Sound Operating and Financial Performance Indicators
The post is a combination of two asighnments
1 Sound Operating and Financial Performance Indicators
2 Special Needs Offenders
Asighnment 1
Operating and Financial Performance Indicators
Order Description
Health care leaders depend on sound operating and financial performance indicators to make decisions regarding working capital management, capital budgeting, and
resource allocation. These indicators help organizations maximize performance and strategically plan for new initiatives. For this Discussion, you select a health care
organization and examine how its leaders and managers use operating and financial performance indicators in their decision making.
To prepare:
• Select a health care organization and locate its operating (i.e., utilization rate) and financial data. You may want to use a not-for-profit health care system, as
they usually post their annual reports online.
• Identify one operating indicator (e.g., length of stay, admission, etc.) and two financial performance indicators (e.g., cash and cash equivalents, accounts
receivable, accounts payable, short-term loans, etc.).
By Day 3
Post a cohesive response to the following:
Identify the health care organization you selected, and describe one operating indicator and two financial performance indicators of the organization. Analyze how
leaders and managers use these indicators when making decisions about working capital management, capital budgeting, and resource allocation. Support your response by
identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.
Asighnment 2
Special Needs Offenders
Order Description
Prompt: Two broad types of special needs offenders (drug-addicted and mentally ill) are addressed in this week’s reading assignments. What are the characteristics and
needs of each type? In what ways are their characteristics similar? Different? Should it be the responsibility of the correctional system to address all of the special
needs of each of these types? Why or why not? Is it possible to adequately address the needs of these offenders within the criminal justice system setting? Is the
differential treatment of offenders based upon mental illness, addiction, and/or veteran status fair?