HCA 435 Week 2
S.W.O.T. Analysis. Review the instructions for your Final Project listed inthe “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide or Week Five of your course. Select a case from the list provided, this will be the same case you will use for your Final Project. Prepare a S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis that identifies and discusses the issues related to the organization and the project plan for solving the I.T. problem noted in the selected case. Your S.W.O.T. Analysis should, at a minimum, address the same points that are outlined in your Final Project (i.e. cost/budget, time constraints, leadership, support, training, regulatory requirements, security, and I.T. support). Review the S.W.O.T. Analysisarticle on the Mind Tools webpage for a brief introduction and overview, as well as a S.W.O.T. worksheet.
The S.W.O.T. Analysis should be one to- two pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and must utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources (excluding the course text) which are cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You may write out the four different sections in paragraph form, or use a table (as shown below) as long as the points in the table are not just listed items. Each point listed in the table must discuss any insight and/or analysis for that item. For example, it is not okay to list “leadership” under strengths without a discussion of why you feel it will serve to improve the pending implementation. Your discussion should include a specific reason such as, “Leadership has communicated their support of the project to the organization and has allocated resources and funding to ensure its success.”
APA Writing Checklist
Use this document as a checklist for each paper you will write throughout your GCU graduate program. Follow specific instructions indicated in the assignment and use this checklist to help ensure correct grammar and APA formatting. Refer to the APA resources available in the GCU Library and Student Success Center.
☐ APA paper template (located in the Student Success Center/Writing Center) is utilized for the correct format of the paper. APA style is applied, and format is correct throughout.
☐The title page is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ The introduction is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ Topic is well defined.
☐ Strong thesis statement is included in the introduction of the paper.
☐ The thesis statement is consistently threaded throughout the paper and included in the conclusion.
☐ Paragraph development: Each paragraph has an introductory statement, two or three sentences as the body of the paragraph, and a transition sentence to facilitate the flow of information. The sections of the main body are organized to reflect the main points of the author. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ All sources are cited. APA style and format are correctly applied and are free from error.
☐ Sources are completely and correctly documented on a References page, as appropriate to assignment and APA style, and format is free of error.
Scholarly Resources:Scholarly resources are written with a focus on a specific subject discipline and usually written by an expert in the same subject field. Scholarly resources are written for an academic audience.
Examples of Scholarly Resources include:Academic journals, books written by experts in a field, and formally published encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Peer-Reviewed Journals:Peer-reviewed journals are evaluated prior to publication by experts in the journal’s subject discipline. This process ensures that the articles published within the journal are academically rigorous and meet the required expectations of an article in that subject discipline.
Empirical Journal Article: This type of scholarly resource is a subset of scholarly articles that reports the original finding of an observational or experimental research study. Common aspects found within an empirical article include: literature review, methodology, results, and discussion.
Adapted from “Evaluating Resources: Defining Scholarly Resources,” located in Research Guides in the GCU Library.
☐ The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. Utilize writing resources such as Grammarly, LopesWrite report, and ThinkingStormto check your writing.
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