BUSI691Discussion Thread: Strategic Analysis (SWOT)

Choose a local healthcare organization with which you are familiar. Conduct a SWOT analysis on the organization. After completing the SWOT analysis, use the template in Exhibit 8.12 (Walston text) or Chapter 9 (Wayland & McDonald text) to prioritize the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats you identified. Your SWOT analysis should be accompanied by a discussion of your findings for each segment (i.e., S, W, O, T)

BUSI 691
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Discussions are learning experiences. The student will complete two Discussions in this course.
The student will post one thread of at least 800 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the
assigned Module: Week. The student must then post two replies of at least 300 words by 11:59
p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the assigned Module: Week. For each thread, students must support their
assertions with at least two scholarly citations, the course textbook, and a biblical integration in
current APA format. Each reply must incorporate at least two scholarly citations, the course
textbook, and a biblical integration in current APA format. Any sources cited except the Bible
must have been published within the last five years. Acceptable sources include peer-reviewed
articles, the textbook, the Bible.
For the Module 1: Week 1 Discussion: Strategy in Healthcare Organizations you will consider
different strategies that are used in healthcare organizations. After reading the article in the
Learn section and reviewing chapters 1-2 in the Wayland and McDonald Strategic Analysis for
Healthcare: Concepts and Practical Applications text, you will write a response on what strategy
is and provide 3 examples of different types of strategies exhibited by healthcare organizations.
For the Module 4: Week 4 Discussion: Strategic Analysis (SWOT) choose a local healthcare
organization with which you are familiar. Conduct a SWOT analysis on the organization. After
completing the SWOT analysis, use the template in Exhibit 8.12 (Walston text) or Chapter 9
(Wayland & McDonald text) to prioritize the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
you identified. Your SWOT analysis must be accompanied by a 200-word minimum discussion
of your finding for each segment (i.e. S.W.O.T.) which will total 800 words. In addition to the
thread, each student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at
least 300 words.