Assessment 1
Strategic Planning and Leadership
Create a 9–12 slide presentation on the importance of strategic planning within the context of a local healthcare organization.
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Introduction
Change is the normal state of affairs in the healthcare industry. Adapting to change requires strategic planning—a key skill for leaders in healthcare organizations. The purpose of a strategic plan is to allow organizations to keep up with technology innovations, industry trends, policy changes, and economic forces. A strong strategic plan helps an organization set goals that will: align to its mission, vision, and values; improve patient care; increase efficiency; and align efforts across all departments toward the same objectives.
For this assessment, assume you are the strategic analyst at your local community healthcare organization. The organization’s leadership will soon be updating its strategic plan and would like the input of all department heads. The first step is to educate the department heads on strategic planning. The director of strategic planning has asked you to create an overview of strategic planning in healthcare to help the department heads better understand the process. You have to develop a PowerPoint presentation to be shown in the next department head meeting. The goal for the presentation is to provide refresher to those who are familiar with strategic planning and the process, while providing others who are newer to the process with an overview of the process and its importance for the future of the organization.
Preparation
For this assessment, you will create a presentation within the context of a local healthcare organization. To prepare for this assessment, you will need to complete the following:
· Identify a local healthcare organization of interest to you (this can be your current place of practice).
· Research the mission and vision of your chosen organization.
· Research key stakeholders within your chosen organization, as well as external community stakeholders if relevant.
Use the following resource for information about how to search the Capella library and find appropriate sources to support your assessment:
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Health Care Administration Undergraduate Program Library Guide
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Scenario
For this assessment, assume you are the strategic analyst at your local community healthcare organization. The organizational leadership will soon be updating its strategic plan and would like the input of all department heads. The first step is to educate the department heads on strategic planning. The director of strategic planning has asked you to create an overview of strategic planning in healthcare to help the department heads better understand the process. Your task is to develop a PowerPoint presentation to be shown in the next department head meeting. The goal for the presentation is to provide refresher to those who are familiar with strategic planning and the process, while providing others who are newer to the process with an overview of the process and its importance for the future of the organization.
Instructions
When assembling your presentation, make an effort to construct your PowerPoint presentation in such a way (for example, using bullet points) that it highlights the key ideas and themes for each slide. The details and depth of your presentation should come from the Notes area for each slide.
You may organize your presentation in any way that will effectively cover the scoring guide criteria:
· Explain the importance of strategic planning within the context of an organization.
· Compare and contrast strategic leadership against other leadership models.
· Identify key components of strategic planning.
· Describe the role of stakeholders in strategic planning.
· Explain the role and importance of the organizations mission and vision in strategic planning.
· Communicate verbally and in writing in a professional and persuasive manner that encourages buy-in from the audience.
· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
One suggested way to organize your presentation is:
· Title of the presentation (1 slide).
· Overview and definition of strategic planning specific to healthcare (1–2 slides).
· Theories and best practices in healthcare strategy that drive quality and improvement for healthcare organizations (2–3 slides).
· Role of leadership, strategic leadership, and differences between the two (2–3 slides,
recorded with audio).
· Phases and components of strategic planning (1–2 slides).
· An overview of key stakeholders (1–2 slides).
· How strategy aligns with the mission and vision of the healthcare organization (1–2 slides).
· Reference slide formatted using APA format.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
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Structure: Include a title slide and reference slide.
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Length: 9–12 slides.
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Audio recording: 2–3 minutes on the role of leadership, strategic leadership, and the differences between the two (2–3 slides). Provide a transcript of your audio in the Notes area of the slides.
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Speaker notes: Provide notes for each slide that include citations for your sources and relevant details that expand on the bulleted topics.
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References: At least three current scholarly or professional resources.
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Format: Use the current APA style and format for reference slide and in-text citations. See the
Evidence and APA
section of the Writing Center for more information.
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Font: Use a font that is consistent with the expectations of your organization, for example, Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 1: Apply theories and best practices in strategic leadership to drive improvements for healthcare systems.
· Explain the importance of strategic planning within the context of an organization.
· Compare and contrast strategic leadership against other leadership models.
· Identify key components of strategic planning.
· Explain the role and importance of the organizations mission and vision in strategic planning.
· Competency 3: Analyze the components of high performance teams to enable the achievement of the departmental strategic vision.
· Describe the role of stakeholders in strategic planning.
· Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with healthcare professionals.
· Communicate verbally and in writing in a professional and persuasive manner that encourages buy-in from the audience.
· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
