M3 Reading Assignments We have an array of reading assignments scheduled for this module, as noted ...
M3 Reading Assignments We have an array of reading assignments scheduled for this module, as noted below: Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Organizational Behavior and Management in Health and Medicine. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2024. Reading assignment: Chapter 6. (Available from the Noel Memorial Library via the following link: https://login.lsus.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-61823-9) Elrod JK, Fortenberry JL Jr. Adaptive Reuse in the Healthcare Industry: Repurposing Abandoned Buildings to Serve Medical Missions. BMC Health Services Research. 2017;17(Suppl 1):451. (Available via the MEDLINE database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library) Kaplan RS, Norton DP. Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System. Harvard Business Review. 1996;74(1):75-85. (Available via the Business Source Complete database at LSU Shreveport’s Noel Memorial Library) Adaptive Reuse Your M3 Practitioner Application will require devoted inquiry, assimilation, reflection, and refinement in order to achieve the highest possible score. Specifically, you are to take the scenario listed below, address it in full, and submit your work in accordance with the instructions contained herein. The Challenge Your M3 reading assignments include an article on adaptive reuse (see "Adaptive Reuse in the Healthcare Industry: Repurposing Abandoned Buildings to Serve Medical Missions"), a practice which has vast implications for healthcare strategy. It also represents a very good opportunity for you to leave your "desks" and get out into the field to explore possibilities. Here's the scenario: Place yourself in the role of Strategy Officer for a soon-to-be-established dental clinic based in the city of your choice. (An actual city must be selected as this assignment calls for formal market research.) This entity will be named Covenant Dental Center and it will offer the usual and customary array of services provided by general dentistry practices. (If you are unfamiliar with this modality of care and the types of services offered, conduct associated research to gain a proper understanding before completing the assignment.) The owner/dentist of the forthcoming solo practice desires operational efficiency and also takes opportunities where possible to make environmentally-responsible decisions. Having learned of adaptive reuse, he enlists you to search the city seeking abandoned and available commercial buildings which might be able to be converted into a dental clinic through adaptive reuse. Your mission is to identify three potential adaptive reuse candidates in your area, identifying their physical address, describing them in detail, and ranking their potential to be converted successfully. The candidates must be actual commercial properties which currently are for sale, so best to consult commercial real estate websites and conduct good old-fashioned, boots-on-the-ground investigations to identify prospects. Feel free to supply links in your text to real estate listings, if available, or other resources to identify your selected candidates. If no such properties exist in the immediate market, expand its boundaries until you find accommodations meeting desired specifications. Note that in the real world, a project such as this would represent quite the undertaking, requiring possession of an extensive array of information (e.g., spatial needs, financial resources available, location preferences, etc.). Such rich detail (and the time needed to make use of it) isn't available due to obvious course parameters, but you certainly have sufficient time to perform a cursory examination for purposes of identifying a few potential candidates. That's exactly what you must do and, through this, you'll have a better understanding of adaptive reuse. The Submission Requirement Your submission in its entirety (i.e., all inclusive) must be AT LEAST 1300 words. Submissions must incorporate a minimum of eleven (11) references, with at least three (3) being from scholarly academic journals. In presenting your overall work, identify the title, your name and student ID number, and submission date at the top of your submission and supply the following headings and subheadings, exactly as they appear below, placing each in bold text: Introduction (In this section, supply a brief introduction, helping the reader grasp the intent of the forthcoming work.) Background City Profile (In this section, supply a brief overview of the city of focus, noting its name, population, demographic characteristics, and any other helpful background information.) Service Profile (In this section, supply an overview of dentistry. Provide a definition, note major areas of focus, and offer other helpful details, demonstrating your grasp of this particular area of healthcare.) Note: This is not a role-playing section. Here, you are defining and describing the given modality of care! Competitive Landscape (In this section, describe the state of competition in the marketplace by identifying key providers of dental services, painting a detailed picture of the given environment.) Adaptive Reuse Candidates Candidate 1 (In this section, supply a detailed profile of your first adaptive reuse candidate.) Candidate 2 (In this section, supply a detailed profile of your second adaptive reuse candidate.) Candidate 3 (In this section, supply a detailed profile of your third adaptive reuse candidate.) Conclusions (In this section, summarize your candidate rankings, noting your recommended choice, and draw your report to a conclusion.) References Scholarly Academic Journal Article References (In this section, supply an alphabetized list of all scholarly academic journal article references which were used in your submission. Number each reference beginning with the number 1.) Other References (In this section, supply an alphabetized list of all other references----those which ARE NOT scholarly academic journal article references----which were used in your submission. Do not continue the numbering from the prior reference section. Instead, restart the numbering for this section beginning, of course, with number 1.)
