Deliverable 06 - SMART Goals

HSA6300

Del. #6

Dr. Ides Notes

First Step: Download the SMART Chart template from your resources at the bottom of the del. Page

Resources

· For information about creating a Flowchart, please visit this Rasmussen College Answers  page .

· For information about SMART Goals, please visit this Rasmussen College Answers  page .

Who am I? strategic planning manager

What am I doing? tasked with determining what the company must do to get there (strategy) and what direction they must take to accomplish these goals (objective).

YOU HAVE 4 GOALS that are mentioned in the SCENARIO – these are what you are making out of your SMART Table:

Healthy Dynamics wants to

1. increase company revenue

2. Decrease risk

3. increase customer satisfaction

4. Add new services (goals)

What I am creating? A FLOWCHART THAT WILL BE ADDED INTO AN OVERALL APA STYLE PAPER

· The CEO has asked you to review the mission statement you developed in module 02 and create a flowchart defining the goals and objectives to ensure they are clear, specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely (SMART) for the company.

Instructions

Create a flowchart that includes:

· Your mission statement

· Describe what you specifically want to accomplish

· Identify how you will measure the accomplishment

· Define how you will achieve the goal

· Explain how this goal is relevant to what you want to accomplish

· Create a timeline for achieving the goals

Your assignment should include a title page, a reference page, and a minimum of three scholarly sources, two of which must be retrieved from the Rasmussen Library.

Paper style:

Title page

Introduction to the WORK

Visual – SMART Diagram – YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO DOWNLOAD AND FILL IN THE TEMPLATE WE OFFER IN RESOURCES - For information about SMART Goals, please visit this Rasmussen College Answers  page .

Paragraphs Explaining the visual – in chart itself, you will have keywords and phrases – perhaps more like fragmented sentences, so we do want to add paragraphs to bring home the main points (also, this is where your in-text citations will be – and you can ALSO add them into the table – I will show you that later)

Conclusion

References

Cite your visual in APA style as a Table –

Table Setup

Tables are visual displays composed of columns and rows in which numbers, text, or a combination of numbers and text are presented. There are many common kinds of tables, including demographic characteristics tables, correlation tables, factor analysis tables, analysis of variance tables, and regression tables.

This page addresses the basics of table setup, including table components, principles of table construction (including the use of borders and how to handle long or wide tables), and placement of tables in the paper. Note that tables and figures have the same overall setup.

View the sample tables  to see these guidelines in action.

Table components

APA Style tables have the following basic components:

· number: The table number (e.g., Table 1) appears above the table title and body in bold font. Number tables in the order in which they are mentioned in your paper.

· title: The table title appears one double-spaced line below the table number. Give each table a brief but descriptive title, and  capitalize the table title in italic title case .

· headings: Tables may include a variety of headings depending on the nature and arrangement of the data. All tables should include column headings, including a  stub heading (heading for the leftmost, or stub, column). The heading “Variable” is often used for the stub column if no other heading is suitable. Some tables also include column spanners, decked heads, and table spanners; these are described in the  Publication Manual.  Center column headings and capitalize them in sentence case .

· body: The table body includes all the rows and columns of a table (including the headings row). A  cell is the point of intersection between a row and a column.

d. The table body may be single-spaced, one-and-a-half-spaced, or double-spaced.

d. Left-align the information in the leftmost column or stub column of the table body (but center the heading).

d. In general, center information in all other cells of the table. However, left-align the information if doing so would improve readability, particularly when cells contain lots of text.

· note: Three types of notes (general, specific, and probability) appear below the table as needed to describe contents of the table that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone (e.g., definitions of abbreviations, copyright attribution, explanations of asterisks used to indicate  p values). Include table notes only as needed.

This diagram is an illustration of the basic table components.

Learn more

Tables are covered in the seventh edition APA Style manuals in the  Publication Manual  Sections 7.8 to 7.21 and the  Concise Guide  Sections 7.8 to 7.21

This guidance is the  same as in the 6th edition.

Related handout

· Student Paper Setup Guide (PDF, 3MB)

Principles of table construction

The most important principle to follow when creating a table is to present information in a way that is easy for readers to understand. Provide sufficient information in the table itself so that readers do not need to read the text to understand it.

When creating a table, place entries that are to be compared next to each other. In general, place different indices (e.g., means and standard deviations) in different columns rather than in the same column.  Use the same font in tables  as in the rest of your paper.

Use the tables feature of your word-processing program to create tables in APA Style papers. Do not use the tab key or space bar to manually create the look of a table.

Table borders

Limit the use of borders or lines in a table to those needed for clarity. In general, use a border at the top and bottom of the table, beneath column headings (including decked heads), and above column spanners. You may also use a border to separate a row containing totals or other summary information from other rows in the table.

Do not use vertical borders to separate data, and do not use borders around every cell in a table. Use spacing between columns and rows and strict alignment to clarify relations among the elements in a table.

Long or wide tables

If a table is longer than one page, use the tables feature of your word-processing program to make the headings row repeat on the second and any subsequent pages. No other adjustments are necessary. If a table is too wide to fit on one page, use landscape orientation on the page with the wide table. It does not matter if the page header also moves when switching to landscape orientation.

Placement of tables in a paper

There are two options for the placement of tables (and figures) in a paper. The first is to embed tables in the text after each is first mentioned (or “called out”); the second is to place each table on a separate page after the reference list.

An embedded table may take up an entire page; if the table is short, however, text may appear on the same page as the table. In that case, place the table at either the top or bottom of the page rather than in the middle. Also add one blank double-spaced line between the table and any text to improve the visual presentation.

View the sample tables  for more information on tables.