The essence of management is to make decisions, and to that extent, a health care manager must have a working knowledge on how to calculate time value money (TVM) financial problems. Scenario As a health care manager at a hospital, your supervisor has asked you to submit a set of financial calculations needed for the new capital projects of purchasing an MRI and deciding whether to expand the emergency room or to renovate the hospital lobby. Preparation Access Excel for Corporate Finance Professionals located in the Week 3 Learning Activities folder and watch it. Specifically, “NPV Tests in Excel” and “NPV and Scenario Analysis” in Lesson 2, “Project Selection in Excel,” may be helpful for understanding this assignment Assignment Deliverable Complete all sets and parts of the Financial Exercises worksheet. The file contains the following 5 worksheet tabs: Wk 3: Set 1, Part 1 Wk 3: Set 1, Part 2 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 1 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 2 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 3 Assignment Support Access and watch the following videos in the Week 3 section on the HCS/385 Video Lectures Home Page for examples of different formulas used to calculate in Microsoft Excel: “Present Value Problems #1–3” “Future Value Problems #1–2” “Net Present Value Problems #1–3” “Internal Rate of Return Problems #1–3” “Break-Even Point Problems #1–3”
Financial ratios help identify strengths and weaknesses of a company through the analysis of financial statements and financial calculations. For this discussion, imagine you are a financial analyst for a company and your company is evaluating the purchase of another company, Hillside, Inc. This week, you’ll review a balance sheet and income statement for Hillside, Inc. and then calculate common financial ratios to evaluate the company’s financial performance. Watch the following 2 videos as you prepare to respond to the discussion prompts: “Financial Statements" Transcript “Financial Ratios" Transcript Access Financial Ratio Calculations, which is part of the Wk 4 Summative Assessment: Financial Analysis Calculations. Use this balance sheet information in it to choose 1 financial ratio that you will need to calculate for Hillside, Inc. and answer the following: Which ratio did you choose? Explain what this ratio means. What were the results of your calculation? Show your work to the class, including the formula you used and the data you input for your calculation
In this assignment, the student applies the principles of public relations to an actual case study involving the practice of public relations.(see suggested links below) or you can pick a comprehensive story from the news that involves a public relations problem. PR Council: https://prcouncil.net/resource/pr-case-studies/ PR Week: https://www.prweek.com/us/the_work PR News: https://www.prnewsonline.com/category/case-studies/ Institute for Public Relations: https://www.instituteforpr.org/wp-content/uploads/15CaseStudies.pdf Public Relations Today: https://www.publicrelationstoday.com/case-study/
The essence of management is to make decisions, and to that extent, a health care manager must have a working knowledge on how to calculate time value money (TVM) financial problems. Scenario As a health care manager at a hospital, your supervisor has asked you to submit a set of financial calculations needed for the new capital projects of purchasing an MRI and deciding whether to expand the emergency room or to renovate the hospital lobby. Preparation Access Excel for Corporate Finance Professionals located in the Week 3 Learning Activities folder and watch it. Specifically, “NPV Tests in Excel” and “NPV and Scenario Analysis” in Lesson 2, “Project Selection in Excel,” may be helpful for understanding this assignment Assignment Deliverable Complete all sets and parts of the Financial Exercises worksheet. The file contains the following 5 worksheet tabs: Wk 3: Set 1, Part 1 Wk 3: Set 1, Part 2 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 1 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 2 Wk 3: Set 2, Part 3 Assignment Support Access and watch the following videos in the Week 3 section on the HCS/385 Video Lectures Home Page for examples of different formulas used to calculate in Microsoft Excel: “Present Value Problems #1–3” “Future Value Problems #1–2” “Net Present Value Problems #1–3” “Internal Rate of Return Problems #1–3” “Break-Even Point Problems #1–3”
Description Healing Hands Hospital is an acute care community hospital that serves a suburban community outside of a large city with two competing large academic medical centers. Both Healing Hands Hospital and the academic medical centers have a long history of service to the region, but their business and fundamental practices are different. Your manager, Ms. Woods, Healing Hands' Chief Operating Officer (COO), is part of the task force working on the strategic plan for the hospital and needs to understand the fundamental practices of these academic medical centers. You have been tasked with providing this information for Ms. Woods in a 1-2-page paper that discusses the similarities and differences between academic medical centers and acute care community hospitals. Your paper should address each of the following prompts below: Explain the similarities and differences between the mission of an academic medical center versus the mission of an acute community hospital. Discuss the similarities and differences in the staffing and management structure of an academic medical center versus an acute community hospital. Note: You will want to consider what type of staff an academic medical center would have that a community hospital may not have. Explain the similarities and differences in the Reimbursement model(s) that are used in academic medical centers versus an acute community hospital.
You will map the conflict in the resources section and perform a preliminary analysis on the escalation of the conflict. In your evaluation, avoid summarizing the case. Instead, analyze the case critically and assess how it pertains to this week’s readings. Remember, excellent analyses are a combination of critical and analytical thoughts connected to greater themes presented in the readings – and this is not an easy task. Be sure to include the following required elements in your assignment: Briefly describe what you consider two or three major issues contained in the case. Explain how these points or issues integrate with the material covered this week and then explain their relevance to the case. Identify the implications for the parties involved in the case. Provide a brief description of the questions/challenges you have regarding the readings and explain why they are important. Do not include the following in your analysis: A summary of the readings A detailed description of the case Any editorials As you are preparing your response, consider the following questions: What were the roots of the conflict? How do the parties to the conflict view the behavior of the other and pursue their own interests in the conflict situation? At what point did the conflict become detrimental to the parties involved? How might this conflict extend to the larger workplace? Length: 8 pages, not including title or reference pages References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.
Compare and contrast key approaches toward public administration as detailed in assigned readings. Evaluate these approaches according to required readings and presentations for this week and a Biblical/covenantal model of statesmanship, leadership and organizational behavior. Consider the relevance of these approaches to your academic and professional work in public administration. Please review the Discussion: Ethics in Public Administration — Context Assignment Instructions Download Discussion: Ethics in Public Administration — Context Assignment Instructionsprior to posting. You may also click the three dots in the upper corner to Show Rubric. Post-First: This course utilizes the Post-First feature in all Discussions. This means you will only be able to read and interact with your classmates’ threads after you have submitted your thread in response to the provided prompt. Submit your thread by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of Module 1: Week 1.
