Thinking Strategically
Health care professionals need to answer at least three essential questions when thinking strategically about their organization's present circumstances and future prospects:
• Where is the organization now? This question focuses on the current business of the organization, the patient segments that the organization caters to, and the current strategy of the organization.
• Where does the organization want to go?
• How will the organization get there?
You are the office manager of a 12-person medical office. Write an e-mail message to the owners of the clinic on how the organization could answer these three questions. Specifically, your e-mail should include the following:
o How should the organization determine its state of affairs?
o How should the organization establish its goals?
o Who should participate in the strategic planning process and why?
o What possible strategies can the organization adopt to achieve the established goals?
Your e-mail message must be two pages long in a Microsoft Word document and in current APA edition format