Assignment: Environmental Analysis
Preparation
You have been asked to conduct an analysis of your care setting that will result in two potential pathways toward a strategic plan to improve health care quality and safety in your organization, department, team, community project, or other care setting. To accomplish this, you will take two approaches to the analysis:
• Complete the discovery and dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project.
• Conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis.
To help ensure that your analysis is well-received, the requester has suggested that you:
1) Present your analysis results in four parts:
a. Part A: Appreciative Inquiry Discovery and Dream.
b. Part B: SWOT Analysis.
c. Part C: Comparison of Approaches.
d. Part D: Analysis of Relevant Leadership Characteristics and Skills.
2) Your analysis should be 4 to 7 pages in length.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.