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SWOT Analysis

Research a company of your choosing to create a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Please note the importance of picking a company with enough information and sources to support your analysis. Selecting a publicly held company is recommended.

Your analysis should identify the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Use Microsoft Word and create four sections for your paper using the SWOT categories as your headings. Additional headers, such as an introduction, company background, and conclusion, are acceptable. Add a title page and references page. You may also use the provided template to complete the assignment.

Each SWOT category should have approximately 200-300 words describing the issues and the company’s strategic philosophy that fall within that area. The total length should be at least three pages. The opportunities and threats should each have at least ten items identified.

Remember as you develop a SWOT that strengths and weaknesses are internal and controllable factors that affect only the individual firm (e.g., finances, marketing, management and leadership, research and development, corporate culture, human resources). Opportunities and threats, on the other hand, are external and uncontrollable factors that affect all industry firms (e.g., politics, economics, societal and cultural trends, technology, laws and regulations, and the natural environment, such as climate).

Format your SWOT Analysis using APA Style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism. The title and reference page do not count towards the minimum page requirement of three pages.

Directions: Read the two case studies and after each case study briefly describe the actions you would take for each of the ten-steps in the employee performance evaluation process.

Case Study 1: Zephran Plastics

Zephran Plastics is a well-established plastics manufacturer that has been successful for over 60 years. It is an international company with resources in three countries. Due to changes in global demand the plastics industry has been negatively affected. This has resulted in six consecutive quarters of net losses for the company. In an attempt to increase productivity and to increase efficiencies one aspect of the organizational plan is to restructure the workforce and determine if job performances match job descriptions and eliminate any possible redundancies. In order to compensate for production and sales it is determined that the workforce needs to be reduced by approximately 10%. As a hired consultant you are asked to provide a strategy for performance evaluation of all employees in preparation for determining further steps in the process.

Directions: In 25-50 words, for each step, briefly explain the actions you would take per the information from the case study above.

• Determine the Reason for Evaluating Employee Performance:
• Identify Environmental and Cultural Limitations:
• Determine Who Will Evaluate Performance:
• Select the Best Appraisal Methods to Accomplish Your Goals:
• Train Raters:
• Observe and Document Performance:
• Evaluate Performance:
• Communicate Appraisal Results to Employees:
• Terminate Employees:
• Monitor the Legality and Fairness of the Appraisal System:

Case Study 2: Washington and Jefferson School Districts

Due to changes in population and a rezoning of school districts it has been decided that the Washington and Jefferson school districts will be merged. With current funding no staff cuts will need to be made but a redistribution of students to balance school attendance will require a redistribution of staff as well. Both teachers and administration staff will need to be consulted and evaluated in order to make the most effective placements possible in the interests of the students, the parents, and administration alike. Your role as an I/O psychologist is to create a performance evaluation process to help facilitate this process.

Directions: In 25-50 words, for each step, briefly explain the actions you would take per the information from the case study above.

• Determine the Reason for Evaluating Employee Performance:
• Identify Environmental and Cultural Limitations:
• Determine Who Will Evaluate Performance:
• Select the Best Appraisal Methods to Accomplish Your Goals:
• Train Raters:
• Observe and Document Performance:
• Evaluate Performance:
• Communicate Appraisal Results to Employees:
• Terminate Employees:
• Monitor the Legality and Fairness of the Appraisal System:

Readings:

• “Characteristics of the Body Types.” Perfect Health, Deepak Chopra, pp. 46-57
• “River,” from Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Prompt:

Complete the self-evaluation to determine your dominant dosha, according to the Ayurvedic system. Reflect on which parts of the descriptions of the body types in the book feel relatable to you. Do you identify with the dosha that you self-evaluated as? Do you think that this description of your body type has always been applicable to you, or is it just descriptive of your body and circumstances right now?