Question 1) What resources can you use as a health care manager to stay up-to-date in your field? Describe these.
Question 2) In what ways can you, as a manager, contribute to the management and execution of your organization's strategic plan?
Question 3) Locate two or three health care organization mission statements online. Provide URLs to the statements. Then, determine whether the organizations are achieving their goals. Explain how. The following questions may help you:
What is the organization's mission?
Who are the customers/target market(s)?
Does the organization fulfill its mission? Does it fulfill the needs of its target customers/market(s)?
How do we know that the organization does or does not fulfill its mission? Is there quantitative data from which we can draw? Are there qualitative outcomes?
Question 4) Who is ultimately responsible for the strategic planning of an organization's operations?