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MHC Case Study
The strategy for MHC is to look after the lower end of the market, in line with religious tenets. They have in the past focused on those unable to pay, which in turn means that they get most of their revenue from different governmental programs. This also means that they focus on providing basic medical care, rather than innovative medicine, teaching or non-necessary things like plastic surgery. The present financial challenges stem from reductions in payouts by government, forcing MHC to focus on improving efficiencies to restore profitability.
MHC currently has several hospitals that operate with a high degree of decentralization. Because of this, a lot of the managerial talent needed to guide the company is scattered throughout the organization, not in contact with each other and not setting strategy that can be implemented across the different units. The organization does not know its internal capabilities, and is not set up in a way that will allow for internal partnerships...
MHC will need to make structural adjustments to allow it to better understand its capabilities and transfer knowledge throughout the organization.
3. Communication is the key area where the current management KSAs are not aligned for effective implementation. The different KSAs seldom talk to each other, and there are few open channels of communication. Human resources is another area, because with each KSA having its own pay scale, transfers within the company are difficult, further reducing the knowledge transfer within the organization. It is difficult for the company to even identify the skill sets it will need, or how well the organization can meet its needs, in part because the information systems within HR are underdeveloped.
4. The changes that I propose do not have any particular effect on the mission and values of MHC, though admittedly the "religious tenets" thing was not explained in any detail. The biggest deficiency is created through the lack of effective means…
KSA descriptions for one level should drive the development of those attributes in managers one level below. MHC will need therefore to place special emphasis on communicating the KSAs for each level so that managers seeking promotion are aware of the KSAs they are supposed to have and can work on them. 5. The core of the competitive strategy is strong, but I would make two recommendations to the planning
Transplant Medicine The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) contains over 128 functional genes. This is the densest part of the human genome and is responsible for most autoimmune diseases. This region also determines vaccine responsiveness, adverse drug reactions, disease progression and transplant rejection. The MHC genes are multigenic with a high degree of allelic polymorphism. There are over 7,500 different alleles and over 5,458 expressed MHC antigens currently known. (DeFranco, Locksley &
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