Assignment 2
Submit by end of unit 12. Word count 2,500 words.
The assignment carries a possible 60% of the overall module weighting (available marks).
Assignment Topic
Develop a business case for applying a successful small scale (local) healthcare improvement to a wider large scale context (across your organisation, for example) within a setting of your choice. The business case must address the following areas, with reference to theory and frameworks/models applicable to healthcare:
• Current understanding of system/process: Approx. 300 words
• Rational and drivers for the improvement: Approx. 300 words
• Stakeholder analysis and engagement plan: Approx. 300 words
• Risk analysis (including potential for project failure): Approx. 300 words
• Expected benefits/impact/outcome: Approx. 300 words
• Approach/methods to be utilised: Approx. 500 words
• Evaluation plan: Approx. 500 words
Learning objectives to be assessed:
1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the requirement for service redesign and improvement and explore the associated evidence base for the application of industrial methods of service improvement.
2. Critically appraise reasons for successful project delivery versus failure.
3. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the drivers for service improvement and why some drivers are more important to some stakeholders than others.
4. Critically evaluate the role of service redesign in largescale and local context.
Critically evaluate the role of service redesign in largescale and local context.
