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Healthcare Administration Capstone – Week #4 Lecture 1

Developing Your Plan

By this time, you have completed Chapters 1 and 2. This week and next, you will move into and complete Chapter 3 – the Strategic Plan. In Chapter 1 you identified and defined the problem. In Chapter 2 you reviewed the current literature as it relates to your project. Chapter 3 is the “so what” chapter. In other words, Chapter 1 - here is our problem, Chapter 2 - here is what has been written about it thus far, and now Chapter 3 - this is what we should do about it.

As has been the case with the previous weeks, there are some caveats to completing this plan. First and foremost, do not implement your plan in an actual organization. This goes back to the notion that we do not have an Institutional Review Board here at Grantham University. Anytime that you are wearing the hat of a researcher, you are bound by the principles set forth by the Nuremberg Code. You can read more about this here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121268/

Simply put, you cannot intervene with human subjects as a result of working on this Capstone Project. Once the course is completed and you have received a final grade, you are then more than welcome to approach your employer with your plan.

The next pointer is to approach your plan from a multitude of angles. What does this plan look like from a management perspective? From an employee’s point of view? What about the organization as a whole? Lastly, what about the perspective of the patient? Keep in mind that some of these questions may or may not be applicable to your current problem.

As you develop your strategic plan, remember that resources are finite. In other words, the plan must be feasible from a cost perspective. In this context, cost is much more than just money. Cost involves time, labor, material resources, and space if needed to implement your plan.

The final thing to consider as you develop your plan is the implementation component. How will you be sure that all stakeholders are adequately informed? For this chapter, remember that the barriers for implementation and the limitations of your plan will be addressed in the subsequent chapter – Chapter 4 Recommendations for Future Study/Limitations.

The following resource is available to assist you as you work on Chapter 3. Just remember, to stay on track, Chapter 3 is due at the end of week 5. Should you have any questions, please be sure to utilize the discussion forum “Project Questions.”

http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/develop-action-plans/main