Structure Follows Strategy - Individual

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. 

MGT/521