Scenario You are a business development manager reporting to the vice president (VP) of business development at one of the largest life sciences organizations in the Midwest. While the organization has shown constant growth and profitability since its inception in 1999, the owners have decided that it is time to sell. Given the current uncertainty … Read more
Overview As an engineering manager, you will be faced with challenges that occur now as issues, and challenges that could occur in the future as risks. As the project leader, you must implement a systematic approach or methodology to solve those issues and risks and effectively communicate their solutions. In the field, these methodologies are … Read more
Instructions In this exercise, you will demonstrate your ability to find macroeconomic data from public sources and to display it in an Excel spreadsheet. Start by choosing one of these three macroeconomic variables: Real GDP, the unemployment rate, or the inflation rate. Follow these instructions to find numbers for your macroeconomic variable for the years … Read more
LO 1 – LO 3: Demonstrate an understanding of the sources of the strategic management process; Analyze organizations internally and externally using strategic tools and propose solutions based on the results of analysis, and demonstrate critical thinking and writing skills in applying business principles to actual and hypothetical fact situations Assignment Instructions: Read the … Read more
Overview You are a part of the strategic planning team. Your team will communicate the analysis and recommendations in a compelling report for the board of directors. The report will also outline a change management strategy. To measure the success of your change initiative, you must set goals for the life sciences organization and … Read more
In this assignment, you will complete a communication matrix based on a provided project communication plan Word Document. Overview: In this assignment, you will complete a communication matrix based on a provided project communication plan, which will help you complete section IV (Communication) of Final Project II, which is due in Module Nine. Use the … Read more
Overview An important aspect of a change management strategy is to consider how different alternatives may impact future outcomes. Organizations often use the business case method to explore strategic alternatives as it helps simulate a real situation. Such simulations help with identifying business issues and provide critical information that organizations can then use to arrive … Read more
Overview: This milestone will help you complete the project risks section of Final Project II. Prompt: You will use the scenario and risk matrix documents as you complete this assignment. Be sure to complete Figure 1 (Risk Matrix) and Table 3 (Risk ID, Quantification, and Mitigation) in the risk matrix document. Specifically, the following critical … Read more
Write a memo to the CIO that describes how to implement your information system into the organization. Please focus on these topics: How much of the implementation work can you handle? What additional resources (people, information, time, money, et cetera) will expedite the process so you don’t end up like Susie Jeffer? What is your … Read more
Play media comment. BACKGROUND: In our recent report, “Using Software to Detect Upcoding of Hospital Bills” (OEI-01-97-00010), we examined the ability of commercially available software to identify DRG upcoding through analysis of electronic claims data. We used two software products to identify 299 hospitals with a high suspected rate of upcoding. We then used … Read more