FINAL CAPSTONE PROPOSAL - INDIVIDUAL Activity Context This assignment helps you develop the skills...

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FINAL CAPSTONE PROPOSAL - INDIVIDUAL

Activity Context

This assignment helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:

· Analyze strategic issues to guide overall business decision making.

· Integrate and apply core knowledge, skills, and attitudes to plan for resolution of key business challenges.

· Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Revisit theMBA6028 Course Alignment Map to review how all activities assist you in achieving the course competencies and overall program outcomes.

Activity Instructions

For this assignment, complete the Final Capstone Proposal as described in the MBA Capstone Project Guidelines document given in the resources. In essence, this is simply an updated version of your Unit 3 proposal, the Preliminary Capstone Proposal — Individual. Just fine-tune that proposal and turn it into a paper instead of a table, with an introduction, conclusion, subheadings, and such. This should be just 2–3 pages long and should set you up to begin work on the actual capstone project in your next course.

Appendix C of MBA Capstone Project Guidelines provides a proposal outline for you to follow. Appendix D is the scoring guide from MBA6900. It is included for you to review as you draft your proposal to ensure that your project will meet the requirements. Submit your proposal as a Word document to this assignment.

Note: Successful completion of an acceptable proposal will facilitate a smooth transition into your capstone course and help you make timely progress toward the completion of your degree and is required.

In fact, you must earn at least a70 out of 100 on this proposal to pass this course. If you do not earn at least 70 on this assignment, your instructor will force your course grade to “F” and you will have to retake this course in order to prepare an acceptable capstone proposal.

Remember to use the feedback from your u04d2 “elevator speech” discussion to help with the introduction. A poorly focused scope that is too narrow or too broad is the primary reason that some learners do poorly on this on this final proposal. Thus, taking time on this assignment is paramount.

Be sure to contact your instructor with any questions or challenges you have about completing your proposal.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click the linked resources for helpful writing information.

Appendix C – Proposal Content and Format

Introduction – In this section, identify the organization and whether you have access to it directly. Describe the exact nature of the project you propose to do and why you want to do this particular project.

Target organization. • Nature of the project. • Rationale for the project.

Outcome Demonstration – Describe how this project will allow you to demonstrate each MBA program outcome. The four section titles below refer to the outcomes that are listed in the Prospectus Template.

• Apply foundational knowledge. • Integrate information. • Lead and collaborate. • Integrate principles.

Data Sources – Identify where you will get the data needed to complete the project, whether via direct access to the organization or via published sources. Be as detailed as possible, since the instructor must evaluate whether you have access to enough data to make the project feasible.

Projected Timeline – Provide a timeline for the project, to be completed no later than the end of MBA6900. Tasks should include any preliminary activity needed to get permissions (if needed), data gathering, data analysis, report writing, presentation preparation, and anything else that would form a significant part of the work needed to complete the project.

Final Capstone Proposal – Individual Scoring Guide

Due Date: End of Unit 5.
Percentage of Course Grade:15%.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click on the linked resources for helpful writing information.

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Analyze an organizational challenge or opportunity. 20%	Does not describe an organizational challenge or opportunity.	Describes an organizational challenge or opportunity.	Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity.	Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity, and evaluates how well the challenge or opportunity meets capstone requirements.
Explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes. 20%	Does not explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes.	Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes but it is not clear how the program outcomes will be demonstrated.	Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes.	Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and discusses how the MBA experience and knowledge will contribute to capstone project success.
Identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity. 20%	Does not identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity.	Identifies sources needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity but does not demonstrate a clear understanding of the data or other requirements needed to resolve the business challenge or opportunity.	Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity.	Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity, and explains how the data and other requirements will be obtained.
Develop a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity. 30%	Does not describe a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity.	Describes a solution to a business challenge or opportunity but does not develop a strategy or action plan for implementing the solution.	Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity.	Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity, which demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the organization, the challenge, and the process for implementing a solution.
Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. 10%	Writing does not support a central idea. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.	Writing supports an idea but is inconsistent and contains major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.	Writing coherently supports a central idea with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.	Writing is coherent and consistently appropriate, using evidence to support a central idea and with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

Robert · Accepted Answer

Strategic Plan for Addressing Insufficient Funds for the 
Community Hospital 
Introduction 
The report aims to illustrate the sources of funds for the public sector hospital versus private 
sector hospitals. It takes into consideration of the integration and application of the core 
business skills, knowledge and attitudes. The data sources for the report are identified to 
resolve the issues of poor funding to the community hospital. A strategy and action plan is 
developed to address the solution and for this certain recommendations are proposed. 
Reasons of poor funding of the community hospital 
Chosen community hospital suffers from acute shortage of fund and therefore first the 
reasons of the poor government spending are taken into account. Hospitals in the near 
vicinity are also having the same issues. There is credit crisis for community hospital. The 
reasons identified are the poor or low reimbursement rate from Medicare and Medicaid, high 
level of people who are uninsured and seek public health care services and shortages of staff. 
The refinancing or capital acquirement is not an easy task for community hospital due to the 
non clearance of old debt.  
One of the prime reasons for community hospital to face shortages of fund is due to low 
imbursement rate from Medicare and Medicaid. They have been fallen that put a high 
financial burden on the community hospital. The underpayment issue has taken place that 
refers the difference between the incurred cost and reimbursement received by government 
for treating the patient. The underpayment issue has been increasing consistently for the 
community hospital as well.  
The second reason is the numbers of uninsured people who cause many hospitals facilities to 
go unpaid. The uninsured people generally come for the primary health services and this 
increases the debt of the community hospital. According to the government and state 
instructions, it is mentioned that whether patient has ability to pay or not he should be treated 
in emergency room. It is identified that uninsured people frequently use the emergency room 
for treatment for even non frequent care.  
The third reason of poor finance for hospital is the high cost incurred in terms of hospital 
resources that are incurred to purchase for training, for labour and for updating the resources. 
The length of hospital impatient stays reduce due to technological advancement and this also 
causes poor revenue earning from the in patients. The capital expenditure has shifted from 
infrastructure development to technology development such as installing electronic health 
record system.  
Cost of care of the community hospital is continuously rising.

FINAL CAPSTONE PROPOSAL - INDIVIDUAL Activity Context This assignment helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies: · Analyze strategic issues to guide overall business...