What additional factors—within organizations or surrounding them—shape this process? How should these be included in a graphic?

“ The volatile healthcare market demands that providers be nimble competitors with advanced, ongoing planning processes that drive growth and organizational effectiveness” (Zuckerman, 2006, p. 3). How does—or should—this perspective inform strategic planning and management in today’s health care organizations?

For this Application Assignment, you will create a visual representation of the strategic planning and management process for a particular organization. The graphic you create for this Application Assignment will help you begin to think about aspects of strategic planning that you explore throughout this course. As you proceed through each week, you are encouraged to review your Week 1 Application Assignment and integrate new insights into the project. You will be required to submit a more robust version of this assignment for the 7 Application Assignment, so you may find it helpful to preview that assignment now. ( Rey I will post the 7 application and it will say 7b)…

Prepare for this Application Assignment as follows:

What are the key characteristics of strategic planning and management? How would you illustrate the process?

What are the main steps of the process that should be included?

What substeps do you think should be added?

Are there variations that need to be reflected, or is the process fairly standard?

What additional factors—within organizations or surrounding them—shape this process? How should these be included in a graphic?

What unique aspects of the health care field might influence strategic planning? Consider the various insights you have gained throughout this Master of Healthcare Administration program.

Do approaches to strategic planning and management vary among health care providers? If so, how? What circumstances might influence how a particular organization approaches this process? Consider issues identified in previous courses as well as developments in current events.

Select a particular type of health care organization to focus on for this assignment. You may bring to mind a health care organization you examined for the Discussion, or a different one. (You will not need to convey how strategic planning is actually carried out in a specific organization, but you should have some organizational specifics in mind as you think through this assignment.)

As you begin to draft your graphic, consider:

How could you use lines or other graphic representations to show connections between various elements?

How could you use color to convey meaning?

What labels or text is needed to ensure the graphic elements make sense?

Word and PowerPoint provide the tools you will need to create this document

Then write a 2-page document that addresses the following:

Use images, symbols, and words to form a graphic representation of the strategic-planning and management process for a particular organization.