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Assignment 1: SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is a major component of the strategic planning process. It provides leadership with an evaluation of organizational performance in relation to competitors and external forces. This evaluation helps leaders capitalize on organizational strengths and improve its weaknesses in order to differentiate itself from competitors. For this Assignment, you conduct a SWOT analysis for a health care organization.

To prepare:

Review the Jasper Gardens Nursing Home case study in this week’s Learning Resources.
Analyze strengths of the organization. Consider the following questions:
- What does this organization do particularly well? Does it have a specific and recognized niche?
- What resources does the organization have that might set it apart from its competition or position it for future growth?
- What does the market perceive as strengths of the organization?
- What financial considerations are relevant to its strengths?
Analyze weaknesses of the organization. Consider the following questions:
- What needs improvement within the organization?
- What resource deficits might impact this organization?
- What does the market perceive as weaknesses of the organization?
- What financial considerations are relevant to weaknesses?
Analyze opportunities of the organization. Consider the following questions:
- With strengths and weaknesses in mind, what opportunities are available to this organization?
- Are there current trends that might translate into opportunities?
Analyze threats to the organization. Consider the following questions:
- What competitive threats exist for the organization?
- Do insufficient or outdated resources hamper the organization?
- Are there any current trends that might translate into threats?
- Do any market, regulatory, and/or legal issues present threats?

Note: Your Assignment should show effective application of triangulation of content and resources in your conclusion and recommendations.

The Assignment

Using the SWOT Analysis Template provided in this week’s Learning Resources, complete a 1-page SWOT analysis matrix. The matrix should include a bulleted list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Jasper Gardens Nursing Home. Synthesize the information you have gathered from your analysis so that each bullet point clearly represents the most significant considerations within each category. While this is a 1-page document that might appear to be simple, each point must be the result of deep and critical thinking.

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SWOT Analysis Template
SWOT Analysis Template for Jespar Garden
	Strengths
· Well known brand in surrounding
· Renowned for quality of life 
· Provides care for resident and patient 
· Flat structure 
· Areas for business expansion
	Weaknesses
· Poor grievances management of employee
· Poor communication
· Poor monitoring of residents going outside facility
· Ignorance of top management about issues of patient going outside
· Issues of staff scheduling
· Ineffective policy about bed occupation for residents
· Issues of not serving older resident population sufficiently 
· Unclear job expectation and below market standard salary for employees
· Personal management inability to communicate well with employee
	Opportunities
· Collaborative Medicare certified impatient hospice establishment
· Establishment of assisted living facility, congregate living facility for senior apartment and retirement housing opportunities
· Opportunity to develop information system with nursing home system
development of a Alzheimer and dementia wing
· Opportunity to develop policies regarding human resources
	Threats
· Loss of profit 
· Threat of high labor turnover
· Threat of union activities inside facility 
· Threat of understaffing and deterioration of patient service for elderly patients
Conclusion
There are various weaknesses and threats that are found in the case analysis. Jesper Garden must take initiatives to eradicate the issues of workers and patients. It must take concrete action to draft a new policy for human resource management. It also must take into consideration safety of residents who go outside without prior permission. It must capitalize the opportunities that are offered to it. 
References
Creel Ashton, (2014). Jasper Garden. Retrieved from
https://prezi.com/dvypmj68intz/jasper-gardens/
© 2016 Laureate Education, Inc. 
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