Ethical discussion questions

1. Joe McDonald is the HR manager of ACME chemicals. His boss, Bill Jacobs, is concerned that the interactions between the various departments of the company are inconsistent and that there is too much competition between departments rather than cooperation. Bill has asked you about ways to improve the negotiations between business units. In your…

Budgets and the Health Care Budget assignment

Part 1 – 2010 Operating Budget ·        Review the “2009 Budget Issues – Nurses” file ·        Decide which of the two highlighted options you will implement from the Nursing Statistics memo of the “2009 Budget Issues – Nurses” document (See attachment). ·        Create a new 2010 Operating Budget based on the labor decision you select from the Nursing…

Health Information Services

As a manager of  Health Information Services, you must be able to organize your time in a fashion that reflects priorities, deadlines, and reasonable expectations. To-do lists, calendars, and delegation can help you organize time appropriately and effectively. Objectives Upon completion of this activity, you should demonstrate skill in Managing time effectively in a given situation….

Federal Employment Laws

Write a no more than 1,050-word paper in which you evaluate the effects of three federal employment laws. The paper must include the following: What does each law entail? Provide a brief overview. How do these laws affect organizational processes and policies? What is the influence of these laws on organizational ethics How do these…

Reporting in nursing research

Western Heights Hospital (WHH) is an 1125-bed, 5-hospital academic healthcare system servicing central and western Massachusetts. WHH is the only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults and children in the area and is home to New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance and the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Center. WHH launched a…

Fiedler’s Contingency Theory

Read the following scenario and analyze how this situation should be handled. Scenario John, a health management student completing an internship at Memorial Hospital, has been appointed chair of a multidisciplinary clinical taskforce by the hospital’s CEO. The taskforce will design a new operational system to reduce the waiting time of patients entering the hospital’s…