Week 7 – Signature Assignment: Develop a Presentation to the Board of Directors
This applied assignment is aimed at evaluating the practice of budget preparation and implementation for a healthcare organization of your choice. Your assignment has two parts. Part 1 is a simulation that you must complete before completing Part 2. It will prepare you to anticipate questions from the executives in the audience for your presentation. Completing the simulation will provide you with planning notes that will help you prepare your PowerPoint presentation. Part 2 includes your presentation, speaker notes, and your executive summary.
The focus of this assignment can be a real organization you have a relationship with or a fictitious organization you create. Your task is to prepare an annual budget following the procedures and knowledge you have gained in this course. You are to assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the healthcare organization of your choice.
For your Signature Assignment, you have been asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation addressing the creation of an annual budget which will be presented to the Executive Team. The assignment will have two parts.
Part 1: You must complete this simulation first. Take your responses from this simulation and apply towards your PPT presentation, which is Part 2. https://ncuone.ncu.edu/shared/Course%20Interactives/SHS/MHA-5007/week_07_SA_presentation/story.html
Part 2: Complete a PPT presentation. Be sure your presentation includes the following:
- Apply strategic budgeting methods and operational planning principles.
- Analyze differences between the financial characteristics of nonprofit and for-profit healthcare organizations.
- Examine and monitor key performance indicators utilized in the healthcare industry.
- Assess the fiscal performance of an organization essential to managerial decision-making.
- Develop operating pro forma statements and budgets for healthcare organizations.
You should also prepare an Executive Summary and include as a minimum the following components of an Operating Budget.
- Revenue. Revenue is usually broken down into its drivers and components.
- Variable costs.
- Fixed costs.
- Non-cash expenses.
- Non-operating expenses.
Hint: Please remember you are making a professional, thoughtful presentation. Create attractive meaningful slides that can be read by your audience. Speaker notes should be included for each slide to clarify and enhance your presentation. When doing your voice-over, speak clearly and slowly. You may find yourself delivering this presentation to more than one audience. This presentation may prove useful as a tool to educate the community, advocacy groups, and providers of care.
Length: A minimum of 10-12 slides with voice-over and speaker notes, excluding the title or references slides. Also, a 3-page executive summary as an MS Word document.
References: Include a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed sources. Other scholarly and credible sources may also be used as supplemental support.
