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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 1 Discussion

LInkedIn and the Healthcare Communiyt HUB

Theme 1:

Review this LinkedIn article in CareerQuest and access the related links.

Watch this 45 minute presentation by LinkedIn representatives on the Learn From the Experts

Create an account on LinkedIn and complete your profile (*If there are professional or personal reasons why you cannot complete a LinkedIn profile, complete a CareerQuest profile, and set it to private. You may delete this profile as soon as your faculty member has graded it.) Make sure your profile is at least 90% complete. Include a professional-looking headshot, a succinct headline that describes you, your work history going back 10 to 15 years at least, your education including your current degree program at University of Maryland University College, and your skills. Connect with other members of the class, colleagues from work, and other professionals that you know. As you connect, start endorsing your connections for their skills with which you are familiar. Soon they will endorse you for your skills. Identify at least five potential employers that you would like to follow and at least one professional association.

Theme 2:

Staying abreast of issues, trends, and research in healthcare is important to the success of the healthcare professional and the community at large. For this activity, you will:

Locate a current article related to healthcare and specific to the healthcare sector that you are most interested in. Ensure that the article comes from a credible source of information.

After reading the article in detail, write 1-2 paragraphs that will serve as a summary of the information contained in the article and your analysis of that information. This should demonstrate an understanding of the material, independent analysis, and critical thinking skills.

Spend some time locating a group on LinkedIn that is specific to your area of interest or the sector of healthcare that you are wanting to work in. Join that group.

Share the article, along with your 1-2 paragraph analysis, on LinkedIn to the group you joined. You should have a LinkedIn profile already set up but if not, you will need to do this (Theme 1).

Finally, share a direct link to the LinkedIn group within your post that includes your article and the summary.

NOTE: The faculty and the students should be able to see what you posted on the LinkedIn group/LinkedIn profile. The faculty will grade the summary of the article you made and the accomplished activity in developing a LinkedIn profile, and joining a group. Your Peers will comment on the article and your Linkedin Profile.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 2 Discussion

Leadership in Helathcare

Theme 1:

There are many types of communication styles used in the workplace. Choose what you think is your leadership style: north, south, east, or west. Click the Leadership Compass: Appreciating Diverse Work Styles (downloads as a PDF) link for details. (Scroll halfway down the page to where it says (Results) to read the description of each style. The first set of descriptions is for north.)

Which of the four directions do you believe is your style?

What are the strengths of your style? (at least four adjectives)

What are the limitations of your style? (at least four adjectives)

Which style do you find the most difficult to work with in others, and why?

What do the other directions need to know about you so that you can work effectively together?

Theme 2:

Take How Good Are Your Leadership Skills Quiz. Reflect on your results and how they echo the week content. Share with your peers what specific skills you need to improve or develop to become a stronger leader. Explain what you are going to do to accomplish it. Make sure to support the comparison of your skills to the required one for a healthcare leader using the content resources.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 3 Discussion

Strategic Planning

Look at the Balanced Scorecard for Mercy Hospital. Use Memorandum format and direct it to your faculty. Please explain what data and information was needed to develop this report. Be specific and offer examples. Explain why some portions of the document are missing initiatives. Tell us how this scorecard is going to be used for Mercy Strategic Planning process. Make sure to use APA to cite relevant sources.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 4 Discussion

Evidence-based Decision Making

Read Knowledge Management Problem in Healthcare: a Case Study Based on the Grounded Theory (downloads as a PDF). Share a reflection on the article discussing:

1. Why this research was conducted? What is the 0 hypothesis?

2. The main idea of the document

3. Why these specific data was chosen for collection and processing? Explain.

4. Were the conclusions expected and support the null hypothesis?

5. What challenges the researches had to overcome during the process?

6. Were they successful in overcoming those obstacles? Why yes or not? 

Even though it is a reflection activity and the answers might be similar at large, try to expand on the peers' comments and offer your justification or evidence (remember all different types of it)  to understand the data and research utilization for managerial decisions.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 5 Discussion

Financial Planning

Read A Case Study In Strategic Financial Planning In Health Service Organizations

Reflect on the study and discuss:

1. How the Strategic Financial Planning process is similar or different from general healthcare strategic planning process?

2. Write about the data and information necessary for successful financial strategic planning. Who is responsible for the collection, processing, and conclusions of this data and information? 

3. What are the consequences of using flawed evidence in decision making and strategic planning process?

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 6 Discussion

Strategic Organizing and Staffing

Develop an email following Business Email Format. You can type it in an email system, save the draft and copy and paste it in the discussion window. Or, you can structure it with the appropriate subject line in the discussion window directly and addressed to your faculty discussing:

The steps of the strategic planning process with regard to organizing a health fair in rural 15,000 residents West Virginia as a community outreach for a non-for-profit general hospital in the area. Use average demographic distribution in WV (list the source you used) and -provide workforce component justification;

-list funding sources;

-provide epidemiological measures that will define the list of services offered at the fair (note: not clinical but managerial decisions);

-offer promotional mix base outline and timeframe;

-provide any other necessary components to address all steps of the strategic planning for this event. 

This email should not be longer that one page long. Use the space effectively. You can develop visual aids, diagrams, tables etc. Cite sources in APA format when appropriate.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 7 Discussion

Planning and Quality Assurance

Read Healthcare Workers Perceptions of an Organization

Reflect on the document and share your perspective on the study's importance, choice of measures, and the conclusions made by the researchers. If you were a researcher conducting this study, what would have you done differently? Why and how? Do you agree with the conclusions of the study? Why yes or no? Offer examples to support your opinion.

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HMGT495 Strategic Planning and Leadership in Healthcare

Week 8 Discussion

Marketing

Reflect on what you learned in this course. What did you find the most useful for your future health services manager career (or the current one)? How does healthcare strategic planning change with time and technological development? How are the entry and middle-level managers are involved in the strategic planning process? What is their responsibility level? How did this program help you (or not) add value to the organizational role you plan to pursue? 

Make sure to follow APA to cite relevant resources supporting your opinions.

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