For this assignment, select an organization of your choice on which to conduct a thorough SWOT Analysis of the internal Strengths and Weaknesses and external Opportunities and Threats for that organization. You can write about your current or former workp

Analyze the internal and external environments of the organization along the following terms:
Section I:
Write a brief company history, including a mission statement if available. (10 points)
Section II:
Thoroughly explain at least two major Strengths and two major Weaknesses (review chapter 8) of the organization.
For each strength, discuss why this strength can be considered a distinctive competence for the organization.
For each weakness, discuss what the organization could do to minimize that weakness. You should have a minimum of a full paragraph for each discussion of each strength and weakness.
Note that bullet points are not acceptable. (40 points)
Section III:
Thoroughly research and analyze two Opportunities and two Threats that this organization is facing. Each of these opportunities and threats must come from a force or forces occurring within a dimension or dimensions of the general environment within the organization’s external environment (keep in mind an opportunity or threat can stem from more then one dimension within the general environment). Be sure to include in your discussion the relevant dimension of the general environment from which each of these forces is derived that are creating the specific opportunity or threat for the organization.
PLEASE NOTE: The dimensions of the general environment are outlined in chapter 3 and in week one’s lecture.
Include in your analysis an explanation of how each of the opportunities and threats will likely impact the company and why. Include other companies/industries on which this may also have an effect. You should have a minimum of a full paragraph for each discussion of each opportunity and threat.
Note that bullet points are not acceptable. (50 points)
Section IV:
Briefly summarize your SWOT analysis
Discuss how the organization can capitalize on the opportunities that are occurring from the dimensions from within the general environment and how the organization can neutralize the threats that are occurring from the dimensions from within the general environment.
Note that bullets points are not acceptable. (10 points)
Paper Format:
Correctly produced APA parenthetical citations and Reference list. You must have a minimum of three external research sources in addition to the Griffin text. (5 points)
Spelling, grammar, organization (5 points)
Minimum of 1000 words

Management 303 SWOT Analysis

MANDATORY OUTLINE

I. Organization History, including a Mission Statement if possible (10 points)

II. Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses (40 points)

A. First Organizational Strength

1. Reason it is considered a strength

2. Explain why this strength is a distinctive competence

B. Second Organizational Strength

1. Reason it is considered a strength

2. . Explain why this strength is a distinctive competence

C. First Organizational Weakness.

1. Reason it is considered a weakness

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2. Discuss how the organization can minimize this weakness.

D. Second Organizational Weakness

1. Reason it is considered a weakness
2. Discuss how the organization can minimize this weakness.

III. Opportunities / Threats (50 points)

A. First Opportunity

1. Explanation of the Dimension within the General Environment and specific Force coming from that dimension that is creating the opportunity

2. Explanation of why it’s an opportunity and how it affects the organization

B. Second Opportunity

1. Explanation of the Dimension within the General Environment and specific Force coming from that dimension that is creating the opportunity
2. Explanation of why it’s an opportunity and how it affects the organization

C. First Threat

1. Explanation of the Dimension within the General Environment and specific Force coming from that dimension that is creating the threat

2. Explanation of why it’s a threat and how it affects the organization

D. Second Threat

1. Explanation of the Dimension within the General Environment and specific Force coming from that dimension that is creating the threat

2. Explanation of why it’s a threat and how it affects the organization

IV. Summary (10 points)

A. Discussion as to how the organization can capitalize on the opportunities that are occurring from the dimensions from within the general environment

B. Discussion as to how the organization can neutralize the threats that are occurring from the dimensions from within the general environment.

· References list and APA parenthetical citations (5 points)

· Spelling/grammar/organization (5 points)