Discussions
1. Given the current U.S. healthcare agenda, what should be the focus of the data collected and used to develop the current strategic plan (e.g., health care disparities; physician alignment, outpatient services and service lines, and others)?
2. What ENVIRONMENTAL influences are impacting your organizations strategies?
3. Define your organizations "service area", based upon your knowledge and experience give a brief competitor analysis (3 - 4 points), assess likely responses and define your organizations Competitive advantage.
In 3-5 power point slides
4. In your own organization or an organization that you are familiar with, structure the approach and process that you would take to conducting the Environmental Analysis. Identify the key limitations impacting the organization's strategic positioning and the influence on its core strategic guiding principles.
5. In your own organization or an organization that you are familiar with, structure the approach and process that you would take to conducting the Competitive analysis detailing your competitive advantage. Given your knowledge of the competition please list three possible reactions and how you plan to address each.
6. What are the four directional strategies that a healthcare institution should likely include in its strategic management plan? What role does play in the governance of an organization?
7. In your own organization or an organization that you are familiar with, describe the role of culture and performance as it relates to your organizations strategy. Is this positive or negative. How do you manage the change of culture to align to the organizations strategy (mission, vision, values and goals). HINT: compensation is one of the LEAST influential on culture.