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Assignment 2: LASA 2: SWOT Analysis Report

In this assignment, you need to select a human services agency of your choice and conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis.

Tasks:

Create a 10- to 12-page report, including the following:

• Analysis of the agency’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for future growth, and threats to its viability (SWOT)
• Application of appropriate organizational theories into the SWOT analysis of the agency
• Proposal for a new initiative along with 1–3 recommendations toward its implementation
• Identification of stakeholders and 1–3 strategies to use to advocate the approval of the new initiative

Include a title and a reference page in your report and apply APA standards to the citation of sources, including in-text citations and full references.

Your report should rely upon at least five sources from additional professional literature. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov).

Submission Details:

• By Monday, May 2, 2016, save your Microsoft Word document as M5_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the M5 Assignment 2 LASA 2 Dropbox.

LASA 2 is worth 300 points and will be graded according to the following rubric.