You will be responsible for developing a strategic plan for your organization. You may develop the plan

at the corporate, business unit, or functional level. As a general rule, corporate and business unit level

plans work best. If you do not presently work for an organization, you may select a health care

organization of your choosing or contact the instructor who will offer suggestions.

In completing the strategic plan, you should include the following components:

$1.$ An analysis of the organization$$s external environment and an identification of key strategic

issues facing the leadership. You should explain how the issues logically connect to the external

environmental analysis.

$2.$ A list of the organization$$s key stakeholders and the relationship of each to the organization $($why

does each stakeholder have a stake in the organization?$).$

$3.$ Using the value chain as your guide, list the organization$$s primary resources, competencies, and

capabilities. Assess each resource, competency, and capability and identify those that are

strategically relevant.

$4.$ Assess your organization$$s mission, vision, and values according to the components in your

textbook. Make and defend any suggestions you have for improving these directional strategies.

$5.$ Based on your assessment of the situation $($external$,$ internal, mission, vision, values$),$ what

strategic actions would you recommend to your organization? Be careful to defend your

recommendations based on your situation analysis.

Your strategic plan should not be any longer than $25$ pages including supporting tables, figures, etc.

Therefore, freely use bullets, summaries, etc. Each plan should begin with a brief $($no more than $2$ page$)$

Executive Summary that summarizes for key decision makers the recommendations you offer in the

document.