Planning and Managing Resources Report: Arden Healthcare Ltd

This report provides a comprehensive resource management plan for the expansion of Arden Healthcare Ltd., focusing on a mental health housing project. It emphasizes the importance of resource planning, detailing budgeting and funding analysis. The report includes SWOT and PESTLE analyses to assess the project's environment and outlines a detailed budget plan. The discussion addresses resource planning strategies, funding options (government funding and crowdfunding), and the significance of resource management in enhancing staff performance, care team efficiency, and organizational benefits. The analysis considers the best service user outcomes, the challenges of mental health care, and the alignment of resource planning with the goal of delivering high-quality care, ultimately aiming to improve patient well-being and the facility's reputation. The report also examines the sources of funding, the classification of costs, and the formation of budgets. The report also explores the relationship between planning and management of resources and the performance of the individual, the team, and the organization.

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Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to develop the resource management plan for the expansion of
the Arden Healthcare Ltd. The report comprises of the importance of the resource
management and also the budgeting along with the proper funding analysis of the
organisation. Moreover, the planning with the SWOT, PESTLE and budgeting have done as
well. Hence, the planning is focused on the effective management of the expansion project
for the mental health housing project. Finally, the effective planning process has been done
considering the important factors of the resource management.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Response to Question 1a:.......................................................................................................3
Response to Question 1b........................................................................................................5
Response to Question 2..........................................................................................................7
SWOT analysis...................................................................................................................9
PESTLE Analysis.............................................................................................................11
Budget plan......................................................................................................................13
Conclusion................................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Resource planning is one of the most vital aspects that need to be focusedon any
project. Saade and Nijher(2016) opined that resource planning is a continued strategy that
involvesa methodical planning process in order to attain a balance in usage of the resources
of a project. This involvesthe development of an agenda that include acknowledgement of all
the facts, as well as assets required. In general, two kinds of resource plan help in the
determination of the established resource category. One that does not have any resource
restriction and types of resources that are stated by an expert which are necessary for the
completion of the project and another that involve precise resource accessibility that would
help in using the available resources as well as free up them. In the following section the
resource planning for the expansion and housing development of the mental health care of
Arden Healthcare Ltd. will be discussed with detailed reflection and planning process.
Discussion
Response to Question 1a:
In this particular case, the use of the second resource plan needs to be adopted for
building the new housing plan for people with a mental health condition. The details that
need to be involved in this phase are planning related to economic factor, the requirement of
personnel, equipment and consultants. As per the study of Hamilton (2017), the use of
resource planning tools can be applied for understanding the start-up requirement and other
necessities that will be used for constructing the new project. The senior manager of Arden
Healthcare Ltd, who is responsible for devise strategies related to the project, will review the
resource directory and develop approaches of obtaining all the resources either from the
healthcare setting or from other sources. The primary assets that would be required in the
project are financial aids and professional associations. Wrightet al. (2017) noted that a

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resource plan is one of the primary element in resource management that is required to be
developed in order to generate the blueprint of the resources. This allows in requesting for
assets, gathering of existing resources, monitoring the progress and recording the budget from
time-to-tine in order to suffice it. The importance of conducting resource planning prior to the
creation of a new project by Arden Healthcare Ltd was to achieve the most appropriate client
result in a care setting.The outcome is defined as an end result or a consequence of a service
on a person’s life. Thus, it is a vital aspect of the progression of effective care delivery. It is a
criterion of improvement, helping the client to assess the quality of life. According to Leeet
al. (2018), the use of the outcome-based approach is critical for enhancing the happiness level
and well-being of a patient, who is the centre of focus in the healthcare sector. For viewing
care delivery on a real-time basis, it is essential to address the needs and demands of service
users and family by evaluating the progress made. This involves documentation at each stage
of the care plan that helps in being up-to-date. This support the management to evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses of the care practice and improving the business. It is critically
essential to attain the best service user outcomes in care, which opines that the care setting is
capable of offering the highest quality of care to patients and appropriately improving the
health and well-being. As per the report of the National Health Service (NHS), it was found
that the local authorities and NHS are presently facing issues in terms of funding
(Croydonccg.nhs.uk 2020). This is because the demand across the system in order to
commission and deliver appropriate care services is continued to increase over time. Thus,
meeting the ever-increasing demands and attaining the improved consequence for the general
public has been difficult in nature. Therefore, it is vital to improving the scenario by
integrative, collaborative and innovative efforts.
Various potential benefits that can be attained by applying best service user outcome
in establishing a new ‘Mental Health Supporting Housing’ project are to deliver service that

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is focused on meeting the needs of patients, improving patient experience by reducing
fragmentation, focusing on partnership, offering meaning outcome to mentally ill residents,
understanding the potential and maximising the value. Moreover, efficiencies in the system
need to assess as based on it; decisions need to be taken. Lake and Turner(2017) opined that
mental illness is one of the most challenging care processes because it involves multiple
factorial components. Therefore, it is critical to adopt an evidence-based outcome for service
users with respect to physical, social, emotional and psychological factors. Therefore,
alignment of the resourcing planning with the goal of the offering highest quality care will
allow in increasing the reputation of the new facility and helping patients in all possible
manner and supporting them.
Response to Question 1b
Financing is a factor that will help in understanding the viability of the mental health
system and the importance of the project of a new ‘Mental Health Supported Housing’ for the
following year.Market al. (2016) opined that it is a mechanism that involves plans and
policies to be interpreted into action with the use of effective utilisation and allocation of the
resources. With the proper provision of financing, the plan cannot be applied and
implemented in a real-world manner. With a proper resource base and financing, the
operation and delivery of various services can be done that allow the deployment of a well-
trained workforce and understanding the requirements of technological and infrastructural
needs. The source includes venture capital, credit, donations, savings, grants, taxes and
subsidies. The soft funding or crowdfunding incorporates donation, grants and subsidies that
are direct requirement based on Return of Investment (ROI) (Ssebunnyaet al. 2018). For the
mental health system, the planners and policymakers need to address the following factors:
 The requirement of sufficient funding in mobilising the mental health plan
 Allocation of the funds and effective delivery of the mental health care

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 Controlling of cost of care
Three different funding options are available and can be adopted or considered in
resource planning strategy for the project. These include:
 Government funding: The government is found to allocate fund by itself or other
governmental agencies to projects that are beneficial for the public. For such funding
process, a procedure needs to be followed that allow the government to assess the
benefit obtained from it and thus, allocating the funds. From the opinion of
Chirkunovaet al. (2016), the selection process can be done by students, researcher or
organisation that are responsible for conducting a thorough evaluation of the
significance of the case and thus, the result is published. It can be stated that in this
case, the application for funding was sent by Arden Healthcare Ltd and the review
committee include health department, mental care service commission and other
related board members who will assess the need of constructing another mental health
housing facility. After assessment and review of the application, the projects are
funded and the applicants are informed (Furlong et al. 2017). It is important to note in
this case that withdrawal of funding can occur where the provision of funding that
was previously granted is ceased due to some reasons.
 Self-organised funding allocation: Self-organising funding allocation (SOFA) is
stated to be a method that involvesthe dispensing of funds used for a project. This
involves funding gathered from own organisation, stakeholders or other sources that
do not involve public funding (Iwami 2019). From the given case study, it can be
stated that Arden Healthcare Ltd is a private limited company that include healthcare
services. The company is operating from 2017; thus, in three years; it has gathered
enough funds for supporting the project related to social work activity for mental care
by providing accommodation. It addition to the funds from the organisation, funds can

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be obtained from the stakeholders that will allow in increase the financial resource for
the particular project.
 Crowdfunding: There are two types of crowdfunding options available, equity-based
and reward-based. In the reward-based crowdfunding, the firm sells its product or
services for gathering funds for the project and in the latter case, the shareholders buy
a share of the firm in exchange for cash (Kuppuswamy and Bayus 2018). In the
reward-based system, the fund target and deadline are predefined, and any personnel
can be involved in the project. It is crucial to the project to reach its target amount for
completion of it in an appropriate manner. After the completion, the senior manager
of the company needs to fulfil the promise of evidence-based better service outcome
for meeting the needs and demands of the people with a mental health condition
(Chemla and Tinn 2019).
From the funding mentioned above sources, the sources that the senior manager of Arden
Healthcare Ltd will be choosing are government funding and crowdfunding. This is because
these will specifically support the project’s need and will allow effective allocation of funds
and resources in the completion of it with the stipulated deadline. Thus, the senior manager of
the company needs to devise specific strategies that will help in the collection of funds
required ineffectively developing the project. The use of crowdfunding and government
funding is stated to be appropriate because it will allow in quick and easy collection of funds
that will help in addressing the issue in resource allocation as well as completion of the
project within deadline.
Response to Question 2
Resource management is stated to be a process of planning, preparation, and allocating
resources in the best possible manner. The aim of the management is to maximise the
efficiency of the resources; thus, obtaining the required success rate of the project (Bratton

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and Gold 2017). From the perspective of Arden Healthcare Ltd, the resources management in
order to support the performance level of the staffs, care team and the organisation. It is
important because it offers an overview of all the aspects associated with the project; allow
effective utilisation of the resources, planning, and offer transparency and giving control over
the project(Collings, Wood and Szamosi 2018). This includes resources from human to
machinery; thus, it offers a complete assessment of the specified task or project in a more
detailed manner. Moreover, it can be seen that it help in foreseeing the issues that may
hamper the efficiency or success rate of the project and allowing strategising to avoid them.
The expansion plan of building a new facility for mentally ill patients involve resource
management from scratch; therefore, it is critical to evaluate all the aspects that involve care
approach. The primary aim of the project is to offer support and care to mental distress
people by offering them accommodation. The factors that need to be taken into consideration
are
 To enhance the performance of staff
 To improve the efficiency of the care team
 To maximise the benefit of the organisation
In order to have an impact on mental health care approach, the organisation needs to
undertake a collaborative effort and innovation that will help in mitigating the needs of the
mentally challenged people residing in the United Kingdom (UK). The implementation of
resource management is vital in this case, as it will effectively allocate the available resource
of the company to have a profound impact on the project. The resource management of the
organisation mustbe in alignment with the goals and objectives of the company, as it will
support in achieving them in an effective manner.

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The short, medium and long-term goals of Arden Healthcare Ltd. with respect to the
expansion project are:
Short-term goals: To complete the construction project with the allocated budget and
deadline
Medium-term goal: To offer outcome-based care to the vulnerable group of people in order
to improve the quality of life
Long-term goals- To offer high-quality care to the patient in order to improve the reputation
of the organisation and increase the profit by 10% in the case of expansion
From the above-stated goals, the management of the organisation needs to formulate
strategies that will allow in linking the objectives with the expansion of the project. This will
help in gaining more success in the project by effective utilisation of the resources such as
monetary, equipment, machinery and care process related aspects (Bartram, Cavanagh and
Hoye 2017). The strategies need to be formulated based on the internal and external factors
surrounding the business entity. As a business entity, the profit percentage needs to be taken
into consideration, along with the high quality of care.
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is a very much simple however the useful framework has been used
for the analysis of an organisation for its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
This section helps the analyst to address the main objective, minimise the risks and take the
greatest possible advantages as chances for success.
Strength
This section will discuss the strengths of this organisation in order to detect the
advantages of this organisation in the healthcare field. Completion of the construction project

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within the specific timeline and budget is the primary strength of the organisation. This is
because of the fact that there will be no extra expenditure for the lengthening the construction
project. The second strength of this organisation is that it will consist of a different sector to
offer the people with outcome based care for the vulnerable group of older people. This factor
will also help in improving the quality of life for the people who are admitted to the
healthcare sector. Therefore, this strength has been given the primary importance in the list of
strengths of this organisation. Offering high quality of care, the reputation of this organisation
will be increased and more number of people will visit the unit for treatment. More the
reputation of an organisation more will be the profit over investment of this organisation.
These are the overall strengths of this organisation, which gives this organisation an upper
hand in the list of similar organisations in the healthcare field.
Weakness
This section will discuss the weaknesses of this organisation to understand the
disadvantages of this organisation in the healthcare field. The most significant weakness of
this organisation is the increase in quality of life for only a 10% margin of profit. Thus, it can
be stated that this organisation will not improve its standards after they reach a profit
percentage above the 10% margin value. Another problem associated with the organisation
will be to provide different care sectors for all group apart from the vulnerable groups. These
are the overall weaknesses of this organisation however; these are not so much strong in their
nature.
Opportunity
After going through the short term, medium term and long term goals of this
organisation, it can be stated that there is a high chance of this organisation to expand in
future. This is because of the fact that on reaching the goal of 10%, the organisation will have

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an opportunity to expand by increasing their branches to other parts of the associated country.
This factor will also synergise with their main goal of organisation expansion and will also
increase the overall profit on investment on this organisation.
Threat
Threats to this organisation will arise due to the presence of other competitive
organisations in the healthcare field. There can also be a lack of space associated with the
expansion of this organisation. Area is the most important factor associated with an
organisation expansion. Another significant threat to this organisation will be the investment
amount because it is based on the expansion of this organisation and will be high if the short-
term goals are not achieved properly.
PESTLE Analysis
PESTLE analysis is a tool that effectively analyse the factors of the external
environment of an organisation which comprises of the political, economic, social,
technological, legal and environmental factors. This analysis would be helpful for the
understanding of the business condition of the industry. Hence, the analysis would be
effective for the resource management of an organisation expansion plan. Thus, this resource
planning of the Arden Healthcare Ltd. PESTLE analysis would be required.
Political
The political factor is focused on the policy development for business. Hence, it can
be found that the government of England is focused on developing health care policies that
can help the organisations to develop better health care facilities for the people. Hence, the
political factor is feasible for the Arden Healthcare Ltd. for the expansion and development
of new mental health housing project.