This week you are responsible for conducting in-depth research related to strategic planning in health care organizations. The research that you complete will be used to meet the requirements of your discussion board participation. Here are the guidelines for your research:

Select a health care organization that is not discussed in Chapter 22 or in the Required Resources material.

Identify the organization's six major components of strategic planning as identified in Figure 22-1 on page 254 of the eText.

You should be able to easily identify the organization's Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals using readily available web-based resources. If you are unable to identify all of these four components, you will need to select a new organization.

You may not be able to easily identify the organization's Objectives and Action Plans as easily. This is because this information is often not publically available or strictly confidential. You may need to infer these two components, based on the next step in your research process.

Identify a current or recent strategic initiative for your selected organization. Research this initiative until you are clear about the description of the initiative, the time-frame of the initiative, the purpose of the initiative, the rationale for the initiative, and the anticipated/achieved outcomes. As you conduct your research, think about the who-what-where-when-why of the initiative so that you are sure that you have gathered all of the necessary information.

When you have completed your research, it will be time to present your findings in the discussion board. The requirements of our original discussion board post can be found in the discussion board prompt.

Our discussion this week will allow you to see the connection between the strategic planning process and the role of the health care financial manager. The content for this weeks discussion is based on the research assignment explained in the Assignments folder for this week.

When you have completed your research, please prepare your original post using the following structured format:

Name of Selected Organization:

Location of Selected Organization:

Brief Description of Selected Organization:

Brief Description of Selected Strategic Initiative:

Mission:

Vision:

Values:

Goals Specifically Addressed by the Selected Initiative:

Objective Specifically Addressed by the Selected Initiative**:

Action Plan Specifically Addressed by the Selected Initiative**:

Your insight about and explanation of how the components of your organizations strategic planning process are supported by the initiative that you selected.

Your insight about and explanation of the role of the financial manager in the initiative that you have selected. Be sure to identify things that you feel the financial manager might have considered or would need to consider in the future.

APA reference list for all resources

**Note: If you are unable to find the specific Objective of Action Plan associated with your selected initiative, please provide us with what you think would be a good Objective and Action Plan statement for this initiative given what you know about your selected organization.