HSA 599 WEEK 11 DISCUSSION 1

Please respond to the following:

• Create a list of three best practices to follow in the field of health services administration. Rank the best practices in order of importance (one being the most important).
• Rate the three most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance (one being the most important).
• Provide specific examples to support your rationale from readings throughout your program or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

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HSA 599 WEEK 11 DISCUSSION 1

Please respond to the following:

• Create a list of three best practices to follow in the field of health services administration. Rank the best practices in order of importance (one being the most important).
• Rate the three most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance (one being the most important).
• Provide specific examples to support your rationale from readings throughout your program or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 10 Healthcare Administrator Presentation

Healthcare Administrator Presentation

Introduction

Locate a health administration position on a career website that you are interested in applying for. Be aspirational! It does not have to be a job you qualify for at this moment in time, but one that may be of interest to you in the future. Take a screenshot or make a PDF of the job posting to submit with your assignment.
Imagine you applied for this position and have been selected as a finalist. To better get to know you, the interview panel has asked each candidate to provide an updated cover letter, resume and video introduction. As a finalist, you have been instructed to record a 60–90 second video, utilizing professional attire, and explaining why you are the best candidate for the promotion.






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Instructions and Grading Criteria

For this assignment, you will provide the following:

• Copy of the job posting.
• 1-page cover letter.
• 1–2 page resume.
• 60–90 second video (use your PC or smartphone).

Your assignment must include the numbered elements listed below. Note that the numbered instructions below correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment. You may also want to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:

1. Summarize your interest in the selected job in a cover letter to the prospective employer.
2. Present your qualifications, education, and background in a professional resume.
3. Use proper grammar, clear language and correct spelling in all written communication.
4. Construct your resume using legible resume sections: Contact Information, Resume, Summary, Work Experience, Education, Skills.
5. Create a professional video resume utilizing professional attire and communications skills.
6. Introduce yourself in the video and explain why you are the best candidate for the position.

For video submissions: Please submit a valid link to your video in the Blackboard course shell. Your instructor must be able to see and hear you clearly in the video. If you are unable to submit a video file, you may submit an audio recording along with a PowerPoint presentation that provides a written summary of the points you cover in the audio resume.

Strayer Writing Standards

HSA 599 WEEK 10 DISCUSSION Question

HSA 599 WEEK 10 DISCUSSION Question

Please respond to the following:

• Discuss a life-threatening event or a natural disaster in your community, such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency.
• Examine an overall strategy that medical providers, health care organizations, and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of all groups.

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• Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency. Provide specific examples to support your rationale from readings throughout your program or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 9 Career Activity 2

HSA 599 Week 9 Career Activity 2 

Career Activity 2

Use the Strayer Library and the Internet to research how to create a professional career development plan.





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• What are some of the key concepts that should be included in a career plan?
• What common mistakes do people make when developing a career plan?

Submit a response not to exceed 250 words.

HSA 599 WEEK 9 DISCUSSION 1

HSA 599 WEEK 9 DISCUSSION 1

Please respond to the following:

• Assess the degree and quality of care established within the 18th Century US hospitals, as compared to the level of care seen in the 21st Century hospitals.

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• Compare and contrast the U.S. health care delivery system relative to spending per capita and ranking of health care outcomes with the health care system of two (2) other countries.
• Determine whether the U.S. health care delivery spending per capita is detrimental to the quality of care provided in the 21st Century hospitals.  Provide specific examples to support your rationale from readings throughout your program or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

Assignment 3: Resolve Conflicts and Promote Collaboration as an Agile Coach

Assignment 3: Resolve Conflicts and Promote Collaboration as an Agile Coach
Due Week 9 and worth 110 points
The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment:

• “Handling Conflict on Agile Teams: What to Do When a Team Member Complains” (You may also view the article at http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/articles/892-handling-conflict-on-agile-teams-what-to-do-when-a-team-member-complains.)
• “Unsolvable Conflict on Agile Teams” (You may also view the article at http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/articles/888-unsolvable-conflict-on-agile-teams.)

Determining how to build a high-performing agile team, while managing conflicts, is a considerable task for any agile coach. In this assignment, you are asked to explore and discuss various conflict resolution methods and determine when and how to use them as an agile coach. You must discuss the techniques in the context of an agile project team environment with various scenarios, and must also demonstrate approaches to turning the high-contention situations into high-collaboration situations.
For example, the project team has consistently encountered changes of scope by the product owner. The QA team also emailed the whole team on how poorly the developers have done in their coding. The developers escalated to their manager about the documentation errors from the architects.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Identify and evaluate at least three (3) conflict resolution techniques that can be used by the agile coach to change the dynamics of the team in the example provided.
2. Speculate on two (2) common causes of conflicts in teams. Suggest two (2) approaches that agile coaches can take in order to mitigate or prevent these conflicts.
3. Analyze the major pros and cons of two (2) conflict resolution techniques. Determine at least three (3) different situations (e.g., levels of conflicts) where these conflict resolution techniques would be useful.
4. Suggest at least three (3) strategies where an agile coach can use conflict to propel team members to achieve higher performance.
5. Recommend at least five (5) best practices for collaboration and cooperation within agile teams. Support each best practice recommendation with one (1) example of collaboration within agile teams.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. You may use the resources above or others of your choosing.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how agile teams and coaches master agile project management.
• Describe effective communication strategies among agile coaches.
• Compare and contrast facilitation techniques among agile coaches.
• Describe effective communication strategies among agile coaches.
• Compare problem-solving techniques in agile environments.
• Explain the role of an agile coach in addressing ethical issues and conflict among team members.
• Compare and contrast best practices with collaboration and cooperation in agile teams.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in advanced agile project management topics.
• Write clearly and concisely about advanced agile project management topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Assignment 3: Resolve Conflicts and Promote Collaboration as an Agile Coach
Due Week 9 and worth 110 points
The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment:

• “Handling Conflict on Agile Teams: What to Do When a Team Member Complains” (You may also view the article at http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/articles/892-handling-conflict-on-agile-teams-what-to-do-when-a-team-member-complains.)
• “Unsolvable Conflict on Agile Teams” (You may also view the article at http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/articles/888-unsolvable-conflict-on-agile-teams.)

Determining how to build a high-performing agile team, while managing conflicts, is a considerable task for any agile coach. In this assignment, you are asked to explore and discuss various conflict resolution methods and determine when and how to use them as an agile coach. You must discuss the techniques in the context of an agile project team environment with various scenarios, and must also demonstrate approaches to turning the high-contention situations into high-collaboration situations.
For example, the project team has consistently encountered changes of scope by the product owner. The QA team also emailed the whole team on how poorly the developers have done in their coding. The developers escalated to their manager about the documentation errors from the architects.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Identify and evaluate at least three (3) conflict resolution techniques that can be used by the agile coach to change the dynamics of the team in the example provided.
2. Speculate on two (2) common causes of conflicts in teams. Suggest two (2) approaches that agile coaches can take in order to mitigate or prevent these conflicts.
3. Analyze the major pros and cons of two (2) conflict resolution techniques. Determine at least three (3) different situations (e.g., levels of conflicts) where these conflict resolution techniques would be useful.
4. Suggest at least three (3) strategies where an agile coach can use conflict to propel team members to achieve higher performance.
5. Recommend at least five (5) best practices for collaboration and cooperation within agile teams. Support each best practice recommendation with one (1) example of collaboration within agile teams.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. You may use the resources above or others of your choosing.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how agile teams and coaches master agile project management.
• Describe effective communication strategies among agile coaches.
• Compare and contrast facilitation techniques among agile coaches.
• Describe effective communication strategies among agile coaches.
• Compare problem-solving techniques in agile environments.
• Explain the role of an agile coach in addressing ethical issues and conflict among team members.
• Compare and contrast best practices with collaboration and cooperation in agile teams.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in advanced agile project management topics.
• Write clearly and concisely about advanced agile project management topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Case Study 3: Choice Hotels International

Case Study 3: Choice Hotels International
Due Week 9 and worth 140 points

Read the case study titled “Choice Hotels International” found at the end of Chapter 17 and linked here as a PDF.

Write a fully developed paper in which you:

1. Assess the two distinct networking functions. 
2. Analyze the issues Choice is likely to experience as it expands its network to full global reach. Provide a rationale for your answer. 
3. Critique the Choice implementing free high-speed Internet access for all guests in its Clarion Hotels and Comfort Suites from the security point of view. 
4. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

Assignment 2 Addressing the Diversity Gap in Leadership

Assignment 2: Addressing the Diversity Gap in Leadership
Due Week 9 and worth 250 points
Healthcare organizations face many unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Diversity is one of the major challenges that continues to overwhelm management teams. Gender, ethnicity, and race are most noticeably lacking in top leadership roles in healthcare. There is a documented need for diverse leadership teams with transformational leadership skills to successfully lead organizations. Remediation of this gap is critical to the advancement of healthcare delivery and systems. Senior management must consider the deficiency and develop a strategic process to invoke change.
Suppose you are the Executive Director of the hypothetical organization Better Health Today, LLC. The board of directors has informed you that the organization has missed out on major federal funding opportunities over the past three to five (3-5) years. The grant reviewer’s feedback describes the organization’s lack of diversity and community support to promote social change. The board of directors has asked you to review the issues noted in the reviewer’s feedback and provide recommendations to improve the reputation of the company.



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Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Based on your knowledge of leadership theory, specify two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations. Provide support for your rationale.
2. Examine the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Analyze two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.
3. As a senior level manager, compose at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization. Recommend one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendations.
4. Design the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Justify your position.
5. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not meet the requirement as a quality academic resource.
6. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Assess how management theories and applications apply to public health departments and agencies.
• Develop a framework for efficient use of resources of public health departments and agencies that enables these organizations to maximize scarce resources.
• Evaluate talent selection practices of public health agencies in relation to the demands of modern public health realities.
• Evaluate the ways in which social media can be used to advance the administrative activities in the public health sector.
• Implement a quality management methodology to improve on a process or practice within a public health agency.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public health management.
• Write clearly and concisely about public health management using proper writing mechanics.