Strategic Planning Implementation and EvaluationIntroductionBuilding on the Strategic Planning and Development assignment from Week 3, prepare a 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, with narration, of your plan to present to the executive committee.In this assignment, use the healthcare organization you selected in your Week 3 assignment. Determine why you are embarking on this strategic planning process (securing funding, establishing and focusing on organizational priorities, et cetera). In this presentation:Establish a clear vision for the strategic planning process.Paint a picture of where your organization will be going and of your desired outcomes.Ensure the picture is reality and not just what you or your executive committee may want to have happen.Make certain the strategic plan allows employees to know why the organization is changing.Assignment FormatYour 10-slide PowerPoint presentation should follow this format: Slide 1: Cover SlideInclude the title of your presentation, your name, the course number and course title, your professor’s name, the university’s name, and the date.Slide 2: Background/Executive SummaryThe title of this slide should be Executive Summary.Describe the details of the situation.Use bullets with short phrases.Slide 3: Thesis StatementThe title of this slide should be Thesis Statement.Identify the focus of your research.Slides 4–9: SupportSupport your thesis statement following the SESC formula: state, explain, support, and conclude. (Use Sublevel 1 and 2 Headings to provide coherence and organization.)Provide in-text citations using the format in the Strayer Writing Standards.Slides should be concise – basically no more than seven bullets per slide and no more than seven words per bullet.Most information in a PowerPoint presentation should be contained within the notes section.Slide 10: ReferencesLocate at least three peer-reviewed journal articles to support your work. For example, to identify the clinical quality that does not compare to other hospitals, see the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHospital Comparesite.Assignment InstructionsYour presentation must include all of the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:Determine why you are embarking on this strategic planning process.Analyze the differences between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.Justify the analytical tool that will be the most effective in helping the organization achieve its strategic plan; support the proposal with an example of how it will be used.Examine the three internal and three external factors that you discovered during your research that could be barriers to the success of your proposed strategic plan; discuss solutions to each of the barriers.Examine the most effective manner of reaching the specific segments of the market that your organization’s strategic plan will target.Evaluate how well the strategic plan you have developed aligns with the organization’s mission and vision. Recommend at least one solution to track the effectiveness of your strategic plan.Use at least three quality academic resources.
