Problem: You will be using a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis to assess your organization and its environment. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors. Opportunities and threats are external factors.
Instructions
You have complete the following portions of your strategic plan:
Q1: Create a SWOT analysis.
Q2: Define a strategic management plan, using your SWOT analysis.
a. Identify the (internal) strengths of the organization structure.
b. Identify the (internal) weaknesses of the organization structure.
c. Identify the (external) opportunities.
d. Identify the (external) threats.
e. Match the internal and external environments to attain the organization's goals.
Q3: Define a continuous improvement plan that indicates how you will do the following:
a. Measure outcomes
b. Identify service problems
c. Eliminate gaps in performance
Q4: Identify how your action plans are linked to the following:
a. Vision statement
b. Mission statement
c. Service strategy
Q5: Summarize your overall plan, indicating its current limitations and implications of your plan for the health care industry as a whole.
Keep your SWOT analysissimple and make it short, and avoid complexity and overanalysis. If it helps to organize your thoughts, use a SWOT table.