Assessing the external and internal environments of a health organization is critical to the success of the strategic planning process.

Assessing the external and internal environments of a health organization is critical to the success of the strategic planning process.

Assessing the external and internal environments of a health organization is critical to the success of the strategic planning process. The commitment and time dedicated to analysis and understanding strengths and weakness as well as opportunities and threats will help planners craft a strategy to achieve organizational goals and objectives at an optimal level. This assignment requires you to conduct the Strengths (S), Weakness (W), Opportunities (O), and Threats (T) SWOT Analysis, For additional information on SWOT Analysis, visit the following link: http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/didebk-pdf/f…

You should choose an existing organization and geographic market. Students are not expected to contact the organization, but conduct research using municipal and health systems websites, etc….

As the planner for your health organization selected by (student) you will need to prepare a 2-3page document addressing your organization’s internal and external environment to include , but not limited to forces/trends key resources workforce competitors collaborators organizational culture (i..e.values mission employee demographics etc… stakeholders/shareholders; and conduct a SWOT analysis. You may download an MS version of a classic SWOT template at the following link http://www.whatmakesagoodleader.com/support-files/swot-simple.zip or you can be creative and create your own SWOT analysis that is parallel to the one presented in the link.

Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to familiarize yourself with the facts of the case and be sure to justify support your position

The body of the document should explain in detail your SWOT Analysis and supply rationale to the entries on your SWOT Analysis.

Limit your response to a maximum of 3pages

support your case with peer-reviewed articles using at least 3 references.

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