HS440M6-6:Explain the methodologies used in preparing budgets for health care organizations.

PC-2.2:Formulate innovative solutions for identified initiatives.

In this assignment, you are the CFO of your health care organization and you have had regular team meetings regarding the financial impact of health care reform on your organization. However, recently you are having a problem with a promising employee. You will need to speak one-on-one with this troubled and frequently negative employee. They reject the new ideas of others; offer pessimistic suggestions on dealing with necessary changes; and frequently make comments such as "We tried that before," It never works," "This project is turning into a complete disaster," or "There's just no way we can meet a deadline like that."

Your job in this meeting will is to turn around this employee's attitude. Sometimes, employees use negativity to display their intelligence; you need to redirect that expertise in a more positive direction. You are afraid if their attitude becomes worse, it could be more disruptive. There is also another issue you need to deal with regarding this employee. They dominate discussion at staff meetings and resent being asked to do mundane but necessary tasks. Their immense self-regard alienates co-workers, and they seem to lack the perspective of how they are perceived by and affect other people. The employee appears to thrive on taking on authority and will often challenge a manager's directives and be privately critical of upper management's decisions.

There is one thing about this employee you know deep down inside you. You know if all of these challenging behaviors can be addressed and overcome, this employee could channel all this negative energy into being a great employee for the team. Your challenge is to deal with these behaviors in the meeting and develop a plan to turn this employee around and put him back on the right track.

Competency

Describes the negative behaviors to the employee, including only one example.

Mastery

Describes the negative behaviors to the employee, including two or more examples.

Need for Behavior Change

Competency

Explains the need to change the behaviors and offers help, including only one example.

Mastery

Explains the need to change the behaviors and offers help, including two or more examples.

Benefits of Behavior Change

Competency

Explains that if the behaviors are changed, the employees could become involved in more finance decision-making activities, including one example.

Mastery

Explains that if the behaviors are changed, the employees could become involved in more finance decision-making activities, including two or more examples.

Break Even Analysis and How Opportunity Relates to Cost Principles

Competency

Discusses the key elements in breakeven analysis and how opportunity relates to cost principles, including only one example.

Mastery

Discusses the key elements in breakeven analysis and how opportunity relates to cost principles, including two or more examples.

Health Care Reform Mandates

Competency

Discusses the role of financial analysis in dealing with health care reform mandates, including only one example.

Mastery

Discusses the role of financial analysis in dealing with health care reform mandates, including at least two examples.