The strategic planning process is essential for all organizations. Strategic plans help organizations’ leaders and stakeholders keep sight of their missions and visions, achieve their goals and objectives, and address their challenges and issues. As a health care leader, you must be able to develop a strategic plan and use it to drive your organizational decision making. For the Final Project, you develop a comprehensive strategic plan to address challenges that have adversely impacted a health care organization.
The task
Jasper Gardens Nursing Home’s board of directors and executive leadership team have asked for your assistance with addressing some of the major issues that have adversely impacted the organization’s financial and operational performances. They have requested that you advise them on the following:
Strategies to help the organization address the absence of a Medicare-certified hospice, which has inconvenienced patients and their family members and has led to negative publicity for the organization
Strategies that might improve Jasper Gardens Nursing Home’s overall financial performance
Strategies that might improve Jasper Gardens Nursing Home’s operational performance
Strategies that might assist Jasper Gardens Nursing Home with effectively addressing the various external factors that may potentially threaten its market share
In a strategic plan, include the following components:
Mission statement

Vision statement
Core values
SWOT analysis
Grand strategies or long-term strategic priorities

Operational and tactical plan
Key performance and evaluation indicators

Change management plan, including the following:
The size of the change and its impact on the community and the organization
The organization’s readiness for change
Change management strategy
Team structure and responsibilities
Sponsor roles and responsibilities
Planning and implementation
Communications plan