In this scenario, everyone in class works for CommonGood
Health Care, a community-based health care campus comprised of a health care
clinic, hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility,
Alzheimer’s House, and an inpatient chemical dependency facility.
As you can imagine, the CEO receives numerous requests,
oftentimes financial, from facility directors and department managers. Some of
the most common requests include:
The nursing department always wants the latest and greatest
equipment
The dietary department keeps asking money for new utensils
The maintenance department is always running out of tools
The business office wants money to update the billing system
The chemical dependency facility wants its own exercise
facility
The quality assurance department keeps asking money for
training
The Alzheimer’s House keeps requesting money for games and
activities
In this scenario, you are a facility director (Clinic
Director, Hospital Administrator, Nursing Home Administrator, Assisted Living
Executive Director, Alzheimer’s House Manager, or Licensed Alcohol and
Dependency Counselor) or a department manager (Maintenance Director, Social
Service Director, Activities Director, Nursing Director, etc.) asking for money
from your CEO for a legitimate expense within your department.
You can either use one of the examples above or create one
of your own. The request should be a legitimate expense for a proposed purchase
or initiative that you believe will benefit the department and the
organization.
Develop an email to the CEO of CommonGood Health Care asking
for the funding you desire for your department/facility. Be sure to
substantiate your expenses and the legitimate reasoning for the request. This
is your opportunity to persuade your executive leader to support your
initiative.
