Assignment

1. During this capstone course you will select an organization and complete a comprehensive SWOT analysis for that organization. You should use your current organization for this analysis. If your organization is extremely large, you can use your department, organization, unit, squadron, etc. If you are currently not employed, pick a past organization where you worked, and for those who have yet to hit the workforce, you can select a company that you find interesting.

Your SWOT analysis will be completed in multiple parts. Here in your first SWOT assignment, you will select your organization and write a detailed organizational history, including a mission statement if available.

For this assignment, complete the following:

• Identify your organization and write a detailed organizational history, including a mission statement if available.

• Research background information on your organization.

o This research should include any and all pertinent research on the organization (both good and bad) including the current status of the organization (is the company growing, expanding, going into bankruptcy, etc.).

In addition to researching your organization, you should also do some basic research on the SWOT analysis and what it takes to complete, since this is going to be the foundation for your final paper due in Module 8. I have included some resources in our readings and viewing this week to get you started. There are a ton of other examples and information on the SWOT analysis in the Excelsior College Library, as well as other sources, and now is the time to get a firm understanding of this process.

This introductory assignment should be a detailed paper that is at least 750 words and formatted following APA guidelines. Remember this is the beginning (abstract) of your overall final SWOT analysis (due in Module 8) and you want to provide as much detail about the organization as possible.

For example, explain the what, where and why your organization exists and include how long it has been in business and how many employees it has; even the number of locations is something to consider for this first section of your SWOT paper.

*My organization is the US Navy

During this course you will prepare and submit a number of short papers on a series of topics. These papers are an opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding of concepts drawn from the module and the course.

For this assignment, read the following email:

Subject: Lying on Time Cards

It has come to my attention that many of you are lying on your time cards. If you come in late, you should not put 8:00 on your card. If you take a long lunch, you should not put 1:00 on your time card. I will not stand for this type of cheating. I simply have no choice but to institute an employee monitoring system. Beginning next Monday, video cameras will be installed at all entrances to the building, and your entry and exit times will be logged each time you use electronic key cards to enter or leave. Anyone who is late for work or late coming back from lunch more than three times will have to answer to me. I don't care if you had to take a nap or if you girls had to shop. This is a place of business, and we do not want to be taken advantage of by slackers who are cheaters to boot. It is too bad that a few bad apples always have to spoil things for everyone.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Your paper should accomplish the following objectives:

1. Explain where the Senior Vice President of Human Resources went awry with this e-mail.

2. Analyze the ethicality of this e-mail.

3. Re-write the e-mail using the information you learned in Chapters 1 to 3 in Bove´e and Thill (2018).

You must follow the following format and guidelines for all short paper assignments:

1. Title Page: Include your name. the paper title, course title, instructor's name, and date.

2. Introduction: Discuss the purpose of the paper in succinct, declarative sentences. The introduction should offer a preview of the paper and its value, and be based upon the concepts studied in the course.

3. Discussion Content: Present relevant and legitimate information to support your purpose or argument and display evidence of an in-depth analysis of the topic.

4. Conclusion: This should be a summative paragraph which includes what you learned from rewriting the message.

5. References: A minimum of one reference must be used to support your discussion. Document all sources according to APA Style.

Your paper should be submitted as a Word document (.doc, docx or .rtf) file and adhere to the following guidelines:

• Be 3-4 pages in length (not including the title and the reference pages).
• Be double-spaced, in Arial or Times New Roman font, with a font size between 10 and 12 point.
• The margins should not exceed 1" on all sides.
• Follow APA guidelines for formatting [PDF file size 131 KB], including the title and the reference page.