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2. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS-413-Entire-Course HCS 413 Week 1 Discussion Question 1. Discussion Questions #1 – You are interviewing for a position, and your prospective employer asks you to describe your leadership style. How would you do so? Refer to your readings in Chapter 9 to identify the leadership model you feel your style is most closely related to and why you feel this model fits you best. • HCS 413 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 • HCS 413 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 • HCS 413 Week 1 Individual Assignment Self-Assessment Paper • HCS 413 Week 2 Discussion Question 1  • HCS 413 Week 2 Discussion Question 2  • HCS 413 Week 2 Individual Assignment Management in the Newspaper

3. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 HCS 413 Week 1 Individual Assignment Self-Assessment Paper Write a 700-1050 word paper on your current management skills. The purpose of the self-assessment is to help you examine where you are right now in terms of your personal and professional development, and where you would like to be in the future. • Discussion Question #2 – Reflecting back on previous supervisors/managers that you have worked, describe the characteristics of the one that you felt most confident working with, and the one that you were not as confident working with. • Which of the fundamental skill sets, as identified by Katz (Chapter 1 of your textbook), would you consider needed improvement in your unfavorable experience with a manager and why?

4. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 HCS 413 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 How is your organization’s effectiveness measured? How is your department’s effectiveness measured? How do you contribute to the overall productivity of your department? If you are currently not in a work-setting, then ask a family member, friend, etc. about these things and refer to the readings in your textbook. • In your work experiences, what techniques have you utilized or have your employers utilized to motivate people? After reading this week’s assignment from your text, choose one content theory and one process theory that you feel would be a motivational technique you may utilize as a manager in the health care environment?

5. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 2 Individual Assignment Management HCS 413 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 Summarize the problem from the news regarding healthcare management that you identified for your Week 2 individual assignment. Do NOT post what you proposed as a resolution to the situation. Avoid posting your entire assignment. Respond to at least a minimum of two classmates’ identified problems and propose a resolution as if you were the manager in the situation. • Management in the Newspaper • Locate a recent (within last three years) journal or news article about a management problem in a health care organization. In a 700 to 1050- word paper, summarize the problem and describe the manager’s role as well as the management and/or motivation theory that applies to the issue.

6. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 HCS 413 Week 3 Team Assignment Organizational Organizational Structure Power Point Presentation Learning Teams should discuss and identify what organizational structures will be utilized for Week Three’s PowerPoint™ presentation. For Week Three, using 8-10 slides, each learning team will prepare a 10-15 minute PowerPoint™ presentation on organizational structures, comparing and contrasting the selected structures. • Describe a situation in which you were misunderstood when you were talking to someone and another when you were using email. After reviewing the 10 components of assessing communications (Chapter 12), what component may have contributed to the misunderstanding with your communication? How could you reduce the risk of misunderstanding in the future?

7. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 HCS 413 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 Identify a person from your work setting or in a healthcare setting that would have formal authority power, and explain what justifies formal authority power. Also, identify a person without formal authority power from your work setting or in a healthcare setting that has power through personal attributes, expertise, persuasion or by social influence, and why you feel this person has power in the organization. • Reflect back on an interpersonal (group) conflict that you have been involved with – as a participant or bystander. Briefly describe the conflict. Identify the cause of the conflict (i.e. resources, difference in values). Discuss how the conflict was resolved and with which method of conflict resolution was utilized.

8. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 4 Individual Assignment Management HCS 413 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 Change is a constant in our lives. Describe strategies manager can take to manage change caused by internal and external factors affecting healthcare organizations. Considering federal, state and local government’s impact on healthcare organizations, what changes do you see impacting the U. S. healthcare system in the next 5 years or less? • Management Interview Paper • Locate and select a health services organization. Conduct an interview with a health administrator (i.e., CEO, CFO, Department Manager such as Human Resources, a Director, or Administrator, etc.) and discuss the coordination of internal and external services. Paper should be a minimum of 750 words. • Who are the key players? • How does coordination take place? • What activities or processes are in place to ensure coordination?

9. HCS 413 UOP Course Tutorial HCS 413 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 HCS 413 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasion Persuasion Paper and Power Point Presentation Select two health care organizations and compile a 1400-1750 word persuasion paper. Provide observations and recommendations on the selected organizations’ productivity and efficiency. Compare and contrast organizational structures and how they do or do not support productivity and efficiency. In addition, develop a management plan specific to each organization. Include in the professional development plan: • What was the most valuable knowledge you gained from the topics in this course? What changes in the syllabus and/or course content would you recommend in the future based on this information? How can the online environment for this particular course be improved?

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