InstructionsWritten Assignment 3 - Health services organizations place and price decisions - worth 20% of the grade Overview: Your third assignment will be an analysis of the place and price decisions of a health services organization as covered in Week 5 and 6. You may use the same organization that was your focus on Written Assignment 2, or pick another health services organization with which you are familiar. Be sure you understand the marketing concepts discussed during Weeks 5 and 6 and can apply them to your organization. You might have to seek out some information on the organization by visiting its website, or if it is an employer interviewing someone who has knowledge of the pricing and distribution decisions. After you have completed your research, answer each of the following questions in turn following all the general guidelines or written assignments posted in the syllabus. Brief overview of the organizations service/products and a description of their target market. This is important to ensure that your analysis considers the needs of the target market in evaluating their pricing and channel decisions.How do you think the organization arrives at its price? Refer to the Week 6 Overview for a framework of some of the pricing considerations and discuss those that appear relevant to your organization. Do you think the pricing strategy is appropriate? Can it be improved to better meet its customer’s needs?Is the organization hindered or helped in their pricing decisions by government or payer restrictions. If so, how do these restrictions impact their pricing strategy?What kind of value delivery network does the organization employ, e.g. horizontal or vertical, and what is their distribution strategy, e.g. exclusive, intensive or intensive? What factors influence the distribution strategies of this organization? Are they customer-focused? If possible, outline all of the channel members and what function they perform to serve the customer?Can you recommend any changes to the value delivery network that would serve customer needs better?

For this assessment, summarize three scholarly articles about strategy secure fit and use the articles, along with a real-world example, to support your ideas about how strategy and structure are related. Organizational strategy is determined in many ways by the organization's structure. Successful implementation of these strategies depends on the structure of the organization and how well the structure supports the organization's goals.Explain the relationship between strategy and structure.Explain how strategy and structure fit together to influence organizational learning and performance.Describe an example of an organization that is perceived to have a strong strategy-structure fit.Describe the characteristics of an organization that is perceived to have a strong strategy-structure fit.To complete this assessment, complete the following: Provide a brief summary of each of the three articles you selected, along with a brief explanation of why you selected each article.Explain how strategy and structure are related—how they "fit" together—to influence learning and performance. Use the articles to support your statements.Describe an example of a real-world organization that you believe has a strong strategy-structure alignment. What are some of the characteristics of the organization that lead you to believe that the strategy is tightly aligned with the structure?

Johnny graduates at the end of this term.  He has been actively searching for the right job in his field of study.  The perfect job was finally advertised and it's with a company Johnny really wanted to work for.  He quickly prepared his resume and cover letter and was successful in getting an interview.  After carefully preparing for the interview, Johnny was successful!  He got the job.  During this process, Johnny thought he needed a little extra "ammunition" in his job hunt.  He exxagerated just a little on his GPA and listed an internship that he applied for but did not get.Was he justified in his actions?  Since he has been hired, does he have anything to worry about?  If you were in human resources at this company and just uncovered the information, what would be your reaction?