Chapter 2 Case Assignment
Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Interwest Healthcare Corp.
MBA 540- Managerial Economics

Chapter 2 Case Assignment

After reading and understanding the scenario at hand and the issue that Interwest Healthcare is experiencing. There is a serious need for a consultant to come in and further analyze the problem and make improvement recommendations. A potential source of the issue is stemming from the lack of information to the direct employees who are inputting the information straight into the system. The hospital administrators need to monitor the employee’s direct collation to the data they are inputting into the system is in fact correct. Possibly the lack of communication resulting from the hospital administrators is an acknowledgement that the employees know of the importance of the correct data input, when in fact they are not aware of the importance and how much the organization is reliant on the information for funding and reporting. One of the biggest issues facing employee and employer relationships is the lack of communication. According to Joseph (2013), “failure to communicate effectively often leads to conflict, which can harm an organization.” If the problem is not correct by the hospital administrators, Vijay Singh may need to go the individual hospitals and have meetings directly with the individuals inputting the information. This is a means of stressing the importance and also for him to know who exactly maybe causing this issue. The information I would have to need to analyze for the organization would be the reports themselves. What information specifically is being entered incorrectly? Possibly the issue is stemming from a computer glitch in the system. The system could be missing an area where it needs to be filled in or there is a need for an update to the system