Information Technology Planning

Information Technology Planning

This week there are five topics. Please note that all Power Points are at the end of the Module. Remember to double click to open each set and escape to exit. If any links do not work just copy and paste into Google Scholar. Unfortunately IT still have to fix the audio problem on my computer, so it’s just slides again.

QUESTIONS FOR MODULE TWO HS&FP

This module comprises five topics and includes power points, think and reflect activities as well as things to create. (the next will have three topics only)

HINT:

If you have completed these activities as part of the ten hour per week commitment to studying this unit, most of the answers to the questions that follow will be copy and paste activities or brief answers at most.

1. Some still have to tell me what their topic for assignment one.
2. Provide the rationale for your project for assessment one- at least six good reasons why you should undertake this project.
3. Write one goal statement for assignment and create a list of your objectives- at least four.
4. List the headings that you find in your planning project for assignment one- and be careful to identify separate issues as separate chapters.
5. Who should be involved in the planning team for your first assignment? (This list is called a stakeholder analysis).
6. Against objectives for your project, list how these will be evaluated ie impact measures.

Week two will introduce the generic or gap analysis model of planning and also outline stages in the planning exercise, including the needs analysis.

By the end of this topic you should be able to:

1. Describe the generic or gap analysis model of planning.
2. Identify key components in a needs analysis. Think of where you usually live. What health actions are needed in that area?

Reflect on why the Aboriginal population has such poor health. Will current funding initiatives make any difference? (Write 150 words in your learning journal) This is useful: The Western NSW Health Needs Assessment 2013

By the end of this topic you should be able to:

1. Understand how population health plans are structured around goals, objectives and strategies.
2. Be able to differentiate the three stagesWhat is the difference between a goal and an objective? Think about how goals are related to outcomes

Write your goal statement for assignment and create a list of your objectives- at least four

Reflect on types of strategies or actions that could address your goal. Write a few points in your learning journal so you don’t forget any good ideas

By the end of this topic you should be able to:

1. Describe the essential elements of plans.
2. Identify the likely section headings for assignment one.

Enter in your learning journal a list of the common headings that you find in the health planning documents on page two of the reading

Write 100 words in your learning journal about the need for a specific rural health plan for NSW

By the end of this topic you should be able to:

1. Define the rational approach to health planning.
2. Start to recognise how politics affects the planning processList at least six ways in which decision making can be made more transparent

Reflect on who should be involved in the planning team for your first assignment. Write dot points in your learning journal

By the end of this topic you should be able to:

1. Differentiate levels of evaluation.
2. Identify how evaluation is linked to goals, objectives and strategies