· Please read the Managing People “Marriott: HR Practices….” Page no. 64 of Chapter 1, “Human Resource Management: Gaining a competitive advantage” available in your textbook Human Resource Management: Gaining A Competitive Advantage-Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, Wright,11e., and answer the following questions:

Assignment Question(s): (Marks 5)

1. Which HR Practices do you believe are the most critical for the Marriott to maintain and grow its competitive advantage? Explain why?

2. Would Marriott have been successful without its current HR Practices? Explain.

3. Can companies in other industries such as health care, manufacturing, or research and development adopt Marriott’s value and practices and have similar success? Explain why or why not.

4. What other types of HR Practices should Marriott consider adopting that would appeal to its growing number of Millennial Employees?

As the Health IT Director at Trident Hospital (400-bed inpatient facility), you are responsible for all health information technology upgrades and maintenance. Trident Hospital has recently decided to purchase a new electronic health record (EHR) system. Trident Hospital’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) has requested that you provide a detailed report of what to expect from the point of acquisition through implementation.

This report should be between 7 – 10 pages (excluding title page and reference page) and outline the following:

• Which EHR product you are recommending and why
  • Discuss any features that you feel are important, such as clinical decision support systems (CDSS), computerized provider order entry (CPOE), patient portal, etc.
• Acquisition (what are the steps and what to expect)
• Implementation (what are the steps and what to expect)
• Standards (what types of standards should be implemented)
• Policies (what are some of the important policies that should be implemented?)

In addition, you need to discuss the benefits of this particular EHR and any potential barriers. Keep in mind that this should be a technical paper that discusses the aforementioned areas.

Assignment Expectations

1. Provide a 7- to 10-page technical paper (excluding title and reference pages) that discusses the particular EHR you have selected; acquisition; implementation; standards; and policies. You also need to discuss the benefits and barriers of the EHR implementation.
2. Provide an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
3. Your references and citations should be consistent with a particular formatting style such as APA.
4. Provide references from at least 3 scholarly articles (peer-reviewed). Do not include information from non-scholarly materials such as wikis, encyclopedias, or www.freearticles.com (or similar websites). Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.
5. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source:
   Georgetown University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content
6. Your response should incorporate the outcomes of the module with the requirements of this assignment and will be graded according to the rubric.

You are to provide a paper (case studies) of a minimum of 2 pages and a maximum of 3 pages (not including your cover page, abstract, or reference page).

You need at least 3 references in addition to your text. The case study and the references are to be in APA format 

PLEASE INCLUDE ABSTRACT

Eddie is a loyal long tenured non-exempt employee working for the Director of Facilities. Her normal work hours at 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM with an hour for lunch. On most occasions, Eddie brings her lunch. She warms her lunch in the department’s kitchen, return to her desk to scan the web reading current news articles, shopping on QVC, reading people magazine and at times chatting with family members over the phone.   It is not uncommon that Eddie will answer the department phone, taking messages for her boss or dealing with vendors. There have been occasions when Eddie has even made copies of documents for some of the facilities workers. It only takes a few minutes to do these little things, Eddie is happy to help out and quickly returns to her lunch plans.

As the HR manager, does the company have a problem?  If so, what type(s) of a problem(s) do you have and how do you handle it?

• Health Care Finance Interview
  Identify a leader in a health care setting who is responsible for  fiscal planning and financial management. This person may be solely  responsible for financial management or have multiple duties and  responsibilities that include fiscal planning and financial management.  Request an interview with that person. You may conduct your interview in  person, via teleconference, or via videoconference. Use the interview  guide you created for last week’s assignment. Also, use Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library  and other sources to locate publicly available financial information  for this organization. Use it as context for your interview.
  The Interview Guide you created in Week 2 should include 10  questions. Seven questions are provided for you. You should develop  three additional questions. You should ask the following seven questions  in addition to the three questions that you developed:

1. Can you tell me about your role within your organization? What are  your duties and responsibilities? How long have you been in this role?
2. Can you share with me all of your duties and responsibilities that involve fiscal planning and financial management?
3. How does your organization approach strategic planning?
4. How do you approach operational budgeting? How does your organization approach capital budgeting?
5. What is the most expensive aspect of health care delivery?
6. How is health care finance related to the cost of care, quality,  value, waste, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, provider  relationships, and insurance reimbursement?
7. What cost-containment measures has the organization used?
8. Write a 3–4 page paper in which you report your findings from your interview and research:
9. Indicate the name and title of the person you interviewed. Share  some background about their organization. List the responsibilities and  scope of their role, and how long they have been in the role.
10. Share the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of the organization.
11. Provide some organizational background (location, size, focus,  services provided, demographics of patients served, for- or nonprofit  status, et cetera).
12. Explain all of the financial-related tasks and responsibilities that your interviewee engages in.
13. From your interviewee’s perspective, explain how health care  finance is related to the cost of care, quality, value, waste,  performance improvement, regulatory compliance, provider relationships,  and insurance reimbursement.
14. Comment on the organization’s strategic planning process and its  relationship to financial management. Is there appropriate alignment?  Support your perspective.
15. In a final paragraph, explain what you see as the most important aspect of financial management for health care administrators.
16. The specific learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Assess the relationships among health care costs, quality,  performance improvement, regulatory compliance, provider relationships,  and payors.

Part 1

Select and discuss one positive human resource issue (policy or practice), and how a related challenging topic (current event) continues to evolve in the public sector.

Part 2

Recommend at least two strategies that public agencies need to adapt to ensure employees are aware of ethical standards and expectations in the workplace.