ASSIGNMENT 1: A Glimpse into Strategic Planning at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Assignment 1 Overview
The final document that composes a strategic plan for a healthcare organization has had significant input from a wide range of stakeholders. Yet it is essential that workers at all levels of responsibility in the healthcare industry can use written content to guide their actions in their workplaces.
Assignment 1 allows students to produce their evaluation of how well a leader in the field did in communicating a direction for its stakeholders to follow. At the same time, Chapter 3 provides students with a grounding in business strategic theories and language.
We want your learning experience to be as rich as Jordan’s. This vignette offers you a brief snapshot of what an actual interaction might look like. You will soon have a foundation to explore.
Assignment 1 Instructions:
The vignette at the beginning of Modules 1 and 2 was imagined, but the Johns Hopkins Medicine Strategic Plan is real-world. Read this Strategic Plan before you proceed. (See Required Readings.)
Review Chapter 3: Business Models and Common Strategies, pages 47-79 in Walston, S. L. (2023). Strategic healthcare management: Planning and execution (3rd ed.). Health Administration Press.
1. Utilize the Checklist for Critiquing the Strategic Plan for your point-by-point evaluation:
A. Foundation: Evaluate the Strategic Plan.
B. Clarity and Coherence: Evaluate for Clarity and Coherence.
C. Relevance: Evaluate for Relevance.
D. Implementation Plan: Evaluate the Implementation Plan.
E. Communication and Acceptance: Evaluate Communication and Acceptance.
F. Innovation and Future Readiness: Evaluate for Innovation and Future Readiness.
G. Call to Action: Evaluate for Call to Action.
2. Identify and evaluate the Johns Hopkins Medicine plan’s strong points. Provide at least two examples to support your argument.
3. Identify and evaluate the Johns Hopkins Medicine plan’s challenges or negative points. Provide at least two examples to support your argument.
4. Evaluate and recommend one specific way the Johns Hopkins Medicine plan could be changed or added to improve its direct message or its acceptance by readers. Support your argument.
Submission Criteria for Assignment 1
- All submissions should have a title page and reference page (not included in page count).
- Submitted in a Word document which may include tables, graphs, and other resources as needed.
- Include an introductory and summary paragraph/statement.
- The page count should be a minimum of 5 pages.
- Utilize a minimum of three (3) scholarly resources in addition to your required textbook and resources.
- Assignment submitted through Grammarly. Adhere to grammar, spelling, and punctuation criteria.
- Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
