Questions and Answers of Understanding Management

The goal in this exercise is to conduct a multisource feedback system regarding your performance in this class. First, create a list of competencies that are related to the performance of a student
The state of Georgia's Department of Human Resources (DHR) updated its performance management system. The performance management process is used for all employees who are to receive performance
The table below summarizes the key characteristics of an ideal performance management system, as discussed in this chapter. Think about a performance management system you know. This could be the one
Watch the 13-minute Ted Talk on Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink delivered at the University of Nevada. It is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqra3BcqWM. Then, think about
What is a well-diversified portfolio?
How is corporate risk defined?
How is market risk defined?
How does risk affect interest rates?
What is the purpose of a bond pool?
How is bond insurance priced?
How would the values of voting and nonvoting stock differ?
What is a rights offering?
What are the primary advantages of going public?
Are there any conflicts that might arise between the issuer and the investment banker when setting the offering price on a stock issue?
What is a sale and leaseback?
What is a combination lease?
What is a tax-exempt lease?
In your view, which of the assumptions used in the models is most likely to cause the models to be invalid?
How is the choice made?
Briefly, describe net present value (NPV), internal rate of return(IRR), and modified IRR (MIRR).
Why should high profitability projects be viewed with some skepticism?
Describe the net present social value model of capital budgeting.
What is a post-audit?
What are the three types of project risk?
How is each type of project risk measured?
What type of risk is being assessed initially?
Why does it work?
How has this role changed over time?
What are some important issues facing healthcare managers today?
What are the three major forms of business organization, and how do they differ?
What are some different types of partnerships?
What are some different types of corporations?
What are the major differences between investor-owned and not-for-profit corporations?
What pressures have been placed on not-for-profit hospitals to ensure that they meet their charitable mission?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the holding company form of organization?
What is the difference between horizontal and vertical integration?
What are integrated delivery systems, how are they created, and what is the driving force behind them? What are the challenges faced by integrated delivery systems?
What is the moral hazard problem?
Explain both the mechanics and rationale of a health savings account(HSA).
Briefly, describe the following payment methods:a. Cost basedb. Charge based and discounted chargesc. Per procedured. Per diagnosise. Per diemf. Global g. Capitation
What is the major difference between fee-for-service reimbursement and capitation?
What provider incentives are created under each of the payment methods previously listed?
Which of these payment methods carry the least risk for providers?The most risk? Explain your answer.
What reimbursement methods do private insurers commonly use?
What is the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), and how does it work?
What is the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS), and how does it work?
What are Quality Review Organizations (QROs)?
What does MedPAC stand for, and what is its purpose?
What reimbursement methodology is unique to managed care plans?
What is cost shifting?
Will providers be able to continue to cost shift in the future?
What is case mix management?
What is compounding? What is interest on interest?
How does the present value of an amount to be received in the future change as the time is extended and as the interest rate increases?
What is the difference between an ordinary annuity and an annuity due?
What is a perpetuity?
What happens to the value of a perpetuity when interest rates increase or decrease?
Describe how present values of uneven cash flow streams are calculated using a regular calculator. Using a spreadsheet.
What is meant by net present value (NPV)?
What does the term “ROI” mean?
Why is semiannual compounding better than annual compounding from an investor’s standpoint?
How does the effective annual rate differ from the stated (nominal)rate?
Do the principal and interest components remain constant over time?Explain your answer.
Define the stated rate, the periodic rate, and the effective annual rate.
How are these three rates related?
Can you think of a situation where all three of these rates are the same?
What is a generic definition of risk?
Explain the general concept of financial risk.
What does “risk aversion” mean?
What is a probability distribution?
What is stand-alone risk?
What is a portfolio of investments?
What happens to the risk of a single investment when it is held as part of a portfolio of investments?
Explain the differences between stand-alone risk, diversifiable risk, and portfolio risk.
Why should all investors hold portfolios of investments rather than individual investments?
Is standard deviation the appropriate risk measure for an individual investment?
Is standard deviation the appropriate risk measure for an investor’s portfolio of investments? Explain your answer.
A project in a for-profit business is held as part of what two portfolios?
What is a corporate beta, and how is it determined?
What is a market beta, and how is it determined?
What is the difference between a project’s market beta and the business’s, or stock’s, market beta?
How is the beta of a portfolio related to the individual betas of the investments that make up the portfolio?
Explain the situations in which each of the risk types—stand-alone, corporate, and market—are relevant.
How are risk measures interpreted?
What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?
Write out the equation for the Security Market Line (SML) and graph it.
What are the pros and cons regarding the Capital Asset Pricing Model(CAPM)?
How do interest rates serve to allocate debt capital among borrowers?
What happens to the market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rate when the loan demand changes?
Describe the primary features of the following long-term debt securities:a. Corporate bondb. First mortgage bond; junior mortgagec. Debenture; subordinated debenture
How might a hospital that expects to have a temporary cash shortage during the coming year make sure that needed funds will be available?
What are some types of current assets that might be pledged as security for short-term loans?
Describe the following debt contract features:a. Restrictive covenantb. Trusteec. Call provisiond. Sinking fund
What is the difference between technical default and “regular”default?
What impact does a call provision have on an issue’s interest rate?
How do sinking fund provisions differ from call provisions?
What does “credit enhancement” mean?
Why would not-for-profit healthcare issuers seek bond insurance?
What is the difference between the real risk-free rate (RRF) and the risk-free rate (RF)?
Do the interest rates on Treasury securities include a default risk premium (DRP)? A liquidity premium (LP)? A price risk premium(PRP)? Explain your answer.

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