Brainstorming #2

HCM 415 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Continue analyzing the situation your case study’s healthcare organization faces.In this milestone, you will continue to evaluate the impact of the mission and vision of the healthcare organization’s strategic plan. You will also consider how the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats effect the environmental factors that confront the healthcare organization. You will develop a 2–4-page SWOT analysis of the healthcare organization. Be sure to address the following:

A. Briefly summarize your case study. B. To what extent do the organization’s policies address this issue? Be sure to justify your response. C. To what extent does the organization’s strategic planning around this issue align with its organizational mission and vision? Use evidence and examples

to justify your reasoning. D. What do you feel are the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) with regard to this issue? Be sure to substantiate your

claims with evidence and specific examples. E. Based on the SWOT analysis you performed, what environmental factors are at play in terms of this issue and what is their impact on the delivery of

care within the organization? In other words, identify any new policies or new trends that will affect your day-to-day operation.

Guidelines for Submission: This short paper should be between 2 and 4 pages, not including cover page and references. This paper should be in APA format.

Critical Element Exemplary (100%) Proficient(90%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Overview Meets “Proficient” criteria and expertly balances brevity with required detail

Provides a brief summary of the selected case study

Provides a summary of the selected case study, but response is verbose or has gaps in required detail

Does not provide a summary of the selected case study

5

Analysis: Policies Meets “Proficient” criteria and makes nuanced inferences about the efficacy of organizational policies or strategic planning in addressing issues

Logically assesses how effectively organizational policies or strategic planning address the issue, justifying response

Assesses how effectively organizational policies or strategic planning address the issue, justifying response, but with gaps in logic, detail, or justification

Does not assess how effectively organizational policies or strategic planning address the issue

20

Analysis: Mission and Vision

Meets “Proficient” criteria and draws nuanced connections between organizational strategic planning and organizational mission and vision

Logically assesses the extent to which strategic planning around issue aligns with mission and vision, justifying reasoning with evidence and examples

Assesses the extent to which strategic planning around issue aligns with mission and vision, justifying reasoning with evidence and examples, but response is cursory or illogical or has gaps in justification

Does not assess the extent to which strategic planning around issue aligns with mission and vision

20

Analysis: SWOT Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates exceptional insight into organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

Logically assesses organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with regard to issue, substantiating claims with evidence and specific examples

Assesses organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with regard to issue, substantiating claims with evidence and examples, but with gaps in logic, detail, substantiation, or specificity of examples

Does not assess organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with regard to issue

25

Analysis: Environmental

Factors

Meets “Proficient” criteria and draws nuanced connections between environmental factors and delivery of care

Accurately identifies environmental factors contributing to issue and determines their impact on delivery of care based on SWOT analysis

Identifies environmental factors contributing to issue and determines their impact on delivery of care based on SWOT analysis, but response has gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not identify environmental factors contributing to issue and does not determine their impact on delivery of care based on SWOT analysis

25

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

5

Total 100%