Strategic Planning: Communication Plan
In the previous paper, the action plan on how to implement the strategic goal of BayCare Health System to have an increased satisfaction rate for employees by 25% at the end of 2018 through strategic management and tactics, managerial decision-making, and leadership strategies were identified. In this paper, the communication plan on how to disseminate the action plan to the stakeholder will be revealed. It will also include the communication strategies utilized, the use of formal and informal communication channels, and the leadership skills that will be utilized during this process.
Communication Strategies
Communication is important in ensuring that the action plan has been implemented as it helps
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This type of communication channel pertains to the formal type, which typically managers or leaders are responsible to establish. During the action plan implantation, the horizontal type will be given focused. Horizontal communication is the lateral or diagonal exchange of messages among peers or coworkers with the purpose of informing and request support and coordination within the whole team (Daft, 2013). Since the satisfaction of the employee is given importance of the strategic goal, working with them hand-in-hand gives an opportunity to get support and coordination even during the communication process as it helps in intradepartmental problem solving, interdepartmental coordination, and change initiatives and improvements. This can be done by having a meeting with the team members each month set by leaders, where they can provide updates, feedbacks, suggestions, and address any issues that needs to be addressed in the action plan. This will also be a great time for leaders to compliment their team members working hard in achieving their goal of increased …show more content…
This motivates them to interact with their team as allows them to know their team member better and in a much deeper level. This results to gaining their team’s trust, build rapport, and enables leaders to influence their organization. Leaders can do this by having a time to get out of their office, interact with their team, eat with them, and touching bases with them about their interests. According to Daft (2013), the people who have more contacts have a greater influence in the organization and get more accomplished. This will also help if when leader starts making plan and get their support in attaining