This assessment item focusses on the skills required to develop a strategy and implement it within a
healthcare organisation. Strategic planning in health care encompasses a spectrum of activities that
all address the organisation’s place in the market.
Strategic planning in health care is essential for successful operations, expansions and profitability.
There are constant shifts and changes in the healthcare environment, and these present challenges
for providers on a financial, operational and monitoring level. Ensuring that an organisational strategy
is in place reduces the risk that staff will deviate from the overall vision, mission, goals and
objectives.
Objective(s): This assessment task addresses subject learning objective(s):
A, B, C and D
This assessment task contributes to the development of graduate attribute(s):
1.1, 1.2 and 3.1
Type: Report
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 30%
Task: Assume you are the Chief Executive Officer of a not-for-profit organization which has successfully tendered for the right to provide acute, community and aged care services for a newly developed
facility scheduled to open in six months. This facility, Chandler Health, will service the needs of10,000 people within newly built suburbs on the periphery of a major city.
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Intent: This assessment item focusses on the skills required to develop a strategy and implement it within a
healthcare organisation. Strategic planning in health care encompasses a spectrum of activities that
all address the organisation’s place in the market.
Strategic planning in health care is essential for successful operations, expansions and profitability.
There are constant shifts and changes in the healthcare environment, and these present challenges
for providers on a financial, operational and monitoring level. Ensuring that an organisational strategy
is in place reduces the risk that staff will deviate from the overall vision, mission, goals and
objectives.
Objective(s): This assessment task addresses subject learning objective(s):
A, B, C and D
This assessment task contributes to the development of graduate attribute(s):
1.1, 1.2 and 3.1
Type: Report
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 30%
Task: Assume you are the Chief Executive Officer of a not-for-profit organization which has successfully tendered for the right to provide acute, community and aged care services for a newly developed
facility scheduled to open in six months. This facility, Chandler Health, will service the needs of10,000 people within newly built suburbs on the periphery of a major city.
1. Construct a three year strategy for this new organisation that addresses all three services –
Chandler Health XXXXXXXXXXNo referencing is required for this section (one page and ~ 300 words in total).
NB Any content presented on a second page will not be read or awarded marks - the entirestrategy MUST be presented on one page. Font can be altered to accommodate this, but it must not be smaller than 9 point size.
The strategy should include:
an introductory explanation (~ three sentences)
a motto (~ 8 words)
a vision statement (~ 2 sentences)
a mission statement (~ 3 themes)
a set of strategic goals (~ 6 themes)
a set of values (~ 6...