ASSIGNMENT 3 (2)

Assignment: Strategies and Tactics

Strategies and tactics are used to accomplish the goals and objectives developed earlier. Strategies state what is to be done and tactics are the specific steps to be implemented. In the following Assignment, you will look at a healthcare organization's strategic plan and analyze the relationship between strategies and tactics.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review this week's Learning Resources.

• State your healthcare organization's strategic plan. If no strategic plan is available, draft a possible strategic plan for the organization. You may look into strategic plans of competing organizations to draft the possible strategic plan for your selected organization.

To prepare this Assignment, write a 2-page paper that addresses the following:

• Indicate the name and type of the healthcare organization you selected.

• Describe the services provided by the healthcare organization and the market the healthcare organization serves.

• Identify a strategy in that healthcare organization's strategic plan and report on (if present) or propose (if missing) one or more tactics for its implementation.

• Analyze how the tactic(s) you propose or report on support the strategy. Include a rationale justifying your tactic(s).

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week's Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources, as appropriate. 

Required Links:

https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/objectives.html

https://www.cdc.gov/phcommunities/resourcekit/evaluate/smart_objectives.html

https://www-proquest-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/docview/213679264