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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

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Douglas W. Blayney, MD

The SWOT analysis, whereby leaders assess an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, is a useful and time-tested leadership tool. You may have encountered it in strategic planning exercises in hospitals, health care systems, or other business settings. The SWOT analysis is a structured, systematic way of thinking about, and exploring areas for business development, for resource deployment (including physical, personal, and intellectual resources), and areas of vulnerability needing improvement or development. JOP has featured a variety of practice, process, and quality improvement tools. Perhaps it is time to do a SWOT . . . [Click for More]