| Course | BUSI 611 Operations Management for Health Organizations (BUSI611) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MS in Healthcare Administration |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 611 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 611 covers
Langabeer and Helton's Health Care Operations Management is the course text, read one to three chapters a module/week with a presentation and an open-book quiz of fifty minutes.
A forum thread runs to 600 words or more and each reply to 450, and both carry Scripture plus a pair of journal citations outside the textbook. Groups write a 4,500 to 6,000 word research paper on an approved topic, submitted as an annotated bibliography of twenty recent sources, a full-sentence outline, a complete draft and a final document, with a peer evaluation after each.
A study of the operational challenges and opportunities facing medical and health services managers and the value added areas where resources are transformed into goods and services. The exploration of operations management for health organizations will involve some complexity as various quantitative management tools are examined and applied.
BUSI 611 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist, Class Introductions, Program Assessment and Quiz 1 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Discussion Board Forum 2 (Quiz 2 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Discussion Board Forum 3 (Research Project Annotated Bibliography, Peer Evaluation 1 and Quiz 3 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Discussion Board Forum 4 (Research Project Outline, Peer Evaluation 2 and Quiz 4 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Discussion Board Forum 5 (Research Project Draft, Peer Evaluation 3 and Quiz 5 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Discussion Board Forum 6 (Quiz 6 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Discussion Board Forum 7 (Research Project Final Document, Peer Evaluation 4 and Quiz 7 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Discussion Board Forum 8 (Quiz 8 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 611 papers lose points
Points slip in BUSI 611 when a post names an operations tool without showing the numbers it would use, when a recommendation ignores the bottleneck it claims to fix, when replies repeat the classmate's sources and when group submissions skip the instructor's earlier feedback.
Using a BUSI 611 sample well
Each sample starts with one measurable delay or failure, explains it with the textbook's operations concepts, brings two recent studies to bear and ends with a change and a measure a manager could own. Replace the case with one from your own unit and keep the habit of asking where the queue forms and why.
BUSI 611 questions, answered
What textbook does BUSI 611 use?
Langabeer and Helton's Health Care Operations Management, read in an order that moves from foundations and decision making through Lean, projects, supply chain, capacity and quality.
How long are BUSI 611 discussion posts?
Each thread is at least 600 words and each of two replies at least 450, with a biblical integration and two peer-reviewed citations besides the textbook in every post.
What is the BUSI 611 research project?
Teams of students write between 4,500 and 6,000 words on an operations question their instructor approves, built from a twenty-source annotated bibliography through an outline and draft to a final document.
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