PreparationThe feedback you received on your care setting environmental analysis

PreparationThe feedback you received on your care setting environmental analysis has been positive. Consequently, you have been asked to select one of the potential improvement projects you noted in your analysis and create a full, 5–10-year strategic plan to achieve the desired quality and safety improvement outcomes. You will develop your strategic plan, using either an AI approach (addressing the design stage), or by building on your SWOT analysis and applying a strategic planning model of your choice.
How you structure your plan should be based on whether you are taking an appreciative inquiry approach or using a specific strategic planning model. Regardless of the approach you choose, the requester of the plan has asked that you address the key points outlined below in the strategic plan requirements. In addition, your plan should be 5–8 pages in length.Strategic planning models aid in setting goals, establishing time frames, and forging a path toward achieving those goals. Consider the strategic planning models you are familiar with:
Which model would you choose to create goals and outcomes that could address the area of concern you identified in your Assessment 1 SWOT analysis?
Why is this model the best choice among alternatives?
How does goal setting through appreciative inquiry provocative propositions differ from goal setting in the strategic planning model you selected?
Additional RequirementsNote: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so at a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
Writing, Supporting Evidence, and APA StyleWrite clearly, with professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.
Integrate relevant sources of evidence to support your assertions.Cite at least 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence.
Format your document using APA style. Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]. Be sure to include:A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
A running head on all pages.
Appropriate section headings.
Properly formatted citations and references.
Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult to focus on the substance of your analysis.
Strategic PlanDevelop strategic goal statements and outcomes that reflect specific quality and safety improvements for your care setting. You should have at least one short-term goal (just-in-time to one year) and one long-term goal (five years or longer).Determine realistic timelines for achieving your goals.
Explain how your short-term goals support your long-term goals.
Note: For plans based on an AI approach, the goal statements and outcomes are provocative propositions that may be refinements of the positive, yet attainable, goals that you proposed during the dream phase of your inquiry. For plans based on a SWOT analysis, the goal statements and outcomes are specific, measurable, and applicable to the area of concern in your analysis for which you proposed pursuing improvements.
Justify the relevance of your proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of your care setting.
Analyze the extent to which your strategic goals and outcomes, and your approach to achieving them, address:The ethical environment.
The cultural environment.
The use of technology.
Applicable health care policies, laws, and regulations.
Explain, in general, how you will use relevant leadership and health care theories to help achieve your proposed strategic goals and outcomes.Consider whether different theories are more applicable to the short-term or long-term goals of your strategic plan.
Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that are most important to successfully implementing your proposed plan and sustaining strategic direction.Identify those leadership qualities and skills that are essential to achieving your goals and outcomes and sustaining strategic direction
Identify those leadership qualities and skills that will have the greatest effect on the success of your plan
.Strategic Planning Scoring Guide
CRITERIANON-PERFORMANCEBASICPROFICIENTDISTINGUISHED
Develop strategic goal statements and outcomes that support the achievement of specific quality and safety improvements for a care setting.Does not develop goal statements and outcomes.Develops goal statements and outcomes, but they are not strategic, are not realistic, or they do not support the achievement of specific quality and safety improvements for a care setting.Develops strategic goal statements and outcomes that support the achievement of specific quality and safety improvements for a care setting.Develops strategic goal statements and outcomes that support the achievement of specific quality and safety improvements for a care setting, and impartially considers potential barriers.
Justify the relevance of proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of a care setting.Does not justify proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of a care setting.Attempted justification of the proposed strategic goals and outcomes lacks relevance to the mission, vision, or values of a care setting.Justifies the relevance of proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of a care setting.Justifies the relevance of proposed strategic goals and outcomes in relation to the mission, vision, and values of a care setting, and identifies areas of uncertainty or knowledge gaps.
Analyze the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments.Does not analyze the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments.Attempts to analyze the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments, but misses one or more of the aspects listed.Analyzes the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments.Analyzes the extent to which strategic goals and outcomes address the use of technology and the ethical, cultural, and regulatory environments. Impartially considers the limitations of the goals and outcomes.
Explain how relevant leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives.Does not explain how relevant leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives.Explains how leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives, but the cited theories do not appear to be relevant or are not clearly connected to the goals and objectives.Explains how relevant leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives.Explains how relevant leadership and health care theories will be used to help achieve proposed strategic goals and objectives, and identifies gaps, limitations, or mismatches in theories.
Evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that will be most important to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.Does not evaluate the leadership qualities and skills that will be most important to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.Evaluates leadership qualities and skills that are not key to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction or that are not clearly related to specific aspects of the plan.Evaluates the leadership qualities and skills that will be most important to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.Evaluates the leadership qualities and skills that will be most important to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction, and identifies assumptions underlying the evaluation.
Communicate analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.Does not communicate analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.Communication is not consistently clear and professional; errors in grammar or mechanics distract from the message, or communication lacks respect for stakeholders or colleagues.Communicates analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.Communicates analyses clearly, logically, and persuasively, demonstrating professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues. Grammar and mechanics are virtually error-free.
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.Does not integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions; does not correctly format citations and references using APA style.Sources lack relevance or credibility, are poorly integrated, or are incorrectly formatted.Integrates relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.Integrates relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style. Citations are error-free.