NURS-FPX8020 Assessment 1 Strategic Plan Appraisal

Write a 67 page critical appraisal of an organization’s strategic plan from the perspective of a nurse executive, taking into consideration the organization’s mission, vision, and other contextual factors.

Introduction

A strategic plan is constructed from a clear, well-articulated vision and a comprehensive environmental scan. An analysis of the internal and external environments provides a clear picture of the current state and the potential hurdles to overcome in reaching the desired future state. Leaders can then establish goals and objectives that are specific, measurable, acceptable, realistic, timely, and rewarding.

Strategic objectives balance short-term and long-term opportunities and consider the needs of all key stakeholders. From the objectives flow the strategies and tactics for achieving the goals. Building skill in strategic planning positions, the DNP nurse is one who makes things happen.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to critically examine an organization’s strategic plan. An understanding of the organizations vision, mission, and strategic priorities is crucial to departmental strategic planning that aligns with, and supports, organizational priorities.

Preparation

For this assessment, you will appraise an organizational strategic plan, develop a departmental strategic plan, and propose a quality improvement initiative, respectively. The choice of healthcare setting as the context for this work is up to you. You may choose the organization in which you currently work, an organization in which you worked previously, or an organization about which you would like to learn more. You will use this healthcare organization, and a department or division within the organization, as the basis for the remaining assessments in this course.

Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your facultys feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your facultys feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

Instructions

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Write a critical appraisal of the organizations strategic plan. Identify strategic priorities and orient yourself to the key performance indicators (KPI) the organization uses to drive quality. Include the quantitative metrics of the scorecard.

Note: Lessons learned from your appraisal will inform your work in subsequent assessments in this course.

Appraisal Format and Length

Format your document using APA style.

• Length: Your appraisal should be 67 pages in length, excluding the title page, references page, and appendix.
• APA Format: Use the to help you in writing and formatting your appraisal. Be sure to include:
• A title page and references page.
• An abstract and running head are not required.
• Appropriate section headings.
• Additional Information: In addition to an introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion, use the following section headings to format the body of your paper to ensure thorough content coverage and flow.
• Strategic Plan Analysis.
• SWOT.
• Validity of Data and Analytical Strategies.
• Stakeholder Input.
• Balanced Scorecard.
• Nomenclature: Please save the document you are submitting for grading using the following format.
• Lastname, First name Assessment 1 Attempt #

Evaluation

The following tasks correspond to the grading criteria in the assessment rubric, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

• Select an organization and analyze their strategic plan.
• Analysis of strategic plan.
• How well do the priorities align with the mission and vision of the organization?
• What priorities appear to take precedence?
• Approach your SWOT analysis from a systems perspective at a macro level.
• Perform a SWOT analysis taking into account both internal and external key elements.
• Include a four-part grid of the SWOT quadrants as an APA properly formatted figure within your paper.
• Provide a description of the SWOT analysis.
• Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.
• What data was most likely used to develop key performance indicators (KPIs)?
• For example: patient satisfaction data, 30-day readmission data, other internal performance indicators or external regulatory measures.
• What was the source of the data?
• For example: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), internal data, public health data, financial data.
• Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.
• For example, strategic priorities can be developed by the board of directors, elicited from employee focus or patient advocacy groups, or derived from a combination of these approaches.
• You may need to interview an organizational stakeholder for this information. If this information is unavailable to you, identify the stakeholders you would approach for their inputs.
• Create a balanced scorecard for an organization.
• Use four standard balanced scorecard domains: 1) financial, 2) customer, 3) internal processes, and 4) learning and growth.
• Include quantitative measures for each domain.
• Are the organizations strategic priorities balanced, or do one or more priorities receive more emphasis than the others?
• Include the scorecard as an APA properly formatted appendix.
• Articulate meaning relevant to the main topic, scope, and purpose of the prompt.
• Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
• Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
• Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your appraisal.
• Apply APA formatting to in-text citations, references, figure, and appendix.
• APA formatted citations and references for a minimum of six scholarly references.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze organizational priorities, strategic planning, and system wide processes using data to optimize outcomes from a leadership perspective.
• Analyze an organizations strategic plan, noting organizational priorities and mission and vision statements.
• Analyze an organizations strategic plan using SWOT technique.
• Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.
• Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.
• Create a balanced scorecard for an organization.
• Competency 5: Address assessment purpose in effective written or multimedia presentations, incorporating appropriate evidence and communicating in a form and style consistent with applicable professional and academic standards.
• Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Collapse AllCriterion 1

Analyze an organizations strategic plan, noting organizational priorities and mission and vision statements.

Distinguished

Analyzes an organizations strategic plan. Provides keen insight into organizational priorities and their alignment with the organizations mission and vision in a written description.

Criterion 2

Analyze an organizations strategic plan using SWOT technique.

Distinguished

Analyzes an organization’s strategic plan using SWOT technique. Provides SWOT illustration with at least eight specific details and a detailed description of SWOT analysis.

Criterion 3

Evaluate the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities.

Distinguished

Evaluates the validity of data and analytical strategies used to develop organizational priorities. Makes logically sound, insightful inferences based on relevant data.

Criterion 4

Explain how input from stakeholders might have been elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities.

Distinguished

Explains how input from stakeholders is elicited and incorporated into the development of strategic priorities. Draws logically sound conclusions from a perceptive interpretation of relevant data and information or clear insight into prospective stakeholders.

Criterion 5

Creates a balanced scorecard for an organization using all four domains with quantitative measures.

Distinguished

Creates a balanced scorecard for an organization. Leverages available data and information to provide an insightful assessment of organizational priorities in each scorecard domain.

Criterion 6

Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.

Distinguished

Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting.

Criterion 7

Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Distinguished

Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.