Nursing Leadership and Management: Planning, Factors, Tools Report

This report delves into the core aspects of nursing leadership and management, focusing on health planning, future strategies, and the tools utilized in this field. It examines the significance of health planning in the healthcare environment, highlighting how it enhances communication, boosts employee engagement, fosters team cooperation, and promotes transformational leadership. The report also identifies key factors influencing future planning within an organization, such as employee engagement, effective communication, and innovation. Furthermore, it explores various tools used for future planning, including the balanced scorecard, objectives and key results, and the theory of change, providing a comprehensive overview of their applications and benefits. The report concludes with references to relevant sources to support its findings.

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Contents
Purpose of health planning in a health care environment.......................................................................2
Factors affecting future planning in an organization..............................................................................2
Tools to be used for future planning......................................................................................................2
References.............................................................................................................................................3

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Purpose of health planning in a health care environment
The healthcare environment is quite complex and is not easy for various to
understand. It is always changing due to technological advancements that cause health
planning. The purpose served by health planning in the health care environment are:
Enhanced communication among all chains: Effective planning in the healthcare environment
leads to clarity with improved communication. The health planning addresses the key issues
with the visions and goals of the organization.
Enhances employee motivation and engagement: The employees recognized by the
organization result in greater productivity, engagement and safety management (Papke-
Shields & Boyer-Wright, 2017).
Increased team cooperation and collaboration: Increased team cooperation and collaboration
brings employees together in offering advanced customer service, quality care, and enhanced
performance.
Transformational leadership and authority: It is a significant purpose of health planning as it
empowers employees to work harder and perform better.
Factors affecting future planning in an organization
Engagement: An engagement creates additional inputs which assist in building commitment
of an organization to the end plan.
Communication: Communication has a great role in informing the employees of the way the
strategic planning process will be undertaken (Jan & Veronika, 2017).
Innovation: The innovations engage a team in the organization to deliver a new service.
Tools to be used for future planning
 The balanced scorecard (BSC): BSC provides the big picture looking at the strategy.
It can be initiated by reflecting on the mission and vision of the organization.
 Objectives and key results: This tool break down the planning model into the
objectives and key results.
 Theory of Change (TOC): It enables an organization to think backward and
recognized the conditions required to attain goals.

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References
Jan, D., & Veronika, T. (2017). Examination of factors affecting the implementation of
organizational changes. Journal of Competitiveness, 9(4), 5.
Papke-Shields, K. E., & Boyer-Wright, K. M. (2017). Strategic planning characteristics
applied to project management. International Journal of Project Management, 35(2),
169-179.