Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking in hospitals

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Strategic thinking in hospitals

In the health care arena, many organizations are working to help and treat people. Organizations nursing staff, doctors, management and administration are working for a sustainable health sector. Proper strategic thinking and planning leads the hospitals to identify opportunities for the development and competition in the health care industry

Hospitals in the health sector can be considered as a complex service because of their activities, multiple objectives, professional diversity and nature of work. Hospitals are not only limited to surgeries or medicines, but they also offer many services like nursing care, imaging, and visual health checkups. Strategic thinking is the art of managers which shows the creativity and perceptions of their particular environment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"3eaz5b6L","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Nahid, Habib, Taghi, Akbar, & Hassan, 2016)","plainCitation":"(Nahid, Habib, Taghi, Akbar, & Hassan, 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":83,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/smYQhi21/items/6ITBYB3C"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/smYQhi21/items/6ITBYB3C"],"itemData":{"id":83,"type":"article-journal","title":"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRATEGIC THINKING AND READINESS TO CHANGE AMONG MANAGERS OF SOCIAL SECURITY HOSPITALS IN ISFAHAN, IRAN","page":"114-119","volume":"13","issue":"248","source":"www.sid.ir","abstract":"Download Free Full-Text of an article THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRATEGIC THINKING AND READINESS TO CHANGE AMONG MANAGERS OF SOCIAL SECURITY HOSPITALS IN ISFAHAN, IRAN","language":"En","author":[{"family":"Nahid","given":"Jamali"},{"family":"Habib","given":"Danayi"},{"family":"Taghi","given":"Amini Mohammad"},{"family":"Akbar","given":"Hassanzadeh"},{"family":"Hassan","given":"Emami Seyyed Mohammad"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2016",1,1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Nahid, Habib, Taghi, Akbar, & Hassan, 2016). Strategic thinking in hospitals is to develop such plans which would satisfy the patients, and workers by meeting their concerns.

Organizations expand their working sectors according to the resources available, this can create maximum opportunities. So, expanding services means to provide opportunities with the help of strategic thinking and planning. Organizations like hospitals achieve organizational objectives to get prepared to compete in the industry by making changes within the organization and develop to create resources. However maximum resources mean maximum opportunities for individuals and facilities for the staff, and patients.

Hospitals can compete in the industry by showing flexibility towards change and strategic thinking enables the organization to create adopt such plans, and actions that would be supportive of the achievement of goals. Hospitals with strategic thinking translate the aims, objectives, and goals into efficient visions, and missions ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"dd5YPUi4","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ginter, Duncan, & Swayne, 2018)","plainCitation":"(Ginter, Duncan, & Swayne, 2018)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":86,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/smYQhi21/items/QTJAXH7P"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/smYQhi21/items/QTJAXH7P"],"itemData":{"id":86,"type":"book","title":"The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations","publisher":"John Wiley & Sons","number-of-pages":"528","source":"Google Books","abstract":"A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. 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Finally, the text demonstrates how strategic managers in carrying out the strategic plan, must evaluate its success, learn more about what works, and incorporate new strategic thinking into operations and subsequent planning. This strategic management approach has become the de facto standard for health care management as leadership and strategic management are more critical than ever in coping with an industry in flux. This book provides heath care management students as well as health care administrators with foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry. Included are a clear discussion of health services external analysis, organizational internal analysis, the development of directional strategies, strategy alternative identification and evaluation, and the development and management of implementation strategies providing an informative and insightful resource for anyone in the field. 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Nahid, J., Habib, D., Taghi, A. M., Akbar, H., & Hassan, E. S. M. (2016). The Relationship Between Strategic Thinking And Readiness To Change Among Managers Of Social Security Hospitals in Isfahan, Iran. 13(248), 114–119.

Pascuci, L. M., Meyer Júnior, V., Crubellate, J. M., Pascuci, L. M., Meyer Júnior, V., & Crubellate, J. M. (2017). Strategic Management in Hospitals: Tensions between the Managerial and Institutional Lens. BAR - Brazilian Administration Review, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-7692bar2017160092