Read Middleboro Casebook Case #8, Jasper Gardens. Jasper Gardens is a private for-profit nursing home operating in Hillsboro County, owned by an investment group organized as an LLC. Like many providers in this market space, Jasper faces quality of care issues, cost constraints, and shifting funding sources. They are heavily dependent on Medicaid funding for their financial health. Jasper has recently experienced pressure from employees to unionize, further increasing cost pressures on the organization. Quality scores have raisedseveralconcerns about care at Jasper. The case details are in depth, and a significant amount of performance and financial data is provided in the appendices.

Please respond to the following discussion prompts about Jasper Gardens:

Regarding the five commonly accepted component of management (planning, organizing, staffing, influencing and controlling), comment on how the administrator of Jasper Gardens is specifically actualizing each of these components in the management of Jasper.