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Engaging in Strategic Management in Healthcare Organizations

Northeastern University

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This is the second part of a two-part Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations course. The first course, "Intro to Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations", focuses on business strategy. This second part presents and discusses analytical frameworks for making strategic decisions, drawing on different disciplines, including economics and management. 
You will get an understanding of how strategic decisions are made within organizations. After exploring the different levels of strategy in the first course, you will now dive into each level in greater detail. You will have the opportunity to conduct an external evaluation that examines market, environment, customer, and competitor analyses. You will get an understanding of strategic issues in healthcare organizations, including mergers and acquisitions, vertical integration, joint ventures and alliances, performance-control systems, and organizational design.

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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What you will learn

Explain how business strategy planning must be tied to organizational effectiveness in the healthcare industry
Apply operational design and leadership skills to make strategic decisions and achieve the desired objectives of the organization

Skills you will gain

analysis
Strategy Development
Decision-Making
Analyzing Strategic Alternatives
Leadership

Flexible deadlines

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

Paul Levy

Professor of the Practice

D’Amore-McKim School of Business

309 Learners

3 Courses

John Friar

Executive Professor

D'Amore-McKim School of Business

309 Learners

3 Courses

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Northeastern University

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery. The university is a leader in experiential learning, powered by the world’s most far-reaching cooperative education program. The spirit of collaboration guides a use-inspired research enterprise focused on solving global challenges in health, security, and sustainability.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Module 1 - Business Unit Strategies, Functional Strategies, and Getting Approval

In this module you will need to come up with some strategic decisions. What you propose to strategically achieve has to be consistent with what an external and internal analyses, plus it needs to be consistent with the corporate strategy. To implement the business strategy, you need to do so through our functional strategies. You will discuss strategic alternatives, functional strategies, and going through the approval process to get our strategy approved.

3 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 14 min), 9 readings, 4 quizzes

3 videos

Strategic Options3mBIDMC Example6mThe Business Planning Process2m

9 readings

Welcome to Engaging in Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations2mMeet Your Faculty: Paul Levy and John Friar10mSyllabus- Engaging in Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations10mAcademic Integrity10mModule 1 Overview1mLesson Resources26mLesson Resources18mLesson Resource12mSummary1m

4 practice exercises

Check Your Knowledge1mCheck Your Knowledge1mCheck Your Knowledge1mModule 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Module 2 - Corporate Decisions and Strategic Alternatives - Part 1

Corporate strategy defines the company and allocates resources among the various SBUs. We started the course by discussing how corporate sets the vision and the goals for the SBUs. Now that we have an understanding of business strategy, we can discuss in more detail how corporate supports those plans. But corporate can also take on other approaches, such as acquiring companies, forming partnerships, or developing new business areas. In this module, we will consider the strategic alternatives that corporate strategies can take on.

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 21 min), 6 readings, 5 quizzes

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Module 3 Corporate Decisions and Strategic Alternatives - Part 2

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 23 min), 6 readings, 4 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Module 4: Strategic Leadership and Implementation

A corporate strategy is meaningless without leadership in both creating the plan and in its implementation. In this module we will cover several challenges in developing and implementing strategy and then the leadership approaches one can take to overcome those challenges. The leadership style we suggest is one of leader as coach, who empowers the employees so as to create a learning organization. This is most apt in an environment of change and unanticipated risks, as forecasting the future is nigh impossible.

4 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 55 min), 10 readings, 6 quizzes

9 videos

What Can Go Wrong in a Planning Exercise?5mPlanning for Unexpected Risks6mWhat Can Go Wrong Once The Plan is Prepared?6mModels of Leadership6mLeadership Authority Story7mHow Does It Impact Your Organization7mCourse Summary1mCalling Out and Solving Systemic Problems7mCalling Out and Solving Problems: The Story of Gloria Martines6m

10 readings

Module 4 Overview1mIntroduction to Strategic Leadership9mObstacles in the Planning Process1mIntroduction - Planning for Unexpected Risks1mLesson Resources15mWhat Is in the Plan?2mLesson Resource6mLesson Resources44mSummary1mLesson Resources25m

6 practice exercises

Check Your Knowledge 1mCheck Your Knowledge1mCheck Your Knowledge2mModule 4 Quiz30mEnd of Course Quiz20mCheck Your Knowledge5m

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