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For this assignment, you will choose one of the organizations below or a nonprofit hospital in your community to research and complete the  SWOT Analysis  template. You may continue using the organization used in the Week 1 Mission, Vision, and Values discussion forums but you are free to select a different organization. Please note, you are required to use the same organization for the final paper in Week 5:

Cleveland Clinic

· Identify the organization and include the URL for their website.

· Create a SWOT analysis for the chosen organization.

Strengths

· Identify three strengths of the organization (e.g., competitive advantage, high-quality care, access to care, affordability, accreditation).

· Explain your rationale for each choice.

· Describe how the stated strengths can be built on to ensure longevity of the organization.

Weaknesses

· Identify three weaknesses of the organization (e.g., lack of defined purpose [who they are serving], low-quality care, poor customer service and customer ratings, lack of accreditation [the Joint Commission]).

· Explain your rationale for each choice.

· Provide an example of the stated weaknesses and potential issues that can happen.

Opportunities

· Identify three opportunities of the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of opportunities for the organization.).

· Explain your rationale for each choice.

· Discuss how the opportunities identified could be leveraged to the organization’s advantage.

Threats

· Identify three threats to the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of threats to an organization.).

· Explain your rationale for each choice.

· Discuss one option for reducing each threat identified.

· Summarize the details from the SWOT analysis in a SWOT box.

Based on the outcomes of your SWOT analysis,

· Explain how the organization’s mission and vision are affected by the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats identified.

· Describe how the identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affect the organization’s values and culture.

· Discuss how the organization may be impacted should the internal weaknesses significantly increase.

· Examine the impact external threats (e.g., public entities [state or federal regulatory bodies] or competition) may have on the organization’s market share.

· 4 Pages double spaced

· Must use the SWOT Analysis Template

· 3 Credible sources

· APA Format Style