Behavior (Page 173). Cengage Textbook. Kindle Edition

HCM 550 Module 3 Case Assignment

Unit I Assignment

For this assignment, you will use Hofstede’s characteristics to differentiate international and domestic business operations. This exercise will help identify the key characteristics that drive business decisions on an international and domestic level.

Part 1: Pick three individual countries, one in the Middle East, one in Asia, and one in Europe. Apply Hofstede’s characteristics to each one, and state if the characteristic is low, medium, or high in each country. Also, explain why each country deserves that description.

Part 2: Given your descriptions, explain which country is most like the United States and which country is most unlike the U.S.

Your response must be a minimum of three pages in length.

Many financial newspapers or websites say that the U.S. dollar is the strongest currency in the world. Think about the factors that affect exchange rates, and make a case that our currency should or should not be the strongest. In your opinion, what are the advantages to having a strong currency versus a weak currency?