Structure Follows Strategy

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to give learners experience developing an organizational SWOT analysis that they may use for strategic planning. This assignment is pre-work for the Learning Team assignment this week.           

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Management: A Practical Introduction; strategic plan for organization you chose; a leader or manager to interview. 

Select the organization you work for or an organization of your choice. 

Interview one leader or manager from the organization so that you may complete a SWOT for the organization. Let the interviewee know you are working on a class project. Prior to your interview, develop a 5- to 7-question interview questionnaire you will use to query the interviewee to complete the organization's SWOTs. 

Conduct a SWOT analysis of the organization. 

Create a 525-word limit summary of the analysis. 

Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.