Strategic Plan Assignment

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Strategic Plan Assignment:
The class discussions and participation in class exercises will provide each person with
considerable experience in developing a strategic plan. As the integrative assignment, you will
be responsible for developing a strategic plan for an organization. You may develop the plan at
the corporate, business unit, or functional level (see textbook discussion regarding levels). As a
general rule, corporate and business unit-level plans work best. If you do not presently work for
an organization, you may select a healthcare organization of your choosing or contact the
instructor who will offer suggestions.
In completing the strategic plan, you should include the following components:
1. An analysis of the organization’s external environment and identification of key
strategic issues facing the leadership. You should explain how the issues logically
connect to the external environmental analysis.
2. A list of the organization’s key stakeholders and the relationship of each to the
organization (why does each stakeholder have a stake in the organization?).
3. Using the value chain as your guide, list the organization’s primary resources,
competencies, and capabilities. Assess each resource, competency, and capability and
identify those that are strategically relevant.
4. Assess your organization’s mission, vision, and values according to the components in
your textbook. Make and defend any suggestions you have for improving these
directional strategies.
5. Based on your assessment of the situation (external, internal, mission, vision, values),
what strategic actions would you recommend to your organization? Be careful to defend
your recommendations based on your situation analysis.

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