Promoting Successful Operational Planning and Implementation

1. Chapter 8, "Formulating SBU-Level and Functional Area Strategy” Note: This chapter was assigned in Week 3. Some of the content is applicable to this week's focus.

1. Chapter 9, "Implementing the Strategy” Implementation is an essential phase of strategic planning and management; after all, there is little value to a plan if it is not implemented. This chapter discusses implementation of plans in key functional areas.

1. Chapter 11, "Strategic Financial Management" Financial considerations are an important aspect of strategic planning. Effective financial management is necessary to pay for resources, and finances are often used as a measurement of the successful outcomes to strategic planning.

. Document: Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland. (2010). Annual plan overview. Baltimore, MD: Author. © Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland. Used by permission.