Read The CEO’s Day from Longest Chapter 5 pp 265-267 [pdf]
Prepare a 10-page report that addresses the following questions:
- CEO, Terry Blaze engages in activities related to the functions of management and roles of managers. Identify which of Blaze’s activities relate to the management functions and managerial roles presented in this course.
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Leading
- Controlling
- Directing
- Use the environmental portion of the management model in Figure 5.8 (Longest Chapter 5) [pdf] to
- identify internal, interface, and external stakeholders with whom Blaze interacted
- identify other environmental forces that affected Blaze, as well as Blaze’s actions that affected the environment.
- Given that most hospitals are part of a larger healthcare system or network, explain with examples whether this portrayal of a day in the life of a hospital CEO is relevant today.