Spring week1
There are four assigned readings this week, per the links in Week 1 content (see below).
1. Identify one concept that interests you in two of the four assigned articles. (You will have two separate concepts in your initial post.)
2. For each concept:
a. Identify the concept/cite the article and page numbers.
b. Provide a brief summary of the concept.
c. Identify why you feel this is an important concept to healthcare administrators, and how you feel it will help you in your present/ future job.
3. In your three follow up posts to classmates, please response to only one of the two concepts identified by a classmate. No need to respond to both for the same classmate.
Read material links:
· Course Introduction and Outcomes (embedded below)
· Week1 Lecture (embedded below)
· An overview of health care management http://getreads.com/reader/view/12966/An-Overview-of-Healthcare-Management-Jones-Bartlett-Learning
· The changing scene: organization adaptation and survival http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763746177/46177_CH01.pdf
· Today’s Concept of Organizational Management (http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763746177/46177_CH03.pdf)
· Transforming Health Care Organizations http://www.longwoods.com/content/18490