Assignment:

According to McLaughlin and Olson (2012), “a key component of effective operations is the ability to move strategy to action” (pg. 13). Once a health care organization has a strategy, it is then necessary to select the accurate assessment tool to implement the strategy. Balance scorecards, strategy maps, and dashboards are three organizational assessment tools that are used frequently to move a strategy into action.

1. Read the article, The balanced scorecard, strategy maps and dashboards: Why are they different? at the following link: http://www.cgma.org/magazine/2013/jul/20138186.html
2. Identify two (2) issues from the list of top issues confronting hospitals in 2016 published by the America College of Healthcare Executives (https://www.ache.org/pubs/research/ceoissues.cfm)
3. Then choose one (1) tool (balanced scorecard, strategy maps, or dashboards) per selected issue and discuss (from a health care manager perspective) how you would use that tool to minimize the selected issue.

McLaughlin, D. B., & Olson, J. R. (2012). Healthcare operations management (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. Expectations: 1 page, 3 cited sources from required reading.

Required Reading

American College of Healthcare Executives. (2016). Top issues confronting hospitals in 2016. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/pubs/research/ceoissues.cfm

Cokins, G. (2013). The balanced scorecard, strategy maps and dashboards: Why are they different? Retrieved from http://www.cgma.org/magazine/2013/jul/20138186.html

Health Research & Educational Trust. (2014). Building a leadership team for the health care organization of the future. Retrieved from http://www.hpoe.org/Reports-HPOE/leadership-team-future-2014.pdf

Griner, P. (2017). Case study: On being transparent. Retrieved from http://www.ihi.org/education/IHIOpenSchool/resources/Documents/Participant_On%20Being%20Transparent.pdf

Nagy, J. (2016). Section 1. Organizational structure: An overview. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/organizational-structure/overview/main

Videos

Bayliss, J., Chin, G. & Pfingsten, M. (2016). Types of traditional organizational designs: Simple, functional & divisional designs. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/types-of-organizational-structures-functional-divisional-matrix-team-network.html

Optional Reading

Kash, B. A., Spaulding, A., Johnson, C. E., & Gamm, L. (2013). Success factors for strategic change initiatives: a qualitative study of healthcare administrators’ perspectives. Journal of Healthcare Management, 59(1), 65-81. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e318276faf8

Schyve, P.M. (2009). Leadership in healthcare organizations: A guide to joint commission leadership standards. Retrieved from https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/WP_Leadership_Standards.pdf