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Unit 8 – Budgeting & Managing Resources

Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 in Sullivan

Assignment 1

Do you have a budget for our personal and professional income and expenses? How well do you manage it?

Assignment 2

How well does your organization manage its resources? Can you make suggestions for improvement? Give an example.

Assignment 3

Are there tasks or functions in your work that you believe are redundant, unnecessary, or repetitive or that could be done by a lesser-paid employee? Does your organization waste salary or non-salary resources? Give examples

Assignment 4

Please read the New York Times article “Malpractice Reform Won’t Do Much to Reduce Health Spending” by Aaron E. Carroll, November 3, 2014.

Please post your responses on the Discussion Board.

Assignment 5

Read the New York Times article “Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard” by Robert Pear, January 5, 2015.

Please post your responses on the Discussion Board