What Military Strategist Are You: Tactical Planner, Or Logistician
What Military Strategist Are You: Tactical Planner, Strategic Thinker, or Logistician
Arlene Santiago
DeVry University
Professor Tennyson
April 6, 2014
Are you a tactical planner, strategic thinker, or logistician? This may not seem like a very hard question to answer, but for me I fought back and forth with this question. After reading the definitions for tactical planner and strategic thinker several times, in my line of work I’m slightly more of a tactical planner than a strategic thinker. From the examples that I have read, tactical planning is the “how” of a short term goal; while strategic is the “what” of a long term goal to accomplish. As an Emergency Room nurse, we tend to think as a tactical planner in order to perform immediate life saving actions. …show more content…
Every hospital I worked for all have its own mission statement and emphasize on the staff working toward this mission. As a nursing student, you’re thought to become a strategic thinker because you are trained on how to use critical thinking skills. You are thought to first think on what goal you want the patient to reach and then what implementations you can do to help the patient achieve this goal. In an organization there is first an objective and then ways on how to obtain this objective. It is the same in the nursing profession; our goal as a nurse is to provide the best quality care in order to acquire the best outcome. This is the reason why I fought back and forth with myself on if I am a tactical planner or a strategic
Arlene Santiago
DeVry University
Professor Tennyson
April 6, 2014
Are you a tactical planner, strategic thinker, or logistician? This may not seem like a very hard question to answer, but for me I fought back and forth with this question. After reading the definitions for tactical planner and strategic thinker several times, in my line of work I’m slightly more of a tactical planner than a strategic thinker. From the examples that I have read, tactical planning is the “how” of a short term goal; while strategic is the “what” of a long term goal to accomplish. As an Emergency Room nurse, we tend to think as a tactical planner in order to perform immediate life saving actions. …show more content…
Every hospital I worked for all have its own mission statement and emphasize on the staff working toward this mission. As a nursing student, you’re thought to become a strategic thinker because you are trained on how to use critical thinking skills. You are thought to first think on what goal you want the patient to reach and then what implementations you can do to help the patient achieve this goal. In an organization there is first an objective and then ways on how to obtain this objective. It is the same in the nursing profession; our goal as a nurse is to provide the best quality care in order to acquire the best outcome. This is the reason why I fought back and forth with myself on if I am a tactical planner or a strategic