H401: Strategic Planning in Health Organizations
Strategic Planning Document
This artifact is the strategic planning document I formed with a group for Community Hospital Anderson, done for the course H401 - Strategic Planning in Health Organizations.
What I learned
During this project, I had the opportunity to learn more about what goes into forming a strong strategic plan. This project involved analyzing the environment, service areas, internal operations, and finances. I performed a SWOT analysis with the information I had collected, then went on to form strategic initiatives to be upheld with the implementation of the strategic plan. Working with my group, I built my communication and time management skills to form a strong presentation. Additionally, my section of the presentation fostered growth within my public speaking. This document and presentation has allowed for me to effectively analyze and assess the strengths and weaknesses of healthcare organizations, as well as find areas for growth within them.
Program Competencies
Build and manage relationships with peers, faculty, alumni and healthcare
professionals. This competency will be developed through in-class exercises and dialogue with peers and Instructor; the final deliverable strategic plan team assignment; and an optional interview of a practicing healthcare administrator.
Communicate information and ideas in a clear, concise, organized, and effective
manner for the intended audience in writing and through presentations. This competency will be developed through two different worksheet assignments; the preliminary working draft strategic plan; and the final strategic plan team assignment.
Collaborate in teams utilizing interpersonal skills, recognizing and demonstrating
sensitivity to different points of view. This competency will be developed through in-class team exercises, in-class discussions, and the final strategic plan team assignment.
IUPUI+ Communicator: The IUPUI student conveys ideas effectively and ethically in
oral, written, and visual forms across public, private, interpersonal, and team settings,
using face- to-face and mediated channels. Communicators are mindful of themselves
and others, listen, observe, and read thoughtfully, ask questions, evaluate information
critically, create messages that demonstrate awareness of diverse audiences, and
collaborate with others and across cultures to build relationships. The communicator:
Evaluates Information; Listens Actively; Builds Relationships; Convey Ideas Effectively.
Describe the structure and functioning of health delivery, public health, and health
services organizations and the importance of a population health perspective. This
competency will be developed through in-class exercises and discussions, and completion of the preliminary working draft strategic plan assignment.
The IUPUI student works individually and with others to
collect, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information to implement innovative solutions
to challenging local and global problems. They think critically, collaborate, analyze,
synthesize, evaluate and persevere.
Apply quality, strategic planning, management, organizational behaviour and human
resource theories and tools to manage organizational resources, confront challenges and improve outcomes in health organizations. This competency will be developed through in-class exercises and discussions; assigned reading; worksheets; the preliminary working draft strategic plan assignment; and the final strategic plan team assignment.
Examine marketing principles and understand how they are utilized to increase growth
of a health organization’s market share. This competency will be developed through in-
class discussion; assigned reading; the preliminary working draft strategic plan assignment; and the final strategic plan assignment.
Explain how data and health information technology are used to improve
organizational performance and population health. This competency will be developed
through in-class discussions; the preliminary working draft strategic plan assignment; and the final strategic plan team assignment.