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HCA 4320, Development and

HCA 4320, Development and Strategic Planning in Health Care t

(Part 1 & 2)

Question 1

What is meant by realized strategies in strategic management? How can health care strategies be realized if they were never intended? Provide at least one example.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 2

Describe the various leadership roles for strategic management within a health care organization. Provide some specific examples of these roles.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 3

What is a “strategic thinking map?” Describe the concepts and health care applications of strategic thinking maps.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 4

Read Perspective 1-1 on page four of your textbook that covers the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

How do you feel that hospitals be affected by the changes implemented under PPACA? As a hospital CEO, which kinds of strategic management should you be doing right now to prepare for PPACA phase-in over the years ahead?

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 5

Compare and contrast the analytical view of strategic management with the emergent learning approach. How can these views be combined for a successful and responsive health care organization?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

(Part 2)

Question 1

Read Perspective 2-5 in your textbook on pages 63-65, on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Consider all four of the scenarios presented in this perspective. Briefly explain and comment on each one. Which scenario do you feel would be best for health care in America by the year 2025? Why do you feel that the scenario you selected will be the best outcome for our nation, and why? What can you as a health care leader do to help make this scenario reality for your own community?

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 2

Describe the key sources of external environmental information for use in health care strategic planning. Where does the essential information come from to help with your planning?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 3

Environmental analysis is not perfect, in fact far from it. What are the limitations of external environmental analysis in health care?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 4

What is the role of cultural diversity in the external environment of health care organizations and their services? How would you address cultural diversity in the marketplace for your own health care facility?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Question 5

It is so important for health care leaders to have their eyes open to the environment around them. They need to see details that are currently in the environment and on the horizon, which will impact the health care facility and its planning. Put yourself in the hospital CEO chair this week. Take a look around yourself, in your own community, your state, and our nation. Identify major environmental trends that will impact your own health care facility or one which you someday hope to lead.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You must use at least your textbook to complete this assignment. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.