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Read the article, Redefining Competition in Healthcare, which is taken from: Porter, M. & Teisberg, E. (2004, June). Redefining Competition in Healthcare . Harvard Business

Review, pp 65-76.

Main Response (250 words) : What are the key gems from operations management

perspective in the above article. Why do you consider them to be key gems? Discuss

application of a few of these identified gems in the context of your current or any previous

work setting

N.B. pls. make sure to read the Rubrics provided below on this Reading Assignments

before answering). Note that a simple summary of this article is not enough for the main

response question. Your response must demonstrate critical thinking by relating authors'

ideas in the context of your current and/or some work situation.

Rubric

Evaluation Criteria Yes Somewhat No

Critical Thinking : main

response is well thought out

with major OM

themes/gems clearly

identified and clarity of

argument provided for

selecting these themes

4 – most major OM

themes clearly

identified and

justification

arguments

provided.

1 0

Application : fully applies all the main OM themes/gems

identified to a real world

setting

3 – provides

discussion for

application of major

themes in a

thorough manner

1 0

Interacts : provides

reflections to the main

response of at least 2 other

students which expands,

clarifies, or advances the

discussion.

2 – responds to at

least 2 students

1 – responds to

at least 1

student

0 - Either replies are

on the level of "me

too" or "I agree," or

are off topic or does

not respond/interact

to other students’

postings at all

Timeliness : initial post

response and reflections

made on or before the due

dates

1 – always on time - 0 – not on time