Healthcare Organization ’s - HMO vs. PPO Angela MacLeod‚ Ifeoma Jonathan HCS-413 April 17‚ 2011 Jeffery Dodd Healthcare Organization ’s - HMO vs PPO Introduction A health care system is the organization of people‚ institutions‚ and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There are two widely known and used healthcare organizations that deliver insurance to the vast majority of the population‚ Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)
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value (see above)‚ dividing into four quadrants with different characteristics. Quadrant: 1) Low strategic choice‚ high environmental determinism * e.g. companies in perfectly competitive markets or imperfectly competitive niches * Small companies selling commodity-type products‚ with simple systems * Large companies selling undifferentiated products‚ with low entry/exit barriers and no possible competitive advantage * Managerial action is limited and constrained; minimum
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THE CHANGING ORGANIZATION Our world is filled with organizations. We put our children into day-care organizations. We work at for-profit or not-for-profit organizations. We rely on organizations to deliver the services we need: food‚ water‚ electricity‚ and sanitation. We depend on health organizations when we are sick. We use religious organizations to help our spiritual lives. We assume that most of our children’s education will be delivered by formal educational organizations. In other words
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The Organization as a Person: Utilizing Metaphoric Analysis to Transform Organizations Leadership Advance Online– Issue XV‚ Winter 2008 by Antonio G. Marchesi What is an organization? Is it a place‚ a process or a person? Individuals at all levels of employment often wrestle with what many deem to be the daunting task of succinctly articulating the nature of the organization. Countless texts exist that attempt to provide a model for describing the construct and function of organizations. However
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respected within the organization‚ they are more likely to contribute positively to the achievements of the business outcomes. Creating a healthy organizational climate requires attention to the factors which influence employee’s perceptions‚ including the quality of leadership‚ the way in which decisions are made and whether the efforts of employees are recognized. In fact “Climate may be thought of as the perceptions of the characteristics of an organization”. “Climate for an organization is somewhat
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ELEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION The elements are coordination‚ common goals‚ division of labour and integration. COORDINATION One basic idea underlying the concept organization‚ therefore‚ is the idea of coordination of efforts in the service of mutual help. As several people coordinate their efforts‚ however‚ they find that together they can do more than any of them could have singly. The largest Organization-society makes it possible‚ through the coordination of the activities of many individuals
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JOB ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION Understanding the different jobs in an organization is essential. Each employee should render the maximum contribution he is capable of making. For him to be able to do so‚ the tasks must be divided into jobs that can be performed effectively and also provide a source of satisfaction to the persons who are assigned to them. The tasks establishing the duties and responsibilities and standards for each job within an organization‚ therefore‚ is a most important
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sheet)‚ will show unusually high EVA performance measures. B) Could the concept of Balance Scorecard (BSC) be used to encourage a higher growth rate ? Balance Scorecard (BSC)=> This was developed to communicate the multiple‚ linked objectives that companies must achieve to compete on the basis of capabilities and innovation‚ not just tangible physical assets. It reflects the organization’s mission and strategy from four (4) perspectives: financial‚ internal business‚ customer‚ and innovation and learning
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Principles of Organization These four broad principles have many variations and considered as exclusive principles of organization which are as under: Chronological Order (order of Time) In chronological order or time order‚ items‚ events‚ or even ideas are arranged in the order in which they occur. This pattern is marked by such transitions as next‚ then‚ the following morning‚ a few hours later‚ still later‚ that Wednesday‚ by noon‚ when she was seventeen‚ before the sun rose‚ that April
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There are good meetings and there are bad meetings. Bad meetings drone on forever‚ you never seem to get the point‚ and you leave wondering why you were even present. Effective ones leave you energized and feeling that you have accomplished something. Every day people have different types of meetings‚ whether it is formal/informal‚ social gatherings‚ job focused or community based. All of which are mainly to give information‚ get information‚ develop opinions and make decisions. Meetings are established
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