Homework
Preparation
Before you create and submit your Deliverables, select a familiar health care organization to use in each Homework in this course. Choose the organization where you currently work, an organization where you have previously worked, or an organization where you might like to work in the future.
Directions
Conduct an organizational analysis for your selected organization. Incorporate each of the following parts and be sure you carefully read the requirements for each.
Part I: Environmental Homework
Conduct a brief environmental analysis using a tool such as SWOT or PEST and summarize your findings in table format. You may choose to do both a SWOT and a PEST (or other) analysis, but you are only required to do one. Include impact from the Affordable Care Act in your analysis.
Part II: Organizational Homework
Create a table based on your internal analysis of the organization's mission, vision, values, culture, and strategic direction. Then, write a brief narrative in which you explain the organization's mission, vision, values, and culture, as well as the current strategic direction.
o Apply a framework such as the organizational, or balanced, scorecard to measure performance relative to the strategy. Indicate if the strategy fits the external environment.
o You may use any table format you wish, but be sure you include 1-2 priority performance indicators, internal benchmarks or targets (be sure you include financial and quality targets), and the four categories.
Part III: Gap Identification
Select 1-2 priority performance indicators within each of the four major categories: business operations, finance, customer satisfaction, and organizational learning and growth.
o Identify the performance measurements and internal benchmarks or targets for each of the priority performance indicators. Be sure you include financial and quality targets. Use a table similar to the organizational scorecard to identify the gaps between desired and actual performance. Be sure you integrate the strategic direction and scorecard into your gap identification.
o Conduct a gap analysis of actual to benchmark or target outcomes. Refer to and integrate the organizational strategic direction and scorecard. Briefly explain any additional gaps you identified between stated organizational values and actual culture.
Part IV: Leadership Recommendation
Write an executive briefing report in which you clearly and concisely outline evidence-based recommendations to close the identified gaps and better align with organizational strategy and targets.
o Include within your recommendations the resources that will be needed, such as human, financial, technical, and so on. Be sure that you reference your resources to support your recommendations. Keep in mind that this is an executive briefing report; you want to be thorough while still being concise.
o Reference a minimum of five resources in this Homework. Look for professional, scholarly research articles on improving performance in health care organizations, how the Affordable Care Act is affecting health care organizations, and other related topics to use in guiding the recommendations you will make to close the gaps you have identified.
Part V: Leadership Implications
Write a brief narrative in which you explain the role of the organization's leader with regard to shaping strategic direction, aligning organizational values and culture, and managing change. What are the critical success competencies needed to achieve desired organizational outcomes? Cite your resources to support your statements.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.