Create a strategic plan for a program or organization

Outline for Paper Instructions for Creating a Strategic Plan

Each student must create a strategic plan for a program or organization approved by the professor.  The Strategic Plan is a major course assignment and must:

• include page numbers
• section headings
• use a font no greater than 12 points
• have margins on the right side at least 1 inch
• be typed
• written be grammatically correct

Possible Strategic Plan Topics

·        Cancer Center·        Pediatric Program·        Urgent Care Center·        Cardio Vascular Center·        Wound Care Program·        Radiology Group·        Urology Program·        Physical Therapy Group·        Substance Abuse·        Mental Health·        Gynecology·        Other approved topic

The Strategic Plan Template must include the following sections:

• Organization Name (Links to an external site.)
• Date Created (Links to an external site.)
• Vision Statement (Links to an external site.)-  is an aspirational statement of where you want your unit to be in the future. “Future” is usually defined as the next three to five years, but it could be more. A vision should set the overall direction for the unit and team and should be bold and inspirational. A vision describes the “what” and the “why” for everything you do.
• Mission Statement (Links to an external site.)- describes what you do today. It often describes what you do, for who, and how. Focusing on your mission each day should enable you to reach your vision. A mission statement could broaden your choices, and/or narrow them.
• Core values –  describe your beliefs and behaviors. They are the things that you believe in that will enable you to achieve your vision and mission
• Service or Program over view
• Team Members (Links to an external site.)
• Business Plan
• SWOT – A SWOT analysis sums up where you are now and provides ideas on what you need to focus on.
  • Strengthen Analysis
  • Opportunity Analysis (Links to an external site.)
  • Weakness Analysis (Links to an external site.)
  • Threat Analysis (Links to an external site.)
• Industry Analysis (Links to an external site.)
• Marketing Analysis (Links to an external site.)
• Health Information Technology Plan
• Goals
  • One Month Goals (Links to an external site.)
  • Quarterly Goals (Links to an external site.)
  • One Year Goals (Links to an external site.)
  • Five Year Goals (Links to an external site.)
• Executive Summary