Instruction
Preparation
• Select and analyze a market force affecting the U.S. health care system and HIM.
• Select and summarize a minimum of two leadership and management theories applicable to the U.S. health care system and HIM that offer approaches to respond to your selected market force.
• Apply the two leadership and management theories you selected to improve or resolve the market force issue.
For help in selecting a market force, do the following:
• Visit the AHIMA Website.
o AHIMA. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.ahima.org/.
• Browse the items under HIM Topics (for example, coding, privacy & security, data analytics, et cetera).
• Choose a market force or issue that interests you.
Use the Capella library and other credible sources to search for literature about the market force and how it affects health care and HIM. You may also want to conduct independent research into leadership and management theories used in the U.S. health care system and HIM. Consult the Health Care Administration Undergraduate Research Guide for help on how to begin your research and identify credible sources.
Instructions
For this assessment, you will analyze in a five- to seven-page paper a market force of your choice that affects the U.S. health care system and HIM. You will also summarize a minimum of two leadership and management theories that pertain to the the U.S. health system and HIM. You will then apply those theories to your selected market force to determine how they might help to improve or resolve the market force issue. Be sure to use correct health care and HIM terminology in your analysis paper.
Include the following headings in your paper and answer the questions under each heading:
Market Force Affecting the U.S. Health Care System and HIM (2 pages)
• Why did you select this particular market force? Be sure to provide a detailed description of the market force in your answer.
• What is the historical context surrounding this market force?
• How does this market force affect the U.S. health care system and HIM?
Leadership and Management Theories to Address Market Force (2 pages)
• What are the basic tenets of these management and leadership theories you selected?
• Why did you select these particular leadership and management theories?
• What intrigues you about them?
Application of Leadership and Management Theories to Address Market Force (3 pages)
• How would these leadership and management theories (or a blend of them) approach the market force issue?
• How could these leadership and management theories (or a blend of them) help to improve or resolve the market force issue?
Note: Feel free to tailor the headings in your analysis paper to your selected market force and leadership and management theories.