HCM 6015 - Health Care Business Models and Operational Support

(3 units)

The course focuses on the creation, funding, and management of biotechnology and health services enterprises. The course is designed to supplement all other coursework taken in finance, strategic management, and operations management part of the core MBA requirements. Specifically it will focus on special issues surrounding the conceptualization, planning, diligence and capitalization, launch, compensation and management of health care ventures. Various platforms such as health care entrepreneurship, e-business models, and health care for the elderly will be discussed. Furthermore, organizations in the health care industry are under constant pressure to improve efficiency and quality. Therefore, healthcare managers need to understand these areas of healthcare operations management to achieve this goal such as designing the appropriate healthcare delivery system, capacity planning and decision making under uncertainty, and process failure, learning and improvement.