Assignment:
Question 1.
This assignment will assess Competency : Determine the link between action plans, budget, and strategy.
Directions
The strategy selection is complete: now the organization must implement the strategy into an action plan. What budgetary impact could be involved in this process? Using APA 6th edition format, write a two page paper describing some of the difficulties involved in converting strategy into an action plan within a healthcare organization. Discuss some of the effective ways to overcome barriers when implementing an action plan. Include at least two references.
Question 2. Research Paper.
Guidelines for Final Course Paper:
To demonstrate your mastery of the concepts and strategies presented during this course, you will develop a Comprehensive Strategic Plan based on a health care facility of your choice
Here are some tips for writing your paper:
Internal Data:
• A good place to find internal data would be in the organization's annual report.
• These annual reports are public information so you will not be working with any "private" information.
• Some annual reports give financial data for multiple years. This is ideal because you can then calculate trends.
• Check to see whether the facility publishes their annual report on their web site.
• Some organizations publish annual reports from a few years, so if one report does not include past year data, you can get it by researching past year annual reports.
• You may find other documents on the web site that will help you with your internal analysis.
External Data:
• External data is not specific to any one facility, so this shouldn't be difficult to find.
• City, county, and chamber of commerce web sites would be a good place to start.
Be sure to identify any and ALL sources you use in your text and in a reference list at the end of your paper. This will be easier if you keep a "running list" as you write your paper. Use APA format for your references. Include the source in your paper no matter how small or trivial the material from it may be. Use the text freely to identify the sections you would want to include in your strategic plan. And again, remember that you will need to find other sources in order to complete your final project.
Present your paper with a title page, proper spacing, topic headings, and foremost of all - remember to cite properly.
Strategic Planning Paper Outline
1. Introduction
2. Executive Summary
3. Internal Analysis
• System Background
• The Management Team
• Trends/Issues
• Organizational Culture
• Information Technology (IT)
• Financials
• Human Resources
4. External Analysis
• General Environment
• Trends/Issues
• The local health care market; the general external market
• Payor mix
5. SWOT Analysis
6. Mission, Vision, Values and Goals statements
7. The Future
• Services to increase, decrease, maintain, end, or start
• Organizations outlook: Changes in financial status or operations, changes in human resources, changes in organizational structure
8. Brief Summary
• Summary of what your plan proposes and why
• Argument of why and how the organization will be better off for following your plan
You may find that your specific study facility requires adding some data not specifically identified above - such as the focus group results, etc. Feel free to add such things to your paper so that your strategic plan fits your facility well