Capstone Homework

Challenges and Resource Allocation

1 What do you consider the biggest challenge as a health care operations manager regarding financial planning and budgeting? How would you address that challenge?

2 How would you react to a physician who wants the organization to purchase a new piece of technology that the competing hospital already has so he can bring his patients to your hospital rather than the competition? What factors would you consider in evaluating the wisdom of supporting his request?