...Organizational Plans Brook Pritchard XMGT/230 May 22, 2015 Gary Cedrone There are three main types of plans that a manager will use in his or her pursuit of company goals, which include operational, tactical and strategic. If you think about these three types of plans as stepping stones, you can see how their relationship to one another aids in the achievement of organizational goals. Operational plans are necessary to attain tactical plans and tactical plans lead to the achievement of strategic plans. Then, in true planning fashion, there are also plans to backup plans that fail. These are known as contingency plans. Strategic plans are designed with the entire organization in mind and begin with an organization's mission. Top-level managers, such as CEOs or presidents, will design and execute strategic plans to paint a picture of the desired future and long-term goals of the organization. Essentially, strategic plans look ahead to where the organization wants to be in three, five, even ten years. Strategic plans, provided by top-level managers, serve as the framework for lower-level planning ("Types of Planning", 2015). Now that you have a general idea for how organizational planning evolves, let's look at the next level of planning, known as tactical planning. Tactical plans support strategic plans by translating them into specific plans relevant to a distinct area of the organization. Tactical plans are concerned with the responsibility and functionality of lower-level...
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...Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL PLANS PAPER 1 Organizational Plans Paper ORGANIZATIONAL PLANS PAPER Organizational Plans Paper 2 Even though there is no perfect plan, strategic planning helps an organization’s long-term goals and strategies. There are three types of plans, where managers at different levels create and establish goals. However, the levels at which management create plans and in order for the plans to be effective the goals and plans must be aligned. To have an effective plan an organization should have a strategy. The strategy is the blueprint for actions and supplies to achieve the goals of the organization. The strategic goals are established by top-level managers which should be useful and well organized (Bateman & Snell, 2011). The three levels of planning all play a different part in the organization. Strategic planning focuses on long-term goals and strategies for the organization. Tactical planning is established by mid-level managers who interpret broad strategic goals into more specific goals and plans. Operational plans are established by the frontline managers, which stress specific procedures and processes. My work environment operates with the three level planning processes, mostly because of grade levels. There is a Director, Branch Chief, and then a Team Lead. The Team Lead is the only individual that we can walk in their office and speak to them. Everything operates in such of a chain in command operation. In the end, although there...
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...Organizational Plans University of Phoenix Planning is the part of management concerned with creating procedures, rules and guidelines for achieving a stated objective. Planning is carried out at both the macro and micro level. Managers need to create broad objectives and mission statements as well as look after the day to day running of the company. A strategic plan is a high-level overview of the entire business, its vision, objectives, and value. This plan is the foundational basis of the organization and will dictate decisions in the long-term. The scope of the plan can be two, three, five, or even ten years. The tactical plan describes the tactics the organization plans to use to achieve the ambitions outlined in the strategic plan. It is a short range (i.e. with a scope of less than one year), low-level document that breaks down the broader mission statements into smaller, actionable chunks. If the strategic plan is a response to “What?”, the tactical plan responds to “How?”. The operational plan describes the day to day running of the company. The operational plan charts out a roadmap to achieve the tactical goals within a realistic timeframe. This plan is highly specific with an emphasis on short-term objectives. “Increase sales to 150 units/day”, or “hire 50 new employees” are both examples of operational plan objectives. Creating the operational plan is the responsibility of low-level managers and supervisors. My organization uses this...
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...Organizational Change Plan - Part III The process of organizational change is often intimidating or overwhelming. The prospect of change is not often received well by those in the organization involved in the areas considered for change. Organizational leaders need to monitor and evaluate the staff and patients throughout the process of the proposed change implementation. The constant monitoring is crucial to the success and obtaining the desired outcomes. Monitoring the process and the changes along the change path enables the leadership to determine the success of the process or the need to a pause to re-evaluate and possibly alter the change. According to Spector (2010), “Effective leaders communicate downward to make sure employees at all levels understand in a clear and consistent way the purpose and direction of the firm” (p. 192). Changing any facet of the health care delivery process is difficult at best; the move toward technology is much harder and more challenging. Gaining the support for the change improves the success of the change by getting staff on board and involved in the change. Involving the staff allows staff to have inputs to the change and modifications to the change process along the path. Effectiveness of the Organizational Change Change effectiveness is measured in various ways. The change to ePrescribing and the overall effectiveness of the change requires a collaboration of effort. . Leadership must review the current procedures for...
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...Organizational Change Plan - Part 1 Lynn Clark Creating Change within Organizations HCS/587 Debra Kent May 06, 2012 Organizational Change Plan - Part 1 Within any organization change occurs on a daily basis. Staff understanding the need for these changes is essential to the success of the change. Changing from paper to paperless patient check-in has become necessary at the Northwest Primary Care Clinic. Patient satisfaction has promoted this change. Having patients checked in and ready to see their providers at their scheduled appointment time has become high priority. Discussed here will be the need for the change, individual and organizational barriers to the change, factors that may influence the change, factors influencing organizational readiness, the theoretical model used, and the internal and external resources available for support of change. Need for the Proposed Change Having patients checked in and ready to see their providers at the scheduled appointment time not only allows providers the time they need to assess and care for the patient, but also leads to increased patient satisfaction (Anderson, Camacho, & Balkrishnan, 2007). Patients expect that once they have gone through the check in process they will be triaged, and see the provider at their scheduled time. If the patient is left in the waiting area for an extended period he may become upset, and believes that his needs are not important to the staff or provider. Patient satisfaction...
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...Organizational Plans Rebecca Maatouk XMGT/230 January 9, 2014 Joseph Walter Organizations need to make careful and well thought out decisions for the best interest of the company. These plans can be broken down into 3 parts and the company can choose all or one way of planning. Strategic Planning is a good plan when you are looking ahead for the entire business and it is more of a long term goal. The organization would start off with a vision. This is where the company needs to look to the future and see where it wants to be in just a few years to come. This plan must look into the future and accommodate technology changes, culture changes and have flexibility for change. Mission is the next step to strategic planning; having a mission statement of an overview of the companies values and a slogan that they want to customers to believe in. Last, values; voice the values of the company and keep these values in the future planning of the company. Tactical Plans are plans this is more a condensed form and outline of the strategic plan. This is more of a 1 year plan and this answers how you will accomplish the strategic plan. Within the tactical plan one needs to list specific goals with deadlines, evaluate budget requirements, and list all resources that will be needed, this also includes marketing, funding, etc. Finally, Operational Plans; these are plans set out on an even finer scale that help us to achieve the tactical plan. This plan is of importance, because it is brakes down...
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...Organizational Plans Latasha Hudson XGMT/230 10/13/2013 Joe Gerwens Organizational Plans Bateman, T.S. & Snell, S.A. (2011) states that the different types of plans that organizations can use are: Situational Analysis, studies past events, examines current conditions, and attempts to forecast future trends. It focuses on the internal forces at work in the organization or work unit and, consistent with the open-systems approach. The Alternative Goals and Plans, based on the situational analysis, the planning process should generate alternative goals that may be pursued in the future and the alternative plans that may be used to achieve those goals. Goal and Plan Evaluation, managers will evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, and potential effects of each alternative goal and plan. They must prioritize those goals and even eliminate some of them. Goal and Plan Selection, Once managers have assessed the various goals and plans, they will select the one that is most appropriate and feasible. The evaluation process will identify the priorities and trade-offs among the goals and plans. Implementation, successful implementation requires a plan to be linked to other systems in the organization, particularly the budget and reward systems. If the manager does not have a budget with financial resources to execute the plan, the plan is probably doomed. Similarly, goal achievement must be linked to the organization’s reward system. Monitor and Control, without it...
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...Organizational Plan I. Opportunity a. The x city area is home to over 50,000 households. Of these, there are numerous residences that will need professional maintenance. b. Situated beside the river, x city possesses a strong maritime community. Private firms host piers, wharfs, and marinas in order for the public to dock private vessels for use in the Ohio and lakes famous across southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. c. With thousands upon thousands of populace of x city moving to and moving from the city, realty firms must prepare countless properties to be presentable for home showings. Taking into consideration the needs listed above, and predicting multiple other situations in which cleaning services will be required, there will be an unquestioned need for high-pressured power washing. Dirt, grime, stains, and spills can be pressure-washed and removed to reveal a clean, spotless surface underneath. The potential application for a water-powered power washer is great; many surfaces, such as porches, sidewalks, patios, siding, boat hulls, windows, and vehicles, can be washed spotless. With a concentration around the University—drawing on alumni and local connections to the business, specialization on power washing can be focused to the surrounding areas. Large competitors will pose less threat to a business that has such strong ties to the local environment. II. Description of a Business Problem to keep things clean and not much time to do it, well...
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...Organizational Change Plan HCS/587 9/15/14 Organizational Change Plan In assessing the needs of the organization, the education department realized that the systems current methodology of validating nursing competencies was out dated and very inefficient and non cost effective. In March of 2012, the education department embarked upon collaboration with a well-known national speaker to come speak to our leaders and clinicians regarding nursing competencies. This was the initial step taken to start changing forever how we assessed and validated nursing competencies across the system. Unit Based Competency Business Case As we examined the dynamics in healthcare, we pursued the introduction of a new unit based competency model. This shifted the paradigm from yearly skills labs that were non productive to the UBC model as it was the right thing to do. The ability of the nurses at the point of service is constantly plagued by intricate innovations in the areas of equipment’s, staffing, requirements from regulatory bodies, on-line documentations, and the like. The current trend in healthcare is highly motivated by a well-educated clientele of the community, hence an escalating expectation from the nurses is inevitable, most specifically the competency. Competency assessment as required by external and internal standards is a must for every healthcare facility. The controversy...
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...Running Head: ORGANIZATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Organizational Technology Plan Overview Business today is faced with an array of workplace changes varying from downsizing to implementation of new equipment or methodologies. In the current recession Jake’s Plumbing has looked for ways to have a successful business, while still providing the customer excellent service. Jake’s Plumbing is an organization that can change and adapt to new technological advances that leads to the organization’s survival and success. This organization is going to adjust business practices and the organizational model to achieve long-term prosperity. Changes required to make Jake’s Plumbing superior to competitors may include hiring skilled workers, finding support with external and internal partners, and continuing to advance in the areas of technology, which helps them remain competitive. As this cycle of change continues and adjustments made to the organizational structure, Jake’s Plumbing will incorporate these changes into the organization so that their employees and customers benefit. Lane, (2008) stated “Organizations go through change all the time, some minor but very often major; sometimes in the name of economy and almost always in the interests of improvement – this can be in terms of service or returns (or, with any luck, both).” (Lane 2008, The Challenge of Supporting Staff, ¶2.) This organizational technology assignment will be to concentrate...
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...JetBlue's Organizational Plan JetBlue's Organizational Plan Introduction JetBlue is known as the airline that promises, and also delivers. JetBlue delivers Air flight of the future, with new jets and the lowest fares available. JetBlue has proved to the world that one can have it all. JetBlue’s Airways started in 2000 with the mission as stated by the founder Neeleman: “to bring humanity back to air travel by offering passengers low fares, friendly service, and high-quality product” (Ford, 2004, p.139). JetBlue has five core values that they operate by on a daily basis, which includes, safety, caring, integrity, passion and fun. JetBlue continues to adapt to the changing environment, and its community by evaluating the risks and opportunities for adjustment to the changes presented (Jetblue.com/green, 2012). Main Goal JetBlue Airlines main goal is to provide cheap tickets to consumers with continued profit to the business as a whole. This includes the internal and external stakeholders. The internal stakeholder combines the customers, the investors and the crewmembers. Some of the external stakeholders are the environmental conditions, the government and the competing airlines. To accomplish the goal, the stakeholder should include in the primary goal for the company’s success. For example, consumers should be able to purchase cheaper tickets when comparing prices to other airlines with more incentives. Crewmembers should be rewarded for efficient work with provided...
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...Organizational Change Plan Part III Acuity Adaptable Care Delivery Model and the Universal Room Model Brooke A. Dupre Creating Change Within Organization HCS/ 587 April 13, 2015 Instructor: Ginger Weatherspoon At Acadian Medical Center Campus of Mercy Regional Medical Center in Eunice Louisiana, our mission is "Quality Healthcare Close To Home. Organizations seek to change to reach their mission and strategic goals of quality health care. When current ways of working are not allowing us to reach our objectives, we must incorporate new ways that are likely to be more effective, the change should be considered through a process. The organizational change plan will explore Acuity Adaptable Care Delivery Model and the Universal Room Model. It will then describe the organizational change process of the acuity model, possible barriers to change, possible influencing factors, and lastly motivational theories to assist managers in working with and motivating staff during the change process, describe the methods that will be used to monitor implementation of your proposed change, examine the relationship between the organization’s related processes, systems, and personal or professional roles and their effect, identify communication techniques that will be used to address any implementation issues that may arise, the effectiveness once implemented, and outcome measurement with the Acuity Adaptable Care Delivery Model and the Universal Room Model. The acuity adaptable model is...
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...Organizational Change Plan - Part I Michelle Santana, RN University of Phoenix Creating Change Within Organizations HCS 587 Laura Rainey September 22, 2014 Organizational Change Plan - Part I In today's fast-moving environment any business looking for the pace of change to slow down is likely to be deeply disillusioned. In fact, businesses should embrace change. Change is imperative for any organization because it prevents business from losing their competitive edge and meets the needs of what most hope to be a growing base of loyal customers. Changes however, are unavoidable and are a significant part of every organization. They are implemented to improve the company, or as a response to a problem or a predicament. This paper will examine the need for the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR), assess organizational and individual barriers to EMR implementation, identify factors that might influence the change, summarize factors influencing organizational readiness for EMR implementation, identify the theoretical model that relates to the proposed change, and identify internal and external resources available to support the change initiative. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are patients electronic medical health records. In the past, patient’s health records were kept in a physician’s office locked away in a filing cabinet collecting dust. However, the advancements in technology and Medicare’s and Medicaid...
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...Organizational Planning paper MGT521 July 25, 2014 Organizational Planning paper I picked Target Corporation as the company to perform that SWOT analysis. I used to work for them as a assets protection specialist, so I am somewhat familiar with Target. Overall it’s a great company to work for. They really take care of its employees and its shows with the great customer service they provide. Compare Target’s customer service to let’s say wal mart and the difference is quite large. Like every company they have their strengths and weakness. Its logo is one of the most recognizable logos in the United States of America. (Fortune.com, 2014) Even people that don’t shop at target know its logo and brand. Target is huge about its brand. Which is expect more and pay less. Also its brand is how clean and organized its stores are and the level of customer service you receive by its employees. Another huge strength is target’s ability to anticipate customer demands and deliver high quality and innovative products to them. In return Target gains some loyal customers. Another strength is the different types of product it sells. For example, my mom has a navy blue themed kitchen all thanks to target. She has a blue toaster, microwave, and coffee machine. One of its major goals is to open up more stores in Canada and in the United States. For Target to be successful in Canada, it needs to make sure that people understand the difference between Target and its competitors. They need...
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...Organizational Staffing Plan The purpose of this paper is to provide a staffing plan for Guardian Angel Daycare center. Although, we are a small business I will provide information that will show with the right amount of employees, possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability (KSA) skill sets we can maximize efficiency and meet the critical business needs at the appropriate times. In order for us to secure the licensure needed for our future expansion. Identify two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Examine the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.). The two staffing models that apply to my business are staffing quantity- level and staffing quality- person/ job match. Both models are critical for the success of Guardian Angel Daycare center. The staffing level will guide me to ensure that I am not overstaffing and suffer from high costs with a facility full of employees sitting around with nothing to do. As well as guide me from understaffing, which will affect my employees by being stressed and over worked. The productivity of my business will suffer, causing me to lose great employees and customers, which ultimately would be detrimental to the success of the business (Conrad). For my future expansion...
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