Strategic Planning Advice

Instructions:

• A colleague, John, has come to you for advice. John is a practice manager for a local urgent care clinic. He has been tasked with developing, implementing, and tracking a strategic plan for the practice.
  • List the questions you would ask John to learn more about his practice, and the type of plan he is trying to develop. (Use a bullet point format).
  • List important points to remember in each stage of strategic planning. (Use a bullet point format).
  • To be as specific as possible, make assumptions as to the content of John’s answers.
  • Write assumptions in parentheses to provide context for each point described.
  • Include at least one scholarly source to support your post, considering the perspective that this source would also be useful to John.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Only use websites for citations and references:

Delgado, R. I., Langabeer, J. R, II, & Sullivan, M. E. (2009). Strategic performance evaluation in cancer centers/practitioner application. Journal of Healthcare Management, 54(6), 369-81; discussion 381-2. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/pubs/jhm/jhm_index.cfm

Lachman, J. (2014, May 22). Strategic planning step 5 – implement, track, and pivot [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Ce_nMI9cI

Virtualstrategist. (2012, March 23). Running a great strategy review [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BXo8fk6SSw

Miller, D. (2014). 1 Year Later: Assessing your strategic plan. Retrieved from http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/1-year-later-assessing-strategic-plan/