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Essay Instructions: mission, vision and goals that American College of Healthcare Executive (ACHE) has.


Give information on how the organization supports persons in health service administration.

The benifit of consider membership in ACHE




4. Please give information regarding the organization’s current activities or initiatives, annual meetings time and place, membership requirements and cost to become a member of the organization (please include in cost student rate if available). Please use APA style to document your references.

Essay Instructions: 1. Drawing from any of the articles and other material presented in this document consider the following two part question:
A. Which of these concepts concerning effective thinking in decision-making would you apply personally at your organization, home, or other setting, and
B. What would be the effects of this application?

2. To quote Kenneth Kaufman's summary, it is "imperative for healthcare executives to learn and successfully apply the six core concepts of corporate finance--capital cycle management, creditworthiness, integrated planning, analysis-based capital allocation, strategic budgeting and capital structure management" in order to effectively manage health care organizations today. Of the six points made by Kaufman, pick a point that is of interest to you, and give a brief example of what you learned about that point by citing references to any of the material we covered in the first 11 modules of this course. You may wish to consider the following thoughts in constructing your answer:
? What about the point is new to you?
? What material did we cover that helped you gain insight about the topic?
? What activities outside the text helped illustrate this point to you?

Be sure to note references to authors, publications or websites when making these connections.

Kaufman, K., (2007). Taking care of your organization's financial health. Healthcare Executive, 22 (1), 15.

Essay Instructions: 1. Read the article: Providing culturally appropriate care: A tale of two hospitals. healthcare Executive; chicago; Mar/Apr 2001; emily J Wollf (faxed)

2. Identify the strategies of these hospitals.

3. Discuss the strategies, following the bacground materials of this module (two articles faxed for background material)

4. The 2 hospitals made their different choices, based on their subjective analysis. Would you use the same strategies to reach the goals (explain why), would you use different strategies (explain why).

5. The focus should be on the alternatives, their assessment, and why chosen.
There are faxes for this order.

Essay Instructions: Continue on with the same reference organization chosen in Module 1. (Wegman Food Markets.)
For the Module 2 SLP, please address the following questions, using **background materials and referencing specific HRM terminology and definitions as they apply to your analysis:
What types of retention strategies do organizations use today that might also be useful to your chosen SLP organization?
Which retention strategies used by other employers do you recommend that your chosen SLP organization NOT utilize?
What impact, if any, do recruitment and selection practices have on the retention of employees? Might this differ from organization to organization? Why, or why not?
Please write 2 to 3 pages (not counting the cover and reference pages) and send your paper to CourseNet by the module due date.
Assignment Expectations:
As you research the organization you selected from the four on the Fortune List, if you cannot find the information you need on the specific organization, instead discuss information from other private-sector organizations. Apply HRM terminology, HRM background readings, research, and business examples of HRM policies, practices, and procedures as they might compare or contrast to your chosen organization. Bring in other private-sector employers' HRM activities, systems, practices and procedures as examples that fit into your assignment dicussion.
Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a "List of References," headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread your paper carefully for grammar, spelling and word-usage errors.
Address all aspects of the assignment as stated above.
Complement your Internet searching with library searches and be sure to bring in information from the background readings. Evaluate resources and select only library/web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.
Give sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes, numbered end notes or APA style of referencing.
**Module 2?Recruitment, Selection and Retention Background Information
Note: Some of these readings date back several years, but still provide excellent information for our use in 2011.
Required Materials
Abrams, M. N. (2004, July/Aug). Employee retention strategies: Lessons from the best. Healthcare Executive, 19(4), 18-22.
Brannick, J. (2001, July/Aug). Seven strategies for retaining top talent. Journal of Business Strategy, 22(4), 28-32.
Capperella, J. (2010, April 5). Creative Ways to Fight Talent Wars. Computerworld, 44(7), 35.
Clark, T. (2008, April). Engaging the disengaged. HR Magazine, 53(4), 109-112.
Optional Materials
Brand-building basics. (2008, July). HR Focus, 85(7), S2.
Employment Brands: It's Time to Take a New Look. (2009, December). HR Focus, 86(12), 3-4.
How to learn more from exit interviews. (2008, July). HR Focus, 85(7), 3-6.
HRM Guide Network. (n.d.). Recruitment and selection. Retrieved August 19, 2011 , from