SWOT Analysis PAPER

Assignment Instructions
Complete a SWOT Analysis Paper of your organization. Use the SWOT Analysis Worksheet as a guideline but do not complete the worksheet and turn it in. You can answer the questions in the worksheet as part of your analysis and include the answers in your write up but do not put bullet points or lists in the paper. You need paragraphs of sentences. Complete the following steps:

ORGANIZATION OF A HOSPITAL

1. Complete a preliminary walk around the organization to scan the environment for strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities, and potential threats (e.g., workflows, products, personnel, processes).

2. Follow up with additional research that may provide clarity on elements that you are hesitant or indecisive to list.

3. Review your systems Thinking Diagram from Week Two and determine if there are any details you can add or adjustments you can make to enhance your understanding of the organizational system.

4. WRITE an objective paper for your SWOT analysis. (Use headers for each paragraph section in your paper.)

5. List the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities, and potential threats. Use a header for each of these four topics (strengths, weaknesses, potential opportunities and potential threats) in your paper.

6. Select the items that should be prioritized within each paragraph.

Paper should be a minimum of 2.5 pages in length (body text, doesn’t include references, title page etc.).

Cite 3 reputable references to support your SWOT Analysis (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines (no abstract page).