Question two
ED organization task functions are a set of strategies needed to achieve short and long term goals. Generally, task functions include identifying community problems, providing technical and analytical assistance, determining the resources necessary to meet the economic development needs of a situation, developing networks among individuals and institutions, and stimulating interaction among diverse groups to achieve common objectives (J, Leigh, and Blakely 2013, p. 108)
The Beacon Council’s work lines up with what we know about the task functions of ED organizations in many aspects. President and CEO Larry K. Williams identified Miami’s transit system as a potential drawback to attracting new businesses and growth because
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Williams, Beacon Council president and CEO, the diversity of Miami-Dade County’s industries and economy is already a strong advantage for attracting and keeping businesses (Wooldridge, 2016), and the educational environment encourages entrepreneurship.
The book advised analyzing employment data with a location quotient, a ratio of industries represented locally to one of a reference economy. This is a valuable equation for determining industry growth at a fixed period. When the OCOG chose target industries for Miami, the specialized index would have assisted analysts in predicting future economic changes and which sectors will provide the most employment opportunities across all skill and income levels. As discussed in the Cincinnati, Ohio Cluster Case study, after the LQ, analysts would determine the occupational LQ to assess the skill base of the current workforce. Measuring job growth rates by sector and comparison with national trends would predict areas with healthy economies and those expected to grow. Furthermore, cluster identification uses input/output analysis and local and national reports to unmask growing industries and relate dependency or competitiveness between businesses while identifying industries statistically inclined to grow.
Question five
Of the planning approaches outlined in the course text pages 123-129, the OCOG appears to address contingency planning, which is interactive, and strategic planning, a proactive form effective and
Once a strategic plan has been outlined, the strategic planning committee should aid in the development of operational plans for each subunit of the school district. Although school operational plans will vary from campus to campus, they must remain aligned with achieving the strategic objectives of the school system. Individual school operational plans will be analyzed by the committee prior to being approved.
An operational plan can be defined as a strategy planned by an organization that clearly defines action that it will take to support objectives of upper management.
3) Task roles are defined by a task that needs doing, and a person is asked or appointed to fill it.
Delivering quality care is the priority of the nursing profession as an institution and in order to facilitate this, data driven indicators are employed to measure how effective the care environment is. These nursing sensitive indicators include complications such as urinary tract infection, patient falls, surgical complications, length of hospital stay, restraint prevalence, incidences of failure to rescue, patient satisfaction, pressure ulcers and nursing satisfaction. In the case of Mr. J, the demented rabbi, who as a nurse supervisor I am responsible for, nursing sensitive indicators are crucial in monitoring the level of care and making adjustments so that the
Develop the contingency Planning and Policy- It is crucial for the organization to pre-determine policy and procedure if the contingency plan is put into action for the outpatient surgery center. The contingency plan is crucial in reaction to a crisis or detrimental changes, leaving little time to adapt. The organization will need to forecasts potential crisis for the outpatient surgery center while writing policies and guidelines for if when the contingency plan is activated.
Analyze at least three factors that influence the company 's strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Support your presentation with the concepts discussed in class and in the text, and your personal experiences.Include the speaker notes to explain the key points in your presentation.Include at least two references to support your findings.
2.3 Implement operation plan within own area of responsibility; The operational plan that I have submitted is from my area of responsibility, this has been devised by using the organisational strategy and working out my areas on responsibility. This allows me to have an end goal and then I need to plan how to achieve it. Once this is done I can work out a step by step plan of what needs to be done and by whom. This is all added to the plan along with any other obligations that will arise like staff supervision and appraisals and monitoring. I can then arrange the plan so that it is ordered by
Unfortunately, I had to find someone else to speak with due to the fact that all my calls were not returned. I spoke with Bradley Roback at the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), City of Chicago. Bradley Roback is an Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Chicago. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences from Illinois State University and obtained his M.S., Master of Sciences, Public Service Management from Depaul University. His concentration is in Metropolitan Planning and Urban Affairs. Prior to his role at the DPD, he was the Director of Transportation Services with the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, located in East Hazel Crest, IL. Bradley's other interest include, creating
In your own words, describe the purpose of the operational plan and its relationship to the strategic plan.
In this study, the fields of emergency management, business continuity, strategic planning and scenario futuring were critically analyzed with a goal of developing an integrated strategic contingency planning model. This model will assist organizations in bringing their contingency planning program to a strategic level. Contingency planning can be fully integrated with day-to-day business processes if a new mindset is promulgated in the organization. Contingency planning no longer needs to be an isolated, specialized
Planned Strategy: The main feature of this strategy is that formal plans and precise and very
Course of action (COA) development The entire staff, under the commander, develops a COA for analysis. The plan, time-constrained, is flexible and comprehensive. The goal is to develop unpredictable COAs that would be difficult for the enemy to infer.
Glaister, K, W and Falshaw, J, R, 1999, ‘Strategic planning still going strong’, Long Range Planning,
The next step will be to prepare the operation plans. The operation plans should also reflect the scope and goals of the business, and they should consider several elements like competition in the market, infrastructure and many things that can be fundamental in ensuring the business gains a competitive advantage. The last step is to integrate plans. It is important to make sure that the plans have been properly balanced so that they can be able to support one another. The plans should be clearly communicated to the people implementing them. It is also important to review the plans from time to time to make sure that they in line with the trends in the business environment.
LO2 Demonstrate the interrelationship of the various functions within an organization and how they link to organizational structure.