AKRON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 1
Discussion: Akron Children’s Hospital
Olen C. Appleton
Master of Business Administration in Finance of Liberty University
BUSI 600: Business Research Methods
Dr. Michael Walker
Author Note
Olen Appleton
I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Olen Appleton
Email: oappleton@liberty.edu
AKRON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 2
Akron Children’s Hospital
1. What is the management-research question hierarchy for Akron Children’s
Hospital?
The Akron Children’s Hospital is a hospital that has incredible name familiarity to many
families across the Midwest States in America. The hospital is one where they strive to be the
leaders of all treatment and care specialties they offer, and to be the leader in medicine they are
extremely familiar with research studies. Prior to taking a business research course, many people
would anticipate a read into a study sponsored by a hospital would likely revolve around medical
treatments and health breakthroughs. Considering the extremely important function and
responsibility the hospital serves to the community, healthcare research is essential to saving
lives, but with exposure to a course on business research immediately makes a manager
understand that the healthcare can be compared to any other good or service traditional
businesses exchange for profit. In traditional business terms, what good is an amazing and
revolutionary invention with unlimited potential if no customers buy it and very few consumers
hear advertisement of it? Known in many reputable journals and networks across the United
States as a highly capable and expansive care facility with resources and elite personnel to care
