Course Project: Developing a Strategic Plan

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Section 3: Balanced Scorecard

Managers, like pilots, need instrumentation about many aspects of their environment and performance to monitor the journey toward excellent future outcomes.

Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action

To prepare:
As introduced in Week 8, continue to refine your balanced scorecard. (Refer to Week 8 for the preparatory instructions as necessary.) Your balanced scorecard is one tool you can use to evaluate the effects of your planned change on performance.

SEE ATTACHED TOPIC NURSING SHORTAGE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS COSTING MONEY TO HOSPITALS
BASES ON THIS ATTACHMENT THIS ASSIGNMENT NEEDS TO  BE COMPLETE

To complete:
Create a balanced scorecard that could be used to measure and evaluate the impact of your planned change on performance, and determine if the costs are justified in terms of the outcomes.
Include what you would measure in terms of finances, customers, internal process, and learning and growth.

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REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT: EXPERIENCING THEATER

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Plays are meant to be performed rather than read. The purpose of dramatic arts often extends far beyond the words written on a pagestaging, lighting, costumes intonation, expression, and audience experience are all part of the experience of a theatrical production. To help develop your understanding of Othello and the cultural role of the dramatic arts, you will view a production of the play this week and write a two-page reflection to explain your viewing experience. Please make sure you review the Assignment Connection portion of this week’s lesson, as it will provide some additional help.

Below, please find two adaptations of Othello.

Otelo (Links to an external site.) (Spanish version)

https://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/otelo-bittencourt-jefferson-2014/
Othello (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCdHpKXw_Tg
(1981, William Marshall version)

You may also find this short interview helpful:
Is Othello a Racist Play?  (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcmVH8vqZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcmVH8vqZw&feature=emb_title

For this assignment, you will view one of the above versions of Othello. You will also find this website (Links to an external site.) valuable in helping you understand how to analyze a play. Once you’ve gone through the website link and watched the play, please complete a reflection that addresses the following.

Identify the performance that you have selected and why you chose that performance.
Describe the staging, lighting, costumes, and characters of the performance. How do these match or revise the written version of the play?
What type of mood and tone does the performance create? How?
What parts of the play are easier to understand through performance? What are some details that stood out through the performance?
What does the performance suggest about the role of theater in contemporary culture? (Please write a strong paragraph that thoughtfully answers this question.)

Succession Plan

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Succession Planning
Succession planning refers to the process by which new leaders are identified and developed within a given organization to ensure a seamless transition when existing leadership leaves the organization. An effective succession plan is often subtle because the change should be seamless; however, an ineffective succession plan can result in visible consequences as the challenges associated with the change become obvious.

For this assignment around succession planning, select a high-profile change in leadership at a public or nonprofit agency. You may choose an agency that you have worked for or have seen in the headlines or research. Analyze the artifacts of communication around how the change was announced and decide whether the transition was seamless from a public perspective.

In a 5 page narrative, address the following:

Provide a brief background on the chosen public or nonprofit agency.
Explain a recent change in leadership that took place in that organization.
Identify the artifacts of communication that were used around the change in leadership.
Analyze the strategies used with those artifacts to communicate the change in leadership.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the execution of the agency’s succession plan.

Social Media

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For this assignment, you will need to identify a topic that is trending on social media. It can be anything of your choice – a brand you follow, a news story, a celebrity or anything else trending in social media.  Compare and contrast how different social media outlets are promoting your trend.  Consider the following and prepare a written analysis of 1 – 2 pages. 
    Are the messages comparable across multiple social media outlets?
    Are different outlets promoting different aspects of your trend?
    If you didn’t know anything about the topic prior, would you be able to gain adequate knowledge just by looking at a few social media platforms?
    Is the social media engaging (are the posts being shared, liked and/or commented on)? 
    If you had to prepare a content strategy for this trend or topic, what would some other messages be?