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Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, use the Environmental Analysis Briefing Report Assignment Template [DOCX] to prepare a 2–3 page briefing report. Imagine creating this report for your CEO to review. Keep your report precise, clear, and professional. For this report:
Provide a brief introduction to this report and its purpose.
Use the factor from the AHA’s most recent Environmental Scan report you chose for the Week 2 assignment and evaluate 2–3 environmental issues you feel best relate to this factor and your organization.
Using a tool of your choice or a tool your current workplace uses (e.g., TOWS, SWOT, PESTEL, et cetera) evaluate where the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, or threats exist related to this factor.
Explain the tool you chose for the internal and external analysis and why you chose it.
For example, if you chose workforce as your factor, what tool would you use to determine the issues?
Explain the environmental issues you identified using the tool you chose and that are related to the AHA factor you chose. Explain how these issues impact the growth of the organization, and why.
Explain your plan to address the issues identified in your analysis.
Use evidence to support your assertions about how you would address the issues.
For example, for workforce, you might consider SHRM as one of your resources.
Depending on the factor chosen, consider additional data and resources from reputable sources and associations such as the American Hospital Association (AHA), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NHCL), National Institutes of Health (NIH), et cetera.
Attach the tool you used as an appendix after the reference page of your report.
Additional Requirements
Document Format: Use the provided Environmental Analysis Briefing Report Assignment Template [DOCX] to create a professional executive summary.
Document Length: 2–3 double-spaced pages, not including the title, reference, or appendix pages.
Supporting Evidence: Include at least 3–5 academic or scholarly sources that match their in-text citations.
Readers of your summary will want to know the sources of your information, including any authoritative sources that support your analysis. Be sure to include all applicable sources.
Supporting evidence may include current accrediting body standards, industry standards, and government agency reports, including such sources as the AHA, National Academy of Medicine, Harvard Business Review (HBR), et cetera.
One source should be the AHA’s most recent Environmental Scan report.
APA Formatting: Format in-text citations and references according to current APA style and formatting. Evidence and APALinks to an external site. can help with this.
Submission Requirements: Submit your briefing report and appendix in the Assignment area.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze organizational structure, design, culture, and climate in relation to environmental forces.
Evaluate environmental issues that best relate to an environmental factor.
Evaluate where the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, or threats exist related to an environmental factor.
Explain a tool used for internal and external analysis, and explain why it was chosen.
Explain the issues identified related to a chosen environmental factor, and explain how they impact the growth of an organization.
Competency 2: Develop a strategic organizational plan that provides human and financial resources to support targeted organizational outcomes.
Explain a plan for addressing issues identified in an environmental analysis.
Use evidence to support a plan for addressing issues.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration.
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Assignment Instructions
Create an executive presentation in the form of 8–10 PowerPoint slides and create an audio or video recording (5 minutes or less in length) of yourself making the presentation to your audience. The presentation must describe an action plan to address the identified issues and a communication strategy to share the action plan with the organization’s stakeholders.
In the PowerPoint presentation:
Briefly share the issues you identified in your Week 4 assignment.
Analyze how you would address the issues relevant to the factor you chose (your action plan).
In your explanation include at least 3 actions.
Analyze the human resource and financial perspectives of your action plan.
For example, if you chose the factor Better Care and Greater Value (affordability and access, quality and safety, value-based delivery and payment models), and determined that under accessibility and affordability there were customers who did not have a way to communicate or access follow-up care, an issue is identified. Now that you know this issue, perhaps your action plan to address the issue is partnering with Verizon or AT&T to provide cell phones to those customers who are not able to afford the means of communicating or participating in their plan of care. Keep in mind that means addressing the financial perspective and how this impacts operations.
Describe your communication strategy that addresses the identified issues related to the factor chosen in your initial assignment and the resulting action plan.
Describe the effective leadership soft skills that are essential for this delivery, such as communication, motivating others, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, delegation, active listening, et cetera.
Describe a communication strategy that is appealing to your stakeholders.
Describe how you will get your stakeholders motivated to climb on board with your action plan.
Your executive PowerPoint presentation should have the following basic structure. It should be 8–10 slides in length, not including the title and reference slides. Be sure to use an appealing slide design:
Slide 1: Title slide.
Slide 2: Overview of the factor from the AHA Environmental Scan report you chose in Week 2.
Slides 3–5: Action Plan Initiatives (explain at least 3 action items based on your Week 4 analysis).
Slides 6–8: Communication Plan (consider leadership soft skills and best practices).
Slide 9: Conclusion slide (highlights the important takeaways for your audience).
Slide 10: Reference slide.
Presentation slides should consist only of bullet points to express the intended message. Add images where applicable.
Include detailed or in-depth discussion notes in the Notes section for each PowerPoint slide (the Notes section is required).
Proofread your presentation and make sure your citations and references are complete and are in APA format.
Create an audio or video recording of yourself presenting the PowerPoint presentation to your audience. This recording must be 5 minutes or less in length. You may use Kaltura or other compatible software.
Practice delivering your presentation to keep it less than 5 minutes in length.
Think about the content and how it should be delivered. You want this to be a motivating and captivating presentation to your CEO. If the CEO is captivated, the other stakeholders will be captivated.
As a current or future healthcare leader, your presentation is expected to be delivered clearly and professionally. Create this presentation as if you are presenting this to your workplace CEO.
Additional Requirements
Assignment Format: PowerPoint slides that include a Notes section, and audio or video recording.
PowerPoint Length: 8–10 slides, not including the title and reference slides.
Recording Length: 5 minutes or less.
Supporting Evidence: Include at least 3 academic or scholarly sources as needed to highlight and support strategies suggested and evidence-based assertions and best practices.
APA Formatting: Format in-text citations and references according to current APA style and formatting. Evidence and APALinks to an external site. can help with this.
Submission Requirements: Submit your PowerPoint slides and recorded audio or video presentation in the Assignment area.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze organizational structure, design, culture, and climate in relation to environmental forces.
Describe issues identified in an environmental scan of an organization.
Describe a communication strategy that addresses identified issues related to a specific environmental factor and the resulting action plan.
Competency 2: Develop a strategic organizational plan that provides human and financial resources to support targeted organizational outcomes.
Analyze how to address the issues identified in an environmental scan relevant to a specific environmental factor.
Analyze the human resource and financial perspectives of an action plan.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in health care administration.
Describe effective leadership soft skills that are essential for communicating an action plan.
Create an effective PowerPoint presentation, including detailed discussion notes.
Create an effective audio or video presentation conveying an action plan and communication plan.