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For this assignment write a 2 -3 page paper focusing on the Function of Planning at the Organization you selected, and conduct either a SWOT or PEST analysis for your organization.

Please first make sure to read the Background Materials and apply them to your selected organization.

Brief Reminder

The planning stage sets the directions and selects means to meet them.

• Leadership  develops the vision that generates goals and objectives.

• The company performs external and internal analysis in order to determine strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats. Examples are SWOT (which we apply in the case) and PEST analysis.

SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
PEST: Political, Economic, Social, Technological

• Strategies (such as business ones, functional ones (marketing, operations, human resources, etc), and corporate ones (restructuring, alliances, mergers, etc) are selected.

Helpful Hints

Please do your best to format your essay according to APA formatting requirements.  Here is a good information source to help you with that:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/  

Recommended Outline:

Introduction

• Main Body with Subsections
• Vision, Goals, Objectives
• Brief Analysis (if applicable)
• Selected Strategies
  

Conclusions

List of references

Make sure there is an Introduction (providing a roadmap to the paper), A Main Body with subsections (one subsection per strategy, Conclusions (summary) and a List of References.

Please use titles and headings per each section and subsection!

Develop a well-researched paper based on the Xerox case study on pages 31 through 36 of the textbook for your current organization or one you have worked in the past that critically analyzes:

1. The quality methodologies or practices that the company uses or plans to use to align performance excellence with its business objectives,
2. The quality management system that focuses on meeting customers’ needs and practices to help build a customer-focused culture along with techniques to enhance design of work processes, process control, and process improvement,
3. Tools and techniques that support Six Sigma philosophy, quality in product design, or statistical process control (SPC) for monitoring either the company’s manufacturing or its service processes. Include at least one relevant chart or figure in describing the tools and techniques.

In addition to a critical analysis, provide suggested improvement steps/actions based on what you have learned in this course to help the company achieve performance excellence. Incorporate scholarly sources and the text to support your analysis.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
2. Must include a cover page that includes:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
6. Must use at least four outside sources, three of which must be peer-reviewed.
7. Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.
8. Must include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.

Assignment 4: Current and Future Economic Issues Impacting Healthcare Sector

Due Week 10 and worth 240 points

Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research five (5) of what you believe to be the most important and pressing economic issues that confront the United States healthcare industry today and will continue to do so into the next decade.

Provide a review of these issues in a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a detailed description of the issues that you have researched.
2. Analyze the most significant economic effects of the researched issues on healthcare industry. Provide at least two (2) examples of these issues to support your response.
3. Suggest specific strategies that relevant entities / stakeholders may use to address the selected issues from an economic perspective. Justify your response.
4. Determine the strategic manner in which the United States can apply best economic best practices from other countries in addressing these issues.
5. Assess the likelihood of government and or private sector effectively addressing the issues.
6. Use at least ten (10) current references. Five (5) of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.