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1. OUR ASSESSMENT OF AND
VISION FOR XYZ HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATION
P R E P A R E D F O R B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
T E A M M E M B E R S : X X X X X X X X X X X X
O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3
S E E S T U D E N T N O T E O N N E X T P A G E
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2. N O T E : W H A T F O L L O W S I S O N L Y A T E M P L A T E : F E E L
F R E E T O U S E D I F F E R E N T F O R M A T S , C H A N G E
O R D E R , C H A N G E T I T L E S , E T C . B U T D O C O V E R
T H E S E M A I N P O I N T S .
I T ’ S F I N E I F S O M E T O P I C S N E E D M U L T I P L E S L I D E S .
I F I N F O Y O U W O U L D H A V E W A N T E D F O R Y O U R
A N A L Y S I S I S M I S S I N G , E X P L A I N
- W H A T I S M I S S I N G ( W H A T S O R T O F D A T A Y O U
W I S H E D F O R B U T C O U L D N O T F I N D ) ; A N D
- W H Y Y O U W O U L D W A N T T H I S I N F O ( W H A T Y O U
W O U L D M A K E O F M I S S I N G D A T A , H O W Y O U W O U L D
U S E I T ) .
E I T H E R B E F O R E O R A F T E R A G I V E N S L I D E , I N S E R T
N O T E S S L I D E S T O E X P L A I N A N Y A S P E C T O F A N Y
S L I D E T H A T I S N O T S E L F - E V I D E N T .
Y O U W I L L C H O O S E A S U B S E T O F Y O U R S L I D E S T O
P R E S E N T I N C L A S S
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3. INTRODUCTION
Set the context: in a sentence, tell how you developed this analysis presented in
this deck. Mention major sources.
Very briefly explain who you are (program, year, experience)
In a sentence, mention what you think is most interesting about this
organization today.
Preview your conclusion — your team’s own vision for the organization: what it
could deliver or do, and what will be most important for them to do in order to
get there
[your vision needn’t differ from theirs, necessarily]
 short term
 long term
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4. GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION
Setup—high-level intro
 Summarize the organization’s espoused mission
 Overview its functions, activities, performance. In other words, describe
succinctly what the organization does or delivers in order to accomplish its
mission
 Whom does the organization serve?
 populations served
 disease focus
 place on value chain
 scope of services
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5. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATION: OPERATIONS,
REVENUE
Verbal: Convey in business analysis language what the organization does.
Profile or present relevant aspects of the organization:
 For profit, not, hybrid, etc—what is it, and explain why they chose this model
 Revenue model
 Organizational model: describe structure, activities
 how its operations are organized,
 who does the work,
 how work is coordinated
Visual: Present a picture to explain how money, information, relationships,
or other relevant aspects of the organization interact
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6. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATION: HISTORY,
STRATEGY
[to the extent it is helpful] History: Timeline, trajectory, growth; key
members, key relationships
Strategy
Value proposition (you may already have covered this sufficiently in goals
slide)
Role within the health system/care delivery value chain
if relevant here, mention strategic strengths, challenges, open questions
(you may address in more depth later on). E.g.
 is it unique?
 competitors; stakeholders
 strategic risks/vulnerabilities
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7. VALUE DELIVERED BY THE ORGANIZATION
The organization’s contributions/value delivered
 what forms of value it delivers, and to whom (any data or evidence for health
impact?)
 how this fits with needs of the community it serves
Analyze and account for this performance in terms of its design, strategy,
capabilities, operational structure, role in care delivery value chain, or any
other organizational factor
 feel free to use any analytical lens that seems appropriate, e.g. causal loop diagrams,
value chain, Porter’s 5 forces, other strategy frameworks
What assets, capabilities, inputs, or infrastructure does it use?
 What are its own capabilities and assets? How does it use them? how appropriable
are they?
 does it leverage existing infrastructure or investment?
 how does it learn? how does it improve? how does it ensure quality?
Weaknesses, gaps, failures: Your critique this business model and approach to
care delivery
[can address latter on the next slide instead]
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8. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Current urgent challenges
Future or potential challenges and opportunities
 internal to the organization (e.g. structure needs to change as size
increases)
 external challenges (e.g. policy)
[focus on challenges can be feasibly tackled by the organization, rather
than general challenges that any organization faces in a limited-
resource setting]
NOTE: Make sure to consider:
 scale—increasing; maintaining
 sustainability
 quality
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9. HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THESE
CHALLENGES
In three specific areas, explain what your team would tackle as
leaders of the organization
Explain why your team have prioritized these three areas
 Draw on concepts learned in class to support your points
Then, provide concrete advice that is realistic
 back up with examples from class if useful for making each point
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10. WHAT WE WOULD INVEST IN MAINTAINING;
VISION FOR FUTURE
what does the organization do well that you would defend and
protect as it deals with these challenges?
demonstrate your appreciation of what is unique and valuable about the
organization
end with a picture of what the organization could achieve—in other
words, how following your advice would enable the
organization to deliver on its mission
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11. APPENDIX
PART ONE: SOURCES
List your references and sources, including urls for all source documents
wherever possible. for people you have spoken with, give their
names, titles, and email address, please.
NOTE: For verbatim quotes, diagrams, data, and any other graphics
or images you include, list source on slide where you use it (at the
bottom).
PART TWO: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
add in the appendix any other notes or materials you exclude from the
main body of the presentation but which may be helpful to others
seeking to understand the organization
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12. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY + FINAL TEAM LEARNING
MEMO
Submit a carefully-written, polished executive summary, prepared in
“press release” style (meaning that it is more or less stand-alone
and can be read on its own. It should contain any needed
explanations of special terms or ideas).
you’ll submit a draft which special guests and all classmates will
receive, then have a chance to update it for the final package you
hand in.
Executive Summary: 2 pages maximum, single spaced, small margins
ON THE LAST DAY OF CLASS, along with updated deck and summary
also hand in a team learning memo outlining what you learned from
the course
Team Learning Memo: 1-2 pages, single spaced, small margins
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13. MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu
15.232 Business Model Innovation: Global Health in Frontier Markets
Fall 2013
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