The State Healthcare Management Company (a fictitious company) has been established to provide coordinated healthcare to state workers. You are a new manager in this company. Your supervisor has asked you to review your company’s mission, vision, goals and strategies. She/he posed the following questions and has asked you to provide a report (5 – 8 pages) answering each question. Your report should follow APA guidelines and include at least four outside resources.
Given:
The mission of the State Healthcare Management Company is to improve access to cost-effective, quality health care services for state workers.
Our vision for the next three years includes:
Our values are:
Our strategic goals for this year are:
Questions:
Your supervisor also asked you to use the internet and/or the Argosy online library to research a recent (within the last year) article that describes the current difficulties faced by healthcare companies regarding new or impending government regulations.
Submit the report by Wednesday, February 26, 2014.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria | Maximum Points |
Compares and explains alignment of mission, vision and values | 20 |
Suggests revision of the vision statement to include mention of diversity in hiring practices. | 20 |
Suggests revision of the vision statement to include mention of diversity in hiring practices. | 20 |
Compares vision and values to strategic plans. | 16 |
Describes what should be added to the values to address ethics. | 16 |
Summarizes article and explains how the concepts presented in the article could affect the company. | 16 |
Explains how the company should react to the issue based on their mission, vision and/or values. | 16 |
Provides a valid reason for using competitive and government research in developing a strategy. | 16 |
Provides an analysis of why relying solely on competitive research can limit a company to just being reactive to change. | 16 |
Style (4 points): Tone, audience, and word choice Organization (12 points): Introduction, transitions, and conclusion Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure APA Elements (16 points): In text citations and references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of style |
44 |
Total: | 200 |