Introduction Research has indicated that effective discharge planning reduces patient readmission to hospital. By critically analysing the practice of discharge planning from the acute care sector‚ the factors which contribute to effective discharge planning can be identified. Furthermore‚ by employing these key factors‚ an evidence based discharge plan can be produced for a person suffering the effects of drug and/or alcohol abuse. For many patients‚ getting ready to leave the hospital is one
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The Role of Strategic Planning “Failing to plan is planning to fail”. This often-heard quote from Alan Lakein‚ the popular author on time management‚ is a reminder that many of the day-to-day operational struggles we face in organizational life had their seeds sown in the past‚ when we failed to think ahead. Every organization wants to survive and grow in a constantly changing and competitive environment. To do so‚ it must respond and adjust to the social‚ economic and political environmental changes
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tool‚ the strategic planning process has received a lot of criticism over time‚ among them is the difficulty in implementing strategies due to the separation between formulation and implementation of strategy" (MINTZBERG‚ 1994 pp 479 ). Jick (2001)‚ conceives that while much research has been done on strategy‚ not enough focus has been given to the implementation of planned actions. It’s as if the two go hand in hand based on previous studies. If one is going to practice strategic planning they would
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BEST PRACTICE Simple Rules for Making Alliances Work Conventional advice about alliances hasn’t reduced their dismal failure rate. Success requires shifting your focus to a complementary set of principles. by Jonathan Hughes and Jeff Weiss I 122 Harvard Business Review | Studies show that the number of corporate alliances increases by some 25% a year and that those alliances account for nearly a third of many companies’ revenue and value – yet the failure rate for alliances hovers
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Healthcare organizations must look to the future and envision the type of organization it wants to be for its patients‚ staff‚ and community. To achieve this‚ a strategic plan will guide the organization through any type of change. Strategic planning is a “written outline of the future that should enhance efficiency and effectiveness‚ encourage unity and focus‚ empower meaningful change‚ and streamline decision-making” (Sare & Ogilvie‚ 2010‚ p. 59) and it begins with identifying an unmet need.
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Strategic Leadership Practice 1. The Relationship between Strategic Management and Leadership 1.1 Analyse the Concept of Managers as Effective Leaders To understand the relationship between strategic management and strategic leadership‚ it’s useful to define the terms management and leadership. These terms are used interchangeably and often with very little attention paid to the roles implied by them. Roles in management hierarchy are ‘Team Leader’ or ‘Supervisory’ positions and these positions
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Discussion 1: Best Practices and Strategies Create a list of best practices for ensuring the human resources function works effectively with top management and corporate governance. Best Practices for ensuring the human resource functions works effectively with top management and corporate governance will vary depending on the organization mission. However here is a view of best practices that can be used: 1) Purpose: What is the basic reason for existence? 2)
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Effective planning requires a thorough knowledge of both present conditions and future goals. Because these things are not always entirely knowable‚ and because most situations are constantly changing‚ planning can be a very challenging process. In companies and organizations‚ planning is usually undertaken by groups‚ a fact that increases the complexity of the task. Poor Communication The planning process is complicated when communication within or between groups is poor. Insufficient
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First of all‚ the healthcare organization needs to face a few factors that might be able to affect the strategic as well as unique decision to the healthcare industry. To make it more clear‚ there are several components of the model in healthcare organization. The first one is the trigger which affecting the strategic alignment. On the other hand‚ there are three (3) triggers which are economic‚ political and legal triggers as well. As for economic triggers‚ it comes from the third-party payers
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1. INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING Strategic Planning Process Defined Successful RBA efforts involve strategic planning‚ implementation‚ monitoring‚ and evaluation (which will ultimately provide data that will be used in future planning and implementation efforts). Strategic planning‚ an essential first step in the development of a results-based accountability system‚ is defined as the process of addressing the following questions: Where are we? What do we have to work with? Where do we want
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