Topic 1: After considering your specific area of professional interest in the field of health care administration, and experience to date in the healthcare industry, what do you see as your long-term career goal?
Do research on the internet to identify an association that you would join to stay current in your field and to network with other like-minded professionals. What career development activities would you plan for and engage in?
Topic 2: Define entrepreneurialism (also known as entrepreneurship). After reading Chapter 8 of your textbook and the supplemental reading, "The Importance of Middle Managers in Healthcare Organizations," why is middle management considered fertile ground for entrepreneurialism in health care organizations (HCOs)? On the other side of the coin, what is the potential downside to entrepreneurialism at the middle management level in HCOs? As far as upper management is concerned, what might be some of the risks that entrepreneurial middle managers pose? Provide an example or two.
Topic 3
What is a health policy analysis? Is this a field that attracts you? Why or why not?
Topic 4
How does product differentiation affect demand for the product? How does product differentiation relate to competition? Provide examples.