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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Strategic Choice and Implementation Planning

HSC704 · Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies — Week 6 of 16

CourseHSC704
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Choice and Implementation Planning

  1. Suitability, Feasibility, and Acceptability (SFA) framework
  2. Ansoff matrix application for care provider expansion
  3. Risk assessment in strategic options
  4. Change leadership and implementation roadmaps
  5. SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF)
  6. SBL Topic Explainer: Strategic choices - Ansoff Matrix
  7. SBL Topic Explainer: Change Management

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Justify best strategic choice after strategic analysis to implement strategy

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: justify best strategic choice after strategic analysis to implement strategy

Study materials

Videos

  • SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF) · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 11 min · for registered students
  • SBL Topic Explainer: Strategic choices - Ansoff Matrix · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 20 min · for registered students
  • SBL Topic Explainer: Change Management · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 28 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leading Large Scale Change: a practical guide (NHS England, 2018) · PDF · Other, guidance; 123 pages · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 237–272 · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 2: Strategic Planning · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 29–61 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Global Health Challenges and Policy Formation
  • Week 2: Healthcare Financing and National Policy Evaluation
  • Week 3: International Crisis Responses and Healthcare Policy Soluti…
  • Week 4: Strategic Environmental Scanning in Healthcare
  • Week 5: Competitive Positioning and Strategic Formulation
  • Week 6: Strategic Choice and Implementation Planning
  • Week 7: Healthcare Business Plan Development
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Business Plan Evaluation and Strategic Recommendations
  • Week 10: Socio-Political Context of Health Promotion
  • Week 11: Evaluating Campaigns and Demand Management
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Social Care Strategies and Policies in …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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