HA 616 - Healthcare Strategic Management and Marketing

In order to maintain a competitive advantage in a highly dynamic environment, it is necessary that healthcare administrators possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to favorably position their organizations for success. This requires the leaders to promote strategic thinking, create well-developed strategic plans, and engage in strategic management. This course will enable students to critically examine organizational, strategic business unit, and functional-level vision, mission, and values statements; analyze and draw meaningful conclusions from internal and external assessments using a variety of established tools and techniques; formulate well-conceived organizational goals, objectives, and strategies; and present tactical implementation and monitoring plans. Finally, the students will be exposed to the processes involving data analytics, planning, implementation, and controlling marketing activities associate with consumer-oriented marketing programs designed to favorably position an organization to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage in the market.
Prerequisite(s): HA 509 , HA 516 , HA 517 , HA 604 , HA 605 , HA 612 or the equivalent as approved by the MHA Director.
Credits: 3