ASHFORD BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study

1. Describe MHC’s strategy in terms of market position. Also, identify the type of external environment MHC is operating in and the degree to which the strategy matches the environment.
MHC just finished its corporate strategic planning process and decided to work on two things in market strategy to deal with its changing business environment. One was focus on technology (It is reducing the hospitals costs and technology can be marketed to other health care providers for generating more revenue) and second they focus was improving on efficiencies basic health care and outpatient services (This would allow them to give the basic health care needs and subsidies from governmental provide them profit only if efficiencies could be developed throughout the corporation).External Environment is complexity as Health care industry began to experience to change governmental regulations and insurance procedures. The federal and state governments were putting increasing pressure on health care institutions to reduce costs new technologies developed and procedures were expensive to develop and were often subject to long waiting periods before being approved by the insurers and government agencies. Subsidies provided by the government. If we see MHC match with the strategy match with the proactive.
 
2. Identify the type of structure MHC currently uses in its primary businesses. Describe the fit between the structure and the competitive strategy. Describe any structural adjustments MHC should make to maximize the effectiveness of the strategy.
As the regional executive (EVP) Report to the CEO and Functional staff report to the regional executive (EVP) and man...