Public Administration; EMS Functional Level Initiative

You have been asked by your chief to participate in strategic planning for your emergency medical services
(EMS) organization. Describe an initiative for your EMS organization that could be classified as being a
functional-level initiative, and explain why your initiative would require a functional-level strategic plan instead
of an organizational strategic plan. This will require you to differentiate between the two types of plans. In
addition, you will explain why strategic planning is important for your initiative, and you will outline the steps of
your strategic plan. You will not actually create a strategic plan here. You will just describe the steps you will
take to begin development of the plan.
As part of your outline, you will develop a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis.
Using the template on page 211 of your textbook, Table 7-2, please develop at least five statements and, at
most, 10 in each area.
Upon completion of the SWOT analysis, prepare three to five goals using the SMART mnemonic in your
textbook.