Question

Please answer the following questions in 300 words count in your own words for the following question. Construct a 3 to 5-year strategic plan that is related to a specified health care organization of your choice. The organization may be not-for-profit or for-profit. Complete a SWOT analysis, and include the following:

3. External opportunities are outside factors or situations that can affect your organization in a favorable way. Write out and discuss 8 to 10 opportunities that you consider of highest priority for the organization of choice.

Answer 1

Strategies are the set of actions that managers take to increase the organizations performance. Strategy-making process implement a set of strategies that aim to achieve a competitive advantage.

Steps of Strategic planning are :

1. Selecting the organizational statements and strategic goals.
2. Analyzing the organizations external competitive environment to identify opportunities and threats.
3. Analyzing the organizations internal operating environment to identify the organizations strengths and weaknesses.
4. Selecting strategies that build on the organizations strengths and corrects its weaknesses in order to take advantage of external opportunities and prevent external threats.
5. Implementing the strategies and Consistency in the strategies selected for strategic goals of the organization.

Example for Potential Strategies in Health care to achieve a Strategic Goal Increase the no. of cardiac referrals/admissions by at least 60% annually

1. Renovating the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
2. Renovating the Cardiac Cath labs.
3. Establishment of a new observation unit.
4. Initiating a marketing campaign.
5. Recruitment of new cardio-thoracic surgeons.
6. Improving the clinical, functional, and satisfaction outcomes for hospitalized patients.
7. Recruitment of highly skilled staff.
8. Arrangements with foreigner specialists to conduct periodic visits in hospital