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Homework: SWOT Analysis

For this homework, you will choose one of the organizations below or a nonprofit hospital in your community to research and complete the SWOT Analysis template. You may continue using the organization used in the Mission, Vision, and Values discussion forums but you are free to select a different organization. Please note, you are required to use the same organization for the final paper in Week 5:

I. Cleveland Clinic

1) Identify the organization and include the URL for their website.

2) Create a SWOT analysis for the chosen organization.

II. Strengths

1) Identify three strengths of the organization (e.g., competitive advantage, high-quality care, access to care, affordability, accreditation).

2) Explain your rationale for each choice.

3) Describe how the stated strengths can be built on to ensure longevity of the organization.

III. Weaknesses

1) Identify three weaknesses of the organization (e.g., lack of defined purpose [who they are serving], low-quality care, poor customer service and customer ratings, lack of accreditation [the Joint Commission]).

2) Explain your rationale for each choice.

3) Provide an example of the stated weaknesses and potential issues that can happen.

IV. Opportunities

1) Identify three opportunities of the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of opportunities for the organization.).

2) Explain your rationale for each choice.

3) Discuss how the opportunities identified could be leveraged to the organization's advantage.

V. Threats

1) Identify three threats to the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of threats to an organization.).

2) Explain your rationale for each choice.

3) Discuss one option for reducing each threat identified.

4) Summarize the details from the SWOT analysis in a SWOT box.

Based on the outcomes of your SWOT analysis,

1) Explain how the organization's mission and vision are affected by the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats identified.

2) Describe how the identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affect the organization's values and culture.

3) Discuss how the organization may be impacted should the internal weaknesses significantly increase.

4) Examine the impact external threats (e.g., public entities [state or federal regulatory bodies] or competition) may have on the organization's market share.