Environmental Law Case Study

*****The organization is Tenet Healthcare

use the organization above to examine how strategic thinking and planning affect the internal and external environments specific to health care services. Write a 2–3-page

analysis in which you address the following:

• Identify and analyze the various elements that comprise the health care industry’s trends and policies as they relate to your chosen organization.
• Define and analyze the economic forces and business conditions, premises, policies, and other related forces that form the basis for generating change in your health care organization.
• Identify and analyze specific issues revolving around health care management and policy specific to your selected organization.
• Examine the different types of markets in the health care system and the determinants of supply and demand in each market specific to your selected organization.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Your strategic thinking analysis should include the following:

• Length: 2–3 typed pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point. (Length excludes title page and reference list.)
• References: Your references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner sources.
• Written communication: Must be free of errors, scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the profession of Health Care Management.
• Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so.
• APA formatting: Must be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting and include a title page and reference list.

Below are the 10 “Substance Areas” of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), a professional organization whose mission it is to “To provide an educational forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establish professional standards, and work to promote family well-being” (http://www.ncfr.org/). The numbered substance areas can be found here. (https://www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/fle_content_areas_2014_0.pdf)

During the 8 weeks of this senior seminar students will, with the guidance of their instructor, select and conduct a review of peer reviewed literature related to the 10 substance areas (Note: All articles must be retrieved from the APUS online library). The phrase “peer reviewed” means that a publication contains articles reviewed and deemed academically sound and scientifically rigorous by the author’s peers in the field.

Students will select, from the larger body of child and family development literature, three peer reviewed journal articles per substance area and review, summarize and critique them in one paper per area (each article review should be between 1 and 1½ pages – double-spaced, equating to 3-4 ½ pages per substance area). The format for this assignment should be:

1. Substance Area Name
   • Research article 1 (include the title of the article)
   • Research article 2 (include the title of the article)
   • Research article 3 (include the title of the article)

Use this format for each of your Substance Areas.

ONLY NEED AREAS 1-5

Case Analysis: Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry

Read the case, “Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry” on page 576-588 use the case analysis format provided below to address to identify the problems and provide several suggested solutions that the Tesla Motors executive team can review for possible implementation.

Be sure to identify “identify 2 to 3 problems” and “develop 2 to 3 possible solutions to the problems identified”, and use this as the focus for making your case in the case format. Note: The case questions provided at the end of each case can be used as an insight to what the problems might be; so be sure to investigate the case carefully.

Case Format

I. Write the Executive Summary

• One to two paragraphs in length
• On cover page of the report
• Briefly identify the major problems facing the manager/key person
• Summarize the recommended plan of action and include a brief justification of the recommended plan

II. Statement of the Problem

• State the problems facing the manager/key person
• Identify and link the symptoms and root causes of the problems
• Differentiate short term from long term problems
• Conclude with the decision facing the manager/key person

III. Causes of the Problem

• Provide a detailed analysis of the problems; identify in the Statement of the Problem
• In the analysis, apply theories and models from the text and/or readings
• Support conclusions and /or assumptions with specific references to the case and/or the readings

IV. Decision Criteria and Alternative Solutions

• Identify criteria against which you evaluate alternative solutions (i.e. time for implementation, tangible costs, acceptability to management)
• Include two or three possible alternative solutions
• Evaluate the pros and cons of each alternative against the criteria listed
• Suggest additional pros/cons if appropriate

V. Recommended Solution, Implementation and Justification

• Identify who, what, when, and how in your recommended plan of action
• Solution and implementation should address the problems and causes identified in the previous section
• The recommended plan should include a contingency plan(s) to back up the ‘ideal’ course of action
• Using models and theories, identify why you chose the recommended plan of action – why it’s the best and why it would work

VI. External Sourcing

• 2 to 3 external sources (in addition to your textbook) should be referenced to back up your recommendations or to identify issues. This information would be ideally sourced in current journals, magazines and newspapers and should reflect current management thought or practice with respect to the issues Identify.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.