Review the seven different emphases of servant leadership in chapter 3 of your textbook. Which emphasis was most divergent from your view about servant leadership and which was most convergent? Explain your response.
Review the discussion on the concept of service and leadership in four religious traditions. What similarities and differences do you see across the four religious traditions? How has this shaped your thinking about other religious traditions?
How does “love” work from the perspective of a servant leader as well as from the perspective of those who are led? Explain the transformative power of love in both contexts.
As followers, how might we experience differences when we are being led by a leader who has a “motivation-to-lead” vs. a leader with a “motivation-to-serve?”
Read “Leading Through Share Values” and “The Role of Values in Servant Leadership.” What role do the values of leaders play in organizational culture?
For this assignment differentiate virtues from values. Discuss the characteristics of both.
Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (not including the course textbook) that were published within the last five years. All sources must be documented in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
How can servant leadership transform boards and be a transformational force in society?
What is the role of followership in supporting servant leaders?
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 brought about major changes in the way that American healthcare is financed—there were many changes in funding and many new requirements for hospitals and other providers to meet. We are all still living with the consequences of this Act. Outline the key provisions of this Act, and share your own view. Was the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 good for U.S. healthcare or not? Support your position on this legislation.
MHA5201 Unit V Assessment
Question 1
Health insurance is a concept developed in the United States and now appearing in many other nations of the world. Its history and development is an interesting story. Briefly trace the history of health insurance in America, from the beginnings with Blue Cross up to the Managed Care era.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 2
Health insurance in America was forever changed by the development of managed care organizations in the 1970s. Briefly trace the development of managed care from the HMO Act of 1973 moving forward. What do you see happening to the managed care movement over the next decade of U.S. health care? Support your view.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
MHA/5201 Unit V Case Study
Go to http://www.hfma.org/
Part 1: What is the process for earning credentials from HFMA in the field of health care finance? What kinds of professional roles would individuals earning these credentials typically be able to achieve? Would you personally be interested in pursuing a career in medical finance? Why, or why not?
Part 2: What types of resources does this organization provide to its members and others in the health care community? As a health care manager, what HFMA resources would you see yourself utilizing for your own facility and career?
This assignment requires you to write a report dealing with the issues listed and described below. Schedules and cost estimates are not required for the very good reason that they involve an imprecise process that is part of project management rather than an analysis and design activity.
Part A should be set up as a report, with an introduction and appropriate headings reflecting the topics and tasks below.
Before you proceed, read (if you have not already done so):
“Activities of Core Process 1: Identify the Problem and Obtain Approval” on pp. 262–271 of the textbook.
“Stakeholders” on pp. 46–48 of the textbook.
Also, download the files on the Car Sharing case study from the Important Resources block on the right of the course home page, and read through them.
Carefully review the definition of all terms and concepts in the detailed instructions below!
Your report should be set up as follows:
I. The Business Environment
This section of the report should provide sufficient background information to allow someone not familiar with the business situation to understand the justification for this project.
Start by addressing the following tasks:
1. Identify the business need for the Car Sharing IS project.
2. Consider the needed interfaces to other systems.
3. Analyze the system stakeholders, and briefly describe their “stakes.”
Stakeholders include the project sponsor and internal and external users. The textbook provides an example for the RMO case. See p. 49 of the textbook, and especially Figure 2-7.
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II. The System Vision
The system vision clearly describes how the information systems development project and new system will contribute to the strategic direction of the Car Sharing organization and pilot project (see Figure 9-5 on p. 264 of the textbook). Specifically your report should address the following issues:
1. What are the system objectives for the Car Sharing IS?
2. What business benefits are to be obtained from the Car Sharing IS?
3. What system capabilities are required?
III. Risks and Feasibility
This section of your report identifies risks and confirms the feasibility of the information systems development project. Project feasibility analysis verifies whether a project may be started and successfully completed. Your report should address the feasibility issues listed below. Start by clearly describing what issues are addressed by each feasibility category (see the relevant definitions in the textbook), and discuss the feasibility of the project with respect to each category.
1. Determine organizational and cultural feasibility. This evaluates organizational and cultural issues to identify potential risks for the new system. See pp. 269– 270 of the textbook for examples of potential issues.
Note: the textbook does not provide an exhaustive list of possibilities! Note: ‘organization’ in this context refers to the Car Sharing community—all stakeholders, but particularly members and prospective members.
2. Assess technological feasibility. See p. 270 of the textbook.
3. Assess resource feasibility. See p. 270 of the textbook.
4. Assess schedule feasibility. See pp. 270–271 of the textbook.
Part A is worth 55 marks. Marking criteria are
completeness and correctness of the information presented (50 marks) organization of the report – structure, headings, etc. (2.5 marks) presentation – look, readability, etc. (2.5 marks)
The organization and presentation of information are part of the interpersonal and communication skills required of systems analysts.
PART B: USE THE EVENT DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE TO IDENTIFY USE CASES FOR THE CAR SHARING IS
Before you proceed, you should review “Use Cases and Event Decomposition” on pp. 70–76 of the textbook.
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Virtually all approaches to systems development begin the modeling process with the concept of the use case. The textbook recommends several techniques for identifying use cases.
For this assignment, you are required to use the event decomposition technique to identify use cases. Develop a table for all events relating to
membership – from recruitment to termination.
accounts and billing.
reservations.
inventory – vehicles and locations.
vehicle usage (completed trips).
The table should include three columns:
Event Name
Event Type (external, temporal, state)
Use Case Name
When creating the table, keep related events (e.g., all events pertaining to membership activities) together.
Part B is worth 25 marks. Marking criteria are
completeness and correctness (22 marks)
presentation– look, readability, etc. (3 marks)
PART C: ESSAY QUESTION
How do the report and table created in Part A and Part B of this assignment help in the system development process of an information system for car sharing in Futureville? What problems can occur if these documents are not created or are inaccurate?
Answer the questions above, using overall 200–300 words. Being able to answer questions precisely is part of the interpersonal and communication skills required of systems analysts; therefore, meeting the word limit is important.
Answers consisting of more than 300 words will be marked with 0 points, and answers of less than 200 words will receive reduced marks proportionate to the length of the answer.
Make sure that your answer is written in your own words rather than being copied either from the textbook or from another source! Cite the sources you use in your answer, and provide references. There should be at least two references in your answer, and at least one of them should not be the textbook. If you are not sure how to list and cite sources, please read “How to Cite Correctly” in the Important Resources block on the right side of the course home page.
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Part C is worth 10 marks. Marking criteria are
completeness and correctness (9 marks)
presentation – readability, use of references, etc. (1 mark)