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Questions on Goal Statement and Work Description Essay [5]
This is my first draft of Goal Statement. Could you please review? Is it too short?
Thanks a lot for your helps.
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Like many, I paid attention to health care reform debate during and since the 2008 presidential campaign, Will health care costs skyrocket if more people utilize the health care system? What are the determinant factors that one can apply to control cost, increase service quality and maintain healthy profitability for health care providers? Inspired by the challenges and the changes mandated by the newly passed law, I spent time to educate myself about the healthcare industry and its information systems. One of my long-term goals is to obtain a leading position in health care IT department where I can leverage my skills and experience to improve efficiency of the health care IT technology, so that I can help bring down the health care cost, and to increase its service quality. I envision that I will design and develop systems where patients and doctors exchange medical records. I would lead the development of a health care billing and payment system, which requires integration of enterprise networks of all point of service (POS) parties and health insurance companies. My other long-term goal is to collaborate with two of my friends to start a consulting business that will provide IT services to small or medium size health care providers. George Mason MS Technology Management program will help me acquire required skills to achieve these goals. I hope to hone my skills in the area of complex enterprise technologies management, project management, business strategy in resource planning, and organizational skills to manage enterprise resources within planned budget.
In the last 15 years, I worked for variety of companies that include big telecom companies like AT&T or Equant (France Telecom), Federal Consulting Firms, e-commerce and startup companies. I have developed enterprise applications, consumer relationship management (CRM) systems, trouble ticket systems, and e-commerce web sites. Currently, I am working for a Federal Consulting firm in Arlington. My department is responsible for developing a platform and framework based on open web service standards and SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), which other groups will use in their client projects. With formal education in MS Technology Management, I will be able to combine new learning with my technical experiences to excel as a better internal consultant and software architect. I should enhance and improve analytical skills to select solutions based on technical advantages and client business needs. Moreover, I will become more confident when I would like to seek business opportunities to become entrepreneur in health care business.
I considered other graduate programs such as MBA and Health Care Informatics. I have ruled out MBA because I am more interested in business management of technology than general business administration and planning. GMU Health Information System Management Concentration is very interesting but I believe that MS Technology Management gives me wider latitude of knowledge. I also looked at other schools that offer similar graduate programs on Management of Information Technology (MIT). However, George Mason MS Technology Management is my top choice because of its location close to both my work place and home. Class meetings are on Saturday, which does not interrupt my work schedule. It also provides a very interesting international residency. With its outstanding curriculum, I will gain invaluable insights in management of information technology.
