Visit the websites of the following organizations and read about the organizations' missions and visions as well as about their leaders.
National Center for Healthcare Leadership
American College of Healthcare Executives
Institute for Diversity in Health Management
Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives
National Association of Health Services Executives
Critically analyze the vision and mission statement of each of the five organizations.
For any one organization, identify its leader. Do you find the identified leader to be effective? Why or why not?
What do you think is the greatest difficulty in achieving the vision and mission of these organizations? In other words, are the organizations' vision and mission statements clear, concise, measurable, and realistically achievable?
If you were an employee or member of these organizations, would the vision and mission statements of the above mentioned organizations motivate you? Why?
For the selected organization, what action would you suggest to help the organization overcome the difficulties in achieving the vision and mission?