Assignment: Strategic planning and management
Strategic planning refers to the management activity that an organization employs when putting priorities, bringing together energy and the resources an organization has, making the operations stronger while making sure that employees and the stakeholders are operating in such a way that the goals are being achieved, have an agreement on what results are required and also set the direction of the organization to respond to the ever-changing environment. Therefore all this factors or aspects need to be managed very well.
Characteristics
In any strategic planning and management, there are characteristics that have to be illustrated so that the elements may be achievable, in the healthcare organization, for example, the hospital, some of the characteristics that are evident include the vision, the mission, the values, Key result areas, key result areas drivers, key objectives, strategic rarities and key performance indicators. They can be illustrated as follows, the health organization can have a vision statement that shows the future scope of a health organization which is intended to make the business or service delivery stronger. The mission statement would show what is the current scope of the organization, who the organization is, what it does just to mention a few (Swayne, L. E., Duncan, W. J., & Ginter, P. M, 2008). On the other hand, the values can be illustrated by setting up the beliefs, characteristics and the expected code of conduct for the health organization's staffs and volunteers. KRA would specify the areas where the health organization expects to measure and assess and evaluate the results with relevance to different categories of the hospital. Also here the hospital states how it expects to achieve its objectives that are long-term and the set strategic priorities. KRA drivers refer to the elements that connect the KRA and all the set priorities because they help achieve the success of the hospital. Also to be illustrated are the KP strategic priorities and key objectives which refer to the results the health care organization hopes to achieve in the event of working on its vision and mission.
In the healthcare system, here are no variations thus we fund that the process is usually standardized. However, there are additional factors that can result in shaping the process. For example, the availability of resources and the government policies. Also, the issues and trends that result from the environment like staffs, needs, and the skills are more factors that influence the shaping process too. There are unique aspects in the health care field that can result in a change in the strategic planning and a management in the hospital (Cascio). An example is the perspectives in uncertainties in the delivery of health care through treatments and technology thus you find that the management may have a different opinion on the direction they should undertake relative to that of the practitioners or physicians. However because thy also work together with non-provider members of the board, they are able to strategize on a new vision of a system that can deliver their objectives.
Therefore below is a graphic representation of the key elements of a hospitals strategic planning and management.
Attachment:- hospital modal.docx