Strategic Recommendations Contn Analysis and evaluation of alternative products is also very critical in a consumer buying process. (Shaw, 2012)
These are the major reasons which have contributed to the popularity of internet as a source of news and information. (Lardinois, 2009) Status of Leading Newspapers Among the most famous newspapers of the United States are The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The New York Times
They could attract the youngsters by providing information online related to their field of interest such as sports and entertainment.(Riley, 2012) Strategies adopted by different Companies The newspaper industry of the United States has been facing a lot of challenges due to the increase in the use of online websites
Its circulation also declined to a great extent because of the emergence of the internet technology which sidelined these newspapers.(Young, 2011) Reasons for Decline in Circulation and Revenue The major reason for the downfall of the newspaper industry is the growing interest of the people in getting all the latest news and information through the internet
These two examples, among others, represent a changing external landscape for the LGBT community. One of the first questions that should be asked is "what external changes could effect the organization (McNamara, N
Using the HRC as an organization in which to create a strategic plan for, there are many interesting issues and developments that can be considered. In 2013 alone, at least seven more states have become marriage equality states that have allowed same sex marriages (Morn, 2013)
Another major achievement that occurred in 2013 for the LGTB community was the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibited same sex couples from receiving federal benefits if they were employed by the federal government. "The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion (Reilly & Sibbiqui, 2013)
These values have a high degree of alignment with the organization's treatment of external stakeholders. The primary external stakeholders are the customers (Recklies, 2001), and these proposed values are very customer-oriented
Strategic Planning for Private Hospitals What is a Strategic Plan? Dr. Dan Beckham explains strategic planning like this: "The allocations of scarce resources to your best opportunities" (Beckham, 2010, p
But when it comes to strategic planning the literature does not thoroughly report the specifics of hospital operations strategy -- the methodology of how it comes together -- according to Timothy W. Butler and associates (Butler, et al
Francois Champagne and colleagues writing in the journal Long-Range Planning take the position that a hospital should not follow traditional business models when developing strategic plans for their future. Because hospitals are "professional bureaucracies" and "most of the influence lies with the professionals" who deliver the healthcare services, therefore the doctors and nurses "have a vital stake" in the long-term success of the hospital (Champagne, 1987, p
Often executives know operational issues backwards and forward, but they may not relate to strategic planning, hence, communication between staff (especially the physicians) and executives is vital. Literature Review On the subject of board members and executive staff at a hospital, Corey Christman writes that the hospital board is "…an essential component" of the strategic planning process but too often the board becomes "an untapped resource for the marketing department" (Christman, 2007, p
Someone probably told Zallocco after reading his piece that hospitals are in fact businesses and need to be run as businesses, not as unique healthcare institutions somehow impervious to market changes and functioning as an island apart from other service-related businesses. In 1992, "information technology" (it) was a fairly new concept, but hospitals needed to be totally up to speed on it then as surely as they need to now (Henderson, 1992, p
As Amer a. Kaissi discovered in sampling 138 CEOs of hospitals in Texas -- where 87% said they had a strategic plan -- the most successful hospitals were the ones where they involved physicians and the board, where they adopted a "comprehensive plan" and where they in fact shared the responsibility for the implementation of the plan with all levels of staff (Kaissi, 2008, p
Nurses are the "glue" of the hospital culture and yet their departments "…wield little power" and their staffs often suffer "from low status" and the "inability to control practice," Janet L. Lukacs, RN, asserts (Lukacs, 1984, p
K. Ready of the University of West Florida, who writes in Health Care Management Review that the hospital CEO needs the "…information, insight, and plain hard work of…the board of trustees, medical staff and administrative staff" (Ready, et al
" Hospital libraries should not be left out of the mix when it comes to strategic planning processes, according to Judith a. Siess (Siess, 2005, p
As noted in the paragraphs above, the need to invoke strategic planning projects for hospitals is certainly not new, as Ronald L. Zallocco and colleagues explain in the Journal of Health Care Marketing (Zallocco, 1984, p
As noted in the paragraphs above, the need to invoke strategic planning projects for hospitals is certainly not new, as Ronald L. Zallocco and colleagues explain in the Journal of Health Care Marketing (Zallocco, 1984, p
Another issue within the industry today is the question of appropriately testing drugs before they are marketed to consumers. "Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year," and the current use of overseas locations for drug trials makes oversight by the FDA far more difficult than ever before (Bartlett & Steele 2011, p