...BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN GB560 Designing, Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1205D Bobby Young-Mentgen Kaplan University July 31, 2012 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT (With Diagram Response Should Run 2-3 Pages in Length) Q#1 Provide the name of the organization (this must be a real organization and you may use the organization where you currently work; describe the organization’s size and summarize the primary mission of the organization. Don’t simply copy from the organization’s mission statement. CenterPointe is a non-profit health care industry providing treatment, rehabilitation, recovery support and housing for people overcoming addiction or co-occurring mental illness and addiction. The organization, consisting of 5 facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska, serves low-income and indigent men, women and teens based on their beliefs that everyone deserves access to quality treatment and because the community is only healthy as the most vulnerable among us. Over the years CenterPointe has continued to add programs and services to meet the many needs of their consumers. These programs and services include: Residential Treatment, Outpatient Treatment, Youth Services, Community Support & Housing, Adult Day Rehabilitation, PIER, Veteran Services, and Open Studio/Writers’ Workshop. CenterPointe employees 102 individuals throughout their facilities, along with 9 contractual professionals and numerous community volunteers (CenterPointe, Inc., 2012. About us). Q#2 From...
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...collect, analyze, process relevant metrics from a process in order to determine its weakness and establish an action plan to improve the process. Activities 1 Define what you should measure 2 Define what you can measure 3 Gathering the data 4 Processing the data 5 Analyzing the data 6 Presenting and using the information 7 Implementing corrective action Repeat the Process Inputs Each activity has inputs Outputs Each activity has outputs Roles Process Owner, Service Manager, CSI Manager, Service Owner Knowledge Management Process Owner Reporting Analyst Service Measurement and Reporting Goal To monitor services and report on improvement opportunities Activities Service Measurement •Objective (Availability, Reliability, Performance of the Service) •Developing a Service Measurement Framework •Different levels of measurement and reporting •Defining what to measure •Setting targets •Service management process measurement •Creating a measurement framework grid •Interpreting and using metrics •Interpreting metrics •Using measurement and metrics •Creating scorecards and reports •CSI policies Service Reporting •Reporting policy and rules Inputs SLA Targets, SLRs, OLAs, Contracts Outputs Service Improvement Program, SLAM Reports Roles Process Owner, Service Manager, CSI Manager, Service Owner Knowledge Management Process Owner Reporting Analyst Service Strategy Deming Cycle – Plan Do Check Act Goal ...
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...Change management Name Institution Affiliation Change Management Introduction Change is unavoidable in the modern business environment due its dynamics. Managers have to plan for change effectively to ensure that they achieve their desired objectives and there is little resistance to change from the employees. The following discussion analyzes leadership change management intervention. Change management entails the transformation of business processes or structure of the firm to ensure the firm can adapt to the business environment. The management has to determine the factors that are necessary for change in the company such as new legal requirement or business opportunity in the market that makes the change necessary for the company (Cameron & Green, 2012). After identifies factors that promote change in the enterprise, the management has to determine the result that they aspire to gain from the change and the people that will be affected by the transition (Creasey & Hiatt, 2003). Project change phases For change to be successful, the management has to plan for the transition process. The first phase entails preparing for change. The business management has to define its change management strategy by determining what will be changed, who will be involved, and why the change. Transition in business should focus on the people in the workplace to ensure that the process goes smoothly and according to the plan (Harrington, 2006). The plan should indicate the...
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...activities across all Process Groups to formally complete the project or phase Project Management Plan Accepted Deliverables Organizational Process Assets Expert Judgment Tool & Techniques Outputs Inputs Inputs Project Statement of Work Business Case Contract (when applicable) Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Tool & Techniques Outputs Expert Judgment 4.6 Close Project or Phase Closing Process Group 4.1 Develop Project Charter Initiating Process Group Final Product, Service, or Result Transition Organizational Process Assets Updates Project Charter Reviewing all change requests, approving, and managing changes to deliverables, org process assets, documents, and the PM Plan Project Management Plan Work Performance Information Change Requests Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Expert Judgment Change Control Meetings Tool & Techniques Inputs Documenting actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all other plans Project Charter Inputs Outputs from Planning Processes Enterprise Environmental Factors Organizational Process Assets Tool & Techniques Outputs Expert Judgment 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control Monitoring & Controlling Process Group 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan Change Request Status Updates Project Management Plan Updates Project Document Updates Outputs 4. Project Integration Management Planning Process Group Project Management Plan Tracking, reviewing...
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...BSBMGT515 A Manage Operational Plan Assignment 2 The old private members bar is being changed to the new steak restaurant. Implementing a business plan includes all sorts of milestones, objectives, goals and action plans. It is important that dates accompany each of these. Once a date has been assigned to a specific task, goal, etc. It becomes a target. Everyone involved in carrying out the activities set forth in a business plan must have a complete understanding of the various targets, their involvement and how they will be met or achieved. There needs to be some level of accountability and follow-up. When targets have been met, those involved should know. The objectives and scopes of the plan is fulfil the needs of the customers and to get the good business for the company and to maintain good cost quality facility luxury Market research and feedback is giving very good response. Use indicators such as sales volume, productivity benchmarks and market share statistics to guide you in making a decision as to whether or not a target has or has not been met. Keys to Sucessfully Implementing a Business Plan Strategic planning are more than the process of analysis and objective setting that occurs once a year. Once the Business Plan has been created and communicated, implementation and continued review should follow throughout the year. The Business Plan is built during the planning season by completing a thorough business assessment, making operating decisions...
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...in checkout terminals in a British supermarket to an assignment that required them to link a significant innovation that an organisation had introduced with strategic change in the organisation. The student failed the assignment. This report will examine the reasons why the student failed by looking at the differences between strategic, tactical and operational planning. The report analyses what causes the strategic changes in an organisation and what qualifies as strategic change. The report also discusses innovation and the different levels of innovation. This report also discusses whether the student was right to classify self-scanner checkout terminals as a significant innovation that could be linked to strategic change in the organisation. Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 1 Introduction 4 1.1 Business Policy 4 1.2 Strategic Change 4 2 Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning 5 2.1 Statement of the Objective 5 2.2 Differences between Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning 5 3 Innovation 8 3.1 What is Innovation? 8 3.2 Impact of innovation on growth strategies 10 4 Conclusion 11 Introduction This report will identify reasons the student failed his assignment by looking at the levels of planning and strategic change as well as innovation. The first part of this report discusses in detail the three levels of planning: strategic, tactical and operational planning. The characteristics...
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...THE PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING ARTICLE #1 OF 10 INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING Strategic planning is to a business what a map is to a road rally driver. It is a tool that defines the routes that when taken will lead to the most likely probability of getting from where the business is to where the owners or stakeholders want it to go. And like a road rally, strategic plans meet detours and obstacles that call for adapting and adjusting as the plan is implemented. Strategic planning is a process that brings to life the mission and vision of the enterprise. A strategic plan, well crafted and of value, is driven from the top down; considers the internal and external environment around the business; is the work of the managers of the business; and is communicated to all the business stakeholders, both inside and outside of the company. As a company grows and as the business environment becomes more complex the need for strategic planning becomes greater. There is a need for all people in the corporation to understand the direction and mission of the business. Companies consistently applying a disciplined approach to strategic planning are better prepared to evolve as the market changes and as different market segments require different needs for the products or services of the company. The benefit of the discipline that develops from the process of strategic planning, leads to improved communication. It facilitates effective decision-making, better selection of tactical options...
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...Leading Change for Strategy Execution Dr. Robert S. Kaplan Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School Executing strategy: Senior executives’ #1 issue The Balanced Scorecard: The Central Component in a New Strategy Execution Management System Private Sector Organizations Financial Perspective "If we succeed, how will we look to our shareholders?” Customer Perspective "To achieve our vision, how must we look to our customers?” Process Perspective "To satisfy our customers and shareholders, at which processes must we excel?” Non Profit and Public Sector Organizations Mission (Customer) Perspective “How do we have a social impact with our citizens/constituents?” Support Perspective “How do we attract resources and authorization for our mission?” Process “To have a social impact and to attract resources and support, at which processes must we excel?” Learning & Growth “How do we align our intangible assets to improve critical processes?” Learning & Growth “How do we align our intangible assets to improve critical processes?” Financial “How should we manage and allocate our resources for maximum social impact?” 3 Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy® : By Industry 2000-2010 The Management System for Strategy Execution Links Vision and Strategy to Operational Excellence 2 TRANSLATE THE STRATEGY DEVELOP THE STRATEGY • Mission, Values, Vision • Strategic Analysis • Strategy Formulation 1 • • • • Strategy...
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...Kelley School of Business - IUPUI John S. Pennington Why Plan? Planning is a strategy for survival. Planning can be anywhere on the spectrum from the dream to the nightmare. PCI Associates 2 Why Do Organizations Plan? To anticipate and prepare for the future To ensure adequate and available resources To complete projects on time To avoid problems To establish backup plans To ensure we don’t forget tasks To determine potential results PCI Associates 3 What’s The Alternative? The alternative to planning is NOT planning, & businesses that do not plan are extremely difficult to control and manage: EXPEDITING is endemic Drift from Crisis to Crisis Priorities change from minute to minute High Stress diminishes customer service Costs are difficult to contain PCI Associates 4 What needs to be planned? Resources Information Systems Finances Services Products Materials Labor Equipment Facilities 5 PCI Associates SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING PCI Associates 6 Sales and Operations Planning All functions are aligned on one business plan CUSTOMER Strategic Plan Business Plan Sales and Operations Planning (Integrated set of Numbers) Mfg. Lab Finance HR Sales & Mktg. Aggregate Sales Plan Key Accounts Recruitment and Training Plans Territories Prd’n Plan Master Schedules Inventory Plan Raw Material Schedules New Product Development Plans Data Integrity Simplified Reporting and Accounting Capital Expenditure Plans People and Skills...
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...streams of goals and plans. Directly following the mission are the strategic goals. These goals and the mission help determine strategic plans. Strategic goals and plans are primary inputs for developing tactical goals. PURPOSES OF GOALS 1ST they provide guidance and unified direction for people in the organization. Goals can help everyone understand where the organization is going and why getting there is important. 2nd goal setting practices strongly affect other aspects of planning. Effective goal setting promotes good planning, and good planning facilitates future goal setting. 3rd goals can serve as a source of motivation for employees of the organization. (reward system) 4th goals provide an effective mechanism for evaluation and control; How successfully today’s goals are accomplished. (setting a high goal and half way there realizing you will not meat that goal then study why they didn’t reach their goal) KINDS OF GOALS Goals are set for and by different levels within an organization. FOUR BASIC LEVELS OF GOALS – mission, strategic, tactical and operational. Mission - a statement of an organization’s fundamental purpose Strategic goals - a goal set by and for top management of the organization Tactical goal - a goal set by and for middle managers of the organization Operational goal - a goal set by and for lower-level managers of the organization. All managers should be involved in the goal-setting process. Each manager, however...
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...Course Project Epsilon: Portfolio Management Plan Instructor: Stanley Mefford Oct 24, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Epsilon’s Strategic Plan 3 Strategic Capacity Plan 4 Portfolio Management Process 6 Project Selection Criteria 7 Program Management Plan 8 Quality 9 Scope 10 Internal Teams 10 External Teams 11 Scheduling 11 Conflict Resolution Plan 12 Change Management Plan 13 Resource Utilization 15 Conclusion 16 Resources 17 Introduction Deploying over 40 billion emails annually, Epsilon is ranked as the top database marketing services provider and is the world’s leading multi-channel marketing and technology organization (Palmer, 2012). Epsilon works with over 2,000 global clients that represent industries across many markets including financial services, customer packaged goods, retail, travel and pharmaceutical markets. Some of Epsilon’s service offerings include: database technology, email services, and reporting/analytics. As a leader in the market, an impressive 26 of the Fortune 100 companies trust them to provide marketing services (Epsilon, 2012). Since 2009, Epsilon had been experiencing unprecedented growth. In 2011, Direct Marketing News reported that Epsilon’s 2010 global revenues increased 19% as compared to the previous year and was expected to double its revenues (Gordon & Washkuck, 2011). From the outside, forecasts couldn’t be brighter for the company. Internally, however, it was a different story...
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...When attempting to start a business, having a keen understanding of the goals of management through the main four functions of management is one key to seeing success, both with the operation and with employees. The first stage, "planning involves developing a systematic process for attaining the goals of the organization...Leaders make change happen through planning instead of reacting to change" (EntEd 2007). With this said, a vital part of the planning process on the management end will involve three important activities. The first of which will be to lay out the goals that will be set for the hypothetical sporting goods store used as the example, the second will be to create a business plan since "the development of the business plan greatly helps to clarify the organization's plans and ensure that key leaders are all 'on the same script.' Far more important than the plan document is the planning process itself" (McNamara 2007). During the process of coming up with this business plan, hopefully as a manager we can begin to foresee any challenges we might face, especially if those challenges arise because of unpredictable circumstances that even the most careful planning could not predict or take measures to prevent. In short, having a process that all members present at the beginning of the organization can understand and work with in the form of a business plan is the key to success. During this planning process as we begin to decide what some of the most basic building...
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...Strategy and Planning What is Strategy? The term ‘strategy’ proliferates in discussions of business. The term ‘strategy’ is derived from the Greek word ‘stratēgia’, which means the “art of the troop leader”: a plan, course of action, or a set of decisions creating a pattern or a common link. All the successful business enterprises today constantly take in new information about their markets, customers, and operating environments. Then, management uses that knowledge and data to shape new strategic directions, to reorganise how they respond to marketplace demands, and to ensure that their views regarding all aspects of the business are fresh and viable. Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long-term, which achieves advantage for the organisation through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil stakeholder expectations. What is the difference between Tactics and Strategy? Strategy differs from tactics. Tactics are schemes for specific manoeuvres, whereas strategy is the overall plan for deploying resources to establish a favourable position. An organisation’s strategy consists of the combination of competitive moves and business approaches that managers employ to please customers and achieve organisational objectives. Strategy is a plan or course of action denoting a pattern which evolves a direction for the organisation. It relates to pursuing those activities which move an...
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...Notes: Service Operation [2] 12. ITIL v3 Foundation Certification Notes: Service Operation [3] 13. ITIL v3 Foundation Certification Notes: Continual Service Improvement 14. ITIL v3 Foundation Certification Notes: Last Minutes Revision Notes ITIL v3 Foundation Certification Notes: Service Management as a Practice Why IT Service Management is needed? * Higher IT service quality is always required while fewer resources are available * Users are not interested in the processes / technology, rather they just need to utilize the service to achieve business goals * As users are usually not directly responsible for the costs of IT services, they would endlessly request more and more IT services with higher and higher standards / quality * Changes to business and technology happen continually that would affect IT systems and processes * Nowadays, IT services are increasingly provided as business services to the external customers (e.g. in the past, bank customers would need to go to a local bank to request a transaction with the bank teller who would make use of the IT system to retrieve the account and record...
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...Strategies mean that a method or plan was chosen to bring about a desired future, such as achievement of a goal or solution to a problem. It can simply be described as a long term business planning. To effectively win in a competitive market situation, it is necessary for an organization to take into account three aspects when designing a strategy at any level: (1) the firm's resources, (2) the competitors’ resources, and (3) the nature of the battlefield to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage. A business strategy is concerned with major resource issues raising the finance to build a new business. Strategies are also concerned with deciding on what products to allocate major resources and concerned with the scope of a business’s activities what and where they produce. For example, BIC’s scope is focused on three main product areas as lighters, pens and razors, and they have developed super factories in key geographical locations to produce these items. If any organization has unlimited resources and knows the best way to achieve the company goals, they do not worry about possessing the strategic viewpoint. However, limited resources are related to a high level of uncertainty. Since the firm has limited resources, it should identify the best course of action to achieve company goals. This is the reason why an organization should consider the strategy and possess the strategic viewpoint. 2. Strategic planning is defined as the managerial process of formulating and maintaining...
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