HSM - 596 HSM Capstone: Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

This course provides students with opportunities to apply the fundamentals of strategic planning and marketing, economics, finance, information systems and operations acquired in previous courses in the HSM curriculum to practical problems and decisions faced by real health care organizations. Students apply techniques of situational assessment, data analysis, strategy development and problem-solving. As the capstone course for the HSM program, students are encouraged to integrate and refine their knowledge from all sources of learning in the HSM program to apply to business case studies. They conduct strategic analyses and develop and present strategic recommendations consistent with the mission, vision and values of an organization under the guidance of a teaching team of senior health care managers. The result is an improved ability to think critically, identify strategic challenges, complete strategic analyses for different business problems and communicate clearly. Prerequisites: HSM 533, HSM 545, HSM 552, HSM 557, HSM 559, HSM 567, HSM 572. Credit Hours: (4)